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TIGERTAILZ To Perform Entire 'Bezerk' Album In Newcastle

March 30, 2010

Long-running U.K. glam rockers TIGERTAILZ will perform their classic 1990 album "Bezerk" in its entirety on Friday, July 2 at Legends in Newcastle, England. Support at the gig will come from NEW GENERATION SUPERSTARS and BONE IDLE.

TIGERTAILZ will make its live debut with new bassist Sarah Firebrand on Saturday, April 17 at the rock club Fuel in Cardiff. The concert will pay tribute to band co-founder Pepsi Tate, with all proceeds going to Amser Justin Time, the cancer charity set up in the bassist's memory. As if that wasn't enough, the show is also set to be recorded for inclusion on a forthcoming TIGERTAILZ live album. Due for release later in 2010, the CD will mark 20 years since the legendary "Bezerk", the band performing all of its classic tracks while naturally adding its own modern and constantly evolving twist.

Frontman Kim Hooker comments: "This is gonna be massive. It's a chance for all you TAILZ maniacs to scream yourself hoarse and be a real part of our new record. It's gonna be an emotional hometown show and we need you all there — nice."

Guitarist Jay Pepper, who started the band with Tate back in 1986, says: "We always wanted to do a special show for Amser Justin Time, the charity started by Pepsi's wife Shân Cothi, which does such great work in raising both awareness and funds to tackle pancreatic cancer. This is the perfect opportunity. Hopefully our fans, who've already proven how generous they are with their own 'Boys Night Out' event last year, will help the charity by buying tickets and help us by singing their hearts out."

As the U.K.'s answer to POISON and MÖTLEY CRÜE, TIGERTAILZ was the only U.K.-based band of this ilk to dominate the U.K. charts at the end of the '80s with "Bezerk" hitting the U.K. Top 40 and a U.K. Top 5 live video release filmed in their hometown Cardiff, "Bezerk Live" and "Video Frenzy". With songs that became Top 40 hits and were so catchy you couldn't stop singing them for days, "Love Bomb Baby", "Noize Level Critical", "Heaven" and "Living Without You" all became good time party anthems of a generation, and have influenced some of the contemporary acts of today.

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