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Gary Neville ‘may or may not’ be actually joining The Reytons on tour
Water is still wet and Gary Neville continues to be absolutely everywhere. (this article contains affiliate links)
Danny Jones -
16th September 2024 
In yet another absolutely random moment from the ever-ubiquitous Gary Neville, the former footballer turned businessman looks like he ‘might’ be joining Yorkshire band The Reytons on their upcoming tour.
Surely not?…
Yes, as per an announcement from this week, it appears Gary Neville could be set to head out on the road with Rotherham’s The Reytons as part of their ‘Right Back At It Tour’ next year.
As if the supposed reveal was random and amusing enough as it is, the unsigned and unapologetic Northerners confirmed the news with a hilarious promotional video that we’ve now watched multiple times – even if only for that final reveal and to try and convince ourselves it might actually happen.
this is absolutely class chaps 🤣
— Paul Cartwright (@hossfitt) September 16, 2024
Comments like that say it all: quality content and a genuinely funny way to unveil an already comical bit of music PR that goes on a long list of G Nev saying yes to pretty much anything. First Dragon’s Den and now a UK tour.
Although the full press release itself opens with the Manchester United legend, pundit and local entrepreneur declaring, “I’m in The Reytons”, it does also caveat this with the disclaimer: “*Gary Neville may or may not be actually joining The Reytons”.
We presume this means it’s highly unlikely that the 49-year-old will actually be surprising fans on tour – maybe his various media commitments and other projects could also see him pull out – but until they say otherwise, or the four-piece finds someone else to fill in for bassist Lee Holland and his broken arm, we’re holding out a glimmer of hope, however small.
To be honest, we don’t know what to think; however, given that Neville has already played guitar live with The Charlatans and then went on to do a b2b set with Tim Burgess himself at Kendal Calling 2024, this wouldn’t be so unbelievable.
Then again, he’s never played bass in his life…
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Set to play a run of nine gigs including London’s O2 Academy in Brixton, Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom and Aviva Studios – the now permanent home of Factory International – in Manchester on Saturday, 8 March, The Reytons are sure to get a warm reception regardless.
After forming back in 2017 and years at slogging away, record deal or no, the band made it to number one in the Official UK Album Charts with What’s Rock And Roll? last year and played a sold-out hometown date at Clifton Park to 20,000 fans. It’s some journey they’ve gone on.
That one might be sold out but if you want to be in the crowd when the ex-England international and Monday Night Football star walks out on stage with a bass strapped around his neck, you can get ready to grab your tickets for their Manc gig when they go live this Friday (20 September) HERE.
No backing, no label, all Reytons – with a little bit of Gary Neville now too, hopefully. Hey, we can dream, can’t we?…
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