“Hombres”, the ninth studio album from Scottish rock heroes Gun, is set for release on April 12th, 2024, via Cooking Vinyl. Today, Gun are delighted to announce a handful of additional intimate gigs to preview “Hombres” to excited fans. Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, 31st January, at 10am. Get them here.
Guitarist Giuliano “Jools” Gizzi comments: “We played some new tracks recently at Glasgow Barrowland, and the reaction we got blew us away. We are eager to share our new music with everybody as we are proud of our latest album, ‘Hombres’. We will be playing a bunch of new tracks at these shows and can’t thank the fans enough for all their support”.
The group have also added earlier matinee performances for two of their post-release, sold out Scottish dates. In Glasgow and Dunfermline, doors will open at 5pm for the matinee performance and 8pm for the evening, with the band expected onstage approximately an hour later for an hour-long set.
UK Live Shows 2024:
Tue 27th Feb – NUNEATON Queen’s Hall
Wed 28th Feb – BLACKPOOL Waterloo
Thu 29th Feb – LONDON 100 Club
Fri 29th Mar – CRUMLIN (Wales), The Patriot
Thu 25th Apr – MONTROSE Town Hall
Fri 26th Apr – GLASGOW St Lukes (matinee)
Fri 26th Apr – GLASGOW St Lukes (evening – sold out)
Sat 27th Apr – DUNFERMLINE PJ Malloys (matinee)
Sat 27th Apr – DUNFERMLINE PJ Malloys (evening – sold out)
Declared “some of their best songs since Gallus!” by Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris, “Hombres” is the first album of all new music from the group since 2017’s “Favourite Pleasures’, which entered the UK official album chart at #16.
The thirteen tracks on “Hombres” were recorded and produced by Simon Bloor (Trevor Horn) with mixing by Daryl Thorpe (Foo Fighters) at Morsecode Studios and Strongroom Studio. The record boasts guest vocals from Beverley Skeete (Elton John, Chaka Khan, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash), Mary Pearce (Primal Scream, Lionel Ritchie, Chaka Khan) and Sarah-Jane Skeete (Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Bill Wyman) of The Sisterhood on several tracks, as well as a guest performance on the drums from Joe Lazerus of Twin Atlantic.
“Hombres” will be available in multiple formats as both standard and deluxe editions, including on CD, vinyl, and digitally. Pre-order here.
Tracklist:
1. All Fired Up
2. Boys Don’t Cry
3. Take Me Back Home
4. Fake Life
5. Falling
6. You Are What I Need
7. Never Enough
8. Don’t Hide Your Fears Tonight
9. Lucky Guy
10. A Shift in Time
Deluxe edition (bonus tracks):
11. Coming Back to You
12. Wrong to Be Right
13. Pride
2024 also marks the 30th anniversary of Gun’s silver-certified, third album “Swagger”, which stormed into the official UK album chart at #5 and spawned 4 UK Top 40 singles including smash-hit cover “Word Up” (#8), “Don’t Say It’s Over” (#19), “The Only One” (#29), and “Something Worthwhile” (#39). Their boisterous version of Cameo’s “Word Up” also earnt the group their first MTV Europe Music Award.
Following their Chepstow Castle concert this August alongside Massive Wagons and three Scottish dates in December, Gun are busy lining up more live dates for 2024, with Maid Of Stone and Firevolt festivals already announced for the summer.
Line-up:
Dante Gizzi – Vocals
Giuliano “Jools” Gizzi – Guitar
Paul McManus – Drums
Andy Carr – Bass
Ru Moy – Guitar
Weblinks:
www.gunofficial.co.uk
www.facebook.com/gunOfficialUK
