BIG SPECIAL on tour with Sleaford Mods this week in the UK and Ireland
BIG SPECIAL today begin a run of shows through the UK and Ireland in support of Sleaford Mods.
Having released just three singles to date – ‘SH*THOUSE’, ‘THIS HERE AIN’T WATER’ and ‘DESPERATE BREAKFAST’ – the Black Country duo have landed on the BBC 6 Music playlist with each of those releases, and are already on the lips of tastemakers to have a big 2024. Dates for their own UK headline tour next month are already selling out.
Supporting Sleaford Mods
22 Nov – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK23 Nov – O2 Academy, Glasgow, UK25 Nov – National Stadium, Dublin, IE28 Nov – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK29 Nov – Victoria Warehouse, UK30 Nov – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK02 Dec – Alexandra Palace, London, UK
Nov 24 – The Granary Arts Cafe, Nantwich, UK (in support of Mind Charity)05 Dec – The Fountain, Walsall, UK (in support of Change To Action)11 Dec – The Louisiana, Bristol, UK12 Dec – The Bodega, Nottingham, UK13 Dec – Oporto, Leeds, UK14 Dec – The Lexington, London, UK – SOLD OUT15 Dec – Hare & Hounds 2, Birmingham, UK – SOLD OUT16 Dec – Yes (The Basement), Manchester, UK05 Jan – Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis, UK
For BIG SPECIAL – Joe Hicklin (vocals) and Callum Moloney (drums) – their sound is one that comes from vital, frustrated young working-class voices that don’t always get heard on the scale they should do. It’s a frustration that comes to the fore through a voice that is at times coarse and raw, but sensitive, desperate and soulful at others. Joe’s brimstone-fired voice marches from guttural punk barks and serrated spoken word to soaring soul and back again, in a form of alchemy that only he knows how to conjure. Their approach to a strand of punk with its roots in spoken word with such a soulful edge arrives siphoned from their forebears, crushed under the weight of history, and retooled for a new generation. It’s wrought, raw and angry at a world lacking options, the thinning of the common understanding between the social classes of England, exasperation at repeating cycles, and the feeling that you’re watching your own life unfold from the outside.
Follow Big Special
My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
