Mott the Hoople reunites again!?

Yeah......every time he's been in my area the last few years I've unfortunately had other commitments. Hoping that he will stop through again. He's getting older, but by evidence in these videos, he's looking energetic......and sounding great as well.

 

A setlist from the Gods!

 

Ian Hunter is a hero.

 

They sound good -- Long Live Mott The Hoople !

 

It looks like they're doing it again, this time with American dates! From Ian Hunters FB page:

Mott The Hoople Class of ‘74
with support from Tax The Heat

Mott The Hoople have announced a UK tour for April 2019. With a set based around the 1974 albums The Hoople and Live, plus the non-album greatest hits, ladies and gentle-men, please welcome the “Golden Age Of Rock ’n’ Roll”, as Ian Hunter, Ariel Bender and Morgan Fisher, regroup once more for seven shows across the UK.

From 1969 to 1973, Mott The Hoople were a two-headed beast, with songwriting duties split between Ian Hunter and Mick Ralphs, as well as the odd notable exception from Verden Allen. By the end of 1973, Mick and Verden had both left the band to see what else was out there for them. This left Ian Hunter as the sole songwriter, with the notable exception of Overend Watts fan favourite, ‘Born Late ’58’.

With Hunter now given free reign, 1974’s “The Hoople” explored ideas and concepts that are now widely credited as having influenced everyone from the punk movement to Queen, with the latter supporting the band and cited by Brian May as the only band that Queen ever supported. 1974 was also arguably Mott’s most intensely creative period with the studio album, four hit singles – ‘Roll Away The Stone’, ‘The Golden Age Of Rock ’n’ Roll’, ‘Foxy Foxy’ and ‘Saturday Gigs’ - plus a live album, half of which was tak-en from their week long stint at the Uris Theatre, Broadway.

The live album highlighted the talents of Mick and Verden’s replacements - Ariel Bender and Morgan Fisher respectively, who breathed new life into classics and crowd favorites alike, ‘All The Young Dudes’, ‘All The Way From Memphis’, ‘Honaloochie Boogie’, ‘Rose’, ‘Rest In Peace’ and ‘Walking With A Mountain’ forming the core of the live al-bum.

In 2009 and 2013, the 1969 / 1973 line up completed two highly successful reunion tours. At the time, many fans asked whether it would ever be possible to see the “Class Of ’74” - Ian Hunter, Ariel Bender and Morgan Fisher - back together again.

As it would have been impossible to try and replace Mott’s rhythm section, Overend Watts and Dale “Buffin” Griffin, who are both now sadly deceased and with Mick Ralphs having suffered health issues which would preclude him appearing, the time seemed right to try something a little different.

In 2018, the trio of Hunter, Bender and Fisher, augmented by Ian’s long-term backing band, The Rant Band, played three festivals, their first live shows since 2013. It’s fair to say that the festival performances took people by surprise, the band showing a renewed energy and spirit and the press claiming their songs to be “the soundtrack to a genera-tion” and still sounding “as fresh as they did back in the day” , whilst describing Ian Hunter as “the epitome of rock and roll cool, and one of the great singer-songwriters of our time.” (National Rock Review, 2018)

Tickets for Mott The Hoople’s shows go on sale Friday 16 November at 10am.

Full tour dates – Mott The Hoople Class of ‘74

APRIL 2019

Friday 19 - Academy, MANCHESTER
Saturday 20 – Barrowland Ballroom, GLASGOW
Sunday 21 - Symphony Hall, BIRMINGHAM
Monday 23 - Sage, GATESHEAD
Friday 26 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, LONDON
Saturday 27 - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, LONDON

Lookout soon for news about further shows in 2019 in North America

 

If its anywhere on the East Coast it will make my year!

 

This would be wonderful!!

 

Ah....it will be like I'm 20 all over again....

 

I just hope they do a proper live dvd/blu ray

Manchester 2013, as enjoyable as it is, is a low budget production which is simply not up to par in terms of video and audio

 

From the Mott The Hoople Facebook page:

Mott The Hoople Class of ‘74 US Tour dates are here!
April 1: Milwaukee, WI at the Milwaukee Theater...
April 2: Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue...
April 3: Chicago, IL at The Chicago Theater...
April 5: Detroit, MI at The Fillmore
April 6: Cleveland, OH at The Masonic
April 8: Glenside, PA (Philly) at The Keswick...
April 9: Boston, MA at The Orpheum...
April 10: NY, NY at The Beacon

No west coast dates.

 

Or the South !!

 

Europe ?

 

UK tour already announced. Not sure about Europe

 

However, Cleveland rocks!

 

Beacon Theater here I come...........(hopefully)

 

Nice.....Philly!!!

 

You mean the rest of Europe

Tim

 

UK breaking away from Europe.

 

Not interested! I will leave my interest to the final record from the original band. I never cared for the later Mott the Hoople records that included Ariel Bender and Morgan Fisher. They were a great band and had their day in the sun. Let it rest!

 

Seen Ian Hunter -live gig last year, for a 78 year old dude, he still acted like a rock n roll star.

 

LOL let's close the thread. Sax-son isn't interested

 

Also apparently "Diary of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star" is being reprinted this Spring as well!

 

All the Old Dudes.

 

Afraid I agree about the later lineup. Nevertheless it will probably be a great show, like a recent solo Ian show but adding AB & MF (isn't it basically Ian's Rant band but with those Mott Mark II guests?). Can't believe MTH is coming to the Keswick (great place) and I am not even interested in going though. I am now officially "old" I guess. 10-15 years ago I'd be queuing up for tix and jumping up & down for joy, even though it isn't Ralphs/Overend/Buffin in the lineup.

 

Am going to figure out how i fly east and see them in Boston.