[2009-01-06] Glasvegas "Glasvegas" domestic release of debut album with 2 bonus tracks

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:25 pm

http://www.nme.com/news/glasvegas/39040

Glasvegas plot first US tour

Aug 18, 2008

Glasvegas have announced the dates of their first-ever headlining tour of the US, which is set to take place this autumn.

The Glasgow-based band, which was recently named NME's Best New Band in Britain, will play several club shows across the country, as well as a date opening for Echo And The Bunnymen at New York's Radio City Music Hall on October 1.

The jaunt is set to kick off in Boston on September 29 and will hit cities including Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC, concluding at New York's Mercury Lounge on October 4.

Their highly anticipated debut album, 'Glasvegas', is due out in the US in early 2009.

Boston, MA Great Scott (September 29)
Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar (30)
New York, NY Radio City Music Hall (October 1)
Baltimore, MD Ottobar (2)
Washington DC Rock 'n' Roll Hotel (3)
New York, NY Mercury Lounge (4)

Exclusive US edition includes two bonus tracks, 'The Prettiest Thing on Saltcoats Beach' and 'Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime'. [title]Glasvegas[/title] are a four piece from the tough East End of Glasgow, who fuse a wall of sound noise that is equal parts Jesus and Mary Chain, Elvis and Phil Spector combined with a Pop sensibility inspired by '60s Girl Pop and Doo Wop. Since they debuted on the music scene, fans and critics have sung their praises in print and on the internet. This, their, highly anticipated self-titled debut album includes the singles 'Geraldine' and 'Daddy's Gone'. Columbia Records. 2009.

1. Flowers and Football Tops
2. Geraldine
3. It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
4. Lonesome Swan
5. Go Square Go
6. Polmont on My Mind
7. Daddy's Gone
8. Stabbed
9. S.A.D. Light
10. Ice Cream Van

USA Bonus Tracks
11. The Prettiest Thing on Saltcoats Beach
12. Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime

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Rawburn · 24 Sep 2004

'Daddy's Gone' is a great track by this band. Kinda like the Proclaimers meets the Clash meets the Ronettes.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:32 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfmClxKWhPY[/youtube]

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:05 am

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Glasvegas: 'We won't let hype affect us'

Sep 2, 2008

Glasvegas have claimed that they aren't going to let the flurry of hype surrounding their soon-to-be-released debut album affect them.

The Glasgow-based quartet, whose self-titled debut is out next Monday (September 8) in the UK, also revealed that they don't mind if people don't like them.

Speaking to NME Radio ahead of their Jack Daniels Birthday Session, frontman James Allan said: "I think if you've kind of got a good idea of why you're in it in the first place and what your agendas are, I don't think you can be too disillusioned [by hype]."

He added he's not in the band to find fame, saying: "I would like to think I was in it for creative reasons and just being an artist, trying to have fun, use my imagination."

You can listen to the full interview and live session with Glasvegas from 4pm (BST) today (September 2) on NME Radio.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:11 am

http://www.nme.com/news/glasvegas/39647

Glasvegas: 'We've made an 'album' not just tracks'

Sep 11, 2008

Glasvegas have claimed that their debut album, released on Monday (September 9) in the UK, is a "rare thing", an album that flows from start to finish and doesn't rely on one-off songs.

Guitarist Rab Allan said he was immensely happy with the self-titled release, which has so far sold over 30,000 copies this week, securing it gold sales status before it has even entered the UK charts.

"It feels like a proper album because it flows from start to end," he told NME.COM. "We've made an album that people want to hear. That's a rare thing, because it all seems to be about individual tracks these days."

The guitarist added that he had been taken aback by the amount of praise lavished on the album so far, although he agreed that it was a great piece of work.

"I'm so happy with the album," he said. "When we hear it we still go, 'wow'.

"Everyone who's heard the album has absolutely loved it, and for us that's special."

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:58 pm

http://www.nme.com/news/glasvegas/39701

Glasvegas: 'We never expected our album to chart so highly'

Sep 14, 2008

Glasvegas have spoken about their chart success today (September 14), saying that they never expected their self-titled debut album to chart as high as Number Two in the UK album charts.

Metallica beat Glasvegas to the top spot in the album charts, with their album 'Death Magnetic' entering at Number One ahead of the Scottish band.

Speaking to NME.COM this afternoon, Glasvegas frontman James Allan said that getting in the charts was never on his agenda, although he was proud of the achievement.

"I don't think any kind of artist looks that far down the line and expects that [chart] stuff," he said. "You're giving yourself a hard time trying to make something special that's true to yourself."

Allan said he wasn't surprised to see Metallica bag the top spot.

"I was surprised at how many it [the Glasvegas album] was selling," he said. "But I knew Metallica were going to bring out an album in the same week. They're enormous.

"If it was the biggest R'n'B artist in the world [it would have been the same chart situation]. That's the kind of level they're at. They're the biggest metal band in the world."

The singer/guitarist went on to praise his band-mates in the wake of the chart announcement.

"I'm so proud of everybody who has been with the band, and the band themselves," he said. "Early on, especially with the accent, some people thought we were a joke.

"The things I was writing about when I was unemployed, the thoughts I was trying to express, now that's in a lot of people's minds. It's in their homes or it's in their cars or it's in a club."

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:47 pm

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Glasvegas announce New York Webster Hall show

Dec 3, 2008

Glasvegas have announced they will headline Webster Hall in New York City on March 30, just six months after performing their first NYC show in front of a couple of hundred people at Mercury Lounge.

The Webster Hall announcement comes even before the band embark on their North American tour this January, which includes a show at Bowery Ballroom in New York. That show is already sold out.

They will perform the following dates on their upcoming tour:

Boston, MA Great Scott (January 4)
New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (6)
San Francisco, CA Popscene (8)
Seattle, WA Chop Suey (10)
Vancouver, British Columbia Richards on Richards (11)
Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge (12)
Los Angeles, CA Troubador (14)
New York, NY Webster Hall (March 30)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:48 pm

http://www.nme.com/news/glasvegas/41888

Glasvegas for New York instore tonight

Jan 5, 2009

Glasvegas are gearing up for an instore appearance in New York City tonight (January 5) with a gig at Virgin Megastore in Union Square.

The band will also be appearing on the Late Show With David Letterman tonight, and will play a sold-out show at Bowery Ballroom tomorrow night as part of a short North American outing.

Cockney WANker · 04 Jan 2007

my brother thinks they're the most exciting new band in 2 years.. loves 'em & reckons they're fab live too

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:23 pm

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Stars come out for Glasvegas' first-ever LA gig

Jan 15, 2009

Glasvegas played their very first show in Los Angeles last night (January 14) for a sold-out, star-studded crowd at the Troubadour.

Fans queued for hours trying to get tickets for the hotly tipped show, some paying more than three times the face-value ticket price to see the Glaswegians perform.

Taking the stage bathed in white light and fog, the band launched into 'Flowers And Football Tops' and segued into 'Lonesome Swan'.

Frontman James Allan said very little throughout their 50-minute set aside from "thank you" to the adoring crowd, which included famed U2 and Metallica producer Rick Rubin, Lisa Marie Presley and her husband, producer Michael Lockwood, former Bauhaus man David J and The Charlatans' Tim Burgess.

"I wrote this song yesterday and I think it's the best song I've ever written," quipped Allan before playing a cover of 'Be My Baby', the Phil Spector tune made famous by The Ronettes.

The crowd went wild for hits including 'Geraldine' and 'Daddy's Gone', which ended the night and culminated in a mass-singalong.

Before the show, Allan told NME.COM that it was his first ever trip to Los Angeles. "It's a bit hot here for us Glaswegians," he said, adding that the warm weather may help his sore throat resulting from doing so many US television and radio promos.

Former Dirty Pretty Things and The Libertines man Carl Barat opened for Glasvegas, performing songs from both of his former bands as well as solo material. Barat stood on stage alone with his electric guitar, except when he was joined by Glasvegas' Allan, who harmonised with him on the chorus of 'Blood Thirsty Bastards'.

Glasvegas played:

'Flowers And Football Tops'
'Lonesome Swan'
'Cheatin Heart'
'Please Come Back Home'
'Polmont On My Mind'
'Geraldine'
'Ice Cream Van'
'Go Square Go'
'Be My Baby'
'Stabbed'
'Daddy's Gone'

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I dug this CD. It's gets even better as it goes along. Recommended!

Rick A.

[2009-01-06] Glasvegas "Glasvegas" domestic release of debut album with 2 bonus tracks

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