Kicks like an especially energised mule CLASSIC ROCK
"The best of GUN would stand up against that of any other band" 10/10 POWERPLAY
"Classy, hooky melodic rock music. A very good album" 8/10 ALL ABOUT THE ROCK
Available on Cherry Red-coloured vinyl, CD, cassette and digital, ‘The Calton Songs’ is a full-blooded celebration of the band’s career so far with enthusiastic and brand new acoustic reinterpretations of the songs that made their name and took GUN to the four corners of the world. These retooled classics are bolstered by the addition of a brand new song ‘Backstreet Brothers’. a new and fully electric track that basks in the simple joys of both lives and good times shared, but also brings the GUN story up to date, and was described by Classic Rock as “Bright, breezy and super catchy, it’s a bit like hearing AC/DC, Bryan Adams and U2 having a proper, old-school knees-up over a few drinks”.
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The album itself has received an enthusiastic welcome from the Rock media. Classic Rock praised a record that, “Kicks like an especially energised mule”. Powerplay pointed out that, “The best of GUN would stand up against that of any other band 10/10”. Fireworks hailed, “A cracking good time and a great re-introduction to the band”. Planet Rock gave serious support too and playlisted ‘Backstreet Brothers’ and indeed this week added ‘Inside Out’. With Music-News.com hailing the album as “Sumptuous”, TheMidlandsRocks loving “A very strong bookmark in the latest chapter of GUN”, AllAboutTheRock rating the “Classy, hooky melodic rock music” perhaps the last word should go to ScottishMusicNetwork: “Powerful, Passionate and Rocking, this is without a doubt a must have album in any record collection.” We’ll take that!
‘The Calton Songs’ is an album that takes its name from the area of Glasgow where the band grew up, and where they still write their music. This record is about celebrating the road that GUN have taken to reach this point, these new versions of great songs are cut through with un-ironic nostalgia but this is a band with an eye on the horizon for what’s to come, not what’s over their shoulder in the past. ‘Taking On The World’ announced the band to a global audience in 1989 and their next album ‘Gallus’ just marked its 30th anniversary. ‘The Calton Songs’ is the latest milestone on this journey and follows-up ‘Favourite Pleasures’ from 2017 which made the top 15, making it their biggest album in almost a quarter of a century, since 1994’s ‘Swagger’.
The band hit the road this year with festivals and gigs in Europe and made a storming return to Scotland with an acoustic tour and full electric gigs in Glasgow and Aberdeen in December.
With ‘The Calton Songs’ now ready, work on a potential new studio album started and live dates on the calendar, GUN are truly firing. With a history that takes in some amazing achievements – they remain in the Top 50 modern hard rock artists in the world according to data specialists, Chartmetric. GUN have enjoyed an amazing career: top 20 albums and singles, an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Cover for their massive take on Cameo’s ‘Word Up’. They have performed shows with everyone from The Rolling Stones to Bon Jovi to Iron Maiden; this is a band with plenty to shout about and boundless optimism.
To celebrate the release of ‘The Calton Songs’ this October, GUN have a busy autumn of live shows ahead. Dropping-in at a number of HMV stores across Scotland for a stretch of special live & signing shows with fans (details here), the band will then embark on The Calton Songs Tour 2022, a run of fully-fledged electric shows throughout November and December that will culminate in a massive hometown party at the Barrowland Ballroom. All confirmed UK dates are listed as follows:
GUN - UK DATES
October
HMV IN-STORES - DETAILS
14 - HMV GLASGOW
15 - HMV EDINBURGH
17 - HMV DUNDEE
17 - HMV ABERDEEN
18 - HMV INVERNESS
19 - HMV STIRLING
19 - LIVINGSTON
20 - HMV AYR
20 - HMV BRAEHEAD
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22 - BULLY ON ROCKS FESTIVAL
29 - INVERNESS Monsterfest
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HEADLINE TOUR
November
30 - BRADFORD, Nightrain*
December
1 - LONDON, O2 Academy Islington*
2 - NUNEATON, Queens Hall*
3 - BARNOLDSWICK, Music & Arts Centre*
4 - BLACKPOOL, Waterloo*
5 - BATH, Komedia*
6 - SUNDERLAND, Firestation*
7 - GALASHIELS, Mac Arts*
10 - GLASGOW Barrowland Ballroom*
11 - ABERDEEN The Lemon Tree*
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2023
March
31 - CRUMLIN, The Patriot
April
1 - NARBERTH, Queens Hall
2 - BUCKLEY, Tivoli
@ Acoustic Tour // *Full Band
Remaining tickets on sale here: https://www.gunofficial.co.uk/tour
From Glasgow to the world was always the mentality, and their desire to entertain remains undimmed and on ‘The Calton Songs’; these ‘Backstreet Brothers’ remain serious contenders.
GUN in 2022 is: Dante Gizzi [lead vocals], Giuliano ‘Jools’ Gizzi [guitar], Paul McManus [drums], Andy Carr [bass] and Tommy Gentry [guitar].
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