Newcastle’s Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are back with their first new music since the release of their third album Viscerals in April of last year. And they have returned with an astonishing interpretation of Donna Summer’s 1979 disco classic ‘Hot Stuff’, complete with some added vocal oomph courtesy of the celebrated Lancaster duo The Lovely Eggs.
As the band’s lead guitarist Adam Ian Sykes explains “When we’re writing we always begin with a single riff, it seems to us that Hot Stuff began life the same way. It’s an untouchable song in a lot of ways but well, here we are… and The Lovely Eggs are just as their name suggests. So easy to work with to boot. They were exactly what we needed.”
All income made from this single is to help raise money for Pop Recs – the record shop, coffee shop, art space and live music venue run by the Sunderland band Frankie & the Heartstrings – and in memory of their drummer Dave Harper who sadly passed away in August of this year. Adam said “Dave was a hero to a lot of people and rightly so, his contributions to music in the northeast were enormous. Pop Recs is such an important place to the area and a legacy that needs and deserves a great deal of support.”
And Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs are finally able to head out for their Viscerals album release tour some 18 months after it first came out. The Lovely Eggs will be joining them as special guests at their show in Nottingham. The band have also invited Blom, Richard Dawson, Obey Cobra, Kulk and others to join them on various dates on the tour.
Full UK tour dates:
Oct 23 / Stowmarket / John Peel Centre
Nov 12 / Norwich / The Waterfront
Nov 13 / Swansea / Sin City
Nov 17 / Belfast / The Empire Music Hall
Nov 18 / Limerick / Dolans
Nov 19 / Cork / Kino
Nov 20 / Dublin / Whelan’s
Nov 23 / Manchester / Albert Hall
Nov 24 / Bristol / Motion
Nov 25 / Birmingham / The Mill
Nov 27 / Brighton / Concorde 2 –
Nov 29 / Southampton / Engine Rooms
Nov 30 / London / Electric Ballroom
Dec 1 / London / Electric Ballroom
Dec 2 / Leeds / Stylus
Dec 8 / Nottingham / Rock City
Dec 9 / Edinburgh / Summerhall
Dec 10 / Glasgow / St Luke’s
Dec 11 / Aberdeen / The Lemon Tree
Dec 17 / Newcastle Upon-Tyne / The Cluny
Dec 18 / Newcastle Upon-Tyne / The Cluny
Dec 19 / Newcastle Upon-Tyne / The Cluny
Full details of the tour are HERE