Alain Whyte and band mini Ireland tour (August 21, 2023)

The BIG news is here and we're so excited to finally share it with you. We will be playing some very select live shows later this year in the following cities/venues:

29 November - Belfast, Northern Ireland (Ulster Sports Club)
1 December - Cork, Ireland (The Pavilion)
2 December - Dublin, Ireland (Whelans)

The gigs will feature my band of all-stars most of you already know and love:

Craig Gannon - guitars
Gary Day - bass
Spencer Cobrin - drums
Gustavo Manzur, Jr. - keyboards

We'll be playing sets filled will songs we've all been involved in (either written, co-written and/or played on) as well as a surprise or two each night which you won't want to miss.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (25 August at 10am GMT) via AlainWhyteMusic.com/tour & Eventbrite.ie

More info will follow, so please stay tuned. We really can't wait to play for you all!

 

[Musician]

Watch - in 3 years it collapses under a pile of royalty disputes,

You obviously have zero idea about performing songs live and royalties

 

[Black Girl]

He doesn't know what to say or how to say it in front of a camera.

It's a mystery why he never made it as a front man.

 

[Lionsy]

Little bit too far for me, England next please, Alain!

 

[Mayfly]

No one can argue that this is not a fantastic lineup with ace players on all sides. The setlists are going to be full of stuff we all wish Morrissey would play. What a fantastic gesture it would be if he joined them on stage as a surprise guest in, say, Dublin. Sang NMHIF and LIAP, shook a few hands and just drifted away off the stage. No drama, no bullshit, just some generosity towards friends and fans.

Dream on. Morrissey will be as far away from Alain & co as he can possibly be as he’s touring Australia in December.

 

[athosique]

He doesn't know what to say or how to say it in front of a camera.

It's a mystery why he never made it as a front man.

with all undue respect but those few Morrissey's drunken messages (especially the New Year's one) were almost equally clumsy and shy. I'd blame it on age rather than inability of speaking coherently (whether in front of a camera or public)

 

[Seymour Glass]

Alain is a great guy, no one can dispute that. He just can't sing!!

 

[Surface]

Alain is a great guy, no one can dispute that. He just can't sing!!

He can sing just not as good as Morrissey.

 

[Was I ever any good]

No one can argue that this is not a fantastic lineup with ace players on all sides. The setlists are going to be full of stuff we all wish Morrissey would play. What a fantastic gesture it would be if he joined them on stage as a surprise guest in, say, Dublin. Sang NMHIF and LIAP, shook a few hands and just drifted away off the stage. No drama, no bullshit, just some generosity towards friends and fans.

Nice post, but as we all know Morrissey doesn’t do “fantastic gestures “

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

is Alain trying to replace Morrissey? Are people going to these shows because they think it’s going to be a Morrissey show experience? I don’t think so. Besides the originals Alain will do, people should just enjoy it as a tribute band, and I don’t mean that negatively. Just go to have fun, and appreciate how these co-writes with Morrissey, the songs, has brought everyone together.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Nice post, but as we all know Morrissey doesn’t do “fantastic gestures “

I heard that Morrissey is already planning to cancel these Whyte shows due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’

 

[Was I ever any good]

Haha… well at least he gave an official excuse this time

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Haha… well at least he gave an official excuse this time

 

[GtrHero69]

Buckley is a million times the drummer Cobrin is.

Buckley is the strongest and most talented member in Moz current touring mess!

Spencer may not be as strong in a technical stand point compared to Buckley but he has a great feel and approach, I always enjoyed his use of the high-hats to add dynamics!

With Gary Day on bass its a solid rhythm section that feels more like a real band in stead of a generic backing band!

Would be great to hear the lads play "The Operation" live with drum intro!

 

[Strummer76]

Buckley is the strongest and most talented member in Moz current touring mess!

Spencer may not be as strong in a technical stand point compared to Buckley but he has a great feel and approach, I always enjoyed his use of the high-hats to add dynamics!

With Gary Day on bass its a solid rhythm section that feels more like a real band in stead of a generic backing band!

Would be great to hear the lads play "The Operation" live with drum intro!

Every member of Morrissey's band is talented and disputing that only betrays your own musical ignorance. Speaking as a drummer it baffles me that Cobrin is held in such high regard by fans when he is clearly the least talented drummer Morrissey has had.

 

[DaveJCarr]

I wish them all the success in the world, but I'd be lying to you if this didn't feel weird to me – especially the Gustavo and Crig Gannon elements. This is not just a gathering of some of the people from the Lads era it's a hodgepodge of the solo band plus guy who is probably most famous for being the second guitarist in the Smiths for a hot second

I will say that hearing some of the stuff from Arsenal, Vauxhall, particularly southpaw and maladjusted that that don't get played anymore or may have never been played at all is a real draw for me. I don't think they'll ever come to my particular corner of the United States but I don't think I would pay anything above 40 to 60 for a ticket. But at the right price, I would definitely go out of curiosity.

I think in his understandable zeal to always focus on the current record the next record, the newest songs present-day Morrissey falls victim to the prison of the eternal present and undefined future. He insists that his current songs are the best songs ever written, and the forthcoming albums are the absolute top of his career but he said the same thing about world peace and the quarry area albums when they came out.

I don't think any of us who live followed his post-Smiths career are necessarily yearning for any more Smiths covers or rarities, but I think all of us would enjoy a little bit more from the 90s catalog that barely gets a lot of varied or comprehensive concert appearances.

I get not wanting to look back to the past especially as each band lineup is its own thing and each player has their own strengths, but I think there is so much Morrissey could be choosing from his own catalog and was ashamed that he doesn't more. It's an even bigger shame that he or Jesse or whoever hasn't really taken a chance to do something bold with the arrangements that highlight the individual strengths of the current band lineup and whatever their particular unique cohesion as a group is.

I think Morrissey values his co-writers and bandmembers more than a lot of people might think, but he doesn't really make space for them to be able to shine in my opinion at least. He could do more of that

 

[HangtheDJ16]

I'm out of the country the weekend of Dublin and Cork, so will try head up to the Belfast gig on the Wednesday.. I've never been to the Ulster Sports Hall, does anyone know what it's like as a venue? Doesn't necessarily sound particularly, um, inviting

 

[Musician]

Every member of Morrissey's band is talented and disputing that only betrays your own musical ignorance. Speaking as a drummer it baffles me that Cobrin is held in such high regard by fans when he is clearly the least talented drummer Morrissey has had.

I'd say Spike T Smith was the weakest by far

 

[Juan Dulces]

We also haven't heard Spencer drum in 20 years, besides the 'skiffle' beats he was playing on Whyte's 'Tell Me' tracks. If he kept with it (even if he only got back into drumming several years ago), he most likely improved because you know way more about music/musicianship when you're 50 than you do at 25.

They just need a timekeeper really. But, with Spencer they've got a timekeeper and a songwriter. Plus, he's their buddy.

 

[Rudy]

Special guest appearance by Rick Astley!

 

[gashonthenail]

Not sure what any sense of oddness is about. These people are musicians. Playing musical instruments in front of an audience is what they do for a living. And funnily enough, they find themselves out of work when it comes to performing live. It's not very complicated. I wish them all the very best and hope the shows go really well. Top blokes all of them. Who knows, they may even write a few new tunes too.