90’s Legends Announce UK Tour & New Single
| 2nd September 2015
My Life Story is back on the road with a sleek new rock n roll line up and a brand new single to boot! ‘The 24 Hour Deflower Tour’ will include songs from their 90s back catalogue, and the first new material for 15 years. “24 Hour Deflower” will be released on 1st November via their own Exilophone Records and is classic MLS in the vein of past hits as ‘Strumpet’ and ‘12 Reasons Why I Love Her’. Last year the NME cited My Life Story as one of the greatest lost bands of the 90s.
Jake Shillingford, MLS songwriter and front man, says “In the last few years I’ve moved into writing for movies and TV (with MLS tour guitarist Nick Evans) and as much as it satisfies my orchestral and filmic bent, I don’t have much time to write spikey 3 minute pop songs anymore!
So I sat down with my trusty old 12 string and all these twisted couplets started to fire out; a sort of machine gun of vitriolic social commentary. I felt like I’d been reborn!
Shillingford added, “Whilst the orchestral line up has been indefinitely rested, I felt desperate to get out and air the new material, to the most patient and loyal fans on the planet. The new songs and sound capture the New Wave influences that I grew up with. Despite the Baroque Pop and Britpop tags that were hung on us in the early 90s the heart of MLS was always the edgy passionate and honest songwriting of Badfinger, Cheap Trick and Costello.”
My Life Story enjoyed a string of chart hits in the 90s and were at the heart of the Britpop movement, being huge live favourites with their flamboyant shows and loyal fanbase. The band scored 6 Top 40 hits, including ’12 Reasons Why I Love Her’, ‘Strumpet’ and ‘Sparkle’, described by Melody Maker at the time as: “Satisfying escapism. Taking life’s mundanities and making them magical.” While Smash Hits said: “12 Reasons Why” is the best pop single of last year not to feature the Spice Girls.”
The band briefly returned in 2006, after a six-year hiatus, with a ‘best of’ album entitled Sex & Violins. This was followed by Megaphone Theology (B-sides & Rarities). They have since performed packed-out shows at The Astoria, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire and Koko.
The dates are as follows:
OCTOBER
Friday 30th BRIGHTON – Hope & Ruin (Warm Up Show) Ticket Link
NOVEMBER
Friday 6th NEWCASTLE – Cluny Ticket Link
Saturday 7th ABERDEEN – Tunnels Ticket Link
Sunday 8th LEEDS – Brudenell Ticket Link
Thursday 12th PORTSMOUTH – Wedgewood Rooms Ticket Link
Friday 13th BRISTOL – Thekla Ticket Link
Saturday 14th MANCHESTER – Academy 3 Ticket Link
Wednesday 18th YORK – Fibbers Ticket Link
Thursday 19th LEAMINGTON SPA – Assembly Ticket Link
Friday 20th NOTTINGHAM – Rescue Rooms Ticket Link
Saturday 21st NORWICH – Arts Centre Ticket Link
Twitter: @JakeShillingfor