The Wildhearts, new mini-album and lyric video for Diagnosis. Also choose the 30th Anniversary show setlist

The Wildhearts are proud to announce the release of the Diagnosis mini album today  through Graphite Records. This six track mini album, features five brand new songs and is released as a limited edition special white vinyl with pale blue powder splatter 10’’ (to look like a pill) and as a regular black vinyl 10” and CD.  All 3 physical formats also include an exclusive bespoke inner gatefold comic strip illustrated by the award winning Hunt Emerson, who last worked with the band on the Earth Vs’ cover and their classic logo.

To celebrate the release of the mini album The Wildhearts has unveiled a lyric video for the song  Diagnosis 

The powerful and poignant Diagnosis is about “mental health institutions and the medical health profession in this country, and about how it’s letting people down. How the system is broken, and how the suicide rate is not getting any less. 

 The Diagnosis mini album follows the success of Renaissance Men, their first full-length studio album in 10 years, which gave the band’s classic line up of Ginger, CJ, Ritchie and Danny, their highest chart entry since 1994’s P.H.U.Q, when it debuted at number 11.

“Well fuck me we dropped our first new album in 10 years back in May and blow me down if we didn’t drop a humdinger of an album full of monster riffs and razor sweet melodies. Well, we’ve not only gone back in to the studio to record 5 new songs that will be released as the Diagnosis mini album in October, we’re hitting the road too. We have some great supports confirmed already, The Professionals and Janus Stark and I know there are some other amazing bands to be added to the rest of the tour.  

You’re going to love the new mini album and the surprises we have on there and the tour is going to be one you should not miss. You can’t keep a good band down.” – C.J Wildheart.

  Diagnosis track listing

To order/download/listen to the Diagnosis mini album go to: https://ffm.to/wildhearts-diagnosis

To coincide with the release of Diagnosis, The Wildhearts’ play a 10 date UK tour. This tour starts in Brighton at the Concorde 2 on Saturday 5^th October and concludes at Booking Hall in Dover on Tuesday 22^nd October.

“Can’t wait to get back out on tour. I’m one of those people that could live in a tour bus” – Ginger Wildheart

While on tour The Wildhearts are completing signings at HMV and Fopp to celebrate the release of Diagnosis. Check the band’s social media for details.

The Wildhearts Renaissance Men tour part 2 with special guests The Professionals+, Ferocious Dog^, Janus Stark*,  Last Great Dreamers~ and Desperate Measures- on selected shows

Sat     5^th         Concorde 2              Brighton +*

Sun    6^th         Sub 89                     Reading +*

Mon   7^th         Live Rooms            Chester +*

Tue    8^th         Welly                        Hull +*

Thur   10^th      Picturedrome         Holmfirth *

Tue    15^th      Junction                   Cambridge ^*

Wed   16^th      Komedia                  Bath ^*

Thur   17^th      Engine Room         Southampton *-  

Mon   21^st    KK’s Steel Mill         Wolverhampton *~

Tue    22^nd     Booking Hall          Dover *~

Fri 29^th TivoliBuckley

Tickets and ticket bundles with new album pre-orders are available at: https://www.omerch.eu/shop/thewildhearts

On Friday 6^th  December The Wildhearts play a ‘30th Anniversary Performance – By Request Set’ at the Rock City in Nottingham.

Tickets available from: https://www.alttickets.com/the-wildhearts-tickets

The set list vote closes 15^th November and you can vote here: https://forms.gle/Nj85Q2coUEMDyXGd6

The Wildhearts and the Backyard Babies have also announced a 7 date co headline UK tour, with The Wildhearts closing and CKY opening. The UK tour starts at the O2 Academy in Newcastle on Tuesday 28^th  January and concludes at O2 Institute in

Birmingham on Tuesday 4^th February.

Preceding the UK dates, The Wildhearts are also playing 4 shows in Germany with the Backyard Babies & The Bones.

“I’m surprised we haven’t done this already but it’s finally happening a tour with The Backyard Babies. Its gonna be  full on and we are sharing a bus, what could possibly go wrong? Come out and see us, dance, drink, sing and have your faces torn off…. ROCK! ” – CJ Wildheart.

“This will be a bad ass tour. We’ve been talking about touring with The Wildhearts since the early 2000s. Finally it happens! If you don’t like loud guitars, great songs, amazing riffs and High energy Rock N’ Roll music….  Well, just don’t buy a ticket.” – Dregen / Backyard Babies.

“CKY is beyond stoked to return to the UK with the legendary Backyard Babies and The Wildhearts! The rock and roll runs deep on this batch of shows. Don’t miss it!” – Jess Margera / CKY.

Tue 28^th O2 Academy Newcastle

Wed 29^th Limelight Belfast

Thu 30^th  QMU Glasgow

Fri 31^st O2 Ritz Manchester

Sat 1^st  O2 Forum Kentish Town London

Mon 3^rd  Tramshed Cardiff

Tue 4^th  O2 Institute Birmingham