Roy Stride says nostalgia has made Scouting For Girls' gigs high in demand
Roy Stride says Scouting For Girls sold more tickets in the first week of their tour going on sale than ever before.
Scouting For Girls’ Roy Stride believes the group are more popular than ever.
The She’s So Lovely hitmakers – who formed in 2005 – are going out on the road in February and March, and the frontman thinks a wave of nostalgia for the group’s heyday sparked a surge in demand for tickets.
He told Contact Music: "Do you know what? We sold more tickets in that first weekend when it went on sale than we've ever done before.
“Sold like 25,000 tickets in 24 hours. It's not quite Oasis standards, but for us, it was like, we've got shows selling out already, and it's not for like, a year.
“So yeah, so I think, going back to nostalgia, I think there's just a lot of love for that era. I think it's kind of a night of escapism. It's quite old school.”
Back in 2008, Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher branded the group ‘Scouting For Idiots’, but Roy insisted he never bore a grudge.
He said: “I would never retaliate.
“He was like a God. Did it hurt? Not really. I never heard it. My wife heard it live on radio because I think he said it on Radio 1, but she was like, Oh, he basically sounded like he'd been out all night and he came in, and was just reviewing every single band, and he was just saying that about every band. I've never met him since.
“You can see on my vinyl here. And I've got, yeah, I've got everything. I've got Oasis and Blur.”
Asked if he was lucky enough to bag a ticket to Oasis’ first tour in 16 years, he said: “I have one, but I didn't get it in the original bout. I was like, there for eight hours. I spent my entire day in a bad hotel room trying to get tickets. But I've since managed to get one because I'm currently in LA and so I've got one for the Rose Bowl in California, which is going to be quite a mad thing, because I can't imagine seeing Oasis in California.”
