Dexy's Midnight Runners have announced full details of their forthcoming UK tour and greatest hits compilation.
The band, who topped the UK singles chart with Geno in 1980 and Come On Eileen in 1982 - split up in 1986.
Now the band, including frontman Kevin Rowland, Pete Williams and violinist Lucy Morgan, are to return with a 17-date UK tour, reports NME.com.
The dates are as follows:
Portsmouth Guildhall (October 21)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall (23)
Leeds Grand (25)
Basingstoke The Anvil (26)
Bristol Colston Hall (28)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (29)
Guildford Civic Hall (31)
Aberdeen Music Hall (November 2)
Glasgow Pavilion (3)
Newcastle Opera House (4)
Manchester Academy (6)
Liverpool Royal Court (7)
Northampton Derngate (8)
London Royal Festival Hall (10)
Milton Keynes Stables (11)
Plymouth Pavilions (12)
Coventry Warwick Arts Centre (14)
Belfast Waterfront (16)
Leicester De Montfort Hall (18)
The compilation album, called Let's Make This Precious, is out on September 22 and will include two new tracks, Manhood and My Life In England, which are tipped for release as singles.
The full tracklisting is: Tell Me When My Light Turns To Green, Breaking Down, Geno, There There My Dear, Plan B, Show Me, Let's Make This Precious, Until I Believe, The Celtic Soul Brothers, Come On Eileen, Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile), Let's Get This Straight (From The Start), This Is What She's Like, My National Pride, I Love You, Because Of You, My Life In England, Manhood.
A new biography of the band, also called Let's Make This Precious, is to be published by Virgin Books in November.
― russ t, Tuesday, 22 July 2003 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― James Ball (James Ball), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jim Eaton-Terry (Jim E-T), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)
Yes, Matthew and I will gladly take those tickets if someone can pay for our air fare. Oh, and house us. And a meal or two would be nice.
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)
Yeah, that should about do it. Scott and I have been looking to do a romantic weekend for two like this for months now...
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― Coat Hanger (c_hanger), Sunday, 28 September 2003 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 25 May 2004 20:28 (twenty-two years ago)
Former Dexys Midnight Runners members and former Style Council keyboardist, Mick Talbot, have reunited the legendary British funk Northern soul band “The Bureau”. The band will release the new album “…And Another Thing” on Monday 6th October (available to buy from www.bureau.org.uk). “…And Another Thing” is the first new studio album release that follows the 2005 reissue of the Bureau’s 1981 self-titled debut album.
The Bureau will support the release with a series of rare concerts at Birmingham’s Sound Bar on 3rd October, Newcastle’s The Cluny on 8th October and London’s Jazz Café on 9th October.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 11 August 2008 17:27 (seventeen years ago)
"Tell Me When My Light Turns Green" is amazing -- when I first heard it I was really angry that it wasn't a huge US hit, thus making me wait until adulthood to hear it.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 11 August 2008 18:25 (seventeen years ago)
Wasn't there supposed to have been a new disc from Dexy's Midnight Runners out last year? What happened to that?
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 11 August 2008 19:22 (seventeen years ago)
Mick Talbot! No way! Are you shitting me!? WOW. I guess I wasn't that crazy about the Bureau, but I'm pretty fascinated with Talbot. I'd like to hear this.
― Bimble, Monday, 11 August 2008 20:26 (seventeen years ago)
I saw them live, back in the day (The Bureau, I mean), and a few years ago got the 2CD reissue of the album. Funny, could have sworn they were cracking live, but the whole album was um....
Can't say this one's gonna be much different.
― Mark G, Monday, 11 August 2008 20:29 (seventeen years ago)
Weren't they sortof ska though? I can't bloody remember what they were like now.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 11 August 2008 21:56 (seventeen years ago)
Ska? noh.
I dunno how to describe them. Imagine early dexys without Kev, really.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 06:49 (seventeen years ago)
The new stuff on their Myspace is pleasant enough, but perhaps it strays too far into Talkin' Loud / Acid Jazz / James Taylor Quartet territory.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:19 (seventeen years ago)
James Taylor Quartet! Wow I haven't thought of them in a long while.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:22 (seventeen years ago)
Dexys to release new album in 2012. First in 26-years.
― Rebekah Brooks Ate My Country (Doran), Monday, 11 July 2011 00:49 (fourteen years ago)
I was excited to see this announcement to come up on Facebook today.
Dexys new album "One Day I'm Going To Soar" will be released June 4th 2012.
Also theres this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAzn3vOfkzY
I have to say I'm a little nervous though, I think their back catalogue is one of the most pefect ones I can think of. I don't want them to spoil it.
Excited for more live dates, the show I saw them do in 2003 was incredible.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 10 February 2012 15:43 (fourteen years ago)
Liked this way more than I expected, kind of excited now.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 11 February 2012 03:25 (fourteen years ago)
Like the look of the cover:https://twitter.com/#!/DexysOfficial/status/169013037334925312/photo/1
― woof, Monday, 13 February 2012 15:28 (fourteen years ago)
"Dexys" ?
As opposed to "Dexy's Midnight Runners"...
― Mark G, Monday, 13 February 2012 15:40 (fourteen years ago)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hl29f
Thursday, 17th May, 11:30am on BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down.Kevin Rowland and Helen O'Hara give rare interviews about a pivotal time in Dexys Midnight Runners' history. Having been the best selling UK band of 1982 with their massive hit single Come On Eileen and the hugely popular album Too-Rye-ay, Dexys took some time to consider what to do next.
Don't Stand Me Down was brave and different to Too-Rye-Ay. Rowland had a clear vision and went to great lengths to record and mix it to his own specifications.
His interest in his Irish roots and Irish politics was one of the themes of the record. Misunderstood in its day, it received poor reviews but has since gone on to receive critical acclaim.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:18 (fourteen years ago)
I've always wondered if Don't Stand Me Down was actually that poorly received when it came out? I know it did very well in NME's end of year list and apparently Melody Maker gave it a good review too. Is it just one of these things people say as it sold quite poorly?
They were great on Jools last night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYEj0y99PKo
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:39 (fourteen years ago)
huh.that one is a lyrical re-working of a duet sung with Tasha Lee McLuney on early nineties demo recording k. rowland did with jim paterson
― dell (del), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
the demo is called "lovin'"
http://i.imgur.com/UsGMc.jpg
― dell (del), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:07 (fourteen years ago)
bbc4 right now for the Dexys film. well actually it's half over but it's on iPlayer afterwards. Tim Chipping did the interviews. it's intense just watching it so heaven knows what it was like for him.
― piscesx, Friday, 20 March 2015 23:07 (eleven years ago)