The Proclaimers

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Date

3rd Jun 2010

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THE PROCLAIMERS

Following a now seminal debut as an unsigned act performing Letter From America on Channel 4's The Tube in 1987, The Proclaimers struck their first record deal that year, releasing their debut album This Is The Story. Strikingly individual, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid have continued over the years to enjoy huge success around the World as the emotional honesty, political fire, wit and sing-along raucousness of their songs and their extensive touring has enlightened and entertained fans new and old. The Proclaimers have carved out a niche for themselves in the netherworld where pop, folk, new wave and punk collide. In the process they have enjoyed Gold and Platinum singles and albums in UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

The last few years has see The Proclaimers grace main stages at the likes of V Festival, T In The Park, Isle Of Wight Festival, Womad and Glastonbury in-between regular touring across the globe. Craig and Charlie have reached the rarefied status that few have been able to achieve: with nearly three decades of career longevity, they are as innovative as ever and with every album and show played, they’ve garnered new fans, all the while consistently replenishing one of the most precious resources in music – thoughtful pop albums.

2007 saw The Proclaimers collaborate for Comic Relief with Peter Kay and their number one fan Matt Lucas, to top the charts with their classic anthem 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). Proclaimers songs have appeared in a variety of movies including Shrek, Benny & Joon, Dumb & Dumber, Bottle Rocket and animated versions of Craig and Charlie have popped up in an episode of Family Guy.

Their songs, too, have provided the inspiration behind an enormously successful, award winning 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. Debuting in Spring 07, the musical has now had two theatre runs around Scotland and its first foray into England, with over 140,000 people having seen the show so far, it’s success ensures the musical will run again later this year.

In 2009 The Proclaimers released to great acclaim their 8th studio album ‘Notes & Rhymes (Universal) and hit the road for another 95 date World tour. Whilst 2010 will be spent mainly writing, The Proclaimers will be touring in Europe and America in the spring/early summer.

On BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island discs, David Tennant describes his first track by The Proclaimers - "I could have chosen any and every track from this band, probably my favourite band of all time. They write the most spectacular songs, big hearted, uncynical passionate songs."

Matt Lucas is also a huge fan and in the sleeve notes of their Best Of compilation he writes: “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.”

With support from Tommy Reilly

3rd June 2010

ON SALE FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY 2010 at 9am
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