RIDE to Release Special 25th Anniversary Album and DVD Nowhere25

Today RIDE kicked off their highly anticipated North American tour at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C, and to celebrate, the band has announced details of a special North American release of "Nowhere25" available on CD+DVD and vinyl from November 6th in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album "Nowhere."

The "Nowhere25" CD+DVD release will feature the expanded 15 track album alongside the live recording of the band's concert at London's Town & Country Club in March 1991. The package will be presented in an exclusive hardback cardboard case with a canvas-style cover, and include a 36 page booklet full of unseen photos and brand new sleeve notes written by vocalist/guitarist Andy Bell, compiled using the help of Ride fans via a Twitter Q&A.

Pre-order your copy of the CD+DVD here and LP here.

Watch previously unseen footage from the DVD of the band performing "Dreams Burn Down" live here.

All the original members of RIDE are currently in North America, about to embark on a string of east and west coast dates, including two-nights in New York City (with DIIV and Besnard Lakes supporting), various stops in California, Illinois, Texas and many more. For a full list of tour dates and ticket information, see below.

"Nowhere" was originally released on 15th October 1990, featuring classic tracks including "Vapour Trail," "Polar Bear" and "Dreams Burn Down." Widely considered one of the greatest albums not only of the 'shoegaze' genre, but of the 90s, "Nowhere" was Creation Records' first Top 75 album, peaking in the UK album charts at #11, and continues to appear in various album lists from respected music titles such as Pitchfork and NME. The 15 track album version features three tracks from the "Fall" EP, released 25 years ago today in September 1990 in the lead up to "Nowhere," plus four songs from the "Today Forever" EP, which came out the week of the Town & Country Club show in March 1991. This show was part of a short UK tour to support "Today Forever," the first new material from Ride since "Nowhere."

"We were really driven, within the band, to improve on the songwriting, performances and production of the first two EPs, and create something special, an album which stood for our aesthetic and had a real artistic integrity". - Andy Bell

"When we'd completed the album and it was all mixed and mastered, it seemed like we'd arrived, we'd made it...and what did that feel like? - Nowhere" - Loz Colbert

Ride are: Andy Bell (vocalist/guitars), Mark Gardener (vocalist/guitars), Steve Queralt (bass) and Laurence 'Loz' Colbert (drums).

RIDE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
09/17 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC**
09/18 - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT**
09/19 - Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA**
09/21 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY**
09/22 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY*
09/23 - The Stone Pony - Asbury Park, NJ*
09/25 - The Riviera Theater - Chicago, IL*
09/26 - MidPoint Festival - Cincinnati, OH
09/27 - Pygmalion Festival - Champaign, IL
09/29 - Mill City - Minneapolis, MN*
10/01 - Saint Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI*
10/02 - House of Blues - Cleveland, OH*
10/03 - Paradise Club - Boston, MA*
11/06 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL
11/07 - Fun Fun Fun Festival - Austin, TX
11/09 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ
11/10 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
11/12 - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA
11/14 - The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA
11/15 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
11/16 - Neptune - Seattle, WA
11/17 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
11/19 - The Republik - Honolulu, HI
**with DIIV supporting
*The Besnard Lakes

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