Peggy Sue Live at London’s Scala. September!

THE NEVER ENDING TOUR/ /YO MAMA ON ITUNES// SUMMER SHOWS

Dearest Friends

We write to you from California, tonight (actually twas a week ago now but lets just pretend…) we play the last night of our US tour in Los Angeles. We’ve been on the road now for nearly 4 months mostly in the dream that is a Winnebego and we want to thank everyone who has come out to all the shows in UK, America and Europe. It means a lot to us to see your friendly faces on these faraway shores.

Whilst we’ve been on the road in the US we’ve been recording a video in each city at various famous and not so famous locations. They are all up on various local blogs around North America and also on our Youtube site which you can find here.

Last year we released the first song from our yet to be released album on our dear friends Chess Club’s 7” label but since then we have found a home at the wonderful Wichita Records and they were feeling left out so they are releasing the song - Yo Mama - on Monday July 5th as a digital single accompanied by two covers. One is of Guns of Brixton by The Clash. We worked out the song for a one off show celebrating London at the Barbican earlier in the year and thought it would make a nice little B-side so there it is. The other is a version of All In My Grill by Missy Elliot which we’ve been playing live for a little while. You can listen to all three songs here…

Over the summer we have some festivals coming up as well as a few shows in London. We played at Glastonbury last weekend bright and early on the Friday morning - thanks to everyone who grabbed their cornflakes and came and sat on the lovely hill that was the Park Stage, it was a glorious way to start our summer.

After that we have the following shows coming up-
1st July - supporting the incredible Laura Marling at The Serpentine Session in Hyde Park
9th July - LOUNGE ON THE FARM FESTIVAL
10th July - EASTLEIGH FESTIVAL
13th July - Wichita 10th birthday show @ The Garage, London w. First Aid Kit and Meg Baird
20th July - Xfm X-posure live at the Camden Barfly (tickets)

A nice lad called Jonathan took some photos of us after our show at The Great Escape in Brighton - here we are complete with string section…

Before we go, lots of new Tshirts over here

Over and out
Peggy Sue
x

Listen, watch and read

currently….

Listening to - Timber Timbre

Watching - Nothing because our Twin Peaks Dvd is stuck in the DVD machine.

Reading - The Godfather by Mario Puzo

James [Peggy Sue HQ]

Fossils And Other Phantoms out now in USA/Canada.

Hello everyone,

We’re pleased to confirm that Yeproc on Monday released ‘Fossils And Other Phantoms’

Click over on one of the following links to stream the entire album before you buy! There is AOL Spinner OR MSN Music

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we’re on a neverending tour.

its glorious but a tiny bit tiring.

We just had a day off and I was going to go and watch Iron Man 2 but then i thought what if I fall asleep and miss some amazing scenes, a bit of romance between RDJr and Gwyneth or some kind of CGI dream so I decided to save it for another day.

After the beautiful campsites and traumatic experiences of our first European tour we’re back in the homeland playing a mix of free shows, festivals and normal, regular gigs up and down the country.

After that we will be returning to the U S of A just in time for the release of our album there on Yep Roc Records on June 1st.
Here are the America based facts…

08th June | WASHINGTON, DC w/ Quintron and Miss Pussycat / Jeff The Brotherhood
09th June | PHILADELPHIA, Johnny Brendas
10th June | NEW YORK, Pianos
11th June | BOSTON, Paradise , supporting Buffalo Tom
12th June | MONTREAL, Divan Orange
13th June | TORONTO, Sneaky Dees
14th June | CHICAGO, Schubas
15th June | MINNEAPOLIS, 400 Bar
18th June | KENNEWICK, Red Room
19th June | SEATTLE, Sunset Tavern
20th June | PORTLAND, Mississippi Studios
21st June | SAN FRANCISCO, Bottom of the Hill
22nd June | LOS ANGELES, Spaceland

Support on the West Coast comes from Pepper Rabbit who sound lovely and it seems have facepaint so they are ok by us…
www.myspace.com/pepperrabbit.

if all goes to plan our dear friends She Keeps Bees will be joining us on the East Coast, cross you fingers for us all.

Then we will be returning for some festival action starting with Glastonbury!!! where we are playing bright and early on the Park Stage - 1150 on Friday Morning. More Festival news to come

Over and out
Peggy Sue
x

We’re going back to America!

AMERICAN AND CANADIAN TOUR
08th June | WASHINGTON, DC w/ Quintron and Miss Pussycat / Jeff The Brotherhood
09th June | PHILADELPHIA, Johnny Brendas
10th June | NEW YORK, Pianos
11th June | BOSTON, Paradise , supporting Buffalo Tom
12th June | MONTREAL, Divan Orange
13th June | TORONTO, Sneaky Dees
14th June | CHICAGO, Schubas
15th June | MINNEAPOLIS, 400 Bar
18th June | KENNEWICK, Red Room
19th June | SEATTLE, Sunset Tavern
20th June | PORTLAND, Mississippi Studios
21st June | SAN FRANCISCO, Bottom of the Hill
22nd June | LOS ANGELES, Spaceland

Words about Fossils And Other Phantoms.

Clash: “The dual female vocals transport and transcend into beautiful plateaus of heartbreak and hoedowns with a a gritty edge unrivalled by their peer”

The Guardian 4 stars “Rosa Slade and Katy Young sing with a lilting sweetness that is wholly deceptive, belying the undercurrent of fury in their lyrics, the agitations of their music… they combat melancholy though with some startlingly abrasive, PJ Harvey-style guitars, giddy whirls of accordion and a thrilling array of clattering, thundering, sharp and snappy percussion. Loud And Quiet: “‘Fossils And Other Phantoms’ is superb. It captures all the raw power of their live shows with enough production sheen to make this a great debut record. .. It’s been worth the wait”

Loud And Quiet: “‘Fossils And Other Phantoms’ is superb. It captures all the raw power of their live shows with enough production sheen to make this a great debut record. .. It’s been worth the wait”

N.M.E: “It’s in terms of sheer vocal prowess that Peggy Sue really come into their own, the duo’s spine-tingling harmonies elevating them from pretty damn impressive to all-out, head-over-heels brilliant”

Q Magazine: “On their amiably unvarnished debut, ‘Fossils And Other Phantoms’ Peggy Sue are a bit punky, a bit folky, even a bit rockabilly, but always refreshingly themselves”

The Sun: “There must be something in Brighton’s salty sea air…with their twin lead vocal assault Peggy Sue kick up a raw, riotous, rootsy sound aided by guitar, accordion and power-house percussion”