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19 April 2010 Crowded House announce new single, album and UK dates
Crowded House return with the release of a brand new album and UK tour for spring 2010. ‘Intriguer’ is released by Mercury Records on June 14th and is a classic return to form for the band, featuring heartfelt and evocative lyrics and irresistible melodies. With special guest musicians and innumerable instruments and influences from all over the world, the album sounds as fresh as when the band first started out in 1985. Solo albums, collaborations and reunions have followed throughout the years but all enjoy Neil’s distinctive sound.
The band, vocalist/guitarist Neil Finn, Nick Seymour (bass), Mark Hart (keyboards/guitars) and Matt Sherrod (drums), started work on the new album last year in Auckland, New Zealand with producer Jim Scott. The songs were written over the previous 18 months, many had evolved and been worked over on the road – sometimes ending up very different, sometimes back to how they started.
The title for their sixth studio album was inspired by a shadowy figure seen only once in 2001 behind curtains at a Sydney hotel by Neil and Australian artist/cartoonist Michael Leunig. The Intriguers influence however is often felt, through the years whenever strange events unfold and difficult scenarios ensue. As Neil says “The intriguer continues to confound us but still we crave his presence, life seems so dull when he’s not around.“
New album Intriguer 14th June 2010
Catch the band on their UK tour throughout May and June:
18 May - NEWCASTLE, City Hall
19 May - GLASGOW, Clyde Auditorium
21 May - EDINBURGH, Usher Hall
22 May - ABERDEEN, Music Hall
24/25 May - BIRMINGHAM, Symphony Hall
26/27 May - MANCHESTER, Apollo
29 May - CASTLEBAR, Royal Theatre
30/31 May - DUBLIN, Olympia Theatre
2 June - BRISTOL, Colston Hall
3 June - PLYMOUTH, Pavilions
4 June - CARDIFF, Arena
6 June - OXFORD, New Theatre
8/9/10 June - LONDON, Hammersmith Apollo
12 June - ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL
For further information contact Terri Hall or Gillian Porter (national) on 020 7228 3390 or email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
