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27 Jun
DOWN 'N OUTZ CD free with new Classic Rock Magazine
The JOE ELLIOT’S DOWN 'N OUTZ supported MOTT THE HOOPLE at one of their 2009 reformation shows at Hammersmith Odeon. In addition to Joe Elliott (vocals, guitar, keyboards), the band featured THE QUIREBOYS' Paul Guerin (guitar), Guy Griffin (guitar), Keith Weir (keyboards) and Phil Martini (drums) and finally bassist Ronnie Garrity (RAW GLORY). Following a rapturous reception, the one-night project has taken on a life and energy of its own and an album project was born. DOWN 'N OUTZ then set about recording an album's worth of material. Entitled "My Re Generation", the album was produced by Joe Elliott, with co-production by Ronan McHugh, and was recorded at Elliott's own studio Joe's Garage and Moor Hall studio in Bedfordshire.
Track listing (with original recording artist listed in parenthesis):
01. Golden Opportunity (Ian Hunter)
02. Storm (Mott)
03. Overnight Angels (Ian Hunter)
04. Career (No Such Thing As Rock 'n' Roll) (Mott)
05. England Rocks (Ian Hunter)
06. Shouting And Pointing (Mott)
07. By Tonight (Mott)
08. Who Do You Love (Ian Hunter)
09. One More Chance To Run (British Lions)
10. Good Times (Mott, originally recorded by The Easybeats)
Prior to the album's general release on July 13, fans will be able to get hold of the 10-track LP cover mounted on the latest issue of Classic Rock magazine (on sale on June 23, 2010).
For more info - www.downnoutz.com
DOWN 'N OUTZ have been confirmed to play the main stage of inaugural High Voltage festival at Victoria Park, London on Sunday July 25.
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1 Jun
Quireboys cover AC/DC for Classic Rock
Check out the current issue of Classic Rock Magazine. The Quireboys covering AC/DC's 'You Shook Me All Night Long' on the cover mount 'Back in Black' tribute CD. |
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23 Mar
April acoustic dates rescheduled
Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond the control of both the band and the promoters The Quireboys acoustic shows at the end of April in Bristol (26), Liverpool (27) and Oxford (29) have had to be re-scheduled.
All tickets bought for the original dates will be valid for the new dates, which are as follows -
July 29 - 02 Academy 2, Bristol
July 30 - 02 Academy 2, Oxford (with the Whybirds)
July 31 - 02 Academy 2, Liverpool
The Quireboys would like to apologise for an inconvenience caused. |
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18 Mar
New German Date
The Quireboys have just announced that they will be playing Germany's prestigious music club The Blues Garage, Hannover on May 6th. This will be the only opportunity for German fans to see the band this year. For more information and tickets visit — www.bluesgarage-hannover.de |
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The Quireboys give a controversial five page interview in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine (issue on sale 3rd March w/ Slash on the cover). |
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The Quireboys were interviewed by Rockpages magazine (Greece) at Hard Rock Hell in December. You can read the feature at www.rockpages.gr |
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The Quireboys have confirmed the following festival appearances for this summer:
08 Jun, Ibiza
www.hrhroadtrip.com
(acoustic set)
09 Jun, Sölvesborg. Sweden
www.swedenrock.com
(electric set)
10 Jun, Sölvesborg. Sweden
www.swedenrock.com
09 Jul, Gävle, Sweden
www.getawayrock.se
25 Jul, Victoria Park, London
www.highvoltagefestival.com
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Due to contractual obligations on the part of the local promoters the concerts that the Quireboys were due to play in Poland on 27th and 28th of February have now been put back to until the autumn. The Quireboys have had no control over these matters, but would still like to apologise to anyone who had booked tickets and was looking forward to attending the shows. We look forward to meeting our Polish fans later in the year once these dates have been re-scheduled.
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The Quireboys shall be playing some acoustic shows in support of the store release of 'Halfpenny Dancer' at the end of March. These will be in acoustic venues and will feature the full band augmented with pedal steel, mandolin and fiddle.
06 - , Knaresborough..
25 - , Leicester
26 , Swindon
19 - , Wavendon (seats are limited so book early)
23 - , London
For full details check out the dates page.
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Belfast’s Spring and Air break was our first port of call on the “Bit of What you Fancy” UK tour, Belfast was cold and wet but the welcome couldn’t have been warmer, what a great place to kick off proceedings, Belfast reminds me so much of Newcastle and we have had some great friends there. Keith’s Mam, dad and brothers were all there, its always great to see them .“What about yeeee Geeee” was the cry all evening… Ah music to my ears. Spike and I sank a couple of pints of Guinness in Katy Daly’s before the show and then plenty more after the show. We were pretty tired as we had left London at 1am the previous morning, but once the after show buzz kicked in there was little point in going to bed as we were leaving for Hard Rock Hell at 4am – hi-ho!
Having never been on Holiday to Pontins I was quite intrigued to see what the British holiday maker gets for their well earned money. Well I know we shouldn’t go on first impressions but Pontins was a scary looking place, the thought of spending two weeks there froze me to the bone, but what a stroke of genius putting a rock festival in there. Take a couple of thousand thirsty rock fans, a bunch of great bands, somewhere to sleep within crawling distance of the gig that isn’t a damp tent and you have a recipe for success. We went on stage at about 5pm and the venue was packed, you couldn’t have got a Rizla paper in there. You never really know how its going to go when it’s a festival crowd and not your own show, but the great British Rock fraternity didn’t let us down singing their well oiled heads off and making the trip totally worthwhile. Great to see Girlschool, Wasp and of course the mighty New York Dolls.
It was a great feeling when I walked into the Bristol Academy to see the new Quireboys backdrop hanging at the back of the stage in all its glory, Bruce Murray did a great job getting that together (You can see footage on Youtube). Tonight was the official first night of the tour and the stage setting looked great (Thank you Amanda), we spent a long time sound checking tonight making sure everything was perfect with the monitors and front of house sound. Griff and I are using radio packs now, but we have been using cables for so long we sometimes forget that we have the freedom to go anywhere on the stage… probably get it figured by Newcastle - ha ha!
Its great to see how many people are buying “Half Penny Dancer” the feedback is wonderful. We are really pleased that you are all so happy with it - thank you. |
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Barcelona was the last show on our Spanish tour, Leah, Dee, Amanda and Emily (The Wags) flew in for the show and it was great to have them there. The show was sold out and we knew it was going to be a great night, this was our sixth show in a row and hats off to Spike, who like the rest of us was fighting a cold, but still sang brilliantly. Again the audience were fantastic and we would like to thank everyone who came to the shows, you really do make it all worthwhile.
Seven AM came around very quickly and me, Phil, Nunny, Pete and Bruce were back on the tour bus heading back to England, we were booked on the 21.50 chunnell crossing, we had thirteen hours to get there and we made it with two minutes to spare, (It would have been a four hour wait till the next one). Pete and Bruce shared the driving and again a big hats off and a huge thank you to them for their dedication, like I said we would be stumped without them.
The Spanish tour was a great success, as usual we didn’t get to see much of the country, it’s travel, gig, sleep, travel, gig, sleep… Its only Rock ‘n’ Roll - but we love it! |
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El Sol club in Madrid is always a great gig for The Quireboy’s and tonight was no exception, the sold out audience were in fine voice and jubilant mood and we had the thumbs up from the club owner to play for as long as we wanted to… so we did. We have taken to playing ‘Halfpenny Dancer’ over the PA system before we go on stage and at the risk of tooting our own trumpet I think we have made a great record, the band is in top form, the songs really lend themselves to this treatment and I think this is the best Spike has ever sounded... toot, toot!
The famous quote from Winston Churchill “Never has so much been owed by so many to so few” could have been written about our crew. Bruce Murray who has tirelessly looked after the band for twenty years, Pete Mason who drives us and looks after merchandise and Paul (Nunny) Nunn who is our instrument technician. I wanted to give these guy’s a mention because without them we would be stumped.
Sevilla and Grenada again were great shows and as usual it was great fun meeting and greeting the fans after the shows. The club El Tren in Granada stayed open very late for us so we told the DJ that we only wanted AC/DC blasting out all night... and that’s what we got!
Tonight’s show at the Durango club in Velancia, was kicking. The club reminded me of the club in the movie ‘Dusk Till Dawn’. Tonight’s support band Jolly Joker were a great bunch of guy’s, banging out cover versions of Motley Crew, LA Gun’s, Kiss etc, whilst guzzling Jack Daniel’s and smoking fags Keith Richards stylee. Let me take this opportunity to thank their guitar player Ed, who presented us with a painting of Spike, Griff and myself. We hit the stage at 1.15 am and the audience had lost none of its fervor. The atmosphere was fantastic, the bar staff were dancing on the bar and it was great to see our friends from Alicante having a great time down the front.
As I write we are driving to Barcelona, the scenery is stunning, looking at the ancient ruins (no I’m not looking in the mirror) you wish the walls could speak. Imagine the feasts, fights, orgies and floggings that took place, the liars, the freaks and fools, minstrels, jesters and crooks all trying to make a buck to pay for the next drink... Nothing has changed eh?
Today’s movie is ‘Team America’, an absolute peach of a movie. Phil Martini can quote you every line from it, as he has watched it so many times. If you haven’t seen it I recommend you check it out its very, very funny.
Later,
Paul. |
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'The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane'. Well that’s not strictly true readers. It’s chucking it down here, so all plans for donning flip flip’s( Iv’e got two left feet) and the knotty hanky have been dashed. We are holed up in the Hotel Bastardos where my crazy next door neighbour in London who randomly drill’s and knocks nails in his walls all day long clearly has decided to come on holiday to this hotel and he has brought his drill and his hammer with him and bugger me is he using them. Classic “Carry on Abroad”
We flew into Bilboa on Thursday with the tour starting on Friday. Thursday night in Bilboa was quit civilised by Quireboy’s standards, vino tintino, frothy quenchers and many tortillas were downed before we went to check out the following nights venue. The place was packed with young Spanish folk all sporting Dave Hill from Slade’s hair doo (severe fringe hacking seems to be the order of the day) jiving to the very popular techno music (Technonotice I say) we made a swift exit.
It’s pretty rare that we fly in the night before the show so we took full advantage of the time and got up at the crack of 3.30 in the afternoon. Must be the jet lag ha ha.
The Bilboa show was a cracker, we played for two hours, which felt like two minutes to me. The venue, lights, sound and stage were all first class and the audience were wonderful. The bonus of the evening was security didn’t hoof everyone out the place the second we left the stage so we had a chance to talk to the fans and sign copies of Halfpenny Dancer which we are selling on the tour.
169 miles, 3 hours, too many Haribo’s and six episodes of Californication later we arrive in Gijon. Each leg of the Homewrecker’s tour has had a movie theme. Wev’e been through the Mafioso gang world with the Soprano’s, the beaches of Northern France with Band of Brothers, the debauchery of ancient Rome with ...err.. Rome, the cringworthy put your foot in it world of Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm and now folks its Californication o’clock... time for a party. David Duchovny as Hank Moody the out of control booze/drug/sex addict Hollywood writer is pure genius in this part, he’s also executive producer... canny gig mate... cast yourself in the middle of a crumpet fest (just watch it you’ll get my drift.)
Tonight’s gig in Gijon is in the very swanky Sala Acapulco... mucho red velvet and mucho red wine, a fine combination. Showtime is 9pm which is very early for a gig in Spain but I’m sure they have their reasons, we only get to play 75 min’s tonight due to some ancient bylaw or something daft like that but never the less another killer show. I’ve just had a “Rebell Yell” Humbucker pick up made for me by Bare Knuckles pick up’s and fitted to my main Les Paul and I’m over the moon with the sound I’m getting from my rig. Griff’s Zematus and my Les Paul sound killer together (yawn..yea I know, I’m sorry, but that was just for the guitar players out there). The Spanish audiences are very passionate which is always fun to play to but I must point out that I have noticed a new rock phenomena creeping into the art of audience participation. Mass air drumming, don’t get me wrong I’m all for it as long as it doesn’t take over and make rock guitar hero worship a thing of the past but I reckon I can sleep easy at night knowing that mass air keyboarding will never raise its ugly head in my lifetime. The low point of the evening was when someone stole my Marshall Guvnor’ pedal and my brass slide during the signing session, Ronnie Wood gave me that slide nearly twenty years ago and some thieving hound thought it was ok to pocket it. If any of our Spanish fans knows who has it I would really like it back. No questions asked.
We have a day off in A Coruna, now I reckon you’ll agree with me, whether its Santa Monica, Blackpool, Blyth or Bondi beach any seaside town in the rain is a miserable place so we resigned ourselves to tortilla, coffee, wine and MTV but the god of days off shone down on us and we found a great little bar with table football (that is after we had eaten our individual body weights in Indian food). Now table football is a great game until you wake up the next day and your wrists are completely sprained and you have a gig to do, so when we started feeling the burn me ‘n’ Griff decided to watch the Bourne Supremacy followed by The Silence of the Lambs both dubbed into Spanish which was a very pleasant way to finish off the evening EXCEPT neither of us speak Spanish...ah well you can’t win em all.
The Quireboy’s try to stick to what we call the ‘four hour rule’ which means we will have eaten dinner at least four hours before the show so nothing re-appears during the show, well, this usually goes to plan until tonight. Fernando, tonight’s promoter takes us to a restaurant where it turns out the waiter is also the barman, the chef and chief pot washer, so, by the time we had figured the menu (thank god for Damon’s command of the Spanish lingo) and our jack of all trades had cooked and served each order individually we barely had time to get back to the venue.
The Playa Club is situated on the promenade, there’s something quite wonderful about playing a gig when you can see the ocean kicking up a storm through the window, oh I’m such a romantic, another great gig, Spike was on top form as usual and had the crowd eating out of his hand, the set is really working out well, I can’t wait to play this show in England.
Cheers for now!
Paul. |
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Crewe show cancelled
Due to circumstances beyond the control of the Quireboys the show scheduled for December 3rd at The Limelight in Crewe has been cancelled. |
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EMI have issued a deluxe 20th anniversary edition of The Quireboys’ debut album ‘A Bit Of What You Fancy’. The CD re-issue contains the original twelve 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 Bit Of What You Fancy’ 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’ (‘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)
‘A Little Bit Of What You Fancy’ re-mastered, is released on CD on Monday 9th November 2009.
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The Quireboys attended The Classic Rock Awards on Monday, which took place at the Park Lane Hotel in London. The lads shared a table with Mott The Hoople who won the 'comeback of the year' award. Members of the Quireboys were asked by Classic Rock Magazine to perform a special set of covers at the aftershow party. They were joined onstage by Mick Ralphs of Mott The Hoople and Bad Company. Spike and Griff can be seen being interviewed on the BBC News at 10 here.
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The Quireboys new acoustic / Americana Halfpenny Dancer is now available to order from the merch page.
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Two new tracks from the Quireboys forthcoming acoustic / Americana album have been posted on the bands MySpace page. They are a revamped version of and a cover of the UFO classic . You can listen to them here. Another track Hates To please has been added to Moor Hall Studios MySpace page, you can listen to it here.
The album contains 13 tracks:
(UFO)(Leo Sayer)(Frankie Miller) (Jim Reeves)
will be available from Nov 1 on this site. |
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7 Oct
New song now online
'I Can't Stop Loving You' a song from The Quireboys forthcoming acoustic album 'Halfpenny Dancer' is now available to listen to online. To hear the track visit Moor Hall Studios. |
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The Quireboys are releasing a new acoustic/Americana style album this November called 'Halfpenny Dancer' which features new versions of King of New York, There She Goes Again and Roses and Rings amongst others. The album also features some surprise cover versions. Half Penny Dancer was recorded at Moor Hall Studios with producer Chris Corney. The album will be exclusively available from Nov 1st here at .
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The Quireboys are joining Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliot as support act for Mott The Hoople at The HMV Hammersmith Apollo this Tuesday. 'Joe Elliot's Down 'n' Outz' will be performing songs by Ian Hunter, Mott and British Lions. This is the last show of a five night residency celebrating Mott The Hoople's 40th Anniversary and may well be the last time that the legendary '70s rock band ever performs. Tickets are still available so come on down and join the Rock 'n' Roll Circus! For more info check out the dates page.
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The Quireboys( in conjunction with EMI records) will be releasing a remastered (at Abbey Road) 20th Anniversary edition of 'A Bit of what you fancy' in November..this also features bonus demo tracks and new photos and liner notes...it will initially only be available at Quireboys shows in December and from www.quireboys.com from November.
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The Quireboys are currently recording an acoustic album of old QB's songs and maybe a couple of covers. Songs recorded so far are - Hates To Please,Roses and Rings,Long Time Coming,Hello,Mona Lisa Smiled, There She Goes Again with more to come.Mandolin, dobro, fiddle, accordian and pedal steel have been added to the tracks and more songs are due to be finished during July. The album will be available in November.
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On the eve of the 20th Anniversary of their debut release The Quireboys will be performing 'A Bit Of What You Fancy' in it´s entirety on their nine date UK tour. Special guests on the tour – except Crewe and Belfast – will be the reformed Wolfsbane, featuring all four original members.
Tickets available now from seetickets.com
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Welcome to the brand new Quireboys website. It’s been a while coming but here it is at long last. Hopefully you’ll dig the new look and layout as much as we do.
As you can see we’ve completely revamped the entire site and have a brand new team working behind the scenes to keep it up to date. We’ll be posting regular updates so check back frequently for the very latest Quireboys news and gig information.
If you’ve bought an album or been to one of our shows recently then we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for helping to keep good old British rock ‘n’ roll alive and kicking.
See you on the road soon.
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