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Inspiral Carpets singer plays Club V
Tom Hingley, the lead singer of the Inspiral Carpets, one of the biggest selling singles bands of the last twenty years will be performing in the spiritual home of Club Velocity - the Rising Sun Arts Centre in Reading.
It might not be a well known fact, but that band sold a lot more singles that The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. Inspiral Carpets headlined the Reading Festival in 1990, toured the world (several times), sold out the G Mex in Manchester (cap 14,000), Noel Gallagher used to be their roadie and more importantly they produced some long lasting and essential songs such as Joe, This Is How It Feels and Saturn Five (to name just three). You'd be a fool to miss it...
Tom has not played Reading since 2004 and the wonderful Rising Sun Arts Centre could be one of the smallest (capacity wise) shows he has done ever!!
Tom has completed an extensive solo, acoustic tour of the UK, Ireland and, Germany playing to over fifty thousand people. His style plays testament to twenty five years of singing, in church, and later as lead singer of Inspiral Carpets. ‘I only play songs I like’ says Tom, ‘that’s the only real criteria’.
This logical approach resulted in a series of headlining and support dates, including most notably the New Years Eve celebrations supporting Ian Brown in front of 20000 revellers in Manchester , two Scottish dates with Shed Seven, and a major UK tour with Glenn Tilbrook.
He is still lead singer with the Inspirals where along with Shaun Ryder and Ian Brown he came to the fore as part of the late eighties Manchester music scene. As well as being the finest singer of that generation he also wrote many of the Inspirals hit singles.
The singing style incorporates Soul, R and B, and Jazz. His delivery is technically superior, and easily more emotive than many of his contemporaries. Celebrated artist Lenny Kravitz was moved to comment ‘You should be singing on Broadway’ after witnessing Hingley singing live at a television recording. Damon Gough (Badly Drawn Boy) , is another aficionado.
‘Keep Britain Untidy’ is Tom’s debut album with no overdubs, just one guitar, one voice and 11 great songs. Few artists could carry such a minimalist approach, but Tom’s unique talent makes him an all together different proposition. His vocal prowess is something to behold, and it is almost impossible to convey the beauty and sheer power this man can produce with his La Scalla Larynx. It is surely tuned to his very heart and soul.
Support comes from local heroes Ben Marwood and Jay Newton.
The details
When: Friday 24 April from 8pm
Where: Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading RG1
How: £10 advance www.wegottickets.com £12 door All Ages
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