Fate can sometimes deal a dodgy hand to those aspiring to musical greatness - and so it proved with The Bluetones. A significant name during the Britpop era of the 1990s, the band struggled to build on their initial success. To give them their due, though, they’ve gamely battled on across the ensuing decades - save for one four-year hiatus - and enjoyed modest success on the touring circuit... 

Two of their members, Mark Morriss and Adam Devlin, are this month out on the road with a show that should be well worth catching when it visits the Midlands; the boys will be interspersing acoustic performances of the band’s classics with plenty of banter and storytelling from their 30-plus years in the music industry.