The river and Just Checkin' are to be released as the next single from the Beautiful South, The double A side is to include 2 new tracks Little Chef and Valentines Day Wank. [MORE]
Reports suggest Beautiful South front man Paul Heaton is set to record a solo album next year.
With the forthcoming release of the Beautiful South's album could this be the end of the Beautiful South??
UK fans will get the chance of an early Christmas present with the Beautiful South announcing a larger UK tour kicking off December 8th. [TOUR NEWS]
The Beautiful South have announced the final details of their new album "Painting It Red" set to be released on October 9th. The album has been recorded at Peter Gabriel`s Real World Studios in Bath and produced by Jon Kelly and Paul Heaton. Norman Cook was again used as "Rhythm Consultant" as he was on the bands last album "Quench". A track listing has also been made available and can be seen in full on the "Painting It Red" page by clicking HERE!
The new single from the Beautiful South, Closer Than Most, Is set to feature 2 new tracks as b-sides. "Moths" and "The State That I'm In" will feature alongside live versions of "The Table" and "Blackbird On The Wire", Taken from this years Cambridge Folk Festival.
The expected release of the new Beautiful South single "Closer Than Most" has been put back a week from September 18th to September 25th. The first single from the upcoming new album "Painting It Red" will now hit the shelves 2 weeks before the release of the album on October 9th, The same day the mini-UK tour is set to begin.
The Beautiful South have announced 6 UK
tour dates in October to co-incide with the release of the new album "Painting it Red" on October 9th. The band will play a
series of intimate venues including Grimsby, London and Blackpool. See Tour News for the full gig listings.
The new single "Closer Than Most" is to be released on Monday 25th September, For an early sample of this new song tune in to 96.9 Viking FM on Wednesday 16th August at 8:15am for the first playing. Check out the Lyrics here!
Having seen the Beautiful Southmartins live in York last night (22/07/00) I
must recommend to anyone that hasn't seen them yet to find out when the next performance
is and pop along to see the guys in action! The band gave a brilliant performance of
live music and of course any Beautiful South fan will appreciate the content of their
show!
If you dot get to see the Beautiful South live this year make sure you see these guys.
[CHECK OUT THE SOUTHMARTINS WEB-SITE]
BAND & HOWSON SETTLE OUT OF
COURT.The Beautiful South have settled out of court with Peter Howson, The artist who's artwork was used as the cover for the bands last album "Quench"
Howson was angry that he hadn't given permission for the artwork to be used on Posters and T-Shirts and has been given £30,000 in compensation.
The
Beautiful Southmartins, On The Web!Check out the Beautiful South \ Housemartins Tribute bands web site. With pictures of the band, information on the members and details of future apopearances.
The URL is http://www.southmartins.demon.co.uk
The Beautiful South are set to hit the recording studios on March 13th to record their 7th album. A single release is planned for mid-summer, With the album set for release in the autumn.
It is expected the band will embark on an
"International" tour once the album is released.
Paul and Dave have written around 30 new tracks, with the official web-site reporting that "a possible alternative scenario is a shriveled OAPs 'where have they been' comeback album and tour later this decade."
Songwriting HolidayPaul Heaton and Dave Rotheray have just returned from their
"Songwriting Holiday" to Seville with 18 new songs! The band will be rehearsing
shortly here in Hull before hitting the recording studios in February.
The first single is due for release sometime during the summer of 2000. This will
hopefully be followed by a UK \ European tour late next year.
The nations premier Beautiful South \ Housemartins tribute band, The Beautiful Southmartins, have announced a forthcoming gig at the Swan, Stockwell on Friday February 11th.
The latest rumours concerning the Beautiful South are that Paul Heaton is writing new material. The main songwriter of the South is said to be writing a number of new songs, Beginning with the word "The" for a new album. Paul is also apparently working towards an autobiography.
Due to Paul writing again a proposed plan to tour the USA during December has been cancelled, The first single is due to be released during the second half of next year along with a possible UK \ European tour. View this page regularly for further information!
24th July, A Gig at the Irving Plaza has been Cancelled by the Beautiful South, Now Re-Scheduled for 2nd August.
The Latest Beautiful South album, Quench,
is set to be released in the USA on July 20th. The album which has produced the hits
Perfect 10, Dumb and How Long's A Tear Take to Dry has been available in the UK for some
time.
The Table enter's the charts at 47, before dropping to 67 in it's second week. [More Info]
The Beautiful South's gig from the London Forum was broadcast by BBC Radio 2 today, The concert was from the 1998 tour.
The Beautiful South are set to head this years V99 festival, Othe bands set to feature include the Manic Street Preachers and Happy Mondays. [More Info]
The Beautiful South were interviewd for the second program of a new series called Planet Rock Profiles, More information can be found at http://www.planetrock.net
The Table has been released by the Beautiful South as the 4th single from the #1 album Quench. A new version sang with the London Community Gospel Choir hit the shops today.
After it's first week The Table was at a lowly 47th in the UK charts. And by the second week things were even worse, A drop to 67. This is the second worst chart position by a Beautiful South Single, Second to Let Love Speak Up Itself which peaked at 51 in February of 91.
Now rumors are circulating that it will after all be "The Table" which will be the next single to be released from the hit album "Quench". It seems the band are debating weather to go with this catchy tune or "The Lure Of The Sea".
Rumors suggest the next single to be released by The Beautiful South will be "The Lure Of The Sea". Although many fans would probably rather see "The Table" or another catchy tune released this song, with the lead vocals provided by Dave Hemingway, will surely do well.
The next Beautiful South single is due for release on the 7th June 1999 but so far is still un-named, Rumors suggest either "The Table" or "The Lure Of The Sea" with the former most likely.
ANS MUST BE FEELING A LITTLE BLUE
Much to the dissapointment of many fans,
Most of the UK Dates have been cancelled by the Beautiful South due to the illness of lead
singer Paul Heaton, However dates are already being re-scheduled for May\June. The
Barenaked Laddies will be replaced by CAST for the Sheffield gigs, but will continue to
act as support for the South at the rest of the re-scheduled concerts.
[More Info] [Re-Scheduled Dates]
The long awaited release of "Last Orders At The Liars' Bar" has finally happened, At first, the book written by Mike Pattenden, was expected to be released in early May. The Official Story Of The Beautiful South is now available priced at £10.99
The
Beautiful South will open for the Barenaked Ladies at several of their gigs during this
years summer tour. Dates start late July and go into August. [Full Tour List]
The Beautiful South
have won Capital FM's London Award for the Best Album of the year 1999 "Quench".
http://capitalfm.com/SiteGen3/Feature/88339/1/
Page 14, ON THE NET.
An article about The Beautiful South on the Internet, And details of "The Official Site" closing down!. Also a mention for Delores & The Turtle, The Liars Bar and LFW!.
Page 26, The Tipsy Kings
NME Spent 24 Hours on the Road with The Beautiful South in Germany, And tried to outdrink them, What a mistake....A Good article worth reading, some pretty cool pictures too.
5/3/1999. Paul Heaton & co featured on TFI Friday, the show included a acustic version of Old Red Eyes, and a live performance of their new single "How Long's A Tear Take To Dry". Paul also demonstrated his ability to name various CRISP makes by taste alone!.
Monday 22nd February sees the start of "Beautiful North Week" on VH-1, Wednesday 24th February is dedicated to Hull, In particular, The Beautiful South.
24/02/1999 VH-1
20:55 Beautiful North Week: Hull/Birkenhead
21:00 Greatest Hits Of.... The Beautiful South
21:30 VH1 to 1: The northern pop band chat about life on the road and their career to date.
22:00 The Beautiful South Uncut
Dave Rotheray has confirmed that the band will not be touring America as was hoped, they will however be supporting the Barenaked Ladies in July/August 1999.
The Beautiful South are to start their UK tour on February 9th at Brighton, The tour will then take them around the country to venues including Birmingham NIA, Wembley Arena, Glasgow SECC, Manchester Arena and Finishing off with two nights at the Sheffield Arena on the 27th/28th April.
The band will also be touring Europe in the coming weeks, Countries including Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Germany will get the chance to see one of Britain's top bands performing live.
The Beautiful South were nominated for 2 Brit awards in 1999, Best British Group and Best Single for Perfect 10.