Here’s a treat! A wonderful cover of Rich and Strange recorded as a birthday gift.
Thanks to both Alva and Anders for sharing this. For CUD fan Anders Färlin’s recent birthday, his talented daughter, Alva, recorded this amazing version of Rich and Strange, that she has generously allowed us to share.
Alva writes and performs under the name Säg Mig, and you can hear more of here work on her Spotify page, here.
A few years back CUD were invited to play at David Gedge’s annual festival in Brighton, At The Edge Of The Sea. Sadly, this year’s event has joined the list of festivals postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, a ‘virtual’ version is taking place over the weekend of August 14-15. And CUD are joining in.
At The Edge Of The Sofa – which will be free to watch – will take place during the evenings of 14 & 15 August (the Friday and Saturday originally earmarked for At The Edge Of The Sea XII), streaming live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
David will host the event from his living room and introduce a variety of features, including world-wide premieres of nine Wedding Present ‘locked down & stripped back’ videos, including a brand new Wedding Present song. David will be on hand to answer questions posted online by viewers and play requests live on his acoustic guitar… in the same way as he’s done during his previous solo streams.
CUD have recorded a message and an exclusive video (beamed from our own separate dwellings) of a new unreleased tune. We’re joining an exciting festival line-up that includes (in alphabetical order):
Amelia Coburn
Badly Drawn Boy
Chorusgirl
CUD
Darren Hayman [Hefner]
French For Cartridge
Helen McCookerybook [The Chefs]
Jake Shillingford [My Life Story]
Jetstream Pony [feat Shaun Charman (ex-Wedding Present drummer)
Martin from British Sea Power
Melys
Miles Hunt [The Wonder Stuff]
Si,irene [from Japan]
Such Small Hands [feat Melanie Howard]
Syndromet [from Sweden]
Terry de Castro [ex-Wedding Present bassist]
The Catenary Wires [feat Amelia Fletcher]
The Popguns
The Primitives
The Sleazoids [feat Paul Dorrington (ex-Wedding Present guitarist)
The Ukrainians [feat Peter Solowka (ex-Wedding Present guitarist)]
Umut Adan [from Turkey]
Vinny Peculiar
Witching Waves
Young Romance
Plus… David’s famous memorabilia raffle!
The festival will offer opportunities to help local venues and crew unable to put on live music. We hope you can join us all!
Because you demanded it, the CUD Band are back with another Listening Event on Wednesday 1 July, to celebrate the (almost) 22nd anniversary of their ‘smash hit’ A&M album release, featuring that little-known track Rich and Strange.
Join us on at 8pm for an Asquarius Listening Party!
Anyone who wants to join in will need to play CUD’s ‘Asquarius’ album (LP, CD, MP3, cassette, streaming) starting at exactly 8pm. As the album plays, track by track, Carl, Will, Mike and Gogs from the band will be online, commenting live and fielding your questions.
To join in, you need to be on Twitter, using and following the slightly awkward hashtag #AsquarWithUs. All comments using this hashtag will appear in one long stream. Be sure to follow the band @CUDband, Carl @CarlPuttnam, Will @willcud, Mike @mikedmfy and Gogs @GogsByrn too, and ask questions as we go.
After the fantastic response to this week’s ‘When in Rome, Kill Me‘ Twitter Listening Event, we’re coming back for an encore. Join us on Tuesday May 12 at 8pm for a Leggy Mambo Listening Party!
Anyone who wants to join in will need to play CUD’s ‘Leggy Mambo’ album (LP, CD, MP3, cassette, streaming) starting at exactly 8pm. As the album plays, track by track, Carl, Will, Mike and Gogs from the band will be online, commenting live and fielding your questions.
To join in, you need to be on Twitter, using and following the hashtag #LeggyListening. All comments using this hashtag will appear in one long stream. Be sure to follow the band @CUDband, Carl @CarlPuttnam, Will @willcud, Mike @mikedmfy and Gogs @GogsByrn too, and ask questions as we go.
If you missed the #WhenInRomeAtHome event, you can still read all the comments here.
With us all stuck at home, and the band unable to rehearse, record or tour for now, we’re inviting you to join us for a Listening Party on Twitter on Wednesday 29 April, 8pm.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, the plan is for anyone who wants to join in to play CUD’s first album ‘When in Rome, Kill Me‘ (LP, CD, MP3, streaming, however) starting at exactly 8pm. As the album plays, track by track, Carl, Will, Mike and Gogs from the band will be online, commenting live and fielding your questions about the ‘indie rock opera’.
To join in, you need to be on Twitter, using and following the hashtag #WhenInRomeAtHome. All comments using this hashtag will appear in one long stream. Be sure to follow the band @CUDband, Carl @CarlPuttnam, Will @willcud, Mike @mikedmfy and Gogs @GogsByrn too, and ask questions as we go.
And if you don’t want to join Twitter (you can always quit right after!) you can still play the album, of course, and following the hashtag #WhenInRomeAtHome by using the Twitter search function to see all the mentions with it.
Next March, CUD are playing two mammoth shows with Embrace and Starsailor. To keep ourselves on our toes, we’re also playing an intimate warm-up show for the Leeds Arena date at Hull’s New Adelphi Club on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Bass player Will recorded a lengthy interview with David Eastaugh about CUD’s history and future plans for the C86 podcast. It is now available for streaming and download here.
Officially sanctioned CUD tribute band CAREFREE SUD, aka Carl and Mike, are joining the line-up for next year’s Shiiine On Mini Cruise. The full CUD Band played aboard the ferry in 2018 and had a fantastic time. The return trip from Hull to the Netherlands is well recommended.
Taking place over the weekend of 20th – 22nd March the two night Hull > Amsterdam jaunt will be headlined by Pop Will Eat Itself, Jesus Jones, Space and Goldie Lookin Chain.
There will also live performances onboard from the legend that is Pete Wylie, Gomez’s Ben Ottewell, Kingmaker 4AD, Matt McManamom (Dead 60s) and Carefree Sud.
In Amsterdam there’s a special ‘Afternoon With’ Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff. Expect tales and stories from The Stuffies past as well as a brilliant solo set in the Waterhole. EMF will be in support for the afternoon for a rare stripped-back acoustic set.
Cabins start from just £159 per person for 2 nights of brilliant music, 2 nights of accommodation and shuttle buses to and from Amsterdam.
Visit the Shiiine On website, here, for tickets and details.
One last blast before 2020! CUD have been invited to join Pop Will Eat Itself for a pre-Xmas show at Leicester’s O2 Academy 2 on Friday December 20.
PWEI will be playing the whole of their classic album ‘This is the Day…This is the Hour…This is This!’ while CUD promise a longer-than-usual support in our last show of the year. See you there!
No, it’s not another band.
CUD bassist Will Potter is working on a comic-book side project. Following the success of the CUD: Rich & Strange strip, Will is contributing to a new anthology, HEY, AMATEUR! with top-notch writers and artists sharing their hidden talents in a collection of one-page comics. The book is being launched on Kickstarter now. Click here to find out more.
The cover, above, is illustrated by superstar artist Mike Allred. Details of Will’s contribution, with Ghost Tree artist Simon Gane, below. The book will also reprint Will’s page on ‘How To Play Barre Chords’ from Black Crown Quarterly. The Wedding Present’s David Gedge is also writing a page, plus comic-book luminaries Simon Bisley, Philip Bond, Mark Buckingham, Glyn Dillon, Leah Moore, Jill Thompson and many more. For a full list of contributors, visit the web-page.
Any support and shares to help get the book launched is appreciated.
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