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Biography
An exhilarating reunion at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2010. Three incredible and by turn bombastic, expansive and bleakly ornate new records in 2013’s Bloodsports, 2016’s Night Thoughts and 2018’s The Blue Hour. Infinite shows and festivals all over the planet. And now the raucous physicality of new album Autofiction. Since reforming, Suede have reminded us again and again that, beyond the breakthroughs and breakdowns, the trends and the bends, their brilliantly acerbic songs have lasted the test of time. And ravenous artistic compulsion propels them ever forward.
So, in 2010, seven years after winding down, Suede unexpectedly wound up again. And “wound up” is about right for this band. Their return triggered a flood of memories; frenzied performances, high-wire ambition, life-changing impact. For once, the headline “The Best New Band In Britain” was warranted, positioned over their photo on the cover of Melody Maker. Top 10 crasher ‘Animal Nitrate’ was followed by Suede, the biggest selling UK album debut since Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome and, soon, winner of the Mercury Music prize. Suede were trailblazers, innovators, cultural aggregators, and everyone wanted a piece.
If anything, Britpop generated Suede’s next phase. The next album would be, “a lot stranger”. With Bernard Butler now engrossed by Joy Division and Scott Walker, the next single ‘Stay Together’ weighed in at eight intensely dramatic minutes. But ironically, the partnership was ripped apart by attendant pressures on two quite different personalities and Bernard quit before Dog Man Star was even released. Dog Man Star topped the UK charts but was symbolically knocked off by Oasis’ Definitely Maybe. Bernard’s replacement Richard Oakes fitted Suede’s aesthetic of transforming your grotty reality, plus “he brought unity to the band,” Brett recalls. “We became a little gang. And he had the ability to make the kind of album we wanted.”
The gang became five when Simon’s cousin Neil Codling also joined, bringing songwriting nous, insouciant presence and perfect cheekbones. Anyone doubting Suede’s chances of surviving the split were rocked when the resulting Coming Up, Suede’s pop zenith, charted at number one in the UK and spawned an astounding four top ten hits. Suede’s fourth album Head Music made in-roads toward a more electronic-rhythmic sound. When Neil left, and Brett finally admitted drugs had got the better of him, it was clear something had stalled. They soldiered on, released A New Morning in 2002 to muted response.
Brett’s escape was to announce Suede were on sabbatical. He and Bernard soon formed The Tears and released Here Come The Tears, but Brett’s solo albums indicate where his heart truly lay throughout the next few years – bombastic; now pastoral; now burnishing folk with delicate electronic elements, then deconstructing and reconstructing post-punk.
With that said, Suede’s reunion was what really re-lit the touchpaper, even if the burn was to be slow at first. When Teenage Cancer Trust asked if Suede would play a benefit, everyone agreed the time felt right. After two intimate warm-ups, the Royal Albert Hall show was astonishing. To even fervent fans, the ecstatic tension between them and Suede hadn’t dropped an iota.
Fast forward to September 16th 2022: Suede release Autofiction – “their punk album”. A record that crackles with the sort of exuberant fire familiar to anyone who has seen the band live in recent years. If 30 years ago, ‘The Drowners’ was a rattling anthem for the blurred sexuality and vivacity of unusual youth, then Autofiction’s grappling with concerns of a different point in life sound no less vital. “It does feel like a new page to me,” says Anderson. “I always thought of the first three records as a trilogy in a way, and the last three too. Autofiction has a natural freshness, it’s where we want to be.” And where Suede want to be is, in a way, the same place as they were when they began 30 years ago – a group of people living off the raw sensation of making a racket in a room.
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The last British @suedeHQ date this year. A Victorian country house. The mighty @Johnny_Marr. Gardens by Capability Brown. The equally mightly @nadineshah. You know it makes sense.
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Show and ticket information for the latest Heritage Live concerts.
As part of the #DogManStar30 campaign, we're happy to announce the release of 'We Are The Pigs' as a highly collectible 7” picture disc on 13th September. Pre-order your copy here: https://suedehq.lnk.to/wearethepigs
Originally released as the first single from 'Dog ...Man Star', The Times praised it, saying, "Propelled by one of Bernard Butler's finest riff chord sequences and fueled by the nightmare visions of Brett Anderson's lyrics, the song romps home with a glorious chorus that combines old-fashioned sing-a-long appeal with an intriguingly sinister edge."
The B-side, 'Killing Of A Flash Boy' didn't appear on the original album, but Brett recently commented that in hindsight, he would have included the song in the album’s tracklisting.
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As part of the #DogManStar30 campaign, we're happy to announce the release of 'We Are The Pigs' as a highly collectible 7” picture disc on 13th September.
Pre-order your copy here: https://suedehq.lnk.to/wearethepigs
As part of the #DogManStar30 campaign, we’re happy to announce the release of ‘We Are The Pigs’ as a highly collectible 7” picture disc on 13th September. Pre-order your copy through the link in bio.
Originally released as the first single from ‘Dog Man Star’, @thetimes praised... it, saying, “Propelled by one of Bernard Butler’s finest riff chord sequences and fueled by the nightmare visions of Brett Anderson’s lyrics, the song romps home with a glorious chorus that combines old-fashioned sing-a-long appeal with an intriguingly sinister edge.”
The B-side, ‘Killing Of A Flash Boy’ didn’t appear on the original album, but Brett recently commented that in hindsight, he would have included the song in the album’s tracklisting.
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Watch 'We Are The Pigs' in all its remastered glory now on Suede's official YouTube channel. #DogManStar30
bit.ly/WeAreThePigsDMS30
Remaster by James Wong (Insta: @jmhwong).
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Watch 'We Are The Pigs' in all its remastered glory now on Suede's official YouTube channel. #DogManStar30
http://bit.ly/WeAreThePigsDMS30
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Watch ‘We Are The Pigs’ in all its remastered glory now on Suede’s official YouTube channel - link in bio. #DogManStar30
Remaster by @jmhwong
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Watch 'We Are The Pigs' in all its remastered glory now on YouTube. #Suede #DogManStar30
As part of the #DogManStar30 campaign, we’re happy to announce the release of ‘We Are The Pigs’ as a highly collectible 7” picture disc on 13th September. Pre-order your copy through the link... in bio.
Originally released as the first single from ‘Dog Man Star’, @thetimes praised it, saying, “Propelled by one of Bernard Butler’s finest riff chord sequences and fueled by the nightmare visions of Brett Anderson’s lyrics, the song romps home with a glorious chorus that combines old-fashioned sing-a-long appeal with an intriguingly sinister edge.”
The B-side, ‘Killing Of A Flash Boy’ didn’t appear on the original album, but Brett recently commented that in hindsight, he would have included the song in the album’s tracklisting.
- SuedeHQ
Watch ‘We Are The Pigs’ in all its remastered glory now on Suede’s official YouTube channel - link in bio. #DogManStar30
Remaster by @jmhwong
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A huge thank you to everyone who came out to see Suede play with @manics this summer. Your energy and support at every show has been incredible.
★★★★★ “The most visceral live act... on the planet today.” - @evening.standard
Photo by @wallsofdreaming
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Originally used during the 1994 Dog Man Star tour, Suede’s film for ‘Killing of a Flash Boy’ has been newly remastered in HD and is now available on the band’s YouTube channel. ...#DogManStar30
Watch it through the link in bio.
Remaster by @jmhwong
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Suede and @manics arrives in London tonight for a sold-out show at @yourallypally.
Here are your set times:
Doors: 17:00
MSP: 19:00
Suede: 20:50
Photos by ...@darkroom.memoir
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Suede’s second album ‘Dog Man Star’ is being reissued in a range of formats to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. Pre-order your copy now through the link in bio.
Frequently ...cited as one of the essential albums of its generation, ‘Dog Man Star’ returns on 4th October in multiple new editions featuring updated imagery developed from Joanne Leonard’s iconic photography. These editions include a 180g 2LP half-speed master vinyl, offering an enhanced listening experience with incredibly detailed stereo imaging and natural high-frequency response.
Featuring the singles ‘We Are The Pigs’, ‘The Wild Ones’, and ‘New Generation’, the album will be available in:
• 180g 2LP Half-Speed Master Vinyl
• 3CD Set in Deluxe Gatefold Packaging
The band will also release an exclusive @dinkededition on 140g translucent yellow vinyl, including a 7” single featuring two non-album rarities from the ‘Dog Man Star’ era, ‘Living Dead (Piano Version)’ and ‘La Puissance (The Power)’, both available on vinyl for the first time.
#DogManStar30
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#DogManStar30
Thank you to everyone who came out to Edinburgh last night.
Manchester, Suede and the @manics will be at Castlefield Bowl tomorrow. Here are the set times:
Suede: 19:25
MSP: ...21:15
Photo by @darkroom.memoir
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Suede will be performing in Kuala Lumpur on 27 August this year.
Tickets will go on sale at 2pm local time on Tuesday 16 July.
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Two fantastic shows at Cardiff Castle with the @manics. Up next, Suede will perform at Edinburgh Castle this Wednesday.
Set Times:
Suede: 19:25
MSP: 21:15
Photos by ...Laetitia Mavrel and @albertovercesi81
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If you’ve ever wondered which @manics song Suede would love to have written 📹 @absoluteradio
The bands’ co-headline tour continues tonight and tomorrow in Cardiff.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to see Suede and the @manics in Dublin last night. Next stop, Cardiff.
Set Times:
Suede: 19:25
MSP: 21:15
Photos by @gbollardphoto
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The last British @suedeHQ date this year. A Victorian country house. The mighty @Johnny_Marr. Gardens by Capability Brown. The equally mightly @nadineshah. You know it makes sense.
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Show and ticket information for the latest Heritage Live concerts.
As part of the #DogManStar30 campaign, we're happy to announce the release of 'We Are The Pigs' as a highly collectible 7” picture disc on 13th September.
Pre-order your ...copy here: https://suedehq.lnk.to/wearethepigs
Watch 'We Are The Pigs' in all its remastered glory now on Suede's official YouTube channel. #DogManStar30
http://bit.ly/WeAreThePigsDMS30
- SuedeHQ
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to see Suede play with @Manics this summer. Your energy and support at every show has been incredible.
★★★★★ "The most visceral live ...act on the planet today." - @EveningStandard
Photo by http://instagram.com/wallsofdreaming/
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★★★★
Suede and Manic Street Preachers review: Two bands on vital, triumphant form
🖋️@shaun_curran
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Far from a cosy night of packaged nostalgia, this joint London gig brought the best from both bands
trib.alOriginally used during the 1994 Dog Man Star tour, Suede's film for 'Killing of a Flash Boy' has been newly remastered in HD and is now available on the band's YouTube channel. ...#DogManStar30
Watch it here: http://bit.ly/FlashboyDMS
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"You know those kids at school who didn't seem to have any friends..."
@suedeHQ + @Manics go head-to-head at Alexandra Palace - an act of joyous communion between two honorary... members of the awkward squad.
https://t.co/zcCVwm42jA
Margate this evening. Who’s coming? Stage times are:
19:45 - 21:00 MSP
21:30 - 22:45 SUEDE
Last few tickets at: https://t.co/JT6hRhMiSK
Well, last night was something special. Our biggest ever London show, a backdrop of the city lights and a full moon, and a wonderful crowd, so loud in the loud bits and quiet in the quiet bits. Thank... you London
📸 Didz
.@SuedeHQ and the @Manics played @yourallypally park last night and were absolutely CLASS. 👏
Their epic co-headline tour concludes tonight at @DreamlandMarg!
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The 90s icons played the north London green space as part of their co-headline tour. Get the highlights here.
Live review alert! @suedeHQ and @Manics at London's Alexandra Park – '90s titans as vital as ever
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'90s titans as vital as ever
Just a quick warning that there are scammers impersonating Suede members on IG/FB/here etc. The others don't do social media, and although losing my phone and passport in a foreign country is ...EXACTLY the kind of thing I do, I promise I won't ask you lot for money the get me home
“We all watch them burn” 🔥 #Suede #DogManStar30
Watch 'We Are The Pigs' in all its remastered glory now on YouTube. #Suede #DogManStar30
Suede - We Are The Pigs (Official HD Music Video)
Killing of a Flash Boy (Dog Man Star Tour Film) #Suede #DogManStar30
Suede - Killing of a Flash Boy (Dog Man Star Tour Film) [HD]
‘She's In Fashion' was released 25 years ago today 🤍 #Suede #AltMusic
This week in 2018 saw the release of 'The Invisibles'. #Suede #TheBlueHour
'That Boy On The Stage' recorded live at London's Air Studios. #Suede #Autofiction
Brett and Mat talk to NME about the inspiration, lyrics and music video for 'Beautiful Ones'. #Suede
“We’re so young and so gone” #Suede
Suede released their debut single 'The Drowners' on this day in 1992. #Suede #90sRock