Name: Toploader + Atlas Botanic
Start: 2024-12-06T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Docks Academy

Get ready to be Dancing in the Moonlight as Docks Academy by agreement with ILA present Toploader as they return to Docks Academy following their 2022 SOLD OUT show, on Friday 6th December, with support from Atlas Botanic!
It has been 22 years since the release of their debut album 'Onka's Big Moka’, which sold over two million copies and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album chart for over six months earning them 4 Brit Award nominations. The album featured a string of top 20 singles including the global hit ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’, which spent over a year in European Airplay Charts, and the critically acclaimed fans favourite ‘Achilles Heel’.
In recent years Toploader have enjoyed radio success with tracks such as ‘A Balance To All Things’,‘This Is The Night’, ’Roll With The Punches’ and ‘Never Stop Wondering’ and have gained a reputation as the ultimate crowd-pleasing live band.
Toploader has supported the likes of Paul Weller, Robbie Williams, Noel Gallagher, Counting Crows, Simple Minds and Bon Jovi, where they became the last British band to play the original Wembley Stadium. They have also appeared at a host of major festivals including Glastonbury, V-Festival and Reading.
Atlas Botanic are sweeping their way across the North-West with a unique blend of thrilling sax solos, electrifying vocals and captivating synth and guitar riffs. It’s what the band call, “Saxophone Wielding New Wave Rock”