New Single & Album release dates !!!

On January 17th the Chemical Brothers return with 'Galvanize', a full blooded pulsing dancefloor anthem, featuring the vocal talents of US rapper Q-tip. From its pounding bass to its classic breakdown, it is the Chemical Brothers at their prime.

'Galvinize' is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming new studio album 'Push the Button' due for release on January 24th, it's an immense and brooding album that looks set to once again revitalise dance music into 2005 and beyond, marking more than ten years of relevance in clubland.

More details to be released soon...

thank you for this wonderfull bit of information, they were so good at glasto!!! hopefully this will mean a tour next year, maybe more festival dates?

"On January 17th the Chemical Brothers return with 'Galvanize', a full blooded pulsing dancefloor anthem, featuring the vocal talents of US rapper Q-tip. From its pounding bass to its classic breakdown, it is the Chemical Brothers at their prime."


WOOHOOO!
You've made me a happy boy
We should all vote for Tom and Ed in the American elections. They know whats going on

Oh yes, there is a tour to promote the new album , remember where you read it first! Tix on sale very soon

Carling Apollo Manchester 11/03/2005
Carling Academy Glasgow 12/03/2005
Civic Hall Wolverhampton 15/03/2005
Carling Academy Brixton (Late) 18/03/2005
Carling Academy Brixton (Late) 19/03/2005

tickets on sale friday morning 9am from seetickets

erm... available now for London and Manchester venues from Ticketmaster Oh happy day . Get in there now before the rush tomorrow!

Chemical Brothers tix @ ticketmaster.co.uk

i'm getting tickets this weekend for the friday date at brixton yaaaayyy for me!

Got meself tickets for the manchester gig at the apollo, should be really good. a tad expensive tho, but oh well...

Taster for video of new single

got my ticket last night for the 18th december. I was drunk at the time and i cant remember if this is the same date at brixton as the one my friends have tickets for

The Chems announce European tour dates


In addition to their UK dates Tom & Ed have announced the following European tour to support the release of their upcoming new album 'Push The Button' out 24th January 05:


FEBRUARY 05

THU 24 AMSTERDAM LIVE MUSIC HALL

FRI 25 PARIS ZENITH

SAT 26 KOLN PALADIUM

SUN 27 BERLIN COLUMBIAHALLE


MARCH 05

TUE 01 MILAN FILA FORUM

WED 02 MONTPELIER ZENITH

FRI 04 SAN SEBASTIAN ILLUMBE

SAT 05 MADRID PALACIO VISTALEGRE

SUN 06 GRANADA PALACIO DE DEPORTES

The Chems confirm more UK dates...

Tom and Ed have confirmed more UK live dates in MAY 2005 Yayyyy

TUESDAY 24 BRIGHTON @ BRIGHTON CENTRE
THURSDAY 26 LONDON @ BRIXTON ACADEMY
FRIDAY 27 LONDON @ BRIXTON ACADEMY
SUNDAY 29 EDINBURGH @ CORN EXCHANGE

NEW CHEMS WEB SITE LAUNCHED

thechemicalbrothers.com

In conjunction with the release of their new album 'Push The Button' Tom & Ed launch their new web site:

It's choc full of new areas, so as well as news, tour dates and the message board you can now download wallpaper and buddy icons, there is a mobile area for all your ringtunes, you can check out all your favourite tunes and videos and there will also be a fully fledged shop for all your Chems needs. The new site will be up from midday GMT on the 7th January so have a look round and let us know your thoughts via the feedback section.

Also for all you UK viewers the album TV advert will be interactive for Sky/Ch.4 digital viewers, which is the first time in the world a music advert is going to be interactive, more details to follow, remember to Push The 'Red' Button

got my tickets for brighton today

GALVANIZE OUT MONDAY!!


It's here, Galvanize is out Monday so make sure you get yourself a copy!

Also for all you lucky punters who buy the single you will be able to access exclusive content on the Chems web site, all you have to do is go to the news section have your copy of Galvanize ready and then fill in your details and click enter.....you'll then be able to see and exclusive interview with the band where they discuss the new album, collaborations and touring. Also contained in this secret area is a competition where you have the chance to win a Samsung SGH-E800 mobile telephone and you can also buy an exclusive ‘Galvanize Laughing Clown’ video clip for your mobile for only £1.50!

What more could you want!

thechemicalbrothers.com

PUSH THE BUTTON OUT MONDAY!


It's here, the long wait is over, Push The Button is out monday and I can't believe it, so make sure you are out Monday morning at your favourite record shop or buy direct from somewhere like Amazon now! As we speak Galvanize is riding high in the UK midweek chart at #3, the highest entry since Hey Boy Hey Girl, which is great news.

I listened to the extra track on the single 'electronic battle weapon no 7' and it brought back the memories of watching the 'scary clown' on the video screen while watching Tom and Ed in a spangled state at Creamfields!

The current TV ad is interactive for all you digital viewers so keep and eye out for the first major TV spot on Sunday in the great new Ch.4 documentary 'Cocaine' at 8.30pm GMT, remember to Push The RED Button. You can also access via your 'interactive' button on your Sky control and listen to album tracks, watch the video and see a great new interview with Tom and Ed. Our friends at CH.4 are also so excited they have added the jukebox to their website as well!

You can also download a great Push The Button signature from the download section on the Chems website chems website, just follow the instructions and it's free! Also for your mobile, there is scary clown from the live shows, produced by Vegetable Vision, just go to the mobile section on the website and follow instructions, it's only £1.50!

More next week...

Pssst.... shhhh.... here's a link to the MTV website, where you can listen to full length track previews of the Chems new 'Push the Button' album

http://www.mtv.co.uk/chemicalbrothers/

Have a listen before you buy! which are your favourite tracks?

thankies for the info david

top stuff. hope they do the fests.

Well looking good, 'Push the Button' went in at number one in main BBC Album chart and has just slipped back to only no 6. 'Galvanize' has done 2 weeks in the BBC singles top 5 so far and only a few weeks before we see them at Manchester yayyyyyyyy



You're welcome Minskyyy



So do I, and its looking likely they will do at least a couple. Would usually need a crack team of heavies from Stuart Security to keep them away from Glasto even if they only DJ'ed there this year . The new extended Global Gathering is my other informed guess so far

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS ANNOUNCE V FESTIVAL 05 HEADLINE AND 2nd SINGLE DETAILS


The Chemical Brothers are gearing up to set this years V Festival alight, on the weekend of 20th and 21st August 2005 the long reigning clubland duo will positively explode onto the 2nd stage for a V Festival 10th anniversary extravaganza.

Organisers of the V Festival have just announced that The Chemical Brothers will play Hylands Park, Chelmsford on Saturday and Weston Park, Staffordshire on Sunday with legendary firestarters The Prodigy playing alternate days. Both acts will join main stage co-headliners Scissor Sisters and Franz Ferdinand as part of what will be an 80 strong line up.

The Chemical Brothers will appear exclusively at this years V – their only UK festival performance. Having delighted a cross-section of music lovers over their 10 year career, The Chemical Brothers continue to reign supreme, their latest offering Push the Button is their 4th consecutive number one album and their fastest selling album ever in the UK. Most will still have their latest infectious single Galvanize imprinted on their minds, charting at number three, this is the bands highest single position since ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’ in 1999 and as if that wasn’t enough, the single has completely dominated the number one spot of the UK download chart for five consecutive weeks!

Tom & Ed have also confirmed their 2nd single to be released from current album 'Push The Button', 'Believe' featuring Kele Okereke from Bloc Party! The package will include remixes from Erol Arkan, Mathew Jonson, two exclusive tracks Giant & Spring and is released on 18th April


Yep, only playing V

Will post a link to a stream of the video of the new single when I get it

Goin to see em in an hour or two, cant WAIT, been waiting for this moment since Glastoo!

Just been to see them at the manchester apollo, and they are absolutely amazing!!!!!! One of the best dance acts I have seen live. Everyone should go see them if they get the chance!

They were truly excellent! Visually as well as sound, and I thought the support Band, secret machine, were good too. Will put up a link to some pics i took of the gig this weekend if I get time

Such a good gig, cant fault it :-D :-D!

I thought at parts the crowd were a bit quiet, but other than that, amazing!

Their back in London and Manchester!!!

The Chemical Brothers - Carling Live 24


Exclusive Carling Live 24 show!

The Chemical Brothers have been announced as part of the incredible line-up for this year’s Carling Live 24 event taking place in Manchester on Saturday 28th May and we’ve teamed up with Carling to offer The Chemical Brothers fans the chance to buy a limited number of tickets from 10am this Thursday!

The Chemical Brothers will be taking part in the marathon round of live music across the UK, this year taking place in London and Manchester - two of the capitals of the UK’s music scene - with a special appearance at Carling Apollo Manchester at 8pm on Saturday 28th May.

For your chance to buy tickets priced £23.50 each (+postage, but no booking fee), follow this link:

http://www.carlinglive.com/carlinglive24/

If you find no tickets are available then please try again at 9am on Friday all remaining tickets will be released then.

We have also added a new section to the web site where you can see exclusive pictures from the current tour:

http://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/tour_photos/

That carling24 hour thing is CRAZY

Brixton, Saturday night, best night out i've had in years! They were awsome, i'm still shuddering from Private Psychadelic Reel and Star Guitar blew me away
i love the chems

Preview of video of new single 'Believe'

http://www.fs1.co.uk/ecard/chems4/index.html