The band are currently working on a brand new album and have made a welcome return to performing in front of audiences in both their ‘stripped’ duo and ‘full band’ set-ups. Hue and Cry were recognised by their peers when they were recently presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Music Awards. As well as performing alongside some of the greatest artists in music history - appearing with U2, James Brown, Madonna, Al Green and Van Morrison to name but a few, the band have undertaken a multitude of their own headline tours and made numerous festival appearances. Hue and Cry have sold tens of thousands of concert tickets worldwide. A collection of their favourite tracks from these shows was released as a ‘Best of Lockdown’ album (2022). With the global pandemic bringing live touring to a halt during 2020/21, Hue and Cry introduced their pioneering ‘Live from Lockdown’ streaming shows which were broadcast live from the band’s Glasgow based studio and viewed online by thousands of fans around the world. Hue And Cry’s first album of original material since 2012, Pocketful Of Stones, is out on 1 September. Our poor manager was pulling his hair out. In 2019, Hue and Cry sold out their ‘Summer Nights at the Bandstand’ show at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove park within 48 hours and finished the year by playing live all over the UK. It’s just the decision-making is becoming more deliberated as the years go on. 4/5 Sunday Express An effortless mix of intimate songs. Pocketful Of Stones Pat Kane’s epic voice is magnificent throughout. 2019 will see live shows up and down the UK, with the full live band performing at Perth Festival. To date Hue and Cry have sold in excess of two million records worldwide. In 2017, the band released their long-awaited twelfth album ‘Pocketful Of Stones’ to critical acclaim. Albums like ‘Stars Crash Down’, ‘Showtime’ and ‘Jazz Not Jazz’ ensured Hue and Cry’s continued successful run through the 90’s, whilst their 2005 appearances as finalists on ITV’s primetime show ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’, featuring their version of Beyonce’s ‘Crazy In Love’, thrust the band firmly back into the mainstream limelight.Ī number of successful album releases and accompanying live appearances followed which included ‘Open Soul’ (2008), 'Xmasday' (2009), 'Bitter Suite Again' (2010), ‘Hot Wire’ (2012), ‘Remote: Major to Minor’ (2014), ‘September Songs’ (2015), ‘Pocketful of Stones’ (2017). The follow up album ‘Remote’ continued the trend and produced the huge hits ‘Looking for Linda’ & ‘Violently’.
Brothers Patrick and Gregory Kane formed Hue and Cry in the 80’s and the duo made a huge impact with the release of their debut album ‘Seduced and Abandoned’ (1987) which featured their first top ten single ‘Labour of Love’.
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