BraveWords.com has received the following press release:

2010 will see the TYGERS OF PAN TANG celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Wildcat album, the band's first and most iconic recording. The album was released during the hay-day of the NWOBHM movement and captures the real spirit of the music scene in the UK in 1980. The band at the time was a young four-piece and after charting in the UK top forty albums at No 15, this album proved to be the springboard for three more albums in two years with various lineups until the band decided to disband in 1983.

Robb Weir, who originally formed the band in 1978, has resurrected the Tygers with a new lineup culminating in the release of the album, Animal Instinct, in 2008. As Wildcat is very close to Robb's heart we have decided to pick his top five tracks and re-record these to celebrate and remind the fans of the quality of the album which may have been long forgotten.

The songs will be re-arranged to utilise modern technology and recorded by the 2010 lineup:

Rob Weir - guitars

Dean Robertson - guitars

Brian West - bass

Craig Ellis - drums

Jacopo Meille - vocals

The songs to be included are:

'Euthanasia'

'Slaves To Freedom'

'Suzy Smiled'

'Don't Touch Me There'

'Wildcat'

The five-track EP will be recorded late January and be available for pre-sale exclusively from the Tygers website in February. We expect to dispatch the EP to buyers in early March 2010

This will be a limited ddition of 1000 copies, have new artwork and will only be available from the website and at live shows. We will also be looking at some commemorative shirts which will also be sold via the website from March onwards."

Catch Tygers Of Pan Tang live at the following shows:

January

29 - The Tavern - Wigan, UK
31 - Rock & Blues Festival - Skegness Butlins - Lincolnshire, UK

April

24 - Keep It True 13 Festival - Konigshofen, Germany

June

11 - Robin 2 Bilston NWOBHM Celebration - Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK