Following the success of their Christmas UK Tour in 2019, legendary 70’s rock band SWEET will once again embark upon a pre-Christmas UK Tour. The 14-date nationwide tour will start on November 30th and end on December 19th. Special guests on the tour will be the popular Thin Lizzy tribute band Limehouse Lizzy.
Planet Rock will start a 48-hour ticket pre-sale from 10am on Wednesday March 4th via www.planetrocktickets.co.uk. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10am on Friday March 6th via www.planetrocktickets.co.uk, www.thegigcartel.com and the 24 hour box office 08444 780 898.
SWEET continue to tour and perform to sell out audiences around the globe with over 55 million records sold worldwide and 34 number 1 hits worldwide.
Gene Simmons of KISS says, “Without the Sweet there would not have been a KISS.”
“We wanted to be The Sweet” – Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe
“This is the band I wish I had been in.” – Joe Elliot, Def Leppard
By the early 70’s The Sweet were arguably the hottest ticket in town with a string of top ten records in the UK and Europe including Blockbuster, Hellraiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage and The Sixteens.
In 1975 the USA had discovered the band with Fox on the Run hitting the number 3 spot in the Billboard 100. Another self-penned hit Action followed in 1976 firmly establishing Sweet in the US charts.
On the face of it they were primarily a singles band, however, with the landmark albums including Desolation Boulevard (1975) and Give Us a Wink (1976), the band showed a much harder rocking band. The album Level Headed, released in 1978, brought with it another award winning million-selling worldwide hit with Love is Like Oxygen written by Andy Scott.
In 1979, lead singer Brian Connolly left the original line up leaving Andy Scott, Steve Priest and Mick Tucker to continue as a three-piece. Sadly, both Brian Connolly and Mick Tucker passed away in 1997 and 2002 respectively, and with Steve Priest relocating to the USA, Andy Scott was left to fly the flag.
The 2020 line-up features founding member, Andy Scott (lead guitar, vocals), Steve Mann (guitar, keyboards), Bruce Bisland (drums, vocals) Lee Small (bass, vocals) and Paul Manzi (lead vocals).
The Sweet still tour the world extensively with one of the most dynamic and slick live shows on the circuit. 1968 to 2020, 52 years and counting of hellraising, star chasing, trail blazing. The Sweet continue to walk loud and proud in the rock and roll universe.
SWEET – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 UK DATES
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LIMEHOUSE LIZZY
Bury St Edmunds, The Apex – Monday 30 November
Norwich, The Waterfront – Tuesday 1 December
Frome, Cheese & Grain – Thursday 3 December
Salisbury, City Hall – Friday 4 December
Brighton, Chalk – Saturday 5 December
London, Islington Assembly Hall – Sunday 6 December
Shrewsbury, The Buttermarket – Thursday 10 December
Cardiff, University SU – Friday 11 December
Manchester, Academy – Saturday 12 December
Holmfirth, Picturedrome – Sunday 13 December
Newcastle, Boiler Shop – Wednesday 16 December
Glasgow, The Garage – Thursday 17 December
Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall – Friday 18 December
Ulverston, Coronation Hall – Saturday 19 December
TICKETS: www.planetrocktickets.co.uk, www.thegigcartel.com
& 24-Hour Box Office: 0844 478 0898.
