{"id":6046,"date":"2021-04-15T15:22:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2021-04-15T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:25:48","slug":"chubby-and-the-gang-share-new-single-and-announce-40-date-uk-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=6046","title":{"rendered":"Chubby and the Gang share new single and announce 40-date UK tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast-rising London punks Chubby and the Gang have today shared a new single, <em>Lightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The five-piece, regarded as one of the scene&#8217;s best newcomers, also announced a 40-date UK and Ireland tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice<\/em> will be released as a double-A-side 7in with another new song,<strong> <\/strong><em>Life&#8217;s Lemons<\/em>, on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/partisanrecords.com\/\">Partisan Records<\/a><\/strong> on May 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premiered yesterday by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_lamacq?lang=en\">Steve Lamacq<\/a><\/strong> on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/live:bbc_6music\">BBC 6Music<\/a><\/strong>, it comes complete with a video inspired by &#8217;90s internet cafes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chubby and the Gang \/\/ Lightning Don&#039;t Strike Twice (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3pskmu0GsOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frontman Charlie &#8216;Chubby&#8217; Manning says: &#8220;I wrote this song about social inequality. Not mine but the people I saw around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I feel like the whole premise of poverty is presented like this game in which if you play your cards right you can escape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In reality it&#8217;s more like playing a game of dice when they&#8217;re loaded against your favour. 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No one really cares who you are when you drive a minicab or lay out cables, so I&#8217;m lucky in that sense. But many people aren&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Second album<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice<\/em> and <em>Life\u2019s Lemons<\/em> will be on the band\u2019s highly anticipated second LP, due out later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Chubbyandthegang\/\">Chubby and the Gang<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s 2020 debut <em><a href=\"https:\/\/chubbyandthegang.bandcamp.com\/album\/speed-kills\">Speed Kills<\/a><\/em> &#8211; a fun concoction of hardcore, pub rock, doo wop, and blues &#8211; was one of the year&#8217;s surprise hits, and won the band a place of many end-of-year &#8216;best of&#8217; lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As well as the new single, Chubby and the Gang announced a bumper 40-date tour of the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It offers a chance to see why they&#8217;ve become one of the most talked-about punk bands in the world over the past year. All dates go on sale at 10am this Friday, April 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chubby and the Gang&#8217;s UK &amp; Ireland tour dates<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Nov 4th | Woking &#8211; Fiery Bird<br>Nov 5th | Bournemouth &#8211; Anvil<br>Nov 6th | Coventry &#8211; Central Library<br>Nov 7th | St. Albans &#8211; The Horn<br>Nov 8th | Hull &#8211; The Polar Bear<br>Nov 10th | Hebden Bridge &#8211; Trades Club<br>Nov 11th | Stoke &#8211; The Sugarmill<br>Nov 12th | Blackpool &#8211; Bootleg Social<br>Nov 13th | Edinburgh &#8211; Mash House<br>Nov 14th | Aberdeen &#8211; Caf\u00e9 Drummond<br>Nov 16th | Sunderland &#8211; Independent<br>Nov 17th | Huddersfield &#8211; Parish<br>Nov 18th | Liverpool &#8211; Jimmy&#8217;s<br>Nov 19th | Sheffield &#8211; Delicious Clam<br>Nov 20th | Sheffield &#8211; Delicious Clam<br>Nov 21st | Milton Keynes &#8211; Crauford Arms<br>Nov 23rd | Exeter &#8211; Cavern Club<br>Nov 24th | Southampton &#8211; Joiners<br>Nov 25th | Oxford &#8211; The Bullingdon<br>Nov 26th | Bedford &#8211; Esquires<br>Nov 27th | Cambridge &#8211; Portland Arms<br>Nov 28th | Southend &#8211; Chinnery&#8217;s<br>Nov 30th | Tunbridge Wells &#8211; Forum<br>Dec 1st | Margate &#8211; Elsewhere<br>Dec 2nd | Dover &#8211; Booking Hall<br>Dec 3rd | Portsmouth &#8211; Guildhall Studio<br>Dec 4th | Brighton &#8211; Green Door Store<br>Dec 5th | Norwich &#8211; Waterfront Studio<br>Dec 6th | Nottingham &#8211; Bodega<br>Dec 8th | Birmingham &#8211; Castle &amp; Falcon<br>Dec 9th | Leeds &#8211; Belgrave Music Hall<br>Dec 10th | Newcastle &#8211; Think Tank<br>Dec 11th | Glasgow &#8211; King Tuts<br>Dec 12th | Cardiff &#8211; Clwb Ifor Bach<br>Dec 14th | Manchester &#8211; YES<br>Dec 15th | London &#8211; Scala<br>Dec 17th | Bristol &#8211; Exchange<br>Dec 18th | Dublin &#8211; The Workman&#8217;s Club<br>Dec 19th | Belfast &#8211; Voodoo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast-rising London punks Chubby and the Gang have today shared a new single, Lightning Don&#8217;t Strike Twice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,5,79,6,7],"tags":[1961,1960,1963,1962,102,1964],"class_list":["post-6046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-gig-news","category-hardcore","category-music-news","category-punk","tag-charlie-manning","tag-chubby-and-the-gang","tag-lifes-lemons","tag-lightning-dont-strike-twice","tag-partisan-records","tag-speed-kills"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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