News Update 18th June 2006

After its 1st week straight in at no. 10, Three Lions re-release has climbed one place to no.9! The Best of compilation however got to no. 33

Three Lions re-released yet again, Very Best of The Lightning Seeds tracklisitng revealed, More tour dates announced.

- Three Lions is to be re-released on 5th June on new format DualDisc. It will mark the 10th anniversary of the original. Side one features music material and will include both original and '98 versions of the song. Side two features DVD video material which will be both videos. This is already available for pre-order at Eil.com

- Tracklisting has been confirmed for new compilation LP "The Very Best of the Lightning Seeds". As well as featuring most of the singles and some album tracks, it features a re-worked version of Song For No One and new track Tables Have Turned. Song For No One is going to be released as the single from the album.

Due for release on 12/06/2006, it is available for pre-order from play.com

The song listing is as follows
1. Lucky You
2. The Life Of Riley
3. Change
4. Feeling Lazy
5. Life's Too Short
6. Pure
7. Song For No One (New Track & Single)
8. You Showed Me
9. Be My Baby
10. Sugar Coated Iceberg
11. Ready Or Not
12. Lucifer Sam
13. What If?
14. If Only
15. Perfect
16. What You Say
17. Tables Have Turned (New Track)
18. Sense
19. Marvellous
20. 3 Lions

- More tour dates added. Dates and venues listed below:

Oxford Zodiac, Bank Holiday Monday, 5th June. Book here

The SugarMill, Stoke on Trent, Tuesday, 6th June. Book here

The Dingwalls, London, Wednesday 7th June. Book here

More as they come.


 Previous Updates:

Update April 22nd: Lightning Seeds are to play Guilfest on Friday 14th July. (Stoke Park, Guildford)

Lightning Seeds Reforming - 16th April 2006
The Lightning Seeds are being revived for a tour and festival appearances, Planet Sound (Channel 4 teletext) have revealed.

Although no dates have been confirmed, PS understands that shows are due to be revealed next week to coincide with a new Best of compilation.

Since his last album under the Seeds' name in 1999, Ian Broudie has mainly focused on producing, releasing one solo album - last year's Tales Told

2005 News Archive

Smoke Rings EP

Ian releases a new EP on April 18th - Smoke Rings - backed by three brand new recordings. Full tracklisitng is as follows:

1. Smoke Rings
2. A Time To Live In Dreams
3. Shifting Sands
4. Spinout

Tour dates announced

Ian will be supporting the Beautiful South on their Irish tour in March. The dates are

- March 2nd - Castlebar, Traveller's Friend
- March 3rd - Galway, Leisureland
- March 4th - Waterford, Forum
- March 6th - Killarney, INEC
- March 7th -Cork, Opera House
- March 8th - Dublin, Olympia Theatre
- March 9th - Dublin, Olympia Theatre

London Date

Ian has also announced another date in London for the end of March at the Infinity Club in London. Weds 23rd March, show starts 19.30. Tickets online at www.gigsandtours.com or call 0871 22 00 260

Live Dates

Ian has announced 3 low key live dates as his solo live debut
- Manchester Late Room 12th Jan 2005
- London Enterprise 13th & 20th Jan 2005
Tickets available at www.gigsandtours.com, or call 0871 22 00 260

Promotional Dates for Ian Broudie on the radio

Here's some of the current highlights to look forward to as Ian previews songs from the new album as well as being interviewed.

- Sep 27: 6Music interview with Sean Ryder
- Oct 04: Acoustic performance of Song For No One at The Academy , Liverpool for Janice Long on Radio Two
- Oct 06: Virgin Razorcuts interview & acoustic
- Oct 06: Tracks Of My Years for Ken Bruce on Radio Two
- Oct 06: Johnnie Walker Radio Two acoustic & interview
- Oct 12: 6Music / Giddeon Coe session (2 live tracks)

Recent interview with Ian Broudie

Catch an interview with Ian answering questions about the new album. Click here to go view it.

'Tales Told’ - New album released 11th October 2004

This Autumn welcomes the return of one of Liverpool’s favourite song-writing sons and a refreshing progression to a more natural, stripped-down sound which includes acoustic guitars, banjos and harmonies. More recently associated with producing Mercury-nominated albums by The Coral and The Zutons, Tales Told captures Ian Broudie moving on to the next chapter in what has been an eccentric musical journey. ‘It felt like going home doing this album. Picking up a guitar and strumming. Dead simple.’ Explains Ian.

Tales Told is just that, songs about your life and how you live it, ‘It’s hard to be specific, the songs aren’t usually about one thing, they’re about many things that overlap, eventually coming together as one idea.’ Broudie’s recent listening includes songwriters Johnny Cash and Nick Drake, ‘Some songwriters have a knack of saying things in a direct way. Music can be guarded and cynical these days so I wanted to do something different to everything else.’ Says Ian.

The album began about 3 or 4 years ago before Ian became distracted by some young lads from Hoylake, ‘I’d started writing the album and then I heard The Coral and I started putting my energy into producing their records.’ Tales Told then morphed from Ian and an acoustic guitar to having guest musicians from these recording sessions in Liverpool. Members of The Coral and The Zutons have contributed and are proud of their work as James Skelly explains, ‘I love the album, it’s boss. I reckon it’s some of the best stuff he’s ever done. A lot of it was written before he even worked with us.’

This is an album with so many highlights that just grows and grows the deeper you get – check the twanging ballad that is Smoke Rings, the folk-skank of Always Knocking, the off-kilter skiffle of Got No Plans to the bossanova of Lipstick.

Ian’s first band were Big In Japan, a band so diverse they numbered future members of Siouxsie And The Banshees (Budgie) and the KLF (Bill Drummond). They were also one of the bands, along with Joy Division and Cabaret Voltaire, to grace Fac001 the poster famously designed by Peter Saville in 1978 for the Factory club night at the Russell Club in Manchester.

Once Ian realised life in a studio was preferable to life in a tour van, Echo & The Bunnymen became the first full-time production job, producing the Crocodiles and Porcupine albums. Following this Ian produced albums for Terry Hall, The Bodines, The Fall, The Pale Fountains and Dodgy amongst others before concentrating on his own songs as The Lightning Seeds.

Looking to the future, Tales Told seems to have become a happy trigger for more work, ‘I want to get on and do another album now.’ Looks like there are plenty more tales to be told.