|  In December 2006 Kevin Rowland finally decided to listen to the 'now generation' and set up his own webpages on the popular "My Space" site. The new site features music (including a demo of the new track "It's OK Johanna") and a selection of blogs written by Kevin Rowland. Visit the site. |
| | Projected Passion Revue - Album Release | 
The much loved 1981 Dexys Mk2 line-up of the band has been given the album release it always deserved. Named after the tour, which included three famous gigs at The Old Vic theatre in London, 'The Projected Passion Revue' contains six tracks taken from the three singles the band released plus a BBC Radio 1 concert live gig and three further 'In Session' tracks. All this and the voice of Gary Crowley to take you back to way back when. It's out now! Click on the picture for full details. |
| KEVIN ROWLAND MAKES STORMING RETURN TO STOCKHOLM |  Kevin Rowland made his first live appearances in almost a year on 22nd and 23rd of February 2006 when he performed at Stockholm's Debaser club - a venue Kevin considers to be the best in Europe. He was accompanied, as he was on a previous visit to Sweden back in May 2004, by the club's house band, Club Killers.
Classic Dexys songs "Let's Make This Precious", "Come On Eileen", "Geno" and "Old" were given passionate performances alongside covers of "The Sound of Silence", "Everything I Own" and the Moneybrother song "It's Been Hurting All The Way With You Joanna." On the 24th of February Kevin and the 15-piece Swedish band relocated to Lund in southern Sweden for another show which included a rousing rendition of Kevin's magnum opus "This Is What She's Like." These shows follow the recent announcements that a new Dexys album is planned for release this year and appear to confirm that Kevin Rowland is ready for yet another return to the limelight. Speaking to Swedish journalist, Andres Lokko during his visit he explained that "a whole new album is written. I’ve recorded demos for all the songs. Now if only someone would want to distribute it." [read complete interview] Photo by Jens Lennartsson. Visit http://www.rockfoto.nu/intSpelning/486/intBand/911 for more images. |
| | NEW DEXYS ALBUM "WILL APPEAR LATER THIS YEAR" |  The long wait for a new Dexys Midnight Runners album should hopefully be over by the end of 2006!
On 20th January 2006 Kevin Rowland appeared as a guest reviewer on BBC 6 Music's "Round Table" show. He revealed that recently he's been writing some new songs and that the direction these songs are taking is "lyrically autobiographical, I suppose - just about my life... it's for a Dexys album, please God, that's the plan. It's hard to talk about music - you'll just have to wait and hear it really." He added "We've waited this long anyway, so a bit longer won't make any difference!" Four days later The Sun newspaper reported that Blur bassist Alex James is writing a song for the new Dexys album and may feature in future live performances with the band. The sudden surge of news stories about Dexys continued on 26th January when Radio 2's Ken Bruce Show featured a brief item about the forthcoming album which will apparently include reworkings of the songs written with Jimmy Paterson around the start of the 1990's. The new album is seemingly scheduled for a 2006 release! (Listen to audio clips from these radio shows here) These bits of news follow on from the comments made by Kevin Rowland last year when interviewed for the Ken Bruce show on Radio 2. He announced then that Dexys were back in the studio putting a new album together. He explained that they were looking for a deal and acknowledge that this might not be easy: 'Deals are not as easy to come by these days'. Kevin added that it was important that the recordings were not rushed and the finished product was quality. |
| | The first ever Dexys book came out on Monday 10th October 2005. It is written by Richard White and published by Omnibus Press. ISBN 1.84449.863.8 RRP - £16.95. Read Review |
| Bridge Video Gets DVD Release | 
The Bridge video, originally released in the 1980s has finally been given a release on DVD. Click on the picture for full details. |
ROWLAND'S RETURN
On 12th March 2005 Kevin Rowland made another return to the stage at a reunion for seminal Seventies 'art rock' band Deaf School. He was accompanied on-stage by Suggs from Madness (above) along with former Deaf School members at The Magnet in Liverpool.
Deaf School, formed in 1975 in Liverpool, proved to be a fertile breeding-ground for musical talent, launching the careers of (amongst others) singer Betty Bright and gutarist Clive Langer who went on to produce Madness and Dexys Midnight Runners!
