Blondie’s much-anticipated album ‘Panic Of Girls’ is released today in partnership with Future Publishing in the form of a unique Blondie Fan Pack available on the UK magazine newsstand.
‘Panic of Girls’, is available to buy from today only as part of an official collector’s magazine and gift pack from UK newsstands – retailing at the premium price of £14.99.
The special fan pack is complete with two extra bonus tracks and a 132 page deluxe magazine that charts the recording of the album and celebrates the band’s rich history and includes many never before seen pictures from Blondie’s own archive. Following this, the sole album will be physically released on July 4th 2011.
The Blondie ‘Fanpack’ is a collaboration between Blondie and Future Publishing and will be distributed in an innovative new way to over 3,000 non-traditional music retail outlets on the high street including W.H. Smith, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Waitrose and all main newsagents, plus traditional partners such as HMV, Play and Amazon.
Chris Ingham, Future Publishing Music Group Publisher, says: “Future’s Fan Pack format is already a proven success, with great sales delivered for the unique, collectible Fan Packs we’ve created for new Slash and Motorhead albums under the Classic Rock banner in the last six months. This partnership with Blondie takes the Future Fan Pack format into the mainstream: delivering a new album, with exclusive-to-us extra tracks, in a deluxe format with a bespoke magazine and a host of exclusive extras – and all for a premium price.
“The opportunity is so simple its genius – putting high quality new music product with must-have added value editorial content into a retail environment – the UK newsstand – which is ten times the footprint of traditional music retail space. Pre-sales are strong and Future continues to turn up the dial on publishing innovation”
‘Panic of Girls’ will be the band’s ninth studio album following ‘The Curse of Blondie’, which was released back in 2003.
Debbie, Chris and Clem have once again united to create this brand new album, produced by Jeff Saltzman (The Killers) and Kato Khandwala (My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach). The new album promises to encapsulate the true character and spirit of the legendary sound of Blondie. The album was written and recorded in a number of locations in the US, including New York, New Jersey and Los Angeles.
The video for “Mother,” received a first play on Blondie’s official website yesterday. The video is an electro-pop gem that nods to the fabled West 14th Street nightclub of the same name which attracted the most outrageous downtown luminaries and self-made superstars in the 90’s. The video evokes the famous theme nights of the club with a supernatural twist.
In addition to the launch of ‘Panic of Girls’, Blondie will be touring the UK and Europe this summer, playing a selection of the biggest and best festivals, as well as a number of headline dates. They’ll be sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in music today such as Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Scissor Sisters, Jessie J, Weezer, Bruno Mars and more.
For further details and tour dates visit www.blondie.net.
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Contact:
Chris Taylor, Head of Communications, Future Publishing on 0207 042 4033 or 07980 221942 or chris.taylor@futurenet.com
About Future:
Future plc is an international special-interest media group, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events. We hold market-leading positions in games, film, music, technology, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include T3, Total Film, Classic Rock, Guitar World and Official Xbox Magazine. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, and techradar.com. Future sells more than 3 million magazines each month; we attract more than 23 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 27 annual live events. In addition, Future exports or syndicates publications to 90 countries, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
