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New Magnum Album ‘THE MONSTER ROARS’ to be released 14.01.2022
New single (plus video) on 12 November 2021
‘I Won’t Let You Down’ forerunner to the new album ‘THE MONSTER ROARS’
Tour begins on 28.03.2022 -
Fans of British rock band Magnum will have to wait just a little longer before they finally get their hands on the much-anticipated new studio album. Titled ‘THE MONSTER ROARS’ it will be released 14 January 2022.
But there will be new music from the band this year: guitarist Tony Clarkin, singer Bob Catley and their comrades in arms Rick Benton (keyboards), Dennis Ward (bass) and Lee Morris (drums) have already announced a couple of singles: With the forthcoming ‘I Won’t Let You Down’ (including lyric video), out on 12 November 2021, Magnum present a typically deep melodic mid tempo song featuring a memorable chorus with stylish string accompaniment for added lustre. This will be followed five weeks later, on 17 December 2021, by a second pre-release track, ‘No Steppin’ Stones’, also including a lyric video.
‘THE MONSTER ROARS’ features twelve new songs in total, with a few little surprises thrown in! On top of the regular disc, Magnum are releasing a limited box set with three extra bonus tracks, including a new version of ‘Days Of No Trust’, the opener of the 1988 album classic ‘Wings Of Heaven’, a new remastered version of ‘Sweets For My Sweet’, the very first single of their career from 1975, and a previously unreleased track from the same era. And from March 2022, the band will finally be returning to Europe for a major tour (see below for dates).

MAGNUM live 2022:
28.03. UK-Cambridge - Junction
29.03. UK-Norwich - Waterfront
30.03. UK-London - Islington Assembly Hall
31.03. UK-Birmingham - Symphony Hall
03.04. UK-Southampton - Engine Rooms
04.04. UK-Cardiff - Tramshed
17.04. NL-Weert - De Bosuil
18.04. DE-Frankfurt - Batschkapp (with Gotthard)
19.04. DE-Fürth - Stadthalle (with Gotthard)
20.04. DE-Hannover - Capitol (with Gotthard)
22.04. DE-Singen - Stadthalle (with Gotthard)
23.04. DE-Balingen - Volksbankmesse (with Gotthard)
24.04. DE-Regensburg - Airport Obertraubling (with Gotthard)
26.04. DE-Munich - Tonhalle (with Gotthard)
27.04. DE-Cologne - Carlswerk (with Gotthard)
28.04. DE-Stuttgart - Im Wizemann
29.04. CH-Pratteln - Z7
01.05. CZ-Prague - Club Storm
02.05. DE-Hamburg - Edel Optics Arena (with Gotthard)
03.05. DE-Berlin - Tempodrom (with Gotthard)
05.05. IT-Milan - Legend
06.05. DE-Saarbrücken - Garage (with Gotthard)
07.05. DE-Schwalmstadt - Die Schwalm Rockt!
08.05. DE-Bremen - Pier II (with Gotthard)
10.05. SE-Gothenburg - Pustervik
11.05. NO-Oslo - Vulkan
12.05. SE-Huskvarna - Folkets Park
13.05. SE-Stockholm - Fryshuset Klubben
14.05. SE-Karlstad - Nöjesfabriken
16.05. SE-Malmö - Babel
09.09. UK-Belfast - Limelight 1
10.09. IE-Dublin - Voodoo Lounge
12.09. UK-Glasgow - Garage
13.09. UK-Sheffield - Leadmill
14.09. UK-Nottingham - Rock City
16.09. UK-Holmfirth - Picturedome
17.09. UK-Manchester - Academy 2
Tour Agency: https://www.utatouring.com/

New Magnum Album ‘HERE COMES THE RAIN’ to be released 12.01.2024
First new single (plus lyric video) on 22 November 2023
European Tour begins in April 2024
You can preorder the album NOW via: https://Magnum.lnk.to/HereComesTheRain

PRESS RELEASE

There are few great bands on our planet that you can infallibly identify within the first few bars of one of their songs. Their unique melodic skill, their tasteful instrumentation, the right balance of depth and catchiness, and then of course that charismatic voice: Magnum are Magnum! The same can be said of their latest studio album ‘Here Comes The Rain’, which will be out on Steamhammer/SPV from 12 January 2024 on CD + DVD, double vinyl LP, as a box set and for digital download, proving once again that classic rock music could hardly sound more atmospheric. The band surrounding frontman Bob Catley and guitarist/songwriter Tony Clarkin are also set to release two lead singles on 22 November 2023 ("Blue Tango") and 3 January 2024 ("The Seventh Darkness") and a tour has been scheduled to kick off in early April 2024.

The album’s highly inspired artwork again is designed by the great Rodney Matthews Studios, who has already created a number of Magnum sleeves to support the band’s atmospherically dense music. Says Tony Clarkin: “The back of the cover features a kind of avian battalion in attack mode, which I think is a great allegory!”

Apart from Magnum’s typical trademarks, ‘Here Comes The Rain’ also holds a number of thoroughly pleasant surprises in store, such as ‘Blue Tango’, which is a real riff-rock number that makes you want to move your feet. Or ‘The Seventh Darkness’ with some awesome brass sections courtesy of guest musicians Chris ‘BeeBe’ Aldridge (saxophone) and Nick Dewhurst (trumpet), which lend the song brilliance and shape.

There can be no doubt about it: ‘Here Comes The Rain’ sees the Magnum line-up consisting of Catley, Clarkin, keyboardist Rick Benton, bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Lee Morris once again succeed in creating an outstandingly colourful, varied and inspired new studio album. “Everyone played their part without me dictating anything,” Clarkin enthuses, “everyone just instinctively played what their inspiration told them.” It’s a good thing that these superb musicians can rely on their intuition!

From the Clarkin family:

On behalf of the family it is with profound sadness that daughter Dionne is sharing the news of the passing of Tony Clarkin.

Following a short illness, he died peacefully surrounded by his girls on Sunday 7th January 2024.

“I know that Tony has touched so many people through his music in so many different ways. I don’t really have words to express what he meant to me right now as the grief is too fresh.

As many of you know Tony had a great affinity with animals. It is the family’s intention to set up a charitable trust in his name to aid this cause, further details to follow. Please do not send flowers or cards, as he would have much preferred expressions of sympathy to go to charity in this way.

It was a privilege to call him my Dad.”

“I didn’t look to live forever”

(TC 2024)

10 December 2022 was a memorable night when British rock band MAGNUM played the final show of their European tour at KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton and, as they had done on all previous nights, wowed their fans from the first to the last note. The concert was recorded by a state-of-the-art audio equipment, which later turned out to be a real blessing because it was – as we know with hindsight – the last official live recording starring Magnum founder Tony Clarkin. The guitarist and main songwriter died unexpectedly on 7 January 2024, just a few days before the release of Magnum’s studio album ‘Here Comes The Rain’.
Due to the huge demand and to mark the first anniversary of Clarkin’s passing, ‘Live At KK’s Steel Mill’ will be available from 10 January 2025, for the first time on double CD, triple LP and for digital download.