Doves returned to Maida Vale to perform tracks for 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq. Andy & Jez also spoke to Steve, a great interview with a DJ who has supported Doves since the start.
Click here to listen to the session. Starts 2 hours in. Tracks played: Renegade, Cold Dreaming, and Black & White Town. They played four tracks at the session, so keep an eye open for when the fourth track gets aired. Likely new track to be aired after the album is released.
White Flowers have been announced as the support band for the upcoming UK tour. Every gig except for Nottingham’s Rock City is sold out!
Doves will participate in RSD for the first time. EMI North will issue a double A-side featuring two bonus tracks from Constellations For The Lonely. Cally & Lean into the Wind will released on 10″ vinyl, available at all good record stores on April 12th. UK only.
Andy recently spoke with Jayne Hinton for Bolton FM. If you missed the interview, Jayne has kindly shared the audio so you can listen to the full interview. It’s a brilliant listen, so much is covered from why Jez sings lead vox on Cold Dreaming, the setlist for the upcoming tour, Sub Sub vinyl reissues and so much more.
It has now been confirmed that Constellations For The Lonely will be released on February 28th. Pre-order your copy now at dovesofficial.com
Andy & Jez did a Q&A with Chris Hawkins this past week in Leeds, Manchester & Liverpool. The above photos was taken at Liverpool Rough Trade by Gibbo. They also did short acoustic versions of Here It Comes, The Cedar Room, Carousels and Cold Dreaming.
Andy & Jez Q&A at Manchester YES. Photo by Manuel Da Costa
Andy & Jez Q&A at Manchester YES. Photo by Jonathon Hotrocks
Andy & Jez performance at the Q&A at Leeds Wardrobe. Photo by John Richmond
Doves present a specially commissioned 5.1 surround sound mix of their new album ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ with accompanying visuals on Thursday, February 13 at The Space Dome in the First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, brought to you in partnership with Wax and Beans.
These seated playback sessions will play out as an immersive story that’ll take you through an audio-visual journey of the album.
There are only three sittings (3.30PM, 5.30PM, and 7.30PM) with 130 attendees each, making this a unique and exclusive opportunity to discover the new album before anyone else.
Along with the tickets, the band is releasing an extremely limited edition CD to commemorate the evening.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan 28th) at 10AM here. Now sold out.
Doves joined 6 Music to look back at the 00s with a curated playlist of their favourite music of the era. Above are the tracks they picked. You can listen to the playlist at BBC Sounds here. Above are the tracks they choose.
Andy & Jez will discuss all-things Doves with Chris Hawkings in Leeds, Manchester & Liverpool. Note change of venue for Manchester. The event will take place at Yes instead of the Gorilla. Dates & ticket links:
Sunday, January 26th Leeds, Wardrobe Tickets
Wednesday, January 29th Manchester, YES Tickets
Friday, January 31st Liverpool, Rough Trade Tickets
The press reviews are now starting to drop for Constellations For The Lonely. Here are some of my thoughts on the sixth Doves album. There is course, plenty of spoilers within, so I’ve put the review on its own page for those of you who don’t want to read any of it….
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