New Model Army

05 May Lincoln (UK)
06 May Holmfirth (UK)

26 August Volk Im Schloss (DE)FREE!!!
27 August Waltroper Parkfest (DE)

Support Bands For May Shows

We are pleased to announce the support bands for the two shows in May:

Thursday 5th May - Lincoln, The Engine Shed
The Band From County Hell
www.bfch.co.uk

Friday 6th May - Holmfirth, Picturedrome
Brad Dear (band show)
www.braddearmusic.co.uk/

For more information and ticket links please see the Tour page HERE

New Album/Tour News

For those who have followed us for many years, it will come as no surprise to hear that the release of the new album, planned for this Spring, was delayed.

While the mixes are all finished, the band are still considering which tracks to include, in which order, and the mechanics of the release. The album will definitely be with you in late summer followed by a tour, beginning in mainland Europe at the end of September. The dates for this year will be confirmed soon and more will follow next Spring. Once again we are delighted that Joolz will be doing our artwork and that there will be a (probably double) vinyl version. More news on all of this soon.

"Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Spanish Subtitles

It came as a surprise to us that the DVDs of 'Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story' had no Spanish subtitles - despite being told that they did.

After weeks of waiting, we now have a limited number that do have these. We will be sending these to those people who asked for them. If you are now ordering this DVD from us, please specify if you require a version with Spanish subtitles.

Touring News

New Model Army are happy to announce some dates for your diaries:

The band are playing at The Engine Shed, Lincoln, on the 5th May. Tickets are available HERE

The band will then be appearing at the Holmfirth Festival Of Folk at the Picturedrome on May 6th. Tickets are priced at £20 (+ Booking etc) and can be obtained from:
Seetickets: HERE
Ticketmaster: HERE

We can also announce a couple of Festival Dates in August in Germany:

26 August Volk im Schloss Festival, Gross-Gerau, Germany
This is a three day free festival in the historic ambience of Schloss Dornberg featuring laborate theater productions, cabaret, circus, music, fire shows, children's theater and much more.
Website: HERE

27 August Waltroper Parkfest, Waltrop, Germany
Another three day family friendly festival with tickets priced at €8.00 for a day ticket direct from the Box Office or €10.00 for a three day ticket available online. There's free admission for under 14's.
Website: HERE

For more information and ticket links please see the Tour page HERE

Thoughts On The Passing Of Lemmy And David Bowie

It’s a sad week that has seen the passing of Lemmy and David Bowie. Much has been written about both, by people more knowledgeable than I, but I do have a couple of memories to share.

When I was fourteen, we had a very progressive music teacher who allowed the class to bring in their favourite albums, play songs and talk about why they loved them. It was there that I first heard the first Hawkwind album and I was utterly transfixed – it was exactly what I was looking for at that time, hard, driving but at the same time a bit other-worldly. Some years later in Bradford, Motorhead were the only band who bridged the sharp divide between the punks and the bikers/rockers. They were played in every club – it’s strange for music that is so straight-forward to be able to defy definition. And when we moved to London briefly in 1984/5, whichever club we went into, Lemmy always seemed to be there quietly in the corner playing on the machines. Memorably at Joolz’s 30th birthday party, while the chairs, tables and bottles were flying in some mass brawl or other, he barely looked up and just went on playing. I’m not really a fan of the idea of ‘rock’ culture; so much of it is shallow, materialistic and fake. But Motorhead were always real. The last time we played together was a festival in Austria somewhere, about five or six years ago, and they were still doing it with the same sense of belief, spirit and defiance.

David Bowie was of course part of my musical youth, from the moment I first heard Space Oddity (aged thirteen). My younger sister had the full Aladdin Sane look and we had all the early albums, favourites to play excessively loud when the parents were out. In 1976 I remember playing Station to Station on repeat through my first weeks in Bradford. It’s strange now to think that NMA must have performed with him about eight times. The first was perhaps the most memorable – back in 1987 when we were pretty much unknown and (thanks to an influential supporter) we got to open for him in front 40,000 people by the old Reichstag in Berlin on his Glass Spider tour. We were nervous and excited and about ten minutes before we went on, there was a polite knock at our porta-cabin door and in walked Mr Bowie to say hi, make a little small-talk and wish us luck for our show. We were dumb-struck and hugely impressed. In 1991 we did two shows together when he was doing a greatest hits tour – on a great bill featuring DB, Midnight Oil, The Pixies, NMA and others. I remember watching the whole of one of his performances from out front thinking ‘he’s played them all now… oh wait, there’s that one and that one and that one’ and so on, for two straight hours – so many wonderful songs.

Then, in the mid 1990s we were part of four or five “Go Bang Festivals” with Bowie, The Prodigy, Rage Against The Machine, Machine Head, ourselves and others. The bill looked rather better on paper than it actually turned out - the weather was grim, Bowie was experimenting with drum n bass stuff, Prodigy and RATM seemed a bit tired and over-toured and our heads were rather locked in the Strange Brotherhood project. But as always, backstage DB was charming, quiet, polite, humourous and very knowledgeable.

Of course his passing has brought thousands of tributes. And the different emphases depend on what is important to whoever’s writing. The media types will focus on his ability to ‘re-invent’ himself for the media. As a song-writer, I think it’s his song-writing that I cherish most – such a wonderful command of melodies and keys and memorable lines and images and just so many great, great songs.

What both Lemmy and David Bowie had in common was that they were both at ease being themselves and pursuing exactly what they wanted to pursue whatever anyone else thought. Sure they were different, but both were very true English gentlemen in their own ways, modest and fiercely independent of mind and spirit.

Big respect to both.

JS

There are only a few copies left of the new live album taken from the Christmas shows in 2014. The thirty-one song, three CD & Bonus DVD is available to order now! Priced at £12.99 + VAT (EU only) + P&P.;

The Shop link: New Model Army Live Between Wine And Blood December 2014

Here's a couple of videos from the bonus video from the new album both from Köln Palladium 2014:

Update On Matt Reid's "Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Documentary DVD

We are happy to announce that the remaining DVD's of Matt Reid's "Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" documentary have now arrived in the Shop. As you may be aware there were production problems, completely beyond our control, in the manufacturing of the DVD which resulted in this long delay. In October we were able to secure an agreement from Cadiz Music, the production company, to airfreight a limited number of the DVD's directly to the Shop allowing us to ship all orders made before September 1st and these were sent out late October / early November. All other DVD's came by sea, hence the delay. We are now, finally, in a position to honour the remaining orders.

We are pleased to announce the release of our new album.

Entitled 'Between Wine And Blood", the album is both a brand new studio mini-album of 6 new songs and an 11 track live album recorded on the band's current "Between Dog and Wolf" tour and taken from shows in London, Nottingham, Cambridge, Cologne and Amsterdam. The album was once more mixed by Joe Barresi in L.A.

To hear a studio version of Guessing please click HERE

"Between Wine And Blood" is available as a double CD hardback book pack and digitally - please note the vinyl version is now sold out.

You can order the album from the following links (Via NMA Online Shop):
Book Double CD - £12.00+P&P;: HERE
Vinyl Double LP - SOLD OUT Mens Shirt: HERE
Ladies Shirt: HERE
***PLEASE NOTE*** VAT IS NOT ADDED TO THE ORDERS IN THE INITIAL PRICE BUT ADDED AT THE CHECKOUT PAGE WHERE APPLICABLE***

Between Dog And Wolf - Book-Pack Version

We're delighted that we've finally got a new load of "Between Dog And Wolf" book-packs in our Shop. Of course we realise that most of you will already have the album, but for those that don't, or wish to buy it for a friend, these are the original beautiful book packages with Joolz's completely stunning artwork (and Brian Munson's graphic knowhow) and increasingly difficult to find elsewhere. We hope that eventually we'll have more vinyl too.

Shop Link: HERE

Angry Planet And Sunrise

Here's a visual for Angry Planet:

And here's a visual for 'Sunrise' - not so much a band video as a simple meditation. We found Mike Fairman's beautiful footage on Youtube and as our song was also already up there, we just thought they belonged together. Enjoy.

Between Dog And Wolf Album Sampler

Seven Times

March In September

Qasr El Nil Bridge

“Qasr El Nil Bridge was written after I was in Cairo in late Spring 2011. While of course so much has changed in Egypt and the Middle East since then, the song still feels true and relevant because it’s about the people involved rather than the politics of the moment. Above all we’re all proud of the way we made it work musically. Many thanks to Kevin for this visual interpretation.” Justin Sullivan

Support Bands For May Shows

New Album/Tour News

"Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Spanish Subtitles

Touring News

Thoughts On The Passing Of Lemmy And David Bowie

NMA Live - Christmas 2014

Update On Matt Reid's "Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Documentary DVD

BETWEEN WINE AND BLOOD ALBUM RELEASED

Between Dog And Wolf - Book-Pack Version

Angry Planet And Sunrise

Between Dog And Wolf Album Sampler

Seven Times

March In September

Qasr El Nil Bridge

Support Bands For May Shows

New Album/Tour News

***"Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Spanish Subtitles***

Touring News

Thoughts On The Passing Of Lemmy And David Bowie

NMA Live - Christmas 2014

***Update On Matt Reid's "Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Documentary DVD***

BETWEEN WINE AND BLOOD ALBUM RELEASED

Between Dog And Wolf - Book-Pack Version

Angry Planet And Sunrise

Between Dog And Wolf Album Sampler

Seven Times

March In September

Qasr El Nil Bridge

"Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Spanish Subtitles

Update On Matt Reid's "Between Dog And Wolf - The New Model Army Story" Documentary DVD