Continuing to showcase the early years of the band, Ash have shared a new video montage for Kung Fu, the first track on the band’s debut album ‘1977’ in 1996. The single’s artwork featured the now infamous Eric Cantona kung fu kick – when Man Utd visited Crystal Palace – and has since remained a live staple that still sees audiences across the world launch into requited adolescence.
Ash have also announced an appearance early 2020 when they play as guests of Absolute Radio at a special show alongside Stereophonics at London’s O2 Forum on January 21st. Tickets are in sale now at www.absoluteradiotickets.co.uk.
Kung Fu prompted a run of classic tracks and saw frontman, singer and songwriter Tim Wheeler – still only at the tender age of eighteen and still at school – hailed as songwriter of some note. The video features the band wide-eyed and innocent both on stage revisiting the adrenaline-fuelled excesses of the live performance beside reportage shots from visits to far-flung and hitherto unvisited countries…
Watch the new video featuring remastered audio via YouTube below.
‘Teenage Wildlife‘ documents the recorded output, both the hits and lesser known gems from their twenty-five years as a band whilst highlighting one of the era’s most accomplished and enduring songwriters.
Curated by the band, ‘Teenage Wildlife:25 Years Of Ash’ features Tim Wheeler (vocals, guitar), Mark Hamilton (bass), Rick McMurray (drums) and Charlotte Hatherley (guitar).
2 LP standard / 2 LP Lenticular release
Side A:
A Life Less Ordinary
Arcadia
Darkest Hour Of The Night
Kung Fu
CocooN
You Can’t Have It All
Side B:
Girl From Mars
Wild Surf
Shining Light
Star-Crossed
Buzzkill
Goldfinger
Side C:
Burn Baby Burn
Dare To Dream
Annabel
Machinery
Sometimes
Side D:
Oh Yeah
Angel Interceptor
Jesus Says
Orpheus
Jack Names The Planets
2 CD Standard release / Lenticular 3 CD inc Rarities collection **
Disc 1:
A Life Less Ordinary
Arcadia
Darkest Hour Of The Night
Kung Fu
Cocoon
You Can’t Have It All
Girl From Mars
All That I Have Left
Wild Surf
Binary
Uncle Pat
Shining Light
Star-Crossed
Buzzkill
Return Of White Rabbit
Goldfinger
Envy
Sometimes
Coming Around Again
Disc 2:
Burn Baby Burn
Dare To Dream
Annabel
Clones
Machinery
Oh Yeah
Projects
Confessions In The Pool
True Love 1980
Angel interceptor
Jesus Says
Petrol
End Of The World
Orpheus
Walking Barefoot
Jack Names The Planets
Twilight Of The Innocents
Disc 3:**
Here Comes The Music
Spellbound
Teenage Wildlife
I Shall Not Die
Skullful Of Sulphur
Teenage kicks
T.Rex
Waterfall
Saskia
Seventh Circle
Everybody’s Happy Nowadays
Chinese New Year
Wasted On You
Comet Tempel 1
Heroin, Vodka, White Noise
New Tattoo
When I’m Tired
Tinseltown
Pre-order ‘Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash‘ here
The release of ‘Teenage Wildlife’ will be accompanied by extensive live itinerary throughout Europe and Scandinavia, re-visiting many of the towns, cities and venues they have previously played over the years. Dates are as follows:
February
21 Aeronef Club LILLE, FR
22 Botanique Rotonde BRUSSELS, BE
23 Das Bett FRANKFURT, DE
25 Universum STUTTGART, DE
26 Gebaude 9 COLOGNE, DE
28 Mascotte ZURICH, CH
29 Covo BOLOGNA, IT
March
01 Strom MUNICH, DE
03 Futurum PRAGUE, CZ
04 Hydrozagadka WARSAW,PL
05 Bi Nuu BERLIN, DE
07 Bar Brooklyn STOCKHOLM, SE
08 Vulkan OSLO, NO
10 Hulen BERGEN, NO
11 Folken STAVANGER, NO
13 Beta COPENHAGEN, DK
14 Knust HAMBURG, DE
15 Paradiso Noord AMSTERDAM, NL
17 Stylus LEEDS University, UK
18 O2 Academy NEWCASTLE, UK
20 SWG3 TV Studio GLASGOW, UK
21 O2 Ritz MANCHESTER, UK
22 Rock City NOTTINGHAM, UK
24 O2 Academy BRISTOL, UK
25 Pyramids PORTSMOUTH, UK
27 The Roundhouse LONDON, UK
28 Gibus Club PARIS, FR
29 Le Rex TOULOUSE, FR
31 Razzmataazz 2 BARCELONA, ES
April
01 Kafe Antzokia BILBAO, ES
02 Joy Eslava MADRID, ES
04 RCA Club LISBON,PT
05 Capitol SANTIAGO de COMPOSTELA, ES
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