Early March 2019 saw the release of BACKYARD BABIES’ 8th studio album “Sliver & Gold” and immediately after the band embarked on an extensive European tour that included many sold out shows. The album was met with praise from fans and media alike and the live run of almost 40 dates showed why the band, even after 30 years of existence, is still a force to be reckoned with. In order to make 2020 just as successful a year for BACKYARD BABIES as its predecessor, the Swedes refuse to rest and recorded a new video for the fan favorite song “Yes To All No” (taken from “Sliver & Gold”), which is also being released today as a separate radio single.
Watch the video here:
Furthermore, Backyard Babies are happy to announce two more tours to kick off the new decade in pure rock and roll fashion! The first one is a co-headline tour with fellow Swedish rockers The Bones and support from The Wildhearts. And immediately after they will head over to the UK for a co-headline tour with The Wildhearts on their home turf, supported by cKy, the band of Bam Margera’s brother, Jess. Please find all the dates below.
Germany 2020 (with The Bones + support from The Wildhearts)
2020-01-23 Tante Ju, Dresden (DE)
2020-01-24 Im Wizermann, Stuttgart (DE)
2020-01-25 Live Music Hall, Köln (DE)
2020-01-26 Batschkapp, Frankfurt (DE)
UK 2020 (co-headline with The Wildhearts, support from cKy)
2020-01-28 O2 Academy, Newcastle (UK)
2020-01-29 Limelight, Belfast (UK)
2020-01-30 QMU, Glasgow (UK)
2020-01-31 O2 Ritz, Manchester (UK)
2020-02-01 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London (UK)
2020-02-03 Tramshed, Cardiff (UK
2020-02-04 O2 Institute, Birmingham (UK)
With the release of their anticipated new studio album “Sliver & Gold“ (on Century Media Records) just one week away, legendary Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES are now launching the third single “44 Undead” off of the album along with an official music video for the track. Watch it below:
“44 Undead“ is an anthemic, yet somewhat melancholic tune that showcases a more introverted side of the Backyard Babies, as opposed to the first two party smasher singles off of “Sliver & Gold” so far. Its memorable hook lines are sure to be stuck in your head for a while and have ‘instant fan favorite’ written all over it.
More than three years have passed since their last studio album “Four By Four”, but 2019 sees Nicke, Dregen, Johan and Peder return to celebrate their 30th anniversary in style with a brand new record entitled “Sliver & Gold” which is due to be released on March 1st , 2019 via Century Media Records. In celebration of the bands anniversary Century Media is releasing both limited formats as special editions that will come wrapped in gold foil and include five newly recorded acoustic bonus songs!
“Sliver & Gold” is available in the following formats:
Ltd. CD Digipak
Ltd. LP+CD (incl. LP Booklet)
Digital
“Sliver & Gold” will contain 10 sizzling new songs following the exact same recipe that has made Backyard Babies one of the most consistent rock bands of our time: A perfect balance between sleazy, punky, all-out party rock and roll on the one hand, and decidedly mature, thoroughly melancholic tunes on the other. While catchy sing-a-long smashers like the first single “Shovin’ Rocks”, album opener “Good Morning Midnight”, the anthemic “Bad Seeds” or “44 Undead” will have you fist-pumping and footstompin’ along with your left foot in a cowboy boot and your right paw in a Chuck Taylor sneaker, the beautiful ballad-like album closer “Laugh Now, Cry Later” will cause you to shed a tear or two into your Jack and Coke. What a ride!
The first half of 2019 will also see Backyard Babies back on the road. Below you can see all the dates that have been confirmed thus far:
Backyard Babies German headline tour with The Bones & Audrey Horne
THE NORDIC NOIR TOUR 2019
with Satan Takes A Holiday
15.03.2019 SE – Enköping, Cinema
16.03.2019 SE – Ronneby, Klubb Ron
22.03.2019 SE – Norrköping, Värmekyrkan
23.03.2019 SE – Eskilstuna, Lokomotivet
27.03.2019 SE – Uppsala, Katalin
28.03.2019 SE – Göteborg, Pustervik
29.03.2019 SE – Malmö, KB
30.03.2019 SE – Örebro, Frimis Salonger
05.04.2019 SE – Halmstad, Halmstad Live
06.04.2019 SE – Helsingborg, The Tivoli
11.04.2019 FI – Tampere, Klubi
12.04.2019 FI – Helsinki, The Circus
13.04.2019 FI – Kempele, Zemppi Areena
THE NORDIC NOIR TOUR 2019 – ROLLING OVER EUROPE
Backyard Babies, Audrey Horne, Thundermother, Satan Takes A Holiday (*)
19.04.2019 HU – Budapest, Barba Negra *
20.04.2019 AT – Vienna, Flex *
21.04.2019 CZ – Prague, Nova Chmelnice *
23.04.2019 CH – Winterthur, Gaswerk *
24.04.2019 IT – Milano, Live Club *
25.04.2019 FR – Toulouse, Le Metronum *
30.04.2019 ES – Madrid, But
01.05.2019 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz
02.05.2019 FR – Lyon, Le Ninkasi
03.05.2019 FR – Paris, La Maroquinerie (without Audrey Horne)
04.05.2019 NL – Utrecht, De Helling (without Audrey Horne)
Legendary Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES have launched the second track “Good Morning Midnight” off their upcoming album “Sliver & Gold”!
Watch the brand new music video for “Good Morning Midnight” here:
„Good Morning Midnight“ is the opener for an album that the band themselves describes as the most intense record they have ever produced!
More than three years have passed since their last studio album “Four By Four”, but 2019 sees Nicke, Dregen, Johan and Peder return to celebrate their 30th anniversary in style with a brand new record entitled “Sliver & Gold” which is due to be released on March 1st , 2019 via Century Media Records. In celebration of the bands anniversary Century Media is releasing both limited formats as special editions that will come wrapped in gold foil and include five newly recorded acoustic bonus songs!
“Sliver & Gold” will be available in the following formats:
·Ltd. CD Digipak
·Ltd. LP+CD (incl. LP Booklet)
·Digital
Backyard Babies Sliver & Gold (2019)
Good Morning Midnight
Simple Being Sold
Shovin‘ Rocks
Ragged Flag
Yes To All No
Bad Seeds
44 Undead
Sliver And Gold
A Day Late In My Dollar Shorts
Laugh Now Cry Later
“Sliver & Gold” will contain 10 sizzling new songs following the exact same recipe that has made Backyard Babies one of the most consistent rock bands of our time: A perfect balance between sleazy, punky, all-out party rock and roll on the one hand, and decidedly mature, thoroughly melancholic tunes on the other. While catchy sing-a-long smashers like the first single “Shovin’ Rocks”, album opener “Good Morning Midnight”, the anthemic “Bad Seeds” or “44 Undead” will have you fist-pumping and footstompin’ along with your left foot in a cowboy boot and your right paw in a Chuck Taylor sneaker, the beautiful ballad-like album closer “Laugh Now, Cry Later” will cause you to shed a tear or two into your Jack and Coke. What a ride!
The first half of 2019 will also see Backyard Babies back on the road. Below you can see all the dates that have been confirmed thus far:
Backyard Babies on tour with Skid Row in the UK:
22.01.2019 – Manchester, O2 Ritz
23.01.2019 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
24.01.2019 – Bristol, O2 Academy
25.01.2019 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Backyard Babies German headline tour with The Bones & Audrey Horne
THE NORDIC NOIR TOUR 2019
with Satan Takes A Holiday
15.02.2019 SE – Falun, Falu Bowling & Krog
15.03.2019 SE – Enköping, Cinema
16.03.2019 SE – Ronneby, Klubb Ron
22.03.2019 SE – Norrköping, Värmekyrkan
23.03.2019 SE – Eskilstuna, Lokomotivet
27.03.2019 SE – Uppsala, Katalin
28.03.2019 SE – Göteborg, Pustervik
29.03.2019 SE – Malmö, KB
30.03.2019 SE – Örebro, Frimis Salonger
05.04.2019 SE – Halmstad, Halmstad Live
06.04.2019 SE – Helsingborg, The Tivoli
11.04.2019 FI – Tampere, Klubi
12.04.2019 FI – Helsinki, The Circus
13.04.2019 FI – Kempele, Zemppi Areena
THE NORDIC NOIR TOUR 2019 – ROLLING OVER EUROPE
Backyard Babies, Audrey Horne, Thundermother, Satan Takes A Holiday (*)
19.04.2019 HU – Budapest, Barba Negra *
20.04.2019 AT – Vienna, Flex *
21.04.2019 CZ – Prague, Nova Chmelnice *
23.04.2019 CH – Winterthur, Gaswerk *
24.04.2019 IT – Milano, Live Club *
25.04.2019 FR – Toulouse, Le Metronum *
30.04.2019 ES – Madrid, But
01.05.2019 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz
02.05.2019 FR – Lyon, Le Ninkasi
03.05.2019 FR – Paris, La Maroquinerie (without Audrey Horne)
04.05.2019 NL – Utrecht, De Helling (without Audrey Horne)
24.05.2019 SE – Gröna Lund, Stockholm
Legendary Swedish rockers BACKYARD BABIES are back! More than three years after their last studio album “Four By Four”, Nicke, Dregen, Johan and Peder are about to celebrate their upcoming 30th anniversary in style with a brand new record entitled “Sliver & Gold” which is set to be released on March 1st , 2019 via Century Media Records. It will contain 10 sizzling new songs following the exact same recipe that has made Backyard Babies one of the most consistent rock bands of our time: A perfect balance between sleazy, punky, all-out party rock and roll on the one hand, and decidedly mature, thoroughly melancholic tunes on the other. While catchy sing-a-long smashers like the first single “Shovin’ Rocks”, album opener “Good Morning Midnight”, the anthemic “Bad Seeds” or “44 Undead” will have you fist-pumping and footstompin’ along with your left foot in a cowboy boot and your right paw in a Chuck Taylor sneaker, the beautiful ballad-like album closer “Laugh Now, Cry Later” will cause you to shed a tear or two into your Jack and Coke. What a ride!
Backyard Babies – Sliver & Gold (2019)
01. Good Morning Midnight
02. Simple Being Sold
03. Shovin‘ Rocks
04. Ragged Flag
05. Yes To All No
06. Bad Seeds
07. 44 Undead
08. Sliver And Gold
09. A Day Late In My Dollar Shorts
10. Laugh Now Cry Later
Music video for the single “Shovin’ Rocks”:
The first half of 2019 will also see Backyard Babies back on the road. Below you can see all the dates that have been confirmed thus far:
Backyard Babies on tour with Skid Row in the UK:
22.01.2019 – Manchester, O2 Ritz
23.01.2019 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
24.01.2019 – Bristol, O2 Academy
25.01.2019 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Backyard Babies German headline tour with The Bones & Audrey Horne
The Nordic Noir Tour 2019 with Satan Takes A Holiday
15.02.2019 SE – Falu Bowling & Krog, Falun
15.03.2019 SE – Cinema, Enköping
16.03.2019 SE – Klubb Ron, Ronneby
22.03.2019 SE – Värmekyrkan, Norrköping
23.03.2019 SE – Lokomotivet, Eskilstuna
27.03.2019 SE – Katalin, Uppsala
28.03.2019 SE – Pustervik, Göteborg
29.03.2019 SE – KB, Malmö
30.03.2019 SE – Frimis Salonger, Örebro
05.04.2019 SE – Halmstad Live, Halmstad
06.04.2019 SE – The Tivoli, Helsingborg
11.04.2019 FI – Klubi, Tammerfors
12.04.2019 FI – The Circus, Helsinfors
13.04.2019 FI – Zemppi Areena, Kempele
THE NORDIC NOIR TOUR 2019 – ROLLING OVER EUROPE with Audrey Horne, Thundermother and Satan Takes A Holiday (*)
19.04.2019 HU – Budapest, Barba Negra *
20.04.2019 AT – Vienna, Flex *
21.04.2019 CZ – Prague, Nova Chmelnice *
23.04.2019 CH – Winterthur, Gaskessel *
24.04.2019 IT – Milano, Live Club *
25.04.2019 FR – Toulouse, Le Metronum *
30.04.2019 ES – Madrid, But
01.05.2019 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz
02.05.2019 FR – Lyon, Le Ninkasi
03.05.2019 FR – Paris, La Maroquinerie (without Audrey Horne)
04.05.2019 NL – Utrecht, De Helling (without Audrey Horne)
24.05.2019 SE – Gröna Lund, Stockholm
BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) will release his debut solo album on September 25 via Universal Music in Sweden. The CD will be issued via Spinefarm Records in the U.K. on September 30. The official video for the album’s first single, “Just Like That”, can be seen below.
The song received its world premiere on August 10 on Swedish national radio P3. It was then released on August 14. Titled simply “Dregen”, this 10-track release is a modern take on an era when rock music came ready-dipped in decadence and glamor; when the commercial and the credible could sit comfortably side by side; when albums were a great 35 minutes over 2 sides of vinyl rather than fleshed out with filler; when backing vocals were big and brash and (feather) boa’d; when heels & musicians were generally high; when emotion and entertainment were the driving forces, and when lifestyle was king…
Produced by Dregen and Pär Wiksten (THE WANNADIES), Dregen’s first solo venture in a 25-year career that has seen him at the core of such internationally acclaimed acts as BACKYARD BABIES and THE HELLACOPTERS features all new material, and is a contemporary and inventive distillation of the Stockholm-based guitarist’s far-reaching record collection.
As well as being a key and original member of both BACKYARD BABIES and THE HELLACOPTERS, Dregen has also lent his skills to projects as diverse as INFINITE MASS (’70s-inspired, “Scarface”-lovin’ sleaze-funk), SUPERSHIT666 (spontaneous rock’n’roll distortion with various WILDHEARTS and HELLACOPTERS members keepin’ the needle maxed) and Michael Monroe’s touring and recording band (the sleeve concept for MM’s forthcoming “Horns And Halos” album is his, too), so it’s no great surprise that the aforementioned collection is both lovingly-compiled and built on punk as much as rock, jazz as much as blues… “Y’know, that was the hardest part,” recalls Dregen. “I was staring at my records for over a year, thinking, ‘How the fuck can I get the vibe from KISS, SLAYER, THE BEASTIE BOYS and Miles Davis into one single record?’ But I did it, and it sounds very much like me. It’s a high-energy rock ‘n’ roll album with the greatest songs I have written and recorded.”
As for the musicians involved, Nicke Andersson (former ENTOMBED mainman/drummer, co-founder of THE HELLACOPTERS and now the driving force behind IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC) plays drums, bass and rhythm guitar on three tracks, where he also gets a co-write credit. Other featured musicians include drummer Karl Rockfist (MICHAEL MONROE, DANZIG), and bassists Sami Yaffa (HANOI ROCKS, NEW YORK DOLLS, JOAN JETT, MICHAEL MONROE) and John Calabrese (DANKO JONES), with Dregen taking care of all guitar and vocal parts, and Danko Jones and Swedish female singer Titiyo adding occasional support at the mic. However, it’s the reunion with Nicke that will doubtless mean most to rock ‘n’ roll fans the world over… “It’s true,” reflects Dregen, “Something magic always happens when we play and write together. I don’t know what it is, but there is definitely something special there. Nicke is one of my all-time favorite drummers, and we haven’t really worked this closely since the early HELLACOPTERS days…”
Recorded for the most part in Pär Wiksten’s Hospital1 studio in Stockholm, with mixing handled by Michael Ilbert at the legendary Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, these 10 tracks come in a variety of hues and colours, moods and textures, veering from hard-hitting blues (“Flat Tyre On a Muddy Road”), through sinewy, snake-hipped funk (“6-10”) and onto kool, KISS-inspired strut ‘n’ roll (“Mojo’s Gone”). Like Dregen the man, “Dregen” the album is hard to sum up in an easy phrase; what we have here is a multi-tiered collection of from-the-heart songs — songs packed with retro-chic, glam-rock glitter, and shapes ‘n’ sounds that are modern without chasing trend. “Dregen” track listing: 01. Divisons Of Me 02. Just Like That 03. Flat Tyre On A Muddy Road 04. Gig Pig 05. Pink Hearse 06. Bad Situation 07. One Man Army 08. 6-10 09. Refuse 10. Mojo’s Gone
Dregen is currently assembling a touring band to take the above songs out on the road; no one is 100 per cent confirmed as yet (“They’ll be great musicians, though — promise!”), but it’s likely that those selected will be charged to learn a few “rusty earrings” from the Dregen past, making this a rock ‘n’ roll show happy to celebrate glories past whilst still keeping both eyes squarely on the road ahead. And, of course, a tattooed, white-knuckle grip on the wheel. BACKYARD BABIES announced in November 2009 that they were going on an indefinite hiatus after completing a European tour.
According to Bravewords.com, VELVET IN SANE‘s Jesper “Jeeper” Lindgren has organized a tribute concert in memory of rock manager Michael Sundén (BACKYARD BABIES, CRASHDÏET, HELLACOPTERS, RONNIE JAMES DIO, etc.), who who passed away this spring in a tragic accident in England. Sundén suffered fatal head injuries in the basement at Rock City in Nottingham. It is believed he slipped and hit his head on a brick wall.
Michael Sundén
The concert will be held on October 8th at The Old Theatre in Östersund, Sweden. Artists scheduled to perform include: Nicke Borg (Backyard Babies), Robert “Strängen” Dahlqvist (Hellacopters), STATE OF DRAMA, Velvet In Sane, LAS DIVAS, and ANDERS TENGNER.
Says Jesper “Jeeper” Lindgren: “Michael quickly became a father figure to me and gave me hopes and dreams. I want to put on this concert to show him, and the world, how much he gave me and so many other artists around the globe. He was a fantastic person!
Money raised will go toward defeating heart / lung disease and cancer. Tickets at this location.
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