Ian Brown releases 5th album

Ian Brown releases his new album "The World Is Yours" on 24th September. His fifth solo record, this is a record he intended would "bury everything else I've ever done", and it's hard to argue with the man. It's an inspired creation – musically it's awesome, lyrically it is personal, compassionate and defiant.

First single "Illegal Attacks", released September 17th, is a tour de force. It's an in-your-face pop song like you've never heard before. The message is clear: "Soldiers, come home". Brown duets with Sinéad O'Connor on the track - one of her two appearances on the album. It is a heady, powerful duet with stabbing double-bass and harp, sung with the kind of conviction that makes the hairs on your neck stand up.

Brown collaborated with two sets of producers – Black Ops and Emile - and recorded the album at various studios in London with Brown travelling to Windmill Lane studios in Ireland to record "Illegal Attacks" and "Some Folks Are Hollow" with O'Connor. Andy Rourke Ex-Smiths and Ex-Happy Mondays/Big Arm' Paul Ryder contribute on bass. Steve Jones Ex-Sex Pistols appears on guitar on two tracks ("Sister Rose" and "Me and You Forever") and Paul Cook (also Ex-Sex Pistols) appears on drums on the same tracks "Sister Rose and "Me And You Forever". The stunning string arrangements are the work of one Simon Hale.

"On Track", previously appeared as an instrumental on the soundtrack to Russian film Paragraph 78, but here takes on full song-form.

With a huge UK tour kicking off at the end of September, Ian Brown is back to entertain and inspire. "The World is Yours" is honest, direct, tender in parts and full of hope, acknowledging the fragile nature of the world, it makes you feel lucky to be alive.

IAN BROWN TOURS:

Thursday 27th Sept. - Newcastle Academy
Friday 28th Sept. - Hull City Hall
Saturday 29th Sept. - Sheffield Octagon
Monday 1st Oct. - Middleborough Town Hall
Tuesday 2nd Oct. - Lincoln Engine Shed
Wednesday 3rd Oct. - Halifax Victoria Hall
Friday 5th Oct. - Leeds University
Saturday 6th Oct. - Warrington Parr Hall
Monday 8th Oct. - Dundee Caird Hall
Tuesday 9th Oct. - Motherwell Civic Hall
Wednesday 10th Oct. - Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Friday 12th Oct. - Llandudno Venue Cymru Arena
Saturday 13th Oct. - Preston Guildhall
Monday 15th Oct. - Derby Assembly Rooms
Tuesday 16th Oct. - Nottingham Rock City
Thursday 18th Oct. - Reading Hexagon
Friday 19th Oct. - Birmingham Academy
Saturday 20th Oct. - Cambridge Corn Exchange
Monday 22nd Oct. - Southampton Guildhall
Tuesday 23rd Oct. - Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Thursday 25th Oct. - Bristol Academy
Friday 26th Oct. - Liverpool University

NEW DATES:

Thursday 29th Nov - London Brixton Academy
Friday 30th Nov - London Brixton Academy Late show 8pm - 2am
Saturday 1st Dec - Doncaster Dome
Monday 3rd Dec - Aberdeen AECC
Tuesday 4th Dec - Glasgow SECC
Wednesday 5th Dec -Wolverhampton Civic
Friday 7th Dec - Manchester Central (Gmex)
Saturday 8th Dec – Manchester Central (Gmex)
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