The Courteeners

The Courteeners are an English indie rock band formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester in 2006. Fronted by singer, guitarist and songwriter Liam Fray, the band's classic line-up is completed by Michael Campbell (drums), Daniel "Conan" Moores (guitar) and Mark Cuppello (bass), with keyboardist Adam Payne joining the live set-up in more recent years.

Signed to Polydor imprint A&M, they announced themselves with 2008's St. Jude — a debut produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur) that spawned indie-disco staples What Took You So Long?, Not Nineteen Forever, No You Didn't, No You Don't and the anthemic Please Don't. The record built a fiercely loyal, football-terrace fanbase across the North West and has since been certified Platinum in the UK.

Follow-ups Falcon (2010) and ANNA (2013) pushed the sound into bigger, more atmospheric territory, before Concrete Love (2014) delivered their first UK Top 3 album. Mapping the Rendezvous (2016) and More. Again. Forever. (2020) followed, both landing inside the UK Top 10 and cementing Fray as one of British indie's most quotable, kitchen-sink lyricists.

Live, The Courteeners are a genuine arena and stadium proposition. Their sold-out Heaton Park and Old Trafford Cricket Ground homecomings have drawn crowds of 25,000 to 50,000+, ranking them alongside Oasis and The Stone Roses in the pantheon of great Manchester communal gigs. A tenth-anniversary St. Jude tour in 2018 and the recent St. Jude Re:Wired reissue confirmed the debut's enduring cultural pull.

Now signed to Ignition Records, the band continue to release new music and headline UK festivals, remaining one of the defining British guitar bands of the post-Britpop generation.