Former Bad Seeds and Magazine bassist Barry Adamson has announced his 10th solo album, Cut to Black, which will be out via his own imprint on May 17. “It’s not gospel, it’s not soul, it’s not blues and it ain’t rock n’ roll,” Barry says of the album. “It’s all of ’em – and with good reason.”
The first single from the record is the cheeky “The Last Words of Sam Cook,” which recounts the pop singer’s final hours at the Haçienda Motel in South Central Los Angeles, 11 December 1964 via a swinging, ’60s-style wall-of-sound production. “Baby, you shot me!,” goes the chorus. Watch the video below.
Barry will be on tour in the UK and Europe this spring and all dates are below.
CUT TO BLACK:
The Last Words of Sam Cooke
Demon Lover
Cut To Black
Manhattan Satin
These Would Be Blues
Please Don’t Call on Me
Amen White Jesus
One Last Midnight
Was It a Dream?
Waiting For the End of Time
BARRY ADAMSON – 2024 TOUR
Wed 22 May – Bristol (UK), Strange Brew
Thurs 23 May – Brighton (UK), Komedia Studio
Fri 24 May – London (UK), The Jazz Café
Sat 25 May – Hertford (UK), Hertford Corn Exchange
Wed 29 May – Manchester (UK), Deaf Institute
Thurs 30 May – Leeds (UK), Brudenell Social Club
Fri 31 May – Glasgow (UK), King Tuts
Sat 1 June – Newcastle (UK), Think Tank
Mon 3 June – Amsterdam (NL), Paradiso Noord (Tolhuistuin)
Wed 5 June – Paris (FR), La Boule Noire
Thurs 6 June – Antwerp (BE), Rock Lobster
Fri 7 June – Brussels (BE), Chez PIAS
Sun 9 June – Hamburg (DE), Nochtspeicher
Mon 10 June – Dusseldorf (DE), Zakk (Zentrum fur Aktion, Kultur und Kommunikation)
Wed 12 June – Berlin (DE), Privatclub
Fri 14 June – Barcelona (ES), La (2) De Apolo