Texas celebrate 30 years of White On Blonde

## Sharleen Spiteri’s Scottish pop-rockers to reissue fourth album and announce arena tour

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Texas celebrate three decades of their fourth LP, _White On Blonde_, with a 30th anniversary edition and tour.

Released in February 1997 into a musical landscape running on Britpop swagger and laddy energy, Texas’ fourth LP, which is certified 6x platinum in the UK, was the absolute opposite: a record that embraced the band’s love of soul, trip-hop and more, and turned it into a catalogue of emotionally-resonant, radio-ready hit singles.

“It didn’t feel risky because no-one at our label gave a shit,” Sharleen Spiteri recalls of the attitude towards the band in the UK ahead of _White On Blonde_. _“_ We were in Glasgow, we made the album in my house and I did all the vocals in the coat cupboard. We had nothing to lose, and anyway, I didn’t want to fit in. If everybody’s doing something, I’m always running in the opposite direction and that’s always been the attitude – whether it’s walking on stage at Glastonbury, or with _White On Blonde._ It’s always been us saying: We will play our own tune. If you want to jump on, great. If you hate us, fine. But this is what we want to do.”

The album will be reissued for its 30th anniversary edition on 5 February and will feature a brand new, unreleased song _Another Way To Cry_. Proudly influenced by their love of Northern Soul, and filled with brass and strings, it finds Texas broaching new territory yet again. “It’s a really good test for a new song if you play it up against the big hits; it’ll either sit up to them, or it fucking dies,” Spiteri says. “You could put _Another Way To Cry_ in the setlist tomorrow with all the hits and it’ll stand its ground.”

The track comes alongside stunning video shot in the Scottish Highlands directed by Niall Trask (Jamie T, Fat White Family, Nadine Shah), which stars longtime friend and celebrated actor Robert Carlyle alongside Sharleen. The piece is a love letter to the film _Paris Texas_, which the band took its name from.

Watch the video below:

#### White On Blonde 30th Anniversary Edition

The anniversary edition, which features sleevenotes by friend and comedian Peter Kay, will be released on multiple formats including vinyl. The album will be released on LP + 7″ single, a x2LP version, double CD and digitally across all streaming platforms via Play It Again Sam.

Tracklisitng

CD11. 0.34
2. Say What You Want
3. Drawing Crazy Patterns
4. Halo
5. Put Your Arms Around Me
6. Insane
7. Black Eyed Boy
8. Polo Mint City
9. White On Blonde
10. Postcard
11. 0.28
12. Ticket To Lie
13. Good Advice
14. Breathless

CD21. Say What You Want (Wu-Tang Clan Remix)
2.Black Eyed Boy (Demo)
3. Halo (Demo)
4. Mr. Haze (Demo)
5. Sunday Is The Saddest Day (Japanese Single)
6. Say What You Want (Demo)
7. Another Way To Cry
8. Say What You Want Feat. Method Man (Live at The Brits 1997)
9. Say What You Want (Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Session)
10. You’re All I Need To Get By (Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Session)
11. Tear It Up (Forever)
12. Asking For Favours
13. Dollshouse (Demo)
14. Last Train (Original Single)

#### 2027 UK and Ireland Dates

The band will perform the album in full, plus other hits from their back catalogue, at shows in Aberdeen, Newcastle, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Brighton, London, Manchester and Birmingham between 15 October and 30 October.

Fri 15 October P&J Arena, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Sat 16 October Newcastle Utilita Arena, UK
Mon 18 October The O2, Belfast, UK
Tues 19 October 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
Thurs 21 October OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Sat 23 October Leeds First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds, UK
Mon 25 October Cardiff Utilita Arena, Cardiff, UK
Tues 26 October Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
Wed 27 October London The O2, London, UK
Fri 29 October Manchester Co-op Live, UK
Sat 30 October Birmingham Utilita Arena, UK

They’ll then head to the mainland for performances from 2 November 2 to 11 November, spanning Copenhagen, Amstedam, Brussels, Paris, Lausanne, Lyon and Madrid.

Support on the UK and Ireland leg will come from Del Amitri.

To pre-order the 30th anniversary edition of _White On Blonde,_ click here

Tour pre-sale begins Wednesday 28 October at 10am local time, with general sale on Friday 30 October at 10am local time. For more info click here.

Featured image credit: Julian Broad

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