INDIE underdogs The Courteeners are set to explode on to the Venue Cymru stage later this year.

Tickets go on sale from tomorrow to catch the criminally under-appreciated Mancunian heroes, when they rock up to Llandudno in November to unify music fans with a dose of their anthemic, powerful indie rock.

Following the band’s penultimate slots on the main stage at this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, and headline appearances at Neighbourhood Festival and Truck Festival, the band are triumphantly still commanding a crowd of loyal fans ten years after the release of their debut album of their gold selling debut album St Jude.

The success of their first foray into the album charts, followed by Falcon in 2010, Anna in 2013, Concrete Love in 2015 and Mapping the Rendezvous in 2016, saw the band crowned inaugural winners of the Guardian’s First British Album Award after securing 53 percent of the public vote and beating off strong competition from Glasvegas, Duffy, Adele and Noah and the Whale. The award was voted for by members of the public and the Guardian journalists.

While the mammoth success of the likes of The Libertines and the Arctic Monkeys has so far eluded the band, they have continued to maintain a dedicated fan base inexorably engaged by frontman Liam Fray’s memorising acid tongued, off kilter observations and impassioned guitar rock.

To mark their enduring popularity - in spite of lead singer signature, deadpan Fray’s scepticism of the prospects of band’s longevity - a reworked version of the album - St. Jude Re:Wired - once again entered the Top 5 of the Official UK Albums Chart earlier this year, followed by celebratory sold out shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust in March and Manchester Arena in April.

While in broad strokes the band have - admirably - stuck to the pub rock leanings of their debut, however with a more gravelly edge to his voice Fray has begun to move beyond preaching to the converted, and after a decade of honing their craft, it is clear that The Courteeners are finally beginning to hit their stride.

Added support for their Venue Cymru show comes from special guests Glasgow’s up-and-coming, brutally honest singer songwriter Gerry Cinnamon and Liverpudlian artist Zuzu, making this a must see for any self music respecting fan seeking that increasingly elusive sign of intelligent, outspoken indie rock.

Catch The Courteeners and support in Venue Cymru on Thursday, November 22.

Tickets are on sale at 10am on Friday, August 31, available from venuecymru.co.uk or by calling the box office on 01492 872000.