“When you combine the right songs with the right musicians and an audience that never forgot, it’s like coming home.”
What started as an unforgettable live experience, and one of the band’s first performances
after 16 years, now turns into an extraordinary live album, film & book as Matt Johnson’s
London-based Cinéola label teams up with Hamburg-based international rock and pop
label, earMUSIC for a series of exciting and exclusive releases.
To complete The Comeback Special experience, THE THE will also be launching a
variety of exclusive products, all available in the official album
store soon. This includes an exquisitely designed 136-page Art Book, featuring 6 discs,
exclusive photos, audio content plus director Tim Pope’s beautifully shot, unobtrusive film of the show.
The Royal Albert Hall concert was the first of a trio of London shows — the others taking place at
Brixton Academy and The Troxy — all of which sold out within minutes of going on sale.
Performing live for the first time in 16 years with a headline appearance at Denmark’s Heartland Festival
a few days before the Royal Albert Hall concert, the rejuvenated THE THE, which featured previous members
James Eller on bass, DC Collard on keyboards and Earl Harvin on drums and new member Barrie Cadogan on guitar
alongside Matt Johnson, would go on to play sold-out shows and make festival headline appearances across the globe throughout 2018.
“Part comeback, part requiem, all extraordinary”
“Johnson’s great achievement is to have made a body of work that is completely original, yet flows smoothly into the slipstream of accessible, socially conscious alternative rock.”
“Johnson retains a gravel-voiced gravitas, and his band are taut and kinetic on barbed missiles such as ‘Armageddon Days (are here again)’… THE THE really shouldn’t leave it 16 years until their next tour.”
“THE THE sound very much like a band revitalized… Johnson may not have sung publicly for years, but there’s little doubt he’s been practising his scales in private.”
1. Global Eyes ★ 2. Sweet Bird Of Truth ★ 3. Flesh & Bones ★ 4. Heartland ★ 5. The Beat(en) Generation 6. Armageddon Days (are here again) ★ 7. A Long Hard Lazy Apprenticeship ★ 8. We Can't Stop What's Coming ★ 9. Phantom Walls ★ 10. Love Is Stronger than Death ★ 11. Dogs Of Lust ★ 12. Helpline Operator ★ 13. This Is The Night ★ 14. This Is The Day ★ 15. Soul Catcher ★ 16. Bugle Boy ★ 17. Beyond Love ★ 18. Slow Emotion Replay ★ 19. (Like a) Sun Rising Thru My Garden ★ 20. Infected ★ 21. I've Been Waiting For Tomorrow (all of my life) ★ 22. True Happiness (this way lies) ★ 23. Uncertain Smile ★ 24. Lonely Planet
