Sleeper (w/ Lottery Winners) Dish Out Nostalgic Brit-Pop at Leeds’ O2 Academy [Photos]

Friday night at the O2 Academy in Leeds and it is packed with 40–50 somethings keen to rekindle some memories of ’95-’97 Cool Britannia and the BRIT Pop Queen Louise Wener. Sleeper emerged from a very deep one in 2017 and reformed for the “Star Shaped Festival” tour, and, as they enjoyed those shows so much, they decided to stay awake a little longer, culminating in recording two new albums, The Modern Age and This Time Tomorrow – now several more UK tours later we find them on the opening night of “The It Girl” tour. Celebrating Its 25th Anniversary, they will play the album in full plus more hits from their other albums. First though, The Lottery Winners are supporting, and it has been a few years since I last saw them at Kendal Calling, this is a real treat for anyone that hasn’t ...

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