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Funeral For A Friend: album, single, gigs, finger snaps

By | Published on Friday 14 January 2011

Funeral For A Friend

The new Funeral For A Friend album, ‘Welcome Home Armageddon’, will come out on 14 Mar, preceded by a free download single, ‘Front Row Seats To The End Of The World’, which will be available online from 24 Jan, all via Distiller Records.

The new singles sees drummer Ryan Richards take lead vocals again, about which he told CMU: “It was a lot of fun for me to do a lead vocal again on a track, as it’s probably something I’ve not done since way back on the first record – and even then it was a co-vocal with [frontman] Matt [Davies-Kreye] on tracks like ‘Red Is The New Black’ and ‘This Year’s Most Open Heartbreak’. It’s also the first track I’ve ever done finger snaps on too! I remember reading the liner notes to Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ and seeing him credited with ‘Vocals and Finger Snaps’ and it inspired me to one day be credited as such on one of our albums. I’ve now dreamed the dream – and it’s a beautiful thing”.

The band will also play a gig at the Borderline in London on 13 Feb, before embarking on a UK tour in March, as follows:

16 Mar: Aberystwyth, Arts Centre
17 Mar: Buckley, Tivoli
18 Mar: Penrith, Leisure Centre
19 Mar: Edinburgh, Bongo Club
20 Mar: Glasgow, King Tuts
22 Mar: Bury St Edmonds, Apex
23 Mar: Birmingham, Academy 2
24 Mar: Manchester, Academy 3
25 Mar: London, Relentless Garage
27 Mar: Liverpool, 02 Academy
28 Mar  Stoke, Sugarmill
29 Mar: Wakefield, Black Flag
30 Mar: Durham, Live Lounge
1 Apr: Poole, Chords
2 Apr: Saltash, Livewire
3 Apr: Wycombe, Academy
5 Apr: Brighton, Concorde 2
6 Apr: Coventry, Kasbah
7 Apr: Gloucester, Guildhall



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