Scouting For Girls to play Worthing, Bexhill, Southampton and Guildford

Spokeswoman Kara McCabe said: “Surrounding themselves with sources of comfort and escapism after a tumultuous year, English indie-pop band Scouting For Girls release their new studio album Easy Cover, a collection of 11 tracks celebrating their broad array of musical influences.

“Going back to the music and culture of their childhoods in the 1980s, the band regrouped during what should have been a summer of festivals to curate a joyful album of 80s covers, alongside some incredible new, original tracks inspired by the music of the era.

“The result is a glittering LP full of solid gold bops from the bands’ favourite musical memories, from Tears For Fears, The Waterboys, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston and Phil Collins.

“Easy Cover (inspired by Phil Collins’ Easy Lover) was originally intended as a rather sedate, acoustic EP before frontman Roy Stride decided to shelve the project – reminding himself that Scouting for Girls should never try to be too serious or clever. Then, during lockdown, Roy found himself with spare time and an empty studio. In need of some serious cheering up, he reopened the recording sessions, envisaged playing the songs live and stripped away anything that was either too earnest or pretentious.

“Leading with Tears For Fears' iconic single Everybody Wants To Rule The World, the album project is a celebration of the biggest songs from the 80s – a decade that had it all.

“Throughout Scouting For Girls’ career, the band have sold over two million albums, two million singles, been nominated for 4 Brit Awards as well as an Ivor Novello, had four top ten singles, sold-out Wembley Arena, The Royal Albert Hall and, most recently, sold-out two nights at The London Palladium.”

Easy Cover is set for release April 23, alongside a UK tour for autumn 2021. Dates below. tickets are onsale now at www.gigsandtours.com

Easy Cover Track Listing

1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World

2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

3. I Wanna Dance with Somebody

4. The Whole of the Moon

5. The Look of Love

6. Put the Message in the Box

7. Easy Lover

8. End of the World as we know it (And I Feel Fine)

9. I Wish it was 1989

10. Neon Lights

11. Xmas in the 80s

2021 Headline Tour

October 2021

1st – Barrow, The Forum Theatre

2nd – Warrington, Parr Hall

3rd – Liverpool, O2 Academy

5th – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms

6th – The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

7th – Fat Sam’s, Dundee

8th – The Boiler Shop, Newcastle

9th – The Empire, Middlesbrough

10th – The Barbican, York

12th- The Junction, Cambridge

13th – The Corn Exchange, Ipswich

14th – The Waterside, Aylesbury

15th – Gliderdrome, Boston

18th – De Montford Hall, Leicester

21st – The Town Hall, Cheltenham

22nd – The Factory, Barnstaple

23rd – The Cheese & Grain, Frome

25th – The Corn Exchange, Exeter

26th – The Engine Rooms, Southampton

28th – Madding Crowd, Bournemouth

29th – The Live Rooms, Chester

30th – The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton

31st – Sub 89, Reading

November 2021

2nd – Fairfield Hall, Croydon

3rd – G Live, Guildford

4th – Dreamlands, Margate

6th – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

8th – Chalk, Brighton

9th – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds

10th – The Roadmender, Northampton

12th – The Engine Shed, Lincoln

13th – The Leadmill, Sheffield

14th – The Picturedrome, Holmfirth

16th – University, Hull

17th – Victoria Hall, Stoke

18th – The Empire, Coventry

19th – The O2 Academy, Oxford 20th – The Venue, Derby

22nd – The Assembly Hall, Worthing

23rd – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill

25th – Monroes, Galway

26th – Cyprus Avenue, Cork

27th – Limelight, Belfast

28th – The Button Factory, Dublin