Dr. Martens have announced that they will be taking an excursion to Europe from 8th September with a five-city tour across five countries as the Dr. Martens #standforsomething tour rolls out into mainland Europe for the first time.
Dr. Martens are also offering music fans an opportunity to win tickets to the #standforsomething tour to watch Pulled Apart By Horses and Dinosaur Pile Up in Paris on 8th September.
The winners will also get the chance to visit DM’s original factory in Northamptonshire to make their own pair of vintage DM’s.
Prize includes Travel and Accommodation. T&C’s apply. Go to www.drmartens.com/standforsomethingtour
The tour will be headlined by one of the UK’s most exciting Indie Rock bands Pulled Apart By Horses whose new album ‘Blood’ is released on 1st September. Receiving its debut on Radio 1 as ‘the hottest record in the world’ on Zane Lowe’s show, PULLED APART BY HORSES have recently unveiled the first single from the album, called ‘Hot Squash’.
What do PULLED APART BY HORSES stand for?
‘We stand for using rock music as a joyous, cathartic release. Uniting every beautiful soul in the room. And riffs. Lots of riffs’ - Lee Vincent, Drummer.
Joining them on the tour bus is Dinosaur Pile Up. Founded in 2007, DPU are an English alternative rock band who broke out of the thriving Leeds rock scene of the time and instantly drew favourable comparisons to the cream of 90s US college rock. The band have released two amazing albums in ‘Growing Pains’ and ‘Nature Nurture’ and are one of the most explosive live acts around.
What Do DINOSAUR PILE UP Stand For?
"I'd love to say we stand for something profound, but really we're just three dudes that wanna kick it as hard as we can. No agenda, no egos. We've never fit in too much and that's why we stick together. Weird is good. Be your own gang." - Matt Bigland” - vocals / Guitar
The Dr. Martens #STANDFORSOMETHING tour will be hosting gigs with one simple promise - the most rousing live acts in tiny venues, giving music lovers the chance to seesome of the UK’s most exciting acts up close and personal.
The tour takes in:
8th September - Maroquinerie, Paris
9th September - Molotow, Hamburg
10th September - Rust, Copenhagen
11th September – Debaser, Stockholm
13th September – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
The Dr. Martens #STANDFORSOMETHING bus will also announce with a special local guest band at each leg to complete the line-up. There will also be opportunities for local fans to meet the bands at the Dr. Martens store during the day.
Tickets on sale from 14th July at local venues.
More information on further support acts and will be made available to fans in the coming weeks. To ensure you are the first to hear, register interest at www.drmartens.com/standforsomethingtour
ABOUT DR MARTENS
Throughout Dr. Martens history, the brand has been adopted and subverted by countless rebellious characters, subcultures and tribes. These are the people who stand out from the crowd in their own unique way and for many, their journey of self-expression has always been accompanied by a pair of Doc’s. Dr. Martens celebrates these free-thinking individuals – from first time wearers to those who have been with the brand forever. These are the authentic characters that stand for something.
Dr. Martens air-cushioned sole, designed by German inventor, Dr. Klaus Maertens, was engineered primarily to meet the specific need of providing additional support and comfort for his broken foot.
The Dr. Martens boot, that was then manufactured by R Griggs and Co, British boot makers, with its trademark yellow stitch, grooved sole and heel-loop, was a boot for workers, initially worn by postmen and policemen; comfortable, durable and lightweight in comparison to its competitors at the time.
A specific range of “Made In England” products are still manufactured in the Cobbs Lane factory, Wollaston, England which has been making footwear since 1901. It is the home of the original Dr. Martens boot and within this small factory works a close-knit team of people schooled in traditional shoe-making and the unique process that makes Dr. Martens like no other shoe on earth.
This is the factory where it all began; where the first pair of Dr. Martens boots rolled off the production line on April 1st, 1960. The manufacturing process has been fine-tuned and perfected ever since - from the cutting of the leather hides to the heat-sealing with a blade of fire that welds the air-cushioned sole to the upper.
