THE QUIREBOYS On Planet Rock Tonight
November 5, 2009, 15 years ago
UK rockers THE QUIREBOYS have issued the following update:
"Spike and Griff are interviewed live tonight (Thursday, November 5th) at 9 PM on Planet Rock Radio with Nicky Horne, talking about the upcoming 20th anniversary tour, of A Bit Of What You Fancy, plus their new acoustic album, Half Penny Dancer."The Quireboys recently posted two new tracks from their acoustic/Americana album Halfpenny Dancer (Vol 1), a revamped version of 'There She Goes Again' and a cover of the UFO classic 'Love To Love'.
The album contains 13 tracks:
'There She Goes Again'
'Devil Of A Man'
'Love To Love' (UFO cover)
'Mona Lisa Smiled'
'Can't Stop Loving You'
'Roses And Rings'
'Baby It's You' (FRANKIE MILLER cover)
'Hello'
'Pretty Girls'
'Long Time Comin''
'He'll Have To Go' (JIM REEVES cover)
'Hates To Please'
'King Of New York'
Halfpenny Dancer (Vol. 1) is available now, exclusively from quireboys.com.
The Quireboys, in conjunction with EMI Records, will be releasing a 20th Anniversary edition of A Bit Of What You Fancy in November. The album peaked at number 2 and spent 15 weeks, in the UK charts, when originally released in 1990. It includes the hit singles '7 O'Clock' (UK No.36, 1989), 'Hey You' (UK No.14, 1990), 'I Don't Love You Anymore' (UK No.24, 1990) and 'There She Goes Again' / 'Misled' (UK No.37, 1990).
The CD re-issue contains the original 12 track album plus eight bonus album demo recordings, and all the tracks have been digitally re-mastered from original master tapes, at Abbey Road Studios. The re-mastered album also contains an information booklet which features extensive sleeve notes with new quotes from the band.
'A Little Bit Of What You Fancy' re-mastered, will be released on CD on Monday, November 9th, and is available exclusively from Jerkin' Crocus records www.jerkincrocus.com.
The Quireboys tour dates:
December
3 - Limelight - Crewe, UK10 - O2 Academy 2 - Bristol, UK
11 - HMV Forum - London, UK
12 - JB's - Dudley, UK
17 - O2 Academy 2 - Liverpool, UK
18 - Cathouse - Glasgow, UK
19 - O2 Academy 2 - Sheffield, UK
20 - Academy - Newcastle, UK