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News Archive, December 2001


20th December
'Late Night Final' has been picked as one of the top 5 albums of 2001 by the writers of the Fly magazine (Dec / Jan issue). The other four were Ash, Charlatans, Strokes, & Super Furry Animals.

Recently Richard signed a great publishing deal with BMG on 15th November in the goal mouth at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground, photos to follow next year.

WEBSITE NEWS. The video for 'Baby You're My Light' will be available for viewing on this site in early January, together with new exclusive MP3's and latest reviews and Press clippings. To stay fully up to date, join our mailing list and we'll let you know.

Richard and everyone would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a great New Year, and we hope to see you all here next year.


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13th December
Plans are underway to get the video for 'Baby You're My Light' on this very site, more information as we get it. For those interested in the creator of the video, you can view some of the photography of Elaine Constantine on the following link www.marcosantucci.com

Richard recently featured with Jarvis Cocker on the November cover of music magazine Magic Magazine, one of the leading magazines in france. To view the cover click here.

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12th December
Richard will be on TV with Pulp tonight (Wednesday 12th Dec) Jo Whiley's The Cut, C4 11.30pm. The broadcast of the three songs Pulp recorded on Monday - Weeds, I Love Life, & Bad Cover Version.

Richard has produced debut single for hotly tipped Sheffield act Hoggboy. The double A side 7" only single will be released by Sobriety Records on 28.01.2002.

'Baby You're My Light', from the album 'Late Night Final', will be released as a single by Setanta Records on 28.01.2002. The CD is backed with 'Sick Pay', a live favourite that was recorded around the same time as the LP & the previously unheard 'Baby's Back'. The artwork for the single features a scene from the same photo shoot as the main LP & serves as a nice 'what happened next'!

A video has been made for the single by internationally reknowned photographer Elaine Constantine. After turning down many other offers, the artist best known for her hyper-real images decided this would be her first ever pop video & it's a belter. Filmed on location in a semi-detatched house & at an afternoon 'tea dance', the video fetaures a club singer singing the song whilst his Hawley-ness is represented in spirit by his much loved lap steel guitar.


OTHER NEWS. Press reaction to the LP has been really good in Germany where the single was on the cover mounted CD of Rolling Stone magazine.

Initial press reaction in the USA is unanimously good, it's released in February.

The LP is now also released in Eire, Spain & France.

Plans are underway for a select set of live dates shortly after the single is released in the UK. Some live dates will be added in in mainland Europe shortly after that. Details will be posted here when everything is finalised.

WEBSITE NEWS. We have added a new link for US based Lucky Dog Radio. Each week 3 hours of music are loaded up are available to listen to. We recommend having a listen because the whole thing is run by a music fan, and Richard is currently featured along with a mix of loads of good stuff.