Kanes are able to hit the road once again
Soulful Scottish stars Hue & Cry are to embark on a run of shows later this year.
The Coatbridge duo are to play Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen as part of a nationwide tour in September.
And the Looking For Linda and Labour of Love hitmakers cannot wait to get back out on the road.
Pat Kane said: “We have been warming up the walls of Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms and Aberdeen’s Tivoli Theatre for many years now and with a full band show, we’ll make them red hot.
“See you there, and get your dancing shoes on!” The brothers will be joined by their full band for the very special shows that will see them perform hits such as Labour Of Love, Looking For Linda, Ordinary Angel, Violently and Mother Glasgow.
Pat and Greg formed Hue and Cry in 1983 and the duo made a huge impact with albums Seduced and Abandoned and Remote as well as a string of massive hit singles.
Albums like Stars Crash Down and Jazz Not Jazz ensured Hue and Cry’s continued triumph in the 1990s, whilst the release of the hugely applauded Open Soul in 2008 brought them firmly back into the limelight.
And 2017 saw the band release their twelfth studio album, Pocketful Of Stones to rave reviews from the press, while they’ve released everything from a Christmas record to an album of Frank Sinatra songs.
Hue and Cry have sold in excess of two million records and tens of thousands of concert tickets worldwide, as well as performing alongside some of the greatest artists in music history, appearing with U2, James Brown, Madonna, Al Green and Van Morrison to name but a few.
The duo were recognised by their peers when they were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Music Awards, and they continue to gig regularly, both with a stripped back acoustic format and with their full band.
In an interview in 2018, Pat Kane explained the key to the band’s success since their revival is down to wanting to make new music.
He said: “We’ve not just rested on our laurels, or worked the old catalogue since Hit Me Baby One More Time; we’ve used it as a creative opportunity, and I’m very grateful to it.
“Gregory will occasionally admit that he’s grateful to it, but not often. But I loved it, and I could do it all again. I’m a complete showbiz queen, to be honest.”
And the singer told www.eonmusic.co.uk that he looks back fondly on their 1980s heyday.
He said: “Our bit of the eighties was song-centric, and I think that’s why you get a lot of memorable songs from that period, because people were really trying hard; they thought that the great pop song was the ultimate horizon of everything. “
The full dates for the tour later in 2020 are Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms on September 3, the Tivoli Theatre in Aberdeen on September 4 and the Theatre Royal in Glasgow on September 5.
They are also booked to play at the Rewind festival near Scone in Perthshire.
To buy tickets, and for further information on the band, visit www.hueandcry.co.uk.