The Wedding Present will re-release their debut single on the Preston label Optic Nerve Records on 25 January 2019. Track-listing A : Go Out And Get ’Em, Boy! B : (The Moment Before) Everything’s Spoiled Again This two track 7”, which will be limited to 500 coloured vinyl copies, is...
wiaiwya Records will release a split 7" single from The Wedding Present and Cinerama on 7 December 2018. The single features covers of two hits originally released in 1977 – The Clash’s ‘White Riot’ [by The Wedding Present] and ABBA’s ‘The Name Of The Game’ [by Cinerama]. This is the...
Hatch Records will release a new 10" by The Wedding Present entitled Huw Stephens Session on 9 November 2018*. This E.P. comprises four tracks recorded for BBC Radio 1 at the legendary BBC studios in Maida Vale, London, on 19 July 2006. Track-listing Step Inside Love Lovin’ You Our Lips...
The Wedding Present : SOMETHING LEFT BEHIND This feature length documentary from KneejerkFilm tells the story of The Wedding Present's much-heralded 1987 debut album, George Best. Directed by Andrew Jezard, the film explores the 30 year lifespan of a record that has come to define youth in the minds of...
Scopitones has been publishing David Gedge's biographical comic book since 2012. Tales From The Wedding Present chronicles the enthralling adventures of David and the band. Together with his long-time bass player, Terry de Castro, David has teamed up with celebrated cartoonist Lee Thacker to share stories from his life. David...
Hatch Records released a new 10" by Cinerama entitled Marc Riley Session on 16 February 2018. This E.P. comprises four tracks recorded live for BBC Radio 6 Music at the legendary BBC studios in Maida Vale, London, on 14 July 2015. On this occasion the band were augmented by a...
On Friday 6 October 2017, Hatch Records released the second in their series of compilations of BBC radio sessions by The Wedding Present. ‘Marc Riley Sessions : Volume 2’ consists of three studio sessions from 2012, 2013 & 2014 and follows, rather unsurprisingly, ‘Marc Riley Sessions : Volume 1’ which...
THE WEDDING PRESENT : SOMETIMES THESE WORDS JUST DON’T HAVE TO BE SAID ‘Sometimes These Words Just Don’t Have To Be Said’ - a Wedding Present ‘fanthology’ – was published by Red Planet on 15 September 2017. With an introduction and commentary from David Gedge, ‘Sometimes These Words Just Don’t...
On 22 September 2017, Scopitones released George Best 30, a re-recorded version of The Wedding Present's debut album, on LP and CD. It was early 2008 and The Wedding Present were in Chicago, recording their seventh album, El Rey. But they had also recently completed a successful ‘twentieth anniversary’ concert...
In November 2007 The Wedding Present performed their classic debut album 'George Best' live, in its entirety, in Dublin, Ireland. The concert [which took place in front of a thrilled crowd at the city’s ‘Village’ venue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the LP] was recorded and filmed...