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DERBY DATE ANNOUNCED AS DUB PISTOLS CONFIRM NEW ALBUM DETAILS
Festival favourites the Dub Pistols have announced a Derby show as part of the UK tour in support of their forthcoming sixth studio album.
One of the most rock’n’roll acts out there, frontman Barry Ashworth’s merry band of reprobates are staying true to form with their sixth long-player. It’s called ‘White Lines’, although Barry is keen to stress that the title isn’t some sort of blatant drug reference.
“It’s about the number of white lines we see on motorways and at airports when we’re travelling around all the time,” he says.
The Dub Pistols continue to be one of the busiest bands on the circuit, and 2013 has seen them rock festivals around the world with their riotous blend of ska, dub, hip-hop, electro, breakbeat, punk and drum & bass.
Locally, the band have appeared at festivals including Off The Tracks, where they became the first act to headline two consecutive festivals due to overwhelming demand, and Bearded Theory.
Barry adds: “We’ve made some great friends in this area, which is why we were so keen to include a date here on the UK tour. It’ll be great to come back and hopefully see a lot of the faces we’ve seen before.”
Tickets are now on sale priced £12 in advance for the show at The Venue, Abbey Street, Derby, on Friday 18 October, from the venue itself or online through Seetickets and Gigantic, (online booking fee applies).
Good times are guaranteed when the Dub Pistols blaze in to fire up the joint, and they’ll party all night — if you let them.
They originally grew out of the DJ sound system that Barry Ashworth started with cohort Jason O’Bryan in the mid-90s.
Along with contemporaries the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, the Dub Pistols initially surfed the late ‘90s big beat wave with tracks like ‘Cyclone’, ‘Westway’ and ‘There’s Gonna Be A Riot’ before swerving into the more political ‘Six Million Ways To Live’ album after the Millennium and their first hook-up with unforgettable Specials frontman Terry Hall, who continues to be a regular contributor.
The procession of guest vocalists who’ve joined them in the intervening decade or so reads like a roll call of urban legends. UK hip-hopper Rodney P, late reggae great Gregory Isaacs, Freak Power man Ashley Slater, Beats International’s Lindy Layton, acid house original Justin Robertson, the sweet tones of Horace Andy, UK rapper Akala, TK from New York, Red Star Lion from the West Indies, Dan Bowskill … the list goes on.
Alongside these top collaborators, they’ve somehow still managed to remain a cohesive unit, and it’s for their riotous sense of fun, entertainment value and tireless ability to make crowds jump that the Dub Pistols have carved a niche for themselves. Verily, they’re something of a phenomenon.
‘White Lines’ is more of a party album than the conscious vibes of previous LP ‘Worshipping The Dollar’, and has its fair share of top-notch guests. Reggae don Earl 16, eminent hip-hopper Seanie T, Dark Horizon, Rodney P, in-demand rhymer Serocee — as well as regulars TK, Darrison, MC Sir Real, Ashley Slater and Barry Ashworth himself on vocals — all make an appearance, as well as the dubwise horns of Tim Hutton.
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