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The band are releasing Mercury Rising as a single on 29th October. The track is taken from their acclaimed 17th studio album Giants which was released in March this year. The single will be available as a 500 only limited CD release containing four tracks: Mercury Rising (single version)/Sometimes (live)/Mercury Rising (live)/Mercury Rising (instrumental) As with the Giants album, the CD will be released through Absolute and is available Gigs
The band’s live dates for 2012 haven’t finished just yet… At the end of November, they are making a welcome return to the Antipodes for a short tour which visits New Zealand and Australia including Tasmania. They are playing a total of eight gigs, seven of which are as special guests on Blondie’s tour and they are also headlining a gig in Newcastle. The tour starts in New Zealand on News
This week marks 35 years since the release of the band’s second album No More Heroes, less than six months after their debut Rattus Norvegicus. As he did earlier this year for Rattus, JJ talks us through each of the tracks on No More Heroes in his latest ratter. Read it here News
A new officially sanctioned blog site has just been launched. It is written in French and is aimed at all French speaking fans. It’s authors have close links with JJ and the blog will provide exclusive content. The blog can be found here Maintenant, en Francais… Un nouveau blogue officiellement approuvé vient d’être lancé. Il est écrit en français et s’adresse à tous les fans francophones. Ses auteurs News
September also marks the 20th anniversary of the release of 1992’s In The Night. Please click on the album cover image to listen to the full album on Spotify. Heralding a new era for The Stranglers, In The Night was the band’s first album as a five piece following the departure of singer/ guitarist Hugh Cornwell and the addition of Paul Roberts on vocals and John Ellis on guitar. News
September marks the 35th anniversary of the release of the band’s second album No More Heroes. Please click the album cover image to hear the full album on Spotify. Released at the height of the punk explosion, its inflammatory lyrics courted much controversy. Following within six months of their hugely successful debut Rattus, No More Heroes didn’t disappoint reaching number two in the album charts. News
Immediately prior to travelling out to the Channel Islands for the Jersey Live gig, JJ wrote a blog about the band’s summer festival dates in the UK and Europe and plans for the future. Read it here… |
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