On 3 March 2016, former guitarist John Thomas died at the age of 63 after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. The news of his death was confirmed by drummer Steve Williams on Facebook: “My friend and fellow BUDGIE band member John Thomas sadly passed away last night. My thoughts…
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In an August 2015 project update, the band announced that the new album would be released in January 2016. A second track, “Ain’t That Something,” was later released to PledgeMusic supporters, and the album’s release was pushed back. On a 1 March 2016 project update, the band announced that a…
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The band announced in March 2016 that they would be releasing a theme song for the Wales national team ahead of the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament in the summer, entitled ” Together Stronger (C’mon Wales) “.
On 27 February 2016 The King Blues released their comeback record Off with Their Heads on their own Meatball Records with the physical released on Speech Development Records. The title track video, directed by Scroobius Pip , received over a quarter of a million views on the first day. The…
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On 8 February 2016, the band released a video for the song, “Worthless”.
The Stones embarked on their Latin American tour in February 2016.
A live recording from the Canadian leg of the tour was released at the end of February 2016 as Live In Toronto , which included the new songs “Radical Action (To Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)” and “Meltdown”.
In February 2016 the band embarked on a tour of the UK beginning on the 11th in Dundee’s Reading Rooms playing singles from their upcoming second album including “Lost Little Boys” also released that month. They then played shows in Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms and Newcastle’s Cluny 2 along with other…
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In February 2016, it was announced that Rich Kids, with Gary Kemp on lead guitar and James Hallawell ( Waterboys ) on keyboard, would reform for a joint headline show with The Professionals at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire for 16 May. The show was rescheduled for 23 June due…
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In February 2016, the band released a joint single with the Sireen choir from Estonia called “The Universe Explodes into a Billion Photons of Pure White Light” which was recorded at their second session for Marc Riley on his 6 Music show.