THE BETA BAND ARE BACK! TOUR AND REISSUES ANNOUNCED

The Beta Band have today announced details of U.K. & North American tours in the autumn of this year. The shows will feature the classic line up of Steve Mason (guitar / vocals), Richard Greentree (bass), John Maclean (samples / keyboard) & Robin Jones (drums).
 
Talking about getting back together for the tour, the band said:

The Beta Band, as everyone knows, is an institution, like Bedlam, or the RSPCA, and as such has its own indelible stain on the bedsheet of Western culture. It was the great John Noakes who said “you have to shake it out at least once every couple of decades, if you want to know what the moths did”. So with both those facts in mind, we realise the time has come to show the wall the Luminol, kill the lights and hit the UV.“

The tour will be the first time the band have played together since they split in late 2004 following a tour which ended with a show at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room on 4^th December.
 

The full list of tour dates is as follows:
 
25.09.25 – Barrowland – GLASGOW
27.09.25 – O2 Academy – LEEDS
29.09.25 – O2 Academy – BRISTOL
30.09.25 – Rock City – NOTTINGHAM
 
02.10.25 – Roundhouse – LONDON
04.10.25 – Albert Hall – MANCHESTER
12.10.25 – Commodore Ballroom – VANCOUVER, CA
14.10.25 – The Showbox – SEATTLE
15.10.25 – Crystal Ballroom – PORTLAND
17.10.25 – Regency Ballroom – SAN FRANCISCO
18.10.25 – The Fonda Theatre – LOS ANGELES
20.10.25 – Metro Music Hall – SALT LAKE CITY
21.10.25 – Ogden Theatre – DENVER
23.10.25 – Metro – CHICAGO
24.10.25 – St. Andrew’s Hall – DETROIT
25.10.25 – Danforth Music Hall – TORONTO
28.10.25 – 9.30 Club – WASHINGTON
29.10.25 – Royale Boston – BOSTON
30.10.25 – Union Transfer – PHILADELPHIA
 
01.11.25 – Brooklyn Steel – NEW YORK
  
Tickets for the shows go on pre-sale at 10am 5th March. Fans can sign up to the Beta Band mailing list to access pre-sale tickets – https://thebetaband.com/signup/
 
General sale starts at 10am on 7th March.

Tickets for the U.K. dates will be available HERE.

Additionally, Because Music have announced details of a deluxe double vinyl reissue of the band’s classic The Three E.P.’s which will be released on Friday 11th July 2025.

Originally released in September 1998 on Regal, The Three E.P.’s collected the band’s first 3 E.P. releases, Champion Versions, The Patty Patty Sound & Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos.

Previously reissued by Because in 2018, this new vinyl re-press will be available on 2 x 12”  180g heavyweight black vinyl with artworked inner sleeves which feature the original cover artwork of the 3 EP releases.

The track listings are as follows:

A1.  Dry The Rain %
A2.  I Know %
A3   B + A %

B1   Dog’s Got A Bone %
B2.  Inner Meet Me $
B3   The House Song $

C1   Monolith $
C2   She’s The One $

D1   Push It Out £
D2   It’s Over £
D3   Dr. Baker £
D4   Needles In My Eyes £

% – Champion Versions
$ – The Patty Patty Sound
£ – Los Amigos Del Beta Bandidos

Pre-order the album HERE.

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