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The Selecter confirms headline
tour dates in 2012 "Made in Britain is an album that would sit comfortably next to The Selecter's 1980 debut "Too Much Pressure"
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‘MADE IN BRITAIN’ UK TOUR 2012
Seminal 2-tone band The Selecter® have announced an extensive UK tour to celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed 2011 album, Made In Britain. Touring throughout March 2012,
this most vital and visceral of British bands will bring their infectious musical message of multiculturalism and hope to towns and cities up and down the country.
The Selecter pioneered the ska revival movement alongside labelmates, The Specials & Madness, and were responsible for some of the scene’s classic hits, including On My Radio, Three Minute
Hero, Missing Words & Too Much Pressure.
The Selecter’s iconic frontwoman Pauline Black is reverently referred to as the First Rudegirl of Ska – and with good reason, with Rolling Stone Magazine declaring, "Hands down, Pauline Black
possessed the best voice that ever graced a 2-Tone release" and Gwen Stefani citing her as one of her formative influences.
In 2010, Black reunited with the band’s co-singer, the brilliantly charismatic Gaps Hendrickson known for his incisive toasting on the mic, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their classic Too Much Pressure. Since
then, this refreshed and revitalised line-up have been the recipients of a wave of critical and popular acclaim for both their brilliant 2011 album, Made In Britain, and their incendiary live performances.
Made In Britain explores the multicultural landscape of today's Britain & beyond. Mixing ska, pop and reggae in their inimitable style, it reflects the social and political issues confronting
Britain’s new multicultural society in 2011. Just as they gave a voice to disaffected youth across the racial divide in Thatcher’s recessionary Britain thirty years ago, The Selecter have returned to a 21st Century
British landscape with an unnerving number of parallels to those dark times.
The 2-tone legacy continues because the idea of multiculturalism began when black and white youth, who had grown up in Britain decided to get together and make music that reflected their particular
world. Made In Britain seeks to continue that conversation and carry their "Multiculturalism rules!" message forward to a new generation.
The Selecter "Made In Britain" UK Tour
March 2012
Thu 1st Sub 89 Reading 08444771 000
Fri 2nd Bogiez Cardiff 0871 220 0260
Sat 3rd Bristol The Fleece 0117 929 9008
Thu 8th The Assembly Leamington Spa 0844854 1358
Fri 9th Citrus Club Edinburgh 0131 220 6227
Sat 10th Reading Rooms Dundee 01382 228 496
Sun 11thÒran Mór Glasgow 08444 771 000
Thu 15th Guildhall Gloucester 01452 503 050
Fri 16th Rock City Nottingham 0845 413 4444
Sat 17th 229 London 08444 771 000
Sun 18th The Garage Swansea 0871 220 0260
Thu 22nd The Brook Southampton 023 8055 5366
Fri 23rd Brudenel Social Club Leeds 08444 771 000
Sun 25th Concorde 2 Brighton 01273 673 311
Thu 29th Phoenix Exeter 01392 667 080
Fri 30th Robin 2 Wolverhampton 01902 401 211
Sat 31st Erics Liverpool 08444 771 000
Tickets also available via www.midnightmango.co.uk
For images, interviews, review guestlist or any further information on The Selecter, contact Michael Eccleshall using the contact details below.
Michael Eccleshall
23 Malmsey House, Vauxhall Street, London, SE11 5LT
t: +44 (0) 20 7450 1532 // m: +44 (0) 7980 54 53 66
e:michael@eccleshall.co.uk
BRAND NEW DOUBLE A SIDE CHRISTMAS
SINGLE RELEASED ON DOWNLOAD DEC 1ST 2012
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SKA HEROES THE SELECTER IN 2011 The Selecter was once described as “conspiring to make dancing the only way to walk”. 31 years later, those words still hold true.
'MADE IN BRITAIN' is the brand new album from seminal 2-tone band The Selecter, who pioneered the ska revival movement alongside 2-tone labelmates, The Specials & Madness in 1979.
This album mixes ska, pop ®gae in their inimitable style to reflect the social & political issues confronting Britain's new multicultural society in the 2nd decade of this new millenium. Just as they gave a voice to disaffected
youth across the racial divide in Thatcher's recessionary Britain 30 years ago, The Selecter returns to those seemingly insoluble questions of racism and social division that still pervade today's British landscape and in much of Europe, as
evidenced by the recent tragic events in Norway.
The 2-Tone legacy continues undiminished, because the idea of multiculturalism began when black & white youth, who had grown up in Birtain decided to get together & make music that reflected their particular world.
'Made In Britain' seeks to continue those ideas & that conversation and carry that unity message forward to a new generation. Multiculturalism rules!
The Independent-Review for 'Reggae Britannia@ The Barbican-Feb 7th 2011:'Multiculturalism rules', The Selecter's Pauline Black says pointedly, hours after David Cameron has declared it dead. No-one else gives the Prime Minister's comment
house-room during this exhilarating..celebration of reggae in Britain. Look around at the delighted one-time skinheads and rude boys dancing to the heroes that unite them and the idea seems the product of a fevered brain'
MADE IN BRITAIN TRACKLISTING
Big In The Body-Small In The Mind
Fuck Art Let's Dance
Back To Black
Think About That
The Time Of Our Lives
My England
My Good Bad-Minded Friend
Banging On A Big Drum
They Make Me Mad
Second Skin
The album is released on September 4th 2011 on Vocaphone Records
NEW SELECTER 2nd SINGLE COMING JULY 31st 2011
'BACK TO BLACK'
THE SELECTER PRESS RELEASE JULY 25TH 2011
THE SELECTER HALT DOWNLOAD RELEASE OF BACK TO BLACK COVER TRIBUTE TO AMY WINEHOUSE THAT TRAGICALLY COINCIDED WITH THE SINGER’S UNTIMELY DEATH
The flip-side of The Selecter’s limited edition double A-side 7” vinyl, “Back To Black”, released on Saturday July 23, was recorded months ago as a tribute to
Amy Winehouse’s interest in 2-tone and as a thank you to the singer for helping to put ska back in the public eye. Pauline Black and The Selecter are shocked
and saddened that this so suddenly and so tragically coincided with her untimely death.
In respect and homage to her memory, The Selecter will not be releasing the download version of Back To Black, which was initially due for release on July 31.
The other A-side, Big In The Body - Small In The Mind, also turned out to be eerily prescient. A thorough re-working of Woody Guthrie’s All You Fascists
Bound To Lose, it sets the Selecter agenda, which notes that racism is still on the rise and on the rise in Europe - a statement sadly vindicated by the horrific events in Norway at the weekend.
Pauline Black and The Selecter’s thoughts go out to the family and friends of Amy Winehouse and those murdered in Norway. Sometimes it’s not good to be in tune with the zeitgeist.
BIG IN THE BODY-SMALL IN THE MIND
RELEASED MAY 30TH 2011
“Big In The Body- Small In The Mind” is the first single taken from the album. It is a slice of The Selecter doing what they do best, mixing a ska/rocksteady beat with a pop
sensibility, coupled with some acute social observations on the state of the world right now. An homage to Woody Guthrie and a rallying call to all those fans who still feel that
2-Tone bands should be musically confronting the ugly face of racism, represented worldwide by odious organizations like EDL,BNP, KKK, Forza Nuova, Tea Party etc. The Selecter is proud to embrace the
idea of multiculturalism. Many of the organizations just mentioned and seemingly the British ‘ConDem’ Government want to stamp it out. We believe multiculturalism is worth fighting for – and not only that, in
the words of the song - all you fascists bound to lose!
Pauline Black's Autobiography "Black By Design" published Aug 4th 2011
**Pauline Black's autobiography "Black By Design" will be published by Serpent's Tail on Aug 4th 2011**
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link:Black by Design: Amazon.co.uk: Pauline Black: Books
Pauline Black @ The Barbican Centre, 5th Feb 2011
Pauline Black was part of an all star cast that celebrated the influence of Reggae on the UK's music and culture in a live
concert @ The Barbican in London, which coincided with BBC 4 TV's 'Reggae Britannia' documentary season on Feb 11th 2011.
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