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I’m excited to announce the arrival of a brand new album.
To be honest, this was a record I never intended to make. At the beginning of March I was about to embark on a lengthy UK tour with Stiff Little Fingers and I had more than fifty gigs planned for the rest of the year, including some of the biggest venues I had ever played supporting Die Toten Hosen in Germany over the Summer. There was no prospect of setting time aside for writing and recording, and it was, after all, less than two years since I released “Land Of The Overdose.” Then suddenly everything changed. Even before the tour started, news of the Covid-19 virus reaching Europe arrived. After only three dates the tour was abandoned, I headed back home, the country went into lockdown, and - even worse - a couple of days later my partner Sally and I fell ill and we realised we had gone down with the Coronavirus. If Britain’s government had taken the situation seriously and put the country into lockdown a week earlier, as much of the rest of Europe had, it would never have happened. But now the damage was done.
From my sickbed I watched with utter disbelief as the mismanagement of the situation got worse and worse, and when I started to feel well enough again I did what any writer would have done: I began to write about what was happening.
The resulting album will be released on November 27th, preceded by a free double A-side video single of two of the songs, “Send In The Clown” and “I Surf The Second Wave,” available on YouTube from 9th October. Local lockdowns permitting, I will preview the songs from the album along with some old favourites live at Blackpool Winter Gardens, home of the Rebellion Festival Acoustic Stage, at two socially distanced gigs on November 6th and 7th. The Winter Gardens has been awarded the Visit England “We’re Good To Go” industry standard confirming that it complies with the Public Health Guidance on Covid-19 measures being in place to ensure a safe visit for its guests. Ticket link here: https://www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/whats-on
The album will be released on CD and vinyl formats in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by JKP, distributed by Warners, and on CD only in the United Kingdom and rest of the world by Easy Action, distributed by Cargo. It is available to pre-order in CD format only at a discounted price on tvsmith.com from today, reverting to full price on release. Price on the webshop includes postage according to country - please choose your correct territory!
I think these are some of the most powerful and poignant songs I have ever written. I hope you agree, and enjoy my take on these extraordinary times.
TV Smith
Tracklist:
THE LUCKY ONES
BOUNCE BACK
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS
FAKE NEWS
LOCKDOWN HOLIDAY
SEND IN THE CLOWN
THE RACE FOR LAST PLACE
JOIN THE MAINSTREAM
GOOD OLD DAYS
I SURF THE SECOND WAVE
GOING NOWHERE FAST
Apr 7, 2020 - Message from TV:
These are strange times without gigs...
I've tried to make up for it a little by recording some live performances in my home studio for you.
Hope you enjoy these ten songs I've chosen...all for free and available now.
Please consider joining my YouTube channel and I'll see if I can record some more as the lockdown continues!
A socially-distanced punk all dayer, with TV, The Drones, System Of Hate, Fire Exit, Dead Objectives, U Want Fox, Boggy Formby and more tba. Postponed from December 5th.
Sun 07 Feb 2021
NORTHWICH - Salty Dog
Postponed from 6th December. Social distancing and bubble tables, and a strictly limited capacity of 30 people. Get in quick for tickets! https://salty-dog.co.uk/gigs
Thu 04 Mar 2021
BRISTOL - O2 Academy
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Fri 05 Mar 2021
CARDIFF - Great Hall
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Sat 06 Mar 2021
BIRMINGHAM - O2 Academy
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Mon 08 Mar 2021
PORTSMOUTH - Pyramids
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Tue 09 Mar 2021
NORTHAMPTON - Roadmenders
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Wed 10 Mar 2021
NORWICH - Waterfront
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Fri 12 Mar 2021
NEWCASTLE - O2 Academy
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Sat 13 Mar 2021
LEEDS - O2 Academy
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Sun 14 Mar 2021
NOTTINGHAM - Rock City
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Tue 16 Mar 2021
TROON - Concert Hall
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Wed 17 Mar 2021
GLASGOW - Barrowland
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Fri 19 Mar 2021
MANCHESTER - O2 Academy
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year.
Sat 20 Mar 2021
LONDON - Roundhouse
Stiff Little FIngers, The Professionals, and TV Smith on the rescheduled tour from last year, with special guests the Neville Staple band.
Fri 09 Apr 2021
BLACKPOOL - Winter Gardens
Two socially-distanced gigs in the home of the Rebellion Festival. Re-scheduled from November, these gigs will now be held in the beautiful Spanish Hall in the Winter Gardens. https://www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/whats-on?Query=&Date=2021-04&DateRange=Date
Sat 10 Apr 2021
BLACKPOOL - Winter Gardens
Two socially-distanced gigs in the home of the Rebellion Festival. Re-scheduled from November, these gigs will now be held in the beautiful Spanish Hall in the Winter Gardens. https://www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/whats-on?Query=&Date=2021-04&DateRange=Date
TV will be performing his first ever livestream gig on Attila The Stockbroker's "Attila Introduces..." Facebook group page at 8:00pm UTC this coming Tuesday 3rd November. You need to join the group to watch! https://www.facebook.com/groups/attilathestockbrokerintroduces
This time it looks like it will really happen...one of TV's favourite venues, the Steamboat Tavern in Ipswich is going to host two socially-distanced seated gigs in their beer garden on the weekend of 5th and 6th September. Details of how to obtain tickets in the gig list!
TV's 1994 album "Immortal Rich" has just been re-released on CD by Easy Action Records and is available in the online shop here. This new version includes as bonus tracks the "Thin Green Line" EP that TV recorded with Tom Robinson, and the track "Eurodisneyland Tomorrow" which was previously only available as the B-side of "We Want The Road."
Still no gigs...but I've now uploaded the video session I recorded for the online Rebellion Festival this year to my YouTube channel as individual songs. I hope to keep adding to the songs on YouTube so please subscribe to the channel to get notified of what's new there! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2s63T1NH3GtdKbULX5pXtg/videos
Very disappointed to have to report that due to the change in the laws on indoor gigs announced on Friday - with just 24 hours notice - the gigs at the Waterloo Music Bar planned for this week have had to be cancelled. Everyone tried really hard to get the event switched to an outside location but sadly it just wasn't possible to do it in time. Full refunds to everyone who bought tickets of course. https://www.waterloomusicbar.com
The wait for a gig is finally over! The Waterloo Music Bar in Blackpool has been granted permission to stage four nights of gigs over the period when Rebellion was due to take place, with TV playing on the Thursday and Saturday, and Arturo Bassick on the Friday and Sunday. These will be seated table service gigs following the current guidelines and strictly limited to 70 people per night, advance tickets only. https://www.waterloomusicbar.com
TV's books of tour diaries
TV's tour diaries - available at most gigs, at the webshop on this site and through the Arima Publishing website
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Written by Dave Thompson - editor and publisher of the legendary TV Times fanzine.
paperback book, 170 pages. PRICE $25
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