Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble has been talking to NME about the band’s decision to recruit Irish bassist Gavin Fox to replace Bob Fairfoull. The 23-year-old has been friends of the band since he supported them with his old band Turn.
Woomble reckons Fox will, if anything, improve the band: "When the situation happened at the start of this tour we decided straight away that we were going to continue the tour and keep the record alive. Bob was for a long time distanced from the band. And now the band feels stronger and everyone's happier, Bob included. Gavin was the obvious choice because he's a friend and musically he's a great musician. He's the same kind of person. So we asked him. As of next year we're going to be a different band really. A different version of Idlewild."
Woomble also confirmed that Allan Stewart, who has played guitar live with Idlewild for the last two years and contributed to 'The Remote Part' album, will become a full time member making them a five piece.