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Deacon Blue ‎– The Big Picture Live. Deacon Blue playing live to their home crowd in a sold out show at Glasgow's SECC, December 1989. Running time 86 minutes.

1.Your Constant Heart
2.Fergus Sings The Blues
3.Chocolate Girl
4.Love And Regret / It's All In The Game
5.The World Is Lit By Lightning
6.Born In A Storm / Raintown
7.Real Gone Kid
8.Dark End Of The Street / When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
9.Orphans
10.Circus Lights
11.This Changing Light
12 Loaded
13.Wages Day
14.Sail Away / Dignity

Side 1

The Videos

1. Dignity (US Version)
2. Loaded
3. When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
4. Chocolate Girl
5. Real Gone Kid
6. Wages Day
7. Fergus Sings The Blues
8. Love And Regret
9. Queen Of The New Year
10. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
11. Your Swaying Arms
12. A Brighter Star Than You Will Shine
13. Twist & Shout
14. Closing Time
15. Cover From The Sky
16. Your Town
17. Will We Be Lovers
18. Only Tender Love
19. Hang Your Head
20. I Was Right And You Were Wrong
21. Bigger Than Dynamite
22. Dignity (Orignal Version)

Side 2

The Big Picture

1.Your Constant Heart
2.Fergus Sings The Blues
3.Chocolate Girl
4.Love And Regret / It's All In The Game
5.The World Is Lit By Lightning
6.Born In A Storm / Raintown
7.Real Gone Kid
8.Dark End Of The Street / When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
9.Orphans
10.Circus Lights
11.This Changing Light
12 Loaded
13.Wages Day
14.Sail Away / Dignity

Format : DVD
Catalog : P3MDV003
Released : 9th June 2008

Deacon Blue recorded live at Edinburgh Playhouse 7th November 2007

1. Your Constant Heart
2. Your Town
3. Your Swaying Arms
4. Chocolate Girl
5. Every Time You Sleep
6. Raintown
7. Loaded
8. Queen Of The New Year
9. James Joyce Soles
10. When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
11. Real Gone Kid
12. Wages Day
13. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
14. Dignity
15. Fergus Sings The Blues

Bonus Content

Extra track : Homesick
Photo gallery
Exclusive Interview with Ricky, Lorraine, Dougie & Jim

Notes : This DVD was also released as a CD/DVD set. See Deacon Blue albums for details.

Format : Blu Ray / DVD
Catalog : 0211911EMU
Released : 31st March 2017

Deacon Blue recorded live at Glasgow Barrowlands 4th December 2016

1.Come Awake
2.Gone
3.Your Town
4.Bethlehem Begins
5.Raintown
6.Chocolate Girl
7.The Outsiders
8.Your Swaying Arms
9.This Is A Love Song
10.Real Gone Kid
11.The Believers
12.Cover From The Sky
13.Birds
14.Town To Be Blamed
15.Delivery Man
16.The Hipsters
17.Loaded
18.Wages Day
19.Fergus Sings The Blues
20.That's What We Can Do
21.I Will And I Won't
22.When Will You...
23.I'll Never Fall In Love Again
24.Dignity
25.Twist and Shout
26.Nonsense/Queen Of The New Year
27.Forever Young
Notes : This DVD was also released as a CD/DVD set. See Deacon Blue albums for details.

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Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue performing live in London, 2006
Background information
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	Pop, rock, blues, alternative rock, pop rock, sophisti-pop[1]
Years active	1985–1994, 1999–present
Labels	Columbia, Sony, Chrysalis, Demon, earMusic, Sheer Sound
Associated acts	McIntoshRoss Ricky Ross
Website	www.deaconblue.com
Members	Ricky Ross James Prime Lorraine McIntosh Dougie Vipond Gregor Philp Lewis Gordon Timbo Jones
Past members	Graeme Kelling Ewen Vernal

Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop rock band formed in Glasgow during 1985. The line-up of the band consists of vocalists Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond. The band released their debut album, Raintown, on 1 May 1987 in the United Kingdom and in the United States in February 1988. Their second album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included 'Real Gone Kid' which became their first top ten single in the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Deacon Blue released their fourth album, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, in 1993. The band split in 1994, following which Vipond began a career in television. Five years later, the band held a reunion gig, and this led on to a new album, Walking Back Home, with the band now working on a part-time basis. The band released another album, Homesick, in 2001. Though Graeme Kelling died from pancreatic cancer in 2004, the band has continued and 2006 saw Deacon Blue returning to the studio to record three new tracks for a Singles album – including the track 'Bigger than Dynamite'. Deacon Blue's next album was The Hipsters, in 2012.^[3] The band released another album, A New House, in September 2014. Believers, was released in September 2016. A concert recording of their return to the Barrowlands, Glasgow, was released on 31 March 2017.

As of 2012, Deacon Blue's total album sales stood at six million,^[4] with twelve UK top 40 singles, along with two UK number one albums.^[4]

The album City of Love was released in March 2020.

Career[edit]

1985–1987: Formation and early years[edit]

Taking their name from the 1977 Steely Dan song 'Deacon Blues',^[5] Deacon Blue were formed in 1985 following Ricky Ross's move from Dundee to Glasgow. Along with Ross, the group originally consisted of Lorraine McIntosh, James Prime, Dougie Vipond, Ewen Vernal and Graeme Kelling.^[6]

Ross, a former school teacher originally from Dundee, was the group's frontman, penning the majority of Deacon Blue's songs. He married vocalist Lorraine McIntosh in 1990.^[6] In 1986, the band contributed a track ('Take the Saints Away') to a compilation cassette entitled 'Honey at the Core', featuring then up-and-coming Glasgow bands, including Wet Wet Wet and Hue and Cry.

1987–1991: Raintown and When The World Knows Your Name[edit]

The band's debut album, Raintown, produced by Jon Kelly was released in 1987.^[6] It spawned the singles 'Dignity', 'Chocolate Girl' and 'Loaded'.^[6] The city that the album's title refers to is Glasgow and the cover art of the album is a photograph (by the Scottish-Italian photographer Oscar Marzaroli) of the River Clyde's docks taken from Kelvingrove Park. It proved a commercial success and has to date sold around a million copies, peaking in the UK Albums Chart at no. 14 and remaining in the charts for a year and a half.^[7] On 27 February 2006, Raintown was reissued as part of Columbia's Legacy Edition series. The reissue was expanded to two CDs, the first of which featured the original 11 track album. The second CD featured alternate cuts of all 11 album tracks, as well as the two original CD bonus tracks 'Riches' and 'Kings of the Western World'. The new edition did not include the varied bonus cuts (remixes and b-sides) that were found on the singles from the album.

The second album, 1989's When the World Knows Your Name, was the band's most commercially successful, reaching No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart and generating five UK top 30 hits, including 'Real Gone Kid', 'Wages Day', and 'Fergus Sings the Blues' (all five singles from the album were top 10 hits in Ireland).^[6] The following year saw the band play in front of an estimated 250,000 fans at the free concert on Glasgow Green, 'The Big Day', which was held to celebrate Glasgow being named that year's European City of Culture. The band also played Glastonbury and the Roskilde festivals that summer, as well as released Ooh Las Vegas, a double album of B-sides, extra tracks, film tracks, and sessions which reached No. 3 in the UK Albums Chart.

1991–1994: Continued success and split[edit]

Jon Kelly returned to the producer's chair in 1991 for the album Fellow Hoodlums. The album was met with more critical approval^[6] and peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. Fellow Hoodlums was followed up by 1993's Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, a much more experimental album. The album was not as commercially successful as the previous two albums,^[6] peaking at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. Changing from producer Jon Kelly to the team of Steve Osborne and Paul Oakenfold, this album presented a change in musical style for Deacon Blue. While the band's songwriting remained based in rock and blues, many of the tracks moved into alternative rock territory in their presentation.^{[citation needed]}

The band embarked on another sold out UK tour in 1994, after recording new material for their greatest hitscompilation album, Our Town.^[6] This saw the band return to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart and was one of the year's top sellers, while 'I Was Right and You Were Wrong' and a re-release of 'Dignity' saw the band re-enter the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. The album contained the previous singles from the band, minus 'Closing Time' and 'Hang Your Head'. The album also contained three new tracks. 'I Was Right and You Were Wrong', the first single from this album, was an alternative rock track that continued and expanded the musical direction the band had taken with Whatever You Say, Say Nothing.^{[citation needed]} 'Bound to Love' and 'Still in the Mood' were pop songs in the tradition of Deacon Blue's earlier albums. The vinyl LP version of the album contained a fourth new track, 'Beautiful Stranger'. 'Dignity' was released, now for the third time, as the second single from the album.

With Vipond's decision to quit the group in favour of a career in television, Deacon Blue split up in 1994.^[6]

1999–2006: Re-formation and new material[edit]

Five years later, the band held a reunion gig in 1999, and this led on to a new album, Walking Back Home, with the band now working on a part-time basis. The Walking Back Home album combined eight songs that were brand new compositions, previously unreleased tracks, or released only with limited availability, with nine previously released Deacon Blue songs. This as followed by another album, Homesick, in 2001.

Graeme Kelling died from pancreatic cancer in 2004, but the band continued and recorded three new tracks for a Singles album – including the track 'Bigger than Dynamite' in 2006.

2006–2012: Touring and side projects[edit]

The band performed at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium, as the pre-match entertainment for the Rugby leagueSuper League Grand Final on 14 October 2006, and continued on to a full UK tour in November. They were also due to open Stirling's New Year party in 2006, but this was cancelled at the last minute due to extreme weather. A further tour followed in November 2007 and the band then provided support for Simple Minds in 2008. They also appeared at Stirling's Hogmanay in 2008.

Deacon Blue appeared at The Homecoming Live Final Fling Show, at Glasgow's SECC on 28 November 2009, and headlined Glasgow's Hogmanay on 31 December 2009. The band performed several gigs, including Glastonbury, and the Liverpool Echo Arena on 29 July 2011.

Ross, who had released a solo album before the formation of Deacon Blue, released two solo albums during the time between Deacon Blue's breakup in 1994 and reformation in 1999. Due to Deacon Blue's part-time status after reformation, Ross released additional solo albums in 2002 and 2005 and has written for and with other recording artists. In 2009, Ross and McIntosh recorded an album together under the name 'McIntosh Ross'.

2012–2013: New record label and The Hipsters[edit]

The album The Hipsters was released on 24 September 2012 and was produced by Paul Savage. A 25th anniversary tour, starting in October 2012, followed.

All of the band's studio albums were reissued as deluxe editions by Edsel Records in October 2012, as well as a new compilation entitled The Rest.

2013–present: A New House and Believers[edit]

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Deacon Blue arranged dates in 2014 for a comeback tour. It was announced in April 2014 that their seventh studio album, A New House, would be released on 8 September that year. Ross later said the album had 'come off the energy of getting back together, playing live', referring to their touring during 2012.^{[citation needed]} Deacon Blue also performed at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony on 3 August 2014, performing their hit, 'Dignity'.

A new studio album, Believers, was released on 30 September 2016. Three promo singles, the title track, 'This Is A Love Song' and 'Gone' have been released. A tour was undertaken to promote the album, culminating in a return to the Glasgow Barrowlands on 4 December 2016, which was recorded for a live album as well as video.^[8] This was released on 31 March 2017 on vinyl, CD, DVD, Blu-Ray as well as digital download of both audio and video versions. A special screening event was held, the day before, at the Glasgow Film Theatre.

Between February and March 2018, Deacon Blue embarked on a tour of Spain, marking the first time that the band has played a series of live shows in Spain. The band described the shows as 'an incredible experience for us all', and later confirmed that Deacon Blue will be returning to Spain in 2019 for another series of live shows, claiming that 'Spain has a very special place in our hearts'.^[9]

Members[edit]

Current members[edit]

• Ricky Ross – lead vocals, piano
• James Prime – keyboards, piano
• Lorraine McIntosh – backing and lead vocals, percussion
• Dougie Vipond – drums, percussion
• Gregor Philp – guitar
• Lewis Gordon – bass

Past members[edit]

• Graeme Kelling – guitar
• Ewen Vernal – bass, keyboard bass
• Mick Slaven – guitar
• Scott Fraser – bass
• Taj Wyzgowski – guitar
• Ged Grimes – bass
• Chris Henderson - drums

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

• Raintown (1987)
• When the World Knows Your Name (1989)
• Fellow Hoodlums (1991)
• Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
• Walking Back Home (1999)
• Homesick (2001)
• The Hipsters (2012)
• A New House (2014)
• Believers (2016)
• City of Love (2020)

Awards and nominations[edit]

BRIT Awards[edit]

Year	Category	Recipient/Work	Result	Winner
1989	British Single of the Year	'Real Gone Kid'	Nominated	Perfect'

References[edit]

1. ^Strong, Martin C. (2002). The Great Scots Musicography : The Complete Guide to Scotland's Music Makers. Mercat. p. 214. ISBN978-1-8418-3041-4.
2. ^'DEACON BLUE – full Official Chart History'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
3. ^'Deacon Blue'. Rickyross.com. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
4. ^ ^ab'Deacon Blue & Ricky Ross Official Site – About'. Deaconblue.com. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
5. ^Harris, Craig. 'Deacon Blue > Biography'. AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
6. ^ ^abcdefghiColin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 352/3. ISBN1-85227-745-9.
7. ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 145. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
8. ^'Barrowland Ballroom'. Deacon Blue. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
9. ^'Deacon Blue'. Facebook.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

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