{"id":21022,"date":"2026-09-02T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.showrock.com\/the-wannadies-en\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:03:25","slug":"the-wannadies-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.showrock.com\/the-wannadies-en\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wannadies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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In 2020, it was announced that Before & After would be released on vinyl for the first time. A previously-unreleased song entitled “Can’t Kill The Musikk” was shared simultaneously, which was originally written for the album but not completed until 2020. The single was released on September 3, 2020, with…
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The band reunited in 2016 for two festival dates across late August<\/a><\/div>

The band reunited in 2016 for two festival dates across late August and early September in Sweden.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The band were thought to be writing and recording songs for their<\/a><\/div>

The band were thought to be writing and recording songs for their seventh album while simultaneously preparing to release the twenty-track compilation Girlfriend (Love Stories A-E) in 2008; however, in April 2009, they announced they had split, with Wiksten pursuing a solo career.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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In 2006 “You and Me Song” was used as the theme song to the BBC Three TV series I’m with Stupid .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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With Nille Perned again producing, the band released Before & After<\/a><\/div>

With Nille Perned again producing, the band released Before & After in 2002 in Scandinavia through the National record label and on 8 September 2003 in the UK on Cooking Vinyl records (who also handled distribution for the rest of the world). The album featured the singles “Skin”, “Disko” and…
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In 2003, “You and Me Song” was used in the climax to an episode of<\/a><\/div>

In 2003, “You and Me Song” was used in the climax to an episode of the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street in which Richard Hillman drives his new wife, Gail Platt and her family into a canal (in which he dies); and later, in 2007, an episode in which…
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Despite not having a record company The Wannadies toured extensively<\/a><\/div>

Despite not having a record company The Wannadies toured extensively throughout the summer of 2000, played the Glastonbury and Carling festivals in the UK, Roskilde in Denmark , Hultsfred and Arvika in Sweden and completed a mini-tour of Japan .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The latter half of 2000 and much of 2001 saw the band construct their<\/a><\/div>

The latter half of 2000 and much of 2001 saw the band construct their own recording studio in which they would record much of their sixth album.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Yeah was released in the autumn of 1999 in Scandinavia and early spring 2000 in the UK. BMG decided not to release the record in America however, refused permission for the band to release it on another label and eventually dropped the band altogether.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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After sorting out problems with their Swedish record label The<\/a><\/div>

After sorting out problems with their Swedish record label The Wannadies now felt they were suffering from a lack of support from BMG in the UK and went on strike. A compilation album of the best of their first three albums featuring tracks chosen by the band and entitled, appropriately,…
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