The Streets Tickets

About The Streets

The Streets are a hip-hop/UK garage collective from Birmingham, UK. Fronted and led by singer-songwriter, emcee and producer Mike Skinner. The Streets broke through in 2002 with the Mercury Prize nominated “Original Pirate Material” – widely regarded as one of the most influential British albums of recent times, whose impact on culture and UK music can still be felt to this day.

Originally released in 2004, A Grand Don’t Come For Free remains one of the most important and influential British albums of the 21st century. Entering the UK charts at No.1, the record went multi-platinum and delivered era-defining singles including ‘Dry Your Eyes’, ‘Fit But You Know It’, and ‘Blinded By The Lights’. It cemented Skinner as one of the UK’s most original and vital voices, capturing the humour, heartbreak and raw emotion of everyday life with rare poetic clarity.

“A Grand Don’t Come For Free was a moment in time — for me, and for everyone who grew up with it. I wrote it as a story from beginning to end, even studying screenwriting to shape it and without the faintest idea how people would react. We’ve been looking for something bold to do with the live show, and we landed here: some tracks have never been played live, others haven’t surfaced in years. It’s a new challenge to bring the whole journey to life on stage, but I have an incredible band and we always give everything every night. So I’m certain we’ll make finding out what happened to that thousand quid a party every night” – Mike Skinner