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Scottish band

Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue performing alive at the SSE Hydro, 2018
Background information
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	Pop, rock, blues, alternative rock, pop rock, sophisti-popular^[ane]
Years active	1985–1994, 1999–present
Labels	Columbia, Sony, Chrysalis, Demon Music Group, Earmusic, Sheer Sound
Associated acts	McIntoshRoss Ricky Ross Doctor Love
Website	www.deaconblue.com

Members	Ricky Ross James Prime Lorraine McIntosh Dougie Vipond Gregor Philp Lewis Gordon

Past members	Graeme Kelling Ewen Vernal Kevin McDermott

Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop stone band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The ring released their debut album, Raintown, on i May 1987 in the Britain and in the U.s.a. in Feb 1988. Their second anthology, When the Earth Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid" which became their outset top ten single in the UK Singles Nautical chart^[2] and reached number i in Spain.^[3]

Deacon Bluish released their fourth album, Whatsoever You Say, Say Naught, in 1993. The band split in 1994, following which Vipond began a career in television receiver. Five years later on, the band held a reunion gig, and this led on to a new album, Walking Back Home, with the band now working on a part-fourth dimension footing. The band released another anthology, Homesick, in 2001. Though Graeme Kelling died from pancreatic cancer in 2004, the ring has continued and 2006 saw Deacon Blue returning to the studio to record three new tracks for a Singles anthology – including the rails "Bigger than Dynamite". Deacon Bluish'south next album was The Hipsters, in 2012.^[4] The band released another anthology, A New Business firm, in September 2014. Believers, was released in September 2016. A concert recording of their render to the Barrowlands, Glasgow, was released on 31 March 2017.

The band's ninth studio album Urban center of Love was released on six March 2020. In February 2021, they released their tenth studio anthology entitled Riding on the Tide of Love to commercial success in both the UK and their native Scotland.

As of 2020, Deacon Blue'south full album sales stood at seven one thousand thousand,^[5] with twelve U.k. top xl singles, along with 2 number one albums in both the U.k. and Scotland.^[v]

Career [edit]

1985–1987: Germination and early years [edit]

Taking their name from the 1977 Steely Dan vocal "Deacon Dejection",^[6] Deacon Blueish were formed in 1985 following Ricky Ross's move from Dundee to Glasgow. Along with Ross, the group originally consisted of Lorraine McIntosh, James Prime, Dougie Vipond, Ewen Vernal and Graeme Kelling.^[7]

Ross, a one-time school teacher originally from Dundee, was the group's frontman, penning the majority of Deacon Bluish's songs. He married vocalist Lorraine McIntosh in 1990.^[7] In 1986, the band contributed a track ("Take the Saints Away") to a compilation cassette entitled "Honey at the Core", featuring and so upward-and-coming Glasgow bands, including Wet Wet Moisture, The Bluebells, Kevin McDermott (vocaliser-songwriter), The Big Dish, and Hue and Weep.

1987–1991: Raintown and When The World Knows Your Name [edit]

The ring'due south debut album, Raintown, produced by Jon Kelly was released in 1987.^[7] It spawned the singles "Nobility", "Chocolate Daughter" and "Loaded".^[7] The urban center that the anthology'southward title refers to is Glasgow and the cover art of the album is a photograph (by the Scottish-Italian photographer Oscar Marzaroli) of the River Clyde'due south docks taken from Kelvingrove Park. It proved a commercial success and has to appointment sold around a meg copies, peaking in the UK Albums Nautical chart at no. xiv and remaining in the charts for a year and a half.^[8] On 27 February 2006, Raintown was reissued as office of Columbia's Legacy Edition series. The reissue was expanded to two CDs, the first of which featured the original 11 rails album. The second CD featured alternating cuts of all 11 anthology tracks, also as the ii original CD bonus tracks "Riches" and "Kings of the Western Earth". The new edition did non include the varied bonus cuts (remixes and b-sides) that were plant on the singles from the anthology.

The 2d album, 1989'due south When the Globe Knows Your Name, was the ring'southward almost commercially successful, reaching No. one in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Albums Nautical chart and generating five United kingdom top 30 hits, including "Existent Gone Kid", "Wages Day", and "Fergus Sings the Blues" (all five singles from the anthology were top x hits in Ireland).^[7] The following year saw the band play in front of an estimated 250,000 fans at the free concert on Glasgow Greenish, "The Large Day", which was held to gloat Glasgow existence named that year's European City of Culture. The ring also played Glastonbury and the Roskilde festivals that summertime, also every bit released Ooh Las Vegas, a double anthology of B-sides, extra tracks, film tracks, and sessions which reached No. iii in the United kingdom Albums Chart.

1991–1994: Continued success and split [edit]

Atomic number 82 vocalizer Ricky Ross performing live in Amsterdam in 1993

Jon Kelly returned to the producer'southward chair in 1991 for the anthology Fellow Hoodlums. The album was met with more critical approving^[7] and peaked at No. two on the UK Albums Nautical chart. Boyfriend Hoodlums was followed upward by 1993's Whatever You lot Say, Say Nothing, a much more experimental album. The album was not as commercially successful as the previous 2 albums,^[seven] peaking at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Changing from producer Jon Kelly to the team of Steve Osborne and Paul Oakenfold, this album presented a change in musical manner for Deacon Blue. While the band's songwriting remained based in rock and blues, many of the tracks moved into alternative stone territory in their presentation.^{[ commendation needed ]}

The ring embarked on another sold out Great britain tour in 1994, after recording new material for their greatest hits compilation album, Our Boondocks.^[7] This saw the band return to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart and was i of the twelvemonth's top sellers, while "I Was Right and You Were Wrong" and a re-release of "Dignity" saw the band re-enter the Meridian 20 of the Britain Singles Chart. The anthology independent the previous singles from the ring, minus "Endmost Fourth dimension" and "Hang Your Head". The album also contained 3 new tracks. "I Was Right and You Were Wrong", the offset single from this album, was an alternative rock rail that connected and expanded the musical direction the ring had taken with Whatever You Say, Say Zippo.^{[ citation needed ]} "Bound to Love" and "Still in the Mood" were popular songs in the tradition of Deacon Blueish's earlier albums. The vinyl LP version of the album contained a fourth new rails, "Beautiful Stranger". "Dignity" was released, now for the third time, as the 2nd single from the album.

With Vipond's decision to quit the group in favour of a career in idiot box, Deacon Blue split upwards in 1994.^[seven]

1999–2006: Re-formation and new cloth [edit]

Backing vocalizer Lorraine McIntosh performing with Deacon Blue in 2006

Five years later, the band held a reunion gig in 1999, and this led on to a new album, Walking Back Home, with the ring at present working on a office-fourth dimension basis. The Walking Dorsum Home album combined eight songs that were brand new compositions, previously unreleased tracks, or released only with limited availability, with nine previously released Deacon Blue songs. This was followed by some other album, Homesick, in 2001.

Graeme Kelling died from pancreatic cancer in 2004, but the band continued and recorded iii new tracks for a Singles album – including the track "Bigger than Dynamite" in 2006.

2006–2012: Touring and side projects [edit]

The band performed at Manchester United'southward Onetime Trafford stadium, equally the pre-match entertainment for the Rugby league Super League One thousand Final on 14 October 2006, and continued on to a full UK tour in November. They were also due to open Stirling's New year's day party in 2006, simply this was cancelled at the last infinitesimal due to extreme weather. A further tour followed in Nov 2007 and the ring then provided support for Simple Minds in 2008. They as well appeared at Stirling's Hogmanay in 2008.

Deacon Blue appeared at The Homecoming Live Final Fling Show, at Glasgow's SECC on 28 Nov 2009, and headlined Glasgow's Hogmanay on 31 December 2009. The band performed several gigs, including Glastonbury, and the Liverpool Echo Arena on 29 July 2011.

Ross, who had released a solo album before the formation of Deacon Blue, released ii solo albums during the time betwixt Deacon Blue's breakup in 1994 and reformation in 1999. Due to Deacon Blue'south part-time status afterward reformation, Ross released additional solo albums in 2002 and 2005 and has written for and with other recording artists. In 2009, Ross and McIntosh recorded an anthology together under the name 'McIntosh Ross'.

2012–2013: New record label and The Hipsters [edit]

Deacon Blue final released a studio album in 2001, which was Homesick and in 2006, they released a compilation album, Singles. In 2012, information technology was announced Deacon Blue had signed a recording contract and would release a new album that year.

To promote the upcoming release of their new anthology, the group released a single, "The Hipsters". The unmarried was released in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2012. The album The Hipsters was released on 24 September 2012 and was produced by Paul Savage. A 25th anniversary tour, starting in Oct 2012, followed. The band performed with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Grand Hall in Glasgow to promote the release of the album.^[nine]

All of the ring's studio albums were reissued as deluxe editions by Edsel Records in October 2012, as well as a new compilation entitled The Rest.

2013–2018: A New House and Believers [edit]

Deacon Blue arranged dates in 2014 for a comeback tour. Information technology was announced in April 2014 that their 7th studio anthology, A New House, would exist released on 8 September that year. Ross later said the album had "come off the energy of getting back together, playing live", referring to their touring during 2012.^{[ citation needed ]} Deacon Bluish also performed at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games endmost ceremony on three Baronial 2014, performing their hit, "Dignity".

A new studio anthology, Believers, was released on thirty September 2016. 3 promo singles, the title track, "This Is A Love Song" and "Gone" take been released. A bout was undertaken to promote the anthology, culminating in a return to the Glasgow Barrowlands on four December 2016, which was recorded for a live album every bit well as video.^[10] This was released on 31 March 2017 on vinyl, CD, DVD, Blu-Ray as well as digital download of both audio and video versions. A special screening event was held, the 24-hour interval before, at the Glasgow Movie Theatre.

Betwixt February and March 2018, Deacon Bluish embarked on a bout of Spain, marker the first time that the band has played a series of live shows in Spain. The ring described the shows as "an incredible experience for us all", and later confirmed that Deacon Bluish will exist returning to Spain in 2019 for another serial of alive shows, claiming that "Spain has a very special place in our hearts".^[xi]

2018–2021: City of Dearest [edit]

The band released their 9th studio anthology entitled Urban center of Honey on 6 March 2020, to disquisitional acclaim. The album received positive reviews and achieved commercial success. The album charted at number i in their native Scotland,^[12] number four in the Uk^[xiii] and peaked at number fifty in Kingdom of spain.^[14]

2021–present: Riding on the Tide of Love [edit]

During the COVID-nineteen pandemic, the band recorded and released their tenth studio album entitled Riding on the Tide of Love which was released in February 2021. The album failed to reach the aforementioned level of commercial success in the Uk that the band experienced with their previous album, City of Love, with the album debuting at number 23 on the charts, spending simply one calendar week earlier dropping out of the UK Peak 100 anthology charts.^[15] In their native Scotland, the album performed better, debuting at number two and spending boosted weeks within the Scottish Tiptop 40 albums charts.^[16]

To promote the release of the album, the band announced the Riding on the Tide of Love bout which is scheduled to begin in June 2021 in Brighton and concludes on 19 December 2021 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.^[17]

Members [edit]

Current members [edit]

Ricky Ross – lead vocals, piano
James Prime number – keyboards, piano
Lorraine McIntosh – backing and lead vocals, percussion
Dougie Vipond – drums, percussion
Gregor Philp – guitar
Lewis Gordon – bass

Past members [edit]

Graeme Kelling – guitar
Ewen Vernal – bass, keyboard bass
Mick Slaven – guitar
Scott Fraser – bass
Taj Wyzgowski – guitar
Ged Grimes – bass
Chris Henderson - drums

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

Raintown (1987)
When the Globe Knows Your Name (1989)
Boyfriend Hoodlums (1991)
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
Walking Back Domicile (1999)
Homesick (2001)
The Hipsters (2012)
A New House (2014)
Believers (2016)
Metropolis of Love (2020)
Riding on the Tide of Love (2021)^[18]

Awards and nominations [edit]

BRIT Awards [edit]

Year	Category	Recipient/Work	Effect	Winner
1989	British Single of the Year	"Existent Gone Kid"	Nominated	Perfect"

Other awards [edit]

In 2020, Deacon Blue's 1987 single "Dignity" was voted as Scotland'due south greatest vocal after a public vote voted through the radio plan Ewen Cameron in the Morning.^[19]

References [edit]

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^ "Official Albums Chart Elevation 100 | Official Charts Company". world wide web.officialcharts.com.
^ "Tiptop 100 Albumes – Semana 11: del 6.three.2020 al 12.3.2020" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "riding on the tide of beloved | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Visitor". www.officialcharts.com.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Pinnacle 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
^ "DEACON Blue Announce new mini-album 'Riding On The Tide Of Dearest' | XS Noize | Online Music Magazine". www.xsnoize.com.
^ "Deacon Bluish Share "Riding on the Tide of Dearest" Lyric Video - Sentry + Listen". Rock 'N' Load. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021. Deacon Bluish will release Riding on the Tide of Beloved, which features eight make new songs, on February v via earMUSIC.
^ "Deacon Blue accept 'Scotland'due south Greatest Song' award afterward public vote". The National.

External links [edit]

Official Deacon Blue / Ricky Ross Site
Deacon Blue live at Cornbury Music Festival U.k. July 2006
Glasgowskyline.com

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon_Blue