Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack Joins Ash
The six-stringer will join Ash on guitar for their forthcoming tour.
Ash will head out on their forthcoming UK tour as a four piece. News broke on the Ash website that Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack will swell the band’s ranks for the first time since the departure of Charlotte Hatherley in 2006.
A statement on their website read:
“Ash are pleased to announce the recruitment of Russell Lissack for their forthcoming UK Tour. Russell will bolster the 3 piece on guitars and keyboards, for a tour that includes an extra London show at Koko on 6th May”.
You can see the new-look Ash at these venues, on the following dates:
April
19 Southampton University
20 The Junction, Cambridge
21 The Waterfront, Norwich
23 Irish Centre, Birmingham
24 Leeds Metropolitan University
25 O2 Academy Newcastle
27 O2 ABC Glasgow
28 Academy 2, Manchester
30 O2 Academy, Bristol
01 Concorde 2, Brighton
02 O2 Academy, Oxford
04 Electric Ballroom, London
05 Roadmender, Northampton
06 KOKO, London
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