A BAND who produced one of the biggest songs of the 21st century are heading to Glasgow later this month, marking 15th anniversary of their seminal album.

Legendary Liverpool band The Zutons are making a stop at the Barrowlands as part of a reunion tour celebrating their debut record ‘Who Killed The Zutons’..

The double platinum album, which spawned the hit singles such as ‘You Will You Won’t’, was first released in 2004 to critical acclaim, a Mercury Prize nomination, and went on to sell over 600,000 copies in the UK alone.

However, after being out of the game for nearly a decade, the band’s members have admitted it feels like they “don’t know what’s going on” as they prepare to play a ten-night tour of the UK.

Frontman Dave McCabe said: “I have been out of the game so long I’m not really sure what goes into this. I haven’t put anything out since 2015.

“I got disheartened after I made an electronic record and right now I don’t know what’s going on.

“It’s not for the money, we don’t need that. It’s more for my sanity.

“I think I really missed The Zutons, we all did. It just took the others to bite and get on board. I had been asking them for ages - I don’t know what their problem was.”

In 2009 the band went their separate ways, with McCabe himself contributing vocals and lyrics to the musical projects of friends and other artists from Liverpool, which included working with Beatle Paul McCartney.

In 2015 he also launched a short-lived solo career with the release of his one and only album to date, Church Of Miami, which showcased an electronic side to his talent and a move away from the indie background of The Zutons.

After eight years apart, the band reformed for a one off fund-raising show in 2016 in celebration of their close friend, Kristian Ealey, which sparked conversations at the time about possible new shows and new music.

The stop in Glasgow on March 28 will be the band’s first show in Scotland since November 2008, and their first in the city for almost eleven years.

Fans heading along to the city’s East End for the show can expect to hear the band’s debut album in full, as well as some other old favourites thrown in there for good measure as part of a a split set, both of 40 minutes each.

The band felt it was now about time to reunite, with each of them having spent the time apart writing and recording material of their own.

The band’s singer and guitarist said: “I prefer reunion to comeback. We never split or announced it, but we did fall out and get sick of each other a bit. But so far the response has been great.

“We’ve all been off doing our own thing for a little while, and it’s only with hindsight and a bit of space that you see how special something really is.

“It’s easy to take things for granted when you’re younger, but now it’s just amazing to think of those songs still having a place in the world, and for people to come and hear us play them again.

“We’ll be playing the album like we used to followed by a mix of other stuff, but we will be concentrating on the first record. It’s a 40-minute album, so that will be one of the two halves on the night.

“It’ll be good, it’s just going to be constant rehearsals , but they have been going well. I’m not used to being in their all the time but my muscle memory is still there for most of it.

“We have one member missing and two new members, but this is not us trying to do the album in a new way. There is piano and strings so we are going full-on. It should be more of a show now.”

Following their successful debut album, The Zutons recorded a further two albums, 2008’s You Can Do Anything and Tired of Hanging Around, which included their song Valerie.

However, the indie hit remains overshadowed by the Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse cover released a year after The Zutons’ version.

The song would become a bone of contention for the band, with a great amount of focus on its success, piling on pressure from label heads to recreate that sound, something which the band did not feel entirely comfortable with and ultimately contributed to their breakup.

Dave McCabe said: “To be honest I’ve got some some new songs to share. It’s just a case of getting that out there.

“We’ll be looking to do more later in the year. We are already working on the new album, but not sure when that will be out. It might be at the start of next year.

“We’re not looking to make Valerie mark two, or more like Valeria. That’s what Sony wanted and we pretty much fell out as a result.

“We’re not on a label or anything so we’re on our own.”

With previous tours of Scotland, as well as Main Stage slots at the T in the Park festival, The Zutons have long had a loyal following north of the border.

This feeling of mutual admiration is fully backed up by ticket sales for their show so far, with entries having already sold out more than a week before the event.

Because of this, the band say they are eager to kick off their tour their and get back to playing in front of Glasgow crowds.

Dave said: “Glasgow really is one of the standout stops for us on the tour.

“The Barras has always been a good place for gigs for us, we always enjoy ourselves there and the crowd are just mental.

“That is just how Glasgow is, we have always had a big following there, and across Scotland.

“We have done a whole five-night tour before and that has gone well so I’m really looking forward to it, and I hope everyone who is coming along is as well.”

The Zutons play the Barrowland Ballroom on Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 7pm, with the venue already sold out.