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Huey
will be appearing on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny on BBC2 on New
Year’s Eve alongside Ash amongst others. It will be repeated on
New Year’s Day.
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The
FLC have also announced (according to the Viki at the
FLC Bodega) their plans
to start recording a new album in March 2002. Apparently, they
already have nine songs, including Got
Our Love and Too
Hot To Trot. Huey
describes the new songs as "nu-classics" and has expressed
a desire to move away from the lounge-core sound of Loco
and mercifully return to the funk/rock sound of their earlier stuff.
"We're trying to bring back the real classics, like disco tunes
that we remember, but played like musicians. And we want to do
rock'n'roll stuff too". The band are hoping to have the record
completed by late spring, in time to return for the summer festivals
and a tour in the UK.
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Mercifully
none of the band were in town on September 11th so they
are all fine physically. Obviously though the band are as devastated
by what happened to their hometown as the rest of the world.
Apparently their management company is only five blocks from the
World Trade Center, but there was no one there when the planes hit,
so they are safe as well.
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Huey
was pulled over by police as he drove an electric golf buggy along a
main road whilst at the Leeds
Festival
in August 2001. He “borrowed” the cart from the organizers of
the Leeds Festival where the band were playing at the weekend. But
instead of touring the site, he took the rest of the band on a trip
towards the city centre and was stopped by cops. He faces a £40
fine for having an unlicensed vehicle on a public road. Huey laughed
off getting caught and even dedicated the band's last song to the
officers who pulled him over.
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New
gigs announced. See above.
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The
band's current album, Loco, is due to get a vinyl
release as a double LP on November 5 2001, in a limited run of 1,000
copies.
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Fun
Lovin’ Criminals have recruited supermodel Jodie
Kidd to appear in the video for their new single Bump.
The
track is released as a double A-side with
Run
Daddy Run on August 13 2001.
Both
tracks on the single feature on the band's current album Loco,
and will be backed by various remixes of the tracks and a live
version of Bump
recorded in Dubai
across the formats.
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They
will release a DVD titled Love
Ya Back on August 27 2001. The DVD features the
band's videos, the short film Maui
Homicide 2000 and a small 'on-the-road' documentary
of the band.
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Fun
Lovin’ Criminals, Groove Armada and Armand van Helden are the acts
confirmed for the Lynx Zero Gravity event, which will take place at
a secret location.
The
company, who held their event last year in Ibiza
with Leftfield and Basement Jaxx performing, promise that the party
will be based around a theme of 'Space Hedonism'.
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U2's
Bono, The Edge and Larry Mullen Junior
joined Fun Lovin’
Criminals' Huey and Fast
at the opening of Huey's
new Dublin
bar, Voodoo,
last night (December 14 2001).
According
to www.showbizireland.com, the bands had a few
drinks in U2's The Clarence
hotel situated across the street from Voodoo,
before Huey
and Fast
decamped to Voodoo.
Huey
then took to the decks DJing through for an all-night party. He
co-owns the bar with Dublin publican Dermot
Doran.
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It was reported in NME.COM that after
years of trying to make his dream a reality, Huey
is
finally opening a restaurant in Dublin. The band have been trying
for years to branch out into catering and initially had his heart
set on opening an eatery in London’s Covent Garden. However, he
said that due to red tape in London, he decided against the UK
capital.
He said:
"There are different zones, different parts of London that have
small councils that are difficult to deal with. So I'm going to open
a pizza joint, Di
Fontaine's Pizzeria,
in the middle of Dublin. We have the space, we're trying to get the
ovens right now. We want to make it proper, get a card game going on
out the back. You have to have a back room in a pizza joint,"
he laughed.
He
added that he plans to be in Dublin in person for the opening, he
said: "I plan to be involved in it as much as I can."
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Fun
Lovin’ Criminals frontman Huey Morgan has branded Blur lead singer
Damon
Albarn a "cocksucker" after the pair
almost came to blows last week (December 2000), NME.COM
can reveal.
Huey
and Damon's
altercation happened when they bumped into each other at London's Kabaret Club
in Soho.
Speaking exclusively to NME.COM
the following night, Huey
accused Damon
of acting like a "rock star" rather than being a real
person and "hugging him like a homeboy" when they'd never
been that close.
He
explained: "He was out in a bar being an idiot. I liked the guy
up until last night (but) he was acting like a cocky fuck, and I was
like, 'Jesus Christ!' Some people like being rock stars and not
taking it easy. He hugged me like I was his homeboy, and I don't hug
this dude, I don't know him that well. Then I told him what I was up
to and he told me it wasn't cool. I said. 'What do you mean it's not
cool?? And he goes 'It's wack'. And I said 'You mean wack like your
new video Damon?'
And then he got all 'mer mer mer' and I said 'Damon
I'm fuckin' wit you'. (But then) he got really pissed off, and
started acting like a jerk, and telling me 'You don't know what's
cool 'cos you don't live here', and I was like, 'Fuck off!' Fuck
him, he can go suck a bolognaise!"
"I
was so close to putting my foot in that kid's ass. So close. But I
didn't. I was cool."
Damon
Albarn
was unavailable for comment as NME
went to press.
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Their
"lounge-core" album is titled "Mimosa" and was
released on 15th November 1999. The name comes from a champagne
cocktail and will feature B-sides and rarities, along with some new
songs.
