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News The band marked their regrouping after a year apart by working on a 2021 remix of the first single ‘Together’ from the last album. Once again, they worked with the original producer Steve Levine on the remix and he added brass making it fresher & edgier. Together is now bigger, badder and brassier! Available from all major Download platforms April 16th Update 16/4: now available to download here News Sadly, due to the pandemic & subsequent lockdowns, it’s now exactly a year to the day since the band graced a stage. The last show was with From The Jam in Leamington Spa which beat the first lockdown by a few days. Hopefully, with the gradual easing of restrictions, life can get back to normality very soon and we will have the long-overdue return of live music. News We have just been informed that the forthcoming May and June dates with From The Jam for the Settings Sons 40th anniversary tour have been postponed. So far, six of the nine dates have been rescheduled to later on this year although The Vapors are no longer supporting at the Loughborough gig. All tickets remain valid for the rescheduled dates and we will bring you info on the remaining three gigs (Hastings, Wrexham & Bury St Edmunds) when we have it. … Read the rest News  Exactly 40 years ago today, on the 9th of March 1981, the band released their second album ‘Magnets’, a mere nine months after their debut ‘New Clear Days’. The 11 track album was produced by David Tickle, who was best known at that time for his work with Split Enz. The album featured two singles, firstly ‘Spiders’ which had failed to chart and the soon-to-be-released ‘Jimmie Jones’. The album’s feel was generally darker and less poppy than its predecessor and the lyrics dealt with a range of bleak topics such as mental health, presidential assassinations and a mass murdering cult leader.… Read the rest News  Exactly 40 years ago today, back in 1981, the band released their fifth single ‘Spiders’. It was the first single to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘Magnets’, the follow up to ‘New Clear Days’. The song hinted at the darker feel of the album to come and the shift away from the poppier sound was highlighted by the use of synthesisers. The single release was coupled with the track ‘Galleries For Guns’ on the flip side. For some reason, EMI’s promotions budget didn’t stretch to a making a video and that probably contributed to the single not charting.… Read the rest News On behalf of The Vapors, their management & crew, we would like to wish the band’s fans around the world best wishes for the festive season and a happy and safe 2021. Despite everything else happening in the world this year, 2020 was also the year that finally delivered the band’s long-awaited third album Together, proving well worth the 39 year wait! Live wise, the year was written off after mid March due to the pandemic, forcing the postponement of both some FTJ gigs and the band’s New Clear Days 40th anniversary tour.… Read the rest News  The From The Jam Setting Sons 40th anniversary gigs that were postponed earlier in 2020, due to the Covid pandemic, have now been rescheduled for May and June 2021. The Vapors are special guests on nine of the new dates and details can be found on the gig listing to the left. Tickets for the rescheduled dates are on sale now here… Read the rest News  We now have a brand new, limited edition Turning Japanese bandana/scarf available to buy from our merch. The design features the rising sun and can be seen here modelled by Dave & the Fenton’s dog Ziggy. It is made from cotton and costs £10 (inc P&P) in the UK & £12 delivered to the rest of the world. Please send amount due to vaporsmerch@gmail.com via Paypal Friends & Family (and include your name & address on the payment). … Read the rest News November 20th is National T-shirt day on BBC Radio 6. It was started by Steve Lamacq a few years ago and the idea is that fans post pictures of themselves in their fave band shirt and the lovely people at BBC 6 play a song from that band between 7am and 7pm on November 20th. To take part just post a pic of your self in a band tee and tag @bbc6music and hashtag #tshirtday on Twitter and Insta. Here’s our Lead Singer Dave Fenton in one of our tees.… Read the rest News This Thursday at 7pm it’s our turn on new music show ‘That Was Then….This is Now’ hosted by Mike Read and Hayley Palmer. Dont forget to grab your tickets here. https://thisisnow.ticketco.events/uk/en/m/e/edition3  |
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