Steve Cradock, founder of Ocean Colour Scene, plays hits from the OCS songbook and his solo career with a Q&A.
Steve Cradock plays The Drill on Saturday 20 March 2027, with doors opening at 19:00. It's an evening titled Traveller's Tunes, and the set draws from the Ocean Colour Scene songbook alongside highlights from his solo career. There's also a Q&A with the audience, so it's as much a conversation as a gig.
Cradock was a founding member of Ocean Colour Scene, the band he started in 1989 in Solihull, West Midlands, with Simon Fowler, Damon Michella and Oscar Harrison. Over three decades he wrote many of the group's most distinctive riffs, including 'The Riverboat Song', 'Hundred Mile High City' and 'The Day We Caught the Train', which helped them to double-platinum records. 'Hundred Mile High City' later found a wider audience when it was used in Guy Ritchie's 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. OCS played to 250,000 people at Oasis's 1996 Knebworth Park gigs.
Beyond OCS, Cradock joined Paul Weller's band in 1992 and appeared on all his studio albums. In 2014 he joined The Specials, where he stayed until Terry Hall's death in 2022. The evening is a companion to his book Travellers Tunes, which looks back on his career.
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Tickets are £82.50 for Meet & Greet with reserved seating, £49.50 for Premium, and £33.00 for standard reserved seating. Accessible and carer tickets are £16.50 for two, with a £1.00 transaction fee per order. The Drill is on Free School Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY.
