The Saints Tickets

King of the Sun
Album and tour 2012

FLY BY NIGHT, FREMANTLE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Tickets on sale 9am Friday September 7
From www.ticketmaster.com.au (136 100) or www.flybynight.org (9430 5976)

Mellen Events, Tone Deaf and Premier Artists are thrilled to announce the return to Perth of Australia’s most infamous band, The Saints, ahead of a brand new album and performance at the Homebake Festival.

"Rock music in the seventies was changed by three bands — the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and The Saints.” Bob Geldof

The eagerly anticipated new Saints album ‘King of the Sun’, released through Highway 125, comes out September 24. The album features 11 brand-new Chris Bailey compositions recorded at Trackdown Studio, Sydney, and includes a bonus disc ‘Songs from the Stash’, a selection of classic Saints material.

Having spent the last year and a half playing truant - as the rhythm section in a French band - Bailey and drummer, Peter Wilkinson, dust off their halos and re-focus on The Saints.

‘King of the Sun’ was recorded at the world-famous Trackdown Studio, engineered by Sean Carey and produced by Fortunato Luchresi.

“The Saints have always been my main passion, despite my promiscuity and desire for musical experiment I feel that The Saints are an unfinished musical journey. This album is one step closer on this road.” Chris Bailey

The tracks are subtle metaphors, disguised in nostalgia or cherishment of a time gone by; they capture the difficulties and the despair of our times.

The Saints continue to entertain crowds far and wide, throughout Europe and the USA; they’ve recorded and performed in the UK, the USA, France, Sweden, the Netherlands and a myriad of other locations. Recently, Bailey performed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a special recording for Judy Collins’ PBS TV Special.

Over the years the band have released 15 studio albums, 17 singles, 6 EPs, 2 live albums and 10 compilation albums, not to mention Bailey’s solo output and collaborations with other artists.

And they have done a shitload more but this is just PR, listen to the music….

This festive season kicks off with The Saints 2012 Australian tour, including shows at Homebake plus headline shows in Perth and Melbourne, this November and December, with the following line-up:

Chris Bailey     vocals, bass
Peter Wilkinson    drums
Sean Carey (ex-Thirsty Merc) guitarist
Andy Judd (The Reverend) piano, keyboard
Danny Carmichael   trombone
Simon Ferenci    trumpet

Chris Bailey is available for interviews, on-ground press and more. Please get in touch for more info.

TICKETS ON SALE 9AM FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER through ticketmaster.com.au (136 100)