Keir's New Year Cheer

New Years Cheer... from Keir Stewart on Vimeo.

Check out an animated New Year's message from Keir Stewart and everyone at his inch" studio.

Many Happy Returns

The Return of the Master Tapes: Keir Stewart and Bruce Mitchell

On behalf of The Durutti Column I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.

2009 promises much for DC fans worldwide with a new album on Artful/Fullfill, the 6CD 'First Four' box set, the Factory Records box set and a winter tour.

Thank you to everyone who took some time out to drop me a line about the new website. I appreciate your comments and suggestions and value your continued support.

Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992

Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992

The digital download version of the new Factory Records box set Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992 is now available via Amazon.co.uk (and possibly other online retailers).

Whereas the 4CD version to be released on 12 January 2009 contains four tracks by The Durutti Column, it seems that the digital version contains five, the extra track being Otis.

Newcastle date added to UK Tour

A date at the Cluny in Newcastle has been added to The Durutti Column's 2009 UK winter tour. More dates are still to be confirmed. The full latest details (including pricing info for Brighton, Bristol and Windsor) are as follows:

January

Sat 31 - The Met, Bury [10.00 GBP adv, 12.00 GBP door]

February

Mon 16 - Baby Blue, Liverpool [12.00 GBP adv / 15.00 GBP door - Buy online]
Thu 19 - The Cluny, Newcastle [10.00 GBP adv, Buy online via from seetickets.com (+ booking fee / handling charge)]
Sat 21 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds [10.00 GBP adv]
Wed 25 - Komedia, Brighton [12.00 GBP adv]
Thu 26 - Thekla, Bristol [12.00 GBP adv, Tickets available from seetickets.com (+ booking fee / handling charge)]
Fri 27 - Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor [10.00 GBP adv, 9.00 GBP conc / 8.00 GBP member]

First Four

The Durutti Column Remasters fresh from inch" to Kooky Central

As reported on the Kooky Records site, a 6CD box set of the first four Factory Records albums (The Return of The Durutti Column, LC, Another Setting, Without Mercy) will be released next year.

Following the recent acquisition of the original master tapes, the albums have been remastered by Keir Stewart at his inch" studio and will be presented in their original form without the inclusion of extra tracks.

There will be two bonus discs containing previously unreleased tracks. The precise content of the bonus discs is still being finalised but they will include studio demos from LC, 4-track demos from The Return of... and live tracks from the period 1979-1981.

More details to come.

2009 UK Tour Update

2009 UK winter tour update with prices

January

Sat 31 - The Met, Bury [10.00 GBP adv, 12.00 GBP door]

February

Mon 16 - Baby Blue, Liverpool [12.00 GBP adv / 15.00 GBP door - Buy online]
Sat 21 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds [10.00 GBP adv]
Wed 25 - Komedia, Brighton
Thu 26 - Thekla, Bristol
Fri 27 - Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor

Le Retour

Scream City 4

Calling all French-speaking fans of The Durutti Column!

From PopNews.com:

"Dans son quatrième numéro, le fanzine Scream City revenait sur la référence n°2 du catalogue du label Factory Records, le mythique double-vinyle sorti en décembre 1978 et comportant deux titres de Joy Division, de The Durutti Column, trois de John Dowie et deux de Cabaret Voltaire. A cette occasion, Phil Cleaver, l'homme derrière le label Kooky Records, qui sort les nouveaux disques de The Durutti Column, eut le privilège de s'entretenir avec Vini Reilly à ce propos. Toujours un peu vexé du double lapin que nous avait infligé le Mancunien en 2005 lors de son dernier passage à Paris, nous avons demandé à John Cooper, rédacteur en chef du fanzine Scream City (et également auteur du blog consacré à Factory, Cerysmatic Factory) la permission de publier cette interview... Dont voici ici la traduction..."

Roughly translated this means that Phil "Kooky" Cleaver's interview with Vini Reilly from Scream City 4 (the FAC-2 Special featuring Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, John Dowie and The Durutti Column) has been translated into French and reproduced on PopNews.com after they were "stood up" by Vini last time he was in Paris in 2005.

Salut Guillaume! Many thanks for making this happen.

Scream City 4 was first published on 23 April 2008 via eBay priced GBP 2.00 + p&p (PayPal only) and is still available.