New Model Army U.S. tour hits Ann Arbor this September
Twenty nine years and eleven albums later, Britain’s New Model Army continue their musical excursion with a new album and worldwide tour that lands in Ann Arbor on Sept. 22.
New Model Army are a legendary global underground cult band. Formed by Justin Sullivan in Bradford in 1980, their beginnings were inspired by Northern Soul, Punk Rock and the incendiary atmosphere of the times. Since then, they have had a long, creative and eventful journey. They have been massively influential in ‘post-punk’, ‘folk-rock’, ‘politico-rock’, ‘goth’, ‘metal’ and all kinds of musical sub-cultures but, like Groucho Marx, they have steadfastly refused to belong to any club that would have them as members.
Without ever having had a Top 20 hit in any country in their 29 year history, New Model Army have album sales in the millions, have attracted some of the biggest producers on the planet (Glyn Johns, Tom Dowd, Andy Wallace, Bob Clearmountain,) and built up an almost religious devotion amongst fans.
In September this year they will release their eleventh studio album entitled 'Today Is A Good Day'. Mostly written last autumn in the wake of the Wall Street Collapse (an event celebrated in the white-hot opening title track). The album tour will begin with a month in North America (where the band have an eventful history), continue through Europe until Christmas and on into Spring 2010.
The Ann Arbor show is on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the Blind Pig located at 208 S. First Street , 734-996-8555 . Doors are at 9pm 18 + and tickets are $10 advance and $12 at the door. Opening the show are local rockers The Terrible Twos and the maximum cosmic punk of Mazinga. For more information on New Model Army check out www.newmodelarmy.org