As comebacks go the rebirth of Dexys Midnight
Runners/Dexys is pretty remarkable. Barring a brief reunion tour in 2003 little
had been seen of ‘them’ (whilst the current Dexys line-up
differs from several of the previous versions Pete Williams, Big Jim
Paterson and, of course, Kevin Roland from the classic Young Soul Rebels group
are in this current incarnation) since the mid 80s. Given the difficulties that
the band’s somewhat mercurial driving force, Kevin Rowland, had been through over the past couple
of decades this state of affairs seemed likely to continue. Seemingly out of
nowhere though in 2012 a new album (One Day I’m Going To Soar) was
released to widespread critical acclaim and they backed this up with a series of
rapturously received live dates here and abroad.
Happily two years on all concerned still seem to be
enjoying this second/third/fourth coming and they've now landed a prime slot
at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. To prepare for arguably one of the biggest
shows in their history Dexys are playing a couple of pretty intimate warm up dates, one on June
24th at The Roundhouse in Norwich and the second on June 25th
at the Kasbah in Coventry. According to the band’s website these shows will be
an edited version of the One Day I’m Going To Soar tour plus...intriguingly...a
few Dexys favourites. The band’s current female vocalist Madeline Hyland can’t
make these dates but...and this is an equally ear tingling prospect...Siobhan Fahey
(Ex-Bananarama/Shakespears Sister) is stepping into her high heels. Blimey.
PS: Here's a trio of Dexys classics that may or may not get an airing on the night too.
PPS: I had to plump for the full version of This Is What She's Like...truly stunning...stick with it.
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