THE WILDHEARTS
announce
new
mini album
released
today
unveil
brand new lyric video for Diagnosis
The
Wildhearts are proud to announce the release of the Diagnosis mini album
today through Graphite Records. This six track mini album, features five brand
new songs and is released as a limited edition special white vinyl with pale
blue powder splatter 10’’ (to look like a pill) and as a regular black vinyl 10”
and CD. All 3 physical formats also include an exclusive bespoke inner gatefold
comic strip illustrated by the award winning Hunt Emerson, who last worked with
the band on the Earth Vs’ cover and their classic logo.
To
celebrate the release of the mini album The Wildhearts has unveiled a lyric
video for the song Diagnosis : https://youtu.be/UQqCkv9euFI
The
powerful and poignant Diagnosis is about “mental health
institutions and the medical health profession in this country, and about how
it's letting people down. How the system is broken, and how the suicide rate is
not getting any less.
Depression
and mental illness isn't an issue that attacks any one type of
person.
Who
the fuck cares about mental health? The attitude towards this subject is still
stuck in Victorian times.
Whether
you're homeless or if you're rich, this illness is taking people out on a
regular basis. The government has pulled most of the funding into mental health
research, and as a result people are still ignorant about it.
Education
is everything. And the more people talk about depression, the more need there'll
be for education, and the more people will want educating about an issue that
doesn't just affect the people suffering from it, but it affects everyone around
them.
And
when someone is in a desperate position and their hope is taken away, then
they're at the mercy of an illness that wants them dead. There's nothing more
important in the world than education on mental health issues.” - Ginger
Wildheart
The Diagnosis mini
album follows the success of Renaissance
Men, their first full-length studio album in 10 years, which gave the band’s
classic line up of Ginger, CJ, Ritchie and Danny, their highest chart entry
since 1994’s P.H.U.Q, when it debuted at number 11.
“Well
fuck me we dropped our first new album in 10 years back in May and blow me down
if we didn't drop a humdinger of an album full of monster riffs and razor sweet
melodies. Well, we've not only gone back in to the studio to record 5 new songs
that will be released as the Diagnosis mini album in October, we're hitting the
road too. We have some great supports confirmed already, The Professionals and
Janus Stark and I know there are some other amazing bands to be added to the
rest of the tour.
You're
going to love the new mini album and the surprises we have on there and the tour
is going to be one you should not miss. You can't keep a good band down.” -
C.J Wildheart.
Diagnosis
track listing
- Diagnosis.
- God Damn.
- A Song About Drinking.
- The First Time.
- That’s My Girl.
- LOCAC.
To
order/download/listen to the Diagnosis mini album go to: https://ffm.to/wildhearts-diagnosis
To
coincide with the release of Diagnosis, The Wildhearts’ play a 10 date UK
tour. This tour starts in Brighton at the Concorde 2 on Saturday 5th October and concludes at Booking
Hall in Dover on Tuesday 22nd October.
“Can’t
wait to get back out on tour. I’m one of those people that could live in a tour
bus” - Ginger Wildheart
While
on tour The Wildhearts are completing signings at Hmv and Fopp to celebrate the
release of Diagnosis. Check the band’s social media for details.
Creatively
brilliant, The Wildhearts play a distinctive fusion of hard rock, perfectly
complimented by contemporary melodies. With a career spanning 30 years The
Wildhearts helped change the landscape of British rock through the 90’s, and to
this day they haven’t shown any sign of slowing down. Miss these shows at your
peril.
The Wildhearts Renaissance Men tour part
2
with
special guests The Professionals+, Ferocious Dog^, Janus Stark*, Last
Great Dreamers~ and Desperate Measures- on selected shows
October
2019
Sat
5th Concorde
2 Brighton +*
Sun
6th Sub
89 Reading +*
Mon
7th Live Rooms
Chester +*
Tue
8th Welly Hull
+*
Thur
10th Picturedrome
Holmfirth *
Tue
15th Junction
Cambridge ^*
Wed
16th Komedia Bath
^*
Thur
17th Engine
Room Southampton *-
Mon
21st KK’s Steel Mill
Wolverhampton *~
Tue
22nd Booking
Hall Dover *~
November
2019
Fri 29th Tivoli Buckley
Tickets
and ticket bundles with new album pre-orders are available at: https://www.omerch.eu/shop/thewildhearts
On
Friday 6th December The
Wildhearts play a ‘30th Anniversary Performance - By Request Set’ at the
Rock City in Nottingham. Tickets available from: https://www.alttickets.com/the-wildhearts-tickets
The
set list vote closes 15th November and you can vote here: https://forms.gle/Nj85Q2coUEMDyXGd6
The
Wildhearts and the Backyard Babies have also announced a 7 date co
headline UK tour, with The Wildhearts closing and CKY opening. The UK
tour starts at the O2 Academy in Newcastle on Tuesday 28th January and concludes at O2
Institute in
Birmingham
on Tuesday 4th February.
Preceding
the UK dates, The Wildhearts are also playing 4 shows in Germany with the
Backyard Babies & The Bones.
"I'm
surprised we haven't done this already but it's finally happening a tour with
The Backyard Babies. Its gonna be full on and we are sharing a bus, what could
possibly go wrong? Come out and see us, dance, drink, sing and have your faces
torn off.... ROCK! " - CJ Wildheart.
“This
will be a bad ass tour. We’ve been talking about touring with The Wildhearts
since the early 2000s. Finally it happens! If you don’t like loud guitars, great
songs, amazing riffs and High energy Rock N’ Roll music.... Well, just don’t
buy a ticket.” - Dregen / Backyard Babies.
“CKY is beyond stoked to return to the UK with the legendary Backyard Babies and The Wildhearts! The rock and roll runs deep on this batch of shows. Don’t miss it!” - Jess Margera / CKY.
The Wildhearts & Backyard Babies UK
tour dates
January
2020
Tue 28th O2 Academy Newcastle
Wed 29th Limelight Belfast
Thu 30th QMU Glasgow
Fri 31st O2 Ritz Manchester
February
2020
Sat 1st O2 Forum Kentish Town London
Mon 3rd Tramshed Cardiff
Tue 4th O2 Institute Birmingham
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