Interviews March 23rd

Short interviews with JJ, Baz, Dave and Jet, plus Neil Sparkes at: rock-interviews.com.

History Update March 23rd

The band history page has been updated.

Guilfest DVD December 2nd

Apparently, the Stranglers are included on a new Guildford festival DVD.

How much footage is included is unknown at this time.

More information can be found here.

Japanese Ad December 2nd

A Japanese ad for Hitachi is currently using "All Day and All of the Night" by the Stranglers.

See the ad here.

New Merchandise December 2nd

"Rattus Revisited" merchandise now available from www.stranglers.co.uk

Long Live Punk November 8th

BBC News article about Punk's longevity features a contribution from JJ.

Guardian Review November 8th

Review of the Roundhouse gig appeared in Wednesday's Guardian.

New Live DVD October 25th

"Rattus at the Roundhouse".

Available for Christmas, from the merchandise site.

More details as we get them.

New Merchandise Range October 25th

Available for November UK gigs. More details to follow.

News Page Archived October 25th

See Archives Section for items prior to October 2007.

Hits Tour Announced

May 7th 2008 REVISED

All the information we have so far on this major tour is as follows:

May 5th: Updated ticket information for Ireland. Added websites for all venues currently listing the Stranglers.

Dublin/Belfast
Contrary to previous information, we have been informed that Belfast and Dublin tickets will be available sometime after early July.

Summer Festivals

April 29th 2008 REVISED

April 29th: Stafford, Chelmsford and Tel Aviv added.

Fire and Water

March 16th 2008

On 7th April, Edsel Records will be releasing the 1983 album "Fire and Water" by Dave Greenfield and JJ Burnel. This will be the first time on CD for this work. The catalogue number will be: EDSS 1020.

This CD is mastered from the original tapes and will include a remix of the single "Rain & Dole & Tea" as a bonus track. The full track-listing is:

Liberation; Rain & Dole & Tea; Vladimir and Sergei; Le Soir; Trois Pedophiles Pour Eric Sabyr; Dino Rap; Nuclear Power (Yes Please); Detective Privée; Consequences; Rain & Dole & Tea [Remix].

New Tabs Book

March 3rd 2008

"The Best of the Stranglers" has just been published by Music Sales. This book is described as containing "Nineteen hit singles for Guitar Tablature, complete with full lyrics".

The tracks in question are:

(Get A) Grip (On Yourself); 5 Minutes; Always The Sun; Duchess; European Female; Golden Brown; Hanging Around; Let Me Down Easy; Midnight Summer Dream; Nice 'N' Sleazy; No Mercy; No More Heroes; Norfolk Coast; Nuclear Device; Peaches; Skin Deep; Something Better Change; Strange Little Girl; Walk On By.

Ordering information can be found at the Music Room site.

JJ Tokyo Acoustic Gigs

February 8th 2008

JJ will be playing the following solo acoustic shows at the Shinjuku Loft in Tokyo. There may also be guest artists on the same bill.

Saturday, 8th March - doors open 23:30/start 24:00

Saturday, 15th March - doors open 23:30/start 24:00

Tickets: JPY3,000/advance, JPY3,500/at the door (JPY500 to be paid for one drink). On sale from Sunday 10th February -- available from Lawson ticket, or Shinjuku Loft.

For more details, contact Shinjuku Loft.

Isle of Wight Festival

February 2nd 2008

The Isle of Wight Festival has just announced the addition of the Stranglers to their line-up for Friday June 13th 2008. More information can be found at: http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/.

Please Note: The above is provided for general information only, as the festival sold out in December.

Rattus at the Roundhouse

January 26th 2008 REVISED

"Rattus at the Roundhouse" is now available from the official merchandise site. The material on this region 0 DVD was filmed at the Roundhouse gig on November 4th 2007, exactly 30 years since their last visit to the venue. The track-listing for this DVD is: No More Heroes; Ugly; Bring on the Nubiles; Dead Ringer; Sometimes; Dagenham Dave; Goodbye Toulouse; Hanging Around; 5 Minutes; Bitching; Burning up Time; I Feel Like a Wog; Straighten Out; Something Better Change; London Lady; Peaches; Grip; Go Buddy Go. Encore: Spectre of Love; Duchess Bonus features include backstage soundcheck footage and a photo gallery. The official merchandise site can be found at: www.stranglers.co.uk

UPDATE: A new batch of DVDs is now in stock.

Europe Coach Tour 2008

January 26th 2008 REVISED

A coach trip to see the Stranglers in mainland Europe is currently being planned for 2008. The format is expected to consist of: a return coach travel from London; a night in a hotel; and a gig ticket. It is hoped that this will be over a weekend, but is subject to the band's itinerary.

This trip is being organised by Owen Carne, rather than being an SIS event. Owen would like to hear from anyone interested in joining this trip at: mib-euro-trip2008@live.co.uk.

UPDATE:

"The list is now nearly at 100 names & everyone who has emailed should have received a confirmation that they've been added to the mailing list. I'm now awaiting a suitable gig for the trip & I'll be in touch as soon as there are details of one. Thanks very much for this great response. Owen"

Site Access Issues

December 8th 2007

For all those currently experiencing problems accessing the Rat's Lair, our ISP has just asked that each one of you do the following:

1. Go to http://whatismyipaddress.com/
2. Send the IP address that is reported to: pem@icdc.com
Use subject line "www.stranglers.net access".

NOTE: This IP report must be done from the PC or network that is having trouble accessing www.stranglers.net.

Please also cc: this email to SIS OnLine at: liggins@telus.net

We realize that many who are actually not able to access the site will not see this post, so please spread the word and help us get full access restored for everyone as soon as possible.

Roundhouse Epilogue

November 10th 2007

The 4th November 2007 saw the Stranglers playing a gig at the Roundhouse, London, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a record-breaking five-night residency at the same venue. As it turned out, the sell-out crowd got to experience the first part of this gig twice, due to an intermittent MIDI fault.

The set for this show was based on the original Heroes tour 30 years previously, plus an encore, as follows:

No More Heroes; Ugly; Bring on the Nubiles; Dead Ringer; Sometimes; Dagenham Dave; Goodbye Toulouse; Hanging Around (part of);

No More Heroes; Ugly; Bring on the Nubiles; Dead Ringer; Sometimes; Dagenham Dave; Goodbye Toulouse; Hanging Around; 5 Minutes; Bitching; Burning up Time; I Feel Like a Wog; Straighten Out; Something Better Change; London Lady; Peaches; Grip; Go Buddy Go.

Encore: Spectre of Love; Duchess.

Buxton Gig

November 10th 2007

No more dates at this time.

UK November Gigs

October 25th 2007 REVISED

October 25th: London and Glasgow sold out: A few tickets remain for Manchester.

Note: The London gig will feature the Heroes set-list from 30 years ago, plus encores.

Acoustic Shows Belgium/Holland

October 11th 2007 REVISED