News update [08/01/21]: Due to the current lockdown here in England, we have had to take the decision to reschedule this live stream for Saturday 13 March. We feel that, with the advent of the new variant of the Coronavirus, it is not, unfortunately, worth the gamble of exposing musicians...
Scopitones released Locked Down And Stripped Back by The Wedding Present on 26 February 2021. The album was also be released [on vinyl only] in North America by HHBTM Records. Locked Down And Stripped Back features home recordings of several Wedding Present classics and two previously unreleased songs: ‘You’re Just...
Go Out And Get ’Em, Boy! – Tales From The Wedding Present: Volume 1 The first instalment of David Gedge’s long-awaited memoir-in-comic-book-form was released by Scopitones Books on 27 November 2020 and can be bought by clicking here. The stories featured in this stunning 176-page, matt-laminated, hardback book were previously...
On 4 December 2020, Come Play With Me Records of Leeds released ‘Not From Where I’m Standing’ – a double album by various artists calling themselves The Wedding Present & Friends. ‘Not From Where I’m Standing’ is a lovingly put together collection of 20 Bond film themes covered by current...
The Wedding Present's major-label debut album Bizarro will be re-issued on LP by Sony Legacy Records on 9 October 2020. Bizarro was originally released by RCA Records in 1989 but has been unavailable on vinyl for some years. This new version will feature the same track listing as the original,...
Various Artists : ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ The Wedding Present : ‘Shaun Keaveny Session’ Two singles - both released on Record Store Days 2020! The first single, ‘xx!!’ [or, to give it its full title, ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – a tribute to the James Bond themes of Dame Shirley...
A musical based on the songs of Cinerama and The Wedding Present is being planned by writer and director by Matt Aston, with David Gedge acting as creative consultant on the project. Matt, whose previous work includes Touched by Stephen Lowe with Vicky McLure, Bomber’s Moon by William Ivory with...
Wedding Present bass player Melanie Howard’s solo project – Such Small Hands – released its debut solo album Carousel on 18 September 2020. Taking in influences such as Bjork, Portishead, Chelsea Wolfe, Sharon Van Etten, Anna Calvi and Joni Mitchell, Such Small Hands blends dark pop with twinges of quirky...
The Wedding Present re-released their second single, 'Once More' on the Preston label Optic Nerve Records on 22 May 2020. This two track 7” - which is limited to 1,000 copies - was released as part of Optic Nerve’s ‘Optic Sevens 2.0’ reissue series. The label re-released 'Go Out And...
On 21 February 2020, Hatch Records released the fourth in their series of compilations of BBC radio sessions by The Wedding Present. ‘Marc Riley Sessions : Volume 4’ consists of two studio sessions from 2017 & 2018 and follows, rather unsurprisingly, ‘Marc Riley Sessions : Volumes 1, 2 & 3’....