Sleeper Announce ‘Inbetweener’ 30th Anniversary Greatest Hits Tour

by | Jan 28, 2025

One of Britpop’s finest groups have announced a greatest hits tour! Louise Wener-led Sleeper will be hitting the road later this year for a massive 12 UK dates to celebrate 30 years since they broke onto the scene with breakthrough single Inbetweener and debut LP Smart.

Sleeper - Star Shaped Festival @ The Forum

Louise Wener of Sleeper - Star Shaped Festival @ The Forum (Kalpesh Patel)
Louise Wener of Sleeper - Star Shaped Festival @ The Forum (Kalpesh Patel)

Of the tour, Wener says: “Inbetweener is where it all started for us – our first hit single – and we can’t wait to head back on tour to mark the 30th anniversary. Sleeper gigs are a joyful experience, and this tour will be especially celebratory; mixing songs from our entire back catalogue as we head into something completely new.”

Kicking off on 25th September at Cardiff’s Tramshed, the tour will stop at London’s Electric Ballroom for two nights in October before concluding in Wener’s home town of Brighton on 18th September.

Greatest hits from the Britpop quartet’s back catalogue are sure to include Sale Of The Century and What Do I Do Now? from smash hit sophomore LP The It Girl alongside more from Smart, such as Delicious and Vegas.

Sleeper - Star Shaped Festival @ The Forum

Jon Stewart of Sleeper - Star Shaped Festival @ The Forum (Kalpesh Patel)
Jon Stewart of Sleeper - Star Shaped Festival @ The Forum (Kalpesh Patel)

Louise Wener and guitarist Jon Stewart met while students at Manchester University and went on to form Sleeper in London in 1992, recruiting drummer Andy Maclure and bassist Diid Osman. Riding the wave of Britpop, they disbanded in 1998 the year following the release of third LP Pleased To Meet You. The quartet went on to reform without Osman in 2017 to play shows as part of the Britpop-celebrating Star Shaped Festival. They’ve gone on to continue touring, bringing bassist Kieron Pepper into the fold.

2025 UK Tour Dates:

SEPTEMBER
25th – Tramshed, Cardiff
26th – SWX, Bristol
27th – Stylus, Leeds

OCTOBER
2nd – Electric Ballroom, London
3rd – Electric Ballroom, London
4th – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
9th – NX, Newcastle
10th – QMU, Glasgow
11th – The Level, Nottingham
16th – Academy, Oxford
17th – Albert Hall, Manchester
18th – Concorde 2, Brighton

Sleeper 2025 Tour

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