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Grace Jones New Record “Hurricane” Set For Release

October 24th, 2008 | Category: Grace Jones, misc., pop culture

Pop diva Grace Jones, the woman who received a lifetime ban from all Disney parks for flashing her tits, will release her 11th album Hurricane on The Wall of Sound label, November 11th in the U.K..

The long awaited studio album produced by Ivor Guest sees Grace working with various music legends and pop luminaries like; Wally Badarou (Level 42), Tricky, Brian Eno Wendy and Lisa, John Justin, Martin Slattery, Philip Sheppard, Paulo Goude (French pop star and son), Robert Logan, Don-E and Tony Allen, with recording engineering duties by Cameron ‘Engine’ Craig. See official Grace Jones Hurricane Site. Watch Grace talking about the record at the Q awards last week.

The long awaited album follows Jones performance at Massive Attack’s Meltdown festival in London on 19 June 2008 during which she performed four new songs from the album including “This Is Life,” a track which leaked out onto the interwebs. The music video for “Corporate Cannibal” was premiered at the festival and released onto YouTube on 4 July 2008 with e-mixes by Atticus Ross, Robert Logan, and The Bug (aka Kevin Martin). “Williams’ Blood” is listed on Amazon.com UK as the second single, to be released on 01 December. Although there seems to be a few Danny Tenaglia bootleg remixes of “Hurricane” floating around the shops.

A small January 2009 U.K. tour is set in support of the new LP with dates as follows;19 Jan – Birmingham – Symphony Hall
21 Jan – Gateshead – Sage
22 Jan – Glasgow – Clyde Auditorium
24 Jan – Manchester – Apollo
25 Jan – Bristol – Colston Hall
27 Jan – London – The Roundhouse
28 Jan – London – The Roundhouse
Ticket price is £40 in London and £35 in all other areas. As with all things Grace, expect the unexpected, usually she arrives late, and goes on stage late, her shows are notoriously bumpy and spontaneous, but incredibly fun. Brace yourself for a Grace Jones flashback, singing with Pavarotti via YouTube.

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  1. david October 24th, 2008 9:51 am

    hurray for face furniture!

  2. Saint Mark October 25th, 2008 10:32 pm

    “I love you to Life” is a very worthy addition to the Jones’ playlist. Bravo, Grace.

  3. franko October 27th, 2008 6:06 am

    be a slaaaaave to the rhythmmmmmm!

  4. StellaVista October 28th, 2008 1:14 am

    I happened to see her performing in a basement bar in Club USA or Limelight during the New Music Festival in 93. Can´t remember which one, it was all a blur.
    She was quite predictable in her act: arriving hours late, being nasty to her adorers and sloppy in her performance.
    All in all: She was fantastic and it was amazing to be in the same room with her and breathing the same air.

    “Nightclubbing” is a milestone in timeless, modern music. Like she said in a recent interview with the Guardian: “I am the ink in the squid.”

  5. Troy October 29th, 2008 1:43 pm

    Grace Jones == Amazon ; – P

  6. jimbo October 30th, 2008 7:38 am

    Oh. Mah. Gawd. I never thought I’d see another Grace Jones album again. This made my day.

  7. Derek December 11th, 2008 2:51 am

    Check out Jamsteady #7:
    http://www.discogs.com/release/467980

    It includes a hot Grace Jones/Chicago mashup that has made a comfortable home in my record crate due to its ability to make the dancefloor happy. If you can’t find it, email me and I could probably get it to you, for evaluation purposes only. Wink!