Having played their last show in Tokyo in September 1996, the band also announced two shows at London's prestigious Roundhouse venue on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th May 2016at the end of last year. The first show on the Friday sold out in a matter of hours prompting them to announce a further show on the Saturday. The band also announced two tours of the West and East Coasts of North America, including appearances at the Coachella Festival.
Formed in London in 1988 by childhood friends Emma Anderson and Miki Berenyi, Lush also included Chris Acland on drums and Phil King on bass (originally Steve Rippon, who left in 1990), and were widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers of a sound that was to be christened "shoegaze."
Signed to 4AD in 1989, over the course of three full-length albums, an early mini-album and a number of EPs and singles, they went on to sharpen their pop sound, outliving and outgrowing the 'scene' with which they were initially associated.
4AD recently released, to much acclaim, both a vinyl reissue of Lush's 'best of' compilationCiao! and a limited edition five-disc box set titled Chorus. The box set featured their three studio albums, an early compilation and a B-sides collection plus many rarities, some previously unreleased.
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