Cast Release New Album and Announce 2012 Tour

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The 15 years after the release of their million-selling debut ‘All Change’, Cast will release their new album ‘Troubled Times’ on 5th March 2012. The album includes lead single “See That Girl”, which was released on 19 Dec, 2011.

Originally formed in 1992 from the ashes of two of the most legendary and lauded guitar bands of the time, The La’s and Shack, Cast released four albums (three of them top 10), and had ten top 10 singles ,The second album also went platinum
 
During that time, Noel Gallagher described watching the band as “a religious experience”, and at release ‘All Change’ was the highest biggest selling album of all time for Polydor.  After the band’s split, Power released three solo albums, and has played intermittently since 2005 with the reformed La’s.
 
A decade later, and the original line-up of John Power (guitar/ vocals), Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson (lead guitar), Pete Wilkinson (bass) and Keith O’Neill (drums) have reunited with original producer John Leckie (Stone Roses, Radiohead, The Fall) for ‘Troubled Times’. The reinvigorated band have produced an album full of the anthemic, melodic and beautifully written songs for which they have always been loved by their fervent fanbase.

The dates are as follows :
 
March
 
Thu 29th   Newcastle O2 Academy
Fri 30th   Glasgow 02 Academy
Sat 31st   Liverpool University

April
 
Sun 1st   Leamington Spa Assembly
Tue 3rd   Cambridge Junction
Wed 4th   Manchester Academy
Thu 5th   Birmingham 02 Academy
Fri 6th   London 02 Shepherds Bush Empire

Published on 22 December 2011 by Wayne Feltham

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