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  • The Wedding Present debuts ‘You’re Just a Habit That I’m Trying to Break’ off lockdown LP

    The Wedding Present debuts ‘You’re Just a Habit That I’m Trying to Break’ off lockdown LP

    • 5 February 2021
    • Album News, Digital Music
    • 2 comments

    The Wedding Present will release a new album later this month called Locked Down and Stripped Back that’s exactly what the title advertises: wtripped-down versions of the band’s songs, plus a couple unreleased numbers, recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown. Hear a brand-new song right here.

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  • Listen: The Wedding Present covers James Bond theme “You Only Live Twice”

    Listen: The Wedding Present covers James Bond theme “You Only Live Twice”

    • 17 February 2019
    • Album News, Digital Music
    • 0 comments

    The Wedding Present has just released a third collection of recordings that the David Gedge-led band made for Marc Riley’s show on BBC radio, and the group is promoting the collection — titled, naturally, Marc Riley Sessions Volume 3 — with a cover of the theme for the 1967 James Bond film “You Only Live Twice.”

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  • Listen: The Wedding Present, ‘Shatner’ — off Steve Albini re-recording of ‘George Best’

    Listen: The Wedding Present, ‘Shatner’ — off Steve Albini re-recording of ‘George Best’

    • 12 September 2017
    • Album News, Digital Music
    • 0 comments

    The Wedding Present this month will release a long-shelved re-recording of the band’s debut album George Best by famed engineer Steve Albini, and are offering up a first taste of the project in the form of a new version of “Shatner,” which you can now stream in full right here.

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  • Watch: The Wedding Present spotlights ‘Going, Going…’ in 30-minute set for KEXP

    Watch: The Wedding Present spotlights ‘Going, Going…’ in 30-minute set for KEXP

    • 26 June 2017
    • Video
    • 0 comments

    David Gedge and the rest of The Wedding Present stopped by the Seattle studios of KEXP in April during the band’s spring U.S. tour in support of their latest album Going, Going…,  and performed a six-song, half-hour set that the radio station has now shared online. Watch the full performance right here.

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  • The Wedding Present re-record ‘George Best’ with Steve Albini, prep Record Store Day EP

    The Wedding Present re-record ‘George Best’ with Steve Albini, prep Record Store Day EP

    • 4 April 2017
    • Album News, Tour Dates
    • 0 comments

    David Gedge has a busy year planned for The Wedding Present, with a North American tour beginning next week, a new instrumental EP due out on Record Store Day and a new version of the band’s 1987 debut album George Best — recorded by Steve Albini — due out later in the year.

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  • The Wedding Present to reissue first decade’s output in hugely expanded 3CD/1DVD sets

    The Wedding Present to reissue first decade’s output in hugely expanded 3CD/1DVD sets

    • 26 August 2014
    • Reissues, Tracklist
    • 7 comments

    An impressive set of The Wedding Present reissues will arrive this fall, a campaign that sees the first decade of David Gedge and Co.’s catalog expanded into 3CD/1DVD sets brimming with extras that include non-album singles, B-sides, BBC sessions, live concerts, music videos and much more.

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  • The Wedding Present to reissue ’80s and ’90s output in expanded multi-disc sets

    The Wedding Present to reissue ’80s and ’90s output in expanded multi-disc sets

    • 6 September 2013
    • Reissues, Tour Dates
    • 3 comments

    The Wedding Present will embark on an extensive reissue campaign later this years as Edsel Records re-releases much of David Gedge and Co.’s ’80s and ’90s output — five albums, two compilations and an EP — in expanded multi-disc sets crammed with as-yet-unspecified bonus material in both audio and video form.

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  • The Wedding Present to publish book about making of new album ‘Valentina’

    The Wedding Present to publish book about making of new album ‘Valentina’

    • 15 August 2012
    • Books
    • 0 comments

    David Gedge and The Wedding Present this fall will offer fans an unusual look into the making of their latest album — Valentina, which came out in March — via a 64-page hardback book that promises a “behind-the-scenes account” of the album’s recording complete with rare photos and track-by-track commentary.

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  • The Wedding Present to release ‘Valentina,’ band’s eighth studio album, in March

    The Wedding Present to release ‘Valentina,’ band’s eighth studio album, in March

    • 17 January 2012
    • Album News, Tracklist
    • 1 comment

    The Wedding Present this morning announced the release of its eighth studio album, the 10-track Valentina, which was recorded in France, California and England throughout 2011 and will be released worldwide in March in conjunction with the band’s previously announced South By Southwest appearance and North American tour.

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  • The Wedding Present to release ‘Live 1990’ — featuring band’s first North American concert

    The Wedding Present to release ‘Live 1990’ — featuring band’s first North American concert

    • 6 January 2012
    • Album News, Tracklist
    • 0 comments

    The Wedding Present this month will release ‘Live 1990,’ the fourth in its series of archival live albums, collecting remastered versions of the seventh and eighth of the band’s live cassettes that were only sold at shows and through the group’s fanzine. The set includes the band’s first North American concert.

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  • The Wedding Present to release new album in March, bring ‘Seamonsters’ tour to U.S.

    The Wedding Present to release new album in March, bring ‘Seamonsters’ tour to U.S.

    • 6 December 2011
    • Anniversary, Tour Dates
    • 0 comments

    The Wedding Present plans to release its eighth studio album in March, frontman David Gedge announced Tuesday, then embark on a 14-date North American tour that will see the band performing those new songs in addition to playing 1991’s ‘Seamonsters’ in its entirety as part of that record’s 21st anniversary.

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