Simply Red are back today with the brand new music video for their latest single 'Shine On', which Female First can exclusively reveal.
Taken from their upcoming new album 'Big Love', the group are back with a body of work in celebration of their 30th anniversary last autumn.
Speaking about the inspiration behind the new music, lead singer Mick Hucknall explained: "Once I began wondering how Simply Red were going to sound, I started writing songs."
All 12 new tracks are written by Mick and produced by Andy Wright, with highlights including this current single driven by their trademark sound.
Addressing the group's last album in 2007, Mick said: "With 'Stay' I was running away from Simply Red, but now I'm comfortable with the notion of us as a blue-eyed soul group. I had to stop myself fighting that idea. Our sound is original too. I honestly don't know of another band that has pulled so many musical strands together."
Simply Red's new album 'Big Love' is scheduled for release on June 1 through East West Records, ahead of a massive arena tour stringing together 16 dates later this year.
Tickets for that tour - kicking off in Brighton on Saturday November 28 - are now on sale. Check out the full list of dates below.
November
- Sat 28th - Brighton, Brighton Centre
- Sun 29th - Brighton, Brighton Centre
December
- Tue 1st - Dublin, Dublin 3 Arena
- Wed 2nd - Belfast, Belfast Odyssey
- Fri 4th - Newcastle, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
- Sat 5th - Glasgow, Hydro Arena
- Sun 6th - Aberdeen, Aberdeen E&CC
- Tue 8th - Leeds, Leeds First Direct Arena
- Wed 9th - Nottingham, Nottingham Capital FM Arena
- Fri 11th - Liverpool, Liverpool Echo Arena
- Sat 12th - Manchester, Manchester Arena
- Sun 13th - Birmingham, LG Arena
- Tues 15th - Birmingham, LG Arena
- Thu 17th - London, O2 Arena
- Fri 18th - London, O2 Arena
- Sat 19th - London, O2 Arena
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