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The Tigers are a british rock band from Sheffield, UK, formed in 2002. The band consists of singer (name), two guitarists and backing vocalists (name and name) and a drummer and backing vocalist (name). All of the current members were founding members of the band and none of them have left since foundation.
The band's first studio album was released in 2004, called 'In Love and Death', it became quickly popular and as a result, they went on worldwide tours in 2004 and 2005. Their second studio album, 'Peace' was released in 2006, their third studio album 'When The World Comes Down' was released in 2008, and in 2010 their fourth studio album 'Outsider' was released. In 2012, their fifth studio album 'Vulnerable' was released. In 2014, their sixth studio album 'Imaginary Enemy' was released. In 2017, their seventh studio album '(how to live) As Ghosts' was released. In 2020, their eighth studio album 'After Hours' was released and in 2024, their ninth studio album 'Live Laugh Love' will be released.

The band has enjoyed commercial success with their albums achieving gold and platinum statuses in many countries worldwide.

## History

### Foundation and First Album (2002-2004)

The Tigers were formed in October 2002, with the four members (as friends) all creating the group and started to play music. They didn't plan any albums but decided to record music for fun. Nothing too much happened during the first few months going into 2003. But in August 2003, they started writing and planning for a studio album. In August 2004, they announced their album would be released in September and on 28 September 2004 their album was officially released, the album had 3 singles, ''Take It Away'', ''I Caught Fire'' and ''All That I've Got''.

### Growing Popularity and new Albums (2004-2010)

Their first album quickly became popular, with their single ''All That I've Got'' getting 1 million listens just 2 weeks after it got released, the other singles got 1 million views a bit of time afterwards. Other songs also got increasingly popular and by the end of 2004, all of the songs got at least 1 million listens. In 2005, they went on their first tours, starting in their home city, and going across the country to places like London, Manchester. In August 2005, they had their first tour abroad, going to Canada and then the USA in September 2005. Following the tours, they went on a break for the rest of 2005 in terms of touring. But they also announced in September 2005 that they were already writing and planning songs for their Second studio album, planned to be released in 2006. On the 14th June 2006, their second studio album 'Peace' was released. The album had two singles, ''Peace'' and ''Novocaine''. They also quickly became popular just like the album. It was their shortest album, with only 10 songs and the whole album lasting roughly 36 minutes. In July and August 2006, they went on a UK Summer Tour and in October, they went to Europe, going to France and Germany. In November 2006, after their final tour across the UK for the year, they announced that they would be on a short break in 2007. In May 2007, they announced their next tour dates, and also announced that a third studio album will be coming in 2008, and they begun writing for it. They went in Europe and North America in the Summer of 2007 then had another UK tour in October and November 2007. In March-April 2008, they went on their first South American tour, going to Brazil, Argentina and Peru. They then returned to the UK and had a tour in May and June. In August, they returned to the USA. On October 16th 2008, their third studio album, ''When the World Comes Down'' was released. 3 Singles were in the album: ''Move Along'', ''Breakin'' and ''Real World''. In November and early December 2008, they went on a UK tour in support of their new album. They had a 'Spring Tour' from March-May in 2009 across the UK, and going to Northern Ireland for the first time. In June, they went to Canada to tour again, but not heading to the USA this year. In July, their first EP Shapes of Screams was released. In October 2009, they announced that their fourth studio album will be released in Summer 2010. They then went on a European Tour from April-May in 2010, going to new places like Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Poland, as well as visiting France and Germany. On the 12th July 2010, their fourth studio album 'Outsider' was released. The album's three singles were ''Infra-Red'', ''The Mountain'' and ''Nothing to lose but you''. From August-December 2010, they went to places across the UK and Europe, as well as a North America tour in USA, Canada and visited Mexico for the first time as a band in support of their new album.

### Major Breakthrough (2012-2023)

In early 2011, they announced that a lot of tour dates would be cancelled. However, they also announced that they started writing for their fifth studio Album. Towards the end of 2011, they announced their fifth studio album, Vulnerable was planned to be released in February 2012. It was eventually pushed back to March 2012 and was eventually released on March 26th 2012, and the album spawned three singles: ''I Come Alive'', ''Put Me Out'' and ''Hands and Faces''. The band then performed an album release show, where they played all of the songs in their new album, for the first time in the band's history. They then went on a UK Tour in April-June in 2012 and then went abroad to North America, South America and then back to the UK. In October 2012, they announced dates for their 2013 Asia Tour, their first time going to Asia as a band. In 2013, they went on their Asia Tour in China, South Korea and Japan. In April 2013, they announced they would be heading to Morocco and Egypt in October 2013, making it the first time they would be heading to Africa as a band. Also, in October 2013, they announced they started writing and planning for their sixth studio album. In January 2014, they announced that their sixth studio album will be released in April 2014. On 1st April 2014, their sixth studio album ''Imaginary Enemy'' was released, the album had three singles: ''Cry'', ''Revolution'' and ''Over and Over Again''. In April-May 2014, they went on a UK Tour then went to the USA. In May 2014, they also announced in October 2014, they would be touring Australia and New Zealand, being the first time the band went to Oceania, and they would have toured six habitable continents. After their tours in 2014, they announced in 2015 they would be taking a bit of a break from tours and producing music. In April 2015, they announced dates for their 2015 UK Tour taking place in September and October 2015. They announced that would be their only tour for 2015 but would be having more tours in 2016. They said that they needed a break from tours and music so they took a bit of time off to recover and have a bit of time to themselves. In December 2015, they announced dates for their tours in 2016, including an Asia, Africa, Europe and North America tour as well as a UK Tour. Midway through their Asia tour in November 2016, they announced that once they went back to the UK, they would begin writing for their seventh studio album. In 2017, they went on a South America and Oceania Tour and another European Tour, and on the 26th October 2017, their seventh studio album, (how to live) As Ghosts was released. Three new singles were released from the Album: ''Burnout'', ''Blood Red Sky'' and ''Phantoms''. In November 2017, they went on a UK Tour to wrap up 2017. In 2018, they went on a North America, South America, Africa and Europe Tour as well as a few UK tours. In early 2019, they went on a Asia Tour again, and then in the Summer they went on an Oceania Tour, remaining in the UK for the rest of 2019. In early October 2019, they confirmed that they have secretly been writing and producing their eighth studio album, also confirmed they were in collaboration with The Weeknd for some of the songs for the Album. ''Heartless'' and ''Blinding Lights'', the album's first two singles, were released in late November 2019, and they immediately became extremely popular. On the 16th March 2020, their eighth studio album, ''After Hours'' was released. ''Snowchild'', ''Escape from LA'' and ''Faith'' were the songs that were in collaboration with The Weeknd. The Album had four singles, ''Heartless'', ''Blinding Lights'', ''In Your Eyes'' and ''Save Your Tears''. In 2020, all of their tours were cancelled due to COVID-19, however in August 2020, they performed a behind closed doors live concert, where they performed the entirety of ''After Hours'' and select songs from their other albums, it was virtual and available to watch on their Youtube channel, Facebook and Twitch channels as well. They then did this a few more times in 2020. In 2021, they also did more virtual concerts. In July 2021, they did their first tour since 2019 and did it across the UK. In 2021, they stayed in the UK and did that one tour and had a few more concerts across the UK as well. In 2022, they announced their first abroad tour since 2019, in Europe which took place from April-June 2022. They then had another UK Tour in August 2022. They then went to North America in September and October 2022. They then didn't tour for the rest of the year. In 2023, they announced their first tour would be in May 2023, and would take place in the UK, they then went into Europe in July and August 2023, and then went to North America in September 2023, and then one last UK tour in October and November 2023.

### Recent Work (2024-Present)

On the 9th December 2023, they announced that their ninth studio album, ''Live Laugh Love'' would be released in 2024. On the 16th December 2023, their first single, ''Ghosts'' was released, and they announced the release date of the Album, which will be on the 8th February 2024.

## Discography

### Studio Albums

*In Love and Death (2004)*

*Peace (2006)*

*When The World Comes Down (2008)*

*Outsider (2010)*

*Vulnerable (2012)*

*Imaginary Enemy (2014)*

*(how to live) As Ghosts (2017)*

*After Hours (2020)*

*Live Laugh Love (2024)*