Speaking about how he wanted ‘Beautiful People Ruin Your Life’ to be different from ‘Glitterbug’, frontman Matthew Murphy, said: “I wanted a bit more swagger. More confidence. I wanted the songs to be more sure of themselves, which is where I feel we are as a band.”

He continued: “I don’t tend to think of it as a whole album when I’m writing, I don’t sit down and come up with one idea. But looking back on Glitterbug, that’s an album about feeling trapped and escaping through partying. This album is different. I’m married, I’ve got a kid now, it’s coming through arrested development and trying to become mature adults, which is something I constantly fail at it.”

To celebrate the announcement, of the bands biggest UK headline tour, the band released a new single called ‘BEE-STING’, which will be released on limited edition on 9th of November, and will also feature alongside two new recordings on an expanded version of Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life.

“I think the song is again a bit of an homage to the ‘90s, a bit of a psychedelic nod to early Dandy Warhols, maybe. Our UK tour in March/April was probably my favourite tour ever, but it feels like this one is going to go off even more. Wembley is going to be a real moment for us,” Murphy says about the newly released track.

25/01/2019 – Glasgow O2 Academy – Glasgow

26/01 – First Direct Arena – Leeds

28/01 – Newport Centre – Newport

29/01 – Bournemouth O2 Academy – Bournemouth

31/01 – Birmingham O2 Academy – Birmingham

01/02 – London SSE Arena Wembley – London