Paul Heaton, fresh from his emotional performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, will release the video to ‘Fish ’N’ Chip Supper’

PAUL HEATON

RELEASES VIDEO TO NEW SINGLE

‘FISH ‘N’ CHIP SUPPER’

WATCH THE VIDEO TO ‘FISH ‘N’ CHIP SUPPER’ HERE: https://PaulHeaton.lnk.to/FNCVideoPR

Today (8^th July) Paul Heaton, fresh from his emotional performance on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, will release the video to ‘Fish ’N’ Chip Supper’, the first single, which is available now, from his forthcoming new album The Mighty Several (to be released on 11^th October)

The video, directed by Andy Hylton and shot in gritty monochrome, stars Paul alongside Bolton actor and comedy star Diane Morgan (Motherland, Philomena Cunk, After Life) and Salford comedy actor Pearce Quigley (The Detectorists, The Full Monty). It was filmed on location around Manchester, in The Railway pub in Didsbury and The Baths Supper Bar chippie in Chorlton. The video also features Paul’s daughter Maisie, who choreographs the dancing, and his wife Linda (driving a No 10 Routemaster bus, destination Heatongrad via Rotterdam, Liverpool and Rome) as well as band members drummer Pete Marshall, guitarist Jonny Lexus, bassist Chris Wise and guest singer Rianne Downey (working in the chippie!).

The song ‘Fish ’N’ Chip Supper’ is a typically bittersweet slice of kitchen sink drama set to a deliciously infectious anthemic pop groove written by Paul Heaton and guitarist Jonny Lexus.

Says Paul: “What it’s trying to do – and I don’t know if I’ve done it! – is compare the journey we have in life and love, to the stagger back home from a pub, via chip-shop and flower shop. We may stop at one too many pubs that we didn’t need to,  but finally we get ourselves together and end up all walking back, bringing fish ‘n’ chip suppers to our lovers.  I wanted that to be a joyous thing. I explained it to a couple I know well, and they said it really summed them up. He’s always going out and coming back late but she loves him in the end.  It was fun writing it, and it’s a very English sounding song I suppose.”

Paul Heaton and his band will tour the UK in the Autumn. The dates are:

NOVEMBER

Fri 29              BRIDLINGTON Spa – SOLD OUT
Sat 30            LEEDS First Direct Arena

DECEMBER
Sun 01           GLASGOW OVO Hydro
Tue 03           BRIGHTON Centre
Wed 04          WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Halls – SOLD OUT
Fri 06              LIVERPOOL M&S Bank Arena
Sat 07            NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena
Mon 09          NEWCASTLE Utilita Arena – VENUE UPGRADED
Tue 10           LONDON Eventim Apollo – SOLD OUT

Wed 11          LONDON Eventim Apollo

Tickets are available from: www.paulheaton.co.uk                                      

Paul Heaton’s songwriting genius was recognised at the prestigious Ivor Awards in 2022 where noted author/radio DJ Stuart Maconie presented him with a long overdue gong for ‘Outstanding Song Collection’. Heaton is one of the UK’s most successful songwriters, with five No 1 albums to his name and with some 15 million album sales under his belt. He first came to prominence in the early 80s as front man of The Housemartins (the same group that gave us Norman ‘Fatboy Slim’ Cook).  The Housemartins released two albums ‘London 0 Hull  4’ (’86) and ‘The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death’ (’87).  In ’88 Heaton formed The Beautiful South, who released 10 hugely successful albums – ‘Welcome To The Beautiful South’ (’89), Choke (’90), ‘0898 Beautiful South’ (’92), ‘Miaow’ (’94), ‘Blue Is The Colour’ (’96), ‘Quench’ (’98), ‘Painting It Red’ (2000), ‘Gaze’ (’03), ‘Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs’ (’04) and ‘Superbi’ (’06).   In 2001 Heaton took a break from The Beautiful South and released his first solo album ‘Fat Chance’. The Beautiful South called it a day in 2007 citing ‘musical similarities’. Paul Heaton went on to release two further solo albums: ‘The Cross-Eyed Rambler’ (’08) and ‘Acid Country’ (’10).  In 2011 Heaton wrote a musical called ‘The 8^th’ based on the Seven Deadly Sins and asked former Beautiful South singer Jacqui Abbott to perform in it.  Paul and Jacqui went on to record five acclaimed albums as a duo: ‘What Have We Become’ (’14), ‘Wisdom, Laughter and Lines’ (’15), ‘Crooked Calypso’ (’17), ‘Manchester Calling’ (’20) and ‘N.K-Pop’ (’22).  In 2019 Paul released a career spanning compilation of his biggest hits entitled ‘The Last King Of Pop’.

PRE-ORDER PAUL HEATON’S NEW ALBUM ‘THE MIGHTY SEVERAL’ HERE: https://PaulHeaton.lnk.to/TheMightySeveralPR

WATCH ‘FISH ‘N’ CHIP SUPPER’ VIDEO HERE: https://PaulHeaton.lnk.to/FNCVideoPR

UK TOUR TICKETS  HERE: www.paulheaton.co.uk