Joy of six for the Bluetones

BEATS:

The Brit poppers the Bluetones are on the verge of releasing their sixth album “A New Athens” and are heading out on tour to mark the occasion.

It’s been four years since the quartet brought out anything new but the lads have been busy touring and writing music for David Walliams’s children’s audio books. The lads — Mark Morriss (vocals) Adam Devlin (guitar) Scott Morriss (bass) and Eds Chesters (drums) — got together in 1993 and released their biggest hit “Slight Return” two years later. While many Britpop bands had given up by the late 90s, Bluetones kept going and enjoyed hits with “Keep the Home Fires Burning” and “Marblehead Johnson”. The band recently played live with former Britpop rivals Dodgy at a secret London venue in a bid to raise money for homelessness charity Crisis.

Bluetones: Moho Live, Tuesday, April 27