{"id":23771,"date":"2023-12-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23771"},"modified":"2023-12-08T20:17:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:17:31","slug":"23771","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23771","title":{"rendered":"Thunder get set to release not one but two live albums"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Among the most popular and enduring British hard rock bands of the past 25 years,\u00a0Thunder<\/strong>\u00a0are to launch two previously unreleased live albums on\u00a0January 26, 2024,\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0earMUSIC.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preorder Leeds Live: Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preorder Islington live Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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The first of the pair,\u00a0\u201cLive At Islington Academy\u201d<\/strong>, captures the South London based band during the touring cycle of their eighth studio album, \u2018Robert Johnson\u2019s Tombstone\u2019. The quintet had already completed a lengthy circuit of the UK in promotion of the record when they were contacted by Planet Rock Radio (UK) about the possibility of performing a set before a live audience at the station\u2019s first annual Christmas Bash. As fun lovers of the most devoted kind, how could\u00a0Thunder<\/strong>\u00a0possibly say \u2018no\u2019?
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A mere 800 lucky fans got the opportunity to see\u00a0Thunder<\/strong>\u00a0perform at the Planet Rock Christmas Party on December 19th, 2006. Hosted by Rob Birnie and Mark Jeeves, the event was a massive success as the band offered up a storming, surprise performance dominated by golden classics such as \u2018River Of Pain\u2019, \u2018Low Life In High Places\u2019, \u2018You Can\u2019t Keep A Good Man Down\u2019, \u2018Love Walked In\u2019, \u2018Backstreet Symphony\u2019 and \u2018I Love You More Than Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll\u2019, followed by a hot, sweaty encore of the hit single \u2018Dirty Love\u2019.
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\u201cFrom what I recall, no one in the audience seemed to have a clue that we would attend the party, let alone play, so they were all pretty shocked when we stepped on to the stage,\u201d says frontman Danny Bowes. \u201cIt was boiling hot inside the venue, also freezing outside, and we worked them pretty hard. They looked pretty hot and sweaty when it was done. I reckon a fair few of the crowd must have caught colds on the way home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The second live album,\u00a0\u201cLive At Leeds\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0was a more official affair, recorded nine years later on March 3rd, 2015, as part of a three-date arena tour in support of \u2018Wonder Days\u2019, one of the finest studio records of\u00a0Thunder<\/strong>\u2019s career. In the pages of Classic Rock magazine, the late, great journalist Malcolm Dome declared: \u201c\u2018Wonder Days\u2019 a massive reminder that class is both timeless and incandescent.\u201d
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The resulting tour was shorter than the group\u2019s traditional treks as it marked the first steps of public rehabilitation for Ben Matthews, the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist who was in recovery from throat cancer. Unsurprisingly, these shows were emotionally charged for both band and audience.
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\u201cMy overriding memory of that night at the First Direct Arena in Leeds was mainly the look on Benny\u2019s face when the audience reacted to him being back,\u201d grins guitarist Luke Morley, who describes a first spell of his band stepping up to headline arenas in their homeland at last as \u201cvery satisfying\u201d.
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A 16-song set delivered a hatful of hits and no less than six numbers from \u2018Wonder Days\u2019, namely its title cut, \u2018Black Water\u2019, \u2018Resurrection Day\u2019, \u2018Broken\u2019, \u2018The Thing I Want\u2019 and \u2018When The Music Played\u2019.
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Both concerts,\u00a0\u201cLive At Islington Academy\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cLive At Leeds\u201d<\/strong>, stood as further evidence of\u00a0Thunder<\/strong>\u2019s prowess as live entertainers. And now at last you can re-live the experience.
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On January 26, 2024<\/strong>, both concerts will become available on\u00a0CD<\/strong>,\u00a0Vinyl\u00a0<\/strong>as well as\u00a0digital download<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0streaming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the most popular and enduring British hard rock bands of the past 25 years,\u00a0Thunder\u00a0are to launch two previously unreleased live albums on\u00a0January 26, 2024,\u00a0on\u00a0earMUSIC. Preorder Leeds Live: Here Preorder Islington live Here \u00a0The first of the pair,\u00a0\u201cLive At Islington Academy\u201d, captures the South London based band during the touring cycle of their eighth studio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1710,1681,2890],"class_list":["post-23771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-thunder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771","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=23771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23775,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23771\/revisions\/23775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}