tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30476632007-10-11T21:59:38.226-07:00DeloresBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-4231339649564362512007-10-11T21:48:00.000-07:002007-10-11T21:51:56.748-07:00

If you can't wait until November to get your Heaton on, catch up on his MySpace page, or on Katie's fan site dedicated to the man and his solo work.

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-17851030698200489022007-10-11T21:39:00.000-07:002007-10-11T21:59:38.250-07:00

Well, Paul is back and on tour starting 6 November with a new band. Here's from the promo email: 21 years ago Paul Heaton first entered the charts with his first band The Housemartins, he then went on to form The Beautiful South who sold an incredible 15 million albums worldwide and wrote countless chart hits. The band split last year 'due to musical similarities' and Heaton took a well

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1170532437369197072007-02-03T11:40:00.000-08:002007-02-03T11:53:57.383-08:00

We've been hoping against hope against this day, but it's finally come. The Beautiful South announced on their MySparce page they are disbanding, and have done the rounds of the UK press confirming the bad news. Whether "musical similarities" or disappointment at their slowly diminishing sales, the lyrical, musical, and casual genius of Humberside's finest will re-shuffle the deck independent of

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1166232962658164142006-12-15T17:36:00.000-08:002006-12-16T06:27:12.976-08:00

The Beautiful South Cakeshop Ludlow Street, New York City, NY 6 November 2006 Courtesy of Whistling in the Dark (while we were just eating cake) While ticket sales don't always work out the way they should. TBS made the most of their time in New York - replacing their Monday Irving Plaza gig with a freebie in the Bowery at the "Cakeshop". 01 Especially For You 02 The River 03 Pretty Things 04

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1155224500630665932006-08-10T08:36:00.000-07:002006-08-10T08:41:40.656-07:00

Woohoo! In addition to a new album, we finally have some tour dates that include the United States! Sun 08/13/06 Carlisle, UK Sands Centre Mon 08/14/06 Llandudno, UK North Wales Theatre & Conf. Centre Fri 08/18/06 North Yorkshire, UK Castle Howard Tue 10/31/06 Chicago, IL Park West Wed 11/01/06 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre Mon 11/06/06 New York, NY Irving Plaza

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1146051353948028282006-04-26T04:33:00.000-07:002006-04-26T04:35:53.956-07:00

When Romance is Dead Superbi (2006) Heaton / Rotheray You know when romance is dead Your make up in a tool box somewhere in the shed His face is unshaven, the grass overgrown From the shed to the bed is a web you call home You know when romance is dead That deftly cold blast from his side of the bed Your dreams frozen over, your nightmares on ice From the bedroom to the bathroom you say

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1130337238549927052005-10-26T07:31:00.000-07:002005-10-26T07:37:17.450-07:00

From the Official Site: The band began work on their 10th studio album this week. In line with their 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th albums, the band will be using a one word title. This means keyboard player Damon Butcher's idea of calling it 'Sucked Off By Aliens' has had to be shelved 'til album 11. The line-up of the band will be the same as 'Goldiggas...' but with a brand new producer. Ian

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1129692583866571932005-10-18T20:26:00.000-07:002005-10-18T20:29:43.870-07:00

Hard to fathom, this. Apparently Fatboy Slim and David Byrne from the Talking Heads are writing a musical called "Here Lies Love" about former Phillipine First Lady and renowned shoe-holic Imelda Marcos, and her love for continuous nightlife.

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1128113316362378712005-09-30T13:29:00.000-07:002005-10-18T21:14:09.826-07:00

Now that you've safely dried yourself off and gotten the twigs and leaves off the back of your favorite jumper (you know who you are), you can relive the glory days of this summer with The Beautiful South's now "Live In The Forest" DVD. Recorded live Saturday, June 25th, 2005 in Dalby Forest, Yorkshire during the Forestry Commission's summer concert series you will thrill to the incredible

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1120881931082318412005-07-08T21:02:00.000-07:002005-07-08T21:10:00.513-07:00

(Courtesy of Stevie C.) Sam, Dave and the rest of Homespun will be performing a special one-off gig in London on Wednesday 3rd August at the Gardening Club in Covent Garden with doors opening at 6pm for a teatime show to launch their first single, Effortless Cool. Tickets are GBP 8 on the door or a bargain GBP 4 in advance simply by sending an email to halfpricetickets@

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1118496765116518942005-06-11T05:58:00.000-07:002005-06-11T06:32:45.123-07:00

If you were looking for a reason to build a tree fort deep in the national forests, and sleep in it for a couple of weeks, you now have one. Scarborough Today reports that the Beautiful South's June 25th Dalby Forest gig will be recorded by a local Hull production company and repackaged as a live DVD for the holidays! When you hear the first hushed strains of support act Hem, you'll know to put

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1118364801453340072005-06-09T17:49:00.000-07:002005-06-09T17:54:22.176-07:00

Eagle-eyed correspondent Stevie C. spotted this 2001 program listing featuring our man Heaton, wishing his fond farewell to the sauce:

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1118010555041173612005-06-05T15:23:00.000-07:002005-06-05T15:29:15.046-07:00

Paul Heaton has added the bookend to his two part Johnny Vegas oeuvre, completing the modern masterpiece "18 Stone of Idiot" to supplement the BBC3 TV Programme of the same name, feature (who else) Johnny Vegas. If you missed his earlier radio theme to the Johnny Vegas vehicle "Night Class", they are both available here. Courtesy of PaulHeaton.com.

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1117292152258111452005-05-26T07:49:00.000-07:002005-05-28T07:55:52.263-07:00

Recovering from a little sunburn and some lager-soaked "Red Eyes", correspondents Han + Sarah have just returned from holiday in Puerto Rico where they tried desperately to distratct Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray from writing songs to unveil on their forthcoming tour. Their secret mission on behalf of S Club 7 spoilt, they left our heroes alone for a second week to keep writing. Still unknown

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1113877780228490722005-04-12T19:23:00.000-07:002005-04-18T19:29:40.230-07:00

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said "there are no second acts in American lives." Lucky for Sean Welch he's not a Yank then, eh? Our favorite former roadie has turned the big 4-0, and given his illustrious career as both a Housemartins Roadie and the Beautiful South's Bassist, we can't wait to see where he goes now that the shackles of youth are off! Congratulations, Sean!

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1112292868318764262005-03-31T10:11:00.000-08:002005-03-31T10:14:28.320-08:00

It may be the quietest press tour in memory, but Whisperin' and Hollerin' has caught a moment with Dave R. to hear his thoughts on bringing his lyrics out from the bedroom and onto the road with Sam Brown in this interview: "After all, virtuosity's all very well, but not if the guy's a dick, right?"

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1111548159824564132005-03-22T19:18:00.000-08:002005-03-22T19:23:40.870-08:00

We're getting very close to shutting down the older uglier stuff. Hopefully you've seen some improvements, and things that you like. The last article in the now disappeared "articles archive" (replaced by the Articles link in the top NAV) is a doozy. The hugely talented LFW member L. Fischer translated one of the best all-around articles from Swedish for your private edification .. it covers the

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1110645145416565232005-03-12T08:27:00.000-08:002005-03-12T08:32:25.416-08:00

Did anyone else read the promotion of Biscuit Boy's Fat Chance and think "gosh, Paul sounds a bit like he's reading his own clippings."? Re-read this article from BBC.co.uk and see if you don't think Paul's being a bit unfair, particularly to those of us who love the arrangements as much as we love Paul's wicked lyrics: "This is what is good with working with new musicians," he says, "It has

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1110520437884037512005-03-10T21:50:00.000-08:002005-03-10T21:53:57.886-08:00

In the spirit of spring cleaning (it's 76 degrees fahrenheit here in California), we've been trying to clean up the old turtle-sty for our ever patient readers. While the process of trying to pull all of the stuff that was linked off the site out of the Internet ether has been basically frustrating, we are happy to report at least one success. The article was written by Jen Sansbury, cofounder

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1109825042161032032005-03-02T20:40:00.000-08:002005-03-02T20:52:11.863-08:00

We can't say it's a science, but the "What Beautiful South Album Are You?" quiz from Quizilla has started disturbing people with its eerie precision (particularly if it picks you for "Quench", we're told). So put on your lab coat, pull down your trousers and take the quiz yourself. Delores, she's plucked the coolest album of them all: What Beautiful South album are you? brought to you by

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1109806584969814042005-03-02T15:32:00.000-08:002005-03-02T15:36:24.970-08:00

Gina's gone and scored again! Read this lovely piece of news (fresh, from January) from This is Hull about how Paul Heaton started playing football with local club Sculcoates Amateurs, stepping up from the Grafton's Sunday league team -- "He turned up on his bike, chained it to the changing rooms, and played the game as though he was any other player. That was Paul, he was so down to earth,

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1109497489146797632005-02-27T01:29:00.000-08:002005-02-27T01:44:49.146-08:00

The evidence is mounting (if you can call the repeated fantastic assertions of the parent of two young children evidence) that The Beautiful South will have at least one more album of new material. In multiple interviews, Paul Heaton has confirmed that the lyrics are done, and once the band is finished touring in 2005 they will be back in the studio before the end of the year, with an album to

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1109481035100961232005-02-26T21:07:00.000-08:002005-02-26T21:11:12.076-08:00

Apparently Paul is a sucker for his Irish "in-laws" -- TBS have booked another Irish gig, and another festival for July: Jul 10 Sun Punchestown Racecourse, Co. Kildare, IE - Oxegen Also, if you're interested in setting the record straight, Oxegen's message board is filled with TBS hating commentary. Feel free to go all fan boy on them.

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1109312383940659222005-02-24T22:18:00.000-08:002005-02-24T22:19:43.940-08:00

Official sources (alright, their email) have announced three new 2005 tour dates: Jul 08 Fri Preston Guildhall, Lancashire, UK Jul 09 Sat Balado, Kinross, UK - T in the Park Jun 26 Sun Glastonbury Music Festival, UK - Acoustic

Delorestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047663.post-1099016615884259562004-10-28T19:23:00.000-07:002005-02-16T23:26:08.153-08:00

The Daily Star's Niki Waldegrave on the chance that tribute band the Beautiful Southmartins' female lead Jo Haddock might have snipped in front of Allison Wheeler to replace Jacqui (22nd Nov 2000) -- "She would be perfect. She has a brilliant voice and knows the songs off by heart ... " (Read More)

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