ICONIC punk rock and new wave band The Undertones hit the road to mark their 40th anniversary last year.

The Derry five-piece had so much fun during their comeback tour that they are going to keep the party going in 2017. A raft of new UK dates have been revealed, including a trip to Warrington’s Parr Hall on November 11.

The Undertones will be combining that with a European tour and their first shows in Australia and New Zealand.

Original bassist Mickey Bradley, who also released the book Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone in 2016, said: “To be honest, we had such a great time on the last tour that we thought we’d try our luck again. And I promise to use new bass strings to celebrate.”

The Undertones formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1976.

The self-taught musicians learned by listening to mail order records and John Peel’s show on BBC Radio One.

Despite the political climate in which the band grew up, most of their material was focused not on the Troubles but on issues like adolescence, teenage angst and heartbreak. Practicing in their bedrooms eventually led to the band recording Teenage Kicks in 1978 on Terri Hooley’s Good Vibrations label in Belfast.

Their hero John Peel loved the song so much that he played it twice back-to-back on Radio One and declared it was his favourite song of all time.

The Undertones signed with Sire Records and Teenage Kicks was re-released, resulting in the band’s first appearance on Top Of The Pops.

Between 1978 and 1983, the band released 13 singles and four studio albums before original frontman Feargal Sharkey announced his intention to leave the band in May 1983.

They then reformed, with Derry singer Paul McLoone, replacing Sharkey in 1999.

Since then they have released two new albums including Get What You Need and Dig Yourself Deep and vinyl remasters of their first two records, The Undertones and Hypnotised.

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