Fightstar Officially Announce New Single "English Way"
A blog from Fightstars Myspace today read:-
Ladies and Gentlemen,
FIGHTSTAR are very proud to announce they will be releasing a new single - ´The English Way´ on November 3rd 2008. It will be on their new label, Search and Destroy, a record label venture from Raw Power Management (Funeral For A Friend, B4MV, Iron Maiden). This is the debut single from their 3rd Album which will be due out around March 2009.
"The English Way" which is about our broken English society, and how to try to rebuild it, will be released in three formats; on CD, 7" vinyl and as a digital bundle. The b-side tracks feature vocalist Charlie Simpson on drum duty, as drummer Omar Abidi is currently nursing a broken hand. Amongst the b-sides is a song originally written and recorded by songstress Imogen Heap. All extra tracks on the release are as follows:
B-sides
Colours Bleed (Album Demo)– for single
Drown – 7" vinyl
The English Way (acoustic) – for digital bundle
Hide & Seek (Imogen Heap cover) – digital bundle
On Tuesday 28th October FIGHTSTAR will be headlining the PROUD GALLERIES in London to celebrate the single release! Tickets are only £10 and you can buy them HERE (please note this is an over-18s show, but we are also playing Brixton Academy and Astoria with Feeder so come see us there if you are under 1
Fightstar will also be performing the new song during the Feeder tour and at their own headline dates:
OCTOBER 2008
Monday 20 Stoke Victoria Hall * 0870 060 6649 Tuesday 21 Manchester Apollo * 0844 576 5483 Thursday 23 Newcastle Academy * SOLD OUT Friday 24 Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT Sunday 26 Lincoln Engine Shed * SOLD OUT Monday 27 Nottingham Rock City * 0871 310 0000 Wednesday 29 Liverpool University * 0151 256 5555 Thursday 30 Sheffield Academy * 0844 477 2000
Duran Duran — The band played at Birmingham´s Barberella´s nightclub so took their name from the villain of the cult Science Fiction film Barbarella, Dr. Durand-Durand.
