Well they are supporting Robbie Williams in front of 85,000 in Dublin in june and i am going :D I was just wondering if anyone likes them and if so what songs do you recommend :)

 

The only songs i have are Perfect 10, Rotterdam and A Little time.

 

Cheers.

Edited April 1, 200619 yr by Scotty

You should try & get a hold of Carry On Up The Charts & Solid Bronze - their two Best Of compiliations.

Ok i will do. Thanks.

Should be moved to a more up to date forum area as they would probably like people to buy their new single Manchester and album called Superbi

They're a great band. 'Carry On Up The Charts' their first Greatest Hits compilation is a awesome album for anyone newbies to their music.

Oh, i did'nt realise they were supporting robbie. I'm sure that will be a great gig cause robbie is truely outstanding live.

Oh, i did'nt realise they were supporting robbie. I'm sure that will be a great gig cause robbie is truely outstanding live.

 

neither did i, just seen the advert for their tour in the back of the paper

Yes here is the article

 

Beautiful to be back again

 

THE Beautiful South return with a brand new album, Superbi, on May 15, preceded by a single, Manchester.

 

The band will also be touring the UK in the same month, finishing with a show with Robbie Williams in Dublin in front of 85,000 people.

 

In 1989, when Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway formed The Beautiful South following the demise of The Housemartins, few would have thought that 17 years and 11 albums later, the band would still be the soundtrack to so many of our lives.

 

Having sold more than 15 million albums and released one of the biggest selling British best of albums ever, the band have continued to write their unique brand of bittersweet love songs which strike a chord in so many people's hearts, not least those who have grown up with them and their fantastic music.

 

Superbi was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World studios, a farm in Bakewell, Derbyshire, and mixed by the legendary Bill Price (Sex Pistols, Clash, Guns N Roses).

 

Any Beautiful South fan will recognise acclaimed lyricist Paul Heaton's hand in quirky song titles such as The Rose of My Cologne, The Cat Loves The Mouse, and Never Lost A Chicken To A Fox.

 

Manchester apparently started life as a poem. With lines like "if rain makes Britain great then Manchester is greater," the song is described by Heaton as a sodden tribute to the city.

 

The tracks on Superbi run the gamut of love, loss and all that happens in between.

 

"So many pop songs are written about 15 to 20 year olds," adds Heaton. "We've never really targeted them, or newlyweds. We write about people who've lived together most of their lives."

 

Superbi is the first release since 2004's rapturously received covers album Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs, which featured the Beautiful South's own interpretations of such dubious "classics" as You're The One That I Want (Olivia Newton John and John Travolta), Don't Fear the Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult), and Don't Stop Moving (S Club 7).

 

The Beautiful South play London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on May 31 and June 1. Tickets are £25 from 0871 2200 260 or www.gigsandtours.com

I love them. A surprise that they're supporting Robbie. The are quite different- the only time I'd have expected to see those two acts together would have been some kind of '90s nostalgia tour.

 

But I thinkthey do have some similarities- both they and Robbie have a lot of humour in their lyrics.