EMBRACE NEWS

Updated 14th July
5 UK dates for the autumn have been announced: 

Oct 29th - Norwich UEA
Oct 30th - Southampton Guildhall	
Oct 31st - Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Nov 5th - Glasgow Barrowlands
Nov 10th - London Brixton Academy
Tickets are priced £11.50 (London £12.50.) They go on sale next Wednesday (19th July). You can get it online from here.
Details of a full UK tour should be out soon.
Updated 10th July
I've changed the voting booth to an automatic polling thing cos I can't be arsed to count the results up by myself. ( I know I could have done this 6843 years ago, but shit happens.)

The next single is "I Wouldn't Wanna Happen To You" and is out on August 7th, on 2 CDs and limited edition 7" (3000 copies.) The B-sides include "The First Cut" and "I Know What's Going On" while for CD2 includes "Top Of The Heap" as well as a cover of Bob Dorrough / De La Soul's "3 Is a Magic Number".
The limited 7" will have 3 Is A Magic Number as B-side. A 12" featuring all five tracks will be released 2 weeks later.
The track is a new version of the album track, re-recorded with the album's co-producer, Tristin Norwell.

The secret gig which was planned in Scotland (Loch Leven) on Sunday has apparently been cancelled due to bad weather. This follows a secret acoustic gig on the beach at Burnham-On-Sea just before Glastonbury.

The band are now apparently off to Thailand to do two gigs in Bangkok: The Future Pub on the 14th at 10:30pm, and Q-Bar on the 15th at 11pm.

Updated 6th July
Added more guitar tabs for tracks off Drawn From Memory. Cheers to Joe baker and Ian Dulley for these.
The band should be touring the UK sometime this autumn.
Updated 30th June
Yeah I know I'm a lazy git....here's the first update for ages.

NEW CHORDS! Guitar tabs for Hooligan and New Adam New Eve added: click here

GIG REVIEWS: London Hanover Grand and Osaka Big Cat (both from NME). Click on the gig dates here.

To sum up the "news" over the past few months:

  • Embrace released SAVE ME on 22nd May as the third single from the album "Drawn From Memory". On CD it was released on 2 formats: 
      CD1                  CD2

Save Me            Save Me (Evening Session)
Get On Board       Save Me (Perfecto Mix)
Still So Young     Save Me (Reverend Bass Mix)
  • The band played the main stage at Glastonbury on Sunday night, just under the headliner David Bowie. Reviews on their way.
  • They're also playing T in the Park in a few weeks, and headlining the Evening Session stage at the "Carling Weekend" (that'd be the Reading and Leeds festivals folks), as well as numerous European festivals. Check the tour dates page for details.
    Updated 3rd April
    Embrace's 2nd album "Drawn From Memory" came out last week - and yes its absolutely mighty fine. Go and buy it if you haven't done so already! Lyrics / tabs will be done when my exams are over and done with (that'll be a few weeks then) It reached number 8 in last weeks charts.
    Meanwhile I've managed to update the link to the Embrace discussion group
    Also you can see and listen to an exclusive acoustic performance of "Liars Tears" and "Happy and Lost" at dotmusic.
    Updated 8th March
  • SUMMER FESTIVALS - the band are playing loads of festivals this year after last summer's absense - they are "heavily tipped" to headline Reading/Leeds & T in the Park and might be playing Glastonbury as well!
  • Embrace are cover stars of this week's NME where they talk about the places where they spent their childhood. They're also featured in the new Select mag (which has got Bobby Gillespie on the cover which makes it even better) so get down to the newsagents!
  • And remember the new single "Youre Not Alone" is out on Monday! The next one off the forthcoming album would probably be Save Me, out June/July-ish.
    Updated 24th Feb

  • UK dates!! - Embrace are playing a fanclub only gig at London Hanover Grand on the night of the album launch. They've also announced a one-off gig at Blackpool Tower Ballroom on May 4th, supported by JJ72 and Witness.....get your tickets quick! More UK dates may be on their way...
  • European tour dates announced for April. 
    7th - Brussels Botanique
8th - Amsterdam Melkweg
10th - Paris La Maroquinerie
11th - Frankfurt Batschkapp
13th - Copenhagen Loppen
14th - Oslo John Dee
15th - Stockholm Klubben
17th - Hamburg Grunspan
18th - Koln Prime Club
20th - Munchen Metropolis
21st - Milan Binario Zero
22nd - Zurich Abart Music Club
29th - Dublin Castle
    (The Vienna show was cancelled in protest at the inclusion of the far-right Freedom Party in the Austrian government - click here to read more.)

  • All weekend there will be a webcast of the evening session movies at the official site.
    Updated 26th Jan

    NEW ALBUM DETAILS!
    Details for the new album "Drawn From Memory" have been announced. It will be out on 27th March through Hut. Tracklisting: 

    The Love It Takes
You're Not Alone
Save Me
Drawn From Memory
Bunker Song
New Adam New Eve
Hooligan
Yeah You
Liars Tears
I Wouldn't Wanna Happen To You
I Had A Time

    More details can be found at the official site.

    WEBCASTS NEWS: The next webcast will be part of their set of the NME Brats gig on Jan 28th. In the week starting 21st Feb, a different Embrace session track will be played on each night on R1 Evening Session, and a film of the recording of that track will be webcast from the official site.

    Embrace are cover stars of this weeks MM.

    Updated 25th Jan

    The new album is called Drawn From Memory and will be out 27th March.

    Setlist (with short review thing) for the Bristol gig here.

    Updated 9th Jan 2000

    Hello, and happy New Year.

    (From the official press release)

  • The next single is called "Youre Not Alone" and will be released on Hut on March 13th 2000, on 2 CDs and tape. The 12" will follow a week later.

    Tracklisting: 

    CD1                        CD2        
1 You're Not Alone         1.You're Not Alone
2 Brothers and Sisters     2.Come On And Smile
3 Happy and Lost           3.A Tap On Your Shoulder

  • All the January gigs are now sold out.
  • Embrace are recording a session for the Evening Sesh on Thursday 3rd February, and one of the songs will be broadcast live on the night.
  • The new album (still untitled) should be with us by March.
    The band are planning several webcasts through the official site in the weeks leading up to its release, the first of which would be on Thurs 20 Jan at 6:30pm.
    Updated 14th Dec
    The Astoria gig (see below) will be supported by Doves and Ooberman.
    Updated 6th Dec

    UK GIG ANNOUNCEMENT
    Embrace are headlining the forthcoming NME Brats shows at London Astoria on Friday 28th January 2000. Tickets cost £10 and you can get them from the NME ticket line on 0870 1 663 663.

    5 SECRET UK SHOWS!!!
    In the run up to the Astoria gig Embrace will play 5 small warm up shows around Britain!!! This will be the first time they play in the UK for over a year.
  • 21 Jan - Edingurgh Liquid Rooms 0141 339 8383
  • 22 Jan - Leeds Cockpit 0113 244 1573
  • 23 Jan - Bristol Fleece and Firkin (YES!!!!)
  • 25 Jan - Oxford Zodiac and
  • 26 Jan - Norwich Waterfront

    The tickies are 8 quid and will go on sale tomorrow (Tuesday Dec 7th) via the SJM web site and via the Way Ahead ticketline on 0115 912 9000. They will also be available from the venue box offices and usual outlets from next Monday (Dec 13th).
    Best way to get tickets for Leeds + Edinburgh are direct from venue box offices (phone numbers shown)

    The Radio 1 interviewed Danny and Steve about the forthcoming as-yet untitled new album. Read the transcript of the interview here at the R1 web site. In it Danny says the band is more creatively confident and that the 2nd album is more musically diverse than the first.

    Oh yeah, and Merry Christmas. Don't get too pissed.

    Updated 23 Nov

    Both MelodyMaker and NME have featured Embrace in the past few weeks, some of the bits will be up here shortly.
    The web department of Carlton TV recently conducted an exclusive interview with Richard. Go and listen to it in RealAudio here at The VideoTech Website.

    Some stuff about the new single "Hooligan":

    Richard sings on the lead track, and it has been most commonly been described as a sort-of cross between Gomez and Beck, but listen to it for yourself.. The B sides are more like their usual stuff.

    Updated 20th Sept

    The new single will be called Hooligan and will be out on Monday 1st November. You can listen to it at the official Embrace site from 8pm tonight. Otherwise, don't forget to tune into Radio 1 tomorrow (Tuesday) evening for the song's first airplay.

    Updated 14th Sept

    NEW MATERIAL - at long last!!!!

  • The new single is now ready and will be on radio for the first time on Steve Lamacq on Tuesday 21st Sept. I don't know for sure what it is yet.
  • Details on B sides etc. on the press release on the 20th.
  • The video will be first shown on MTV on Monday 4th Oct.

    Not too long to wait now!!

    Updated 20th July

    Hello ladies and gents, just to let you know that the website isn't dead or anything, I've just had some evil exams so I've been a bit busy. Embrace have finished demoing around 30-40 new songs and should have started to record the new album

    Thanks to everyone who's sent in corrections for the lyrics and other stuff, I'll be working my way through the website sorting stuff out over the next week or so. Keep those contributions / suggestions coming in!

    Updated 25th April

  • "Fireworks" Embrace fanzine (issues 1 and 2)are out now. Click here for details.

  • OK, its a bit late now, but in case you've missed the NME readers poll a few months back, Embrace came:
    9th for Best Single (Come Back To What You Know),
    3rd for Best Band,
    2nd for Best Album with The Good Will Out and
    3rd for Best New Band (though theyre not really new any more)

  • Embrace is not playing Glastonbury, and they're probably not playing any of the other festivals this year. Apparently there won't be any gigs until they've finished with the 2nd album which they're working on at the moment.
    Updated 28th Jan 99
    Hello, happy New Year.
    Not much to say for now, except that Embrace should be working on some new material at the moment.
    Apparently the band will not tour the US til next year.
    Updated 7th Dec

  • Embrace will be interviewed on Atlantic 252 (on 252 Long Wave, UK and Eire) on Wednesday evening (9th) between 10pm and 12pm.
  • Danny will be co-hosting the Radio 1 Evening Session with Steve Lamacq between 8-10pm on Tuesday 22nd December. He'll be talking about the past year for Embrace and playing some of his favourite records from 1998."
  • The Good Will Out (as in the album) has now gone platinum in the UK.
    (Source: the official Embrace site)
    Click here for a review of the Dublin gig last month. Cheers to Ger for this.
    Also a track listing of the Japan only B sides EP. No new songs/remixes, so if you have the UK singles its not really worth buying.
    Embrace on their current European tour are playing a new song, "Happy and lost" described as similar to Fireworks or Free Ride. (just thought you might be interested!)
    Updated 17th Nov

    Part 2 of the legendary Abbey Road sessions is now available on limited edition only on mail order. It's got All You Good Good People, That’s All Changed Forever and You’ve Got To Say Yes on it, and it should be bloody good just like the first one (plus it's going to insert nicely into the booklet sleeve thing you got for part one) so get it. You can only get a max of two copies (one for yourself, the other as the world's best christmas present ever)
    Here are the details on ordering your copy.

    Added a review of the Norwich gig in September where they played a new song. Cheers to Neil.

    Check out J's Official Embrace site, completely re-vamped and at the new address http://www.embrace.co.uk/.
    JAPAN: The band played a storming gig at Tokyo's Liquid Room on the 9th followed by an event at HMV Shibuya where the band signed copies of the new Japan-only B sides EP. (Cheers to Manaka for this info.) Then they went on to play at Osaka where they played THREE new songs! (wow, any reviewers out there?) They might be back for Fuji rock festival in Tokyo next summer.
    Updated 9th Nov
    Issue 2 of the Embrace fanzine "The Family" is out now. It's twice as big as issue 1 which was excellent so get it. Details here.
    Updated 2nd Nov
    ALL the EPs to date will be released on 12" vinyl on 30th November. My Weakness EP will have an additional track: the perfecto (dancy) remix of One Big Family.
    Also "The Good Will Out EP" will be released on the same day , again only available on 12".
    Track listing (not in order):
    - The Good Will Out
    - Butter Wouldn't Melt (Live at the ICA)
    - Dry Kids (Live at the ICA)
    - Blind (import version).

    This is NOT a proper single, all tracks have been previously released on CD but not on vinyl. This is just to cater for vinyl buyers who have been missing out. The EPs will not be eligible for the charts.

    WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? FIND OUT HERE!

    Updated 30th Oct
    The next proper single is NOT going to be another off the album.
    Updated 27th Oct
    Click here to visit a new Embrace guitar tab website called "We Got Guitar Tabs"
    Info from J's Embrace site:

    Congratulations to Mick Dale - the long time keyboard player and orchestral composer for Embrace - he's now an official member of the band. He's always been virtually part of Embrace, but now he can appear in all the pictures and stuff I s'pose.... The reason why he wasn't a full time member to start off with is cos at the time he was in other local Leeds bands as well.

    Japanese and European gig dates for later this year have been announced and they're here.

    Updated 7th Oct
    Go and vote for Embrace at Q awards.
    Chords for Don't Turn Your Back On Love added.
    Updated 4th Oct
    Bad news for Embrace fans in N.America - the tour's been re-scheduled possibly til January. Apparently its cos Geffen doesn't think there's enough of you buying the album for the tour to be a success just yet. So come on people go and convert your friends!

    I've added a new review of The Good Will Out - from a New Zealand music mag called "Rip It Up". Cheers to Lizzie for this.
    Some more gig reviews have been sent in so check them out.

    Updated 15th Sept
    I've now got a few reviews / setlists for some of the gigs, check the tourdates page. Keep them flowing in - if you went to see them then please post a review.
    Updated 8th Sept

    Embrace kicked off their UK tour last Friday. Support is from Delakota.

    Embrace will be making a couple of telly appearences this weekend so get your video recorders at the ready. Cheers to Cat and Malcolm Nisbet for this info.

  • On Friday (11th) Embrace is apparently going to be on Jools Holland.
  • On Saturday MTV-Live will be showing Embrace at concert at 5pm.
    Updated 29th August

    My Weakness.. hit No. 9 in the UK singles charts.
    Here it is reviewed by dotmusic.

    New fanzine - "The Family" - out now! Click here

    Info from J's Embrace site:

    US and Japanese tourdates announced.

    The band will be appearing on an hour long MTV special on the night of September 2nd at 10pm. The show will include all of the band's videos to date, as well as an exclusive interview with the band.

    Updated 21st August

    NEW SINGLE OUT NOW!
    Click here for more.

    MAIDA VALE SESSIONS
    The band played 6 songs for the Evening Sessions on the 23rd July:
    - Now You're Nobody
    - All You Good Good People
    - Fireworks
    - Higher Sights
    - My Weakness Is None Of Your Business
    - The Good Will Out
    In the interview Danny said that the band wants to work on the 2nd album but the record company wants them to go on a tour for the Good Will Out. (or something along those lines.)

    Updated 17th July
    Finally managed to update the favourite tracks chart.

    The release of The Good Will Out in Australia is imminent. Apparently the band is "virtually unheard of" over there and the release is going to be low-key. For those of you living near Sydney you might be interested to know that there is a plan for a tie-in-night of "Popscene" alternative music night at The Rooftop, Kings Cross Hotel. For more info click here.

    News Update 7th July

    From J McNamara's Embrace website :

    NEW EP
    The next EP (single) is My Weakness Is None Of Your Business, out on 17th August. CD1 will have 2 B-sides: "Feelings I Thought You Shared" and "Don't Turn Your Back On Love". CD2 will be a limited edition gatefold sleeve, featuring the live recordings of My Weakness, Higher Sights and Retread from last year's Abbey Road gig (which was recorded with a 60 piece orchestra). The full Abbey Road sessions will be on MTV that week. (For more info on the Abbey Road sessions scroll down to the bottom of this page.)

    UK TOUR DATES announced for September. 
    4 - Glasgow Barrowlands
5 - Middlesborough Town Hall
6 - Manchester Academy
8 - Nottingham Rock City
9 - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
10 - Liverpool Royal Court
12 - Doncaster Dome
13 - Cardiff Uni
14 - Southampton Guildhall
15 - Norwich UEA
17 - Folkestone Leas Cliffe Hall
18 - Brixton Academy
        Tickets £9.50 except London £10.50

    Embrace will play live for R1 Steve Lamacq's Evening Session on 23rd July at BBC's Maida Vale Studios. Tickets can be obtained through a competition on the Evening Session.
    "....something special.....something that people will be talking about for months" (Steve Lamacq).

    News Update 7th July
    The Japanese release of All You Good Good People EP is now available in the UK on import. Track listing:
    1. All You Good Good People
    2. You Don't Amount To Anything This Time
    3. The Way I Do
    4. Free Ride
    5. All You Good Good People (orchestral)
    6. All You Good Good People (Fierce Panda)
    So if you missed the single last autumn then this might be a good choice cos its all on one CD, although it's probably going to be a bit expensive!

    News Update 2nd July
    Click HERE for a review of the band's Glasters performance.

    UK tour coming up in September, followed by a US tour in October. Dates are soon to be announced.

    According to "rumours": The next single should be My Weakness Is None Of Your Business. More details below.

    Both US and Japanese releases of the album apparently contain the new version of Blind, which will also appear in Britain in one way or another, sooner or later.

    Solo tab for The Good Will Out added.

    News Update 24th June
    Embrace's Glastonbury performance this weekend (Fri night, headlining 2nd stage - as if you'd have forgotten!) will be broadcast live on Radio 1 and included in the TV coverage on BBC2. Parts of it will feature on Radio 1 Jo Whiley's show on Saturday.

    The band is likely to be touring the UK (and maybe US too) later this summer, possibly around September. Keep your eyes here for more info!

    The identity of the next single is yet to be confirmed, but it is in two formats again, one featuring two tracks off the legendary Abbey Road sessions, and the other including 2 new tracks as B-sides which are currently being recorded. (Under the new UK charts regulations, singles can have a maximum of only 3 tracks per CD to be eligible for the charts. Arse!)

    AROUND THE WORLD:

  • Japan : - The Japanese edition of the album is out now on Toshiba-EMI/Virgin/Hut with two bonus tracks: Free Ride and an unreleased version of Blind. Its at No.34 in the HMV-Japan chart. It has been advertised widely in Japan and Embrace is starting to gather a following there with many press reviews.
  • New Zealand: - Apparently the album and a few of the singles are available in NZ.
  • Australia: - The Good Will Out is so far only available on import for about $60, and the EPs $15 each. All You Good Good People IS out in Australia but without radio/chart action. The album will be released sometime but I don't know when.
  • US (and I assume Canada too): - As previously mentioned the album's out on 28th July with slightly different track listings (includes Blind.) and possibly a tour later this summer or early autumn. Higher Sights possible single.

    Updated 17th June
    The Good Will Out went Gold last Monday on its first day of release. And then (quite rightly so) it went on to reach No. 1 on the UK albums chart, outselling its nearest rival 3 to 1. If for some reason any of you in Britain haven't got it yet, I suggest you go buy it!

    Updated 11th June
    Yes, at long last the album's out and of course its bloody marvellous!!!

    The HMV gig on the night of the album launch was splendid. They played basically all the album tracks except Now You're Nobody, plus Blind. The sound quality was superb. Just one problem was that it seemed to me that the crowd response was in general not quite up to scratch, at least compared to Oxford. This however wasn't the case when One Big Family came on when the crowd suddenly went apeshit.(one crowd-surfer was seen to fall on top of the NME cameraman who was in between the stage and the audience.) Press conferences and interviews were held I think both before and after the show, including one for MTV.

    Embrace recorded a set for Jo Whileys Show on Monday, which was broadcast last night. Which I foolishly missed. So could someone please email me + tell me about it! Cheers.

    - Solo for Come Back To What You Know added.
    - New chords for I Want The World .
    - Also chords for a few other songs are being updated.

    Updated 4th June
    The Good Will Out got a brilliant 9/10 in the NME. Here's the review.

    Embrace was on R1 Evening Session on Tuesday night. Danny and Rich were interviewed by Steve Lamacq (spelling?) and they played the album versions of Retread, My Weakness and the title track The Good Will Out which was superb.

    They played a secret gig at Portsmouth on Tuesday - here's the review. I went to see them at Oxford last night and it was AMAZING. If you were there, or any other secret gigs, email me about it! (one-line comments, the setlist, or a full-scale review.. anything will do, I'll really appreciate it.) EMAIL HERE.

    Embrace will be on Ch.4 Jo Whileys Show on Wednesday next week.

    Guitar tabs for All You Good Good People and Dry Kids updated, and added new guitar tabs for You've Only Got To Stop To Get Better.

    Check out the new-look official Embrace site at The Raft.

    Jonny's set up a new Embrace Chat Room - click here to connect!

    Updated 2nd June
    Sorry for lack of updates (got exams and stuff, you know). Really briefly:

  • Embrace is on R1 evening session tonight. They should be playing some new tracks off the album. Don't miss it!

  • Come Back To What You Know made No.6 in the UK singles chart. Nice one.

  • As we all know the album's out next Monday here in the UK. Elsewhere: the US release (and I assume Canada too) is on July 28th on Geffen, and in Japan its apparently out on June 16th with two bonus tracks. (Not sure which ones though)

  • HMV Oxford Circus gig (7th)- some tickets will apparently be available on the night on a first come first serve basis. All copies of the album bought from the store that night will be signed copies!

  • Check out J's Embrace messageboard - loads of action (and some info on secret gigs!)

    I've got more stuff to upload but I haven't got time - it'll be up very shortly once my exams are done!

    Updated 21st May
    Rumours are that admission to the HMV gig is via wristbands only, which are available from the store only on the night. Otherwise you can win wristbands through competitions on Time Out Magazine, Guardian Guide and XFM.

    (From J's site :) The band will be on Evening Session sometime during the 1st week of June, and will also be on Jo Whiley's TV show on Wednesday 10th June.
    Also here's the tracklisting for the album.

    I've updated guitar tabs for Blind, All You Good Good People, Higher Sights, Fireworks and added The Last Gas, You've Got To Say Yes and a very dodgy attempt at Now You're Nobody.

    Updated 13th May
    Release dates update:- The new EP's out on Monday 25th May, and the album's out on Monday 8th June. Embrace will play live at the HMV in London's Oxford Street the night before (Sunday 7th June.) Get your advance tickets from the store itself. (From the official Embrace newsletter - if you're not on the mailing list then it's on J's website - here's the link.)

    Updated 28th April

    I've updated some tabs for a few songs.

    Updated 20th April
    Finally got round to a bit of updating. Lyrics and guitar tabs for Come Back To What You Know added, and also some lyrics for the other new tracks.

    Updated 19th April
    Tune into Radio 1 tomorrow (Monday) lunchtime to hear the first airplay of the new single on Jo Whiley's show.
    New summer gig dates announced.

    Updated 3rd April
    I've added a link to a new Embrace site.
    Expect album release on June 8th.

    Updated 31st March

    Embrace is confirmed to play Glastonbury. Tickets went on sale yesterday - don't miss it!

    I've added a fanzine info page in case you want to order one.
    Also updated the fave tracks charts and again the lyrics for Retread and Blind.

    Updated 27th March
    Details on the next single!! It's going to be Come Back To What You Know, not Higher Sights as originally planned, as the band is so pleased with how it turned out. The release date has been set for May 18th. For more stuff about the new single, including track listings, click here!! Also includes good news for fans in America..

    Updated 26th March

    DON'T ORDER THE JAPANESE RELEASE!! The recent ads which have appeared in the music press as well as some online CD stores about the Japanese import of the album, claiming that it'll be out in early April, is not true. So you're warned NOT to buy / order it under any circumstances!

    Ever wondered what equipment the band uses to produce those fantastic sounds both on stage and in the studio? Here's a complete list of all the gear which Rich and Steve use!!!!

    For a track listing for the new album click here!!

    - Lyrics for Blind and Retread updated.
    - Tabs for One Big Family updated.

    Updated 19th March

    I've added a new "Favourite Tracks" charts according to the entries on the guestbook. This will be updated from time to time.

    Rumours are that the Japanese release of the album is going to be out in early April - but I'm not sure. I doubt that the album release is going to be that early at least over here in the UK, because from what I've heard it is going to be after the next single, news of which has not yet been officially announced.

    Like last year, the organisers of Glastonbury are not going to announce the official line up before the festival but Embrace is expected to headline Stage 2 on friday night.

    - Tabs for One Big family updated.

    Updated 3rd March
    Tabs for That's All changed for ever added.

    Updated 2nd March

    ALBUM INFO PAGE added!!

    For some stuff about the debut album, click here!! (I've received several emails asking for the release date for the album - as far as I know the release date has not yet been set but is probably going to be around April or May.)

    - Lyrics to Last Gas added.
    - Lyrics to most tracks updated!!

    Updated 28th Feb
    - Tabs for Free Ride updated.

    Updated 25th Feb
    - Tabs for Retread added.

    Updated 23rd Feb
    - Tabs for Fireworks updated.
    - Tabs for My Weakness updated.

    Apparently if the Halifax gig is going ahead it is most likely going to take place in Piece Hall.

    The album release is going to be around April/May.

    Updated 16th Feb

    Loads of NEWS / RUMOURS.....

  • The band are currently mixing the album in London. It's not certain that Higher Sights will be the next single. The album will be called The Good Will Out.

  • They have been offered the headline slot (over Underworld!) at Glastonbury (Stage 2) on Friday night but haven't yet accepted. The band will not be playing any other UK festivals this summer.

  • The Royal Albert Hall (London) is held for the band's next UK show on May 29th - but the date may not hold.

  • The band are planning a major outdoor show in Halifax (!!!!!????) in July.

  • MTV will broadcast the "Abbey Road Session" in the same week as the album is released.

    Updated 12th Feb

    Here's a piece of info I got which would be REALLY useful when strumming along: De-tune your guitar down two frets!! (DGCFAD) I'm working on the tabs - they'll be uploaded in the near future!!

    - Tabs for Free Ride added.
    - Lyrics for Blind updated.

    APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY IN UPLOADING - DUE TO GEOCITIES BEING "TOO BUSY" WHENEVER I TRY!!

    Updated 28th Jan

    Congratulations to Embrace for winning the award for the "Best New Band" catagory at the NME/Miller Geniune Draft ("Brat") awards!! The presentation took place at London's Brixton Academy last night, which will be televised on Channel 4 late Saturday night.

    Danny was interviewed subsequently on Radio 1, where he admitted that the band hasn't finished recording the album, and therefore no release date had been set yet.

    Updated 19th Jan

    - Lyrics to You've Only Got To Stop To Get Better added.

    - Tabs for Blind updated.

    New link added.

    I've heard that Higher Sights is due out Jan 26th. Also they're apparently going to be doing a session on Radio 1 sometime.
    Apparently source close to the band said that the album's coming out Feb 20something. I know - its confusing!!

    The band recieved nominations in several catagories for the NME/Miller Draft "Brat" awards. For more info check out the NME pages.

    The secret gig, which was due to take place at the Camden Falcon earlier this month (9th) was cancelled because of "recording commitments".

    Updated 14th Jan

    Happy New Year! Apologies for lack of updates, been quite busy.
    Should have some new stuff in a couple of days (hopefully!)

    I've heard that the debut album "The Good Will Out" is not scheduled for release till May - (lets hope it's wrong!!) - but I haven't heard anything official yet.

    Updated 28 Nov

    All future dates for Embrace's current UK tour are now sold out except: Liverpool L2 (Nov 29th) and Nottingham Rock City (Dec 7th.)

    Updated 7 Nov

    Embrace's new single "All You Good Good People EP" came out last Monday (27th Oct), and reached No. 8 in the official UK singles charts !!! Its their highest so far, but still not as high up as I expected... People in this country have bought more copies of "Barbie Girl" than AYGGP....doesn't it scare you a bit?

    < OTHER NEWS: updated 7 Nov

    Tonight Embrace kick off their HEADLINE TOUR, playing at La Laiterie in Strasbourg, France. The band is scheduled to tour Europe and the UK throughout November and December - don't miss them!! Click here for tour dates
    Embrace are confirmed for TOTP this week. Also they are to play THREE songs on "Later..." They open the show then play two more songs to close. This means they are playing more songs than Cast - yes Embrace are headlining!
    (That's on tomorrow!!!)

    Updated 6 Nov
    The next single after AYGGP, "Higher Sights", should be with us by February. Whether this is going to be before or after the album release I do not know.

    Embrace recorded live in London's Abbey Road Studios on Sunday 19th Oct, in front of an audience of Radio 1 ticket winners. They played 6 songs:
    That's All Changed for Ever
    My Weakness (Is None Of Your Business)
    Higher Sights
    All You Good Good People
    You've Gotta Say Yes
    Retread
    All these songs except the last two were recorded with a 40-piece orchestra. Recordings were made for both radio and television. The plan is to broadcast the video recordings on telly, possibly to coincide with the release of the band's new album early next year.
    In an interview to the Melody Maker, Danny revealed that Richard's girlfriend has been shooting video clips behind the scenes, which can possibly be made into a short documentary film sort of thing.

    Updated 3rd Nov
    Embrace is going to record for "Later with Jools Holland" today (Mon 3/11). This will be shown on telly on Saturday...don't miss it!

    Updated 29th Oct

    Embrace headlined the Radio 1 Sound City '97 at Oxford Brookes University on Monday (27th), suported by Ultrasound and Travis. (sorry about earlier mistake - Gene and Scarfo played in the Zodiac Club.) They played most of the previously released favourites as well as "Higher Sights" and "Retread". The crowd also sung Happy Birthday to Rich who's turning 25 this week.

    Embrace were interviewed on Jo Whiley's Show on Radio 1 on Monday 20th Oct. and the two songs "All You Good Good People" and "Higher Sights", recorded the previous day live at Abbey Road Studios, were played.

    In the interview Danny revealed that the next single (after AYGGP) will be"Higher Sights"

    Other Stuff (Sept 97)
    500 copies of the Perfecto Mix of One Big Family (dancey version) have been officially released on 12" sometime during the summer. This version also features in the B sides of the new single. (CD2)

    Embrace is planning a major UK TOURlater this year. So whether or not you've seen them before, here's another chance (before they start filling stadiums.) Click here for tour dates.

    The debut album, entitled "The Good Will Out", is set for release early '98, most likely in February. According to the NME, four of the tracks on the album are new, re-recorded versions of previously released tracks.

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