{"id":15193,"date":"2021-04-16T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15193"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:46:11","slug":"chubby-the-gang-mammoth-40-date-tour-video-and-single-pre-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15193","title":{"rendered":"Chubby &#038; The Gang &#8211; MAMMOTH 40-DATE TOUR \/ Video and Single Pre Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3pskmu0GsOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fast rising London punk 5-piece\u00a0<strong>Chubby and the Gang<\/strong>\u00a0have shared a new song and accompanying music video. &#8216;<strong>Lightning Don\u2019t Strike Twice<\/strong>&#8216;\u00a0was premiered yesterday evening\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Steve Lamacq<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>BBC 6Music<\/strong>, and is part of a\u00a0<strong>double A-side 7&#8243;<\/strong>\u00a0out on\u00a0<strong>May 28th<\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0<strong>Partisan<\/strong>\u00a0that will feature another new track entitled &#8216;<strong>Life\u2019s Lemons<\/strong>&#8216;. &#8216;Lightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice&#8217;\u00a0is a three-minute ride through the band\u2019s entire moodboard \u2013 opening with lap slide noodling before\u00a0steering into anthemic pub rock with snarling lyrics. The video was directed by\u00a0<strong>Jasper Cable-Alexander<\/strong>, and takes inspiration from &#8217;90s internet caf\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thumbnail-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-15124 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thumbnail-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thumbnail-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thumbnail-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thumbnail-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thumbnail-1-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/thumbnail-1.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Speaking of the track, frontman\u00a0<strong>Charlie &#8216;Chubby&#8217; Manning<\/strong>\u00a0offers:\u00a0<em>&#8220;I wrote this song about social inequality. Not mine but the people I saw around me. I feel like the whole premise of poverty is presented like this game in which if you play your cards right you can escape. In reality it&#8217;s more like playing a game of dice when they&#8217;re loaded against your favour. Constantly being struck by lightning and being told that it will never happen again. I remember witnessing someone&#8217;s telephone voice where they had to change their\u00a0voice when conducting business or applying for jobs so they don&#8217;t come across as if they are from a lower class.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wrote the last verse about that because it disgusted me that in a system supposedly created on meritocracy a human being has to change their identity to try and shake unemployment. I&#8217;ve had very few jobs that required me to go for an interview. No one really cares who you are when you drive a minicab or lay out cables so I&#8217;m lucky in that sense. But many people aren&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both &#8216;Lightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice&#8217;\u00a0and &#8216;Life\u2019s Lemons&#8217;\u00a0will appear on the band\u2019s highly anticipated second\u00a0LP due out later this year. More music + info on that coming soon!<\/p>\n<p>Chubby and the Gang recently performed virtually for\u00a0<strong>SXSW<\/strong>, watch them play &#8216;<strong>All Along the Uxbridge Road<\/strong>&#8216;,\u00a0from\u00a0their acclaimed 2020 debut\u00a0<em><strong>Speed Kills<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/braceyourselfpr.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=78e3d4fe315a4fdc0ab825f82&amp;id=3390c2aba8&amp;e=ee2350885c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mail-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15194 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mail-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mail-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mail-1-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The band have also announced a bumper\u00a0<strong>40-date tour of the UK and Ireland<\/strong>\u00a0through November and December of this year offering a chance for many to finally see just why they&#8217;ve become one of the most exciting and talked-about punk bands in the world over the past year. All dates go on sale at\u00a0<strong>10am<\/strong>\u00a0today &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Friday, March 16th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Fronted by Manning (a former cabbie who now also works as an electrician), Chubby and the Gang have been leading a pack of bands coming out of a\u00a0new wave of British Hardcore.\u00a0<em>Speed Kills<\/em>\u00a0was one of the critical surprises of the year thanks to its unrelentingly fun concoction of hardcore, pub rock, doo wop, and blues. The album was produced by\u00a0<strong>Jonah Falco<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>Fucked Up<\/strong>, and boasts songs of deep substance and political conscience with a precise sense of time and place. It received an\u00a0<strong>8.0 Pitchfork review<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><strong>Stereogum<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0praised its\u00a0<em>\u201cmassive barroom gang choruses, power chords at breakneck tempos, rock spelled R-A-W-K and visceral gratification,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0while\u00a0<em><strong>The Guardian<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0declared\u00a0them<em>\u00a0&#8220;UK punk&#8217;s most vital new band&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<strong>NME\u00a0<\/strong>called\u00a0them\u00a0<em>&#8220;the scene&#8217;s clear front-runners&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0and Speed Kills\u00a0<em>&#8220;a thrilling white-knuckle ride through multiple flavours of hardcore punk&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><strong>UK\/IE Tour Dates:<\/strong><\/u>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Nov 4th | Woking &#8211;\u00a0Fiery Bird<br \/>\nNov 5th | Bournemouth &#8211;\u00a0Anvil<br \/>\nNov 6th | Coventry &#8211;\u00a0Central Library<br \/>\nNov 7th | St. Albans &#8211;\u00a0The Horn<br \/>\nNov 8th | Hull &#8211; The Polar Bear<br \/>\nNov 10th | Hebden Bridge &#8211; Trades Club<br \/>\nNov 11th | Stoke &#8211; The Sugarmill<br \/>\nNov 12th | Blackpool &#8211; Bootleg Social<br \/>\nNov 13th | Edinburgh &#8211; Mash House<br \/>\nNov 14th | Aberdeen &#8211; Caf\u00e9\u00a0Drummond<br \/>\nNov 16th | Sunderland &#8211; Independent<br \/>\nNov 17th | Huddersfield &#8211; Parish<br \/>\nNov 18th | Liverpool &#8211; Jimmy&#8217;s<br \/>\nNov 19th | Sheffield &#8211; Delicious Clam<br \/>\nNov 20th | Sheffield &#8211; Delicious Clam<br \/>\nNov 21st | Milton Keynes &#8211; Crauford Arms<br \/>\nNov 23rd | Exeter &#8211; Cavern Club<br \/>\nNov 24th | Southampton &#8211; Joiners<br \/>\nNov 25th | Oxford &#8211; The Bullingdon<br \/>\nNov 26th | Bedford &#8211; Esquires<br \/>\nNov 27th | Cambridge &#8211; Portland Arms<br \/>\nNov 28th | Southend &#8211; Chinnery&#8217;s<br \/>\nNov 30th | Tunbridge Wells &#8211; Forum<br \/>\nDec 1st | Margate &#8211; Elsewhere<br \/>\nDec 2nd | Dover &#8211; Booking Hall<br \/>\nDec 3rd | Portsmouth &#8211; Guildhall Studio<br \/>\nDec 4th | Brighton &#8211; Green Door Store<br \/>\nDec 5th | Norwich &#8211; Waterfront Studio<br \/>\nDec 6th | Nottingham &#8211; Bodega<br \/>\nDec 8th | Birmingham &#8211; Castle &amp; Falcon<br \/>\nDec 9th | Leeds &#8211; Belgrave Music Hall<br \/>\nDec 10th | Newcastle &#8211; Think Tank<br \/>\nDec 11th | Glasgow &#8211; King Tuts<br \/>\nDec 12th | Cardiff &#8211; Clwb Ifor Bach<br \/>\nDec 14th | Manchester &#8211; YES<br \/>\nDec 15th | London &#8211; Scala<br \/>\nDec 17th | Bristol &#8211; Exchange<br \/>\nDec 18th | Dublin &#8211; The Workman&#8217;s Club<br \/>\nDec 19th | Belfast &#8211; Voodoo<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">\u201cLightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice\u201d from Chubby &amp; the Gang. 7&#8243; available to pre-order now: <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVpETDFMbTJQbC11RWpOQTNEOHVoUWl1TUVxd3xBQ3Jtc0ttdjY1TzRNNDFQeW5KQXlpRFJjaEZWdTBLc1lVVUF5UmlYTUV6dEFOTjAwd2RIZl8xU0JIbm5jaHpZeVhFOEU2Tk5QSjIwX2twWElkbXhoSDFiR3BNT0RCQWN3NS00ME9Oa012VUl3WWJDUVNnaGlvMA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fchubby.lnk.to%2Flightning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Fast rising London punk 5-piece\u00a0Chubby and the Gang\u00a0have shared a new song and accompanying music video. &#8216;Lightning Don\u2019t Strike Twice&#8216;\u00a0was premiered yesterday evening\u00a0by\u00a0Steve Lamacq\u00a0on\u00a0BBC 6Music, and is part of a\u00a0double A-side 7&#8243;\u00a0out on\u00a0May 28th\u00a0via\u00a0Partisan\u00a0that will feature another new track entitled &#8216;Life\u2019s Lemons&#8216;. &#8216;Lightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice&#8217;\u00a0is a three-minute ride through the band\u2019s entire moodboard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[5799,5978,6605],"class_list":["post-15193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brace-yourself-pr","tag-chubby-the-gang","tag-photo-credit-mike-palmer","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15195,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15193\/revisions\/15195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}