NEWS 2004


Live downloads
20 Aug 2004 [Official site]
Starsailor are pleased to make available several live recordings from this summer for purchase exclusively from starsailor.net

Starsailor will be giving all proceeds to the Fair Trade Foundation. All tracks purchased from Sunday 22nd August will count towards the UK's first official download chart.

DL > www.7digital.com

Tie Up My Hands (Fairtrade, Coronet, London, 27th May 2004)
Silence Is Easy (Fairtrade, Coronet, London, 27th May 2004)
Good Souls (Fairtrade, Coronet, London, 27th May 2004)

Tie Up My Hands (Rock Am Ring, Germany, 6th June 2004)
Silence Is Easy (Rock Am Ring, Germany, 6th June 2004)
Good Souls (Rock Am Ring, Germany, 6th June 2004)

Tie Up My Hands (Rock Werchter, Belgium, 4th July 2004)
Silence Is Easy (Rock Werchter, Belgium, 4th July 2004)
Good Souls (Rock Werchter, Belgium, 4th July 2004)

*each song, you can listen 30 sec.

Hammersmith Apollo
6 Aug 2004 [Official site]
Hear, hear, Some news from official site.

Starsailor round off 2004 with a special show on Tuesday 21st December at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

Tickets are priced at £17.50 and are available from 9am Friday 6th August exclusively from Official site. They're then on general sale from 9am Wednesday 11th August. Support acts for the night will be announced nearer to the date.

Meanwhile Starsailor continue their summer festival appearances in Germany and Belgium this week and then at V2004 on August 21st and 22nd - check out V festival coverage on Channel 4, MTV and VH-2.

Lastly we'll be bringing you some exciting news soon regarding exclusive live Starsailor material which will only be available to buy via digital download.

UK rock's best recent feud ends
2 July 2004 [NME]
UK rock's best recent feud has come to an end as OASIS and STARSAILOR have kissed and made up.

The bands fell out spectacularly two years ago at the T In The Park festival when Starsailor frontman James Walsh approached Noel Gallagher to ask why he had called him a cock in interview. Gallagher replied that he didn't remember he had, but that if he did then Walsh probably was. Liam Gallagher became embroiled when he weighed into the argument and squared up to Walsh. The bands then fired several barbs at each other over the following months.

However, at Glastonbury last weekend (June 26), Liam approached James and made his peace.

"After Starsailor's set, the band went back to their dressing room and Liam was there," a source close to the band told NME.COM. "He held out his hand and told James life was too short for the fighting. And that was basically it. He hung about for a while afterwards having a drink and chewing the fat. So the feud is at an end."

At the height of the fall-out, NME minted special 'You Cock!' badges and circulated them during the 2002 summer festivals.

Starsailor are currently writing material for their third album. They expect to start recording before the end of the year.

Watch Glastonbury again!
27 Jun 2004 [BBC]
Visit BBC's Glastonbury special site to watch Starsailor's performance on demand. It will be available online for a whole month! Don't miss their brilliant Pyramid stage appearance!
> BBC Glastonbury

Setlist
  1. Poor Misguided Fool
  2. Music Was Saved
  3. Four to the Floor
  4. Alcoholic
  5. Fidelity
  6. In My Blood - New Song
  7. Telling Them
  8. Tie Up My Hands
  9. Silence Is Easy
  10. Good Souls


STARSAILOR: Chat & Stream, Rock am Ring 2004
3 Jun 2004 [WDR Rockpalast]
It must be fun!
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Hello,

STARSAILOR will be on stage at Rockpalast "Rock am Ring" on Sunday, 6th June 2004, broadcasted by WDR German-Television. We think you are interested to know that STARSAILOR will be chatting on our Internet-Page the same day and would be pleased if you could promote this Chat by a link to our page:
www.rockpalast.de/konzerte/2004/rock_am_ring/chat/
or   www.rockpalast.de

The Chat starts at 3.30 p.m. (Mid-European Summer-Time) on Sunday, 6th June 2004. Due to the fact that the time may be changed, please check our homepage for latest details. If you like, you can use the Chat-Logo, that you'll find on our page.

Further on we'll transmit many concerts of "Rock am Ring" as Multimedia-Stream on www.rockpalast.de during the festival. Please have a look at the timetable on our homepage on the 4th, 5th and 6th June 2004.

Thank you very much in advance,

Thomas Bachmann
WDR Rockpalast

X-clusive: Starsailor Release Heaviest Single
25 May 2004 [Xfm]
In-between beating Snow Patrol in fundraising football matches (Final Score: 3-1) and being generally charitable blokes, Starsailor have been speaking exclusively to Xfm about their upcoming 'heaviest ever' single.

Xfm caught up with Starsailor at this weekend's Soccer Sixes charity football showdown to hear about their new music direction and standalone new single.

"We've recorded a new song to coincide with the festivals," bassist James Stelfox explained, "The title's not confirmed yet, but it'll probably be called 'In My Blood'. Its quite heavy and definitely the heaviest thing we ever done - its quite a departure from our usual stuff."

"We're still sorting out a release date for the single," he continued. "The record company want to rush in, but we want to give it to radio for a few weeks beforehand or maybe just do release as a download."

"It won't be on an album, it'll just be a limited release for one week over the festival period to keep us ticking over.

Stelfox went on to comment on how the band's new album is coming along and gave a possible date for fans to hear new material.

"We start work on the new album in September, but we're constantly writing songs," he explained. "We always write on the road and in rehearsals. We've got about eight or nine at the moment, but they're just called song A, Song B and 'The-One-In-A-Major'. We should have a new album out by January - fingers crossed."

Speaking of the festival season, Stelfox confirmed that his band will be playing the main stage at Glastonbury 2004 as well as a whole heap of other outdoor appearances.

"We're going to be third down the bill at Glastonbury, before Paul McCartney [on Saturday June 26] who's a hero of mine, so that'll be great. And the Black Eyed Peas will be on after us, which will be interesting... A bit of a weird one that."

"We'll also be doing V2004, T In The Park, Oxegen and about 15 other festivals in Europe so we'll be really busy" he continued. "We'd like to get into the studio over the summer, but it won't happen now until after this trip I don't think."

Starsailor's second album 'Silence Is Easy' is out now and keep checking Xfm Online for all the news of the band's next single.

More big names join Soccer Six line-up
20 Apr 2004 [NME]
Starsailor and Snow Patrol are the latest artists to join the SOCCER SIX line-up.

The bands will play alongside The Darkness, Blazin' Squad, Liberty X, and other artists at the event which raises money for the Princes Trust and Give A Child A Chance.

The charity matches, now in their tenth year, take place at Goodison Park, Liverpool, on May 9, Elland Road, Leeds on May 16, and Madejski Stadium, Reading on May 23.

Tickets for the event can be purchased from the Soccer Six Ticket Hotline on 0870 100 0000 or the Reading Ticket Hotline on 020 7434 2222.

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More info Soccer Six official site
Starsailor will appear on Sunday 23rd May 2004 - Reading FC's Madejski Stadium.

Starsailor at Bush Hall
6 Apr 2004 [Official site]
Starsailor will be playing at Bush Hall in London on the afternoon of May 1st. For a chance to win tickets for this gig, visit Carling Live.
Carling Live 24 - Starting at 7am through to 7am
Time Table
07:00 - The Von Bondies + Kasabian
11:00 - Franz Ferdinand + The Fiery Furnaces
14:00 - Starsailor
18:00 - Feeder + Kid Symphony + Blade
21:30 - Scissor Sisters + Lamb + DJ's Queens Of Noize
03:00 - Carling Live 24 - Aftershow party

Festivals
5 Apr 2004 [Official site]
UK festivals - V2004, T in the Park and Glastonbury
European festivals - Pinkpop, Rock Im Park, Werchter, Rock Am Ring and Haldern

Starsailor play tiny hometown pub show
1 Mar 2004 [NME]
STARSAILOR played a tiny hometown pub show last night (February 29).

The band played to 150 people at the Strangeways Arms in Hindley, Warrington, as a warm-up for tonight's Passport charity show at Liverpool Barfly.

The show came about as a chance to give family and friends who could not get tickets for Liverpool a chance to see the band in an intimate setting. Yet there was also a sentimental reason for the show.

The Strangeways Arms is owned by Starsailorfs former security guard Dave Westhead, who broke his leg while working for the band at the V2002 festival. The band helped Westhead buy the pub after his injury and they remain close friends - a fact that was underlined when Westhead joined them onstage to sing 'Fever'.

The setlist ran:
  • Music Was Saved
  • Fidelity
  • Alcoholic
  • Poor Misguided Fool
  • Born Again
  • Tie Up My Hands
  • Silence Is Easy
  • Fever
  • Good Souls
Starsailor release a new single, 'Four To The Floor' today through EMI.

Four To The Floor
7 Feb 2004 [Official site]
Starsailor release their new single 'Four To The Floor' on 1st March. Taken from their second album 'Silence Is Easy', the single is available on three formats:
  • Limited Edition enhanced CD featuring the video, mixes from Soulsavers & Thin White Duke (aka Jacques Lu Cont) plus a free poster
  • 2 Track CD including brand new track 'A Message'
  • 10" vinyl featuring 'A Message' and the Thin White Duke mix.


Passport - Back to the Bars
3 Feb 2004
Starsailor are playing a one-off gig in the intimate environment of Barfly Liverpool on 1 March 2004. This is just one of the many gigs taking place as part of Passport - Back to the Bars in aid of War Child and Shelter. Only 260 people will get the chance to see this unique and up-close-and-personal performance.
>more info. www.musicpassport.org

Starsailor release 'disco' tune as next single
9 Jan 2004 [NME]
STARSAILOR have announced they will release their 'disco' song fFOUR TO THE FLOORf as the third single to be taken from their current album 'SILENCE IS EASY'.

The single, out March 1, will feature remixes from Thin White Duke (AKA Jacques Lu Cont) and Soulsavers as well as an as-yet-untitled brand new track.

The band embark on a four-week US tour from January 15. The band will also perform a special UK gig in the first week of March. Details of the show will be announced later this month

'Silence Is Easy', the band's second album, has already spawned two Top 40 hits in the title track and 'Born Again'.