AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR YEATS - AT GRAND CANAL THEATRE NOV 2010The five March performances of An Appointment With Mr Yeats show at The Abbey Theatre, Dublin are now sold out and an additional concert, on SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2010, has been added at Dublin's soon-to-open GRAND CANAL THEATRE. The Waterboys are one of the first bands to be confirmed at this new theatre, a 2,100 seat venue operated by...
More >
SAINTS AND ANGELS DOWNLOAD IS NOW AVAILABLEThe Waterboys/Sharon Shannon single SAINTS AND ANGELS, remixed by Mike Scott from the version on Sharon's current album Saint And Scoundrels, is now available from iTunes Ireland: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/saints-angels-radio-edit-single/id339743832The single was due to be released Dec 4th but was mysteriously delayed by iTunes. We apologise to al
More >
Followers of Mike Scott's Twitter page will know he spent much of Summer 2009 tweeting in Nadsat, the futuristic language invented by Anthony Burgess for his great novel A Clockwork Orange. Mike also invented many of his own Nadsat words and has compiled an illustrated Nadsat-English dictionary, more complete than the lexicon found in some editions of the book. It is available online at: http://m
More >
SAINTS AND ANGELS SINGLE RELEASE & PLAYLISTED IN IRELANDSaints And Angels, the Waterboys' collaboration with former member Sharon Shannon on her new album Saints & Scoundrels, will be released as a download single in Ireland by Daisy Discs on 4 December, available from iTunes and other sites. The song has been remixed by Mike Scott from the version on the album and is available for listening at...
More >
There is now a Mark Smith memorial page on Facebook- a chance for the many who held him in high regard as a musician, a person or both to share or leave a few words as well as keep up on events associated with his memory.http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mark-Smith-Memorial-Page/326780975331
More >
MARK SMITH 1960-2009 We're very sorry to inform you all that our friend and colleague, Waterboys bass player Mark Smith, has died unexpectedly at his home in London. We don't yet know the cause of death, but are told Mark was found dead on his sofa and as far as we know, he died peacefully. No foul play is suspected. Mark played on stage with Mike Scott only a few weeks ago at the Groucho Clu...
More >
Mike's solo show as part of the Glasgow Homecoming celebrations is on Saturday the 28th of November, not the 8th as mis-stated in the previous news item. We apologise for the error.
More >
MIKE, STEVE, ANTO AND SHARON ON IRELAND'S LATE LATE SHOW, FRIDAY The trio of Mike Scott, Steve Wickham and Anto Thistlethwaite will be reunited when they perform with Sharon Shannon on this week's edition of Ireland's Friday night TV programme, The Late Late Show. The ensemble, also including members of Sharon's band, will perform a live version of the Waterboys' song Saints And Angels, which...
More >
Hey guys- There's now an alternate take of Strange Boat with long end up on TheWaterboys' Myspace pagewww.myspace.com/mikescottwaterboys.com
More >
WATERBOYS PLAY 'SAINTS AND ANGELS' ON NEW SHARON SHANNON ALBUM A new version of the classic but never officially released Waterboys song Saints And Angels is featured on Sharon Shannon's new album of collaborations, Saint And Scoundrels, issued on Sept 25 (Ireland) and Sept 28 (UK) by Daisy Discs. The reunited trio of Mike Scott, Steve Wickham and Anthony Thistlethwaite are joined by Sharon for
More >
© 2006-2009 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
