Dub Pistols – Alive (Benny Kane & Dr Specs Remix) + White Lines Tour

One of the most rock & roll acts out there, Barry Ashworth’s merry band of reprobates — the unstoppable Dub Pistols — are staying true to form with their sixth long-player. It’s called ‘White Lines’, although Barry is keen to stress that the title isn’t some sort of blatant drug reference. “It’s about the number of white lines we see on motorways and at airports when we’re travelling around all the time,” he says.

To celebrate the tour they are giving away a rather huge remix of their crowd rocking hit Alive (word on the street is the remix package dropping soon includes mixes from our very own DJ B-Side & The Dancefloor Outlaws, big t’ings !!)

Fri 11th Oct Kings Hall – Herne Bay, Canterbury
01227 787787 www.canterburyticketshop.com

Sat 12 Oct Portsmouth Pyramids – Portsmouth
0844 2491000 www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Sun 13tOct Bogiez:Cardiff
02920 396590 www.bogiez.com

Fri 18 Oct The Venue: Derby
01332 203545 www.seetickets.com

Sat 19 Oct Rock a Hula Club: Swanage
01929 422722 www.wegottickets.com

Sat 02 Nov Joiners: Southampton
02380 225612 www.seetickets.com

Thu 07 Nov Fiddlers: Bristol
0117 9873403 www.wegottickets.com

Fri 08 Nov Phoenix – Exeter
01392 667080 www.seetickets.com

Sat 09 Nov Princess Pavilion:Falmouth
01326 211222 www.seetickets.com

Thu14 Oct Jazz Café – London
0844 84 7 2514 / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Fri 15 Nov Concorde – Brighton
01273 673 311 / www.concorde2.co.uk/events

Sat 16 Nov Esquires – Bedford
01234 340120 / www.seetickets.com

Fri 22 Nov Stereo – Glasgow
0141 222 2254 / www.synergyconcerts.com

Sat 23 Nov Plug – Sheffield
0114 241 3040 / www.seetickets.com

Fri 29 Nov University – Leeds
0113 380 1342 / www.seetickets.com

Sat 30 Nov Sound Control – Manchester
01618321111 / www.seetickets.com

The Dubs continue to be one of the busiest bands on the circuit. Seemingly no music festival is complete without their riotous blend of ska, dub, hip-hop, electro, breakbeat, punk and drum & bass. Good times are guaranteed when the Dub Pistols blaze in to fire up the joint, and they’ll party all night — if you let them — until the motorway sun comes up with the morning light.

Over they years the Dubs have earned their ticket to ride the white line highway — and if you aren’t already hooked, baby, it’s nobody else’s fault. They originally grew out of the DJ sound system that Barry Ashworth started with cohort Jason O’Bryan in the mid-90s.
Along with contemporaries the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, the Dubs initially surfed the late ‘90s big beat wave with tracks like ‘Cyclone’, ‘Westway’ and ‘There’s Gonna Be A Riot’ before swerving into the more political ‘Six Million Ways To Live’ album after the Millennium and their first hook-up with unforgettable Specials frontman Terry Hall.

The procession of guest vocalists who’ve joined them in the intervening decade or so reads like a roll call of urban legends. UK hip-hopper Rodney P, late reggae great Gregory Isaacs, Freak Power man Ashley Slater, Beats International’s Lindy Layton, acid house original Justin Robertson, the sweet tones of Horace Andy, UK rapper Akala, TK from New York, Red Star Lion from the West Indies, Dan Bowskills… the list goes on. Despite these top collaborators, they’ve somehow still managed to remain a cohesive unit, and it’s for their riotous sense of fun, entertainment value and tireless ability to make crowds jump that the Dubs have carved a niche for themselves. Verily, they’re something of a phenomenon.

‘White Lines’ is more of a party album than the conscious vibes of previous LP ‘Worshipping The Dollar’, and also has its fair share of top-notch guests. Reggae don Earl 16, eminent hip-hopper Seanie T, in-demand rhymer Serocee — as well as regulars TK, Darrison, Sir Real, Ashley Slater, Rodney P and Barry Ashworth himself on vocals — all make an appearance, as well as the dubwise horns of Tim Hutton.

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Dub Pistols – Alive (Benny Kane & Dr Specs Remix) + White Lines Tour