Thunder announce eleventh studio album ‘Rip It Up’
The mighty Thunder have announced details of their eleventh studio album.
Titled ‘Rip It Up’, the follow-up to 2015’s incredible ‘Wonder Days’ boasts 11 tracks penned by Luke Morley and is released on Friday 10th February 2017.
In a post on their official Facebook page, Thunder said that the album was recorded with Nick Brine over three separate sessions in March, June and August at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth.
On mixing duties the band drafted in Clint Murphy at Modern World, while Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound mastered it in New York City.
The eye-catching artwork is the creation of Norwegian artist Magnus Gjoen whose works ‘focus on how things are not always what they seem.’
Planet Rock’s Paul Anthony had the exclusive premiere of the album title track at 8.10am this morning. If you missed it, you can listen to the show again here.
You can pre-order ‘Rip It Up’ in a smorgasbord of formats - including packages signed by the band - from Thunder’s official website now.
Thunder follow the release of ‘Rip It Up’ with a March 2017 UK tour. Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton are completely sold out but you can buy tickets to the other dates from Planet Rock Tickets now.
They play:
MARCH 2017
Manchester Apollo – Fri 17th – SOLD OUT
Sheffield City Hall – Sat 18th – SOLD OUT
Newcastle City Hall – Sun 19th
Leicester De Montfort Hall- Tue 21st
Glasgow Clyde Auditorium – Wed 22nd
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – Fri 24th
Southampton Guildhall – Sat 25th – SOLD OUT
Ipswich Regent Theatre – Sun 26th
London Eventim Apollo – Tue 28th
Dublin Vicar Street – Thu 30th
Belfast Mandela Hall – Fri 31st