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January marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the band’s seventh studio album Feline back in 1983. Please click on the album cover image to hear the full album on Spotify… The album was their first following a move to Epic/CBS and showed a distinct shift in the band’s sound as it featured electronic drums and acoustic guitars. The album reached number four in the UK charts and Features
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The band have now returned home after a successful tour down under. The response to the gigs was fantastic and the band loved every minute of the trip. Baz is currently putting the finishing touches to his Oz/NZ tour diary which we’ll bring you soon. After a really busy year, they now have a couple of months to relax before rehearsals for the Feel It Live tour begin. Seasons greetings News
Filmmaking and advertising team David Boni and Mark Huskisson have been working on a film about the band since early this year. Along with other colleagues, they have been filming at numerous gigs, travelling on the tourbus around Europe and interviewing band members, crew & fans. David has posted a brief update about the project here including some nice screen shots from the hours of footage they have News
In addition to the gigs, the band have been very busy down under with TV appearances, numerous interviews and other press… They appeared on Channel 7’s The Morning Show in Australia on Thursday 6th December, performing an acoustic version of Golden Brown live in the studio and were interviewed briefly. A video of the performance can be found here Gigs
With Britain plunging into winter, it’s hard to think of next year’s festival season but the band are already booking gigs for the summer. They have now been confirmed as headliners at Weyfest at Tilford, Surrey on Friday 30th August. The band first appeared at the festival back in 2010. Tickets for the festival are on sale now via the Weyfest website Onstage at Weyfest News
Before the Auckland gig, New Zealand TV channel 3 News ran a feature on the band ‘Anything but punk’ and both Baz & JJ were interviewed. Clearly, NZ news channels are less regulated than UK ones as the language is quite ‘colourful’! Watch it here News
JJ is appearing on Absolute Radio 70s on Sunday 2nd December at 7pm talking about the band’s past as ‘Punk Outsiders’. Further details can be found here |
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