Gossip Announce Tour Dates

• 22nd Apr 2009

Gossip are to set foot on these shores again with a string of live dates across the UK in May. Starting with a performance at Radio 1 Big Weekend on the 10th May, Gossip announce their first UK dates since 2007.

Their highly anticipated album Music For Men will be released on Monday June 22, 2009. Music For Men was produced by multi Grammy Award winner Rick Rubin. This record marks the band’s first release of new material on Columbia Records. The album’s first single, Heavy Cross, will be released on June 15th.

Originally formed in 1999 in Olympia, Washington, Gossip is vocalist Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Billie. A hybrid of soul, gospel, rock, funk, disco, punk, passion and rebellion, this three piece from Portland, Oregon first garnered attention in the UK with the release of the breakthrough album ‘Standing In The Way Of Control’ in 2006. The band is led by the inimitable Beth Ditto – larger than life, forthright, rebel rousing and infectious. Beth's vocals have been compared to such legends as Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner although her and the band's sound is uniquely their own.

Gossip have toured extensively over the past couple years, covering the major festival circuits in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The band's live show has garnered critical acclaim and has cemented Gossip's reputation as one of the most exciting and relevant must-see live bands. NME raved “The greatest punk rock ’n’ roll disco soul band on the planet. Gossip are mind-blowing. Everyone needs to hear this band and dance like there’s no tomorrow.”

Recorded at the historic Shrangri La Studios in Malibu, “Music For Men” completely captures Beth Ditto’s powerful vocals and the Gossips fiery sound. The band has kept busy since its previous studio effort, broadening their live reputation with the release of the ‘Live in Liverpool’ album and DVD in 2008. Meanwhile, Beth Ditto continues to pick up accolades across the globe, from topping the NME annual cool list to becoming an unsuspecting fashion icon landing major magazine covers around the world.

May 2009 Tour Dates

Sunday 10th May – Radio 1 Big Weekend
Wednesday 20th May – Electric Beats Festival Graz
Friday 22nd May – Astra Berlin
Saturday 23rd May – Electronic Beat Festival Ewerk
Sunday 24th May – Paradiso Amsterdam
Wednesday 27th May – Digital Brighton
Thursday 28th May – Scala London
Friday 29th May – Club Academy Manchester
Saturday 30th May – The Arches Glasgow