22 September 2008
Newsdesk
Highly esteemed songwriter Glenn Tilbrook and his band The Fluffers release a new single, Binga Bong, through Quixotic Records on Monday 27th October. The EP will be available on CD single and download and includes the exclusive songs Politics & Beer, Evaline and Once Upon A Time. Binga Bong is taken from the forthcoming album Pandemonium Ensues due for release in January 2009.
Pandemonium Ensues is Tilbrook’s first album in five years and his first full album with The Fluffers. The album follows the highly acclaimed The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook (2001) and Transatlantic Ping Pong (2004). His last release was a feature length documentary Glenn Tilbrook: One For The Road (2006) about life as a touring musician on the road in the US.
Tilbrook first came to fame as founding member and one-half of the songwriting team behind Squeeze who wrote some of the most-loved songs of the last thirty years. They notched up Top Ten hits around the world with – “Cool For Cats,” “Up The Junction,” “Slap & Tickle,” “Pulling Mussels (From A Shell),” “Another Nail In My Heart,” “Tempted,” “Labelled With Love” and “Black Coffee In Bed.”
In respect for their songwriting Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford have been honoured with two prestigious awards over the last few months – the Ivor Novello Award for their “Outstanding Contribution to British Music” (presented by Mark Ronson) and the “Icon Award” (presented by Lily Allen) at the O2 Silver Clef Awards.
To coincide with the release of the album Glenn Tilbrook And The Fluffers have announced a fourteen date tour of the UK:
October
Sun 12th Manchester Club Academy 0161 832 1111
Mon 13th Liverpool Carling Academy 2 0844 477 2000
Tue 14th Leeds City Varieties 0113 243 0808
Thu 16th Glasgow Classic Grand 08444 999 990
Fri 17th Newcastle Carling Academy 2 0844 477 2000
Sat 18th Sheffield Carling Academy 2 0844 477 2000
Mon 20th Cambridge Junction 01223 511 511
Tue 21st Birmingham Glee Club 0871 2200 260
Wed 22nd Cardiff The Point 029 2046 0873
Fri 24th Oxford Zodiac @ The Academy 0844 477 2000
Sat 25th Nottingham Rescue Rooms 0871 310 0000
Mon 27th London Islington Carling Academy 0844 477 2000
Tue 28th Brighton Komedia 01273 647 100
Wed 29th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 023 9286 3911
Tickets are available below and are priced £15.00, except for London £17.50.
An Irish tour for November will be announced shortly, there will also be shows in Japan and Australia in January and America in March/April 2009.
