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Normal service will be
resumed as soon as possible. HONEST!!! Thank you. David & Roy September 2024 Brit Fest 2025 Our news desk received an email this morning… We’ll
be performing at The Brit Fest 2025, sharing the stage with some incredible
bands and musicians! Tickets on sale 4th October 2024 – it’s gonna be epic!
Register now at http://www.thebritfest.co.uk
@thebritfestuk Can’t wait to party with you all! #TheBritFest2025
#LiveMusicLovers Concert Postponement
& Rescheduling The concert scheduled for September 20th
at the Millennium Forum in Derry was unfortunately postponed. The following
statement was issued… Issued by promoter Joe Gallagher of Joe Gallagher
Entertainments, organiser of the rescheduled concert, at 3.50pm, Fri 20 Sept
2024. 10cc regret to inform you that unfortunately
tonight’s show at the Millennium Forum in Derry, Northern Ireland, has been
rescheduled to Thursday 26 September @ 8pm. The band were delayed at Heathrow for several
hours today due to technical issues and their flight was subsequently
cancelled. Unfortunately no other flights were available
which would have resulted in the band arriving at the venue on time. We hope to see you next Thursday at the show which
we promise will be worth the wait. Tickets for tonight’s show will be valid for the
show next Thursday. If the rescheduled
date does not suit please advise us before 12 noon on Wednesday 25 September,
refunds will not be issued after this time. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. New Wax Wax Coming very soon,
a new limited edition release of Wax’ album American English. The Amazon write-up is a s follows : Limited
edition of 750 numbered copies on pink & purple marble coloured 180-gram
audiophile vinyl. American English is the second studio album by British new
wave band Wax, which consisted of Andrew Gold and 10cc band member Graham
Gouldman. The two got together after 10cc split up in 1983 and released a
total of three studio albums, including the 1987 American English. The album
grew into their most successful effort, largely due to the hit single
"Bridge To Your Heart", which charted in the top 10 in many
European countries and remains their biggest hit to-date. The album spawned
two more singles; "American English" and "In Some Other
World". We have been told that their first album, Magnetic
Heaven, will also get a limited release.
August 2024 Extra Concert For
Copenhagen An extra concert at the Amager Bio in Copenhagen
has been added to the Denmark leg of the upcoming European tour. On Monday
November 18th. Advance Notice : First
Tour Dates For 2025 Tour dates for July and August of 2025 have been
announced, and it’s good news for all Australian 10cc fans. Click here for the concert
listings and ticket details or on our Dates page. Our dates
page now has links for tickets for all the concerts AND links to every
concert’s facebook page as well.
10cc In North America :
The Second Review We’ve just received a second review
for the US tour. The email reads as follows : “This one is
worth flagging-up and circulating. Check the guy out – he's one of the most influential music business
writers and a notorious critic of anything and everything, so fairly well
respected internationally.” The reviewer is Bob Lefsetz. He is an American
analyst and critic. He is the author of The Lefsetz Letter, an email
newsletter, and a blog. 10cc In North America :
The First Review We’ve been sent a link
to the first review that we know of for 10cc’s US tour that is currently
taking place. It first appeared in “New Jersey Stage” and reviews the concert
at the Ocean City Music Pier. Godley & Creme - Collected Coming
soon from Crash Records, a 2LP or 3CD set featuring the music of Kevin and
Lol. “Kevin
and Lol worked together for several decades, were part of many different
bands and wrote hit after hit. Two highly successful multi-instrumentalists,
singers and producers who became world renowned video producers as well.
Godley & Creme’s Collected album features inventive, eclectic music
blending pop, rock and art influences, showcasing their unique, avant-garde
style. This
2LP features the duo’s biggest hits, including “An Englishman In New York”,
“Freeze Frame”, the top hit “Cry” which showcased their amazing video, “Wide
Boy” and “A Little Peace Of Heaven” among others. Either
set can be pre-ordered by following this link. Naked Lunch Podcast Featuring Graham Gouldman… This
week’s episode of the Naked Lunch podcast is set to release on July 31st. Episode
Title: 10cc's Graham Gouldman
& Shelly Peiken: Tales of Two
Great Songwriters Episode
Description: David & Phil share stories with two amazing
songwriters. Graham Gouldman wrote some of the greatest rock classics of The
British Invasion as a teenager in The Sixties, before becoming a founding
member of 10cc in The Seventies. Graham is currently leading 10cc on the
Ultimate, Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour playing their first American dates in
over three decades. Shelly Peiken is a major American songwriter, writing or
co-writing smashes like "What A Girl Wants" and "Come On Over
Baby" by Christina Aguilera, "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks,
"Almost Doesn't Count" by Brandy, and one of David's favorite songs
of all-time, "Human" recorded by The Pretenders. Shelly also wrote
the 2016 book, "Confessions of a Serial Songwriter," Grammy
nominated for Best Spoken Word Album. To learn more about Graham, go to https://www.grahamgouldman.info.
To learn more about Shelly, go to https://www.shellypeiken.com.
To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed
the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com. To
listen to the podcast click here June 2024 June 22nd Heart Full Of Songs… Graham
Gouldman & Co will be headlining the Party On The Green
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May 2024 June 16th’s Northern Kin Festival Postponed… From
the organisers of the Northern Kin Festival, in Durham, northern England… “Sorry
to be the bearer of bad news but we sadly have to confirm that Northern Kin
Festival is having to be pushed back by 12 months to the weekend of 1st to
3rd August 2025 due to unprecedented weather conditions, that have rendered
the site unusable this year, as detailed below. Due
to the worst 18 months of rainfall for nearly 200 years and 50% above average
rain, across this time, the planned extensive drainage infrastructure works
and other site works, have been continually held up, with an ongoing wait for
a dry spell. We
now find ourselves with insufficient time for the groundworks team to
complete these works to a satisfactory manner that would allow ourselves to
confidently run the events on this new site in a completely safe manner and
with the best experience for everyone possible at our new planned long-term
home. The
recent photos of the flooding, attached, never experienced like this before,
are self-explanatory and we have had to make the decision, with a heavy
heart, to move both festivals back by 12 months, allowing plenty of time to
complete all site work and prepare the new site to the high standard we have
planned. I'm
really sorry to bring you this news as despite our best efforts to complete
the required drainage works in time, the continuous wet weather has stopped
this. As you’ll know, rainfall in the previous 12 months has been over 60%
above the previous 100 year average, and rainfall in February and March in
the area affected (County Durham) has been 115% over the 100 year average for
the same period. This is, by any
definition, unprecedented. The result
of this is that the heavy machinery needed to deliver our preparatory works
have been unable to safely access the site to complete the works in a manner
which would be deemed safe by any standard and the work has had to keep being
put back, now leaving insufficient time to complete it.”
The concert site
is totally unusable due to recent storms. Producers Have An Offering… Producers
(previously known as the Trevor Horn Band), were formed in 2006, they include
record producers Trevor Horn (bass and vocals), Steve Lipson (guitar), and
musicians Lol Creme (guitar and vocals) and Ash Soan (drums). This
5CD set compiled in conjunction with the band includes the original album as
well as an alternate version, remixes, out-takes and instrumentals all
overseen by Steve Lipson (with assistance from Andy Pearce). A
double LP version will have an extensive booklet which features a new
interview with the band by Record Collector’s Daryl Easlea who details the
process of the making of this classic record. The
5CD set can be pre-ordered from Cherry Red Records
for £33.99 and the Double Vinyl edition chimes in at £29.99 Release
date for both will be July 26th 2024
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April 2024 Graham Gouldman has A New Album… With
10cc’s most successful UK tour, including a sell-out Royal Albert Hall
concert, in March and a busy international schedule, co-founder Graham
Gouldman is taking time away from the band to launch a new solo album I Have Notes, with two intimate shows at Pizza
Express Live on 1-2 July. The
semi-acoustic performances will also feature material from his broad
song-writing catalogue, encompassing 10cc classics such as I’m Not In Love
and chart hits he wrote for other artists. They will also feature “Floating
In Heaven” which he co-wrote with Queen’s Brian May. Graham will have two of
the 10cc band with him at two special "Graham Gouldman &
Friends" London launch shows 1st & 2nd of July at PizzaExpress
Holborn, London which can be bought here. STOP
PRESS :
A third launch concert has been arranged for 3rd July as both the
others are sold out. Show times for all three concerts is 1pm “I like to be busy and I don't play golf. So
touring with 10cc or Heart Full of Songs, writing, recording is what keeps me
occupied, and I love it,” he says.. Pre-orders
for the album can be placed using this link.
A short summary of the album can be found here. You
can listen to “We’re Alive” from the album here.
Another Two Swedish Concerts Added… The
previously announced Gothenburg concert on November 30th is now
sold out. A second concert has been added for those lucky Gothenburg fans on
November 29th at the same venue. And November 25th will
see a concert in Karlstad. Dates, as ever, are posted on our Dates
page.
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March 2024 Even More Ultimate Ultimate Tour Dates Added… Just
announced… the guys will be playing gigs in England, Scotland and Wales this
October and November. 25 more concerts have been added to the 2024 tour and
can be found on our Dates page. Tickets will be available either at http://www.ticketline.co.uk or the
venues. Heart Full Of Songs : Concert Added In Beckenham… Another
Heart Full Of Songs concert by Graham Gouldman, this time in June. Tickets
are available now using this link.
The support act will be Tara MacLean North American Tour Dates Announced… 10cc
is pleased to announce their first North American tour in over three decades!
10cc will take their "The Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour" to the
USA
this summer with a coast to coast tour. Taking place in July and August, the
first concert will be in Montclair, New Jersey and the final concert will be
in San Francisco, California. The whole tour is listed on our Dates
page. The
2024 live band line-up features Graham Gouldman – bass guitars, electric
guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Rick Fenn – lead electric guitar, bass
guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Paul Burgess – drums, percussion, keyboards;
Iain Hornal – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, mandolin,
keyboards, vocals; Keith Hayman – keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar,
vocals. Heart Full Of Songs : Amsterdam Date Announced… The
Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam will be the venue for a Heart Full Of Songs
concert by Graham Gouldman in July. Tickets are available now using this link.
We’re told that the venue seats 440 patrons and it’s estimated that 220
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February 2024 Sweden Here We Come… 4
concerts
have just been announced for November 2024… 4 cities in Sweden will play host
to 10cc. The concerts are listed on our Dates page but we can tell you they are
Stockholm, Uppsala, Malmo and Gothenburg. Tickets go on sale March 4th. 2024 Tour News… Another
sold out concert… Utrecht on April 10th is now at full capacity.
There are still tickets available for the concert on the 9th of
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January 2024 2024 November In Norway Tour News… We
have just been informed of four concerts for Norway in November. The concerts
are listed on our Dates page but we can tell you they’re in Stavanger,
Bergen, Oslo and Trondheim. 2024 Tour News… With
still more than five weeks to go, we can announce that the following concerts
are sold-out, with several others very close. Bristol
– Gateshead – York – Liverpool – Manchester – Bournemouth – Swansea Additional Ticket Info… We
now have a ticket link for
the extra Utrecht concert on April 9th. 2024 Festival News… 10cc
are headlining the 20th May concert at the Ribs & Blues
Festival in Raalte, Netherlands. Tickets
are available at this link More information for the festival at this link.
150 Years of History Celebrated With A Concert… The
Manchester Jewish Museum is celebrating 150 years of the Spanish & Portuguese
Synagogue this year. It opened in May 1874. This anniversary is being marked
with a wide range of events including a concert billed as “a beautiful
evening of musical joy with 10cc’s Graham Gouldman”. Click on this link
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December 2023 Second 2024 Utrecht Concert Added… 10cc’s
European Tour next April has had another concert added by the Dutch promoter.
The concert in Utrecht on Wednesday 10th April has very nearly
sold out so another concert has been added… on Tuesday 9th April. Signed Goodies To be Won… To
celebrate 1 year of the 'Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour' live concert stream, On
Air are giving away a live CD and Bloody Tourists poster, signed by Graham
Gouldman! Open
to all who have bought the show. Entries close 23:59 on 7th December 2023. 📍Enter here – https://allthingslive.onair.events/news/10cc-competition/
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November 2023 10cc 2024 Irish Dates… We’ve just been sent
dates for Northern Ireland and Ireland in 2024. All the concerts so far are
listed on the Dates page. ‘Great to be returning to Ireland after our
sell-out tour there in 2021. Our new concert promoter Joe Gallagher is also hoping
to add a couple more shows, but we wanted to get these on sale as soon as
possible.’
Netherlands 2023 Concert Review… We’ve been sent a review
of the second night of the European Tour that 10cc are currently undergoing.
This was of the second night of the tour, in Eindhoven. It can be read in
either Dutch or English. More 2024 Concert Dates… We’ve been sent a
poster which shows 4 concert dates for Denmark in November 2024. They have
been added to the Dates page as well.
Not One Of Our Posters But… We’ve been sent a
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October 2023 RAAC Concerns Close Venues… Unfortunately,
concerns over the reliability of Reinforced
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), which made headlines when a number of
schools closed or faced resulted use, have spread to theatres and concert
venues. As a result, several have closed while remedial works are undertaken.
Events have been cancelled, ticket money refunded and at least one venue
expects to be closed for a year. Our March
2024 tour has so far had the concert at Carlisle’s Sands Centre replaced by
the Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries,
while we have yet to find a venue to replace the concert lost by the closure
of St David’s Hall in Cardiff. We feel for all
those of you who have had enforced refunds and hope you can find another
concert on the tour that suits. For Cardiff ticket holders, there are still a
few tickets left at the Swansea
and Bristol shows, if you want to
make the journey. Let’s hope these
are the only ones affected. Slight Change Of Concert Venue… Next year’s 10cc
tour has a slight alteration for you to take note of. Wednesday March 13th was supposed to see 10cc play at
the Sands Centre in Carlisle. Please note that the concert that day will now
take place at Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries, Scotland. Tickets can be
obtained online using this link. Stockport Gets Some Culture And You Can Get A Free Drink… As part of
Stockport's Town of Culture programme for 2023, we are honoured to welcome 'home'
10cc's Graham Gouldman for an evening 'In Conversation' with Strawberry
Historian, Dr Peter Wadsworth on Friday
November 24th at 7.30pm in Stockport
Art Gallery. (Wellington Rd South, Stockport, Greater Manchester SK3 8AB
England). Tickets (including
a free drink from the bar on arrival) cost £25 and are available here.
Join Graham as he
discusses with Peter his time in Stockport, from his early days in
Strawberry, through working with such musical icons as Neil Sedaka and Paul
McCartney and, in particular, his time in Strawberry with 10cc, writing and
producing such classics as I'm Not in Love, Rubber Bullets and Wall Street
Shuffle. There will also be an opportunity for questions from the audience
and Graham will round off each part of the evening with an acoustic
performance of a song that is of particular significance to him. Graham says "I
am so pleased to return back to Stockport as the town celebrates its status
as Greater Manchester’s Town of Culture and looking forward to discussing the
many years I spent in the town, as part of 10cc and as a partner in
Strawberry Studios" 14CD Box Set In January… Edsel will release a new
10cc box set early next year called 20
Years 1972-1992. The 14CD package features
all the band’s studio albums from those years and will also include Live and
Let Live, the double live album from 1977. There will be two CDs featuring
non-album tracks and alternate/singles mixes. 20 Years 1972-1992 will be released on 26 January 2024 via Edsel. It can be
pre-ordered through Amazon, pricing varying between 70.35 and 74.99 GBP
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September 2023 For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow… This just in from
Sweden… “Brunnsviks
Enskilda Musikhögskola (BEMU) is proud to announce that the legendary
songwriter Graham Gouldman will be
awarded the Honorary Fellow award in recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the world of music and his significant influence on
generations of musicians and songwriters. This is the first time BEMU has awarded someone the
award”. And Graham’s
visiting BEMU on October 4th as well, meeting students and hosting
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August 2023 This Just In, Graham’s Heading To Nashville… Thursday September
14th will see Graham performing at the Bluebird Café, Nashville
TN, USA. He’ll be doing an “In The Round” with Beth Nielsen
Chapman, Julie Gold and Gordon Kennedy. Beth Nielsen Chapman has released
thirteen solo albums and written seven #1 hits and songs recorded by Bonnie
Raitt, Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, Elton John and many more. Julie Gold is a New York
Songwriter best known for Bette Midler’s version of her song FROM A DISTANCE
which won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991. Gordon Kennedy is a multi-Grammy
Award winning songwriter and record producer, a virtuoso guitarist, and a
music industry visionary in Nashville. Festival Substitution News… 10cc have now been
announced as replacement headliners at the Sunshine Music Festival in
Worcestershire on Sunday 27 August. There are a few tickets
left.
Morning Television Appearance… 10cc recently
appeared on “This Morning”, a UK breakfast TV show performing “The Things We
Do For Love”, whilst promoting their upcoming 'Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour’ in 2024. Refer to the Dates page for the full
concert listing. Standing in for Rick Fenn was Nick Kendall who has previously
appeared onstage with 10cc
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July 2023 Herman’s Hermits, Manchester United and Graham Gouldman… A few years ago,
Herman’s Hermits recorded a song called “It’s Nice To Be Out In The Morning”. Graham explains
in an interview about the link to Manchester United. Read the interview here. I’m Not In Love As You’ve Never Heard It Before… Blogger and all
round good guy Sean Macreavy recently
bought some tapes at an auction. His words… Here's a real treat for 10cc
fans, and lovers of the best-produced record of all time! We recently bought these three tapes at
auction, from part of the collection of 10cc and Strawberry Studios material
previously owned by their late tour manager Zeb White. These are backing tapes used on the band's 1980 and
1982 tours, featuring two (or three!) songs. The first is the intro and bell
effects for I'm Mandy, Fly Me. The real treasure here though is the backing
track for I'm Not in Love. It's absolutely stunning to hear this incredible
arrangement and production without any of the lead vocal parts! This is the
first time this has ever been heard in isolation, by anyone outside the band
or Strawberry Studios. Another surprise
can be heard at the end of this video, a sound effect for the middle section
of From Rochdale to Ocho Rios! This
was discovered on the Backing Tracks Safety Master for the 1982 tour. Here is the YouTube link for
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June 2023 Australia Feels The Benefit (Part III)… Another review from
‘down under’ for you all. This one also has added photos from the concert in
Brisbane. Many thanks to Grace Stokes at scenestr.com.au
for her glowing review Heart Full Of Songs Flyers… We’ve been kindly
sent three flyers for an upcoming HFOS concert that Graham is doing… can you
guess where and when?
2024 UK Tour Dates Announced…
In typical style
and with a hint of self-mocking, art pop and rock legends 10cc announce a
major city tour for Spring 2024 with the title The Ultimate Ultimate
Greatest Hits Tour, following on from their sell-out Ultimate Greatest Hits
tour of 2022. The announcement comes as the band reach the end of a five-week
tour across Australia and New Zealand, with rave reviews – the longest tour
they have done in the region. The UK tour begins
in Bristol on 7 March and comprises 18 concerts, including a return
to London’s 5,200-seat Royal Albert Hall on 25 March. As a Daily
Telegraph confirmed last year, “Note perfect! 10cc's songbook,
full of fun and love and rage, remains blessedly the same”, while
the Daily Mail’s Richard Littlejohn said, “If you want the best of British
popular music, beg, steal or borrow a ticket. You won’t see a better show all
year”. Meanwhile in
Australia, the band’s concerts have attracted review comments such as, “the
tunes are a delicious sonic challenge. The playing is virtuosic”. Leading the touring
band, Graham Gouldman, the only one of the four founding members still
performing, says “In our formative years, it was all about the songs
and it’s the same for us now. We play them with love and energy, hit after
hit after hit … we show no mercy.” Having sold over 15
million albums in the UK alone, 10cc have eleven Top 10 hits to their name,
including three No 1 singles - Rubber Bullets, Dreadlock
Holiday and the ubiquitous I’m Not In Love – along
with Donna (No 2), Art For Art’s Sake and Good
Morning Judge (both reaching 5), The Things We Do For
Love and I’m Mandy Fly Me (6), and The Wall
Street Shuffle (10). The band comprises
Gouldman on bass guitars, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals;
Rick Fenn - lead guitar, bass guitar, acoustic
guitar, vocals; Paul Burgess - drums, percussion, keyboards;
Keith Hayman - keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals and Iain
Hornal - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, mandolin, keyboards
and vocals. Before the UK tour
in Spring, 10cc will head to Europe this Autumn for a 17-date tour across
Holland, Belgium and Germany. When 10cc played
Sweden’s prestigious Konserthuset in Stockholm earlier this year,
they met ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaerus. He was in the audience and came backstage
after the show to congratulate the band. As a result, Gouldman has agreed to
join Ulvaerus on stage to talk about song-writing at a festival he runs in
Sweden in July. The Dates page has
all the scheduled concerts we know about… Concert Review From Australia Again… We’re bringing you another review. This
time from “Australian
Musician.com.au” Belgium Festival Coming Up… The organisers of the Na Fir Bolg Festival,
Belgium coming up in early July have sent us an advert…
Rolling Stone Review Of Australian Concert… Graham Gouldman and the band are currently
touring New Zealand and Australia. Read what the Rolling
Stone magazine had to say. Another HFOS Concert Added… On July 25th, Graham will be at
The Factory Live in Worthing, England, with another Heart Full Of Songs
concert.
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May 2023 The Dates Page Has Been Updated… Over on the Dates
page, you can see all the 10cc and Heart Full Of Songs concerts planned for
2023. Just added… A 19 concert tour of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
which will take place in November. Added Dates To Mini Heart Full Of Songs Tour Part Two… Graham Gouldman has added two more dates in
July. On the 20th
and 21st
of July, he’ll be playing at the Trading Boundaries in Sheffield Green, East
Sussex. Note there are two DIFFERENT links, one for each concert. Tickets
listed at either £35.00 or £75.00, depending on whether you either stand and
watch, or dine and watch. Added Dates To Mini Heart Full Of Songs Tour… Graham Gouldman has added two dates in July
to form a mini-tour of sorts. On the 23rd and 24th of
July, he’ll be playing at the Music & Arts Centre in Barnoldswick,
Lancashire. As you can see, there are only60 tickets available for each show.
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April 2023 Andrew Gold CD Release AND Vinyl Too… Those awfully nice people at Cherry Red
Records are taking pre-orders
for both CD AND vinyl releases of Andrew Gold’s The Fraternal Order Of The All
– Greetings From Planet Love. This will be the first ever vinyl version of
this album, originally released in CD form way back in the last millennium
(well, 1997). It’s an Esoteric Recordings limited edition double LP is
pressed on 10-inch coloured splatter vinyl and features a newly designed
lavish gatefold sleeve. Pre-orders are £30.99 for the vinyl and £12.99 for
the CD. The release date for both is July 28, 2023.
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March 2023 10cc, Herman’s Hermits & Many More… Harvey Lisberg has a book coming out on
March 30th of this year. It’s already in pre-order on the Amazon
site. It will be available in Hardcover and Kindle formats. Please check all
leading booksellers for details. “When 22-year-old accountant Harvey Lisberg
heard the Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’, he had an epiphany: he could be
Manchester’s answer to Brian Epstein. He had a musical ear, a knack for
numbers and a gambler’s instinct for taking a punt. Within a year he had
taken local group, Herman’s Hermits, to number one with ‘I’m Into Something
Good’. Soon, Hermania was a global phenomenon. Harvey had found his vocation.
In this uproarious, frank and moving autobiography, he reveals the excesses
of life on the road with Herman’s Hermits; the frustration of championing
unknowns Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber; the highs and lows of managing the
brilliant 10cc; the utter madness of looking after snooker bad boys Alex
‘Hurricane’ Higgins and Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White and much, much more. Many
other artists benefitted from Harvey’s guidance during this time, including
Tony Christie, Barclay James Harvest, Sad Café and the Chameleons. I’m Into
Something Good is his account of a life that started in Salford and ended up
in Palm Springs; a life in which he travelled the world, met heroes and
villains, fulfilled his dreams, spent a fortune on good living, family and
friends, and never took himself or his achievements too seriously.”
10cc To Sprout In Brussels… “10cc’s popularity in Belgium has been
steadily growing, with successful concerts in other cities, and so we are
very pleased to finally present them in Brussels, especially at the Ancienne
Belgique,” says Kristof Van haegenberg of promoter Greenhouse Talent. 10cc
are to play at the prestigious Ancienne
Belgique in Brussels, Belgium
on Thursday 2 November 2023 – the
first show the current band has played in the city. Here is the ticket link and
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February 2023 10cc Promo Poster and Photos… We’ve been sent a promo poster for the hale
Barn Festival in July. And we’re also posting two tour photos from Stockholm
of Graham and the boys.
10cc Tour Dates For 2023… The up-to-date list of 2023 concerts can be
found on the dates page.
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January 2023 10cc Tour dates For Netherlands & Belgium… We have just received confirmation of the tour
dates for October/November 2023 for the Netherlands and Belgium. They can see
found as usual on our dates page. 10cc Vinyl Re-issues Scheduled For February & April… This is from ‘proper records’ website.
Click on their website link for Pre-Order details “Formed in 1972, 10cc were at once
commercial, at once strange - Described as the 'missing link between the
Beatles and Blur', it was rare to have four talented writers, singers and
multi-instrumentalists all under one roof; but in Eric Stewart, Graham
Gouldman, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, 10cc had just that - They released some
of the most inventive and elaborate pop music ever to emerge from Britain. Each re-issue below faithfully replicates
the original Mercury Records UK release with legendary Hipgnosis-designed
gatefold sleeve and printed inner and is pressed onto high quality 180g
vinyl.” How Dare You! Release Date : 17 February 2023 Deceptive Bends Release Date : 17 February 2023 The Original Soundtrack Release Date : 29 April 2023 Bloody Tourists Release Date : 29 April 2023 10cc Australian Tour Promo Pix Released…
Paul Canning To Support “Heart Full Of Songs UK Tour”…
Line-Up Announced For “Heart Full Of Songs UK Tour”… We
were informed today that Graham Gouldman, Iain Hornal, Dave Cobby and Keith
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2022 News 10cc
To Stream ‘Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour 2022’ Concert… Throughout
September and October 2022 10cc toured the ‘Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour’ to
sold out audiences across the UK. On Thursday 27th October On Air were in
attendance at The New Theatre, Oxford to capture the full 19 song set, filled
with hits from across their 50 year career. Recorded
in 4K UHD Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos technologies, the show will be
available to watch from 7pm on December 1st, after which it will be available
to re-watch an unlimited number of times On Demand for 2 years. Tickets are
available now at https://onair.events. |
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2023
10cc Dates Added… …meanwhile,
still on the dates page, we have added some 2023 10cc concert dates. New Zealand and Australia get a full blown
tour. 2023
“Heart Full Of Songs” Dates… Over on the dates page, we have
added the 2023 Heart Full Of Songs
concert dates. We have no information as yet for who will be onstage
alongside Graham, or who the supporting act will be. As soon as we know, we
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A
Review From Ireland… A
review of one of the Dublin shows,
sent to the Irish Times (not sure whether it's been published though). Dear
Sir, On
Saturday, thanks to a gift from my brother Mike, I saw 10cc at Vicar Street. I must admit
I wasn't especially interested; I couldn't even remember the last time I
heard their music anywhere. The
support-act was a likable and talented young Irish singer-songwriter called Gary O'Neill—think,
Elliot Smith crossed with Ray La Montaigne by way of Townes Van Zandt. But,
somehow, he was his own man—a clear sign of an artist to watch. And
then it was 10cc's turn. How to do justice in the short space available for what
followed for those whose lives are the poorer for being absent? How to
describe being stunned as they tore into Wall St. Shuffle? For
one thing, I'd forgotten just how original the band was; such witty and
well-written songs. One propulsive, brilliant chord change followed
seamlessly on another; killer riffs rent the dry ice. Vocals and musicianship
were beyond impeccable. They were tight. The
audience's energy seemed to inspire them to still more innovative heights.
Talk about reciprocity. The band grinned, danced, and rocked; the elderly
audience, giddy as children on Christmas morning, wonderstruck and shapeless
as a wave, grinned, danced, and rocked right back—and sang their hearts out.
One standing ovation followed another: the band accepted each with what I can
only describe as a kind of glowing humility. It was obvious from the beaming
smiles of two of the band's founding members present, Graham Gouldman and
Rick Fenn, that their delight was immeasurable. It was pure joy from start to
finish, an irrepressible masterclass in the transformative power of music.
Call it love. In his poem Eternity, William Blake wrote
"he who binds to himself a joy does the winged-life destroy"—surely
the band's credo. The
HSC should hire 10cc to perform around the country for those brought low in
these dispiriting times. Yours, Kevin
Whelan …and
in the words of the Irish tour promoter, Brian Hand, himself … “The
shows were brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. They
knocked it out of the park every show.” We
don’t think we’ve ever published a concert review before, here on the Latest
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Paul
Canning to Support 10cc… The
upcoming “10cc : The Provincial
Theatres Tour” that starts in September will see Paul Canning performing as the support act. Paul is calling HIS
tour the “10cc
Jiggery Bandwagon Rainbow Support Tour”. Some fans may well
remember that Paul has played in 10cc on previous occasions. This time
around, he will be promoting his new album “Gasoline Rainbow Mile”. It can be pre-ordered here
50cc
Live Tribute To 10cc… Back
in June, for two nights at Stockport's Garrick Theatre, there were fan-based
tributes to 50 years of 10cc. Organised by Sean Macreavy and his friends,
these consisted of music from both the 10cc AND the Godley & Creme
stables. Two evenings of incredible music, including *all* the great 10cc
hits and a selection of stunning, classic album tracks and lost gems. For the
first time ever, I'm Not in Love was performed with a live mix of 15 vocal
loops recorded by 40 volunteers. That's 700 vocals in total. 50cc also showcased some of the wonderful
solo songs written by Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman and Eric
Stewart since the 1960s. Classics by Herman's Hermits, Godley & Creme and
Wax were also included. Some of the
songs had never been performed live before. As a special and unique treat for
fans of 10cc and Stockport's iconic Strawberry Studios, the concerts featured
the first ever live tribute to Godley & Creme's epic 1977 debut album,
'Consequences'. Here’s a small taster for all to
enjoy. The
complete 50cc concert is now available for download and streaming from Sean’s
website at
the special price of just £4.99.
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More
James Webb… Graham
Gouldman was
recently interviewed on CNN. Here’s the link
to the video which is posted on our YouTube channel. Lol
Hits The Limelight… Lol
Creme was
recently interviewed for Far Out
Magazine by a young gentleman by the name of Eoghan Lyng. With thanks to both Eoghan and Far Out, we are
privileged to bring you the link to the interview.
Previous
interviews that Eoghan has conducted include Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman & Kevin Godley. Kevin’s
was about his ‘solo’ album Muscle Memory for “We Are Cult”. Graham’s
interview was for “Phacemag”.
Eric’s interview can be read here. Many
thanks to Eoghan once again, and shout-outs to We Are Cult & Phacemag. Floating
In Heaven… Released
now for your enjoyment… the collaboration between Brian May, of Queen, and 10cc’s Graham Gouldman…
“Floating In Heaven”, in honour of
the historic first images from the James
Webb Space Telescope. Digital and streaming services are set for July 12th
2022. AND there’s an official video. Another video
has been released which actually shows some of the afore-mentioned JWST
images and can be seen here.
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A
Gentle Reminder… 10cc
will be touring with TOTO this coming August on their Days Of Oz
Tour. Graham and Toto's Steve Lukather were both in Ringo
Starr's All Starr Band for those 2018 tours and are very much looking forward
to the two bands Graham Gouldman says, "It
will be so good to see the great Steve Lukather again. We've remained friends
since we first met on the Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band tours of Europe
and the US in 2018." Steve Lukather says, " I was
thrilled when Toto playing together with 10cc was suggested and said 'YES'
right away. I think it's a great bill and a very cool night of music."
And
The Winner Is… Robyn
Dormer of
New Jersey, USA has been selected as the winner of our Frabjous Days
competition. Congratulations Robyn, your prize will be winging its way to you
soon. The answer we were looking for was “the Jewish Lads' Brigade located on
Middleton Road in north Manchester” Thank
you to all who entered. And
This Is Still Available Too… Amazon
have informed us that the Wax “Trilogy” A Box Of Wax is now available for $45.98. Click here for details. This is a very nice 180g vinyl collection
of the Wax albums Magnetic Heaven,
American English and A Hundred Thousand In Fresh Notes.
Sounds great as well.
Marmalade
Is The Flavour Of The Month, It Seems… Another
release, this time just the Marmalade Sessions, featuring Godley & Creme.
Competition
#2 Question… To
celebrate it’s release, here’s a question for you for a chance at winning a
"Frabjous
Days – The Secret World Of Godley And Creme 1967-1969" CD… Lol, Kevin And
Graham regularly met up at a youth club when they were all in their teenage
years. But what was the
full name of this youth club and exactly where was it situated? Email
your answer to us at questiontime@the10ccfanclub.com.
This will be a ONE WEEK competition ending June 17th 2022.
Competition
Question… To
win the signed CD/LP set of “The Things We Do For Love : The Ultimate Hits And Beyond”
the answer we were looking for is “The
James Webb Telescope”. Entry is now closed for this competition. The
correct entries have been sent away to Graham Gouldman and he himself will
select the winner. And
The Winner Is… Akihiro Oyama. Congratulations!!!
Our
next competition will start soon, whereupon you could win a copy of the
following CD… “Frabjous Days – The Secret World Of Godley
And Creme 1967-1969”. Keep watching for details on how to win.
Click here
for CD details. WeyFest
2022 Artistes Line-Up Finalised… The
WeyFest Music Festival have
finalized their line-ups for the weekend of 19th – 21st
August 2022. If anyone is going, do please let us know what it was like.
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Competition
Question… To
win the signed CD/LP set of “The Things We Do For Love : The Ultimate Hits And Beyond”
answer this question for us Graham Gouldman recently worked with
Brian May on a new project. What is the subject matter of this project? Send
your answer to our competition email address… questiontime@the10ccfanclub.com
Closing date for all entries will be June 7th 2022 and we will
pick a winner soon after that. Good luck to everyone. Competition
Coming Soon… With
the release of “The Things We Do For Love : The Ultimate Hits And Beyond” we
will shortly be running a competition to win a CD/LP set signed by Graham
Gouldman. Details to follow. 10cc
: “The Ultimate Hits And Beyond” Released… A
new compilation has been released under the title “The Things We Do For Love : The Ultimate Hits
And Beyond”. Vinyl and 2CD versions are available from Amazon,
iTunes, HMV, online stores and various digital platforms. The vinyl version
contains 27 tracks, whereas the 2CD set has 36 songs. AND we have a YouTube link for the commercial to promote
this album. This
compilation also features a track called “Natural Wonder” which
the original line-up recorded for a commercial back in the 70’s. To
those of you who may not have heard of the “Natural Wonder”
commercial song, here’s a video from
that awfully nice Sean Macreavy which will explain it all. And here’s an
extended remix of
the song. Both links will take you to YouTube for the videos.
Chickenstock
2022 Festival Line-up Announced… Another
music festival to keep the boys busy this summer. We’ve just received line-up
details for the Chickenstock
Music Festival taking place on the weekend of 29th – 31st July 2022. The
organisers have stated there is a maximum of 3000 attendees.
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WeyFest
2022 Artistes Announced… 10cc
continue to have a busy 2022. Just announced is the WeyFest Music Festival the weekend of
19th – 21st August 2022.
Anyone
Remember Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon? Cherry Red Records do… Available
to pre-order, from Cherry Red Records comes a digipack release : Frabjous Days.
In
1969, legendary British R&B/psychedelic enabler Giorgio Gomelsky signed
two Manchester-based art students, renaming them Frabjoy And Runcible Spoon.
Envisaging the pair as a British Simon And Garfunkel, Gomelsky recorded an LP
with them for release on his Marmalade label. A pre-LP single appeared, but
sadly the album’s release was cancelled after Giorgio spent the rent and
staged a disappearing act. 53 years later, this missing piece of pre-10cc
history is being released upon the world, along with some extremely rare
photos. Click here
for more details and to pre-order for £12.99. Release
date is June 10th 2022
Wax
Albums Get a Vinyl Re-Release… Coming
soon to a turntable near you… the first three WAX albums, from Renaissance Records. A Box Of Wax, featuring the
albums Magnetic
Heaven, American English and
A Hundred
Thousand In Fresh Notes. The boxset should be available on Amazon
around the end of April. Here’s the Renaissance Records link
for more details, and to pre-order.
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Wax
Single Gets Remastered Release… There’s a release
of “Ready To Go Home” under the WAX
umbrella coming out on March 25th. This version is actually from
Andrew Gold’s “Since 1951” album, and getting the full remaster treatment.
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An
Evening With Graham Gouldman… BBC
London’s Gary Crowley is hosting an evening with 10cc’s Graham Gouldman,
starting wth a Q&A session followed by a live set featuring many of
Graham’s hits. Sunday May 15th is the date. The Exchange,
Twickenham is the location. Click here for
details.
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Netherlands
“Heart Full Of Songs” Dates… Over
on the dates page, we have added a week of Heart Full Of Songs concerts for September 2022. Friday the 9th
through to Friday 16th in seven different locations in the
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2021 News 2022
Concert Schedule Update In
October we told you that the Margate
Winter Gardens date had changed from Oct
23rd to April 10th. Well,
for all 10cc fans in the Worthing
area, you can go see them at the Assembly
Hall on October 23rd. Tickets
go on sale Friday 10th Dec.
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10cc
To Support TOTO in 2022… Toto
are playing four dates in August 2022. Special guest will be Graham’s 10cc.
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Concert
Rescheduling In The UK… We
have just received this information… The
local council is closing Margate Winter Gardens from next late-Spring and so
10cc's Sunday 23 October
2022 concert is no more - ticket holders have been informed. However, it has
been rescheduled for the March-April 2022 tour and is now on Sunday April 10th
2022. COVID
And Concerts In The Netherlands…
We
have just received this information… News
from the Dutch government: starting Sep. 25, seated shows are allowed again
in The Netherlands with 100% capacity (only for those with a corona-pass). This
means that as things stand now, all Dutch shows for 10cc this year can happen as originally planned. Also: The
Eindhoven show is Sold Out! These
three shows at one point had another date: -
the Vlissingen
show has been moved! It's on Sat. Nov.
13, 2021 -
the Hengelo
(Ov.) show is on Sat. Nov.
20, 2021 -
the Heerlen
show is on Sun. Nov. 21, 2021. Heart
Full Of Songs – Rescheduled Date… Saturday 9th
October
will see a rescheduled Heart Full Of Songs concert
featuring Graham Gouldman & Friends at the RNCM
in Manchester, England. It was originally scheduled to take place on Thursday
2 April 2020 and was previously postponed to Thursday 24 September 2020. Original tickets
are still valid. Charity
Begins At Bandcamp… Like
most musicians during this last year
or so, Graham Gouldman found
himself with time to spare. With 10cc and solo shows postponed, Gouldman -
perhaps unsurprisingly - continued making music. “I
decided to record some of my favourite songs reinterpreted as instrumentals”,
explains Graham. “Some were tunes I’d known for years, which I would play for
my own enjoyment, and others were songs I just loved. I wanted to pay homage
to the writers, arrangers and artists who have gifted us with their musical
genius.” Recorded
mostly at home, on his own, the album has a distinct “easy listening” mellow
charm. Perhaps in contrast to the
world outside at the time, the soothing instrumentals are easy on the ear. “I
was inspired by what I thought were the definitive recordings”, he continues.
“For example, Peggy Lee’s version of ‘The Folks Who Live On The Hill’, Matt
Monroe’s ‘Somewhere’ and Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s ‘Summertime’.”
He
does allow himself the modest indulgence of including an original, alongside
the greats. “I’ve only included one self-composed track, ‘Resonator Rock’.” Mindful
that the many successes of his long career have provided him the means to
spend time on a self-indulgent project, Graham says, “I wanted the proceeds
of this album to go to the many musicians who have been so seriously affected
financially by the Covid pandemic.
Towards this end I have chosen ‘Help Musicians’ (www.helpmusicians.org.uk) as the charity
to benefit from your donations.” “Please
give generously. I hope you enjoy
listening to this album as much as I did making it.” “No
Words Today” is out on Friday, 3rd September, available exclusively via
Bandcamp: https://grahamgouldman.bandcamp.com
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A
3-Course Meal And 10cc… Help
raise funds for The hearing Fund UK by buying a ticket for this upcoming
Gala, hosted by Merrill, Justin and David from the well known Osmond family
as well as ITV’s Christine Talbot. It will be held at The Royal Armouries,
Leeds on August 14th. Tickets cost £125 per person and include a
full 3 course dinner and live entertainment from Graham’s touring 10cc. Click
here
for details.
Scottish
Lockdown Being Lifted Soon, So… We’ve
just heard from the organisers of the “Doune The Rabbit
Hole Festival” : “Talks
with the local council have been overwhelmingly positive in preparation for
the event. National lockdown is set to be lifted in Scotland on August 9th,
and with the way ticket sales have been going, it's looking likely that we
will sell out before the festival weekend. We're now down to the last batch
of available tickets and would like to give your fans the opportunity to
enjoy the return of live music with us this August.”
Facebook: @dounetherabbithole Facebook Event Page: Doune
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Busy
2022 for Graham’s Touring 10cc… We’ve
already posted a LOT of concert dates for 2021 and 2022 for Graham and his
touring group. Swedish fans will get to see them at the Sweden Rock Festival
from June 8th to June 11th. Tickets and details will be
available here.
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Friday
13th Lucky For 10cc Fans… Graham
Gouldman’s 10cc will be headlining the “Doune The Rabbit
Hole Festival” this coming August 13th (yes, it’s a
Friday). The festival is being held on the Cardross Estate, Stirlingshire, Scotland. A four day festival, it
runs from August 12th to August 15th. For more details
and tickets etc, click here.
Iain
Hornal’s New Album Launch… Iain Hornal, who tours
regularly with Graham Gouldman’s 10cc AND Jeff Lynne’s ELO, is releasing a
new solo album “Fly Away Home” on Tuesday April
6th, and he’d like you to be part of the audience for the global
launch. From the comfort of his own living room, he’ll be singing his new
songs, chatting about making the album AND answering questions from
fan-supplied comments. The online album launch will cost 15GBP and will take
place at 8pm BST. Click here
to find out how to save your spot…
To
order the album, click here.
It comes in three flavours… a digital album for £7, a CD and digital album
for £12 or for £15 you can get a SIGNED CD and the digital album. (add
shipping when shown). There are five tracks to listen to on that page, as
well as track details. Iain
will be touring with Graham next year along with Paul Burgess, Rick Fenn and
Keith Hayman.
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10cc
: Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour dates announced… March
and April of 2022 will see Graham taking his touring 10cc around the UK on a
13 date tour. "The Ultimate
Greatest Hits Tour" will begin in Liverpool on March
25th, and take in York, Nottingham, Manchester, Cardiff, Bath, Southend, the
iconic London Palladium, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Guildford, Glasgow and
Gateshead. Graham Gouldman says, “It’s
difficult to express just how much we have missed playing live and how much
we want to be back playing concerts for you. We look forward to seeing you
all again in 2022.” As
ever you can see the new concerts listed on the dates page as normal. Another
10cc Tour Date… We’ve
just received this poster for a Wiltshire weekend of concerts in September
2021…
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10cc
& Heart Full Of Songs Revised Tour Dates… We’ve
just received the new list of dates for this year AND 2022. You’ll be able to
see them on the dates page as normal. There will be a 10cc tour or two
taking in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Norway, England, Wales, Scotland AND
Northern Ireland and the Republic too. Graham will also be conducting a Heart
Full Of Songs tour of Britain in 2021. As ever, all dates are subject to
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Something
New From 1976… Back
in November 2019, we posted a piece on the News page about the Consequences
10cc Podcasts. Sean Macreavy and Paul McNulty have gone from strength to
strength with their endeavor. They were even commissioned by Record Collector
magazine recently to produce a 4-page article on Kevin Godley. They’ve
also been heavily involved with “The Great Stockport Bake-Off”. Three tapes
from many years ago have been sat in a cupboard for 15 to 20 years. One tape
contained several tracks that make up a Revlon “Natural Wonder” commercial. Read
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2020 News Kevin
Godley’s Muscle Memory Track Releases Are Complete… This
will take you to each track’s video on YouTube. We’ve
added Kevin’s comments for each song. Muscle
Memory Track 11 : Bulletholes
In The Sky This
song pretty much sums up everything I’ve been singing about on Muscle Memory.
It’s a sad, but hopefully not too pretentious glance around the so-called
civilised world, as we collectively stumble towards an uncertain 2021 Muscle
Memory Track 10 : Song
Of Hate There
are people in my working life who I've cherished for their talent and
dedication. But there’ve also been a few who are so uniquely loathsome and
inept that I felt the need to celebrate them here, because no one else ever
will… Muscle
Memory Track 9 : Periscope
A
troubled man is losing touch with the modern world, so he barricades himself
in the basement of his house and resolves to re-examine the contradictions
and trajectory of his life before total paranoia sets in…but he fails and it
does. Muscle
Memory Track 8 : All
Bones Are White On
August 11th and 12th 2017, the unthinkable happened in Charlottesville
Virginia. I was struggling to write my first Muscle Memory lyric to a track
by Giles Perring at the time, but couldn’t help stopping to watch the news as
the horrors played out on channel after channel. I’d left the track playing
in loop mode in my work room and, as it soundtracked the terrifying TV
images, the words began to come. Muscle
Memory Track 7 : One
Day Imagine
software that digests an artist’s entire recorded output, analyses it at
granular level and, at the touch of a button, creates new tracks from the
original data. Here already? Still to come? Terrifying or fascinating? What
do you think? Muscle
Memory Track 6 : Cut
To The Cat A
compromised media executive struggles to understand what content he can still
produce in a hair-trigger cultural landscape. Muscle
Memory Track 5 : 5
Minutes Alone This
is a song about love, obsession, grief and revenge. The first three being
part of most peoples’ lives and revenge becoming available via a bespoke
service on the dark web. Muscle
Memory Track 4 : The
Bang Bang Theory The
Bang Bang Theory is a song about guns, politics, stupidity and yes, you’ve guessed
it…America. Muscle
Memory Track 3 : Hit
The Street An
eerily sparse composition for guitar, piano horn and vocals, ruminating on
Chet Baker’s mysterious final moments. Muscle
Memory Track 2 : The
Ghosts Of The Living A
track about the shock of bumping into people you never want to see again Muscle
Memory Track 1 : Expecting
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New
Compilation CD Set Coming Soon… Graham Gouldman has asked us to let you all
know about a new 60-track collection coming out on November 27th
2020. Rick Wakeman, of Yes, has
compiled 70s Rockdown. He says it has been “designed to help rock
our way through lock-down”. The album features the biggest names of the ‘70s
including Queen, Deep Purple, Eric Clapton, Status Quo, Hawkwind, Lynyrd
Skynyrd, The Who and Wakeman’s own band Yes, whose hit ‘Wonderous Stories’
catapulted the Prog Rock band into the Top 10 singles chart in 1977, peaking
at No.7.
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Graham
To Perform At ‘John Lennon’ Concert… Graham will appearing at the
second annual Dear
John concert, in honor of what would have been John Lennon’s 80th
birthday. It will stream live on Friday the 9th of October 9th, at 8:00PM BST
from London’s Hard Rock Hotel on YouTube. Watch
Here: https://youtube.com/blurredvisionmusic Learn
more : https://www.rollingstone.com/.../john-lennon-80th.../ The
online event is free but fans and audiences are being encouraged to donate to
the 'Dear John' fundraiser in aid of War Child UK before, during, and after
the show: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dearjohn
Graham
Donates A Song To Charity Album… Graham has contributed a track to the upcoming "Song Club" album, in aid of the RCN Foundation COVID-19 Support Fund. Curated by Chris Difford, the Song Club album is inspired by the work of Hannah Grace Deller, a nurse on the front line. In addition to being a paediatric matron Hannah is a talented photographer who, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, has been documenting her and her colleagues’ experiences. When Hannah’s photographic work was featured on the Channel 4 programme ‘Grayson’s Art Club’, it grabbed the attention of the Squeeze co-founder and Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist. The
Song Club album will be released on October 23rd 2020, with proceeds to RCN
Foundation COVID-19 Support Fund – www.rcnfoundation.org.uk.
The RCN Foundation is an independent charity whose purpose is to support and
strengthen nursing to improve the health and wellbeing of the public. The
album can be pre-ordered at https://slinky.to/SongClub
Other artists include Jessie & The Leonards (feat. Grace Deller), Judie
Tzuke, Nick Heyward, Julia Fordham, Bill Lloyd, Beth Nielsen Chapman and many
others.
“New”
Album From Rick Fenn… We had
an email from Rick Fenn recently,
informing us that his son Leo has put Rick’s 1995 album “And Still I Fly” up for streaming
through CDBaby. The release date
is rumoured to be September 18th. Rick added “We’ve not printed
any up but if there’s a reason to, I guess we still might. It should end up
on Spotify and all the other
significant platforms”. This
was one of three projects Rick did with Peter Howarth… the other two being
“Robin Prince Of Sherwood” in 1992 and “Androcles And The Lion” in 1995.
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Muscle
Memory : Kevin Godley Interviewed… Eoghan Lyng recently chatted with Kevin Godley about his forthcoming
solo album “Muscle
Memory”. Click on the link
to see what he had to say. Heart
Full Of Songs Tour Dates Updated…(again) The
once rescheduled Heart Full Of Songs tour has been cancelled BUT the tour is
now planned for September and October of 2021. Here’s the link to the dates page. Please
note that under these unusual circumstances, a handful of venues don't have
staff to deal with enquiries and ticket swaps etc, but they are doing their
best to catch up. |
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Muscle
Memory Track Two Released… Today
is July 31st and here comes the next track “The Ghosts Of The Living” from
Kevin Godley’s “Muscle Memory”. Click here for the official
video 10cc
Tour Dates Updated… The
rescheduled autumn provincial theatres' tour has been released. Please
note that under these unusual circumstances, a handful of venues don't have
staff to deal with enquiries and ticket swaps etc, but they are doing their
best to catch up. Here’s
the link to the dates page. |
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Muscle
Memory Track One Released… Today
is July 16th and so we get the first track “Expecting A Message” from Kevin
Godley’s “Muscle Memory” released to the world. Click here
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Muscle
Memory Nears Release, But Wait, There’s More… Kevin
Godley’s “solo” project Muscle memory is being released soon. It has eleven tracks on it and all eleven
(yes all eleven) will be released as singles, starting on July 16th.
For more details, click here
Mick
Wilson And a New EP… Former
front-man with Graham’s touring 10cc, Mick
Wilson, is releasing a new digital EP, “CHAMELEON” featuring 6 tracks of
his favourite covers from his one-man acoustic shows. Click here to buy the EP
for £5. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus
high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Andrew
Gold “Lonely Boy – The Asylum Years Anthology”… Cherry
Red Records are releasing a 6CD/1DVD box set of music from Andrew Gold. It’s
a r-release of Andrews ‘Asylum Records’ output from 1975 to 1980, featuring
74 tracks on 6 CDs including the albums “Andrew
Gold”, “What’s Wrong With This
Picture”, “All This And Heaven Too”
& “Whirlwind”, along with a
disc of out-takes and rarities from the album sessions. The 6th CD
has 18 live tracks (17 previously unreleased) drawn from a concert at the
Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles in 1977 and a BBC TV concert recorded in
November 1976. The DVD has promo videos and a 1977 “Old Grey Whistle Test”
concert that was shown on BBC TV. The set can be pre-ordered now for £39.99
from Cherry
Red Records and for $60.99 from Amazon.
The set is officially released on 24th July 2020.
Modesty
Forbids : The Winners Graham Gouldman has just announced the
winners of the two test pressings of “Modesty
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Modesty
Forbids : Win A Signed Test Pressing… Graham Gouldman’s latest solo album “Modesty Forbids” is out in vinyl form
and Graham is offering everyone a chance to win one of two test pressings of
the LP. Graham has said he will autograph them both. To enter the
competition, click on this link
and follow the instructions. Winners will be picked on June 1st. (this competition is NOT being run by the fan club website) The
Consequences 10cc Podcast Guys… Back
in November, we told you about the Consequences 10cc Podcasts from Sean Macreavy and Paul McNulty.
Well, they are still casting their pods (great listening!) but now Sean has
brought out a single with accompanying video, with the help of Paul, Sean’s
wife Sally and Matt Buckley. The
song they recorded is from 10cc’s MirrorMirror album, it was written
by Graham Gouldman and Andrew Gold, and is titled “Ready To Go Home”.
It’s available on Amazon
and Spotify
and the video is on YouTube. |
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Andrew
Gold “Something New : Unreleased Gold”… To coincide
with the release of Something New : Unreleased Gold, Andrew Gold’s album of previously
unreleased songs on April 24th , his wife, Leslie Anne has
recorded a two part interview as part of the What Difference Does It Make? Podcast (www.wddimpodcast.com).
The first part was broadcast last week and Part 2 can be heard tomorrow (May
1st). Don’t forget that the vinyl edition of the album is set for
release on Record Store Day, worldwide, on June 20th. The album can
be ordered on Amazon and Omnivore. Graham
Gouldman and COVID-19… We are
happy to report that Graham Gouldman
has recently recovered from a bout of the coronavirus, COVID-19. His new
album Modesty
Forbids is doing well, and is available from Lojinx. |
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Record
Collector Interviews Graham Gouldman… The
April issue of Record Collector features an interview with Graham Gouldman, as well as a review
of Graham’s new solo album Modesty Forbids. The photographs for the
interview, just out of interest, were supplied by none other than our very
own David Jarvis. Click
on each page to read the interview.
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Andrew
Gold “Something New : Unreleased Gold”… Andrew Gold’s album of previously
unreleased songs, called Something New : Unreleased Gold, is due out on
April 24th on the Omnivore Records label. The first single “Come Down To Me” is available to link
to on Spotify. The album can be
pre-ordered on Amazon and Omnivore. The vinyl edition is set for release
on Record Store Day, worldwide, on June 20th. A second single will
be digitally released on April 3rd.
Heart Full Of Songs Tour Cancelled… The
HFOS tour has all been cancelled by the promoters and the venues due to
COVID-19 concerns. Rescheduling dates have yet to be agreed upon. We will
bring you more news as and when we can. STOP PRESS – STOP
PRESS - STOP PRESS – STOP PRESS - STOP PRESS – STOP PRESS - STOP PRESS – STOP
PRESS We have just been given the
rescheduled dates for the Heart Full Of Songs Tour
which will now take place in September/October. Official
Statement From Graham Gouldman… 'As
you will no doubt be aware, the spread of the Corvid-19 virus is now such a
threat that, along with governments' actions across Europe, many concerts are
being cancelled over the next couple of months. This
is already impacting on 10cc's mainland Europe tours in April-May, so check
with your local venue. We will bring you more news as and when we can' Liam
Newton’s 10cc Biography Officially Released… The
updated “10cc : The Worst Band In The
World” by Liam Newton was officially released on Saturday February 22nd
at the Stockport Story Museum.
Reviews are already coming in. We have links for two of them here and here. |
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The
Strange Brew Interviews Graham Gouldman… Back
in 2017, The Strange Brew (podcasts, features and much more) published
a two-part interview with Eric Stewart.
Well it’s the turn of Graham Gouldman
this time. Covered in the chat, amongst other subjects, are Cher, Wax, Ringo
Starr and of course, Graham’s new album Modesty Forbids.
Click here to go
to their website. Liam
Newton’s 10cc Biography Gets A Release Date… There
will be an official book launch and signing for the updated “10cc : The Worst Band In The World”
by Liam
Newton. It’s on Saturday February 22nd, 2pm to 4pm,
at the Stockport Story Museum (32
Market Place, Stockport). Liam will give a short talk about the book and hold
an open Question & Answer session, as well as signing copies of the book.
The event is free but tickets can be pre-booked using this link.
The book will be available for purchase at this event. |
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Graham
Gouldman’s New Album… … is
called “MODESTY FORBIDS”. It has
eleven new songs and features a guest appearance on one song from Ringo
Starr. The
album will be available in three formats… Gatefold CD, Digital Download and Heavyweight
Vinyl LP. There are six ways to pre-order the album. Use this link
to go to the pre-order website where you can also listen to the first single,
“All
Around The World”. The album will be released on March 20th 2020.
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2019 News Touring
10cc Adds More Dates… Graham
Gouldman’s touring 10cc have added more dates in April and May. Several
concerts are scheduled for Germany and three gigs are lined up for Belfast,
Dublin and Cork. Please
refer to the dates page for tour details. Graham
Gouldman’s New Tour and New Album… Graham
Gouldman will be taking his “Heart Full Of Songs” tour around the British
Isles on a 14 date tour, performing in London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Solihull
along the way. The tour coincides with the March 20th release of his as-yet
unnamed new album. Please refer to the dates page for
tour details. The
Consequences 10cc Podcasts… Earlier
this year, two fans of 10cc and Godley & Creme took it upon
themselves to start producing podcasts almost every week dedicated to the
triple album “Consequences” by Godley & Creme. These podcasts
are very entertaining and the guys were even able to sit down with Kevin
Godey for a chat that spreads over FOUR podcasts. Sean Macreavy and Paul McNulty are the gentlemen responsible and their episodes
can be found here.
For a $25 (just under £20) donation you can get year-long access to
everything and a little bit extra not included in the episodes. BUT… If you don’t pay, you’ll still
be able to listen to all the podcasts. |
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Liam
Newton’s 10cc Biography Gets An Update… “10cc
: The Worst Band In The World” by Liam Newton is being republished, by Rocket
88 Books. It’s billed as “the definitive biography of 10cc, updated and
expanded. There’s a foreword by Kevin Godley, and interviews with Kevin,
Graham, Lol and Eric and many others. It’s
up for pre-ordering at the moment and a 15% discount can be obtained by using
this code CCQYF15HV26 upon ordering. Click here
for details and ordering. Plus there’s a chance to see your name in print at
the back of the book too.
Extra
dates for late 2019 & early 2020 for Graham’s touring 10cc… More
dates for 2019 and 2020 have just been added to the dates
page. Mindbenders
get a new CD… Just
released on the London Calling label, “the mindbenders live on air 1966-68”, a
collection of recording sessions for the BBC. “Includes a wealth of revealing
interviews and exclusive recordings. Professionally re-mastered original
broadcasts with background liners and rare archival photographs.”
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Advert
for WAX 2CD/1DVD Set… A
commercial for the set has been made and can be viewed here. Thanks to
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One
Month To Release Of WAX 2CD/1DVD Set… With a
release date of September 27th 2019, Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman’s WAX are releasing “Wax : Live in
concert 1987”. It’s a 2CD/1DVD set of a previously unreleased
concert that was recorded in Harrogate, all the way back in 1987. It is
available to pre-order through Cherry
Red Records and Amazon.co.uk.
10cc's
I'm Not in Love keyboard to sell at auction… 19 August 2019, Corsham, Wiltshire – A
keyboard that graced some of the most intelligent and innovative hit records
of the 1970s is to be auctioned in Wiltshire next month. The
Fender Rhodes electric piano owned by former-10cc member Eric Stewart was
used on many of the band's biggest hits including Dreadlock Holiday, Life is
a Minestrone, The Wall Street Shuffle and, most famously, 1975's
ground-breaking I'm Not in Love, which topped the UK chart for two weeks. The
original promotional video for I'm Not in Love featured Stewart, who sang
lead vocal on the track, playing the Fender Rhodes. During
a hiatus in 10cc's career in the 1980s, the keyboard was used by Paul
McCartney and Stevie Wonder in studio recording sessions. Stewart,
now aged 74, is selling the Fender Rhodes and also a customised 1950s Gibson
Les Paul guitar, which featured on many 10cc tracks and also two of Paul
McCartney's solo albums, Pipes of Peace and Tug of War. Luke
Hobbs, auctioneer from Gardiner Houlgate, said: "This keyboard is
probably the most significant piece of 10cc memorabilia ever to come onto the
market. If you listen to I'm Not in Love, it's the very first thing you hear.
It really is an iconic piece of British pop history. "As
well as being integral to 10cc's sound, the keyboard featured prominently in
the band's videos and photographs. I'm anticipating a lot of interest from
collectors, fans and possibly museums." The
keyboard is expected to sell for £6,000–£10,000. 10cc
formed in 1972 comprising four members: Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin
Godley and Lol Creme. Between 1972 and 1983, the band released nine albums
and 25 singles in the UK, 11 of which reached the top 10, three going to
number one. The band was once described as 'the missing link' between The
Beatles and Blur. 10cc
broke up on 1983, reuniting briefly in 1993 to record a new album. A version
of the band featuring Graham Gouldman continues to tour and play live. I'm
Not in Love featured on the soundtrack of hit 2014 film Guardians of the
Galaxy. The
three-day auction will take place over Wednesday 11–Friday 13 September at
Gardiner Houlgate, 9 Leafield Way, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9SW. Eric
Stewart's Fender Rhodes and Les Paul guitar will be available for public
viewing from Monday 9 September from 9am–5.30pm until the day of the sale
itself. For
more information contact Luke Hobbs or Jamie South 01225 812912 or 07718
988374 or by email at auctions@gardinerhoulgate.co.uk. Gardiner
Houlgate is the only auction house in Europe to hold dedicated stand-alone
sales of guitars and related items, selling over 1,500 guitars a year at
quarterly auctions. 01225
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WAX
2CD/1DVD Set Available To Pre-Order… With a
release date of September 27th 2019, Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman’s WAX are releasing “Wax : Live in
concert 1987”. It’s a 2CD/1DVD set of a previously unreleased
concert that was recorded in Harrogate, all the way back in 1987. It is
available to pre-order through Cherry
Red Records and Amazon.co.uk.
There
appears to be a price difference for now… Cherry Red lists it at £17.99,
while Amazon has it listed at £19.99. Amazon does have their Pre-Order Price
Guarantee available if you order now through them. This
‘Esoteric Recordings’ edition releases the entire concert over two CDs and
also features highlights of the concert on an NTSC / Region Free DVD. The set
also includes an illustrated booklet with a new essay featuring an exclusive
interview with Graham Gouldman.
NOW,
what these sites DON’T tell you is that, and this is a FanClub exclusive announcement…
the audio of the concert WILL be put out sometime next Spring on VINYL. More
details nearer the time on that one. A different company is producing the
vinyl but the album cover will match the CD/DVD set. Graham’s
10cc tour dates… More
dates for 2019 and 2020 have just been added to the dates
page. Consequences
CD Set Available To Pre-Order… With a
release date of August 9th 2019, Godley & Creme’s
“Consequences” is being put out on CD. Priced at £19.99, you can read about
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A
Letter From Kevin Godley… An
update on my forthcoming MUSCLE MEMORY solo album for those of you following
its progress, and especially if you’ve pledged for the finished record or other
elements of the campaign. Dear Pledgers and friends, First and foremost, thank you for supporting my MUSCLE MEMORY
project and I’m sorry for the lack of useful updates but all is 100% clear
now. PledgeMusic is, unfortunately, no more so like many other artists I’m
moving on. That being said it got the record up and running, helped me to
reach other musicians interested in collaborating, and indicated that there
were enough people intrigued by solo KG music to make it a worthwhile
experiment, but the process failed. Such a shame because the Pledge business
model was, for a good while, a great disruptive outlet for all kinds of music
and musicians. Still, no looking back, only forwards and forwards for me
means a non crowd-funded record release via the extraordinary UK independent
label The State51 Conspiracy. https://www.facebook.com/thestate51conspiracy/ MUSCLE MEMORY will now be released in both digital and physical
formats (definitive release date TBD) with regular updates posted in the
MUSCLE MEMORY UPDATES section of my website:
I must also apologise for being unable to deliver the items you
pledged for. This is simply because not a penny collected by PledgeMusic for
this very purpose ever reached me, which affectively neutralised my ability
to do so. All my resources will now go into final recording, mastering and
making MUSCLE MEMORY the best record it can possibly be. So, once again,
thank you so much for your patience and hopefully your continued enthusiasm
for the outcome. The route has changed but the destination is still the same. Kevin Godley |
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Graham’s
10cc dates for 2020… Graham
Gouldman will once again be taking his touring 10cc on the road in the
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10cc/Godley
& Creme Legend Kevin Godley Creates New Videos For 10cc Concerts Update on what was previously posted Is
this a 10cc reunion? Well, sort of.... Former band member and legendary
director Kevin Godley has created 2 new videos for Graham Gouldman's
touring version of 10cc. This is not the first time the two founding band
members have collaborated. Godley and Gouldman created some fascinating new
music back in 2006 under the guise GG/06, in which the track used for one of
the videos "Son of Man" was created. In
2006, for the first time in over three decades original 10cc members Godley
and Gouldman reunited to record new music. Best known for such classic 10cc
hits as "Rubber Bullets," "I'm Not In Love" and "The
Dean & I," as well as Godley and Creme's hit "Cry," Godley and Gouldman recorded six new
download-only songs which received rave reviews from fans and critics alike
worldwide! The music has recently been released on a limited edition CD only
available at 10cc shows! Kevin
Godley, who has directed some of the most successful music videos in rock and
roll for such artists as Peter Gabriel, Duran Duran, U2, Herbie Hancock,
Hozier, Elbow, The Beatles, Paul McCartney and The Police to name just a few,
graces all six tracks with his tremendous voice - arguably one of the great
vocalists in music today! Says
Kevin, "I made this film of the GG/06 (that's me and Graham Gouldman)
track 'Son Of Man' for the current 10cc touring band. It's a musical
documentary about how 10cc started so it works as a kind of intro to the
show. I ripped lots of stuff, shot everything on my iPhone X off my desktop
screen, generated text, became a throwback using the MSQRD app and edited it
all on Adobe Premier Pro. Tech head." Watch
the video for "Son
Of Man" Record
Collector magazine described "Son Of Man" as "a
tongue-in-cheek account of how a trio of studio-bound hermits called Hotlegs
became the 70s chart-topping quartet known to all as 10cc. The song that was
neither music nor art was Hotlegs' 1970 one-hit oddity, 'Neanderthal Man,'
while 'Graham on bass' was none other than Graham Gouldman. And so, the 10cc
story has come full circle." Kevin
created a second video for 10cc's mega-hit "I'm Not In Love." Kevin
explains, "I directed and edited this film to visually enhance the
current 10cc touring band's live performance of 'I'm Not In Love' and it was
a 100% labour of love." Watch
the video for "I'm
Not In Love" "I'm
Not In Love" was written by band members Eric Stewart and Graham
Gouldman and is known for its innovative and distinctive backing track,
composed mostly of the band's multitracked vocals. Released in the UK in May
1975 as the second single from the band's third album "The Original
Soundtrack," it became the second of the group's three number-one
singles in the UK between 1973 and 1978, topping the UK singles chart for two
weeks. The song was also the band's breakthrough hit worldwide, reaching number
one in Ireland and Canada and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US,
as well as reaching the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand and several European
countries. "I'm
Not In Love" was originally conceived as a bossa nova song played on
guitars, but Kevin Godley and Lol Creme disliked the track and it was
abandoned. However, after hearing members of their staff continue to sing the
melody around their studio, Stewart persuaded the group to give the song
another chance, to which Godley replied that for the song to work it needed
to be radically changed, and suggested that the band should try and create a
new version using just voices. Along
with the 2 new videos, Kevin Godley created and starred in a previous
innovative video for the song "Somewhere In Hollywood" which 10cc
have used in concert during the past couple of years. Watch
the video for "Somewhere
In Hollywood" In
other news, Kevin Godley recently started recording his highly anticipated
new solo album "MUSCLE MEMORY." What makes this album special,
along with being his very first solo album, is that it will be comprised of
collaborations between Kevin and a cast of musicians he has only met via
email or Skype, who have submitted instrumental tracks that he has chosen to
turn into songs. Kevin is also in the early stages of pre-production to
direct his first feature film, "The Gate," based on Orson Welles'
adventures in Ireland circa 1931. Kevin
Godley's official website: http://www.kevin-godley.com/ 10cc
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“Flowers
At The Scene” album by Tim Bowness. Tim
Bowness let us know recently about his new album “Flowers At The Scene” Produced
by no-man, Flowers At The Scene is a vibrant collection of 11 strikingly
diverse songs. Representing
the duo of Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson's first joint production in over a
decade, the album features stunning performances from an extraordinary cast
of players including Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator), Andy Partridge
(XTC), Kevin Godley (10cc), Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree), Jim Matheos (Fates
Warning/OSI), David Longdon (Big Big Train), co-producer Brian Hulse
(Plenty), Australian trumpeter Ian Dixon, and drummers Tom Atherton and Dylan
Howe (Wilko Johnson). The album features a backing vocal appearance from
Kevin Godley (on the song What Lies Here). It
will be available as a CD in deluxe digipak, 180g black vinyl in gatefold
cover with insert and CD and a 180g red vinyl edition in gatefold cover with
insert and CD. Released
on 1st March, all pre-orders from Tim's store - https://burningshed.com/store/timbowness
- come with an exclusive signed greeting card and an exclusive free mp3 EP
that includes a Kevin Godley lead vocal version of What Lies Here. The
album will also be available from Amazon, Spotify etc etc. Read
how Tim got Kevin to work with him here |
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2018 News Vic
Emerson Obituary…*(with thanks to Guy Mowbray/The Guardian) Vic
Emerson, who has died aged 69 of pancreatic cancer, was a keyboard player
with Mandalaband, Sad Café and 10cc. He co-wrote the single Every Day Hurts,
which was a huge hit for Sad Café in 1979. He was
born in Prestwich near Manchester, the son of Ben Emerson, a tailor, and his
wife, Myra. Vic was always a talented musician; he had his first piano
lessons at four and passed his grade six exam at the age of 12, while at Bury
grammar school. In the early 1960s he bought a Hammond organ to play at home,
and when he left school he became a cinema organist in Stockport. In the
60s Vic worked the cabaret circuit, playing keyboards, and became a session
musician at Camel Studios near Stockport, where he met the drummer Tony
Cresswell, guitarist Ashley Mulford and bass player John Stimpson, later to
form Sad Café with him. The engineer at the studios, Dave Rohl, was working
on an album called Mandalaband and asked Vic to put some keyboards on it.
“Not long after, Dave went down to London,” Vic told me. “He came back with a
record deal with Chrysalis Records. I was apparently a member of a band
[Mandalaband] when I didn’t know there was one.” By
1976 Mandalaband had broken up. Vic moved into a flat in Manchester with
Stimpson, and they were looking to form a new band. “We needed a singer. John
told me there was a friend of his playing at Manchester Polytechnic students’
union. There were two acts on. The first act didn’t happen. The next singer
sang two lines. That guy had it. The band was Gyro. The singer was Paul
Young. We offered Paul a deal.” It was the birth of Sad Café. According
to Vic, the story behind Every Day Hurts is that, “The music was mostly mine.
The melody on the verse is Paul Young’s. The sad truth of Every Day Hurts was
I wrote it at my house in Blackpool when my dad was dying, although the
lyrics are Paul’s.” The song was also co-written by Stimpson. It reached No 3
in the UK charts. In the
early 80s Vic toured with 10cc and played on their albums Ten Out of 10 and
Windows in the Jungle. He stayed with Sad Café until 1984. The
following year he went to Paris to do some sessions and a tour, and decided
to stay. He lived and worked there for 33 years. After Young died aged 53 in
2000, Vic contributed a handful of tracks for a posthumous Paul Young album,
Chronicles, which was released in 2011.
Vic Emerson (far left) and
the other members of Sad Café. He co-wrote the band’s biggest hit, Every Day
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Graham
takes his 10cc on tour in 2019… Graham Gouldman will be
taking his touring 10cc on the road in 2019. March will be a busy month as he
goes to Scotland, Wales and England. The dates have just been added to our dates
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Ringo
Starr’s Summer Tour reaches USA… Graham
Gouldman is currently touring Eurpoe with Ringo Starr & His All-Star
Band. In September Ringo is taking his tour to America, staring off in Tulsa,
Oklahoma and finishing up in Los Angeles, California. Tour details, as ever,
on the dates page. |
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Heart
Full Of Songs Tour 2019… Graham
Gouldman will be taking his Heart Full Of Songs tour abroad in 2019. A week
of concerts next February will take place in the Netherlands. They’ve been added to our dates
page, as well as ticket links. |
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10cc:
New concert date in the Netherlands… 10cc
will open the new season of concerts at the Openlucht Theater in Eibergen on
May 26th. It’s been added to our dates page. A direct
link to online ticket purchases can be found here 10cc:
The Worst Band In The World by Liam Newton… We
have been sent a video trailer in mp4 format of Kevin Godley for Liam
Newton’s updated book 10cc: The Worst
Band In The World. Click on the link to download
and watch. |
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live on demand concert… We received
an email this week… “Joerg
here, from national public radio SWR1, Germany. Just
wanted to inform you about an on-demand-concert video, that we will air this
Monday, April 2nd: "10cc live at SWR1 Musik Klub unterwegs" The
link will be posted on our Facebook-Page http://facebook.com/swr1bw on April 2nd
at 11:00 MEZ. (10.00 BST) It's a
concert, that 10CC did with us for our show "SWR1 Musik Klub
unterwegs" at Capitol Mannheim - almost 90 minutes really worth
watching, the audience was amazed. You
are welcome to share the link on your website or share the facebook post on
Monday, once it is online. Kind
regards and Happy Easter “ Website
addresses… We
have been advised that the website address for Graham’s touring 10cc has been
changed… it used to be 10ccworld.com but it has now become 10cc.world
Click on the link and it will take you there. We are in the process of
going through all the web-links we have and we will publish an updated page
in the near future. 10cc:
The Worst Band In The World by Liam Newton… We
have been informed by the author, Liam Newton, that his 10cc biography has been
fully revised and updated and includes a new foreword by Kevin Godley. You
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Two
sets of 2018 tour dates added… Just
are the dates for Ringo Starr’s summer tour which Graham Gouldman is guesting
on. We also bring you the dates for Graham’s touring 10cc’s UK tour this coming October and November. Ivor
Novello Award being auctioned… and it could be yours… An
original Ivor Novello award honouring one of the best pop songs ever made -
I’m Not In Love by 10cc – is expected to spark a worldwide bidding battle.
The ground-breaking song, number one in the UK singles charts for two weeks
in 1975, won the band worldwide acclaim and three Ivor Novello awards for
Best Pop Song, International Hit of the Year and Most Performed British Work. It
reached number one in Ireland and Canada, number two in the US and made the
top 10 in Australia, New Zealand and several European countries. Now
10cc fans have a chance to call the award for Most Performed British Work
their own when it comes up for auction at Hansons Auctioneers on March 14
with an estimate of £1,500-£2,000. It
belongs to 10cc’s former co-manager Ric Dixon – a man who played a part in
bringing the musical geniuses together. It will be sold alongside a gold disc
presented to him to recognise sales of more than 100,000 copies of 10cc’s
Greatest Hits 1972-1978, estimate £200-£300. Click
on the link for
more details. Strawberry Studios (Stockport)
exhibition extended… The
exhibition at Stockport
Museum celebrating the legendary Stockport recording studios known as
Strawberry has been granted an extension and an update. It will be open until
September 30th 2018. Admission is free. The exhibition explores
Strawberry’s musical heritage and how 50 years on, the Studios still remain
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2017 News Tour
News Updates… We’ve
just been sent the Australia 2018 tour dates. You can find them on our dates page, along with an extra German concert date. Update
from Kevin Godley… Back
in August we told you about Kevin’s bold plans for a “solo” album. Well, we
can bring you a brand new track from this endeavor called “All Bones Are
White” Click on this link
to head to the demo mix and artist interview. In The
Round for Graham, this time in Nashville, Tennessee in the US… Graham
Gouldman is performing with Beth Nielsen Chapman, Gordon Kennedy and Keb Mo’
in an “In The Round” benefit concert at the Bluebird Café, Nashville TN.
Click on the link
for pre-sale tickets Personnel
change for Graham’s touring 10cc… As a
result of diverging interests, long-time band member Mick
Wilson has left 10cc to pursue
other projects. He is
replaced by Iain Hornal who has worked with 10cc on several occasions when
Mick was unavailable. Iain supported 10cc on its last UK tour and is a key
member of Graham Gouldman’s Heart Full of Songs band, which toured the UK in
October. 10cc
returns to live shows in March with five concerts in Germany, eight in
Holland and a 12-show tour of Australia in April, summer festivals in Europe
and a UK tour being planned for the autumn. ”Mick
has been a friend and a valued member of the band for many years and I wish
him all the very best for the future,” says 10cc’s Graham Gouldman Paul – Iain – Graham – Rick
- Keith
Graham’s
going on tour in 2018…but it’s not what you think… Graham
Gouldman has accepted an invitation to join Ringo Starr & His All Starr
Band for a tour of Europe next summer. Ringo
has kept the same band line-up for several years, but wanted a change for the
next tour and approached Graham with the idea some months ago. The All Starr
Band also features Steve Lukather of Toto, Gregg Rolie of Santana, Men At
Work’s Colin Hay, Warren Ham (whose credits include working with Toto, Donna
Summer and Olivia Newton-John) and Gregg Bissonette (Santana, Toto and ELO). “I
didn’t need to think about it,” says Graham. “As I’ve said before, without
the Beatles there wouldn’t have been a 10cc, so to be asked to join Ringo’s
band is a huge honour and very exciting. It’ll also be a great pleasure to
play alongside such esteemed musicians as Steve, Warren and the others.” The
21-date tour will take the band to Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Israel and Italy. Click on
the link
for more details. Before
the Ringo tour, Graham and 10cc will tour Germany, Holland and Australia
through March and April. with a UK tour being planned for the autumn. 10cc
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Graham’s
selling a 6 song EP…Part 2 In September a 6-track EP was available at
concerts on Graham’s Heart Full Of Songs tour … click the cover for details.
Graham
adds four Germany dates for next March… March
2018 sees Graham and his touring 10cc play four dates in Germany followed by
8 dates in the Netherlands. See the dates page for details. |
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And
now, Part 2 of a blog… Last month we posted a link
to Jason Barnard’s blog which featured an interview with Eric Stewart. We can
now bring you the second and final part.
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Graham’s
‘Love And Work’ CD gets turned into a double LP… Getting
released on 22nd September this year, “Love And Work’ is coming to you as a 180g DOUBLE VINYL LP and
features two bonus tracks that weren’t on the initial CD release. Click on
this link
for details… We
bring you Part 1 of a blog… To tie
in with the release of Eric Stewart’s e-autobiography “The Things I Do For Love” and his 2CD Anthology, Eric talks with Jason Barnard in the first of two
podcasts covering his remarkable career. Click on this link
to take you to Part 1… Kevin
Godley’s releasing a “solo” album… Kevin
wants YOUR help on his new album. Click on the LINK
to find out more details about it… |
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Graham’s
selling a 6 song EP… Fans
will be able to purchase a specially recorded 6 song EP this September at
concerts on Graham’s Heart Full Of Songs tour. As yet, details are not
available for track listing and price. The list of concerts can be seen on
the dates
page. Speaking
of boxsets, there’s artwork too… Follow
this link
to preorder exclusive signed artwork, prints and posters in addition
to the two superb 10cc & Godley and Creme Box Sets. Guess
who else has a boxset coming out soon… This
September will see the release of Godley & Creme : Body Of Work 1978-1978 by Caroline International. It can currently be
pre-ordered for GBP 23.94 This
box features music from Kevin Godley and Lol Creme that spans 10 years. The
first CD combines 1977’s L and its follow-up Freeze Frame. The next album,
1981’s Ismism (aka Snack Attack) shares space with 1983’s Bird Of Prey on
another ‘two-fer’ disc (although a close look at the track listing confirms
that the last song on that album – Out In The Cold – is bumped to the start
of CD3!). The History Mix Volume 1 (which features the hit single Cry) and
their final album Goodbye Blue Sky fill out the next two CDs and the final
disc contains single A-sides, B-sides and an extended version. Click here
for track details.
Eric
Stewart’s 2CD ANTHOLOGY
is released on July 21st on Cherry Red. Universal release the 10cc
4CD boxset BEFORE
/ DURING / AFTER on July 28th
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Universal
release 10cc boxset… This
July, Universal will issue Before During After – The Story of 10cc, a new
10cc four-CD box set curated with input from the band to “detail each and
every chapter of their musical story”. The box features the band together and
apart and therefore features work from artists like Paul McCartney, the Art
of Noise, Wax and Godley and Creme.
CD one
is basically a 10cc ‘best of’
while the second disc is dubbed ‘What
We Did Next‘ and here’s where it gets interesting. Eric Stewart co-wrote
six songs on Paul McCartney‘s 1986 album Press To Play and one of these
tracks, Pretty Little Head, is included on disc two. However, it’s the single
mix that features here, which was radically remixed by Larry Alexander for
the seven-inch single. This version has never been issued on CD, so this is a
genuine rarity. The
other two discs are ‘And Friends‘
which features collaborations and production work (if you bought Strawberry Bubblegum a few years ago,
you have this disc) , while the final CD ‘Before 10cc – The Early Years‘ which has work from early beat
group The Mindbenders which featured Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman and
Hotlegs which was an early incarnation of 10cc. Before During
After – The Story of 10cc
is released on 28 July 2017. It can be pre-ordered from HMV or Amazon UK for GBP39.99 However,
a two-CD edition called During After which only features the first two
discs in the box, can be pre-ordered for just GBP9.99 For more information, click here Eric
gets a release date for his Anthology… The
Eric Stewart Anthology double CD will be released by Cherry Red Records on
July 21st.
Track
listing as follows :
Graham
takes his Heart Full Of Songs on tour again… This
September sees Graham Gouldman embark on a 22 date tour of England, Scotland
and Wales with his Heart Full Of Songs tour. The complete list can be seen on
the dates
page. Graham
co-writes with Emily Barker… Wikipedia
says “Emily Barker (born 2 December 1980) is an Australian
singer-songwriter, musician and composer. Her music has featured as the theme
to award winning BBC dramas Wallander and The Shadow Line. With
multi-instrumental trio The Red Clay Halo, she has recorded four albums:
Photos.Fires.Fables. (2006), Despite The Snow (2008), Almanac (2011), and
Dear River (2013), whilst releasing a solo album The Toerag Sessions (2015).
Other projects include Vena Portae (with Dom Coyote and Ruben Engzell) and
Applewood Road (with Amy Speace and Amber Rubarth). Her
latest album is called “Sweet Kind of Blue” and features a track called
“Tomorrow Be Now” which she co-wrote with Graham Gouldman. The album was
released on May 19th 2017. Click on photo’s of CD & Lyrics to
enlarge them.
Gig
For Life not being held in 2017… The
organisers of the Gig For Life festival, due to take place on May 27th,
have announced that they had to make the difficult decision to postpone the
event due to unforeseen circumstances, but with a view to running it in 2018
instead. Apologies
to all that entered our competition to win tickets. However
on the 26th
May, Graham’s 10cc will be appearing in concert at the
Natuurtheater de Kersouwe, Heeswijk-Dinther in the Netherlands. Tickets are
still available from this website
for €35.00. Event details can be found here
Later…
With Jools Holland… UPDATE Graham’s
10cc will be appearing on “Later…
With Jools Holland” on Tuesday May 9th. The ½ hour show will
be broadcast on BBC2 at 10pm BST. They’ll be performing one of three songs on
the Tuesday night show… The Wall Street Shuffle, Art For Art’s Sake and I’m
Not In Love. However they’ll perform all three in the longer airing of the show
at 11.05pm 12th May. Graham’s
Record Store Day Appearance… After
a few months of touring, there’s nothing Graham likes more than to go along
to Davids
Music Store in Letchworth, Herts,
and hold a 45 minute singing and signing set. And that’s just what he did on
April 22nd. A big thank you to Andy Oaten, the manager at Davids
Music Store, for the photo’s and CD details.
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Graham’s
10cc at Tom Kerridge Presents Pub In The Park…LIMITED
OFFER Welcome
to Tom Kerridge presents Pub in the Park, 19-21 May, Marlow, Bucks, England.
Tickets are for Sunday evening’s session: 6pm – 10:30pm. Expect
Sunday evening to be full of the very best food, drink and music. Ten of the
UK’s top pubs and restaurants will be serving tasting dishes for you to
purchase whilst some of the best chefs & guests in Britain will be
joining Tom over the weekend to share their tips and tricks of the trade
through demos and masterclasses. After
you’ve spent the day grazing on a selection of delicious food and drink, then
kick back in front of the live stage and listen to headliners 10cc, Fun
Lovin’ Criminals and The Rifles! Please
also note that this a limited offer until Sunday 16th April at midnight.
Click here
and use the code when you book: 10cc |
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Graham’s
10cc planning a busy weekend in May… The
day before the “Gig For Life” concert in Kent, Graham’s 10cc will be
appearing in concert at the Natuurtheater de Kersouwe, Heeswijk-Dinther in
the Netherlands. Tickets can be purchased from this website
for €35.00. Event details can be found here Graham
co-writes a song for Joe McElderry… Word
has reached the news desk that Graham Gouldman along with Elliot Davis and
Adam Bard have co-written a song called Gloria for Joe McElderry. Joseph
"Joe" McElderry is an English singer and songwriter. He won the
sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The
Climb" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and reaching number
one in the Irish Singles Charts. His song can be pre-ordered on Amazon,
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Eric
Stewart’s e-book gets a release date… Eric Stewart's long-awaited e-book
“Things I Do For Love” is released on Apple iBooks on 15th March 2017. It
contains hundreds of photos, links to music and video clips of Eric and Lol
in conversation. We have no word on price yet but once we know, we will of
course let you know too. As to being released in other formats, Eric is
considering it for the future… In
other Eric related news, Cherry Red
are currently planning a summer release for the (also long-awaited) Eric Stewart compilation CD which
will, we are informed, feature some tracks from Frooty Rooties which have
never been officially released on CD before. Stay tuned for more details as
and when. This
information was announced on Eric’s website
today. Win
TWO Tickets for “Gig For Life”… The
organisers of “Gig For Life” have
kindly donated a pair of tickets to the10ccfanclub.com
for the 10cc concert on May 27th (see below for concert
details) for which we shall hold a draw. To enter the draw for the tickets,
just send us your name and address in an email to competition@the10ccfanclub.com.
Once the winners have been selected, the festival organisers will be informed
so they can sort out the tickets for you. One entry per person please. The winner’s name will be announced
on this website. No correspondence will be entered into. Names and email
addresses will not be passed on to anyone else. Closing date for the
competition is Saturday May 13th. Gig
For Life find their headline act… On
Saturday May 27th, there will be a NEW music festival called Gig For Life. It
is being held at the Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent and 10cc will be the
headline act. The website is https://www.gigforlife.co.uk and the festival is
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January 2017 25
Year Old Cassette Found… A very
rare cassette tape found its way into our archives recently… as you can see,
it contains three rough (but genuine) mixes of Wonderland, Woman In Love and
Stars Didn’t Show.
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