BEIRUT’S THE WANTON BISHOPS
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EUROPEAN TOUR COMMENCES TODAY,
UK SHOW AT LONDON’S CAMDEN ASSEMBLY ON 4TH FEBRUARY
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Today, (15th January 2025) Beirut Blues artist The Wanton Bishops kick off their European tour and mark the occasion by sharing a visualiser for single ‘Gonna Be FIne’, a message of strength and resilience.
Vocalist Nader Mansour speaks on the track, “We’ve been led to believe that the anxious inadequacy we’re feeling is a personal problem and a personal responsibility, that the world is all ok, and it’s up to us to get our shit together: meditate, repeat a mantra, go to therapy, take anti-depressants, consume, have sex… Big business, politics, big pharma, and the wellbeing industry are all in on it. “Gonna be fine” is the sarcastic realisation that contrary to popular belief: it is the world that’s fucked up, and we’re genuinely doing the best we can! What’s a bloody mantra gonna do to someone living in a war torn country? Zilch, nothing.”
‘Gonna Be Fine’ features on their latest album ‘Under The Sun’ (9/10 – Classic Rock), a homage to Beirut and exploration of its identity. The Wanton Bishops will be bringing ‘Under The Sun’ on the road throughout Europe over the next month, culminating with a sold-out show at London’s Camden Assembly on 4th February. Tickets are on sale here and dates are:
15 Jan – Haarlem, Patronaat Stage 2 (NL)
16 Jan – Paris, Le Cafe De La Dance (FR)
17 Jan – Diksmuide, 4AD (BE)
18 Jan – Wasquehal, The Black Lab (FR)
19 Jan – Hamburg, Nochtspeicher (DE)
21 Jan – Praha, Cafe V Lese (CZ)
22 Jan – Budapest, Durer Kert (HU)
23 Jan – Vienna, Arena (AT)
25 Jan – Berlin, Privatclub (DE)
27 Jan – Munich, Import Export (DE)
29 Jan – Belfort, La Poudrière (FR)
30 Jan – Villeurbanne, CCO La Rayonne (FR)
31 Jan – Zurich, Papiersaal (CH)
1 Feb – Thun, Mokka (CH)
4 Feb – London, Camden Assembly (UK)
Nader speaks on the tour, “The level of excitement for this tour is only equaled by the level of fear! The fear or getting back at it after a long forced hiatus, the fear of whether our “fans” are still out there and if they’ll show up, and the fear of not delivering to our own expectations – it’s exhilarating, to be sure”
The Wanton Bishops, though a band by every definition of the word, is primarily the vision of one eclectic man – Nader Mansour. A cultural anomaly, considering the fact that he was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Nader as lead singer is the very epitome of a howling blues man.
Following the release of debut album ‘Sleep With The Lights On’, a Delta blues record inspired by the likes of RL Burnside and Muddy Waters, Nader journeyed to America’s deep south to experience the roots of Mississippi blues. The experience spawned a musical epiphany, as he returned home to Lebanon a changed man with a newly inspired musical vision. Nader’s music slowly emerged from the Delta swamps into the Lebanese mountains, and the music of The Wanton Bishops began to reflect Nader’s homeland, his people, and his personal journey. To quote Nader, “I’m finally getting to the core of the music I want to create, and that core is scarily confused, yet uniquely special, much like our own identity as Lebanese people living in Beirut, that eternal cultural crossroad”. This experimentation is initially heard on the band’s EP ‘Nowhere Everywhere’, and has now become fully realised on new album ‘Under The Sun’ out now on Gnu Roam, distributed via Kartel Music Group.
UNDER THE SUN
Tracklisting
1. Don’t You Touch The Radio
2. Beirut
3. Do What You’re Told
4. Ya Habibi
5. God’s Own Remedy
6. We Are One
7. Gonna Be Fine
8. Run Run
9. Fallen Angel
10. Jericho
The Wanton Bishops single ‘Gonna Be Fine’ is out now, watch the visualiser here. Taken from the album ‘Under The Sun’ is out now on Gnu Roam, distributed via Kartel Music Group. Stream it here.