Reverend and the Makers return with their first headlining tour of 2009 with 5 UK shows in July. This will be the first chance to hear new material from their forthcoming second album set for release in the summer. Tickets go on sale 20th March 2009, details below.

Watch "Open Your Window" video:

Reverend and the Makers on amazon.co.uk

Reverend and the Makers on amazon.com

These shows run alongside 5 summer supergigs with Oasis which the band were specially invited to play.

The band have spent the end of last year and start of this recording the follow up to 2007's top five release 'The State of Things'. The gold album spawned several hit singles including "Heavyweight Champion of the World" and "He Said He Loved Me". The band toured the world for 18 months and performed at Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, T in the Park and various other festivals worldwide.

Lead singer Jon McClure (The Reverend) has also spent time since the last album getting involved with various projects including political forum Instigate Debate and the indie/hip-hop group Mongrel.

The currently untitled new album is scheduled for release on Wall of Sound, and was recorded again with Jagz Kooner (Primal Scream/Kasabian) and mixed by Dave Sardy (The Ting Tings/Oasis/LCD Soundsystem).

REVEREND AND THE MAKERS June/July 2009 tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

10 June 2009 SUNDERLAND, Stadium of Light *
17 June 2009 EDINBURGH, Murrayfield *

8 July 2009 LONDON, Koko tickets £12.50
0870 2200 260 / www.gigsandtours.com

9 July 2009 LONDON, Wembley Stadium *
11 July 2009 LONDON, Wembley Stadium *
12 July 2009 LONDON, Wembley Stadium *

14 July 2009 BIRMINGHAM, Academy 2 tickets £11.00
0870 2200 260 / www.gigsandtours.com

15 July 2009 MANCHESTER, Academy 2 tickets £10,00
0871 2200 260 / www.gigsandtours.com

16 July 2009 GLASGOW, ABC tickets £10.00
08444 999 990 / www.gigsinscotland.com

18 July 2009 SHEFFIELD, Academy tickets £12.00
0871 2200 260 / www.gigsandtours.com

* As support to Oasis; tickets are on sale through www.oasisinet.com, the Oasis Lo-Call 24-hr hotline, 0844 412 4638 and all usual ticket outlets.

For more music and information, go to:

Reverend and the Makers Official Website
Reverend and the Makers MySpace

It was good timing to have been able to, on the same day, review Pete Doherty's upcoming debut solo album, Grace/Wasteland, and then later that night - last night - to go out and see Mongrel play live at the O2 Academy (was Zodiac; Carling Academy) in Oxford. The connection between the two is that Pete Doherty's fellow Babyshambles bandmate Drew McConnell plays guitar in Mongrel.

I didn't say enough in the previous review about how much I enjoyed Drew McConnell's bass on Doherty's album, but now I get another opportunity to say how talented a musician he is. I was a little disappointed that he wasn't playing bass last night, but it was interesting to find out that he's an excellent guitarist as well. He did strap on the bass for one song - which was great - I think it was "Menace".

This of course isn't to take away from the other Mongrel band members - frontman Jon McClure from Reverend and The Makers with his mohawk in check, was fun to watch on stage, and I liked the band's indie/punk/dub/funky hip hop mix with cool vocal melodies alongside Lowkey's clever rap style.

Other members of the group include Andy Nicholson (Ex Arctic Monkeys Bassist), Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys Drummer), Joe Moskow (Reverend and The Makers), and female MCs Pariz 1 and Tor Cesay added a touch of class to the set.

Mongrel is still on tour in the UK - I highly recommend their live show.

Press info.:
Mongrel. A coalition of the willing. A force of nature based on musical artists who want to say something about the world they live in and be free of the merry-go-round of make record release make record release. Attached to the old fashioned notion that it's cool to care about the world you live in made popular by the punks and the 60's counter culturalists before them we got together and made a record from our own pockets to make a stand and put our sword in the dirt.

Bringing together people from different parts in the world of different musical styles, Mongrel merges the UK indie music scene with a hip hop community ignored for the large part by the wider media - tackling themes shied away from by mainstream musicians.

Mongrel on amazon.co.uk

For tour dates, music and more, go to:

Mongrel MySpace

By: Jenny May - BandWeblogs.com