The band, known here as The London Suede, never really made it big in America, despite mass success across the pond for 30 years.
When Brett Anderson walks down a street in London or any other European city, he’s usually mobbed by fans. That’s because he’s the lead singer and founder of Suede, one of England’s most popular bands of the last 30 years.
Declared “The Best New Band In England” by Melody Maker before its 1993 debut album was even released, Suede has sold millions of records and played to full houses in England and the rest of Europe for decades. Yet, if Anderson were walking on a Chicago street, he’d likely not be recognized.
That’s because the band never really made it big in America, despite mass success across the pond. Nevertheless, the band has persisted, and is coming back to Chicago to play the Auditorium Theatre on Nov. 16, a full 27 years after its last gig in the city.
The London Suede
With: Manic Street Preachers
When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16
Where: Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr.
Tickets: $39.50-$300
Info: auditoriumtheatre.org
Suede, known as The London Suede in the U.S., played Metro in 1993 and 1995 after its first and second albums, but has not toured the U.S. since that 1995 trek (notwithstanding playing Coachella as a one-off in 2011). The tour is in support of the band’s’ newest album “Autofiction,” its ninth offering. Suede is co-headlining with fellow U.K. musicmakers Manic Street Preachers.
