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The Stranglers To Celebrate Their Ruby Anniversary In Style.

The Stranglers consistently give one of the finest and high-octane gigs around and over the years have produced some of the greatest moments in music. From the end of February and throughout March 2014, New Wave icons The Stranglers will undertake a ’Ruby Anniversary’ tour across the U.K. consisting of a massive 22 dates.

J.J. Burnel said, “On this, the occasion of our Ruby Anniversary, I would like to take this opportunity to stick my fingers up to everyone who wrote us off and dismissed us. However I would like to thank those who saw beyond the words of the critics and drew their own conclusions. He who laughs last laughs longest and loudest. Next year we will make a lot of noise with our friends…

Interview with Baz Warne, The Stranglers.

Originally published by L.S. Media and Liverpool Live. March 1st 2012.

March 5th sees the highly anticipated return of The Stranglers to the o2 Academy, Liverpool. In recent years the band have had nights on stage in the city that have been talked about for weeks afterwards. This though will see the punk rock legends do a national tour on the back of a new album release for the first time in six years. Not since Suite XVIwas released in 2006 have the band come out on the road armed to the teeth with a trunk full of new songs.

The Stranglers, Giants. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 4th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

The new Stranglers offering, Giants, opens up with a guitar riff that stands somewhere between John Lee Hooker and Metallica’s Enter Sandman. That normally would send people scurrying off to find a reason for the change in style, the departure from the Stranglers’ norm. However it really is the start of an album that stands as one of the finest that the band have ever delivered.