NEW ALBUM “THE WORLD IS YOURS” OUT 24TH SEPTEMBERHUGE UK WINTER TOUR FROM 27TH SEPTEMBER INC. 2 NIGHTS AT MANCHESTER CENTRAL (FORMERLY THE G-MEX) AND 2 AT LONDON’S BRIXTON ACADEMY http://www.ianbrown.co.uk/ | http://www.myspace.com/IanBrownIan Brown releases his new album “The World Is Yours” on 24th September. His fifth solo record, this is a record he intended would “bury everything else I’ve ever done”, and it’s hard to argue with the man. It’s an inspired creation – musically it’s awesome, lyrically it is personal, compassionate and defiant. First single “Illegal Attacks”, released September 17th, is a tour de force. It’s an in-your-face pop song like you’ve never heard before. The message is clear: “Soldiers, come home”. Brown duets with Sinéad O'Connor on the track - one of her two appearances on the album. It is a heady, powerful duet with stabbing double-bass and harp, sung with the kind of conviction that makes the hairs on your neck stand up.Brown collaborated with two sets of producers – Black Ops and Emile - and recorded the album at various studios in London with Brown travelling to Windmill Lane studios in Ireland to record “Illegal Attacks” and “Some Folks Are Hollow” with O’Connor. Andy Rourke Ex-Smiths and Ex-Happy Mondays/Big Arm’ Paul Ryder contribute on bass. Steve Jones Ex-Sex Pistols appears on guitar on two tracks (“Sister Rose” and “Me and You Forever”) and Paul Cook (also Ex-Sex Pistols) appears on drums on the same tracks “Sister Rose and “Me And You Forever”. The stunning string arrangements are the work of one Simon Hale.“On Track”, previously appeared as an instrumental on the soundtrack to Russian film Paragraph 78, but here takes on full song-form.

With a huge UK tour kicking off at the end of September, Ian Brown is back to entertain and inspire. “The World is Yours” is honest, direct, tender in parts and full of hope, acknowledging the fragile nature of the world, it makes you feel lucky to be alive. Ian Brown

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