Ash have today released a music video for ‘Neon’, single ‘I’ in the A-Z series. The video features a collection of still photography shot and sequenced together by KINo. You can view the video below.
Ash have today confirmed details of the bonus tracks that will appear on the upcoming A-Z Vol. 1 release. The tracks are all newly recorded, including a re-recorded version of Carly Simon’s Coming Around Again, the band originally recorded this for a radio session back in 1995. The full list of bonus tracks is as follows:
Return Of White Rabbit
Coming Around Again
The Creeps
CTRL-ALT-DEL
Do You Feel It?
The Japanese release will also contain two further bonus tracks:
Kamakura
Disenchanted
A-Z Vol. 1 is released on 19th April 2010 and is available to pre-order now.
Ash have revealed details of the 3rd free and exclusive bonus track to be given away to A-Z series subscribers. Subscribe to the groundbreaking A-Z Series before midnight Thursday 25th February 2010 and receive an exclusive bonus track, ‘Night Terrors’.
Night Terrors will NOT be available anywhere else, the ONLY way to get this track is to subscribe to the A-Z Series now in the Ash store. The free bonus track will be sent to both new and current subscribers the w/c 1st March.
Ash have announced today that they will release A-Z Vol. 1 on the 19th April 2010 through Atomic Heart Records. The release marks the halfway point in Ash’s groundbreaking 26 single campaign the A-Z Series. Wrapping up singles A to M, the CD will also feature a host of bonus material. There will also be a limited edition CD/DVD format, featuring the A-Z Tour diary filmed last autumn. The band are currently back in their Manhattan Studio recording tracks which will complete the second half of the series. The A-Z Vol. 1 track listing is as follows:
Return Of White Rabbit
A. True Love 1980
B. Joy Kicks Darkness
C. Arcadia
D. Tracers
E. The Dead Disciples
F. Pripyat
G. Ichiban
H. Space Shot
I. Neon
J. Command
K. TBA
L. TBA
M. TBA
i. TBA
ii. TBA
iii. TBA
iv. TBA
Ash performed a live webcast tonight from their Atomic Heart Studio in New York City. The band played seven songs including the live premier of current A-Z single Neon and also took time to answer fans questions from the website. If you missed it, you can watch it now below.
The band played the following songs:
Neon, A Life Less Ordinary, Return Of White Rabbit, Arcadia, Space Shot, Twilight Of The Innocents, Kung Fu.
Immediately following the performance, the members of Ash — Tim Wheeler, Mark Hamilton and Rick McMurray – will interact with their fans via a live Q+A session where they will answer questions submitted via Twitter and Facebook.
With Livestream as the exclusive streaming provider of the event on February 3rd, the player for the webcast can be embedded anywhere. Integration with Facebook and Twitter allows viewers to engage in an online conversation with other fans and the band. The performance will also be encoded for the iPhone, making the broadcast accessible to over a million iPhone users with a 3G wireless connection at http://iphone.livestream.com.
Ash have announced details of a UK spring tour. Having re-invigorated the live circuit with their gruelling A-Z tour zigzagging across the UK late last year, Ash return to some more familiar venues this April and May. All tickets go on sale Tuesday 12th January 2010 priced £15 regionally and £16.50 in London. The dates are as follows:
19/04/10 Southampton – University
20/04/10 Cambridge – Junction
21/04/10 Norwich – Waterfront
23/04/10 Birmingham – Irish Centre
24/04/10 Leeds – Metropolitan University
25/04/10 Newcastle – O2 Academy
27/04/10 Glasgow – O2 ABC
28/04/10 Manchester – Academy 2
30/04/10 Bristol – O2 Academy
01/05/10 Brighton – Concorde 2
02/05/10 Oxford – O2 Academy
04/05/10 London – Electric Ballroom