LET THE EARTH BEAR WITNESS - MIKE’S VIDEO FOR IRANIAN PROTESTERS
25th Jun 2009

Mike Scott, his wife Janette and Waterboys’ webmaster Ian Barratt have created a 3-minute video titled LET THE EARTH BEAR WITNESS in tribute to the Iranian protesters. The film shows fantastic images of the uprising in Iran to a soundtrack of a split-new Waterboys with a lyric by the great Irish poet WB Yeats. Says Mike: "Let The Earth Bear Witness is inspired by the amazing scenes of hundreds of thousands of Iranian people standing up for their rights and freedom. I took the words from two old Yeats poems, in which he was writing about Irish freedom fighters. But his words apply to any freedom fighters, anytime, anywhere in the world."

The film is live on youtube now and can be viewed here.

We’re working on a version with subtitles in Farsi and this will also be posted shortly. If you find the film inspiring please pass on or tweet the link to everyone you know.

LET THE EARTH BEAR WITNESS words by W.B. Yeats

They shall be remembered for ever
They shall be alive for ever
They shall be speaking for ever
The people shall hear them for ever

Let the sea bear witness
Let the wind bear witness
Let the earth bear witness
Let the stars bear witness!

TWO MORE IRISH FESTIVALS - GALWAY & KILDARE
21st Jun 2009

The Waterboys will play full band shows at the following Irish festivals:

Fri 31 July: The Dome, Galway (by Clayton Hotel)
Tickets price €39.90 available from 0818 719 300 and online here.

Sun 2 Aug: Lughnasa festival, Tannery Park, Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Tickets €43.50 from 086 8945357 and online here.

Both shows are on sale now. The band also play Cork x Southwest in Skibbereen, West Cork on 1st August.

NATIONAL LIBRARY POETRY READING, JUNE 30 - ALL TICKETS GONE
11th Jun 2009

All tickets for Mike's reading of WB Yeats' poetry at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin on June 30th are gone, and the waiting list is full, so please don't try and get tickets - you won't be able to. Thanks to everyone who has made this event such a success already.

MIKE, STEVE AND W.B. YEATS AT NATIONAL LIBRARY, DUBLIN
10th Jun 2009

Mike Scott will give a reading from the poetry of WB Yeats at the National Library of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin, on Tuesday 30th June at 7.30pm as part of the Summer’s Wreath festival celebrating the 70th anniversary of Yeats’ death. Steve Wickham will be on hand to play fiddle and the two will also give a preview of some of the musicial arrangements of Yeats’ poems they are busy concocting for a special project that will be announced soon. Tickets are free but limited and must be pre-booked (available now) from: 00353 1 603 0277 or by email from yeats@nli.ie. Other events in the festival include readings by Bob Geldof (June 19th) and Edna O’Brien (June 23rd). Further information is available here.

MIKE’S ONLINE COLLECTION OF Æ’S PAINTINGS
10th Jun 2009

If you haven’t yet checked out Mike’s online collection of paintings by the Irish mystic and author Æ(George Russell, 1867-1935), then visit here. The 40 paintings were assembled with the help of a small group of online Waterboys fans, and is full of beautiful images. For best results view them full size (click icon on the right just above each picture).

FESTIVAL DATES ADDED – IRELAND & NORWAY
3rd Jun 2009

The Waterboys will play full-band shows at the following festivals:

Sat August 1: Cork x Southwest, The Showgrounds, Skibbereen, Co Cork Ireland. Tickets available now from +353 (0)86 0610045 or www.tickets.ie Other acts include Lisa Hannigan, John Spillane, Guggenheim Grotto. Further info from www.corkxsw.com

Sat August 22: Drammen Elvefestival, Drammen, Norway. Tickets available now from +47 815 33 133 or www.billettservice.no
One day pas 595 NOK, two day pas 900 NOK. Other acts include Travis, The Hives. Further info from www.drammen-elvefestival.no

THE WORLD IN SIX SONGS by DANIEL LEVITIN – BRING ‘EM ALL IN
2nd Jun 2009

Mike Scott’s song Bring ‘Em All In is featured in Daniel Levitin’s new book about the psychology of music, The World In Six Songs. Bring ‘Em All In has been picked by Levitin to represent love and is the title of the final chapter of the book as well as being the final song detailed and quoted. For further info visit here or buy the book here.

Meanwhile....

The band played two shows in May, their first since the festivals of summer '08. On May 9th, Mike, Steve and new keyboard player John McCullough performed at the Glor Theatre in Ennis, Ireland, with a set comprising lots of new songs plus material from the WB Yeats project Mike is working on (news to be announced on this very soon). The show was a great success with a standing ovation and an old friend of the band, Eoin O'Neill, guested on bouzouki for the encore of Fisherman's Blues. Mike and Steve guested on Eoin's radio show at Clare FM the morning after, and a podcast is available here. On May 31st, joined by Carlos Hercules (drums) and Mark Smith (bass), veterans of the 2003-6 and 2007-8 tours respectively, the band played the Blues And Soul Festival in Alta, Norway, when the set again featured several new songs. Both the Ennis and Alta shows opened with the twelve-minute long A Wild Holy Band.

PODCAST OF CLARE FM RADIO SHOW
18th May 2009

Irish radio station Clare FM have uploaded a podcast of Mike Scott and Steve Wickham's hour-long appearance on the Eoin O'Neill show last Sunday, including chat, some live tunes and songs and a selection of Mike and Steve's favourite records. To listen click here.

MIKE AND STEVE TO GUEST ON EOIN O'NEILL'S RADIO SHOW
9th May 2009

Mike and Steve will guest on the radio show of Irish musician and Waterboys friend Eoin O'Neill on Sunday morning May 10th, between 9 and 10am. The show is broadcast on Clare FM, available live at www.clare.fm (show is not archived for later listening).

PASSING OF THE SHEE - mix update
27th Mar 2009

Mike Scott has done an updated mix of the new download single The Passing Of The Shee. “Coul;dn’t help myself,” he said, “I got the track finished - so I thought - in time for Synge’s centenary on Tuesday the 24th, then woke up on the 25th with a great idea for backwards drum fills. Spent that morning adding them to the track, and the helpful fellows at the online store uploaded it.” People who have already purchased the song from our online store can download it again free to get the new mix. Click here.

STACEY NOLAN TO OPEN FOR WATERBOYS IN ENNIS
27th Mar 2009

Galway singer Stacey Nolan will open for The Waterboys when they play at the Glor in Ennis on 9th May. Mike Scott is a fan of Stacey's music and invited her to do the show. To hear Stacey click here.

NORWEGIAN FESTIVAL SHOW ADDED
27th Mar 2009

The Waterboys will play at the Alta Soul & Blues Festival, Lapland, Norway on Saturday 30th May. This will be a full band show, and we understand tha a few more festivals will be added over the summer. Tickets for Alta are available from www.billetservice.no For further information visit: www.altasoulogblues.no

THE PASSING OF THE SHEE / VIGILANTE – download single
24th Mar 2009

Two brand new Waterboys tracks are available NOW to download at our website store here. The Passing Of The Shee and Vigilante form a double ‘a’ side download single available only on our website, price £1.49. The Passing Of The Shee has lyrics by Irish author J.M. Synge and was set to music and recorded by Mike Scott to mark the centenary of Synge’s death a hundred years ago today. Vigilante is a brand new Waterboys song, featuring Mike on most instruments and Steve Wickham on fuzz fiddle.
Samples of both tracks can be heard on the store, and the full-length Passing Of The Shee is available to listen to (but not download) on our myspace player here.

THE PASSING OF THE SHEE
24th Mar 2009

To mark the centenary of the death of the great Irish writer J.M. Synge on March 24 1909, Mike has set The Passing Of The Shee, one of Synge’s poems, to music and made a wild record of it. You can hear it now on our myspace player here. The song, plus another brand new track called Vigilante, will be available for download later today on our website store.

MIKE'S MASH-UPS
24th Mar 2009

Two Waterboys tracks recently mashed-up by Mike Scott are available on our myspace player. They are a 9 minute-plus version of She Tried To Hold Me from the 2007 album Book Of Lightning; and a revisiting of the outro of Crown, from 2000's A Rock In The Weary Land with additional Thighpaulsandra keyboards and a voiceover from beyond the grave by the late Sir George Trevelyan. To hear click here.

THE SERPENT’S HEAD - NEW TUNE ON MYSPACE
3rd Mar 2009

We’ve just uploaded a brand new Waterboys tune to myspace. The Serpent’s Head is a deliciously slithery Steve Wickham jig, eloquently played on fiddle, treated and mixed by Mike Scott with backwards tapes. To listen click here.

WATERBOYS UPDATES ON TWITTER
3rd Mar 2009

You can now get Waterboys news updates on Twitter, direct to your phone or blackberry. Click here.

MIKE SCOTT ON TWITTER
3rd Mar 2009

Mike Scott has his own Twitter page under the alias MickPuck. Click here.

ACOUSTIC SHOW IN ENNIS, IRELAND
25th Feb 2009

The Waterboys will play an acoustic show in Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland on Saturday 9th May at The Glor Theatre. Mike and Steve will be joined by Belfast keyboard player John McCullough who recently performed with them at a benefit show in Dublin. Tickets go on sale this Thursday (26 Feb) price €37.50 from the Glor box office: Tel: 00353 65 6843103 / www.glor.ie

RICHARD NAIFF LEAVES WATERBOYS
25th Feb 2009

After nearly ten years of music Richard Naiff is leaving The Waterboys, though it is understood he may be involved in future projects from time to time. Richard is currently spending time with his family after the birth of his son Sam last summer, and as soon as we hear about Richard's next musical projects we'll keep you posted. Mike Scott said: "Richard has been a wonderful colleague and friend, a musical wizard, and a great Waterboy. We wish him all the very best in the future and will be staying in touch with him."

WATERBOYS versus HEADSTRONG - TRUMPETS remix
2nd Feb 2009

MIKE AND STEVE PLAY GAZA CHILDRENS BENEFIT IN DUBLIN FEB 6
27th Jan 2009

Mike Scott and Steve Wickham will play a short set at Dublin’s Vicar Street venue on February 6th as part of a multi-artist show to raise funds for Tuesday’s Child, an Irish aid group sending help to children in Gaza. Other artists include Paul Brady, Neil Hannon, Lisa Hannigan, Eleanor McEvoy and One Day International. A second show on the 7th, not featuring The Waterboys, includes Kila, Liam O’Maonlai, Mary Black & Frances Black. Further details and tickets are available here.

DAGGERS COVER OF THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
27th Jan 2009

Terrific new Manchester band Daggers have recorded a cover version of The Whole Of The Moon. To hear it on their myspace page, click here.

SETLISTS AND TOUR HISTORIES UPDATED
27th Jan 2009

We’ve just updated the Tour History section of the Waterboys website, with concert histories and setlists for 2003-8 being added. To check ‘em out click here.

PICKERING FESTIVAL REFUNDS UPDATE
27th Jan 2009

Many people have contacted us to say they still haven’t received ticket refunds for the cancelled Pickering Festival of last August. We’re very sorry to hear this but not surprised, because The Waterboys haven’t been paid either despite the show being cancelled only the day before and the band having already incurred costs in advance. Anyone still waiting for refunds is advised to report the matter to The Trading Standards and Consumer Advice Office, 9 St Leonard's Place, York YO1 7ET. Or you could try chasing the promoter: Simon Boak, The Events Office, PO Box 1, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7YG. Telephone; 01751 473780. Good luck!

SAVAGE EARTH HEART FOR MIKE'S 50TH
13th Dec 2008

STEVE WICKHAM FEATURED ON NEW CALI SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
9th Dec 2008

Steve plays fiddle and mandolin on the new soundtrack album by Waterboys friend, top French singer Cali. Album and film are both titled ‘Magique’, and the CD of the soundtrack is released by EMI, available now from: here. The film is currently showing in French cinemas.

WATERBOYS YOUTUBE CHANNEL
9th Dec 2008

Check out the new Waterboys youtube channel here.

MIKE SCOTT QUOTED IN NEW BOOK ABOUT ROCK AND DEATH
9th Dec 2008

Mike Scott was recently interviewed for Graeme Thomson’s new book I Shot A Man In Reno, an exploration on how rock music deals with the subject of death. For info about the book, visit: here. To read the full text of the interview with Mike, visit: here.

STEVE WICKHAM ON NEW ALBUM BY RAMSHACKLE DAY PARADE
9th Dec 2008

Steve has contributed to three tracks on the new collaboration album by Ramshackle Day Parade, brainchild on Waterbioys friend Two-Take Tim Bryant from Texas. The album is released by Porridge Records and is available here: here or from CDBaby.com. Steve composed one track, Caoineadh, and plays on that and two others. Among the other guests on the album are Joe Kingman of We Free Kings and Strong Buffalo, Native American founder of Norwegian group One People, with whom Mike Scott guested in 2007.

MIKE SCOTT INTERVIEW IN FOLKER MAGAZINE (GERMANY)
9th Dec 2008

An interview with Mike appears in the September 2008 edition of Folker, the German folk and world music magazine. For more info, visit: here.

NEW BLOG FROM MIKE ON MYSPACE
9th Dec 2008

Mike has posted his first new blog for a while, this one about the great Dublin singer Luke Kelly. To read visit: here.

WATERBOYS MENTIONED IN NEW WEST END PLAY 'THE DREAMERS OF INISHDARA'
29th Oct 2008

The Waterboys are mentioned in a new romantic comedy called which runs from 24 November to 13 December at the Jermyn Street Theatre, central London. The play, set in Connemara, Ireland, and dealing with intrigues between the Faery world and the material world, was written by Peter Dunne, a friend of Mike Scott's. For further info visit here. Tickets, priced £20 or £15 if purchased before 20 Nov, are available from the box office, phone 0044 207 287 2875.

FISHERMAN’S BLUES - 1986 REHEARSAL TAKE ON MYSPACE
29th Oct 2008

Last week was the twentieth anniversary of the classic Waterboys’ album Fisherman’s Blues, and to mark the occasion we’ve uploaded to our myspace page a previously unheard rehearsal take of the title track, recorded twenty minutes before the master version, complete with Mike Scott playing piano and calling out the chords to the band. Hear it at Myspace

MIKE CO-WRITES TRACK ON NEW ALBUM BY NOVASTAR
29th Oct 2008

Mike has co-written the song Miles on Almost Bangor, the new album by top Belgian band Novastar. Lead singer Joost Zweegers and Mike collaborated on the lyrics for Miles. Almost Bangor was released in late September by EMI Belgium and is available on iTunes. For more info visit here.

NEW ARCHIVE VIDEOS AND WEBSITE VIDEOS PAGE
12th Sep 2008

We’ve added a new Videos page to the main Waterboys website, which includes all the videos that have been posted on the band’s myspace page over the past couple of years, including two newly uploaded ones: the legendary and much-requested film of the band playing FISHERMAN’S BLUES on British TV’s The Tube in 1986, and KILLING MY HEART, a rare clip of Mike, Anto and Trevor reunited in a performance on Irish TV in 1998.  To access click here

SUNDAY TIMES ROOM TO ROAM REVIEW
12th Sep 2008

We just read a great review of the new ROOM TO ROAM remaster in British newspaper The Sunday Times, calling the 1990 Waterboys album a “phenomenal work”.  To view click here

UNIVERSAL HALL ON MYSPACE PLAYER
12th Sep 2008

We’ve added a beautiful unreleased live recording of the band performing UNIVERSAL HALL to our myspace player.  The version is from the Midsummer’s Eve Stramash at Universal Hall in Findhorn, 2006.  To access click here.

BELFAST MUSICIANS PLAY "FISHERMAN’S BLUES REVISITED" GIG - SEPT 28
12th Sep 2008

To mark the 20th anniversary of the release of the Waterboys classic album Fisherman’s Blues, a special multi-artist concert is being held at the Oh Yeah music centre, Gordon Street, Belfast on September 28th, at 8pm.  The concert is part of the Open House Festival and is part-organised by journalist Stuart Bailie an old friend of the band’s.  When told about the concert Mike Scott said: “I’m thrilled the musicians of Belfast are doing this.  I hope someone sends me a bootleg!”.  Tickets price £10 are available from 0044 289024 6609 or online here
For further info about the festival, locations etc click here


Stuart Bailie will introduce the show and talk about each song.  The performers are:
Fisherman's Blues - Ken Haddock/Matt McGinn
We Will Not Be Lovers - Robyn G Sheils
Strange Boat - John Gribben
World Party - The Skin We're In
Sweet Thing - Ken Haddock/Matt McGinn
Jimmy Hickey's Waltz - Ruby Colley
And A Bang On The Ear - Gareth Dunlop
Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? - Ben Glover
When Will We Be Married? - John McGurgan
When Ye Go Away - Anthony Toner
Dunford's Fancy - Donal O'Connor
The Stolen Child – Scream Blue Murmur
This Land Is Your Land - Ben Glover, Matt Mcginn, Gareth Dunlop

THE NEW TROUDABOURS - ALBUM EDITED BY MIKE SCOTT
12th Sep 2008

Mike has recently compiled and edited a compilation album of the 1970s Findhorn Community band THE NEW TROUBADOURS.  For further information, purchase details and to hear some tracks, visit the Troubadours’ myspace page here.  The page also includes a blog by Mike explaining how he got involved in the project.

STEVE WICKHAM & NO CROWS - RADIO CONCERT
12th Sep 2008

Steve Wickham’s Sligo band NO CROWS will be playing a concert at the RTE Studios, Donnybrook, Dublin on Friday 19th Sept, for the radio show Roots Freeway.  The band will play a 40-50 minute set and share the bill with the Carter Brothers.  Audience numbers are limited to 200 and free tickets, limited to 4 per application, are available in advance by applying by email to: rootsfreeway@rte.ie.

The No Crows portion of the concert will be broadcast on Roots Freeway, RTE Radio 1, on Monday 29 Sept (and Carter Brothers on Tues 23 sept).
For further info click here

STEVE WICKHAM - NOVEMBER SOLO SHOWS IN IRELAND
12th Sep 2008

Steve Wickham will play 3 solo shows in Ireland backed by fellow Waterboy Richard Naiff on piano. Dates are

13 Nov: O'Keeffes Music Club, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.  8.30pm.
Tickets price €12 from 00353 52 21611.  Further info here

14th Nov: The Thatch, Rahan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.  8pm
Tickets price €16 from 00353 57 9355 910.  Further info here

15th Nov: The Stables, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.  9.30pm
Tickets price €15 from 00353 87 7733 565.  Further info here

Tickets for all three shows are also available from: here

CELTIC ROOTS FESTIVAL CANCELLED
9th Sep 2008

We’ve been advised that the Celtic Roots festival on Sept 14th at Catton Hall, South Derbyshire has been cancelled. According to the festival website this is due to the continuous bad weather conditions of the past few weeks and the prospect of further heavy rainfall leading up to the show date. Further details including ticket refund information are available from: www.celticroots.tv

BODO SHOW TONIGHT - LIVE VIDEO STREAM ON INTERNET
23rd Aug 2008

The Waterboys hour-long set tonight at Parken Festival in Bodo, Norway, will be video-streamed live on the festival website. The set runs from 6pm-7pm Norwegian time, which is 5-6pm UK, 12-1pm EST and 9-10am Pacific time. To view, visit: www.parkenfestivalen.no

OUR NEW HOMEPAGE
16th Aug 2008

We’ve redesigned our homepage with a selection of new and vintage images of Mike Scott and The Waterboys which appear at random every time you log on (you can also use the arrows under the band’s name to view them all at your leisure). Take a look [here]

ROOM TO ROAM WEB PAGES
16th Aug 2008

ROOM TO ROAM was reissued on August 11th as a 2CD set with fabulous new remastered sound and 17 previously unavailable tracks. You can purchase the album [here] and check out our new Room To Roam web pages, including Mike Scott’s sleevenotes on how the record was made and the full lyrics to both CD1 and CD2 [here]. Meanwhile, we’ve spotted a printing error in the album’s booklet. On pages 22 and 23 is a photo of the entire cast - band and crew - that worked on the record at Spiddal House, with an accompanying key picture of numbered silhouettes to identify them all. Only thing is, the silhouettes aren’t numbered. To see the correct image, click [here]

TWO WATERBOYS ALBUMS FEATURED IN WORD MAGAZINE ‘ALBUM COVER ATLAS’
16th Aug 2008

See if you can find ‘em....here

PICKERING FESTIVAL CANCELLED
7th Aug 2008

ROOM TO ROAM OUT IN SIX DAYS, SONG ON MYSPACE NOW
5th Aug 2008

The 2CD remastered edition of Room To Roam will be released by EMI this coming Monday, August 11th, containing the original album in improved sound plus seventeen fascinating bonus tracks selected and edited by Mike Scott and featuring the magical 1989-1990 line-up of The Waterboys, with Steve Wickham, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Sharon Shannon and others. You can listen to one of the previously unreleased songs, Sunny Sailor Boy, on our myspace page [here], and pre-order the album from our online store [here]

ENGLISH ‘CELTIC ROOTS’ FESTIVAL ADDED - 14TH SEPT
29th Jul 2008

The Waterboys will play the Celtic Roots Festival at Catton Hall, Walton On Trent, South Derbyshire on Sunday September 14th. This looks like being the only full-band Waterboys show in England this year. Support acts are Hothouse Flowers and Biblecode Sundays. Saturday’s bill features Van Morrison, Amy MacDonald and Seth Lakeman. Tickets priced £35.00 (one day) or £70 (both days) are available [here]. Please note ticket prices will increase in mid August.

AUSTRIAN SHOW WITH NEIL YOUNG, 17th AUGUST
17th Jul 2008

The Waterboys have been added to the bill for Neil Young’s show at the Lovely Days Festival, Festivalgelanda, Wiesen, Burgenland, Austria on August 17 (Sunday). It’s the Waterboys’ first Austrian show in eight years, and second gig with Neil this summer. Tickets are available from 0043 196096 or online from: here Tickets €52 for the day. Other bands playing include Adam Green and Wishbone Ash. Further info: here

ROOM TO ROAM VIDEO UP ON MYSPACE PAGE
17th Jul 2008

Jacques Coetzer’s film of Mike and musicians and singers from the town of Huntly, Scotland performing Room To Roam has just been posted on our myspace page. To view the video, click here. We’ve also posted the soundtrack of the song on our myspace MP3 player.

NEW PHOTOS ON MYSPACE
17th Jul 2008

We’ve uploaded a motherlode of new photos at our myspace page and to make viewing them easier, we’ve divided them into seven different albums. Alongside live photos, artwork, vintage and miscellaneous photos, you can now view a set of twenty pictures from the recent Huntly Room To Roam project, and an extended selection of cartoons drawn by various Waterboys over the years. To view the photo albums you must be logged into myspace.

MIKE APPEARING WITH CALI AT FRANCOFOLIES FESTIVAL, 21st JULY
17th Jul 2008

Mike will guest with his friend the French star Cali at the chanson festival Francofolies, in Spa, Ardennes, Belgium on Monday 21st July. Mike (and Steve Wickham) previously guested with Cali at shows in Paris this spring and Mike collaborated on two songs on Cali’s recent number one album L’Espoire. For further festival info click here

ROOM TO ROAM - REMASTER IS OUT 11TH AUGUST
1st Jul 2008

The remastered 2CD version of Room To Roam will be released by EMI on 11th August. The beautiful package includes new sleevenotes by Mike Scott, extended track-by-track musician credits and previously unseen photographs as well as 17 bonus songs. CD1 is the original album featuring the Celtic line-up of the band: Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anto Thistlethwaite, Sharon Shannon, Trevor Hutchinson, Colin Blakey and Noel Bridgeman. CD2 contains 17 bonus tracks from 1989-91, including Sunny Sailor Boy, made popular by Luka Bloom, and storming live versions of The Raggle Taggle Gypsy and Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants. The full tracklist is:

CD1
1. In Search Of A Rose
2. Song From The End Of The World
3. A Man Is In Love
4. Bigger Picture
5. Natural Bridge Blues
6. Something That Is Gone
7. The Star And The Sea
8. A Life Of Sundays
9. Islandman
10. The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
11. How Long Will I Love You?
12. Upon The Wind And Waves
13. Spring Comes To Spiddal
14. The Trip To Broadford
15. Further Up, Further In
16. Room To Roam
17. The Kings Of Kerry

CD1
1. In Search Of A Rose (full band version)
2. My Morag (The Exile's Dream)
3. A Man Is In Love (alternate version)
4. The Wyndy Wyndy Road
5. Three Ships
6. Sunny Sailor Boy
7. Pedal Pusher's Blues (demo version)
8. The Wayward Wind
9. Danny Murphy / Florence
10. The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (live)
11. Custer's Blues (live)
12. Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants (live)
13. A Reel And A Stomp In The Kitchen
14. Down By The Sally Gardens (with Tomas Mac Eoin)
15. A Strathspey In The Rain At Dawn
16. A Song For The Life
17. The Kings Of Kerry (outdoor version)

MIKE'S HUNTLY 'ROOM TO ROAM' VENTURE LATEST
1st Jul 2008

Mike has now completed the recent 'Room To Roam' project with the people of Huntly in Scotland and South African artist Jacques Coetzer. The song, performed by an ensemble of 29 singers and musicians led by Mike has been filmed and we will soon post the video on the Waterboys myspace page. Meanwhile you can hear the soundtrack recording and read about the project here

MIKE, STEVE & ANTO REUNITED ON SHARON SHANNON RECORDING
1st Jul 2008

MAGPIE - NEW ALBUM FROM STEVE’S ‘OTHER’ BAND, NO CROWS
1st Jul 2008

No Crows, the Sligo four-piece band that features Steve Wickham on fiddle, have a new album called Magpie, recorded in the west of Ireland earlier this year. It will be available online through www.cdbaby.com from July 8th, and from late July from iTunes and UK & Irish record shops. Magpie is on Crow records, distributed via Whirling Discs. The band will play a launch show at Factory Performance Space, Sligo, Ireland on July 8th at 9pm. Tickets priced €15 are available from: www.ticketsonline.ie/cairde or tel. 00 353 71 9170431. See also: www.myspace.com/nocrows

NORWEGIAN FESTIVAL BONANZA!
4th Jun 2008

The Waterboys have been confirmed for three more Norwegian festivals, and the date of their show at the Parkenfestivalen in Bodo has been changed.  Here are the details:

Sat 5 July: Skiippagura Festival, TANA, Lapland, Norway.  Tickets: www.skiippagurra.no

Sat 2 Aug: Lost Weekend Festival, BERGEN, Norway. Tickets: (tel) +47 815 33133 or: www.billetservice.no  Further info from: www.lost-weekend.net

Fri 22 Aug: Dampskibsbrygga, FREDRIKSTAD, Norway.  Tickets: (tel) +47 815 33 133, or: www.billetservice.no

Sat 23 Aug (CHANGE OF DATE): Parkenfestivalen, BODO, Norway.  Tickets: (tel) +47 75549010: www.parkenfestivalen.no

The Waterboys also play at Canalstreet Festival, ARENDAL on July 24 and Union Scene, DRAMMEN on Aug 21.

ROOM TO ROAM - REMASTER UPDATE
3rd Jun 2008

Mike has completed the remastering of the Waterboys 1990 album Room To Roam and it will be released by EMI this Autumn, date to be confirmed.  It is being reissued as an EMI Collectors’ Edition with a bonus CD containing a whopping 17 extra tracks including The Wyndy Wyndy Road, Sunny Sailor Boy, Twa Recruitin’ Sergeants and A Song For The Life.  As soon as we get fuller details we’ll let you know.

HUNTLY - WHAT HAPPENED
3rd Jun 2008

On Sunday 1st June Mike performed Room To Roam in the town square, Huntly, Scotland with an ensemble of over two dozen singers and musicians, including trombones, five fiddlers, drums, bass, sax, mandolin and accordion.  Steve Wickham turned up unexpectedly to join the fiddle section.  The performance was part of the annual Entertainment On The Square festival.  Lyric sheets were handed round the crowd so people could sing along with the lyric, written by Huntly’s most famous son, George MacDonald, and the song was performed twice.  Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond was in attendance.  Mike and the ensemble also filmed a special performance of the song in a Huntly hotel ballroom on May 29th and as soon as we receive a copy we’ll be posting it on the band’s myspace page.

MIKE SCOTT COLLABORATION ON NEW SHARON SHANNON COMPILATION
3rd Jun 2008

Mike and former Waterboy Sharon Shannon are reunited on the track A Song Of The Rosy Cross on Sharon’s new compilation The Galway Girl, just released in Ireland and currently number one on the Irish album chart.  The track, originally on the multi-artist 1997 album Now And In Time To Be, features as its lyric a poem by W.B. Yeats.

All of us at mikescottwaterboys.com send our condolences and thoughts to Sharon on the death last month of her long-term partner Leo Healy.

WATERBOYS PLAY SHOW WITH NEIL YOUNG IN HOLLAND
19th May 2008

The Waterboys have been invited to join Neil Young’s bill at BosPop in the Netherlands on Friday 11th July. The band will play for an hour on the main stage at 20.45 - 21.45, immediately before Neil. The last time The Waterboys played with Neil was at the Fleadh in London, 2001. “It was an honour then and it’s an honour now,” commented Mike Scott, “Neil brings with him a sense of meaning, a cocktail of ethical authority and natural wildness, that overlights every event he plays. It’s a privilege to share a stage with him.” Tickets are available from: www.ticketmaster.nl from €74. Festival website: www.bospop.nl

PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL IN AUGUST
19th May 2008

The Waterboys will play a show at the Allgarve Festival in Faro, Portugal, on Monday 11th August. Venue is Campo de Raguebi, Vilamoura. Tickets are available from: www.ticketline.pt price: €30. Festival website: www.allgarve.pt

MIKE COLLABORATES WITH THE TOWN OF HUNTLY
5th May 2008

Mike Scott is involved in a project for the Scottish town of Huntly, birthplace of Scottish novelist George MacDonald. Twenty years ago Mike set MacDonald’s poem Room To Roam to music and used it as the title of the 1990 Waterboys’ album. A few months ago Huntly artist-in-residence Jacques Coetzer asked Mike to help turn Room To Roam into the town’s anthem. Mike has been working with local musicians and singers on a communal version of the song to be performed at Huntly Community Council’s Entertainment On The Square event on Sunday 1st June. The ten-minute performance will be part of the day-long community festival and will feature Mike. We asked Mike how it sounds and he replied: “Room To Roam is amazing with a choir and a big band, like a mad carousel of music, and it’s great fun doing it with MacDonald’s own townspeople”. The project is being run in connection with Deveron Arts and Aberdeenshire Towns Partnership Huntly.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITY BY STEVE
5th May 2008

Steve Wickham will join Sligo writer Dermot Healy in a recitation and performance in Teach Ban Nua Art Gallery, by Drumcliffe Church, Sligo, on Saturday May 10th at 2.30pm, as part of the Bealtaine Festival.

KISS THE WIND TRACKS NOW AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY
5th May 2008

As of this morning, Monday 5th May, all the tracks on the exclusive Waterboys download album KISS THE WIND are available for individual download. You can link to the album here

KISS THE WIND RELEASED TODAY & ONLINE STORE NOW OPEN
28th Apr 2008

Our new website store is live NOW, set up and run in collaboration with top online retailer Townsend Records. The new download-only album, KISS THE WIND, exclusive to our store, is released today and can be purchased here. Plus, all Waterboys CDs from the first album through to 2007’s Book Of Lightning are available from our store.

KISS THE WIND features 16 rare or previously unreleased tracks selected by Mike Scott. Highlights include many never before heard songs plus Mike's demo of On My Way To The Big Light, an alternative Let It Happen, live versions of The Stolen Child and Jagger/Richards' Wild Horses and many many more. For the first week only Kiss The Wind is available bundled with extra track-by-track notes by Mike. From next Monday, May 5th, it will be available by individual track or bundled, but without the extra notes. The album costs £7.99. Individual tracks will retail for 79p. Samples of three tracks can be heard now on our myspace page. Kiss The Wind will not be available on physical CD and can not be purchased from any other digital or high street retailer. For full tracklisting see below the cover artwork.

1. Kiss The Wind
2. On My Way To The Big Light
3. Follow The Fellow Who Fiddles
4. Your Baby Ain't A Baby Anymore
5. Wintermind
6. Let It Happen (1999)
7. I’ve Been In The Storm For You
8. Anatomy Of A Love Affair
9. Independence Day
10. John Coogan Is Going
11. Wild Horses (live)
12. Big Day Boogie / Always / Broken Ring
13. Martin Decent
14. Send Him Down To Waco
15. The Stolen Child (live)
16. This Old Boat

Click here for the store front page

We have opened a blog thread on our myspace page where you can give feedback about the album. Check it out here.

TWO NORWEGIAN SHOWS IN AUGUST
23rd Apr 2008

The Waterboys have added two shows in Norway in August. These are full band performances like all the shows this Summer except Pickering Folk Festival.

21 Aug: Union Scene, DRAMMEN. Tickets from Union Scene Café and www.unionscene.no Price: NOK 375 + box office fee NOK 10

22 Aug: Parkenfestivalen, BODø. This is a headline and tickets are available from www.parkenfestivalen.no or +47 75549010 (Bodø Kulturhus). One day passes cost NOK 650.

MIKE HAS AN ARTICLE IN NEW ISSUE OF KINDRED SPIRIT MAGAZINE
23rd Apr 2008

Mike has contributed an article to the May/June edition of UK holistic magazine, Kindred Spirit. The piece is titled Early Morning Meditation, and the issue goes on sale Thursday 24th April.

CALI - WHAT HAPPENED
23rd Apr 2008

Mike and Steve guested with their friend, top French singer Cali, at Zenith, Paris, 15 & 16 April. For a full account check out Mike’s blog here

STRANGE BOAT IN THE IRISH CHARTS
23rd Apr 2008

The new version of Strange Boat, recorded by Mike Scott, singer Eleanor Shanley and various friends peaked in the Irish singles charts at number 16. Meanwhile former Waterboy Sharon Shannon, as well as playing on Strange Boat, is number one in Ireland for the second week with Galway Girl, her collaboration with Mundy. Congratulations Sharon!

STRANGE BOAT SINGLE - NOW ON ITUNES
7th Apr 2008

The new version of Strange Boat, sung by Eleanor Shanley with backing by Mike Scott, Sharon Shannon and others, was released in Ireland on Friday 4th April. The version of the Waterboys classic features Mike on guitar, keyboards and sound effects. The single is available from Irish record shops and also from iTunes - click ‘power search’ and enter ‘Strange Boat’ in the title box and ‘Shanley’ in the artist box and the single will appear, available for immediate download. The single is also available here

WATERBOYS CONFIRMED FOR ELECTRIC PICNIC, IRELAND
7th Apr 2008

The Waterboys have been added to the bill of the Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Co Laois, Ireland, and will perform at 7.30pm on Friday 29th August. Tickets are available here

PICKERING FESTIVAL TICKETS
7th Apr 2008

Tickets for the Pickering Festival, at which Mike, Steve and Richard will give an acoustic performance on Friday 8th August, are available now from here

UK AUGUST FESTIVALS: PICKERING AND TARTAN HEART
2nd Apr 2008

The Waterboys have been confirmed for two UK festivals in August:

Fri 8 Aug: Pickering Folk Festival, Pickering Showground, Yorkshire. This is an acoustic 3-man show, featuring Mike Scott, Steve Wickham & Richard Naiff. Tickets not on sale yet. As soon as we receive details of how to purchase, we’ll let you know.

Sat 9 August: Belladrum Festival, Tartan Heart 2008, by Beauly, Inverness-shire. This, like all the other previously announced 2008 Waterboys shows, is a full-band performance. Tickets: £80.00 (weekend), £50.00 (Saturday) from: www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk

MIKE ON IRISH TV THIS FRIDAY EVENING
2nd Apr 2008

Mike will appear on The Late Late Show, RTE Ireland, broadcast Friday evening April 4th at 9.30pm, playing guitar with vocalist Eleanor Shanley plus Sharon Shannon and Alec Finn. The ensemble will perform the Waterboys’ classic Strange Boat in aid of the Organ Donation project of the same name. The show will be archived here

RETURN TO PEACE AND LOVE FESTIVAL, SWEDEN
11th Mar 2008

The Waterboys will play again this year at the Peace And Love Festival in Borlange, Sweden, on the evening of June 27th, after their successful appearance last year. Other artists performing include The Sex Pistols, Humanzi and Hanoi Rocks. Tickets cost 1195 SEK (no camping) for the whole 3 day event or 1295 SEK (with camping). For more info on the festival and how to get tickets, click here.

FISHERMAN’S BLUES IN SCOTTISH TOURIST ADVERT
11th Mar 2008

Fisherman’s Blues features in a new advert for the Scottish Tourist Board, currently being shown at cinemas in England. It’s very unusual for a Waterboys song to be approved for use in an advert and Mike Scott said yes to this one because the advert is for Scotland. Watch it here.

MULTI-ARTIST VERSION OF STRANGE BOAT FOR IRISH CHARITY SINGLE
11th Mar 2008

SHE TRIED TO HOLD ME (ACOUSTIC) AVAILABLE ON NEW WXPN ALBUM
11th Mar 2008

TICKET INFO FOR CANALSTREET FESTIVAL, NORWAY, JULY 24
11th Mar 2008

WATERBOYS PLAY FESTIVAL IN SOUTH-EAST SPAIN
22nd Feb 2008

The Waterboys will headline at The Mediatic Festival in LA NUCIA, Alicante, Spain on 17 May 2008. Tickets, price €30 (one day) or €50 (two days) are available from www.mediaticfestival.com

DATE FOR CANALSTREET FESTIVAL, NORWAY
22nd Feb 2008

NEW BLOGS CONTAINING UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS
22nd Feb 2008

Mike has been uploading some of his unpublished writings from the 1980s and 90s in his blog on myspace. These include previously unseen poems and unused lyrics to some of the Waterboys’ greatest songs. Click here to check ‘em out

CALI’S ‘L’ESPOIRE IS NUMBER ONE IN FRANCE
22nd Feb 2008

Cali’s new album L’Espoire, including collaborations with Mike Scott, is number one in the French albums chart. We congratulate Cali on his success! One of the Cali and Mike collaborative tracks, List Of Lies, available only on the special edition version of L’Espoire, is currently rocking on The Waterboys myspace player. To hear it click here

WATERBOYS RETURN TO SWEDEN’S PEACE AND LOVE FESTIVAL
22nd Feb 2008

NEW DATES IN PORTUGAL AND GERMANY
4th Feb 2008

The Waterboys are confirmed for the following full band shows:
Fri 14 March: Gaia Pavillion, OPORTO, Portugal. Tickets price €10.00 on sale now from: www.ticketline.pt and www.portoeventos.com
Sat 19 July: BURG HERZBERG Festival, Germany Tickets price €55 for four days (no single day tickets) from: www.burgherzberg-festival.de and www.reservix.de More 2008 Waterboys dates are currently being added and will be announced soon.

CALI ALBUM 'L'ESPOIR' RELEASED TODAY
4th Feb 2008

Waterboys' friend Bruno 'Cali' Caliciuri releases his new album, 'L'Espoir' today, on Virgin France. Mike Scott features on two songs: 'Pas Le Guerre' and - on the first edition of the CD only - 'A List Of Lies', both co-written by Cali and Mike. For further info on Cali and the album visit here

MIKE SCOTT CONTRIBUTES TO NEW ALBUM BY FRENCH SINGER CALI
21st Jan 2008

Mike has contributed vocals to two tracks on L’Espoir, the new album by top French singer Cali, released by EMI/Virgin France on 4th February. Both Mike and Steve Wickham have been friends with Cali for several years, and Steve played fiddle on his last album, Menteur. On L’Espoir Mike contributes a spoken word section (in English) to the song Pas De Guerre, and sings co-lead vocals on the bonus track A List Of Lies, available only with the first pressing of the album. Both songs were written by Cali and Mike. Says Mike: “Cali is a true rock and roller, a troubadour, a chansonnier. It’s a thrill to contribute to his album.” For further info visit: here

ROOM TO ROAM - REMASTERED VERSION IS COMING
21st Jan 2008

The fifth Waterboys’ album, 1990’s Room To Roam, is being prepared for remastering and reissue by EMI during 2008. Like the recent remasters of This Is The Sea and Fisherman’s Blues, it will be issued as a 2CD set, the second CD comprising previously unissued material recorded during the same era as the original album. Mike Scott is currently selecting tracks for inclusion. As soon as we have more details and a release date we’ll let you know.

CELTIC CONNECTIONS - WHAT HAPPENED
21st Jan 2008

Mike appeared at the gala opening of the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow on 16th January, sharing the stage with Julie Fowlis, Sharon Shannon, Luka Bloom, Karine Polwart, Kate Rusby, John McCusker, Karan Casey, Damien Dempsey and many other artists. The sold out concert, titled Common Ground and held at the Royal Concert Hall, included Mike’s performance of two unreleased songs, The Wedding and The Wyndy Wyndy Road (a new lyric to a tune by Scottish musician Phil Cunningham). For the encore the whole ensemble performed Sunny Sailor Boy, with lead vocals by Luka Bloom and Mike, and Mike’s rearrangement of the Scottish classic Will Ye No’ Come Back Again?, set to the air of the great Irish song Mo Gile Mear. To read reviews click here and here.

STEVE WICKHAM GUESTS ON NEW THEA GILMORE ALBUM
21st Jan 2008

Steve plays fiddle on The Lower Road, the closing track on Thea Gilmore’s new album Liejacker, released March 31st on Fulfill Records. Thea is an old friend of The Waterboys; she supported on the band’s 2006 UK tour and two songs on her last album, Harpo’s Ghost, were co-written with Mike Scott. As well as featuring Steve, The Lower Road has guest vocals by Joan Baez. For further info visit: here

HAPPY CHRISTMASWATERPEOPLE! - 'HIGHERBOUND' DOWNLOAD ON MYSPACE NOW
22nd Dec 2007

As a Christmas gift to Waterpeople everywhere we've added the legendary but never released song Higherbound to our myspace player. It will be available there for download till January 1st. The version was recorded live at an acoustic Waterboys show in Ireland a few years ago, and you can listen to it and download now. Click here to access, and Happy Christmas / holidays / Hannukah / Solstice / season to you!

NEW BLOG/FICTION STORY ON MYSPACE
22nd Dec 2007

Mike has posted a new blog on the Waterboys myspace page which links to a humorous fictional story, edited from the Waterboys forum. To access click here

WATERBOYS SPANISH FESTIVAL SHOW IN JANUARY
4th Dec 2007

The Waterboys will play at Actuel 08, held in Logrono, Spain, on Sunday Jan 6th. The concert is held at Palacio de Deportes, Logrono, at 7.30pm with support from American band Devotchka. The Waterboys will be onstage at 9.30pm. Drummer Jeremy Stacey, who played on the Waterboys’ albums A Rock In The Weary Land and Book Of Lightning, will stand in for Damon Wilson who is on holiday in Australia.

Tickets are available on 22 December from: (+34) 902 33 22 11 or www.servicaixa.com or in person at Oficina de Turismo de El Espolón. Further information here

FIRST SUMMER 2008 FESTIVAL SHOW CONFIRMED
4th Dec 2007

The first Waterboys festival appearance for Summer 2008 has been confirmed. It is a show at the Canalstreet Festival in Arendal, south Norway, held between 23-26 July. We don’t know which date The Waterboys will play on, but as soon as get more info we’ll let you know.

SHE TRIED TO HOLD ME - ON WXPN COMPILATION
4th Dec 2007

Philadelphia radio station WXPN will include the band's acoustic version of She Tried To Hold Me on their compilation CD XPN: Live AT The World Cafe - Vol #25, to be released in February 2008. Copies will be able direct from the radio station during on air fundraisers, and also from www.xpn.org. Other artists featured include Cold War Kids, Fionn Regan, Martin Sexton, Thurston Moore, Jose Gonzalez, Sea Wolf.

MIKE’S NORWEGIAN TV PERFORMANCE ON MYSPACE
4th Dec 2007

A seven minute film of Mike performing In The Beginning Was Love and You In The Sky with the One People band on the TV show Good Morning Norway has just been uploaded to our myspace page. Click here to view

NEW MIKE SCOTT WEBLOGS ON MYSPACE
4th Dec 2007

Mike has written a couple more blogs since the end of the Waterboys’ tour - Early Morning Meditation (23 Nov) and A Dream (3 Dec) and they are available to read here, along with all the blogs from the tour itself. You can subscribe to Mike’s blog from here. (Note: you must be a myspace member to subscribe)

NEW PHOTOS UPLOADED ON MYSPACE
4th Dec 2007

We’ve recently uploaded over twenty additional photos and cartoons to the band’s myspace page, including shots from the just finished European and North American tour. Click here to view

COVERS WATCH
20th Nov 2007

Some recent covers of Waterboys songs include:

Fisherman's Blues by Jaime RT (Canada) on 'Spark' (Dog My Cat Records) www.jaimert.com
When Will We Be Married, reggae version by Fiddlers Green (Germany) on 'Drive Me Mad' (Deaf Shepherd) www.fiddlers.de
Whole Of The Moon by DJ Marco on 'Celtic Clubland' (REL Records) relrecords.dloadshop.com
Fisherman's Blues by Mike Milazzo (USA) on 'The World Outside' (Mighty Quinn Recordings) www.myspace.com/mikemilazzo101
When Ye Go Away by The Beggarmen (USA) on 'Newry Town' (Beggarmen) www.beggarmen.com/
The Kings Of Kerry by Aoife Granville (Ireland) on ‘Sraid Eoin Shuffle’ (Claddagh Records) www.aoifegranville.com
The Kings Of Kerry by Paul Brock & Enda Scahill (Ireland) on ‘Humdinger’ (Compass Records) www.brockscahill.com

MIKE TO PLAY AT CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL, GLASGOW, JAN 16th
20th Nov 2007

WOODSTOCK ACOUSTIC SHOW BROADCAST DATE
20th Nov 2007

CONCERT ANNOUNCED FOR 16 NOVEMBER ISN'T HAPPENING
15th Nov 2007

A show at Westminster Central Hall, London on Friday November 16th, apparently featuring The Waterboys, has been announced in this week's edition of Time Out, the London what's on guide. We can confirm this concert will NOT be happening. A concert on this date, as part of the Be The Change international conference, was under discussion, but was not finalised. The Waterboys have just finished their North American tour and will be playing no more shows in 2007.

WATERBOYS LIVE AT CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL ON BBC4 TONIGHT
2nd Nov 2007

The Waterboys feature tonight in the first of a series of BBC4 programs on the 2007 Cambridge Folk Festival. An interview with Mike Scott will be shown, and the band's live performance of 'Raggle Taggle Gypsy' featuring guest Sharon Shannon on accordion. The program airs on BBC4 at 8:30pm, Friday 2nd November. The fourth program in the series will feature the band's version of 'This Land Is Your Land' with Steve Earle and other guests, to be shown on 23rd November. More details can be found here.

IN THE BEGINNING WAS LOVE - FREE DOWNLOAD
23rd Oct 2007

Mike's Norwegian single with One People, the beautiful In The Beginning Was Love, is available as a free download now from the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet. Click here

VIEW TV PERFORMANCES OF 'IN THE BEGINNING WAS LOVE' & 'YOU IN THE SKY'
23rd Oct 2007

The film of Mike’s live performance on Norwegian TV of In The Beginning Was Love, with Noora Noor and the One People band, and You In The Sky with keyboard player Anders Hunstad, can be accessed online. Click here.

Then click on the ‘God Morning Norge’ (’Good Morning Norway’) icon at the foot of the page. Next click on ‘Musikk’ and a selection of recent [performances will appear in a scrollbar. Mike’s performances of both In The Beginning Was Love and You In The Sky will appear as thumbnails.

MIKE’S INTERVIEW WITH AMPLIFIER
23rd Oct 2007

An interview with Mike has just been published by online indie magazine Amplifier. Access it here

NEW VIDEO UPLOADED AT OUR MYSPACE PAGE
18th Oct 2007

We've just uploaded a new video, GLASTONBURY FRAGMENTS, shot by and featuring new music by Waterboys fiddler Steve Wickham. The video is a collage of images filmed by Steve while driving through the Glastonbury Festival this summer. It is accompanied by Steve's recording of a classical music piece - Arvo Part's great 'Spiegel Im Spiegel', re-arranged for the unlikely but beautiful pairing of banjo and harmonica. It's available for viewing now, click here.

SPANISH TOUR TICKET DETAILS
15th Oct 2007

Here are details of how to purchase tickets for The Waterboys Spanish concerts:

BILBAO 23 Oct. Online: www.teatroarriaga.com

MADRID 24 Oct. www.ticktackticket.com Call center: 902 15 00 25

VALENCIA 26 Oct. Box Offices: Amsterdam, Harmony, Tiendas Tipo, Mercado La Pulga. No online sales for this show

HUESCA (Periferias Festival) 27 Oct. Box office: cash machines of CAI (Caja De Ahorros Inmaculada). Online: www.cai.es

GUADFALAJARA 28 Oct. Call center: 902 30 38 88. Online: www.cajaguadalajara.biz. Box office: Teatro Buero Vallejo

MIKE'S SINGLE WITH ONE PEOPLE IS OUT
8th Oct 2007

Mike's single in collaboration with Norwegian organisation One People, In The Beginning Was Love, was released on Friday. You can hear it on our myspace page here and it can be purchased online here. Mike will perform the song with One People and singer Noora Noor on the Norwegian TV show God Morgen Norge (Good Morning Norway) around 9am on Wednesday October 10th.

MIKE'S INTERVIEW WITH BABBLE AND BEAT
8th Oct 2007

Mike has recently been interviewed by online music zine Babble and Beat who write: "Mike spoke with us about his new album & upcoming North American tour, his 1970s fanzine and who he interviewed, his relationship with coffee & more. He even shared his favorite photo of himself with us! To check it out click here

BELGIAN FESTIVAL SHOW ADDED, 20TH OCTOBER
3rd Oct 2007

FULL NORTH AMERICAN TICKET DETAILS
20th Sep 2007

All the shows in the band's November tour of the USA and Canada are now on sale, and are available either from www.ticketmaster.com or from the indidivual theatre box offices:

Nov 1: Boston, Berklee Theatre, www.berkleebpc.com

Nov 2: New York City, Webster Hall www.websterhall.com

Nov 3: Glenside (Philadelphia), Keswick Theatre www.brepresents.com

Nov 5: Toronto, Danforth Music Hall www.danforthmusichall.ca

Nov 6: Chicago, Park West www.parkwestchicago.com

Nov 9: Seattle, Moore Theatre, www.monqui.com

Nov 10: Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom, www.hob.com/

Nov 11: Portland, Alladian Theatre www.aladdin-theater.com

Nov 13: San Francisco, the Fillmore www.thefillmore.com

ADDITIONAL DUTCH SHOW, OCTOBER 18TH
13th Sep 2007

MIKE’S COLLABORATION WITH ONE PEOPLE - NEW SINGLE
13th Sep 2007

Mike has joined with Norwegian organisation One People for a single titled IN THE BEGINNING WAS LOVE, which will be released in Norway on 5th October. The song was written by Mike and his friend, American author David Spangler, and some people may remember it from the Waterboys’ Midsummer 2006 acoustic shows. The single version has a new arrangement featuring Mike on lead vocals, with supporting vocals by Norway-based Somalian singer Noora Noor and instrumentation by top Norwegian musicians. Mike describes it as “exquisite spiritual funk”. Production is by Rune “Two Sticks” Lamøy and Åsmund Gylder.

In The Beginning Was Love is by “One People featuring Mike Scott from The Waterboys and Noora Noor”. It will be released on CD by MTG Music, through Musikkoperatørene, and also as a download from iTunes and other web stores. Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet is offering a limited number of free downloads with its October 23 issue. People outside Norway can purchase the single from October 5 at: www.one-people.com

One People was founded by Native American poet and activist Tom LaBlanc and Norwegian musician Asmund Gylder. One People is a non-political, non-religious, idealistic foundation. Its goal is to promote peace and solidarity through music. We asked Mike how the collaboration came about and he explained by email: “Asmund contacted me a year or so ago, and I was impressed by his letter. I felt sympathetic to the organisation, and the One People records he sent me were brilliant - great songs and performances, masterful production, with a coherent idealistic message. I thought ‘I wanna make a record with these people’. So when Asmund asked me if I had a song for their second album, I sent him a demo of In The Beginning Was Love. I didn’t expect it would become a single, but Asmund and his team worked deep magic on it, and here it comes!”

For further info on One People visit: www.one-people.com For further info on Noora Noor visit: http://www.myspace.com/nooramusic

MIKE AND ONE PEOPLE ON NORWEGIAN TV
13th Sep 2007

Mike, Noora Noor and the One People band will perform In The Beginning Was Love on the Norwegian TV show, God Morgen Norge (Good Morning Norway) on October 10. The programme runs from 6.25-10.30am, and the Mike/One People section is expected to be around 9am.

WATERBOYS SPANISH TOUR, OCTOBER 2007
13th Sep 2007

The Waterboys’ European tour will continue with a series for shows in Spain, the band’s first full tour there since 2002. Here are the dates. Full ticket details will be announced as soon as we receive them:

23 Oct: Teatro Arriaga, BILBAO
24 Oct: Teatro Joy Eslava, MADRID
26 Oct: Cormoran, VALENCIA
27 Oct: Periferias Festival, HUESCA
28 Oct: Teatro Buero, GUADALAJARA

NORTH AMERICAN CONCERT TICKETS - MORE INFO
13th Sep 2007

In addition to the shows in Philadelphia, New York, Toronto, Vancouver BC and Portland, Tickets for the following shows are now on sale: Nov 1: Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA Nov 13: Fillmore, San Francisco, CA Tickets for all seven shows are available here

Tickets for the Seattle show (Nov 9) will go on sale this Saturday, Sept 15, at 10am. Ticket info on the Chicago show (Nov 6) will be forthcoming soon.

WORLD CAFE RADIO SESSION BROADCAST DATE
13th Sep 2007

The band’s 3-man radio session for World Cafe, at WXPN Philadelphia will be broadcast on Wednesday 19th Sept between 2.00pm and 4.00pm Eastern Time (7-9pm UK). The session features versions of Everybody Takes A Tumble, Strange Arrangement and several other songs from Book Of Lightning, plus an interview with the band. You can stream the show by going to: www.xpn.org It will also be available on 200 stations nationwide; US residents can find their local one by going to: http://worldcafe.org.

EUROPEAN SUPPORT ACTS
13th Sep 2007

Norwegian singer/songwriter Vidar Vang will open for The Waterboys at their upcoming shows in Bergen, Stavanger and Haugesund (8, 10 & 11 October). There will be no opening act in Trondheim on 6 Oct. German 3-piece band Planeausters, who recently covered The Waterboys’ classic Red Army Blues, will open at all three german shows in October (Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne, 13, 15 & 16 October). Irish singer/songwriter Roesy will open the Dutch shows in Amsterdam and Eindhoven (17 & 18 October). You can find more info about all these artists here:

www.vidarvang.com/ www.myspace.com/theroesy
www.planeausters.com/newsite/

PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER TICKETS ON SALE
6th Sep 2007

MIKE SCOTT INTERVIEW WITH COLIN MELOY IS OUT
6th Sep 2007

The transcript of Mike being interviewed by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists is published in September's issue of Believer, the alternative American arts magazine, out now. Believer is available from alternative bookstores, magazine stands and from: www.believermag.com

NEW PHOTOS ON OUR MYSPACE PAGE
6th Sep 2007

We've uploaded a lot of new photos to the Waterboys' myspace page over the last few weeks, including shots from Cambridge Folk Festival (featuring Steve Earle, Sharon Shannon and others), Midlands Festival, Ireland, and the band's recent jaunt round American radio stations. To view, visit here and click on "view my pics".

BOSTON LIVE RADIO SESSION STREAMED
6th Sep 2007

The band's live acoustic session on WMFO Boston's "Paddy-Whacked Radio" is available online. Visit: here - and click on Paddy-Whacked Radio ˜last show" 9-11am Friday. The Waterboys session is in the last half hour of the two-hour show and features versions of The Man With The Wind At His Heels, It's Gonna Rain and When Ye Go Away, as well as interview fragments and even some tuning up. We are awaiting broadcast details of the several other radio sessions which the band pre-recorded in the States and will announce them as soon as we get info.

NEW YORK LIVE RADIO SESSION BROADCAST DATE
6th Sep 2007

The band's recent pre-recorded live session with WFUV New York will be aired on Thursday 13th September on ‘Take Five’ with Darren DeVivo at 8:15am and 4:45pm- and also on ‘Words And Music From Studio A’ at 9pm (US Eastern Time- five hours behind UK) You can listen here to purchase.

NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS - FIRST TICKET INFO
3rd Sep 2007

Tickets for the Waterboys shows in New York (Nov 2), Glenside/Philadelphia (Nov 3) and Toronto (Nov 5) are on sale NOW from Ticketmaster in the USA. Click here to purchase.

US RADIO SHOWS - WHAT HAPPENED
3rd Sep 2007

OTHER BROADCAST SESSIONS/INTERVIEWS IN THE USA
27th Aug 2007

Mike, Steve and Richard will be recording live music sessions for two more American radio stations this week: WFUV (New York) and WXPN World Cafe (Philadelphia). Both these sessions are pre-records, and as soon as we receive broadcast dates we'll let you know. The trio will also be playing live on air on DJ Shawn Fitzsimmons' final show for WMFO Boston on Friday morning, August 31st.

Mike will be interviewed live-on-air on WBOS Boston around 4pm on Thursday 30th, and at WDST Woodstock around 5pm on Friday 31st. Mike is also scheduled to be interviewed on Monday 27th for Bloomberg TV's Night Talk With Mike Schneider, though we don't know if this will be broadcast that night or later. Well keep you posted as we receive more info from the band's management.

The band's show at Colony Cafe, Woodstock on Friday 31st is now sold out. It will be broadcast later on WDST and when we receive broadcast dates for this and the radio concerts in Minneapolis and Boston, we'll let you know..

MINNEAPOLIS SHOW, AUG 29TH, MORE INFO
27th Aug 2007

Wednesday night's radio broadcast concert in Minneapolis will be at The Hollow, not "The Hallow" as mistakenly announced on our website last week.

The Hollow is a private room attached to a well known Minneapolis bar called The Local. Admission is only available via the radio station KTCZ Cities 97, who are giving away tickets on air.

BOSTON RADIO SHOW ADDED
23rd Aug 2007

Mike, Steve and Richard will play another small show for radio broadcast in Boston on Thursday August 30th. The show is at First Act Guitar Studios at 6.30pm, and is promoted by WBOS 92.9 who will be giving away tickets on air. Audience number is limited to 100 people. We also have 6 pairs of tickets to give away to the first 6 people to email us at mswbs@comcast.net. If you miss this show you can still come and see the full band play at the Berklee Theatre on November 1st.

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES - NOVEMBER 2-13
22nd Aug 2007

The Waterboys will play a short Book Of Lightning tour of North America in November. These will be full band shows, featuring the same line-up as at all this year’s European concerts: Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Richard Naiff, Mark Smith & Damon Wilson. This is the first Waterboys tour of North America since 2003, and their first full band shows since 2001. Tickets are not on sale yet, but the moment we have the box office details we’ll let you know. The dates are:

Nov 1: Berklee Theatre, BOSTON
Nov 2: Webster Hall, NEW YORK CITY
Nov 3: Keswick Theatre, GLENSIDE (nr Philadelphia), PA
Nov 5: The Music Hall, TORONTO
Nov 6: Park West, CHICAGO
Nov 9: Moore Theatre, SEATTLE
Nov 10: Commodore Ballroom, VANCOUVER
Nov 11: Aladdin Theatre, PORTLAND
Nov 13: The Fillmore, SAN FRANCISCO

Clare Burson (www.myspace.com/clareburson) will open the shows at Glenside and New York. Great Aunt Ida (www.myspace.com/greatauntida), the Vancouver band who played on the song Sustain on Book Of Lightning, will open at Toronto, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland and San Francisco. Both acts are playing at the personal invitation of Mike Scott. There will be no support act in Boston or Chicago.

BOOK OF LIGHTNING IS RELEASED THIS WEEK IN THE USA
22nd Aug 2007

The new Waterboys album Book Of Lightning was released yesterday in the USA, on W14/Decca Records (through Universal).

Customers in the USA can purchase Book Of Lightning online from Amazon.com here

MINNEAPOLIS RADIO BROADCAST CONCERT, AUGUST 29
20th Aug 2007

SALAMANCA, SPAIN - CONCERT DETAILS
17th Aug 2007

Here are the full details for the previously announced Waterboys show in Salamanca:

7th Sept at: Plaza Mayor de Salamanca, 10pm, as part of the folk music festival, Etnohelmantica 2007 This festival is free.

GENEVA SHOW ADDED
15th Aug 2007

NORWEGIAN SHOW ADDED IN STAVANGER
15th Aug 2007

SPECIAL THREE-MAN SHOW IN WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK, 31 AUG
14th Aug 2007

Mike, Steve and Richard will play a three-man show at the Colony Cafe, Woodstock, New York, USA at 9pm on August 31st. Tickets are available from here. This is a special show for broadcast on Woodstock radio station WDST. We understand the three-piece will play another couple of similar US shows the same week, and as soon as we get details we'll post them here.

OCTOBER DATES IN NORWAY AND GERMANY
8th Aug 2007

The Waterboys will play a series of extra tour dates in Norway and Germany in October. Like the rest of this year's concerts, these will be full band shows. Dates are:

NORWAY
6 Oct: Trondheim, Olavshallen +47 81533133 (Ticketmaster) / +47 73994050 (venue) www.billettservice.no / www.olavshallen.no Price: NOK 400 / 350 + box office fee NOK 20

8 Oct: Bergen, Ole Bull Scene +47 81533133 www.billettservice.no / www.bergenlive.no Price: NOK 425 / 375 + box office fee NOK 20

11 Oct: Haugesund, Byscenen +47 98637000 www.scanticket.no / www.inventum.no Price: NOK 340 + NOK box office fee

All three shows on sale Aug 8th.

GERMANY
13 Oct: Berlin, Postbanhof +49 (0)30 - 61 10 13 13
15 Oct: Hamburg, Grunspan +49 (0) 1805 - 853 653
16 Oct: Cologne, The Prime Club +49 (0) 221 - 962 42 41

Tickets for German shows on sale now. Also available online from:
www.tickets.de Price: 23 Euro

MIKE ON YEATS
2nd Aug 2007

Mike has chosen a favourite poem of his by WB Yeats for the Poets Corner section of actress/singer Jacqui Mackenzie's website. Mike has picked The Song Of Wandering Aengus and has contributed an introduction to the poem. To read click here

WATERBOYS CAMBRIDGE LIVE TRACKS PLAYED ON RADIO
31st Jul 2007

3 songs from The Waterboys performance at this year's Cambridge Folk Festival in England were broadcast tonight on BBC Radio 2's Radcliffe And Maconie Show. The songs were Everybody Takes A Tumble, The Raggle Taggle Gypsy and When Will We Be Married? You can access them via the BBC's 'listen again' facility here

NEW VIDEO UPLOADED ON MYSPACE
30th Jul 2007

A short film of Steve Wickham's 'rustic irishman' alter-ego Gobnait O'Gallagher singing Walk On The Wild Side has been posted on our myspace page. The film was shot by drummer Damon Wilson backstage before the band's Midlands Festival show in Ireland on 28th July. To view click here

LIVE SESSION ON JANICE LONG SHOW, BBC RADIO 2, TUESDAY NIGHT
30th Jul 2007

The Waterboys will play 3 songs live on BBC Radio 2's Janice Long show which runs from 12.30am to 3.00am. There will also be an opportunity to send in questions for Janice to ask the band. For further info, and to access the BBC's 'replay' feature, click here: www.bbc.co.uk

CRASH OF ANGEL WINGS - SINGLE DOWNLOAD INFO
30th Jul 2007

The new Waterboys single mix of The Crash Of Angel Wings, plus 'b' side - Mike's home demo of the same song - is available for download from today, Monday 30th July. The track, originally on the band's current album Book Of Lightning, has been specially remixed for the single by Ren Swan and features additional electric guitar by Mike Scott. It was recently picked as Radcliffe & Maconie's Single Of The Week on BBC Radio 2. You can download the single at the following stores:
www.7digital.co.uk
www.virgindigital.co.uk
www.hmvdigital.com
www.napster.co.uk
www.msn.co.uk
www.wippit.co.uk
- and from tomorrow, 31st July, from iTunes

CAMBRIDGE AND MIDLANDS - WHAT HAPPENED
30th Jul 2007

The Waterboys played two eventful shows this weekend at the Cambridge Folk Festival in England and the Midlands Music Festival in Ireland.  At Cambridge on Friday night, Mike opened the show with a solo version of the venerable folk song Barbara Allen.  A few songs later the band was joined by Sharon Shannon on accordion for The Raggle Taggle Gypsy, and at the end of the show by Steve Earle, Sharon Shannon, fiddler John McCusker and flute player Michael McGoldrick for a hootenanny-style finale of This Land Is Your Land, with Mike and Steve Earle trading verses.

Earlier in the day Sharon joined Mike and Steve for their acoustic session on Stuart Maconie's BBC Radio 2 show. You can hear the session and interview here:www.bbc.co.uk (click on Stuart Maconie On Saturday). The BBC have also uploaded a film of the band's onstage performance of The Whole Of The Moon, which you can see here:
www.bbc.co.uk/

On Saturday at the Midlands Festival, the band unveiled two new additions to the set.  In the guise of rustic singer Gobnait O'Gallagher (pronounced 'Gubnit'), Steve Wickham sang lead vocal on a version of Lou Reed's classic Walk On The Wild Side.  This was followed by a solo fuzz fiddle rendition of the Irish National Anthem, played a la Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner.

SHOW IN SALAMANCA, SPAIN
30th Jul 2007

We've just heard the band will play a show in Salamanca, Spain on 7th September. We understand this is a festival date, not part of a tour. As soon as we get more details we'll let you know.

MIKE AND WIKIPEDIA - RADIO INTERVIEW
23rd Jul 2007

Mike has been interviewed for The Wikipedia Story, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow, Tuesday 24th July, at 11.30am. Tune into 92-95 fm or 198 long wave.

CRASH OF ANGEL WINGS DEMO FOR 'B' SIDE
18th Jul 2007

We've just heard that the extra track with the new Waterboys single will be Mike's home demo of Crash Of Angel Wings itself. As previously stated, the single is download-only, all is released on Monday 30th July. We don't know whether this extra track will come bundled, or whether you will be able to download the two tracks individually.

Different online retailers may offer the tracks in different ways. The two songs previously announced on a few websites as 'b' sides for this single, Higherbound and The Wedding, have been held back for future releases.

MIKE INTERVIEW ON JOHNNIE WALKER SHOW, RADIO 2, THIS SUNDAY
18th Jul 2007

Mike has been interviewed by BBC Radio 2's Johnnie Walker, to be broadcast during Johnnie's show this Sunday, July 22nd, 4.30pm-6.30pm.

WATERBOYS TO PLAY ON MACONIE SHOW, RADIO 2
18th Jul 2007

The Waterboys will play some acoustic songs and will be interviewed by Stuart Maconie for his show from the Cambridge Folk Festival, broadcast on BBC Radio 2 between 2pm and 4.30pm on Saturday 28th July.

MIKE SCOTT INTERVIEWED BY COLIN MELOY OF THE DECEMBERISTS
18th Jul 2007

Mike has been interviewed by long-term Waterboys fan, Colin Meloy, singer with top American alternative band The Decemberists. The interview will appear in an upcoming issue of the American underground magazine Believer. We will announce full details as soon as we receive them.

NEW WATERBOYS SINGLE - THE CRASH OF ANGEL WINGS, JULY 30
16th Jul 2007

A remixed version of The Crash Of Angel Wings will be issued as the second single from Book Of Lightning on July 30th in the UK. The single will be available by download only, and recent reports on the web of it being issued as a 3 track CD single were premature. We have no information yet on what, if any, 'b' sides are to included. The version of Crash Of Angel Wings also features newly recorded additional electric guitar by Mike Scott and was fabulously remixed by Ren Swan, who worked on many of the tracks on Book Of Lightning. We've heard the track and it sounds great! As soon as we have more info we'll let you know.

WATERBOYS ARE SINGLE OF THE WEEK ON RADCLIFFE & MACONIE SHOW, RADIO 2
16th Jul 2007

We've just heard that Crash Of Angel Wings will be Single Of The Week on Radio 2's Radcliffe And Maconie Show, and will be played every evening from Monday 16 to Thursday 19 July. The show runs from 8pm to 10pm. Crash Of Angel Wings was voted single of the week by listeners to the show. The band also played a session for Mark Radcliffe's late night show earlier this year.

THE THREE DAYS OF GLASTONBURY
26th Jun 2007

Mike has written a blog about the Waterboys' experiences over their three shows in three days at this year's Glastonbury Festival in England. To read the whole epic saga of mud, magic, Pyramid stages, Taff and the tabard, Killer Conroy, a stovepipe hat, music, mermaids, madness, Tipi Fields and visions of Avalon, click here.

GALWAY - WHAT HAPPENED
17th May 2005

Mike, Steve and Richard were joined as promised by Anthony Thistlethwaite and Fran Breen on bass and drums for an explosive reunion at the Galway MASC benefit concert on May 7th. The band played a mostly electric selection including 'The Pan Within', the unreleased 'Everybody Takes A Tumble' and a version of the Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper'. For the encore they were joined by Sharon Shannon as well as Galway luminaries and original Sawdoctors Leo Moran, Padraig Stevens and John 'Turps' Burke for 'On My Way To Heaven', 'Streets Of Galway' and 'Bang On The Ear'. A splendid time was had by all ! To see pics click below: