Friday 5th August 2022
Barnoldswick Music and Arts Centre. Lancashire.
The Vapors will be dropping into Barnoldswick to perform a very intimate in your face full band performance in aid of A Concert For The Kids Fundraiser appeal.
The Vapors are a New Wave band formed in 1979 in Guildford, Surrey.
The band were co-managed by Paul Weller's father John and The Jam bass player Bruce Foxton. They were discovered by Foxton whilst playing in a pub in Guildford and invited to tour with Paul Weller and The Jam on the Setting Sons tour.
The band hit the big time in 1980 when 'Turning Japanese' reached number 3 in the UK charts and also hit N umber 1 in Australia, Canada and Billboard Top 40 in the USA.The song was used in hit films such as '16 Candles' and 'Charlies Angels' and regularly features on Punk and New Wave compilation albums.
After a number of other single releases including 'News at Ten and Jimmie Jones' and 2 critically acclaimed albums 'New Clear Days' and 'Magnets' the band parted company. Guitarist Ed Bazalgette went on to become a successful BBC TV director with recent credits including 'Poldark' and 'Dr Who' whilst lead singer Dave Fenton became a Music Lawyer.
The band reformed in 2016 and since then have played over 100 gigs including a 3 nigh residency at the Mercury Lounge in NYC and a 22 date run across the USA on the Lost 80 Live tour playing at such prestigious venues as The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. In May 2020 the band released their 3rd studio album entitled 'Together' engineered by legendary Producer Steve Levine.
In 2021 Cherry Red Records released a 4 cd Box set featuring New Clear days and Magnets, a disc of demos and unreleased material and a live gig recorded at The Rainbow whilst supporting The Jam.
The Vapors are booked as one of the headlining bands on this years Rebellion Festival along with The Skids, The Stranglers, Gary Numan, From The Jam plus so many more.
Straight after their performance they are coming to Barnoldswick for you guys.
NOW THEY ARE COMING TO THE HEART OF ENGLAND.
