The official website for Gene Loves Jezebel featuring Jay Aston, Pete Rizzo and James Stevenson
Ugly Buggs – Jay Aston and Pete Rizzo – have reissued their self-titled album in an extended format. This features the original ten tracks plus the various singles that followed. There are also alternative versions making this a comprehensive nineteen track edition.
Available now, you can download the album or individual tracks, in your choice of digital formats, at the Ugly Buggs Bandcamp page.
The Mission have rescheduled their European tour. Originally titled the United European Party Tour, it is now known as the Deja Vu Tour and will see the band resume their dates across Europe and the UK in spring 2022. Gene Loves Jezebel will be the support once again for the dates in Spain and Portugal.
See our shows page for the dates.
Find more information about the tour on the Mission’s site here.
The Mission’s tour of Europe has predictably had to be cancelled once again, in the face of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and therefore Gene Loves Jezebel will not be playing support dates in Spain and Portugal in March. The Mission will reschedule their tour in due course, to be retitled the ‘Deja Vu Tour’.
Released today and available for immediate download is TOS2020, Wayne Hussey and The Mission’s remake of their classic Tower of Strength. Dedicated to front-line workers dealing with Covid-19 with all proceeds going to various charities, the song features various friends of the band who were invited to participate. Along with Jay, the song features a host of artists – Andy Rourke, Billy Duffy, Budgie, Evi Vine, Gary Numan, James Alexander Graham, Julianne Regan, Kevin Haskins, Kirk Brandon, Lol Tolhurst, Martin Gore, Michael Ciravolo, Midge Ure, Miles Hunt, Rachel Goswell, Richard Fortus, Robin Finck, Steve Clarke, Tim Palmer, Trentemøller, and also Michael Aston – all independently contributing to the project. There are various mixes of the song available for download, CD or vinyl, along with t-shirts.
Find out more and order from The Mission’s website.
Due to the ongoing ramifications of the Coronavirus, the 40th Anniversary Tour has once again been rescheduled, this time for May–June 2021.
The Mission’s United European Party Tour, with Gene Loves Jezebel again supporting on the Portuguese and Spanish dates, has been rescheduled for March 2021.
The Cruel World 2020 festival, due to take place in Los Angeles on 12th September, has been cancelled.
See the Shows page for all of the new details.
Jay and Pete’s lockdown in York, has resulted in The Getaway, together with the promotional video below.
You can download the track, in the format of your choice, at the band’s Bandcamp page.
With the world experiencing and having to put measures in place to limit the Covid-19 virus, live music is one of the many things affected. The dates supporting the Mission in Portugal and Spain were cancelled midway and other dates have been or are also potentially going to be affected.
The Cruel World festival due to take place in Los Angeles on 2nd May has been rescheduled for 12th September. This is an electric bill featuring Blondie, Bauhaus, Morrissey, Gary Numan amongst many others. See the festival website for all information and social media links.
The New Waves festival due to take place in Oberhausen, Germany on 16th May has been cancelled.
The UK tour, originally late May, has been rescheduled for August. All purchased tickets for the May shows are valid for the new dates.
Due to the ongoing concerns over the Corona virus, the Mission tour of Europe has been cancelled. The dates in Porto were cancelled by the local authority and The Mission had to look seriously at the rest of the schedule, and came to the decision to cancel with a view to rescheduling the shows as soon as the situation allows. The following support dates for Gene Loves Jezebel in Spain will therefore not be going ahead.
Wayne Hussey of the Mission has released a statement (dated 12th March) addressing concerns and refunds of tickets. It reads as follows:
I’m looking out of my hotel window in Lisbon this lunchtime, the sun is shining with not a cloud in the sky and I think to myself, ‘it looks like a beautiful day’ but I feel differently.
It’s with great sadness that I’m writing to tell you that, after discussions with the rest of the band, management, agents & promoters, we have made the very difficult decision to end the tour tonight in Lisbon with the remaining dates on our 2020 European tour to be rescheduled.
Over the last week decisions to cancel shows were being made daily by local venues and promoters, governments, and administrations because of the Coronavirus and the subsequent legislations that are being made and changed daily to combat its spread. More shows are undoubtedly due to be cancelled, with the landscape changing daily. To safeguard the well-being of the band, our crew, and our audience, and to abide by local regulations and rules we had to make the unprecedented decision to cut our losses and go home. We will be able to re-schedule this tour for a time in the not so distant future when it will be safe for crowds of people to congregate again. As soon as we have any info regarding rescheduling we’ll let you know. Hold onto to your tickets for the time being until we sort out how we’re going to do it. All tickets will be valid for the re-arranged shows or a refund will be available from the place you purchased the ticket if that is your choice. I also know that there have been a fair few that bought tickets for the shows we have already played but didn’t come because of the Coronavirus fear. We would like to offer a gift to those of you who have stayed away, anyone wishing to send a copy of your unused ticket to info@anger-management.co will be contacted in due course.
Of course we realise that some have gone to great lengths and expense and travelled long distances to support us, and it seems almost patronising to say ‘we’re sorry for any inconvenience caused’ – it doesn’t feel enough to say that. I say it nonetheless and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your continued support. I’m sure Craig, Simon, and Mike join me in that sentiment.
Tonight’s show in Lisbon at Ao Vivo, the 2nd of two nights, is still going ahead and will be the last show of the tour. So let’s try to make it a huge celebration of life, love, and music, and say our farewells until this situation rectifies itself as it surely will at some point. We will miss you. Safe travels, be safe, be vigilant, and, most importantly, treat each other with kindness, respect, and love for humankind.
xx
The band begin several dates in Spain and Portugal tonight, in support of The Mission on part of the latter’s ‘United European Party Tour’. The shows will comprise two dates in each of Valencia, Lisbon, Porto, Madrid and Barcelona.
The band are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a UK tour in May 2020. It comprises nine dates, starting in Newcastle on the 20th, following with Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Bristol, Bedford, London (Islington) and finishing at Brighton on the 31st.
Tickets are available through Flag Promotions or Ticketweb.
