Exclusive! LIMITED EDITION classic, vintage style Mansun t-shirt. Pre-order now for release on 26th June for your post lockdown summer!! The shops might be shut but the Mansun online store is now open. Designed in a vintage style based on an iconic photo of the band by Pennie Smith (The Clash, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Iggy Pop), … Read More
FAR OUT MAGAZINE DISCUSS MANSUN IN THEIR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BRITPOP IN 20 BANDS
Far Out Magazine has published its Ultimate Guide To Britpop Bands, rating their top 20 albums of the era. They describe Mansun as ‘The more proggy side of Britpop‘, and ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ as ‘Artistic and compelling with vivid character portrayals‘ and ‘Strangely mesmeric‘. You can read the full piece on Mansun, and see what they have to say … Read More
JOIN PAUL FOR ‘SIX’ LISTENING PARTY ON TWITTER AT 9PM TONIGHT!
Following the huge success of the ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ listening party last night, tonight there will be a second listening party to play through ‘Six’. Hosted by Tim Burgess, join Paul as he talks through the making of the album, and provides previously unknown details about the songs. So have ‘Six’ ready to play tonight at 9pm, and … Read More
REMINDER: JOIN PAUL ON TWITTER AT 9PM TONIGHT FOR THE ‘ATTACK OF THE GREY LANTERN’ LISTENING PARTY
Join Paul Draper for an ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ LISTENING PARTY on TWITTER at 9pm tonight, hosted by Tim Burgess using the hashtag #timstwitterlisteningparty. Have ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ ready to play, relax and tell us your stories and Paul will share his (well not all of them!), and ask questions galore! See you at 9pm tonight. DMx … Read More
NEW PAUL DRAPER ZOOM INTERVIEW ON XSNOISE
Check out Paul’s interview for XSNOIZE conducted over Zoom. In it he talks about life under lockdown, Mansun and The Dead Flowers Reject, due to be released on Record Store Day, and his forthcoming second solo album and tour. You can find the interview HERE
JOIN PAUL DRAPER FOR MANSUN LISTENING PARTIES ON TWITTER … 6TH & 7TH MAY
Tim Burgess’s Listening Parties on Twitter have become a popular feature of the CORVID-19 pandemic. Next week parties will be held on two consecutive nights for Mansun’s iconic albums ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ and ‘Six’ hosted by Mansun frontman Paul Draper. Dates and times are: Wednesday May 6th at 9pm (BST) … Attack Of The Grey Lantern Thursday May … Read More
SPRING SALE … 25% OFF ‘ATTACK OF THE GREY LANTERN’ SPECIAL EDITION 4-DISK BOX SET
SPRING SALE! Kscope are offering a full 25% off the Special Edition 4 disc box set of ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ in a sale at their online store, Burning Shed. It now costs only £29.99 for a limited time only. The lavish 3CD + DVD special edition includes: The remastered original album; A CD crammed with never before heard … Read More
PAUL POSTS ABOUT LIFE DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Paul has posted about his life living under the COVID-19 lockdown. He writes Just been out of the house for first time in a while. I live alone so very weird. As you can see I’ve upgraded my mask but it turns my ears into the cop terminator out of terminator 2. Seriously though I have posted a batch of … Read More
24 YEARS SINCE MANSUN’S ‘ONE EP’ MADE THE CHARTS … THE FIRST OF 14 TOP 40 EPS!
24 years ago, Mansun had their first chart hit with their very first EP, ‘One EP’, which sparked a run of 14 consecutive top 40 EPs. One of the fans’ favourite tracks from ‘One EP’ is ‘Ski Jump Nose’, which seems apt in these times, as the chorus lyric is ‘WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER’! Happy Anniversary One EP and … Read More