‘The Single That Never Was’ On Saturday 13 April, Hatch Records of Leeds released a new Wedding Present Ukrainian style 7” single for Record Store Day 2019. When The Wedding Present signed to RCA Records in December 1988 they set about persuading their new label to release ‘Ukrainski Vistupi V...
THE WEDDING PRESENT : LIVE 2017 [PART 2] Released : 22 March 2019 In 2017, The Wedding Present played a series of concert dates to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of their classic debut album, George Best. The final concert in the series took place at the O2...
Wiaiwya Records released 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 49th...
Hatch Records released 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 Are...
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...
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 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...
The Wedding Present have released a four track instrumental EP called Home Internationals which features the Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. The EP was released by the El Segell Del Primavera record label on vinyl on Record Store Day 2017 [22 April 2017] and on CD on 19 May 2017. Track-listing...
The Wedding Present have released a series of live albums on their own label, Scopitones. This series of re-mastered double CDs collects recordings from The Wedding Present's infamous 'live tapes'; cassettes that the band sold at shows and through their fanzine in the 1980s and 1990s. The recordings were not...