As they prepare to hit the road, Declan Welsh & The Decadent West are serving up an electrifying live rendition of ‘No Fun’, surgically spliced with Lizzo’s ‘Juice’ and The Strokes classic ‘Reptilia’. A mash-up that needs to be heard to be believed, the track is cut from the band’s Maida Vale live session earlier this week when they were invited to play at the legendary London studios by BBC R1’s Jack Saunders. The Glasgow four piece took the opportunity to re-imagine the lead single of their freshly released debut album, Cheaply Bought, Expensively Sold, (out now on Modern Sky UK), with distinctively Scottish-flavoured covers of the mega-hits by two of their favourite US artists.

Speaking about the mash-up, Declan says: “We are chuffed with this. We were asked to do a Maida Vale mashup for Jack Saunders and Radio 1, so we decided to combine two of our favourite acts and tunes - the queen that is Lizzo and the heroes that are the Strokes. You never know ye needed ‘Juice’ into ‘Reptilia’, but here it is. Ya ya eeh, troops. Ya ya eeh.'

Declan Welsh is a songwriter and poet from Glasgow. Combining taut indie rock and strongly held beliefs, Declan and his band, The Decadent West create music that is unapologetic, direct and with a message of humanity that has won over scores of fans already.

Following a year of sold out shows across the UK and performances as diverse as those in Palestine (as part of a Glaswegian cultural exchange), The Great Escape, Reeperbahn, London Fashion Week, and their Billy Bragg-approved appearance at Glastonbury 2019; The Decadent West have solidified themselves as one of Scotland’s most promising talents and an unmissable live prospect. The Glaswegian band will now take their politically charged indie-punk to the irate masses in a run of Winter UK Tour dates to see out the year.

Full headline tour dates and details as follows:

2019 UK TOUR DATES

November

Sun 3                     Brighton Hope & Ruin

Mon 4                   Bristol Louisiana

Tues 5                   London Notting Hill Arts Club

Wed 6                   Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach

Fri 8                       Blackpool Bootleg Social

Sat 9                      Liverpool Phase One

Sun 10                   Leeds Lending Room

Mon 11                 Manchester Jimmys

Wed 13                 Leicester Cookie

Thurs 14               Halifax Lantern

Fri 15                     Glasgow St Lukes

Sun 17                   Inverness Mad Hatters

Mon 18                 Aberdeen Tunnels

Tues 19                 Dundee Beat Generator

The iconic singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes – pop music’s ultimate “Girl Group” – will return to England, Scotland & Ireland for five live  dates in December, bringing with them the very first UK & Ireland appearance of the acclaimed multi–media show, Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes Best Christmas Party Ever!

“It’s hard to think of a more appealing angel to welcome the season than Ms. Spector” proclaims the New York Times. Ronnie is a self-confessed Christmas fanatic. An obsession that dates back to her childhood in New York’s Spanish Harlem where she would immerse herself in a world of sleigh rides, Santa Claus, fairy lights and festive song. She later recorded her own Christmas hits that help define the sound of the Christmas season.

This holiday extravaganza is a raucous, rocking, and intoxicating blend of Ronnie’s Christmas classics such as ‘Frosty the Snowman’, ‘I Saw Momma Kissing Santa Claus’ and ‘Sleigh Ride’ alongside timeless Ronettes hits like ‘Be My Baby’, ‘Baby I Love You’, ‘Walking In The Rain’ and ‘Do I Love You’. It’s a multi-media show with plenty of Ronnie’s inimitable off–the–cuff musings interjected with home video footage & anecdotes from her childhood Christmases in New York City. Backed by The Ronettes and one seriously tight band fronted by long-time musical director Jeremy Chatzky, a Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes live show is the ultimate audience feel-good experience. The voice that inspired Brian Wilson to write ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ is still instantly recognisable. Ronnie’s recent performances in the UK and Ireland have seen Ronnie and The Ronettes rock their way through London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, Glastonbury, Gateshead, Dublin, Glasgow, and Edinburgh to great acclaim.

These engagements will mark 55 years since The Ronettes’ first tour of the U.K. in January 1964 which famously saw them supported by The Rolling Stones and commenced Ronnie’s subsequent love affair with the UK. As a seminal force in Rock, Spector’s swagger, style and trademark voice defined an era. In the early ‘60s, Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes headlined over acts including The Rolling Stones, and Eric Clapton and The Yardbirds. In the years since, Spector has collaborated with Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, members of The Beatles, Patti Smith, Keith Richards and more. Billy Joel wrote ‘Say Goodbye to Hollywood’ as a tribute to Ronnie, and her duet with Eddie Money, ‘Take Me Home Tonight’, reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

At the start of 2019, Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes returned to the Billboard Top 40 chart for the first time in over 50 years with their immortal 1963 holiday song ‘Sleigh Ride’. Never one to sit on her laurels, Ronnie is currently in the studio applying the finishing touches to a new December 2019 Christmas single/duet, details of which will be announced shortly. Now in her sixth decade as a performer and style icon, Spector has reached a new level of cultural significance. Critical respect is at its peak, and she continues to thrill -- inspiring and empowering a new generation of fans as an enduring, transcendent figure, who has overcome adversity to build a career that is nothing short of remarkable.

RONNIE SPECTOR AND THE RONETTES DECEMBER 2019

December 14 The Helix Dublin, Ireland

December 17 Warwick Arts Centre Warwick, England

December 19 02 Shepherds Bush Empire London, England

December 20 The Sage Gateshead, England

December 23 Usher Hall Edinburgh, Scotland