Huey Morgan has announced plans for a UK tour – you can find ticket details below.
The jaunt dubbed ‘Huey Morgan: The Fun Lovin’ Criminal’, will see the former Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman hit the road with his new band.
The shows, which will kick off in Bournemouth on May 8 before wrapping up in Manchester on May 30, will feature a mixture of FLC classics, such as ‘Scooby Snacks’ ‘The Fun Lovin’ Criminals’, ‘King Of New York and ‘Loco’ along with new material.
Tickets go on sale this Friday (January 17) at 10am GMT – you can purchase tickets here. Before that a presale will held from 10am tomorrow (January 15) until 9am Friday. You can purchase tickets here.
Morgan said via a press release: “After almost four years, I’m returning to what I’ve loved all my life; playing cool authentic music for cool authentic people.
“The guys in the band consist of Mateo DiFontaine, who was one of the original members of Fun Lovin Criminals. He’s on keys, turntables and lap steel guitar. One of my oldest friends and the godfather to my children who is simply called ‘King’ is a singer in the Tangiers Blues Band, a group I founded in the late 1990s as a side gig with some friends in NYC. He’s on bass guitar and wisecracks.
He continued: “The new cats are tremendous additions to the vibe we bring to the live shows. Leon James on the trap kit is bringing taste and flavour to my tunes and his energy on the set we’ve been putting together is gonna highlight what a dynamic and stylistic drummer he is.
“On the keys, I looked for someone who had a working knowledge of funk, soul, rock, punk and hip-hop and wasn’t in jail. Adrian Gautrey kept getting recommended to me as a cat who could purr on B3 organ as well as all the other keys that round out the Huey sound. Y’all better respecognise.”
Huey Morgan will play:
May 2025
8 – O2 Academy Bournemouth
9 – O2 Academy Bristol
17 – O2 Academy2 Oxford
23 – O2 Academy2 Birmingham
30 – O2 Ritz Manchester
Morgan stepped down as frontman of his former group in late 2021. In a statement at the time, the remaining members wished him “all the best with his endeavours” and said they would “continue as Fun Lovin’ Criminals”.
Currently, the band comprises Brian ‘Fast’ Leiser, Frank Benbini and Naim Cortazzi. Morgan formed the band in 1993 with Leiser and Steve Borgovini, the latter of whom left in 1999. Drummer Benbini joined the line-up in 2003. Leiser revealed after Morgan’s exit that he would be the replacement lead singer, with Cortazzi stepping in as the new guitarist.
Morgan described the current iteration of Fun Lovin’ Criminals as a “sad & creepy tribute act” and told fans he was no longer in the band in 2023.
Morgan claimed that FLC had “blocked” him online and he accused them of “trying to pull a fast one” on their fanbase. “[They] don’t want y’all to know I’m not in the band anymore,” he added.
In another post he said: “I’m wondering why @funlovincrims have blocked me from all their social media for simply stating I’m no longer in the band?
“It’s because they’re frauds and cowards and they can’t stand that I am finally speaking up. they didn’t even have the guts to speak to me before they announced my ‘departure’.”
During an Instagram Live broadcast in March 2022, Leiser and Benbini said that their relationship with Morgan had become “strained” prior to his departure.
The pair claimed that their former bandmate had decided he didn’t want to tour with the group, and instead wanted to focus on presenting and DJing.
Morgan is also well known for his career as a DJ and broadcaster on BBC Radio 6 Music and beyond. The Huey Show currently airs on the station between 10am and 1pm on Saturdays, and he has previously hosted programmes on Radio 2.
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