The Stranglers Unveil Details Of New 'Giants' Album & March UK Tour Dates
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
The Stranglers, one of UK’s most dangerously eccentric bands, release their eagerly-awaited new album, ‘Giants' on 5th March 2012. The record coincides with an extensive European tour, kicking off with eighteen dates in the UK commencing 1st March.
The Stranglers are Jet Black (drums), JJ Burnel (bass and lead vocals), Dave Greenfield (keyboards) and Baz Warne (guitar and lead vocals). 'Giants' features JJ Burnel and Baz Warne on shared vocal duties and boasts those trademark Stranglers bass lines and keyboard runs as well as a tango (!) and the first instrumental the band have recorded in over twenty years. The full 'Giants' track-listing runs: Another Camden Afternoon, Freedom Is Insane, Giants, Lowlands, Boom Boom, My Fickle Resolve, Time Was Once On My Side, Mercury Rising, Adios, 15 Steps.
In recent years the Stranglers have appeared at Glastonbury, T in the Park, V Festivals, Hyde Park and Isle of Wight in the UK as well as their counterparts across Europe.
Mar 1st – Leeds O2 Academy
Mar 5th – Liverpool O2 Academy
Mar 6th – Nottingham Rock City
Mar 8th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
Mar 9th - London Roundhouse
Mar 10th – Birmingham O2 Academy
Mar 12th – Oxford O2 Academy
Mar 13th Portsmouth Pyramids
Mar 15th – Lincoln Engine Shed
Mar 16th – Brighton Dome
Mar 17th – Bristol O2 Academy
Mar 19th – Leamington Spa The Assembly
Mar 20th – Guilford G-Live
Mar 22nd – Newcastle O2 Academy
Mar 23rd – Sheffield O2 Academy
Mar 24th – Manchester Academy
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The Stranglers are Jet Black (drums), JJ Burnel (bass and lead vocals), Dave Greenfield (keyboards) and Baz Warne (guitar and lead vocals). 'Giants' features JJ Burnel and Baz Warne on shared vocal duties and boasts those trademark Stranglers bass lines and keyboard runs as well as a tango (!) and the first instrumental the band have recorded in over twenty years. The full 'Giants' track-listing runs: Another Camden Afternoon, Freedom Is Insane, Giants, Lowlands, Boom Boom, My Fickle Resolve, Time Was Once On My Side, Mercury Rising, Adios, 15 Steps.
