We have three dozen standing tickets to release for sale for the Edinburgh Castle show on Saturday 19th July, these will be available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk on Thursday 17th July at noon.
Also merchandise for the Edinburgh Castle and Inverness Bught Park shows now available at The Shop (see official site)
Times for The Proclaimers 2 final shows of 2008 are - Edinburgh Castle - Gates 7pm - The Dykeenies 8pm - The Proclaimers 9pm
Inverness Bught Park - Gates 6pm - This R 2 Tone 7pm - The Dykeenies 8pm - The Proclaimers 9pm
2008 Live
Tuesday 27th May
Having spent the last 2 months enjoying a fantastic USA & Canadian tour (many thanks to all who made it along to the concerts), Craig, Charlie and band Stevie, Garry John, Zac and Clive continue on the final stretch of a year long tour with the following shows.
May
29 Durham Gala SOLD OUT
30 Wychwood Music Festival
www.wychwoodfestival.com
June
05 Muscat Intercontinental Box Office +968 24680606
06 & 07 Dubai The Music Room at Majestic Hotel Tickets available from venue
20 Bridlington Spa Theatre
Box Office - 01262 678258
Tickets are available now at www.artistticket.com/theproclaimers
28 Glastonbury Festival
(Headlining The Avalon Stage at 11pm)
29 The Hague Parkpop (Free Festival) www.parkpop.nl/english
July
05 Rudolstadt Festival
www.tff-rudolstadt.de/english/index.htm
08 Dunfermline Carnegie Hall (SOLD OUT)
Fundraiser for Ivan's Dolphin Dream
13 Henley Festival
www.henley-festival.co.uk
19 Edinburgh Castle + Special Guests The Dykeenies (SOLD OUT)
20 Inverness Bught Park + Special Guests Vincent, Vincent & The Villains & This R 2Tone
www.ticketmaster.co.uk or from The Ironworks
Inverness will be final concert this year. The Proclaimers hope to be back on the road from Summer 2009.
EDINBURGH CASTLE-SOLD OUT
Inverness tickets on sale at www.ticketmaster.co.uk
and at The Ironworks, Inverness.
The first single 'Life With You' from the new album is fast emerging as a Proclaimers classic.
Also at Proclaimers TV videos include Craig & Charlie interviewed by Matt Lucas, Whole Wide World promo, Life With You Live and other goodies
The Proclaimers released their seventh studio album ‘Life With You’ (W14/Universal) on September 3d in the UK to fantastic critical acclaim and great commercial success with album sales beyond silver status. October then saw The Proclaimers kick off their biggest ever UK & Ireland tour, 44 dates to over 85,000 fans.
Last summer has seen them play at a number of festivals, including 2 triumphant main stage performances at V Festivals. 2008 will see The Proclaimers touring across Europe in March then April/May sees them touring USA & Canada.
Earlier in 2007 they topped the UK singles chart in March with a rousing new rendition of their classic anthem I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), a collaboration with comedians Peter Kay and Matt Lucas for this year's Comic Relief, raising over a million pounds in the process. EMI relaunched their 2002 Best Of collection, re-entering the Album Charts at No 5 and now turned platinum. Then Craig, Charlie and band headed to the legendary Rockfield Studios with producer Steve Evans to record the new album.
Born in Leith in 1962, Craig and Charlie Reid grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall and Auchtermuchty in Fife. At home, they listened to early rock 'n' roll and country greats such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard and Hank Williams. At school they played in punk bands and formed The Proclaimers in 1983. With a fervent live following growing in Scotland, particularly in Inverness where they performed regularly, their first big break came late in 1986 when they were invited to tour with The Housemartins. Then in January 1987 they made a now seminal appearance on the Channel 4 pop programme The Tube, performing Letter From America & Throw The ‘R’ Away. Singing in regional accents about Scotland - its emigration and its politics - they were a far cry from the mid-Eighties playlist staples of Rick Astley and Sinitta, and became a phenomenon almost overnight, signing to Chrysalis within a month and recording their debut album acoustically, This Is The Story, a week later. Voted NME Readers Best New Band that year, they toured the UK extensively and a new ‘band’ version of Letter From America, produced by Gerry Rafferty went Top 3 in November.
Complementing their raw, stripped down delivery with the greater musical scope of a full band, they then embraced country and rock on their second album, 1988's Sunshine On Leith produced by Pete Wingfield, which also saw them form their first full live band and go on a 9 month World tour. In addition to the deeply moving classic title track which has gone on to be an anthem for Hibs fans, the album featured hit singles, the raucous, euphoric I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) and I'm On My Way, The latter track subsequently accompanied one of the pivotal scenes in the hit movie Shrek (2001) while in 1989 I'm Gonna Be spent 6 weeks at number 1 in Australia and a was a top 10 college radio hit in USA. The song went on to soar to No. 3 during a 6-month reign in the US Billboard Singles Chart in 1993 after appearing on the soundtrack of the Johnny Depp film Benny And Joon. Previously in 1990 The Proclaimers had a huge UK & European hit with their King Of The Road ep. The Proclaimers returned with 1994's Hit The Highway, an album that featured a three-piece brass section yielding the hit Let’s Get Married. A longer than intended break then ensued before a fourth album, 2001's Persevere, was cut in Minneapolis. Produced by Chris Kimsey with an all star American musician line up, another fantastic collection of Reid/Reid songs re-established The Proclaimers as they went back on another mammoth year long World tour.
Since then, the band have barely stood still, following the 2002 release of their Best Of with two more acclaimed studio albums, 2003's Edwyn Collins produced Born Innocent and 2005's more soul orientated Mark Wallis/David Ruffy produced Restless Soul. In addition, they have been extremely active on the live front, touring constantly and wowing festival crowds at the likes of Glastonbury, T In The Park, V Festival, Isle Of Wight and Womad, while also opening the bill at the 2005 Live 8 concert at Murrayfield Stadium. Another, rather more unusual show saw them perform on the pitch at Hampden Park to over a billion TV viewers before the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. 2006 also saw a notable appearance in an episode of Family Guy.
Their songs, too, have provided the inspiration behind an enormously successful and highly acclaimed new musical, Sunshine On Leith, put together by the Dundee Rep Theatre. Written by Stephen Greenhorn. The drama follows the highs and lows of 2 soldiers returning home from Afghanistan. Families, relationships and life in Leith are not all plain sailing in this exceptional love story about every day life in Scotland. Performed by a 15-strong cast, the show’s initial 8 week sell out run played to 46,000 people in Dundee, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow between April and June 2007. Further theatre runs are currently being planned for 2008.
Matt Lucas is a huge fan and in the sleeve notes of their Best Of compilation he writes of Scotland's finest Celtic soul brothers: 'I find it hard to put into words quite how the music of The Proclaimers makes me feel. It makes me laugh. It makes me cry. It just makes me generally euphoric … Sunshine On Leith says more to me about my life and the way I feel than anything Morrissey or Cobain ever wrote.'
The Proclaimers have enjoyed Gold and Platinum singles and albums in UK Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada.
hey guys i've seen you yesterday on the tanz and folkfest in rudolstadt! and i found is was the best gig on this festival!!! hope that you next year come again. greets from germany langi
Hiya Guys, cheers for the add. I have added new songs on myspace music profile. If you get a chance please have a listen. Any advice or feedback would be cool. Hope to see you live soon in the Midlands. All the best Steve.
Good Show last night guys in henley.. And thanks again for the interview. I will stick it up on the myspace in a couple of days so you can have a chance to listen to it
Hey Guys, best of luck on saturday and sunday. Can't wait for your next trip to the USA. Have a great concert at Dun Eideann and Inbhir Nis (I'm learning Gaelic).
Hey guys, sorry we missed your show in Oman (car crash). Charlie, thanks for calling Julie after her accident. It really really cheered her up, Much appreciated. We hope that we can see you guys play in the future. We will be in Scotland in July so will try to see you then. Good luck with the tour. Sandy & Julie
Even as the world seems to fall apart around me I can turn on your music for a chance to escape and gather myself before facing it all again; with a chance to stay sane and sociable! Thank you!
Today in the U.S. it is Fathers Day, and though you are not in the U.S. I just wanted to take a moment and wish you a Happy Father's Day. Best Regards, Tina
