{"id":23859,"date":"2023-12-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23859"},"modified":"2023-12-18T20:33:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T20:33:56","slug":"cock-sparrer-hand-on-heart-live-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23859","title":{"rendered":"Cock Sparrer ‘Hand On Heart’ & Live shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

COCK SPARRER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Hand On Heart’<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the new studio album<\/strong><\/em> 5 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Legendary punk band Cock Sparrer announce their eighth studio album Hand On Heart, alongside shows in London and Glasgow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widely considered to be one of the most influential street punk bands in history, Cock Sparrer<\/strong> have been a constant on the circuit since 1972. They can name an enviable list of punk rock royalty who have covered their songs, from the likes of Rancid, Against Me! <\/strong>and The Interrupters <\/strong>to The Aggrolites, Bouncing Souls, Agnostic Front, Grade 2<\/strong> and Dropkick Murphys. <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back with their latest (and most likely last) studio album, Hand On Heart<\/em><\/strong> is their strongest statement yet. Their first since 2017\u2019s Forever<\/em><\/strong>, it\u2019s an album full of their trademark anthemic sound; hooks, singalong melodies and strong mob chorus\u2019 are present in abundance and key tracks like With My Hand On My Heart, Rags To Riches, I Belong To You<\/em><\/strong> and Here We Stand<\/em><\/strong> stands out as some of their finest material to date. That\u2019s not to say there aren\u2019t a few surprises for old and new fans alike. On My Forgotten Dream,<\/em><\/strong> string arranger Simon Dobson<\/strong> (Bring Me The Horizon, Mike Oldfield<\/strong>) has added something truly unique that will excite fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band will be the first to admit that the studio budget in the past has usually been spent down the pub, but with\u00a0Hand On Heart<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0they acquired the production services of\u00a0James Bragg<\/strong>\u00a0(BC Camplight, Martin Barre<\/strong>) who worked alongside guitarist\u00a0Daryl Smith<\/strong>. Also on board was Grammy award winning 2022 UK Mastering Engineer of the year,\u00a0Kevin Tuffy<\/strong>\u00a0to do the final mastering.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cock Sparrer<\/strong> is still the same four guys who started playing punk music 52 years ago \u2013 Colin McFaull <\/strong>(vocals), Mick Beaufoy<\/strong> (guitar), Steve Burgess<\/strong> (bass) and Steve Bruce<\/strong> (drums); alongside their new guitarist Daryl Smith,<\/strong> who has been in the band for a mere 31 years! They celebrated <\/strong>their 50th<\/sup> anniversary in 2022 with two sold out shows at Camden\u2019s Roundhouse, and 2024 includes a year of headline festival shows booked to celebrate the launch of the album. The shows include the world\u2019s premier Punk Festival Rebellion, Mighty Sounds<\/strong> in Czech Republic and Hellfest<\/strong> in France where they\u2019ll play alongside Foo Fighters<\/strong> and Queens of the Stone Age.<\/strong> However, it\u2019s their club shows that show the strength of loyalty and love that their fans have, and to celebrate they\u2019re <\/strong>playing two UK launch shows in London and Glasgow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – Saturday 6th April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

O2 Academy Glasgow – Saturday 13th April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hand On Heart<\/em><\/strong> is available on 180gsm black vinyl, limited edition colour vinyl with unique artwork, picture disc vinyl, hardback book CD edition and strictly limited-edition cassette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COCK SPARRER ‘Hand On Heart’ the new studio album 5 April 2024 Legendary punk band Cock Sparrer announce their eighth studio album Hand On Heart, alongside shows in London and Glasgow Widely considered to be one of the most influential street punk bands in history, Cock Sparrer have been a constant on the circuit since 1972. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[4817,101,8402,2747,800],"class_list":["post-23859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cherry-red","tag-cock-sparrer","tag-oi-2","tag-pirates-press","tag-punk-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23859","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=23859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23862,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23859\/revisions\/23862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}