Happy New Year

2004 already - where does the time go?

You will all be pleased to know that the new NMA studio album is our #1 priority for this year. Work is under way at the band's studio in Bradford and we will keep you up to date with how things are progressing

North America

Plans are underway for a return to touring in America. As we stated before, the plan is to come back with Justin & Dean and carry on where we left off.

It is looking likely that we will start in New York on or about April 15th and then go south and east - taking in Virginia, The Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Louisiana. We hope to then hop further west and do LA, San Diego, Tijuana, Tucson, Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.

As before any suggestions for suitable venues (150 - 400 capacity with good house sound system) more than welcome. Please mail thoughts to usavenues@newmodelarmy.org

The states and cities above are only provisional but we hope to have most of this in place by the end of this month.

Justin Sullivan and Friends album & DVD

Is finished. As this is being typed the final mix is playing in the background. We will announce release details in the next newsletter.

All dates are confirmed and on sale. The final piece being the Netherlands show, which is confirmed in The Paard van Troje in Den Haag on February 5th

21.01 Bonn Harmonie
22.01 Gelsenkirchen Kaue
23.01 Bremen Schlachthof
24.01 Bielefeld Ringloschuppen
25.01 Munster Jovel Music Hall
27.01 Frankfurt Sinkkasten
28.01 Berlin Quasimodo
29.01 Hamburg Fabrik
30.01 Hildesheim Vier Linden
31.01 Erlangen E Werk
01.02 Munich Muffathalle
03.02 Stuttgart Schutzenhaus
04.02 Trier Tuchfabrik
05.02 Den Haag Paard van Troje
08.02 Oxford Zodiac
09.02 Wolverhampton Wulfren Hall
10.02 Manchester Life Cafe

Those of you who made it to The Astoria on Dec 16th will not have failed to notice the cameras. There were 8 in all, including a madman who spent all show in the pit, and the rushes (previews of each cameras shots) look great. This DVD is being produced by a third party so we have little control over the timing but we hope that it will be out sooner rather than later.

As we have previously stated, the DVD will come packed with an audio CD of the same concert.

Details are confirmed and as you have probably read elsewhere the full band will be playing two shows in Johannesburg on Friday and Saturday, 19th & 20th March, at the Newtown Music Hall (previously known as The Mega Music Hall). Advance tickets are priced at 185 Rand.

There will also be a warm up show, on 17th March, when Justin (possibly accompanied by Dean) will play at the Doors nightclub. Tickets for this show are very limited and are priced at 100 Rand advance.