We’re excited to announce loads of support acts for our upcoming UK tour, hand picked by the band and @This_Feeling.

Find out more and get your tickets here: https://t.co/q1winTEx5b pic.twitter.com/IKPxZeMWuG

— The View (@viewofficial) October 9, 2023

Bringing local, emerging bands on tour is a great way to give them the spotlight and reach fans in a way they may not have been able to otherwise. This Feeling announced “We’re delighted to announce some amazing support bands for our upcoming UK tour. Each band have been hand picked by the band and club night This Feeling to give young, up and coming acts the chance to share a bigger stage with The View.”

This Feeling founder Mikey Jonns shared his excitement for the upcoming tour, by saying “As a young band the opportunity to play big venues with a big band is a dream so huge love and respect The View boys for making that dream come true for loads of brilliant acts we’re working with – it’s gonna be a blinding night of music from start to finish!”

Different bands will support The View on different dates of the tour. Support acts will typically join the Scottish trio on dates in their local area. You can find a full list of tour dates and support acts below.

For tickets to the upcoming UK tour, click here.

Tour dates:

02/11/2023 – Rescue Rooms – Nottingham (with The Rosadocs)
03/11 – O2 Academy 2 – Liverpool (with Wull and Lissy Taylor)
04/11 – O2 Academy 2 – Manchester (with Shambolics and ROLLA)
10/11 – Waterfront – Norwich (with Bag of Cans)
11/11 – The Rocking Chair – Wrexham (with Jonny Ash)
15/11 – Junction – Cambridge (with Oscar Corney)
16/11 – Marble Factory – Bristol (with Twin City)
18/11 – Concorde 2 – Brighton (with Hope and Ruin)
22/11 – Old Fire Station – Carlisle (with Dictator)
23/11 – Tramshed – Cardiff (with Ratoon)
24/11 – Warehouse – Leeds (with The Sheratons)
25/11 – Keele University – Keele (with The Lilacs and Ruby J)
28/11 – Docks Academy – Grimsby (with Breeze)
29/11 – Engine Rooms – Southampton (with Dead Freights)
30/11 – The Mill – Birmingham (with Rosa Caelum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      01/12/2023 – Foundry – Sheffield (with CRUZ)
02/12 Newcastle University – Newcastle (with The Lilacs and Soup)
07/12 – Scala – London (with Shambolics and Spangled)
13/12 – O2 Academy – Edinburgh (with Shambolics and Ben Walker)
14/12 – Grand Hall – Kilmarnock (with Shambolics and Ben Walker)
16/12 – P&J Live, Hall C – Aberdeen (with DAYTIME TV and Ben Walker)
17/12 – Caird Hall – Dundee (with DAYTIME TV and Ben Walker)
18/12 – Caird Hall – Dundee (with DAYTIME TV and Ben Walker)

.@CreationDayFest line-up announced! #GigTickets on sale Friday 23 October at 10am. https://t.co/nvEUXuo6CN pic.twitter.com/ULyCDzWvUe

— Get To The front (@gettothefront) October 16, 2020

Happy Mondays and Echo and the Bunnymen head up the bill on the first day of the festival (Saturday 29th May); which will also feature sets from Echobelly, Merseyside rockers Cast and Kirkcaldy four-piece Shambolics. Day Two (Sunday 30th May) is headed up by Editors, who scored noughties hits with Munich and Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors; Friendly Fires; Ash and Glasvegas.

Glasvegas’ set will coincide with the release of their upcoming fourth studio album Godspeed. The Scottish outfit, who burst onto the scene in 2008 with their Phil Spector-influenced debut album Glasvegas, dropped their latest single Keep Me A Space in August. The rousing track returns the band to the melodic ‘wall of sound’ feel which powered their excellent early singles Geraldine and Daddy’s Gone.

Other acts featuring on Day Two of the festival include indie rockers Sleeper, who reformed in 2017 after a nineteen year hiatus; Leeds veterans The Wedding Present; and Anglo-Italian alt-rock four-piece Cat FX, who have been hailed by Clash Magazine as a “rebel force… continually championing the underdog“.

The Creation Day Festival website promises a two-day event that “…testifies to a trailblazing history and a vibrant future…the ultimate celebration of all things Creation, as orchestrated by the man, the myth and the legend behind it all.” The man in question, Alan McGee – who famously helped launch the careers of Super Furry Animals, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Teenage Fanclub and Oasis during his tenure at Creation Records – has recently spoken of his disenchantment with the modern music scene.

In an interview with NME, he said “You’ve got to accept that the music industry and media don’t want young, punky indie rock n’ roll bands. They just don’t. That makes it easier for me, as the quality I’m signing up is incredible. I don’t know if it will ever change, because the culture is just so different now. There are other people doing great stuff… I don’t know if there’s a happy ending for the industry if it stops putting out records by hungry indie punk rock ‘n’ roll bands. But I’m not trying to change anything, I’m just doing it because I like doing it.”

McGee – who has stated that he wants the Creation Day Festival to become an annual event – will hope that his new summer showcase can demonstrate that the British indie scene still has plenty left in the tank. Tickets for the Creation Day Festival are available online from 23rd October at www.ticketmaster.co.uk/creation-day