Groovement Premiere / Hackney Colliery Band: It’s Normally Bigger LIVE
An exclusive track premiere today from fiercely independent London brass heavyweights Hackney Colliery Band. Their new LIVE album is out this week on Veki, and follows the success of their third album Sharpener.
The live album was recorded over three shows in the last two years and includes material from Sharpener, plus their second LP Common Decency, as well as cover favourites such as a Prodigy medley, their famous version of No Diggity and Nirvana’s Heart Shaped Box. To top it off, expect an acoustic Africa a la Toto…
PRE-ORDER HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND ‘LIVE’, OUT 12 MAY on VEKI
Steve Pretty, the band’s frontman said: “We’ve always prided ourselves on putting on a really great live show, and the exciting thing about live gigs is that anything can happen. Unfortunately, that means that if I missed a note somewhere, that will now live with me and annoy me forever, but we wanted a really honest portrayal, with no overdubs or excessive production, just capturing the energy of the room”.
To celebrate the release of this unique live record, Hackney Colliery Band are playing their biggest headline show to date when they hit KOKO in London on 26th May.
UK tour dates:
17/3 LINCOLN Drill Hall
22/4 STROUD Subscription Rooms
28/4 MARGATE Dreamland
29/4 GREAT YARMOUTH Tower Complex
05/5 BRISTOL Colston Hall
10/5 WARWICK Arts Centre
12/5 MILTON KEYNES Stables
13/5 BIRMINGHAM Repertory Theatre
26/5 LONDON KOKO
27/5 BURY Met
06/6 TRURO Hall for Cornwall
16/6 MANCHESTER Band on the Wall
17/6 WAKEFIELD Unity Works
22-25/6 GLASTONBURY Pilton
28/6 FOLKESTONE Cornerhouse
29/6 PARIS New Morning
08/7 NORWICH Forum
14/7 NEWTON LONGVILLE Into the Wild Festival
15/7 BROMSGROVE Artrix
03/8 NEWQUAY Lusty Glaze
04/8 MORECAMBE Platform
28/8LONDONHouse of Common Festival
10/9 ISLE OF WIGHT Bestival
