The Enemy and The Subways have announced they’ll be releasing a cover of each other’s hits to raise money for mental health and homeless charities. Find further details below.
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The covers will be shared on October 10, in aid of World Mental Health Day and World Homeless Day. Money will be raised for Shelter, a housing and homelessness charity and Mind, a mental health charity.
The Subways will be taking on ‘We’ll Live And Die In These Towns’, while The Enemy have recorded their rendition of ‘Rock & Roll Queen’.
Alongside the tracks, a limited run of scarves will also be for sale to raise money for the two charities. For each scarf purchased, an additional blank scarf will be donated to charity. They’ll be available at the bands’ upcoming live shows, or you can pre-order them online here.
It comes ahead of The Enemy’s upcoming ‘Indie Til I Die’ UK tour, set to kick off in Edinburgh on October 4. The Subways will be joining as special guests, as well as The Holloways. They three indie bands will make stops in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester and Birmingham, before wrapping up in London on October 19.
Tickets are on sale now and are available here. Find a full list of shows below.
The Enemy’s ‘Indie Til I Die’ UK tour dates are:
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4 – O2 Academy, Edinburgh
5 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
11 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
12 – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
18 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
19 – O2 Academy Brixton, London
Earlier this year, The Enemy frontman Tom Clarke told NME he’d wanted to play with The Subways “for years”. “Bands attract egotistical sociopaths and there aren’t many who I’ve made friends with. But, when we started, we were playing the same festivals as The Subways a lot, and they’ve always been decent, polite, normal people. We said to the people we worked with we’d love to tour with them, but nothing happened,” he said.
“Then, O2 said they wanted to celebrate indie being cool again and asked: ‘How do you feel about touring with The Subways?’ We were: ‘Yes! It’s 15 years overdue!’”
The ’00s Coventry indie veterans announced their return earlier in November 2021, revealing details of a September 2022 tour to coincide with the 15th anniversary of their acclaimed No.1 debut album ‘We’ll Live And Die In These Towns’.
Around the time, Clarke also spoke to NME about their reformation and explained that they had made the comeback “without the music industry” behind them.
“The only way I’d do it is if it was totally on our own terms: no management, no label, no publishing,” he explained. “I’ve been able to do it solo without the industry, so why can’t the band? There’s no pressure, and it’s a lovely way to be. It’s simple. We’ve put the gigs on sale, the fans love it and have bought tickets. It couldn’t be more beautiful, really.”
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