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Iconic former Transvision Vamp singer Wendy James<\/strong> has postponed her forthcoming UK tour due to the coronavirus emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Wendy James will release her new album on May 1.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But the launch of her new album, Queen High Straight<\/strong>, will go ahead on May 1, as planned, and she has shared the first taste of her new material, the double A-side single, Perilous Beauty\/Chicken Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement she said: \u201cBy doing simple math, it was easy for me to see that in one month\u2019s time, when I\u2019d be due to begin rehearsals in April in London, it was just not going to happen, nor an all-clear of Covid-19 by 5th\u00a0May, when my tour was scheduled to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo,\nmaking a calculation as best as possible, I\u2019ve postponed all the\ndates until September 2020. All the ticket links are still valid and\nworking. All the VIP are still valid and welcome!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new record is Wendy’s fifth solo album, and looking for the upside she said: \u201cQueen High Straight will have been with you all through the summer months and I expect you to all be able to sing every lyric along with me in September! A successful record could make these gigs very electric!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new Wendy James album, Queen High Straight.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Queen High Straight is available to pre-order at https:\/\/thewendyjames.com\/store<\/a><\/strong>, which is the main place to find music, art, T-shirts, and all things Wendy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The London-born singer exploded onto the UK music scene in 1988 as the frontwoman of chart-topping alt-rockers Transvision Vamp<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they disbanded she went on to collaborate with Elvis Costello, James Williamson (Iggy & The Stooges), Lenny Kaye (The Patti Smith Group) and James Sclavunos (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), who joins her on drums and percussions for the new record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also\njoining her on this album are James Sedwards (lead guitar), Harry\nBohay (bass), Alex J. Ward and Terry Edwards (horn section) and Louis\nVause (accordion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her\nprevious album,The Price Of The Ticket, charted in the UK at No.14. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy said of the new record: \u201cOverall, my taste and style have not changed with time. The music that excites me now, ultimately, is the same as when I was starting out songwriting and back through my days in Transvision Vamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI continue to marvel at Lou Reed<\/strong> and The Velvet Underground<\/strong>, I continue to be blown away by The Stooges<\/strong>, I continue to be everlastingly enthralled by Bob Dylan<\/strong>, but of course, the older one gets the more one discovers and I am now informed more cohesively and fully by all the music, new and old, which settles into my consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former Transvision Vamp singer Wendy James.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy\ntrack listings are never altered from the order in which I write the\nsongs, maybe it\u2019s because it\u2019s too tangential for me to try to\nshuffle songs around but really I think, in some kind of holistic\nway, the order in which the songs are written must surely be the very\nmost natural order for them to be listed in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy, who divides her time between New York City, Paris, South France and London, toured the UK with her band last year, opening for The Psychedelic Furs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her rescheduled 2020 tour dates are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd\u00a0Sept \u2013 Bristol Fleece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th Sept\n\u2013 Swansea Cinema & Co<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5th Sept\n\u2013 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th Sept\n\u2013 Brighton Concorde 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th Sept\n\u2013 Cambridge Junction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th Sept\n\u2013 Birmingham Institute 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11th Sept\n\u2013 Stoke Sugarmill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12th Sept\n\u2013 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15th Sept\n\u2013 Nottingham Bodega<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16th Sept\n\u2013 Manchester Deaf Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17th Sept\n\u2013 Leeds Brudenell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18th Sept\n\u2013 Blackpool Waterloo Music Bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th Sept\n\u2013 Newcastle Cluny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21st Sept\n\u2013 Guildford Boileroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22nd Sept\n\u2013 Tunbridge Wells Forum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23rd Sept\n\u2013 London Islington 02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26th Sept\n\u2013 Glasgow King Tuts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

27th Sept\n\u2013 Edinburgh Bannermans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

29th Sept\n\u2013 Norwich Arts Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are available from\u00a0https:\/\/thewendyjames.com\/live\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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