17th December
Well let's start off by saying Happy Christmas all and hope you have a great new year.... Check out my festive message. It's been a busy 2006 this year with the new album and tour. Mark, Mike and Nathan recently played an acoustic set on BBC Radio Solent yesterday. One lucky fan caught the short set and has already posted a couple of links on youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRgQhn1aT2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwLHsFS3RbQ
Tom Belton has released a couple of dance mixes of "Dive Into The Sun". Click here to listen to one of the mixes, which has had mixed reviews from fans....
3rd December
Well the European tour is now finished......Hopefully a live CD / DVD of one of the shows from the tour should be released shortly....Next month sees the release of the double album "World Machine" featuring bonus tracks. The full track listing is as follows :
CD1:
1. World Machine
2. Physical Presence
3. Something About You - Album Version
4. Leaving Me Now - Extended Version
5. I Sleep On My Heart
6. It's Not The Same For Us
7. Dream Crazy
8. Good Man In A Storm
9. Coup D'Etat
10. Lying Still
CD2:
1. World Machine Live BBC - Previously Unreleased
2. Leaving Me Now Live BBC - Previously Unreleased
3. Something About You Live BBC
4. Coup D'Etat Backwards Mix b-side
5. Something About You Shep Pettibone Remix
6. I Sleep On My Heart Live Previously Unreleased
7. Dream Crazy Live - Previously Unreleased
8. Lying Still Live Previously Unreleased
9. Physical Presence Live - Previously Unreleased
10. Leaving Me Now Live previously unreleased
11. World Machine - Phuk Investigation Club Mix / Leaving Me Now - Vox Spin Instrumental
Finally visit the "PlayRadioUK" web site to hear an interview with Level 42 by clicking here. Until next time....
24th November
Please note the L42 interview in "Record Collector" magazine has now been put back to the December edition, which should be released around the third week in December.
17th November
Well the European tour continues....Visit my tour page for dates of future gigs.... The band are also playing a few small acoustic sets on Dutch radio to promote the current tour. Details are as follows :
Saturday 18 November, 12.00-14.00h, Vara radio 2 "Spijkers Met Koppen"
Saturday 25 November, 09.00-12.00h, NCRV radio 2 "Cappuccino" ACOUSTIC!
t.b.a. Radio 538 "Evers Staat Op"
Level42info.com has announced details of a new compilation album based on L42 ballads. A provisional release date of 15th December has been set and the track listing for the triple album is as follows :
Disc 1
1 Love Meeting Love
2 Wings Of Love
3 Love Games
4 Why Are You Leaving
5 I Want Eyes
6 People
7 Out Of Sight Out Of Mind
8 Seven Days
9 Leaving Me Now
10 Good Man In A Storm
11 Lying Still
12 It's Over
13 Two Solitudes
14 Staring At The Sun
15 Silence
Disc 2
1 Three Words
2 Seven Years
3 My Father's Shoes
4 Romance
5 One In A Million
6 Love In A Peaceful World
7 Past Lives
8 Time Will Heal
9 Bitter Moon
10 Re-supply
11 Love Wars
12 If I Had Something
13 Song For Ria
14 Bossa Nostra
15 The Genius Of Love
16 Clouds
Disc 3
1 Lessons In Love (live At Wembley)
2 Something About You (live At Wembley)
3 I Want Eyes (live At Reading)
4 Play Me (live At Reading)
5 Silence (live)
6 Turn It On (live)
7 Two Hearts Collide (remix)
8 Love Games (remix)
As can be seen from the track list this includes a wide range of material including the new album "Retroglide". Finally look out for L42 related articles in two magazines. Mark is featured in this month's "Computer Music Magazine". The next month's edition of "Record Collector" magazine will feature an article on L42 and include interviews with Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould, Wally Badarou, Gary Husband and Jakko Jakszyk.
1st November
Belated birthday greetings to Mark King who turned 48 on the 20th October. However he's still got the magic as demonstrated time and again on the recent UK tour. Check out Craig Hughes' web site which features some pics from the Nottingham gig by clicking here.... Sadly the UK tour has now finished and the band now tour around Europe. Visit the tour page for further details....There are also rumours of a US tour, but this has yet to be confirmed !!!
I was lucky enough to see the band play twice in Manchester and Liverpool. Their performances were as good as ever and most reviews I've read on the Internet agree with these comments. At the Brighton gig, they were even briefly joined on stage by their old manager Paul Crockford. He appears on the "Fait Accompli" video ! Finally speaking of videos check out Morgan Rousseau's L42 video compilations on the "You Tube" web site by clicking here.....