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With great sadness, we are passing on the news that Mick Thornton, our lighting designer for many, many years, has died.
Mick joined us in 1983. A few hours before we set off on our first 'proper tour', we managed to borrow 8 par cans and our one roadie-come-tour manager, Tommy Tee, went round to a friend's house to ask if he would operate them for us. By coincidence he wasn't in. Instead Mick answered the door in his underpants and, from what we understand, the conversation went approximately:
Is .... at home?
No.
Oh. Have you ever operated lights?
No.
Do you want to learn?
Yes.
Pack your bag, we're leaving in an hour.
And so began a wonderful career which saw Mick develop quickly into a creative and sought-after lighting designer, going on to work with The Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, Black Sabbath, Andrea Bocelli, Thin Lizzy, Opus, Paradise Lost, The Almighty and countless other bands as well as 20 years with NMA.
He was known for his big smile and big heart and his love of music and lights and the touring life and he will be missed by many people in the industry.
Rest in peace Mick, and thank you for everything you gave us, x
We are happy to announce that Justin has a short tour in mainland Europe in January 2022:
07 January 2022 Düsseldorf, Weltkunstzimmer (DE)
08 January 2022 Winter Acoustic Festival, Düsseldorf (DE)
09 January Paris, New Morning (FR)
11 January Rubigen, Mühle Hunziken (CH)
12 January Schaffhausen, Kammgarn (CH)
13 January Ludwigsburg, Scala (DE)
For more info and links please see the NMA Tour Page: www.newmodelarmy.org/tour
We are happy to announce New Model Army will be playing the Futurama Festival in Liverpool on Saturday April 19th 2022
Tickets are available from here: www.seetickets.com
For more info and links please see the NMA Tour Page: www.newmodelarmy.org/tour
With Justin's English mini-tour starting today, here's another video from his 'Surrounded' album. Enjoy...
Tour Dates:
05 October Bedford, Esquires
06 October Blackpool, Waterloo Music Bar
07 October Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
08 October Sunderland, The Peacock Pub
09 October Sheffield, Corporation
10 October London, The Lexington
11 October Norwich, Waterfront
13 October Exeter, Phoenix
14 October Bristol, Exchange
15 October Derby, The Venue
16 October Wolverhampton, Newhampton Arts Centre
17 October Bury, The Met
19 October Stowmarket, John Peel Centre
20 October Shoreham, Ropetackle Arts Centre
The "Surrounded" album is available from: https://JustinSullivan.lnk.to/Surrounded_Socials
For more info and links please see the NMA Tour Page: www.newmodelarmy.org/tour
We can't think of any other band in the World that are booked on to Metal and Folk and Goth and Hippy Festivals all in the same few weeks (and probably with similar sets!) - so here's another couple for your NMA Summer 2022 diaries:
08 July 2022 - Castle Party, Bolków, Poland
26 August 2022 - Cottingham Folk Festival 2022, Cottingham, UK
For more info and links please see the NMA Tour Page: www.newmodelarmy.org/tour
More rescheduling....
Once again it will come as no surprise that the cross-Europe tour rescheduled into this year has been postponed into 2022. All tickets will be valid for the new dates.
We remain optimistic about the shows at the end of the year in Glasgow, Nottingham and London and perhaps Amsterdam and Koln.
The rescheduled dates are:
19/10/22 Kiel, Max (DE)
20/10/22 Malmö, KB (SE)
21/10/22 Stockholm, Slaktkyrkan (SE)
22/10/22 Hamburg, Markthalle (DE)
23/10/22 Hannover, Capitol (DE)
25/10/22 Warsaw, Klub Proxima (PL)
26/10/22 Krakow, Kwadrat (PL)
27/10/22 Budapest, A38 (HU)
28/10/22 Prague, Lucerna Music Bar (CZ)
30/10/22 Kaiserslauten, Kammgarn (DE)
09/11/22 Caen, Big Band Café (FR)
10/11/22 Paris, Le Trabendo (FR)
11/11/22 Strasbourg, La Laiterie (FR)
12/11/22 Lausanne, Les Docks (CH)
13/11/22 Zürich, Dynamo (CH)
15/11/22 Vienna, Simm City (AT)
16/11/22 München, Backstage (DE)
17/11/22 Karlsruhe, Substage (DE)
18/11/22 Darmstadt, Centralstation (DE)
24/11/22 Nürnberg, Löwensaal (DE)
26/11/22 Leuven, Het Depot (BE)
Here's another video from Justin's solo album “Surrounded”, entitled "1975", in honour of Justin's solo show at Nottingham Arboretum Sunsets Festival on Sunday 27th June.
Tickets are available for Sunday's show from: www.alttickets.com
The "Surrounded" album is available from: https://JustinSullivan.lnk.to/Surrounded_Socials
HELLFEST 2022
New Model Army are playing the extended 15th anniversary of Hellfest on Friday 24 June 2022.
Tickets Hellfest on sale from 07 July via www.hellfest.fr
KUBIX FESTIVAL 2021
Further to the announcement that the Kubix Festival at Herrington Park, Sunderland has been rescheduled to Saturday 2nd October 2021, we can announce that there still are a limited number of £25 advance tickets available from www.kubixfestival.com. When they're gone, they're gone!
ARBORETUM SUNSETS
The line up for the Justin Sullivan show at the Nottingham Arboretum on Sunday 27th June has also been announced:
Tony Wright (Terrorvision)
The Headsticks Two
Cara Means Friend (Zion Train)
Jess Silk
Pete Jackson
Tickets are availabe from www.alttickets.com
