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Neck Deep announce Rain In July anniversary shows

Neck Deep have announced several intimate shows in celebration of their debut 2013 compilation Rain In July / A History Of Bad Decisions.

Neck Deep announce Rain In July anniversary shows
Words:
Emily Carter
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Jenn Five

Neck Deep have announced four shows in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Rain In July and A History Of Bad Decisions.

The Wrexham pop-punks will be throwing things back to 2013 for their upcoming August dates, which they tease could possibly be the last-ever time theyā€™ll be honouring their debut compilation. And, to make it even more special, theyā€™ll be joined by the mighty Higher Power for the whole celebration.

ā€œUK! The wait is finally over and youā€™re up next for the (final?) Rain In July anniversary shows!ā€ Neck Deep announce.

Catch the 10 years of Rain In July shows at the following:

August

16 Birmingham The Asylum
17 Manchester Rebellion
18 London The Dome
19 London The Dome

Get your tickets here.

Hopefully thereā€™ll be even more to come from Neck Deep in 2023, with frontman Ben Barlow telling us back in February of where things were at in terms of a new album: ā€œItā€™s coming along well! Weā€™ve got a damn sight more of it written than people have heard, and itā€™s probably further along than people think. But weā€™re doing this record a little differently than we have done in the past. So instead of going and doing a full record in four-to-six weeks, and just being there and smashing it out, weā€™re kind of doing it in short little bursts out in LA, where weā€™re there for two weeks at a time trying to get a handful of songs, and sitting with those for a bit.

ā€œThereā€™s always a thing of six months after a record is out the artist is sat there going, ā€˜We shouldā€™ve changed that, we shouldā€™ve done thatā€¦ā€™ Weā€™re trying to alleviate that as much as possible, and give ourselves time to sit with the songs and see how they feel after a month. So while a lot of itā€™s done, weā€™re taking our time with it to just make sure that itā€™s the best we can be. Iā€™m not gonna give any timelines here, but there will be pretty steady releases leading up to it!ā€

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