The Wombats in Boston

The Wombats are a British indie-rock trio formed in Liverpool in 2003. Matthew Murphy, Tord Øverland Knudsen and Dan Haggis became known through songs including “Moving to New York,” “Let’s Dance to Joy Division” and “Greek Tragedy,” and albums such as A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, This Modern Glitch and Glitterbug. In 2007, the band performed at Glastonbury and later made repeated appearances at Reading and Leeds. Headline tours followed the releases of Glitterbug and Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, taking the group through theatres and larger concert halls. The Wombats perform as a guitar, bass and drums trio, led by Murphy’s vocals. Their headline dates have included Alexandra Palace in 2015 and the O2 Arena in 2022, both in London.

The Lathums are an English indie-rock band formed in Wigan in 2018. Led by singer and songwriter Alex Moore, they became known through songs including “The Great Escape,” “How Beautiful Life Can Be” and “Say My Name,” while the albums How Beautiful Life Can Be and From Nothing to a Little Bit More both reached number one in the UK. In 2022, The Lathums supported The Killers on dates of their UK and Ireland stadium tour. The following year, their own headline tour reached AO Arena in Manchester before they performed at Glastonbury Festival that summer.