CHERRY GHOST

'Cherry Ghost' is a British indie rock band led by Simon Aldred. They formed in Bolton in 2005 and currently enjoy considerable airplay on BBC Radio 2. Their debut album, ''Thirst For Romance'', entered the UK album charts at #7.
The band have supported Amy Winehouse, Crowded House, Polytechnic, Fields, The Spinto Band, and more recently announced Manic Street Preachers^[1] on tour.

Contents

Musical style

Discography

Albums

Singles

Song list

Media appearances

Festival appearances

External links

References

Musical style

The band's Myspace states that they have been "inspired by the haunting melancholy of acts such as Sparklehorse, Smog, Johnny Cash and the ceaseless hope to be found at the heart of this Northern landscape." The name 'Cherry Ghost' is a lyric taken from the song "Theologians" by Wilco.

Discography

Albums

★ Thirst For Romance (July 9, 2007) UK #7

Singles

★ ''Mathematics'' (April 9, 2007) UK #57

★ ''People Help the People'' (June 25, 2007) UK #27

★ ''4 AM'' (September 24, 2007)

Song list

★ Thirst For Romance

★ 4 A.M.

★ Mountain Bird

★ People Help The People

★ Roses

★ Dead Man's Suit

★ False Alarm

★ Alfred The Great

★ Here Come The Romans

★ Mary On The Mend

★ Mathematics

★ The Same God

★ Throw Me To The Dogs

★ I Need You

★ Junebug (Sparklehorse cover)

★ Four Eyes

★ Please Come Home

★ And Then They Were... ''(unreleased)''

★ Hard Times [''a.k.a.'' Cutthroat Serenade] (''unreleased)''

★ My God Betrays ''(unreleased)''

★ Finally (CeCe Peniston cover) ''(played live)''

★ Welcome To The Black Parade (My Chemical Romance cover) ''(played live)''

★ Back To Black (Amy Winehouse Cover) ''(played live)''

★ Creature Of Moderation

Media appearances

★ Cherry Ghost appeared on Jools Holland in November 2006.

★ The band appeared on Radio 1's Live Lounge on June 27, 2007. They performed live versions of their single "People Help The People" and "Welcome To The Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance.^[2]

★ They appeared on the Radcliffe and Maconie show on BBC Radio 2 on May 1, 2007.

Festival appearances

★ Camden Crawl 2007: April 19th and 20th

★ Glastonbury Festival 2007: Queen's Head Stage, June 24th

★ Oxegen Festival 2007: New Bands/Futures Stage

★ Latitude 2007: Uncut Arena

★ Summer Sundae 2007: Main stage

★ V Festival 2007 Weston Park: Virgin Mobile Union Stage, August 18th

★ V Festival 2007 Hylands Park: Virgin Mobile Union Stage, August 19th

External links

★ cherryghost.co.uk (official site)

★ Cherry Ghost MySpace (official)

★ Cherry Ghost forum and fansite

References

1. Cherry Ghost to support Manic Street Preachers - Angry Ape News
2. BBC - Radio 1 - Jo Whiley