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30theticket music New albums with Andy Richardson Classic after classic Ghost Stories 6 10 Ah yes, the break-up album. ’s ‘conscious un- coupling’ from Gwyneth Paltrow is the golden thread that runs through Ghost Stories. It is the as fly in to LG most depressing album the band he history of one of Friday, May 23, 2014 Shropshire Star Friday, will ever make for two distinct rea- sons. Firstly, the subject matter; the most successful Martin’s an unhappy bunny. But Tbands of all time will it’s depressing for another reason; despite the songwrit- be played out when the er’s sadness, it remains twee. Martin doesn’t seem able to plumb the depths that others might in such circumstanc- Eagles headline two nights es. He remains the Good Egg, the perfectly decent bloke. at Birmingham’s LG Arena. There’s no edge or journey into the heart of darkness. Ghost Stories is a hands-in-the-air stadium pleaser – just will play out on like all of their other records. They remain the Tesco of Wednesday and Thursday. rock bands: big, inoffensive but decidedly bland. It will feature The Eagles – , , , and Timothy B Schmit – performing classics spanning their career, including some that have never BLACK KEYS been performed live, as well as songs 8 featured in History of the Eagles, the band’s Turn Blue 10 acclaimed, top-selling DVD documentary. If ever there was a record The tour is their first in the UK since 2009. that illustrates the poverty of The official documentary explores the Coldplay’s anaesthetised heart- history of the iconic US rock band, which break its Turn Blue. The dark formed in in 1971 and estab- emotions of heartbreak fill this lished itself as one of the foremost music deliciously vibrant record. Black acts of the decade with seven number one Keys get better and better with singles, including arguably their best known each release and Turn Blue is a song . swamp of rock, and soul Don Henley, who later enjoyed solo suc- that is reminiscent of , cess, said the DVDand show gave fans the Creedence Clearwater Revival and even Pink Floyd. chance to learn more about the band. “We Turn Blue feels loose and relaxed, as though the band were very private,” he said. “We didn’t allow no longer feel the need to impress. It’s confident and access. We tried to keep it in-house. But we cock-sure and it blows such bands as out had the foresight to film some backstage of the water. stuff. And that’s in the film.” The rockumentary was directed by Alison Ellwood and produced by and PAUL HEATON & features interviews with , and , among JACQUI ABBOTT 8 others. 10 Don added: “I don’t know who brought it What Have We Become up first, probably our manager. Probably Ir- Former Beautiful South ving Azoff said it’s time for you guys to do a Jacqui Abbott has reunited with documentary. We’d been kicking it around the band’s one-time lead singer for a few years but we finally decided that the time had come and, after 42 years had Paul Heaton on this seriously Talon-ted – the Eagles are touring after the release of their documentary (inset) good record. It’s comfortably passed, it was probably a good time to get Heaton’s best solo work and it done, because we said it was a three-year From my own personal point of view, it’s we started to get serious. We had finished brings to mind some of his finest process. a wonderful thing for my kids to have our touring cycle with Long Road Out of Beautiful South recordings. “We knew it was going to be time because we all, most of us in the band, be- Eden and everybody was still alive and Abbott is the perfect foil. The consuming so we thought we’d better get came fathers later in life and our kids don’t talking. duo formerly worked together started. You know, at our age people keel really understand what happened. In some I went to and met documen- until 2000, when Abbott quit over, and so we wanted to get it done. respects that’s good, there’s just some tary maker Alex Gibney whose work is very to look after her son. What Have We Become features “We wanted to see an honest look at things they don’t need to know about. But impressive. We had a meeting, and the only state-of-the-nation addresses and demonstrates Heaton’s who we are, and what the group is. And, as on the other hand, it’s a wonderful portrait.” thing we had to agree on was that we were remarkable ability as a lyricist: I Am Not A Muse is among Glenn said there have been a lot of miscon- Glenn Frey added: “We all knew that we going to tell the truth.” ” a number of extraordinarily poetic workouts. It’s soulful wanted to do a history of the band. Starting The band will play hits from the show pop, as though dipped in a vat of liquid Motown. ceptions about this band and about how we got along or didn’t get along. around 2000, we kept checking – ‘Is now during their two nights in Birmingham. “And we wanted people to know how the right time?’ Nah, maybe not yet.’ By Andy Richardson hard we worked and how hard we tried. [laughs] About two and a half years ago, XOVA release charity single

Music noticeboard Irish rockers Hoosiers are having fun making the trip Chart stars The Hoosiers will return to the The Enemy are West Midlands for a headline gig tonight at the Dublin rock band The Riptide Movement city’s Institute. have earned a rock solid reputation for their Keyboard player Sam Swallow said: “We roaring back fearsome live shows. And they’ll be showing lo-- came back to it for a very simple reason: we cal fans what they’re made of when they head started enjoying writing songs again.” Moddish rockers The Enemy will roar back line Birmingham’s O2 Academy on Thursday. The band will be promoting their new irmingham band XOVA (pro- into the West Midlands to launch a new EP and The band are a regular feature on the Irish 12-track comeback album, The News From No- nounced Crossover) have boxset with a gig at Birmingham Institute on festival scene, as well as busking on Dublin’s where, which offers further evidence of renewal. Thursday. Grafton Street on their days off. Produced by the band, and recorded in the released a new single called Their EP is out on June 9, the same date as a B They were formed in Ireland in 2006 by East London warehouse where bassist Martin box set of singles, rarities and b-sides. vocalist and guitarist Mal Tuohy, guitarist John Skarendahl has amassed a collection of vin Little Lion to help raise awareness The band launched themselves onto the scene Dalton, bassist and harmonica player Ger Mc tage recording equipment and instruments, -the of Crohns Disease and Colitis. in 2006 going against the grain, emerging just as Garry and drummer Gar Byrne. album is an astonishing return to form. The single has already been championed by Claire a tidal wave of indie that had flooded the nation The band have played festival gigs around The Hoosiers are in a good place right now, Balding on her Sunday Breakfast show on Radio 2. started to recede. the world, including slots at Glastonbury. and no wonder, so vibrant and brimming with All proceeds from the record to the Crohn’s & Colitis The -based band were controversial ideas does The News From Nowhere sound. UK. from day one; launching a series of stinging Engaging directly with fans via Facebook in a XOVA singer and guitarist Wayne Lawrence has a attacks on other groups. Future Proof continual dialogue has enriched and revitalised sister, Wendy, with Crohn’s Disease so is obviously very But the band earned a reputation for being them, they say, not to mention vindicated their passionate about the subject. able to deliver on the biggest stage and were decision to self-release the album, and miss Describing Little Lion he said it has a strong melody soon snapped up to support the likes of The are here now out the middlemen. with rich strings and breaks away from the band’s reg- Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Oasis, The Manic This album is the sound of a band who have Street Preachers, Ash, Paul Weller and . Three-piece London popsters Future Proof gae sound heard on previous singles. will be supported by Connor Harris, Canary rediscovered what they love about music, and The B-side to the release sees a return to the band’s Fast forward eight years and The Enemy have why they need to make it together. Gone is matured, humbled and ripened into something Swing and Rewind when they headline Bir reggae flavour with the track Tears. mingham’s O2 on Wednesday. - the self-consciousness of their second album; The single Little Lion is in anticipation of XOVA’s debut far more complete and purposeful and become a gone, too, the self-doubt. In their place is a well established act. The band combine a love of electronic album Synchronize Your Leaders, due out this summer music and enjoyment of pop, taking influence deeply rooted – and hard-won – confidence, which features the band’s previous single releases, Knife Three albums, all top 10, over a million records and a determination to lock back in to the sold and a plethora of singles have earned them from producers and acts such as Justice, Daft Crime City and 9 Lives. Punk and Madeon. freedom and joy of the early days. Both releases gained support from BBC 6Music’s Tom a loyal fan base. Fans can enjoy some of those Robinson on his Fresh On The Net show and BBC Radio greatest hits at The Institute. 2. There were also rave reviews in Echoes Mag and a feature on the band playing The Olympic Park in the UK’s biggest black weekly newspaper The Voice.