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Featured articleIf a band can claim squatters’ rights, then Deacon Blue can take ownership of the charts. Their first album ‘Raintown’ set the precedent, spending 77 weeks in the album chart, and with five top 5 UK albums (of which 2 were number 1) under the belts they have chalked up an impressive 4 years in the British album charts. Their seventeen top 40 singles resided in the chart for more than 2 years. For more info on the band go to deaconblue.com
Featured mediaDEACON BLUE ANNOUNCE NEW LINE UPDeacon Blue have announced that bass player Ged Grimes and guitarist Gregor Philp will join the band for their forthcoming UK shows including a series of summer dates and a tour with Simple Minds later in the year. Ged Grimes and Gregor Philp will be replacing Scott Fraser and Taj Wyzgowski respectively and a video of Ged & Gregor at work during recent band rehearsals is now available to view at youtube As one of the founding members of Dundee pop band “Danny Wilson”, Ged enjoyed major global success with the group and hit records such as “Mary’s Prayer” made a lasting impression on fans of timeless, crafted pop music. He has recorded and performed with many leading artistes worldwide including Grammy Award Winner Natalie Imbruglia and Brit Award Winner, Eddi Reader. Ged launched his music production company Jack’s Hoose Music in 1997. His music has featured in many top selling Playstation and Xbox games such as “Enter The Matrix”, “Amplitude” and “Earthworm Jim” and in feature film trailers such as ‘The Bourne Supremacy”. Half-man, half-guitar, Gregor Philp was born under the little-known star sign of Rickenbacker. Born too late for Vaudeville, he joined the artfully named Swiss Family Orbison with Kit Clark (Danny Wilson) and Dougie Vipond (Deacon Blue), which had John Peel among its many admirers. Multi-instrumentalist Gregor is also one of the country's most respected TV and film composers; his versatility shown by work as diverse as Balamory (BBC) and film work such as Young Adam, where he worked with David Byrne.
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