Don't miss the train! Ocean Colour Scene fans set for treat as band members come to Walsall

The sounds of Midlands indie rock will be coming to Walsall later this year as two members of Ocean Colour Scene perform.

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Frontman Simon Fowler and Oscar Harrison will perform songs including The Riverboat Song and The Day we Caught the Train at Walsall Arena & Arts Centre on Friday, October 17. 

It is part of an October tour dubbed 'Up Come & Personal Evening' which will take in 14 venues nationwide including Manchester, Cardiff and Poole.

Oscar Harrison (L) and Simon Fowler from Ocean Colour Scene who are coming to Walsall for a concert on Friday October 17
Oscar Harrison (L) and Simon Fowler from Ocean Colour Scene who are coming to Walsall for a concert on Friday October 17

The audience is promised intimate acoustic performances of big hits, anthems, deep cuts and choice picks from the Ocean Colour Scene song book.

A spokesman said: “It will be a real tonic - a great chance to look the audience in the eye and interact with them on a more personal basis than ever before."

Ocean Colour Scene remain one of the most successful and most loved bands of the modern era.

Having spent six years fine-tuning their sound, they lit up the Britpop party, chalking up three Top five albums: 1996’s Moseley Shoals, 1997’s Marchin’ Already and 1999’s One From The Modern and a run of nine successive Top 20 singles. They include the immortal ‘The Riverboat Song’ and in total the band scored 17 top 40 singles and six top ten.  

Tickets for the Walsall gig and all the tour dates are available at https://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Simon-Oscar-from-Ocean-Colour-Scene.