The Damned announces upcoming live album ‘AD 2022 – Live In Manchester’ and launch the first single ‘New Rose’ is out now, released through earMUSIC.
In October 2020, over 40 years after the founding members parted ways, The Damned announced a series of reunion shows with the original line-up. However, due to the pandemic, they were forced to postpone the shows until 2022. November 3rd, 2022, the band performed at the fully packed O2 Apollo in Manchester, UK, delivering an energetic 21-song set drawn from the first two albums, the 1977’s ‘Damned Damned Damned’ and ‘Music for Pleasure’, the only albums to feature the four founding members.
Listen to ‘New Rose’ HERE
Watch the music video HERE
This legendary reunion show is now becoming available for the very first time worldwide on September 13th, 2024. ‘AD 2022 – Live In Manchester’ will be made available digitally for download and streaming, in all traditional stores on 180g Black Double Vinyl, packed in a premium-quality gatefold jacket, as well as on a limited Double-CD+DVD Deluxe Edition, featuring the video of the full Manchester show on DVD and the reunion show in Birmingham as exclusive audio bonus on CD 2.
Already today, June 13th, 2024, sees the release of the live track taken from the intoxicating performance at the O2 Apollo in Manchester: ‘New Rose’ will be instantly available as digital download and stream and when pre-ordering the album ‘AD 2022 – Live In Manchester’. The single release is being accompanied by the launch of the music video on the earMUSIC YouTube channel.
Pre-order the new live album HERE