Supergrass‘ fantastic debut album I Should Coco — including UK hits “Alright,” “Caught by the Fuzz” and more — turns 30 next year, and the band will reform to play it in full on tour. “Fans can look forward to hearing the entire album performed live for the first time, along with their favourite hits from the band,” they say in a statement.
It’s currently UK and surrounding the actual 30th anniversary (May 15, 1995), with shows in Glasgow, Nottingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Leeds and London, as well as an appearance at The Great Estate Festival in Cornwall. All dates are listed below.
I Should Coco came at #2 in on our list of The 20 Best Britpop Albums of 1995, where we wrote:
Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes was only 19 when the band’s debut album was released in May of 1995 (his bandmates weren’t much older) and the record gets much of its charm from the trio’s unbridled youthful energy that they managed to capture on tape. Its staying power, though, comes from the songs which are smart, insanely catchy and much more sophisticated than they first seem. I Should Coco incorporates a wide range of influences, including punk (“Caught by the Fuzz,” “I’d Like to Know), glam (“Lose it,” “Time”), ’60s psych (“We’re Not Supposed To”), and Britpop forebearers the Kinks and Madness (“Alright,” “Mansize Rooster”), but they jumble them together to make an infectious, distinctive sound. Supergrass were also ferociously talented musicians, with drummer Danny Goffey’s playing keeping those energy levels high as the band tear though the album’s 13 tracks in just 40 minutes, and that’s including the six-minute spaced out, proggy “Sofa of My Lethargy”. I Should Coco was a huge hit in the UK — it was label Parlophone’s biggest selling debut since The Beatles’ Please Please Me — and earns extra Britpop points for its title which incorporates Cockney Rhyming Slang.
Listen to I Should Coco below.
Supergrass did bring their reunion tour to the US in 2022.
SUPERGRASS – 2024 ‘I SHOULD COCO’ 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
May 2025
Thursday 8th: Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
Saturday 10th: Nottingham Rock City
Monday 12th: Sheffield Octagon
Tuesday 13th: Newcastle NX
Wednesday 14th: Birmingham O2 Academy
Friday 16th: Manchester Albert Hall
Sunday 18th: Cardiff University Great Hall
Tuesday 20th: Leeds O2 Academy
Thursday 22nd: London Roundhouse
Saturday 31st: Cornwall The Great Estate Festival