The Scottish band will release ’The Great Western Road’ on March 21. It will follow up their ’Peace Will Come’ acoustic LP that came out this April and 2021’s ’Riding On The Tide Of Love’.
The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales with Matt Butler, who previously worked with the group on their 1987 debut, ’Raintown’. Lead vocalist Ricky Ross and guitarist Gregor Philp handled production duties.
As 2025 will mark 40 years of the band, the album reflects their shared journey and experiences. They’ll preview it with the single Late 88 on November 29. Ross said: “It’s just the next part of the adventure and it’s as exciting now as it was back in 1988.”
Deacon Blue have lined up a short run of theatre shows around the record’s release, calling in Edinburgh, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge and London between March 30 and April 4.
The group will hit the road again later next year for an arena tour, with stops scheduled in Liverpool, Brighton, Birmingham, Leeds, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, London, Hull, Newcastle, Dublin and Glasgow, where they’ll wrap up the run with two nights at the OVO Hydro on October 10 and 11.
’The Great Western Road’ artwork:
’The Great Western Road’ tracklist:
1. Great Western Road
2. Late ’88
3. People Come First
4. Wait On Me
5. Ashore
6. Underneath The Stars
7. Up Hope
8. Turn Up Your Radio
9. How We Remember It
10. Mid Century Modern
11. Curve of The Line
12. If I Lived On My Own
Deacon Blue Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sun March 30 2025 - EDINBURGH Usher Hall
Mon March 31 2025 - BRADFORD St Georges Hall
Wed April 02 2025 - BRISTOL Beacon
Thu April 03 2025 - CAMBRIDGE Corn exchange
Fri April 04 2025 - LONDON O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Fri September 19 2025 - LIVERPOOL M&S Bank Arena
Sat September 20 2025 - BRIGHTON Centre
Mon September 22 2025 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena
Tue September 23 2025 - LEEDS first direct Arena
Thu September 25 2025 - BOURNEMOUTH BIC
Fri September 26 2025 - CARDIFF Utilita Arena Cardiff
Sun September 28 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena
Mon September 29 2025 - SHEFFIELD Utilita Arena
Wed October 01 2025 - MANCHESTER AO Arena
Fri October 03 2025 - LONDON OVO Arena Wembley
Sun October 05 2025 - HULL Connexin Live
Mon October 06 2025 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Utilita Arena
Wed October 08 2025 - DUBLIN 3Arena
Fri October 10 2025 - GLASGOW OVO Hydro
Sat October 11 2025 - GLASGOW OVO Hydro
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