The new Spearmint album ‘News From Nowhere’ will be released on Monday 26th May. You can order it and get a free early download here.

London Gig

We’re playing with The Fireworks at the Guided Missile night at the Buffalo Bar, London, UK on Wednesday 14th May – tickets available now.

It’s possibly our only London show this year… we will be playing in our original 4-piece line-up with Jim on bass, for the first time since 1999!

New York Gig

NYC Popfest in New York, USA on Saturday 31st May. Our first ever show in the US! We will also play this in original quartet line-up. Download the festival sampler here, including a new tune from us.

Indietracks

We are playing at Indietracks, Derbyshire, UK on Friday 25th July. Great that we’re playing this lovely festival – Andy will return from this show onwards as we revert to a 5-piece.

Greetings and a happy new year to you from an unseasonably warm Brighton (see yesterday’s sunset).
I will be playing solo at the How Does It Feel night at the Buffalo Bar, next to the Highbury & Islington tube in London on Thursday 26th January.
A Little Orchestra will also be playing and we will revive the versions of “Scottish Pop” and “The Reservoir” from last year’s show in Brixton. Apart from that I will play Spearmint and Shirley Lee songs completely different from previous solo gigs, if you see what I mean…
Full details are on the How Does It Feel site or here on Facebook.

Shirl

GIGS +++
More solo Shirley Lee shows are confirmed:
Saturday 1st October: Lille – “Domino Boomerang” (I will be playing for around an hour at this “living-room” gig. If you are interested in attending, please email Nicolas: dominoboomerang@yahoo.fr )
Saturday 15th October: London – Wilmington Arms (with The Bitter Springs)

OTHER STUFF+++
Go here and here to see me performing The Reservoir and Scottish Pop live with the splendid A Little Orchestra at last month’s How Does It Feel shows.

Here’s an interview I did with the estimable Eric Stephenson, firstly some chat about the new album,

Then about “A Week Away” and “A Different Lifetime”, and finally Eric’s Top 10 Spearmint tunes.