{"id":2037262,"date":"2026-07-10T10:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037262"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T07:34:41","slug":"courteeners-liam-fray-backs-andy-burnhams-labour-leadership-bid-hes-done-a-fantastic-job-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2037262","title":{"rendered":"Courteeners\u2019 Liam Fray backs Andy Burnham\u2019s Labour leadership bid: \u201cHe\u2019s done a fantastic job in Manchester\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luke_Brennan_JeffJ_Mitchell.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Courteeners\u2019 Liam Fray backs Andy Burnham\u2019s Labour leadership bid: \u201cHe\u2019s done a fantastic job in Manchester\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The frontman also said Courteeners would \u201canswer the call\u201d to support Oasis if the band return with more live shows next year <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-10T11:34:41+01:00\">10th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luke_Brennan_JeffJ_Mitchell-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Luke_Brennan_JeffJ_Mitchell\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Courtneers&#8217; Liam Fray and Andy Burnham MP. CREDIT: Luke Brennan\/Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Courteeners\u00a0frontman\u00a0Liam Fray\u00a0has backed Andy Burnham in his\u00a0Labour\u00a0leadership bid, saying he has done \u201ca fantastic job in Manchester\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1142\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Liam Fray talks Courteeners\u2019 legacy, survival and unfinished business: \u201cTo be still breathing and wanting to do it is a fucking miracle\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fray appeared on Radio X\u2019s drivetime show with Johnny Vaughan yesterday (July 9), where he was asked about Burnham, the former Greater Manchester Mayor who is now on course to succeed Keir Starmer as\u00a0Labour\u00a0leader and Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Burnham has long been linked with a return to Westminster and a future Labour leadership bid, and he returned to the Commons as Labour MP for Makerfield last month. With Starmer having confirmed he will step down, Burnham secured the backing of 322 Labour MPs yesterday, leaving him on course to win the leadership, and it is now very likely he will be sworn in as Prime Minister on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>During the Radio X interview, Vaughan noted that Burnham has often quoted the Courteeners lyric \u201c<i>God bless the band<\/i>\u201d from \u2018Not Nineteen Forever\u2019 in speeches, and asked Fray whether he liked him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, very much so,\u201d Fray replied.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what Burnham would be like as a leader, Fray said: \u201cI think he\u2019s done a fantastic job in Manchester.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courteeners - The Luckiest Man Alive (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U32GiLzh7f8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked what Burnham had done, Fray joked: \u201cJust comes to our gigs, really!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, he\u2019s\u00a0got\u00a0good taste,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat more can you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021,\u00a0Burnham shouted out the band during his Greater Manchester mayoral election victory speech, quoting \u2018Not Nineteen Forever\u2019 and telling the crowd: \u201cGod bless the band. If you know, you know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burnham also recently\u00a0drew\u00a0on another Manchester band,\u00a0with\u00a0Oasis granting him permission to use \u2018Some Might Say\u2019 in a by-election\u00a0campaign video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courteeners' Liam Fray on depression, evolution and 'More. Again. Forever.'\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/915H7P8aDBk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Fray was asked whether Courteeners would \u201canswer the call\u201d if\u00a0Oasis\u00a0were to ask them to support any further live shows next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Fray replied. Asked again whether he would be up for it if the rumoured dates happen, Fray said: \u201cI would, yeah. Yeah, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fray said he had seen Oasis at both Heaton Park and Wembley during\u00a0their reunion run, which saw\u00a0Liam\u00a0and\u00a0Noel Gallagher\u00a0return to the stage together for the first time in 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>The comments come as Courteeners prepare\u00a0to release their first \u2018best of\u2019 compilation, \u2018God Bless\u00a0The\u00a0Band\u2019,\u00a0on August 28.\u00a0The title is taken from\u00a0that same line in\u00a0\u2018Not Nineteen Forever\u2019,\u00a0and\u00a0the collection will also include the recent singles \u2018The Luckiest Man Alive\u2019 and \u2018Plus One Forever\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courteeners - Plus One Forever (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_g-y_6glHQ?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Courteeners are also set to play a huge homecoming show at Manchester\u2019s Wythenshawe Park next month, with support from\u00a0The Vaccines,\u00a0The Coral\u00a0and more. Before then,\u00a0they will top the bill at Tramlines in\u00a0Sheffield, before\u00a0a full UK arena tour follows in November. See all of the dates here\u00a0and find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>in April, Fray took stock of the band\u2019s legacy,\u00a0survival\u00a0and unfinished business, after marking their 20th anniversary with a tiny show at Manchester\u2019s Night &amp; Day Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis little gig at Night &amp; Day,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0made my year. I fucking love that place,\u201d he said. \u201cEven that being part of the launch of the \u2018best of\u2019 and the story\u2026 20 years is not to be sniffed at. This industry will kick the shit out of you, so to be still breathing and wanting to do it is a fucking miracle, if\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The frontman also discussed why now was the right time for a career-spanning collection. \u201cI had these two new songs, but the truth is there wasn\u2019t an album there. Sometimes you have these outliers that don\u2019t fit your record,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey felt really fresh to me. [Sometimes] you hold on to a song, it\u2019s lost its spark and you\u2019ve lost your respect for it. You know what? No, let\u2019s put these out. I\u2019ll be honest with you, the \u2018best of\u2019 is not that much work from our point of view. 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data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ\u00a0MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>Liam Fray talks Courteeners\u2019 legacy, survival and unfinished business: \u201cTo be still breathing and wanting to do it is a fucking miracle\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fray appeared on Radio X\u2019s drivetime show with Johnny Vaughan yesterday (July 9), where he was asked about Burnham, the former Greater Manchester Mayor who is now on course to succeed Keir Starmer as\u00a0Labour\u00a0leader and Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Burnham has long been linked with a return to Westminster and a future Labour leadership bid, and he returned to the Commons as Labour MP for Makerfield last month. With Starmer having confirmed he will step down, Burnham secured the backing of 322 Labour MPs yesterday, leaving him on course to win the leadership, and it is now very likely he will be sworn in as Prime Minister on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>During the Radio X interview, Vaughan noted that Burnham has often quoted the Courteeners lyric \u201c<i>God bless the band<\/i>\u201d from \u2018Not Nineteen Forever\u2019 in speeches, and asked Fray whether he liked him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, very much so,\u201d Fray replied.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what Burnham would be like as a leader, Fray said: \u201cI think he\u2019s done a fantastic job in Manchester.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courteeners - The Luckiest Man Alive (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U32GiLzh7f8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked what Burnham had done, Fray joked: \u201cJust comes to our gigs, really!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, he\u2019s\u00a0got\u00a0good taste,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat more can you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021,\u00a0Burnham shouted out the band during his Greater Manchester mayoral election victory speech, quoting \u2018Not Nineteen Forever\u2019 and telling the crowd: \u201cGod bless the band. If you know, you know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burnham also recently\u00a0drew\u00a0on another Manchester band,\u00a0with\u00a0Oasis granting him permission to use \u2018Some Might Say\u2019 in a by-election\u00a0campaign video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courteeners' Liam Fray on depression, evolution and 'More. Again. Forever.'\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/915H7P8aDBk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Fray was asked whether Courteeners would \u201canswer the call\u201d if\u00a0Oasis\u00a0were to ask them to support any further live shows next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Fray replied. Asked again whether he would be up for it if the rumoured dates happen, Fray said: \u201cI would, yeah. Yeah, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fray said he had seen Oasis at both Heaton Park and Wembley during\u00a0their reunion run, which saw\u00a0Liam\u00a0and\u00a0Noel Gallagher\u00a0return to the stage together for the first time in 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>The comments come as Courteeners prepare\u00a0to release their first \u2018best of\u2019 compilation, \u2018God Bless\u00a0The\u00a0Band\u2019,\u00a0on August 28.\u00a0The title is taken from\u00a0that same line in\u00a0\u2018Not Nineteen Forever\u2019,\u00a0and\u00a0the collection will also include the recent singles \u2018The Luckiest Man Alive\u2019 and \u2018Plus One Forever\u2019.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Courteeners - Plus One Forever (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_g-y_6glHQ?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Courteeners are also set to play a huge homecoming show at Manchester\u2019s Wythenshawe Park next month, with support from\u00a0The Vaccines,\u00a0The Coral\u00a0and more. Before then,\u00a0they will top the bill at Tramlines in\u00a0Sheffield, before\u00a0a full UK arena tour follows in November. See all of the dates here\u00a0and find any remaining tickets\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>in April, Fray took stock of the band\u2019s legacy,\u00a0survival\u00a0and unfinished business, after marking their 20th anniversary with a tiny show at Manchester\u2019s Night &amp; Day Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis little gig at Night &amp; Day,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0made my year. I fucking love that place,\u201d he said. \u201cEven that being part of the launch of the \u2018best of\u2019 and the story\u2026 20 years is not to be sniffed at. This industry will kick the shit out of you, so to be still breathing and wanting to do it is a fucking miracle, if\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The frontman also discussed why now was the right time for a career-spanning collection. \u201cI had these two new songs, but the truth is there wasn\u2019t an album there. Sometimes you have these outliers that don\u2019t fit your record,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey felt really fresh to me. [Sometimes] you hold on to a song, it\u2019s lost its spark and you\u2019ve lost your respect for it. You know what? No, let\u2019s put these out. I\u2019ll be honest with you, the \u2018best of\u2019 is not that much work from our point of view. I say that \u2013 I spent about six weeks doing fucking artwork!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/courteeners-liam-fray-backs-andy-burnhams-labour-leadership-bid-hes-done-a-fantastic-job-in-manchester-3956229&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Luke_Brennan_JeffJ_Mitchell.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Courteeners\u2019 Liam Fray backs Andy Burnham\u2019s Labour leadership bid: \u201cHe\u2019s done a fantastic job in Manchester\u201d The frontman also said Courteeners would \u201canswer the call\u201d to support Oasis if the band return with more live shows next year By Max Pilley 10th July 2026 Courtneers&#8217; Liam Fray and Andy Burnham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2037262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2037262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2037262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2037262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2037262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}