Their show at The Cresset, in Bretton, Peterborough on Friday (28 November) is part of their first major tour for three years.

Lucky ticket holders will be expecting to hear songs from their extensive back catalogue.

The Guide spoke to drummer Mark Richardson at the start of the autumn tour.

Mark used to play in Skunk Anansie, before he joined Feeder under tragic circumstances.

Founding drummer, Jon Lee, devastatingly took his own life in 2002, leading the two remaining members, Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose, to reassess the band's future.

Since taking over the sticks later that year, Mark has played hundreds of shows with the band, including headline festival slots and gigs in some of the world's largest arenas.

Now, six years on, Feeder have gone on to become one of the UK's most successful chart acts of all time – notching up six Top 10 albums and more than 20 Top 75 singles to date.

Mark revealed that the tour didn't get off to the smoothest of starts, but it was great to be back on the road and visiting some new towns and cities.

He said: "We had only done a handful of dates when our road crew's tour bus caught fire as we were travelling down to Lincoln from Scotland."

"Our bus was ahead of it, and we got lots of phone calls to tell us what was happening. It was a complete shell when we got there. The fire was so bright.

"Luckily no one was hurt, but they did lose all their personal possessions and clothing. Amazingly, we were able to rally together and play the next show. We have a great team travelling with us."

Most people will remember when Feeder broke on to the mainstream scene with Top 5 song Buck Rogers in 2001.

Prior to that, they had a handful of Top 40 hits from albums Polythene and Yesterday Went Too Soon.

Elsewhere online: Listen to Feeder tracka at Last.fm.
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Mark revealed that his favourite songs to play live are My Perfect Day, Just The Way I'm Feeling and Pushing The Senses.

Speaking about the Peterborough show, he added: "We need to give our fans something old, but we will balance it out with new tracks from Silent Cry. The hits are normally saved to the end.

"It doesn't matter how big you are, you can't do anything unless you have some decent songs. Every band needs somebody like Grant (Nicholas – the band's frontman) – someone who lives and breathes the music and the band. He has always written good songs so people always wanted to buy them."

This summer, the band kept busy with a string of festival shows.

Mark said: "We got to play Reading and Leeds again, which is always very special. We wanted to see Rage Against The Machine play, and The Killers, but we were playing on different days. The Isle of Wight festival was also a good one."

When the tour finishes, the band will get back to recording their next album, which is due out next year.

Promoter Steve Jason said he was pleased to have finally brought the band to Peterborough after two years of trying.

He said: "It's nice to see it sold out. It's the smallest date on the tour, so hopefully people will appreciate the fact that after years of trying we managed to attract the band to Peterborough.

"People who have already seen the band on this tour say that it's a big stage show, so we're looking forward to running up a big electricity bill for The Cresset, and don't forget there is an after-show party for everybody attending the concert at The Met Lounge until 2.30am.

"We would have liked to have been able to add a third band and give a local band the chance to open up the show, but there is not going to be room on stage for another band's equipment, so that will give an indication as to how big the production is."

Doors open for Friday's sold-out show at 7pm. The after-show is free to gig goers, aged 18 and over, at The Met Lounge, in Bridge Street, until 2.30am.

Elsewhere online:
Official Feeder website.

Listen to Feeder tracka at Last.fm.