{"id":20559,"date":"2022-11-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20559"},"modified":"2022-11-23T23:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T23:39:35","slug":"wingmen-take-flight-and-announce-tour-dates-and-album-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20559","title":{"rendered":"Wingmen take flight and announce tour dates and album release date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wingmen, the new band formed in Lockdown anxiety and boredom by Baz Warne (<strong>The Stranglers<\/strong>), Paul Gray (<strong>The Damned<\/strong>), Leigh Heggarty (<strong>Ruts DC<\/strong>) and Marty Love (<strong>Johnny Moped<\/strong>) have managed to fit in a set of UK dates around their other many bands schedules and will tour the UK in January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written and recorded in that dark Lockdown period between 2020 and 2021, despite having never played together in the same room, the creative results sound very much like a band with the influences from all of their respective bands shining through and the debut album will be released January 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0via Cadiz Music.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer-1140x1613.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-Jan-2023-Tour-Flyer.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pre Order the album <a href=\"https:\/\/viveleshop.com\/collections\/all\/products\/wingmen-wingmen-cd-lp-formats?variant=39977465282615\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viveleshop.com\/collections\/all\/products\/wingmen-wingmen-cd-lp-formats?variant=39977465282615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing &#039;Wingmen&#039;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y53Di7A2XfU?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wingmen, the new band formed in pandemic lockdown isolation by Baz Warne (<strong>The Stranglers<\/strong>), Paul Gray (<strong>The Damned<\/strong>), Leigh Heggarty (<strong>Ruts DC<\/strong>) and Marty Love (<strong>Johnny Moped<\/strong>), are excited to finally take their studio bound creations out on the road and have announced a UK tour for January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1-215x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1-215x300.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1-733x1024.jpeg 733w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1-768x1073.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1-1099x1536.jpeg 1099w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1-1140x1593.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Wingmen-1.jpeg 1431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s funny how these things turn out,\u201d explains Paul Gray. \u201cWe had no idea where this project might take us; an idea born out of frustration became a full band within 24 hours, words and riffs and much tuneage followed, beers and jolly banter ensued when we finally met up to mix the results, a record company&nbsp;said &#8220;yes please!&#8221; and now we find ourselves taking the results off on tour! And we&#8217;ll be joined by <strong>Rob Coombes<\/strong> from <strong>Supergrass <\/strong>on keys &#8211; it&#8217;s gonna be an absolute blast!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just can&#8217;t wait for this line up to hit the stage and play these songs to the public,\u201d continues drummer Marty. \u201cIt&#8217;s all about getting your hard work heard and getting a real live reaction. And having Rob Coombes onboard will make this band sparkle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to be released January 27<sup>th<\/sup> via Cadiz Music, although Wingmen\u2019s debut album was crafted in seclusion, there\u2019s no doubting that the album\u2019s ten songs, chock full of dynamic songwriting and performances, sound like a band, despite the unconventional way the album was fashioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough we&#8217;d recorded various parts at our homes for our respective&nbsp;bands before, none of us had employed this process&nbsp;to make a complete album! Only Marty and I had worked together before, so it was a complete&nbsp;leap into the unknown,\u201d says Paul.&nbsp;\u201cWe all had loads of ideas to throw into the pot &#8211; some songs arrived completely fully formed that we simply added our own parts to, and others were more akin to musical sketches that ended up as co-writes. The album is a true collaboration inasmuch&nbsp;as none of us knew what parts or melodies or lyrics might be added by anyone else &#8211; it was an immensely&nbsp;exciting process! No rehearsals, no pre-production, just us winging&nbsp;ideas to&nbsp;and fro, with the drums going on last of all in the studio &#8211; which is completely&nbsp;the opposite of how things are usually done, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Wingmen\u2019 will be released January 27<sup>th<\/sup>, 2023, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadizentertainment.com\">Cadiz<\/a> Music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order the album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viveleshop.com\/collections\/all\/products\/wingmen-wingmen-cd-lp-formats?variant=39977465282615\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Wingmen on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WingmenHQ\">HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wingmen, the new band formed in Lockdown anxiety and boredom by Baz Warne (The Stranglers), Paul Gray (The Damned), Leigh Heggarty (Ruts DC) and Marty Love (Johnny Moped) have managed to fit in a set of UK dates around their other many bands schedules and will tour the UK in January 2023. 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