Lloyd Cole Web Blog

ON TOUR - Germany and Austria - April 2009

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

April shows in Germany and Austria have just been confirmed. Dates, venues, booking information, etc. are included as available. A few more date are pending, we will update as soon as they are confirmed. more >

Posted by: sludger

New Cleaning out the ashtrays & Folksinger pages are up

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The temporary pages have been replaced with the real artwork, full credits (as much as I'm putting on the site anyhow) and 59 mp3s! The photos on the individual CD pages are the CD slipcover images, the pho... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

The Folksinger Series is coming

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I know, I know, it's taken forever. Well, it's still not done but I'm desperately trying to get the CDs ready to coincide with the release of Cleaning Out The Ashtrays. more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Cleaning Out The Ashtrays 30.01.09

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I'll make a sticky of this post and keep updating it as more news becomes concrete. For now we have a release date on Tapete Records of 30.01.09 when I will be 47 years and 364 days old. Here's the lin... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

ON TOUR - UK and France - January 2009

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

***Updated 21 November 2008. Sheffield, Birmingham, Lancaster, Paris, Bordeaux, Toulouse. All solo acoustic. more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Contruction Zone

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I'll be working on the Cleaning out the ashtrays pages and the Folksinger pages over the holidays, hopefully in time to make a new year's eve webshop launch. 68 new mp3 files are involved, and maybe 100... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

RSS Is Here To Stay

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

OK, It's taken a while and there was a lot of ignorance and misunderstanding of the concept and its limitations on my part, but we now have a functional RSS feed. Just one. more >

Posted by: Lloyd

I found another cassette - 3 more Ashtrays tracks

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

My office/studio has been a pigsty since this Ashtrays project started - CDs, DATs, cassettes all over the place. So I decided to clean up before I left on tour. And while I was at it, finally organise these ta... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

RSS is here, but we're still working on it

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

As you can see, at the bottom of the column on the left, we have an RSS feed at last. However Antonio and I are still working on the concept.
The feed right now is simply the latest news - subscribe to it... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Zorn changes mind - 2 extra songs for Ashtrays

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In a (pleasant) surprise turnaround, John Zorn, NYC avant garde musician and boss of Tzadik records, yesterday decided that he would like the two songs I contributed to their 'Great Jewish Composers' se... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Live at The Marquee DVD reissued by Cherry Red

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Cherry Red have re-released the old Polydor/Mike Mansfield DVD of our 1984 Marquee show. This show was the the week after Perfect Skin 'broke'. The club was sold out. Two weeks or so beforehand we had p... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Updated US East Coast Acoustic shows September, October, November

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

- I'll be getting in the silver Subaru on Sept 27 and driving for a week or so with 2 guitars and a set of golf clubs. Four shows are confirmed and I think we're looking to add a ... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Cleaning Out The Ashtrays provisional running order.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

So I've hummed and I've hawed and I've decided, I think, that the box should include only tracks previously released, or mixed for release. So no rough mixes, but there may be a few alternate mixes ... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

AGK cover Rattlesnakes

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I was looking through iTunes to see if there were more cover versions out there before I start the Covers page in the music area and I immediately found this. Why hadn't I heard about it? Well, It only just... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Please help me Cleaning Out The Ashtrays

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

If anyone out there has a copy of the 'Baby' Cd single with 'Like Lovers Do' Stephen Street mix on it, could you let me know, please?
I never had a copy of this and always thought the mix ... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Portugal in September, Norway and Sweden in October

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Upcoming shows now confirmed. All in my usual folksinger (me + guitar only) format. There are more in the works - possibly Norway, Belgium, and N. America. more >

Posted by: Lloyd

New Category - Press Kit

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I'm in the process of putting a website based Press Kit together so I thought I should cover all bases and include it here also. Then I got to looking through some older Bios which I may or may not have wri... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Club Helsinki, Gt Barrington, MA July 18th

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I'm playing a one off show in Great Barrington @ Club Helsinki on Friday July 18th. Tickets are $22. http://www.clubhelsinkiweb.com

Stop Press! Glasgow Doctor will decide if the show will go on!

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I'm seeing a doctor this afternoon. I think I can do some kind of show tonight as my throat is definitely better than yesterday, but the worry is that in doing so I may damage the vocal chords and then have... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Beta test LloydCole.com

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

If you'd like to see where I'm at with the website updates here's a VERY rough work in progress. more >

Posted by: Lloyd

April and June Acoustic Tours - More dates and Stephen Lindsay added

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Updated Feb 28th. Extra Glasgow show in April, Alcochete (Portugal) in May, Buxton, Lincoln, Telford and Blackburn in June. Stephen Lindsay will open the London shows. more >

Posted by: Lloyd

New Yahoo group for Dublin Shows

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I have started a Yahoo group for those interested in meeting in Dublin for the shows. I have titled it LCFlyIns
This site, as suggested by Peter Sander, is an informal way for all of the fans flying into ... more >

Posted by: blgrieb

Website design update

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Must I tell you all my secrets, when... some of you know I've been promising more updates and more STUFF at the website, well, I've been working pretty hard the last few weeks in a graphics program (Fir... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

eBay, The Comeback (memorabilia giveaway - updated 28/01/08)

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

I am gearing up for another clear out. It's been a while so I have more wedges (golf clubs) than you could imagine, there are also some keyboards, some guitar processors and sundry studio gear. Most of it i... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Back at mySpace

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Thanks to kind Glaswegian Paul Sludden (three cheers) I have another mySpace page. more >

Posted by: Lloyd