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[Red Barked Tree] is 40 minutes of gorgeous nothings, full of intricate curlicues of sparkling Colin Newman guitar and synth given beef by the surging rhythms of Robert Grey aka Gotobed and Graham Lewis. They play alternative guitar music better than any young British band you can name.
Garry Mulholland, BBC Music
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- 23 Years Too Late (Radio Edit) (from Read & Burn 03)
- 3rd Millennium Girl
- Boiling Boy (from It's All in The Brochure)
- Dot Dash (from Live at CBGB Theatre)
- First Fast (from Live at the Metro)
- Heartbeat (from Wire On The Box: 1979)
- In the Art of Stopping (edit) (from Read & Burn 01)
- One Of Us (from Object 47)
- Strange (from The Scottish Play)
- The Agfers Of Kodack (edit) (from Send)
- The Queen of Ur (from 21 July 1988 Astoria, London)
- Three Girl Rumba (2nd night) (from Live at the Roxy)
- Trash/Treasure (from Read & Burn 02)
- NEW: Two Minutes (from Red Barked Tree)
- Want to Ex-You (12XU) (from Re-Cycling Sherwood Forest)
Latest Wire news
November 09, 2011Black Session, Paris - 10th MAY 2011 (pf19)
As Wire nears the final leg of this extraordinary year of activity, pinkflag is announcing the next release. Recorded back in May in Radio France's Paris studios in front of an invited (and enthusiastic) audience this live album captures the band razor sharp from 4 months of touring distilling the set and featuring many of the songs that made it special for many.
WIRE - Black Session, Paris - 10th MAY 2011 (pf19)
01. Adapt
02. Comet
03. Smash
04. Please Take
05. KIdney Bingos
06. Clay
07. Map Ref 41°N 93°W
08. Moreover
09. Two People in a Room
10. Down To This
11. Drill
12. Red Barked Tree
13. Pink Flag
For those unable to make the gigs Wire will be appearing on the radio during the tour. There will be a session on the Marc Riley on the 21st November with an additional track being recorded for Gideon Coe plus an appearance on the Radcliffe and Maconie Show on the 16th (the day of the Manchester show) by the usual chatty members!
September 07, 2011Berlin Live
During the week following the Berlin Festival Wire will be making it's 3rd visit to Berlin this year to take part in the "ZDF Kultur" music culture event series entitled Berlin Live. The event on the 15th September features Einstürzende Neubauten & Caspar Brötzmann massacre (back from a 10 year hiatus) alongside Wire and will be hosted by veteran Anglo-Berliner Mark Reeder.
The show is performed in front of a live audience and entry is free! Tickets can be applied for on this page of the motor.de website.
August 17, 20112nd UK Tour plus Live Album
In spite of having toured extensively throughout the world with their brilliantly received Red Barked Tree album during the 1st half of 2011 Wire's line-up of Colin Newman, Graham Lewis & Robert Grey, supplemented since May 2010 with live guitarist Matt Simms have recently announced their 2nd UK tour of the year. Twice as long and covering several cities where the band have not played since the 70's, the November tour will see the band end the year with a flourish.
To accompany the tour Pinkflag will be releasing a live album (all formats) of a prestigious show from earlier in the year. The album will be available as exclusive tour merchandise during the tour and will only be released to shops once the tour is over.
Support on all dates will be provided by the highly acclaimed American duo Talk Normal who are just now putting the finishing touches to their debut album.