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Date Posted: 18:17:58 09/05/04 Sun
NEVILLE STAPLE
‘THE RUDE BOY RETURNS’
The original rude boy and one of the undisputed forerunners of the ska movement, Neville Staple returns with a new album ‘The Rude Boy Returns’ on 25th October 2004 through Rude Boy Music.
Best known for being the lead singer of The Specials and as one of the founding members of Fun Boy 3, Neville Staple is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice. Neville’s biography and past projects read like a who’s who of rock. He has worked with such legends as Elvis Costello (The Specials 1979 – Chrysalis Records), David Byrne (Fun Boy 3 Waiting 1983 – Chrysalis Records) and Ali Campbell (Today’s Specials 1996 – Kuff Records) to name only a few. In addition to recording with some of rock’s most famous, Neville has also shared the stage with such ska icons as Rankin Roger (English Beat), forming Special Beat. Although this line up never actually recorded an album, they successfully toured the US with Sting and Steel Pulse before embarking on their own headline tour.
Having spent recent years successfully touring Japan, South America and North America, Neville Staple returns to mark the 25th anniversary of Two Tone Records, with a new album ‘The Rude Boy Returns’ and a new label, Rude Boy Music. Produced by Neville himself at Planet Studios, Coventry and featuring collaborations with Mick Jones (The Clash) and Rat Scabies (The Dammed), ‘Return Of The Rude Boy’ sees Neville keeping the spirit, attitude and style of his previous bands well and truly alive.
The track listing for ‘The Rude Boy Returns’ is as follows:
1. Cow Cow Yicky - w/ Lead Belly
2. Place In Life
3. Do Nothing – w/ Mick Jones & Rat Scabies
4. Pressure
5. Why So Rude – w/ Rat Scabies
6. Since You’ve Been Gone
7. Better 2 Know
8. Pick It Up
9. Best Of What You Got
10. Yellow Star – w/ Rat Scabies
11. Writing On The Wall
12. Easy
13. Keep On
14. Nachna (Indian Ska) w/ KS Machan
15. Pressure (Dance Mix)
In addition to the new studio CD, ‘The Rude Boy Returns’ comes with a DVD featuring over an hour and a half of previously unseen live footage and in-depth interviews…
Interviews include:
Neville Staple (extensive career interview / out and about in Coventry), Roddy Radiation (The Specials), Gary Powell (The Libertines), Ranking Roger (The Beat), Mark Lamarr, Donovan, Hazel O'Conor, Pete Waterman, Don Letts and Norman Jay
The Live Show – The Ben Sherman 40th Birthday Party – September 2003
(Compered by Liz Kershaw with live performances by Chas Smash & Ranking Roger):
1. Concrete Jungle
2. Man At C&A
3. Gangsters
4. Monkey Man
5. Little Bitch
6. Summer Down
7. Pressure Drop
8. Guns Of Naverone
9. Rat Race (with Rankin Roger)
10. Too Hot (with Rankin Roger)
11. Enjoy Yourself (with Rankin Roger and Chas Smash)
12. A Message To You Rudy
For the release of ‘The Rude Boy Returns’, Neville is lending his support to The Mkombozi Centre for Street Children charity. 10% of proceeds from the album will be donated to the charity. See www.mkombozi.org for more details.
Neville Staple will be embarking on a full UK tour throughout September, sponsored by Brannigans Bars Ltd. Neville is touring with a 7-piece band, which will include the infamous Rat Scabies of The Dammed on drums. Neville and his band will also be giving unprecedented access to Overload TV on the tour. The Rude Boy Returns Tour will be screened over twelve 30 minute shows (entitled ‘On Tour’) from the start of October.
The dates are as follows:
21st August Beautiful Days Festival EscotPark, Devon
4th September Mersea Island Scooter Rally MerseaIsland, Essex
5th September Brannigans Birmingham
6th September Brannigans Norwich
7th September Brannigans Bristol
8th September Brannigans Crawley
12th September Reggae Festival Birmingham
13th September Brannigans Chester
14th September Brannigans Reading
15th September Brannigans Manchester
16th September Brannigans Sheffield
19th September Brannigans Warrington
23rd September Brannigans Romford
27th September Brannigans Blackpool
30th September The Wychwood Ashton-under-Lyne
September will also see the launch of ‘My Favourite Shirt – A History Of Ben Sherman Style’. Featuring dozens of photos and quotes, this book is a unique record of a period in British fashion and a faithfull account of the man, Ben Sherman - from his birth in Brighton to his death in 1987. A must-have book for fans of Ben Sherman and anyone with a passion for the music of the 60's and 70's Britain.
For more information contact Jon Wilkinson (national press) or Jo Wheeler (regional press) at Press Counsel PR on 020 7792 9400 or jon@presscounsel.com /jo@presscounsel.com
www.nevillestaple.com
www.rudeboymusic.co.uk
www.rude-enew.com
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