Gillingham, Kent, UK, By Mikey:
[email protected]) - Dexy's Midnight Runners are making a comeback; they have had two number ones - Geno and Come On Eileen - way back in the 80s. It seems 80s music is making a big comeback this year, you could say it's the 80s revival, so far we have had Erasure, Soft Cell, Simply Red,
Peter Gabriel, Dead Or Alive, even
Duran Duran are making a comeback soon with their original line-up, as when they first started off. Other acts to look out for are Human League, Bananarama, and Kim Wilde, should be releasing new material sometime in the near future. I must say, here, now it surely brings memories flooding back, when the chart was very stable in those days and pop music was non-existent at the time. And no one was bickering over sales figures, these days you have to make a good record to reach number one or else the record company dumps you, back than nobody cared.
Maverick Birmingham, UK-based post-punk group that split up in 1987. Led throughout radical personnel and stylistic changes by Kevin Rowland. Transatlantic No.1 'Come On Eileen' was the top selling single of 1982, selling 1,201,000 million sales.
Single Discography
19 Jan 80 Dance Stance, peaked at No.40, 6 weeks on chart
22 Mar 80 Geno, peaked at No.1, 14 weeks on chart
12 Jul 80 There There My Dear, peaked at No.7, 9 weeks on chart
21 Mar 81 Plan B, peaked at No.58, 2 weeks on chart
11 Jul 81 Show Me, peaked at No16, 9 weeks on chart
20 Mar 82 The Celtic Soul Brothers, peaked at No.45, 4 weeks on chart
03 Jul 82 Cone On Eileen, peaked at No.1, 17 weeks on chart
02 Oct 82 Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile), peaked at No.5, 7 weeks on chart
04 Dec 82 Let's Get This Straight From The Start / Old, peaked at No.17, 9 weeks on chart
02 Apr 83 The Celtic Soul Brothers, peaked at No.20, 6 weeks on chart
22 Nov 86 Because Of You, peaked at No.13, 10 weeks on chart
Dexy's Midnight Runners have confirmed details of their upcoming UK tour and greatest hits compilation. Kevin Rowland and co are to play a full theatre tour throughout October and November, including a show at London's Royal Albert Hall on November 10. "We intend to bring a theatrical edge to the whole show," said Rowland last month. "We will be doing at least a couple of new songs and we will be putting a new perspective on the whole thing."
Meanwhile, Dexy's Midnight Runners are to release a new greatest hits collection 'Let's Make This Precious' - on September 22, with two new tracks, 'Manhood' and 'Life In England', tipped to be released as singles.
Full dates are as follows:
October
21 Portsmouth Guildhall
23 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
25 Leeds Grand
26 Basingstoke The Anvil
28 Bristol Colston Hall
29 Cambridge Corn Exchange
31 Guildford Civic Hall
November
02 Aberdeen Music Hall
03 Glasgow Pavilion
04 Newcastle Opera House
06 Manchester Academy
07 Liverpool Royal Court
08 Northampton Derngate
10 London Royal Festival Hall
11 Milton Keynes Stables
12 Plymouth Pavilions
14 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
16 Belfast Waterfront
18 Leicester De Montfort Hall
The full tracklisting is as follows:
Tell Me When My Light Turns to Green
Breaking Down
Geno
There There My Dear
Plan B
Show Me
Let's Make This Precious
Until I Believe
The Celtic Soul Brothers
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Let's Get This Started (From the Start)
This Is What She's Like
My National Pride
Love You
Because Of You
My Life In England
Manhood
