“He’s rude in temper rude in style
Him a wicked and a wild,
He loves an old hat shop
And a good punch up
Oh well he never punch down”
Babyshambles release a brand new song Dandy Hooligan, their first release in a dozen years, through Strap Originals on Wednesday November 5th. Stream/purchase Dandy Hooligan here: https://ffm.to/dandy-hooligan
Dandy Hooligan has a distinctive and extraordinarily infectious Caribbean flavour with a lyric that is loosely based on the escapades of sharply dressed band associate Bob Morris, who has for many years, served his time in the anti-nazi ranks.
Says Peter Doherty: “It’s a well turned-out, elegantly crafted; reggae-ska-pop song… with a sweet melody to bowl along to with your sharpened walking cane…. Word from the ‘shambles camp is that it’s a homage to a legendary National Front basher.”
Dandy Hooligan was recorded in Normandy and Manchester earlier this month and produced by Mike Moore (Baxter Drury) and mixed by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys / M.I.A / The Fall) in Sheffield. The video features the Dandy Hooligan himself, Bob Morris, and was filmed in Soho by Roger Sargent
As previously announced, Babyshambles are on the Dandy Hooligan Tour in November and December. Tickets are available fromhttps://www.tegeurope.com/events/babyshambles/ The full dates are:
NOVEMBER
13TH THU Coventry HMV Empire
14th FRI Norwich The Nick Rayns LCR
16th SUN London O2 Academy – Brixton SOLD OUT
24th MON Oxford O2 Academy
25th TUE Stoke Keele SU
26th WED Birmingham O2 Academy
27th THU Cardiff Tramshed
29th SAT Liverpool Mountford Hall
30th SUN Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
DECEMBER
1st MON Middlesbrough Empire
2nd TUE Newcastle O2 City Hall
4th THU Glasgow O2 Academy SOLD OUT
5th FRI Glasgow O2 Academy
7th SUN Leeds O2 Academy
8th MON Nottingham Rock City
9th TUE Bristol O2 Academy
15th MON London KOKO
To mark its 20th anniversary Babyshambles’ debut album Down In Album will be expanded, remastered and reissued, through Rough Trade Records on December 12th. The anniversary edition will include a number of sessions tracks, rarities and b-sides in a double vinyl edition. It will be available on limited edition cream-coloured vinyl.
Additionally there will be a very limited number of blue vinyl copies personalised by Peter Doherty, to recreate the hand-draw artwork he sketched out for the album’s first release. These editions are exclusively available from Babyshambles and Rough Trade Records’ online shops and can be pre-ordered here: https://babyshambles.ffm.to/albion20
Babyshambles have released three Top 10 albums: Down In Albion (2005), Shotter’s Nation (2007) and Sequel To The Prequel (2013)… scored four Top 10 Singles Killamangiro, Fuck Forever, Albion and Delivery.
Babyshambles are Peter Doherty (vocals/ guitar), Mick Whitnall (guitar), Drew McConnell (bass guitar) and Adam Ficek (drums).
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