On 23 March 2018, Thunder will release a brand new live set ‘Stage’ through earMUSIC. ‘Stage’ features hits from right across the band’s career and includes fan-favourite classics like ‘Backstreet Symphony’, ‘Low Life In High Places’ and ‘Love Walked In’ and brings things right up to date with tracks from the 2017 Top 3 UK Chart Album ‘Rip It Up’, like the storming title track and ‘She Likes The Cocaine’.
Thunder are of course a noted and globally in demand live act. ‘Stage’ was captured at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena on March 24th 2017 during the UK Tour; the band also played Europe, North America & Asia, across Germany with Alice Cooper, at Planet Rock’s ‘Rockstock’ and are preparing to fly to Japan for some January 2018 dates. This is a band that knows how to rock a crowd!
Frontman Danny Bowes says of the new record, “The ‘Rip It Up’ album was so well received, it was no surprise the tour was brilliant too. We decided to include a Cardiff Motorpoint Arena show on the tour, purely because it was so good when we played there with Journey & Whitesnake in 2013. Capturing it as well turned out to be one of our better decisions, because the resulting film and album are a shining example of an organic ‘coming together’ of fans and a band. We’ve released a few live recordings over the years, but this is most definitely up there with the best of them. We’re extremely pleased with it.”
‘Stage’ will be available as a 2CD + Blu-ray, 3LP, DVD, Blu-ray and a Limited Edition Box Set. The audio-visual formats will feature a host of bonus and interview material, whilst the Limited Edition Box Set will include also boast the full ‘Live At The 100 Club’ set, the ‘29 Minutes Later’ acoustic set [only previously made available as a Record Store Day release], and the documentary film ‘A Difficult Day In January: Thunder In London’ [all tracklistings / content as below].
Since forming in 1989, Thunder have established themselves at the top table of UK rock, notching up some twenty Top Fifty singles and two Gold albums. The band’s sound is a timeless marriage of unforgettable melodies and sheer rock power. ‘Stage’ shows off not just an amazing catalogue of unforgettable rock hits, but just the sheer live power that Thunder possess.
‘STAGE’ FULL TRACKLISTING INFO
Tracklist CD:
CD1
1. No One Gets Out Alive
2. The Enemy Inside
3. River Of Pain
4. Resurrection Day
5. Right From The Start
6. Backstreet Symphony
7. Higher Ground
8. In Another Life
CD2
1. The Thing I Want
2. Don’t Wait For Me
3. Rip It Up
4. Love Walked In
5. I Love You More Than Rock ’n’ Roll
6. Wonder Days
7. She Likes The Cocaine
8. Dirty Love
Tracklist LP:
SIDE A
1. No One Gets Out Alive
2. The Enemy Inside
3. River Of Pain
4. Resurrection Day
SIDE B
1. Right From The Start
2. Backstreet Symphony
3. Higher Ground
SIDE C
1. In Another Life
2. The Thing I Want
3. Don’t Wait For Me
SIDE D
1. Rip It Up
2. Love Walked In
3. I Love You More Than Rock ’n’ Roll
SIDE E
1. Wonder Days
2. She Likes The Cocaine
SIDE F
1. Dirty Love
Tracklist DVD/Blu-Ray:
Live At Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (see tracklist CD)
Bonus: The Bus Interviews
1. Ripping Up The Wonder
2. Themes
3. Recording The Album
4. Call The Cops!
5. Thunderous Momentum
6. The Show
7. Evolution & Future
Tracklist Limited Box Set:
Blu-ray
‘Live At Cardiff Motorpoint Arena’ (see tracklist CD)
Bonus: The Bus Interviews
1. Ripping Up The Wonder
2. Themes
3. Recording The Album
4. Call The Cops!
5. Thunderous Momentum
6. The Show
7. Evolution & Future
DVD
‘Live At The 100 Club’
1. Wonder Days
2. Black Water
3. River of Pain
4. Chasing Shadows
5. Broken
6. The Devil Made Me Do It
7. Backstreet Symphony
8. I’ll Be Waiting
9. Resurrection Day
10. The Thing I Want
11. Love Walked In
12. I Love You More Than Rock ‘n’ Roll
13. The Rocker
14. Dirty Love
CD
‘29 Minutes Later’
1. Stand Up
2. Resurrection Day
3. Black Water
4. Don’t Say That
5. River of Pain
6. Backstreet Symphony
DVD
‘A Difficult Day In January:
Thunder In London – The Documentary’