Simon Fowler: The Ocean Colour Scene Songbook...And Beyond

Simon Fowler plays The Drill on Sunday 23 April 2028, as part of a UK tour that runs from 18 February to 30 April. He's the singer-songwriter and frontman of Ocean Colour Scene, one of the central figures of Britpop, and the show is billed as The Ocean Colour Scene Songbook...And Beyond.

Fowler wrote many of the band's biggest songs, including The Riverboat Song, The Circle, The Day We Caught the Train, Moseley Shoals and Marchin' Already. He also wrote the triple-platinum album Moseley Shoals and its number-one follow-up Marchin'. The set relives that work, with the classic songs and the stories behind them, and traces their origins back to his pre-OCS days. New songs and anecdotes sit alongside the hits.

It's a look at the songs from the inside, with Fowler telling the stories that go with them. The tour takes him from Birmingham to the height of 1990s fame, when Ocean Colour Scene lined up alongside Oasis at Knebworth Festival. The show keeps the focus on the songwriting, with the older material and the newer songs sharing the stage.

Tickets start at £31 for Standard Premium, with a £45 option limited to 30 tickets and a £75 Meet 'n' Greet limited to 40. The gig starts at 7.30 PM at the Lincoln Drill Hall on Free School Lane, LN2 1EY.