Courteeners 'Not Nineteen Forever' named Manchester United victory song

Courteeners hit song 'Not Nineteen Forever' was last night named Manchester United's official song to celebrate their 20th league victory title, after last night's Old Trafford win.

Trending on Twitter, along with #Liam Fray and #Courteeners, and already back in the iTunes Top 100, 'Not Nineteen Forever' is still a strong favourite for Courteeners fans and is one of the band's standout live tracks. As big Manchester United fans, Courteeners frontman Liam Fray and the rest of the band will be donating money to the Manchester United Foundation, which supports great causes in Manchester.

Courteeners recently announced two headline outdoor shows in association with Fosters Good Call in Manchester at Castlefield Bowl on 5th and 6th July, for which all 16,000 tickets sold out straight away. They are the fastest selling Courteeners shows ever.

The shows will follow the bands recent and biggest ever tour of UK and Ireland with 20 sold out shows including a packed out show at London's Brixton Academy. Each show will host a capacity of 8000 fans per night and supports across both dates include Miles Kane, Reverend & the Makers, James Skelly & The Intenders, The Strypes, The Heartbreaks and Findlay.

"To spend two nights with our fans under the stars of Manchester will be very special indeed. It'll be great to finally be bringing ANNA home. With some amazing supports, people are in for a treat... July can't come quick enough. Let's pray it doesn't rain," Liam Fray said.

Courteeners will release their new single 'Van Der Graaff' on 6th May, the follow-up to 'Lose Control' which was the first single from their top 10 album 'ANNA', and is an epic anthemic track with an addictive guitar riff and soaring vocals. It is sure to be a huge festival track this summer.

'ANNA' followed a two year break since Courteeners last album 'Falcon', which charted at #6 and was the follow-up to the bands #4 debut album 'St. Jude'. The band recorded and produced 'ANNA' in Manchester at 80 Hertz Studios with producer Joe Cross (Hurts) and in December, performed new tracks from the album at a sold out homecoming show at the 17,000 capacity Manchester Arena. Courteeners also performed as part of XFM's Winter Wonderland at O2 Academy Brixton on 17th December and are currently on a European tour.

New tour dates are as follows -

July:
Fri 5th Manchester Castlefield Bowl SOLD OUT
- with supports Miles Kane, The Strypes, The Heartbreaks

Sat 6th Manchester Castlefield Bowl SOLD OUT
- with supports Reverend & the Makers, James Skelly & The Intenders, Findlay