A bunch of Stiffs hit the road during October and November when Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric and Larry Wallis appear in the Stiffs' Greatest Stiffs Live Tour.
The package will be playing 24 concerts during the tour, and the shows will feature five sets, each lasting about 20 minutes. To coincide with the tour, Stiff are releasing a barrage of new records to celebrate their first year of recording.
The opening night at High Wycombe Town Hall on October 3 will be recorded, and the live album, Stiffs' Greatest Stiffs Live, will be on sale at £1.99 four days later when the bands play Bath University on October 7.
The record details are:
■ A new Elvis Costello and the Attractions three-track single, "Watching The Detectives," will be released just before the tour starts, and Nick Lowe's new album, Wireless World, will be out on October 6.
■ Ian Dury's album, New Boots and Panties, is out on September 23, and a single, "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll," is out this Friday. Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" single has just been released, and a new single will be available during the tour.
■ Larry Wallis, former Pink Fairies and Motorhead player, is currently recording his album with the Rods' rhythm section, and he releases a single, "Police Car"/"On Parole," on September 23.
Dury will also be appearing as drummer with Wreckless Eric, alongside Denise Roudette (bass) and Davey Payne (sax). Lowe, who has just finished producing the new Feelgoods' album, Be Seeing You, is expected to be taking a seven-piece band, including two drummers, on the road. He is presently working on a solo album.
The tour dates are: High Wycombe Town Hall (October 3), Bristol Exhibition Centre (6), Bath University (7), Loughborough University (8), Middlesbrough Town Hall (9), Liverpool Empire (11), Glasgow Apollo (13), Sheffield Polytechnic (14), Leeds University (15), Croydon Fairfield Halls (16), East Anglia University (18), Brighton Top Rank (19), Salford University (21), Leicester University (22), Rochdale Champness Town Hall (24), Birmingham Town Hall (25), Cardiff Top Rank (26), Woverhampton Civic (27), London Lyceum (28), Guildford Civic (31), Aylesbury Friars (November 2), Essex University (3), Newcastle Polytechnic (4), Lancaster University (5).
Tickets are priced between £1.25 and £2.25, except the London Lyceum where tickets at £2.50 are on sale now. Tickets for the other venues go on sale during September.
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