Ride

Ride, the Oxford band whose members reunited in 2015, play at the O2 Academy Brixton in London. This concert brings the group back to the stage in the capital.

Ride is a British rock group formed in Oxford in the late 1980s, and the current line-up is made up of Andy Bell, Laurence Colbert, Mark Gardener and Steve Queralt. The four members reunited in 2015, wanting to recapture the sound that had placed the band among the most prominent British groups of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The band's most recent album, Interplay, draws on the fast guitar work, hypnotic rhythms and dreamy melodies of their early records, set against a broader sound influenced by 1980s pop acts such as Tears for Fears, Talk Talk and early U2. The material for this concert is drawn from that period of the group's work.

The concert takes place at the O2 Academy Brixton, a venue in south London that hosts concerts and shows throughout the year. It suits listeners who follow the group's shoegaze-era records as well as those drawn to the later, more expansive work.