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We've been somewhat taken aback by demand for tickets for The End Of The
Pier Show announced at the Kings Arms in Salford, (Greater) Manchester, for 31st
August 2012. So we've now added a second night, which will be the
following evening, Saturday 1st September at the same venue.
Tickets are priced at £12 in advance/£15 on the door (if there are any
tickets left) for each night but we're offering a special price for
anyone who wants to come both nights, £20 for tickets for both Friday
and Saturday. Those of you who have already booked tickets for the
Friday should have received an e-mail with a special code allowing you to book a
ticket for the Saturday at the reduced price as we really appreciate
your loyalty.
Tickets for the Saturday and for both nights together are on
sale now from Ticket Web. But if you're planning to come we'd strongly advise you to book
your tickets in advance, the Kings Arms is a fairly small, intimate
venue and this really is an unmissable bill: it'll feature what's
realistically likely to be your only chance to see The Distractions,
with the line-up that made the new album (Messrs Finney and Perrin, plus
Nick Halliwell and Arash Torabi from The Granite Shore and Mike Kellie
of the Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, etc.), but also Factory Star and The
June Brides.
We are delighted to announce that the official release date of the long, long-awaited second Distractions album, The End Of The Pier, will be 21st August 2012. Thirty two years, three months and a few days after 1980's Nobody's Perfect on Island Records, Occultation will be releasing the follow up on 180 g vinyl, CD and digital download. Just days later, The Distractions will take to the stage, supported by label mates Factory Star and The June Brides, over two special evenings at the Kings Arms, Salford, on Friday 31st August and Saturday 1st September.
Steve Perrin: "Being geographically challenged as we are
means The Distractions is more occasional than full time; then again,
long-awaited could also adjectivally apply to this album – Dexys look like
they've rushed their new record, it's only 26 years since their last."
Mike Finney: "I rather like the idea of a world tour but it'd
interfere with watching my son's football practice. Besides taking time
off work is a bit tricky, so we've had to forego six weeks traversing
North America in a bus and settle for two shows in Salford."
Here's the track list from the eagerly anticipated The End Of The Pier album, The Distractions' first LP in 32 years:
Side One
I Don't Have Time
Wise
Girl Of The Year
Boots
When It Was Mine
Side Two
Too Late To Change
The Summer I Met You
Man Of The Moment
100 Times
The Last Song
A few of the sites that have picked up the news of the gig at the Kings Arms on 31st August.
The Distractions live | End of the Pier Show
An Occultation event featuring The Distractions,
Factory Star and The June Brides at the King's Arms in Salford, Manchester, on
Friday 31 August 2012.
The King's Arms
11 Bloom Street
Salford M3 6AN
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Paul Pledger at AllGigs:
The Distractions
British
punk rock/power pop quintet from Manchester originally formed in 1975, but
disbanded in 1981. They reformed in 2010. Releases
include the debut-album "Nobody's Perfect" in 1980, plus singles
"Time Goes By So Slow", "It Doesn't Bother Me" and the 2010
comeback EP, "Black Velvet".
The
Distractions, Factory Star, June Brides at The Kings Arms on Friday 31st Aug
2012 (£12.00).
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Friday 31 August 2012
The Distractions
Venue:
11 Bloom Street
Off Chapel Street
Salford M3 6AN
Line-up
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The
Distractions live @ King's Arms Salford
The Distractions will play their first gig since
the mid-Nineties on Friday 31 August 2012 at the King's
Arms in Salford with Occultation Recordings
label mates Factory Star and The June Brides. Original members of The
Distractions Mike Finney and Steve Perrin will be joined by new recruits. A
London date for Saturday 1 September is also planned. Ticket details to follow.
-- The King's Arms 11 Bloom Street Salford, M3 6AN More info at distractionsnothing.
This really is happening. The Distractions will be performing live to launch what we're pretty confident is the longest-awaited album of the year. I mean, 26 years for a new Dexys album - why the rush, Kevin? The Distractions released their first album, the beloved Nobody's Perfect, in 1980. Their second, The End Of The Pier, will be released by Occultation Recordings at the end of August 2012, although the label expect to have copies available from their website a few weeks earlier.
That's not all. In a flurry of activity, a first live date is already confirmed. The band will be performing at the Kings Arms, Salford, Manchester, on 31st August:
Tickets are now on sale, £12 in advance (£15 on the night, if there are any left), from TicketWeb here. There's a possibility of a second gig but details are yet to be confirmed.
That's not all though. Not only could this be your only chance to see The Distractions (who knows what the future may bring? Even so let's be realistic...) but this'll actually be a proper Occultation event, also featuring label-mates Factory Star and The June Brides. Quite a bill, if we say so ourselves.
The album will be released as a 180g vinyl edition and on CD - we'd recommend the LP as it's cut from a higher-quality source and will come with a CD thrown in anyway. It features core Distractions Mike Finney and Steve Perrin and is produced by Nick Halliwell (The Granite Shore) who also appears along with bassist Arash Torabi (June Brides, Granite Shore) and Mike Kellie (Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, too many to mention) on drums.
More details as we get them and see you in Salford...
News from Occultation
26th April 2012
The Wild Swans rushed into their new album after a mere 20-odd years but The Distractions wouldn't be hurried so their new album, The End Of The Pier will come 32 years after the beloved Nobody's Perfect. Full retail release on 180g vinyl and CD is due late August although copies should be available from Occultation well before then.
We'd also like to welcome the June Brides whose first Occultation single, released jointly with Slumberland in the US, will be a double 'a' side, A January Moon / Cloud. There'll be a special 7"+CD package available exclusively from the Occultation website and the CD will feature not just the two tracks from the vinyl edition but rare and unreleased material from Mr Wilson and company. Out in June, obviously. A new Factory Star EP is due in the summer as well.
The Distractions, Factory Star and The June Brides will be playing special Occultation events together, the first confirmed date is 31st Augusts at the King's Arms, Salford, Manchester, though we're hoping to have a London date the following night. More on this, including details of where to buy tickets, soon.
Other Occultation news...
Opposite Sex
Listeners to Marc Riley's BBC6Music programme will already be aware of the charms of Opposite Sex, the Dunedin-based trio who've made one of the most talked-about albums of recent months. Occultation Recordings just happen to be good friends with Fishrider Records, the New Zealand label responsible so, in a touching "hands-across-the-ocean" way, we've teamed up for a joint UK edition of the album out next week, thus making this post-punk-pop (enough Ps?) gem easily available in the Northern Hemisphere, though those of you closer to NZ should visit Fishrider. Click here to order the 180g LP, which comes with a CD thrown in for just £12, from the Occultation Shop, copies are now in stock. The CD is also available separately here.
If you've yet to be seduced there's a video here and more information can be found by clicking on the album sleeve above. We also have a few copies of another Fishrider release, the new album by Kiwi legends The Puddle, Secret Holiday/Victory Blues, also available here and we expect to be stocking the Shifting Sands album also just out on Fishrider very shortly. Selected Occultation releases will also be available from Fishrider over the coming weeks and months, which may be cheaper for some of you.
The Distractions were featured on Thursday's Radliffe and Maconie Show on 6Music when they were joined by David Quantick. Time Goes By So Slow was played after the group's story was told, from TJM's You're Not Going Out Dressed Like That, to FAC12 and Island's Nobody's Perfect (not forgetting the U2 story). Mark Radcliffe reckoned this show was the first on 6Music to play The Distractions, and Stuart Maconie discussed the forthcoming gig at Paul Heaton's Kings Arms in Salford on 31st August. The new album, The End of the Pier, was announced before the listeners were treated to the finest Factory 7" record. Listen to the whole show here for a limited period (The Distractions are on from about 1:55:25): http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01g9dbh.
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