Catfish And The Bottlemen have cancelled their concert in Ireland tonight, only ten minutes before fans were due to enter the venue.
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The Welsh band were due to play their first gig in the country for five years tonight (August 31) at RDS Simmonscourt in Dublin.
However, shortly before doors were due to open, MCD Productions — the gig’s promoter — announced the show was cancelled “due to artist illness”.
“Apologies to all the fans who have travelled to the show today and for any inconvenience caused,” they wrote on Twitter/X.
Refunds are available from the point of purchase.
Catfish And The Bottlemen currently have not currently shared any information on their own social media accounts.
We regret to inform you that tonight’s Catfish and the Bottlemen
show is cancelled due to artist illness.
Refunds are available from point of purchase.
Apologies to all the fans who have travelled to the show today and for any inconvenience caused. pic.twitter.com/kwcPzj5PXx— MCD Productions (@mcd_productions) August 31, 2024
pov: catfish and the bottlemen just cancelled their first show back in ireland 10 minutes before doors pic.twitter.com/O70w4RbmcM
— maja | seeing joost!!!.€:):) ⚽️🕊️ (@waveyfingdavey) August 31, 2024
imagine trying all morning to get oasis tickets and not getting them… and the only thing cheering u up is the fact ur going to see catfish and the bottlemen tonight, and then catfish go ahead and cancel the gig 10 mins before doors open 💀💀
— 𝕜i𝕜i (@kikikatsune) August 31, 2024
AS IF I don’t get oasis tickets, head down to Dublin for Catfish and the Bottlemen ONLY for them to cancel on my way to the gig💀 pic.twitter.com/ZRlcc2qd7q
— lauryn alexander (@_laurynsarah) August 31, 2024
Catfish & The Bottlemen announced their return earlier this year with their comeback single ‘Showtime‘, which the band previously teased by posting a six-second snippet of the track on their social media channels back in February. The band also released a pre-order of ‘Showtime’ on a white 7″ vinyl pressing along with new merchandise.
Last month, the band shared the bonus track ‘ASA’ from their upcoming 10th anniversary reissue of ‘The Balcony’. The track was originally released as the B-side to ‘Rango’ in 2013.
They’re currently preparing to commemorate a decade since their seminal debut album was released. The reissue is set to drop September 16 – pre-order yours here.
Along with ‘ASA’, ‘The Balcony’ and its 10th-anniversary reissue is set to feature Ewan McGregor’s cover of ‘Hourglass’, ‘Rango’ (single version) and three other bonus tracks.
Additionally, there will be a limited-edition 7″ singles box set on offer, with only 2,000 copies available to purchase.
They also announced their first-ever stadium tour, set to kick off in August 2025. Tickets are on sale now and you can get yours here. Earlier this week, fans reacted to the news that the ‘Cocoon’ hitmakers are set to take over London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the same day that Oasis will play a reunion gig at Wembley Stadium.
Catfish And The Bottlemen headlined this year’s edition of Reading & Leeds festival. In a four-star review of their performance, NME shared: “They see where they’re headed. There’s a cheeky, brief nod to their stadium-dwelling countrymen Stereophonics with a snippet of ‘The Bartender And The Thief’, while the spotlight and theatrics of ‘2all’ show they’ve got the moves for the big spaces.
“The widescreen psych wig-out and breakdown of ‘Outside’ even has a smack of Pink Floyd to it. They’re playing with a damn sight more compulsion than last time, and they certainly know what an enormodome band should look, sound and feel like. The crowd before us lap it up. Will they multiply to fill those spaces? Maybe the long shot will pay off.