Thunder release their new single and video for ‘River of Pain’ today through earMUSIC.
For over three decades, Thunder has been one of the most influential rock bands in the UK, thrilling a loyal fan base worldwide with their powerful sound and charismatic songwriting. Today, Thunder is releasing the single ‘River of Pain’(Live) – a tribute to one of their greatest classics and a powerful statement of their musical consistency.
Today, the new single ‘River of Pain (Live)’ from their album ‘Live’ is being released. With this, Thunder is sending a strong message and, even 30 years after the original release, remains a guarantee for authentic rock that gets under your skin. ‘River of Pain’ (Live) is being released as part of their upcoming reissue and impresses with its fresh and energetic production.
As part of today’s release, Thunder are presenting the accompanying music video for the single on the earMUSIC YouTube channel. The physical formats of the reissue are now available for pre-order in stores.
THUNDER, celebrated as one of Britain’s most popular and enduring hard rock sensations, are set to release two exclusive live albums on 26th January 2024 through earMUSIC.
The first of the pair, ‘Live At Islington Academy’, captures Thunder during the touring cycle of their eighth studio album, ‘Robert Johnson’s Tombstone’. The quintet had already completed a lengthy circuit of the UK in promotion of the record when they were contacted by Planet Rock Radio to perform at the station’s inaugural Christmas Bash on 19th December 2006. A mere 800 fans were fortunate enough to witness Thunder’s storming surprise performance that night, which was dominated by golden classics like ‘Backstreet Symphony’ and ‘I Love You More Than Rock’N’Roll’.
The second live album, ‘Live At Leeds’ was a more official affair, recorded nine years later on 3rd March 2015, at Live Direct Arena in Leeds. The show was part of Thunder’s arena tour in support of ‘Wonder Days’ – a very meaningful tour that marked the first steps of public rehabilitation for Ben Matthews, the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist, who was recovering from throat cancer. Unsurprisingly, these shows were emotionally charged for both the band and the audience.
Both concerts, ‘Live At Islington Academy’ and ‘Live At Leeds’, stand as evidence of Thunder’s prowess as live entertainers. And now at last you can re-live the experience.
The official pre-order phase commences today and on 26th January 2024 both concerts will be available on CD, Vinyl as well as digital download and streaming.
Pre-Listing of products can vary by country to country. Please keep checking back the shop of your choice. Products will be available for pre-order shortly.
For the third single from Dopamine, THUNDER roar back with the album’s most metallic song, the pulverising Across The Nation.
When normal service resumes and the band embark on a run of arena shows in May 2022, it is going to be a spectacle like no other. This song makes that clear, explains Luke. “This is a very direct song, about being in a band but not being able to tour. The frustration we feel because of that is huge, so we’re very much looking forward to the time when we can get out there and play. We managed to get two Christmas gigs done at the end of last year, and it was so great to be back on stage. It was emotional for the crowd as well as us: for a lot of people who came along, it was the first time they’d been out in about 18 months!”
‘Dopamine’ is Thunder’s first ever double album, consisting of 16 tracks, and comes at the perfect time for Thunder, whose line-up for the last quarter-century and more has been Luke and Danny Bowes (singer), plus Ben Matthews (guitar and keyboards), Chris Childs (bass) and Harry James (drums).
They’ve been riding a wave of success since their 2015 comeback album Wonder Days, releasing the acclaimed All The Right Noises last year, with Classic Rock speculating that it could be the band’s best album yet.. The record went Top 3 in the UK Albums Chart; a quite incredible feat for a British hard rock band into their 4th decade.
Thunder are at the very peak of their considerable form, still offering fans doses of ‘Dopamine’ after all these years. The album will be available in CD and double LP vinyl, with exclusive lenticular cover versions available only from the Thunder online store.
Thunder will also embark upon a UK arena tour in May 2022, including a date at London’s OVO Arena Wembley.
Tracklisting:
CD1 / LP1
The Western Sky
One Day We’ll Be Free Again
Even If It Takes a Lifetime
Black
Unraveling
The Dead City
Last Orders
All the Way
CD2 / LP2
Dancing in the Sunshine
Big Pink Supermoon
Across the Nation
Just a Grifter
I Don’t Believe the World
Disconnected
Is Anybody Out There?
No Smoke Without Fire
THUNDER ON TOUR IN MAY 2022 Saturday 21st May Glasgow SEC Armadillo Sunday 22nd May Leeds First Direct Arena Thursday 26th May Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Friday 27th May Birmingham Resorts World Arena Saturday 28th May. London OVO Arena Wembley
THUNDER have shared the second taste of their upcoming new album ‘Dopamine’, out 29th April on BMG – a slab of optimistic arena-rock, ‘Dancing In The Sunshine’.
The band have also shared a lyric video for the track, which is a perfect pick-you-up and rallying cry against the current gloomy period of human history.
‘Dopamine’ is Thunder’s first ever double album, consisting of 16 tracks, and comes at the perfect time for Thunder, whose line-up for the last quarter-century and more has been Luke and Danny Bowes (singer), plus Ben Matthews (guitar and keyboards), Chris Childs (bass) and Harry James (drums).
They’ve been riding a wave of success since their 2015 comeback album Wonder Days, releasing the acclaimed All The Right Noises last year, with Classic Rock speculating that it could be the band’s best album yet.. The record went Top 3 in the UK Albums Chart; a quite incredible feat for a British hard rock band into their 4th decade.
Thunder are at the very peak of their considerable form, still offering fans doses of ‘Dopamine’ after all these years. The album will be available in CD and double LP vinyl, with exclusive lenticular cover versions available only from the Thunder online store.
Thunder will also embark upon a UK arena tour in May 2022, including a date at London’s OVO Arena Wembley.
Tracklisting:
CD1 / LP1
The Western Sky
One Day We’ll Be Free Again
Even If It Takes a Lifetime
Black
Unraveling
The Dead City
Last Orders
All the Way
CD2 / LP2
Dancing in the Sunshine
Big Pink Supermoon
Across the Nation
Just a Grifter
I Don’t Believe the World
Disconnected
Is Anybody Out There?
No Smoke Without Fire
THUNDER ON TOUR IN MAY 2022 Saturday 21st May Glasgow SEC Armadillo Sunday 22nd May Leeds First Direct Arena Thursday 26th May Cardiff Motorpoint Arena Friday 27th May Birmingham Resorts World Arena Saturday 28th May London OVO Arena Wembley
Icons of British hard rock, THUNDER, have announced a brand new album, ‘Dopamine’, out on 29th April 2022, as well as unveiling the first single lifted from it, ‘The Western Sky’, the new video is available to watch HERE.
‘Dopamine’ is Thunder’s first ever double-album, and consists of 16 tracks – something that is resonant with the album’s themes.
Guitarist, songwriter and Thunder co-founder Luke Morley says: “’We didn’t set out to make a double album but as the writing and recording process went on we wandered into some interesting areas and then it became a case of ‘can we afford to leave any of this off?’ In the end we did reduce it from 20 tunes to 16 but it wasn’t an easy choice.” Satirical and urgent but never downcast, ‘Dopamine’ was inspired by the world’s mass retreat to social media during the pandemic lockdowns, endlessly hunting for the next hit of happy hormones.
“I read a fascinating article by an American psychologist,” says Luke, “who said that social media forces us to become dopamine addicts. We’re validated and liked on social media, which releases the dopamine – and so we get addicted to it. We take more and more selfies in the hope of more and more validation, and the album cover reflects this. People are surrounded by amazing things that they’re missing because they’re so self-obsessed. Of course, you’ll have to get your hands on the physical album to see all of the amazing things I’m referring to.”
The new single and first taste of the album, ‘The Western Sky’, shows that despite the rallying against instant gratification, sound-wise Thunder are as immediate as ever.
The razor-sharp, riff-driven track celebrates the band’s annual trans-American charity motorbike trip.
The new album comes at the perfect time for Thunder, whose line-up for the last quarter-century and more has been Luke and Danny Bowes (singer), plus Ben Matthews (guitar and keyboards), Chris Childs (bass) and Harry James (drums).
They’ve been riding a wave of success since their 2015 comeback album Wonder Days, releasing the acclaimed All The Right Noises last year, with Classic Rock speculating that it could be the band’s best album yet. The record went Top 3 in the UK Albums Chart; a quite incredible feat for a British hard rock band into their 4th decade. Globally, it was one of their most successful albums to date. Giving them their first top 10 in Germany and Switzerland; their highest chart entry in Japan, Belgium, and Austria; and for the first time they charted in markets including France and Spain.
And make no mistake – the last 30 years have been a rollercoaster ride. Thunder had a start in life like few other bands, delivering a killer debut LP with 1990’s Backstreet Symphony and scoring a US record deal with the help of a keen fan, Axl Rose of Guns N’Roses. Songs like ‘Dirty Love’ and ‘Low Life In High Places’ – according to the late radio legend Tommy Vance, “the greatest ever single released by a rock band” – have gone on to enter the British rock canon.
Despite these early triumphs, rewarded with gold awards and one of the most enduring fanbases on the planet, changes in musical fashions and two breakups made Thunder’s progress a rocky road indeed.
All that changed with the current sequence of albums that kicked off seven years ago with Wonder Days. Too vital to be simply labelled veterans, too varied in style to be just another classic rock band.
Thunder are at the very peak of their considerable form, still offering fans doses of ‘Dopamine’ after all these years.
The album will be available in CD and double LP vinyl, with exclusive lenticular cover versions available only from the Thunder online store.
British rock legends THUNDER have shared a new live video for their track ‘Destruction’, recorded as part of their Thunder TV special which streamed earlier this year, which features as part of the upcoming expanded edition of their most recent album ‘All The Right Noises’ out on 24th September 2021 on BMG.
Filmed at Siyan Studios in High Wycombe, the webcast of this unique performance was streamed for 48 hours on the weekend of the album’s release. The show was comprised of a set list of almost all the tunes from the new album, plus some of their biggest hits, a Zoom Q&A with fan club members, and set changes from plugged in electric to sit down acoustic. The 90 minute set was a runaway hit with Thunder fans all over the globe. Classic Rock said of it ‘Thunder are in prime form, obviously loving performing again, and throughout they accentuate the special in this TV special’.
Thunder founders Danny Bowes and Luke Morley will also embark on a UK Tour in November 2021. The shows will be based around the bandmates’ new book ‘Danny & Luke – The First 50 Years (1971-2021)’, which is released in September, and tell their story from when they first met at secondary school to achieving success with Thunder, and right up to present day.
Thunder will play 2 festive Xmas shows at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton on December 17th & 18th.
The Thunder arena shows will begin in May 2022, culminating on May 28th at the SSE Wembley Arena in London.
Tracklisting:
CD1 Last One Out Turn Off The Lights Destruction The Smoking Gun Going To Sin City Don’t Forget To Live Before You Die I’ll Be The One Young Man You’re Gonna Be My Girl St George’s Day Force Of Nature She’s A Millionairess
CD2 Firebird Hero The Fires That Roar Pariah You’re Gonna Be My Girl (Live) Destruction (Live) Last One Out Turn Off The Lights (Live) Don’t Forget To Live Before You Die (Live) Going To Sin City (Live) I’ll Be The One (Live) She’s A Millionairess (Live) Young Man (Live)
DVD
Thunder TV Special:
Intro
Last One Out Turn Off the Lights
Destruction
She’s A Millionairess
St George’s Day *
The Devil Made Me Do It
Going to Sin City
Don’t Forget to Live Before You Die
I’ll Be the One
Serpentine
A Better Man
The Smoking Gun
Force of Nature *
Love Walked In
You’re Gonna Be My Girl
Young Man
Dirty Love
* Not included in the original stream
Plus:
Behind The Scenes & Bloopers Question Time Promo Videos:
Last One Out Turn Off the Lights
Going to Sin City
You’re Gonna Be My Girl
I’ll Be the One
Audio Tracks:
Last One Out Turn Off the Lights (Single Edit)
You’re Gonna Be My Girl (Single Edit)
Destruction (Single Edit)
I’ll Be the One (Single Edit)
The Smoking Gun (Radio Session)
Format: 2CD+DVD Digipack. 20 page booklet
THUNDER LIVE DATES 2021-22
Danny & Luke Tour 2021 1 November: Playhouse, Whitley Bay, England 2 November: Spa Theatre, Scarborough, England 3 November: Town Hall, Airdrie, Scotland 4 November: Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock, Scotland 6 November: Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, England 7 November: Town Hall, Birmingham, England 8 November: Town Hall, Loughborough, England 9 November: Town Hall, Stourbridge, England 14 November: Corn Exchange, Ipswich, England 15 November: Apex, Bury St Edmunds, England 17 November: Corn Exchange, Exeter, England 18 November: Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales 19 November: Ffwrnes, Llaneli, Wales 20 November: Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St Annes, England 22 November: Kings Hall, Ilkley, England 23 November: The Hawth, Crawley, England 25 November: Corn Exchange, Bedford, England 29 November: The Y Theatre, Leicester, England 30 November: Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, England
Thunder 2022 Arena Tour Saturday 21st May: Glasgow Armadillo, Scotland Sunday 22nd May: Leeds First Direct Arena, England Thursday 26th May: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Wales Friday 27th May: Birmingham Resorts World Arena, England Saturday 28th May: London SSE Wembley Arena, England
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