Huey Morgan has introduced plans for a UK tour – you’ll find ticket particulars under.
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The jaunt dubbed ‘Huey Morgan: The Enjoyable Lovin’ Prison’, will see the previous Enjoyable Lovin’ Criminals frontman hit the street along with his new band.
The exhibits, which is able to kick off in Bournemouth on Might 8 earlier than wrapping up in Manchester on Might 30, will characteristic a mix of FLC classics, similar to ‘Scooby Snacks’ ‘The Enjoyable Lovin’ Criminals’, ‘King Of New York and ‘Loco’ together with new materials.
Tickets go on sale this Friday (January 17) at 10am GMT – you should buy tickets right here. Earlier than {that a} presale will held from 10am tomorrow (January 15) till 9am Friday. You should buy tickets right here.
Morgan mentioned by way of a press launch: “After virtually 4 years, I’m returning to what I’ve beloved all my life; taking part in cool genuine music for cool genuine individuals.
“The fellows within the band include Mateo DiFontaine, who was one of many authentic members of Enjoyable Lovin Criminals. He’s on keys, turntables and lap metal guitar. One in all my oldest mates and the godfather to my youngsters who is solely known as ‘King’ is a singer within the Tangiers Blues Band, a bunch I based within the late Nineteen Nineties as a facet gig with some mates in NYC. He’s on bass guitar and wisecracks.
He continued: “The brand new cats are super additions to the vibe we deliver to the dwell exhibits. Leon James on the lure equipment is bringing style and flavour to my tunes and his vitality on the set we’ve been placing collectively is gonna spotlight what a dynamic and stylistic drummer he’s.
“On the keys, I appeared for somebody who had a working information of funk, soul, rock, punk and hip-hop and wasn’t in jail. Adrian Gautrey saved getting beneficial to me as a cat who may purr on B3 organ in addition to all the opposite keys that spherical out the Huey sound. Y’all higher respecognise.”
Huey Morgan will play:
Might 2025
8 – O2 Academy Bournemouth
9 – O2 Academy Bristol
17 – O2 Academy2 Oxford
23 – O2 Academy2 Birmingham
30 – O2 Ritz Manchester
Morgan stepped down as frontman of his former group in late 2021. In an announcement on the time, the remaining members wished him “all one of the best along with his endeavours” and mentioned they might “proceed as Enjoyable Lovin’ Criminals”.
At present, the band includes Brian ‘Quick’ Leiser, Frank Benbini and Naim Cortazzi. Morgan shaped the band in 1993 with Leiser and Steve Borgovini, the latter of whom left in 1999. Drummer Benbini joined the line-up in 2003. Leiser revealed after Morgan’s exit that he could be the alternative lead singer, with Cortazzi stepping in as the brand new guitarist.
Morgan described the present iteration of Enjoyable Lovin’ Criminals as a “unhappy & creepy tribute act” and instructed followers he was not within the band in 2023.
Morgan claimed that FLC had “blocked” him on-line and he accused them of “attempting to drag a quick one” on their fanbase. “[They] don’t need y’all to know I’m not within the band anymore,” he added.
In one other put up he mentioned: “I’m questioning why @funlovincrims have blocked me from all their social media for merely stating I’m not within the band?
“It’s as a result of they’re frauds and cowards they usually can’t stand that I’m lastly talking up. they didn’t even have the center to talk to me earlier than they introduced my ‘departure’.”
Throughout an Instagram Reside broadcast in March 2022, Leiser and Benbini mentioned that their relationship with Morgan had grow to be “strained” previous to his departure.
The pair claimed that their former bandmate had determined he didn’t wish to tour with the group, and as a substitute wished to concentrate on presenting and DJing.
Morgan can be well-known for his profession as a DJ and broadcaster on BBC Radio 6 Music and past. The Huey Present at present airs on the station between 10am and 1pm on Saturdays, and he has beforehand hosted programmes on Radio 2.
