The Stranglers sets UK tour dates and will release new album 'Norfolk Coast'

NEW YORK (EMI/Liberty Records press release) - It has been five years since The Stranglers last studio album and 13 years since they were signed with a major label but, at last, the long-awaited and much-anticipated 'Norfolk Coast' is finished and scheduled for release on EMI Liberty Records on 16th February 2004. The album will be preceded by the release of a single on 26th January.

The lead track off the album, 'Norfolk Coast' typifies all the distinctive signatures of a classic Stranglers song and sets the mood for this quintessential album, which travels through hi-speed rock, driving rhythms, anthemic melodies and occasional, off-the-wall quirkiness. Trademark Stranglers qualities, including JJ Burnel's rumbling bass and Dave Greenfield's distinctive keyboard sounds, are captured on record as never before.

In the lead up to the release of 'Norfolk Coast, The Stranglers and UB 40 are combining their strengths with an 18-date Arena Tour of the UK and Ireland this November and December.

Stranglers UK / Ireland tour dates:

November
25 BELFAST
27 DUBLIN
28 CORK MILL
30 BRIGHTON

December
1 PLYMOUTH
3 LONDON (WEMBLEY ARENA)
4 LONDON (WEMBLEY ARENA)
5 NOTTINGHAM ARENA
7 CARDIFF
8 CARDIFF
14 BOURNEMOUTH
15 BRIGHTON
16 MANCHESTER
18 SHEFFIELD
19 GLASGOW
20 NEWCASTLE
22 BIRMINGHAM
23 BIRMINGHAM
Following the release of the single and album in early 2004 the band will embark on a UK and European tour throughout March.

Throughout the past year The Stranglers have played to a series of sell-out audiences and massive festival crowds both at home and abroad. They continue to out-rock many on the live circuit, including much younger outfits, and these days their audience features a large contingent of crowd-surfing teenagers as well as their existing, large and loyal fan base.