Sweet Soul Sister - 6-2-2003 at 05:35 PM
Thought I'd share...
Dead Men Walking will take to the road again this summer with not
one, but two very special new members.
Billy Duffy of The Cult and Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats will
join existing members Mike Peters (The Alarm), Glen Matlock (Sex
Pistols) and Kirk Brandon of Spear Of Destiny.
This July, Dead Men Walking will play a set of 5 low-key warm-up
shows including a Saturday evening appearance on July 19th at The
Wicker Man Festival, Scotland (See dates below), prior to the first
Dead Men Walking concerts in the USA which will be followed by a
massive 30 date British tour throughout September and October 2003.
Full tour dates will be announced as soon as they are available. For
now here are the July dates:
July
Wed 16th Bristol Fleece £10 in advance 01179 450996
Thu 17th London Underworld £12.50 in advance 020 7482 1932
Fri 18th Coventry Jailhouse £10 in advance 02476 221274
Sat 19th Wicker Man Festival, East Kirkcarswell Farm, NR Dundrennan,
Scotland. 0870 220 1116
Sun 20th Leeds New Roscoe £10 in advance 01132 460778
Tickets are also available now by calling the National Ticket Line
01745 571571. [Subject to £1 booking fee]
Tickets for Wickerman festival are available from Tickets Scotland
0870 220 1116 or via http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
DEAD MEN WALKING
Dead Men Walking will be taking to the road again throughout
September / October
of 2003. Live and dangerous and presenting what for many will be the
soundtrack of a generation. Dead Men Walking began out of a loose
bond
between friends and musicians whose aim is to perform familiar songs
in a
new and dramatic setting. Stripping the songs back to basics is what
this
tour is all about. Lyrics and melodies, voice and guitars.
The latest members to join Dead Men Walking are Billy Duffy who, as
well as
being co-writer of all The Cult's massive world wide hits such
as 'She Sells
Sanctuary', 'Rain', 'Love Removal Machine' and last year's US
hit 'Rise' to
name but four, is still regarded as one of the finest and most
influential
guitarists of modern times. The Cult are currently taking a
sabbatical from
touring, while vocalist Ian Astbury continues his work with
reconstituted
60's legends 'The Doors', enabling Billy to join Dead Men Walking
and resume
a musical relationship with Kirk Brandon which began in the
legendary
original line-up of 'Theatre Of Hate'.
Billy Duffy will also be resuming a musical partnership with Mike
Peters
that began with 'Coloursound' - a band formed by Peters and Duffy
that made
one critically acclaimed album back in 1999 before the demands of
The Cult
and The Alarm intervened.
Slim Jim Phantom who is currently on tour in the US with The Stray
Cats, will bring his unique
stand-up style of drumming to Dead Men Walking. Phantom, who co-
wrote some
of the Stray Cats best known tracks like 'Runaway Boys' and 'Rumble
In
Brighton' with guitarist Brian Setzer, has recently made records
with r'n'r
legend Jerry Lee Lewis and Motorhead's Lemmy.
Slim Jim's connection with the
various members of Dead Men Walking began when The Stray Cats came
to London
during the early1980's. In fact, Mike Peters' first met Slim Jim
when
Seventeen supported The Stray Cats on their first ever 'Runaway Boys
UK
Tour'. All five have remained friends ever since.
For the latest Mike Peters, Alarm & MPO news:
http://www.thealarm.com
Email: mpo@alarmpo.demon.co.uk
Telephone +44 (0)1745 571571 (24 Hour)
Dogs Bark - 6-5-2003 at 05:34 AM
I'm there for the New Roscoe [only 3 miles from my home] - called the venue and tickets will be available in the next week ....
Anyone else coming?
DB