Los Angeles, California

The band has performed sold-out shows in some of the top U.S. venues including the Hollywood Palace, The House of Blues, The Knitting Factory and The Roxy in California, Club 101 in El Paso,Texas, and venues in Arizona, New York City and Boston.


Sweet & Tender Hooligans have recently completed their first tour of the United Kingdom, which included sold-out shows in London, Leicester, York, Leeds, Glasgow and Manchester. Response to the UK tour was so overwhelming that the BBC has since come to the United States to film the Hooligans for two documentaries highlighting their contribution to the ever-increasing popularity of The Smiths and Morrissey.

In addition, the band has been featured in several local and national music publications, such as the LA Times Magazine, Select, Spin, Bam, and Detour Magazine. They were featured as L.A. Weekly’s “Pick Of The Week” when they performed to a sold-out audience at the Hollywood Roxy celebrating the 15-year
anniversary of the release of the Smiths’ most commercially successful album “The Queen Is Dead”.
The band also received recognition as “Best Cover Band in Los Angeles” in the L.A. Weekly’s “Best of 2003” issue. Sweet & Tender Hooligans have also gained recognition by Morrissey himself, when he kicked off his 1999-2000 “Oye Esteban” world tour by announcing “Hello, we are the Sweet & Tender Hooligans” at his first show in Tempe, Arizona.