Track: Baxter Dury – ‘Leon’

The second tune from his upcoming seventh studio album ‘I Thought I Was Better Than You’, due for release June 2nd 2023, is amongst us today and hints towards what we can expect from this new era of Baxter Dury. Featuring an exciting new character which he calls “faux-confrontational”, we see an honest recount of a toxic upbringing and an open conversation about unfortunately fortunate circumstances.

What They Said: “A more or less factual account of what happened when Leon – my horrible class mate – and I stole sunglasses from Boots on Kensington High Street in the mid ‘80s. The reaction of the police and lack of parenting now seem to shocking since becoming a parent myself”

Label: Heavenly Recordings

Producer: Paul White

Tour Dates: 

11/06 – Kite Festival – Oxford
13/06 – Control Club – Bucharest, Romania
14/06 – Zorlu PSM – Istanbul
16/06 – 8 Festival – Vilnius, Lithuania
01/07 – Finsbury Park, London Pulp*
12/07 – Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff Pulp*
08/08- Lokerse Feesten – Lokeren, Belgium, Blur*

25/08 – Nox Orae Festival – La-Tour-de-Pielz, Switzerland
26/09 – Den Atelier – Luxembourg
27/09 – Zonnehuis – Amsterdam, Netherlands
28/09 – Mojo Club – Hamburg, Germany
29/09 – Luxor – Cologne, Germany
02/10 – Epicerie Moderne, Feyzin, France
03/10 – Krakatoa, Bordeaux, France
05/10 – Stereolux, Nanates, France
06/10 – Le MeM, Rennes, France
07/10 – La Cigale, Paris, France
08/10 – Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
10/10 – Concorde 2, Brighton Sold Out 
11/10 – SWX, Bristol
12/10 – Tramshed, Cardiff
14/10 – New Century Hall, Manchester
15/10 – QMU, Glasgow,
16/10 – The Leadmill, Sheffield
18/10 – The Roundhouse, London

Photo Credit: Tom Beard

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