INDIE rock legends Ocean Colour Scene have announced a date in Bournemouth as part of a major UK and Ireland tour.

The outfit will call at Bournemouth’s O2 Academy in Boscombe on April 30, 2025.

The band’s 2025 tour follows Ocean Colour Scene’s extensive run of festival appearances this year, including a triumphant return to Glastonbury where frontman Simon Fowler, guitarist Steve Cradock and drummer Oscar Harrison played all the hits and anthems they are renowned for, such as The Riverboat Song, The Circle, Traveller’s Tune, Hundred Mile High City and The Day We Caught The Train.

Simon Fowler said, “Having had such a great time playing festivals all through summer, we now have an incredible tour to look forward to in 2025. And we’re delighted that our old friends Kula Shaker will be joining us for so many of these dates. See you there.”

Ocean Colour Scene formed in Birmingham in 1989 and, after a few years honing their sound, firmly established themselves as one of the UK’s biggest bands with three top 5 albums.

These were 1996’s Moseley Shoals, 1997’s Marchin’ Already and 1999’s One From The Modern.

Joining the tour as Ocean Colour Scene’s very special guests (at all shows apart for all but the dates in Belfast and Ireland) will be psychedelic rockers Kula Shaker.