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News Archives: 2008
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November 12, 2008

Good news and bad news time. First the bad news and that is that due to illness Julian has been forced to cancel the Royal Festival Hall show set for next Tuesday, November 18, 2008. No plans to reschedule have been made at this time. Get well soon Julian and the other members of the Black Sheep!

Following on from the recent monumental 'Joe Strummer Memorial Busking Tour' of England that Julian did over the days of October 27 - 29, 2008, performing hit and runs shows at the memorials to those who have inspired him and set the standard for all Black Sheep out there (details and reports of which can be found at Head Heritage) a new 7" e.p. has been released, titled Preaching Revolution.

Set to be the first of two Black Sheep companion e.p.s, side one features three short protest songs, including the David Peel anti-war classic 'Mother, Where is My Father?' while side two is taken up with the 7-minute-long title track. Head Heritage says:

"With its 7" red vinyl, potent Merrick back sleeve quote, and high gloss artwork based around the anarchist flag, this 14-minute-long PREACHING REVOLUTION E.P. demands and celebrates Freedom of Speech."

Buy it now for £3.99 at Head Heritage's Merchandiser.

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September 19, 2008

Many thanks to the online magazine Mudkiss for kindly submitting photos of last Fridays gig at the Carling Academy in Liverpool. It was a fantastic gig with killer versions of songs old and new.

Click here to view the pictures.

A couple of the reviews, including one by Mudkiss, can be found at:

Mudkiss review
Liverpool Echo gig review

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August 29, 2008

Tickets for the upcoming Julian Cope gig at the Royal Festival Hall went on sale to the general public today, priced £20 and £17.50 [plus booking fee]. There is a good chance that this will be a sell out event, so don't delay...

Click here for full details and to order tickets.

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August 22, 2008

News is filtering through that there will be a full on Julian Cope Black Sheep gig at The Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Information on tickets etc. will be posted as soon as it is available.

Also, the long-awaited release of Copeulation on DVD is set for September 1, 2008. Sadly, it doesn't include anything new from what was on the original VHS format [a missed opportunity if ever there was one]. You can pre-order copies at amazon.co.uk.

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August 14, 2008

Links to recent articles and reviews that have appeared on the web:

Observer Music Monthly Interview
Uncut's review of Julian Cope at Latitude 2008

Also, click here to read an interview with Pete Burns on his thoughts about Liverpool and the upcoming show at Liverpool Academy where he is to support Julian [scroll down for complete details].

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August 1, 2008

Recently announced is the news that Julian will be playing a gig as part of the Erics' Presents series at the Liverpool Academy on 12 September 2008, with Pete Burns supporting.

Tickets on sale now from www.ticketweb.co.uk or by calling 0844 477 2000.

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July 31, 2008

Exciting news from Head Heritage as they announce the release of Julian Cope's new album simply titled Black Sheep. Described by Head Heritage as:

"...a musical exploration of what it is to be an outsider in modern Western Culture. Across 11 songs and one epic poem, Cope examines the idea of social outcasts and how they — through their sheer obstinacy and strength of personality — carve a path for themselves in the normal world, often changing society’s own concepts of normality in the process. On BLACK SHEEP, Cope attributes his personal descent into outsider-dom to his 9th birthday on which 116 children his own age died in the infamous Aberfan Disaster. Cope also asserts that the West has been rigorously directed towards the outsider concept, first by the rejected ‘Black Sheep’ prophet Jesus Christ, whose own people ignored his revelation, and secondly by St. Paul, another ‘Black Sheep’ whose singular take on Christianity has come down to us through the Roman Empire. Available on two half-hour-long CDs and later on gatefold double-vinyl, the 11 songs of BLACK SHEEP reveal Cope at a pinnacle of songwriting and feature sumptuous lashings of orchestral Mellotron, orchestral percussion and marching bass drums, plus oboe, wah guitar, rumbling synthesizers and gorgeous harmony vocals."

The tracklist is:

Disc 1: Return of the Native
1. Come The Revolution
2. It's Too Late To Turn Back Now
3. These Things I Know
4. Psychedelic Odin
5. Blood Sacrifice
6. The Shipwreck of St. Paul

Disc 2: Return of the Alternative
1. All The Blowing-Themselves-Up Motherfuckers
(Will Realise The Minute They Die That They Were Suckers)
2. Feed My Rock'n'Roll
3. Dhimmi is Blue
4. The Black Sheep's Song
5. I Can Remember This Life

Buy the album now at Head Heritage's merchandiser!

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May 15, 2008

Julian will be giving a lecture at Birmingham's Town Hall on Bank Holiday Monday, May 26, 2008. The lecture is titled Ancient Worship of The Gods Beyond Rome: Discussing the manner in which the lost religions of ancient northern Europe and Britain were lost to Christianity.

An evening of the occult as part of Fierce, Julian's lecture will be followed by a screening of the 1922 silent cult film "Haxan" accompanied by a live soundtrack from experimentalists Bronnt Industries Kapital. Tickets are £10.

For full details and to buy tickets, visit: www.capsule.org.uk

Also recently announced is news that Julian will be performing at this year's Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Southwold, Sussex on July 18, 2008. Weekend tickets are £130 and day tickets are £55. Full details are available at www.latitudefestival.co.uk

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March 11, 2008

Recently announced that Julian will be playing alongside Gravetemple [Stephen O'Malley of SUNN O))), Oren Ambarchi and Attila Csihar, at this year's Supersonic Festival at the Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham. The full line up and schedule is yet to be announced and tickets for either the whole weekend or individual days will go on sale sometime later this month.

Full details at: www.capsule.org.uk/Supersonic

Also, if you weren't lucky enough to hear Julian's talk on William Blake at the opening of the Blake's Shadow exhibition at The Whitworth gallery in Manchester on January 25th you can read it by downloading a pdf of it from: www.headheritage.co.uk/downloads/William_Blake.pdf

In other news, Julian is curently working on his forthcoming album, titled Black Sheep. No information yet as to its official release date. Stay tuned...

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