Johnny Hates Jazz

Johnny Hates Jazz, a British new wave and pop rock band formed in London in 1986, bring their Shattered Dreams Tour to Band On The Wall in Manchester. The concert forms part of a UK and European run.

The tour marks forty years since the release of the band's best-known global hit. Rather than a single repertoire, the show draws on the wide catalogue of Johnny Hates Jazz to build a new programme of songs, with personal stories woven between numbers and energetic performances aimed at giving the audience an uplifting evening.

Alongside the tour, the band is issuing a compilation titled Shattered Dreams, released through Revolver Records on double vinyl and CD. It gathers the group's most familiar songs from the late 1980s to the present and adds four brand-new tracks, so the release doubles as a snapshot of the band's career across those decades.

Band On The Wall, at 25 Swan Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter, is a live music venue that mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie. The evening suits listeners who follow the band's 1980s and later output and those who want to hear the songs performed live.