Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. ", According to Bowman's Twitter, the band is in fact named after a 1970s French cartoon.[8]. Go directly to shout page. Lead single 'Enemy Lines' was released along with a music video which had over 50k views within a day, the band was invited onto Soccer AM to play the new single live. The Pigeon Detectives are a Platinum selling English indie rock band from Rothwell in Leeds, West Yorkshire, who formed in 2004.
The band went on to tour and play festivals around the world including Fuji Rocks (Japan), Rock AM Ring (Germany), Rock Oyster Festival (UK), Lowlands (Netherlands) to name a few. The album peaked at number 30 in the UK charts, making it the band's third consecutive top 40 album. The Pigeon Detectives are a five piece indie rock band from Rothwell, Leeds with influences such as The Beatles, The Kinks and The Velvet Underground.Pigeon Detectives, who formed in 2002, found acclaim among DJs
They performed at the Soccer AM studios in 2006, where they were tagged "the band most likely to leap to the one show in 2007" in an NME review.
The band went more back to basics, they decided to record the album in their home town Leeds[citation needed]. The album entered the UK Top 40 chart at number 3, achieving Gold status soon after release. The band released their fourth album, We Met At Sea, on 29 April 2013. An early version of the album was leaked to underground music download sites on the internet on 11 April 2007. On the 2007 Christmas Day special, they became the first band to play in the Soccer AM studio, playing the singles "I Found Out" and "I'm Not Sorry". [6] Another story about the band's name was proposed when Matt Bowman and Ryan Wilson were interviewed for Later with Jools Holland;[7] Bowman said that he and Wilson have a tradition of having Christmas dinner together and when they pulled the cracker they found the name in there. They had been demoing songs over the course of the year in between festival slots, the last of which was headlining the Underage Festival in London. Add image In October 2009, the band recorded and released a cover of "Tainted Love" (made famous by the Leeds band Soft Cell), with all proceeds going to charity to help neglected children in Leeds. UK charts info based on, Music VF © 2007-2020 Howard Drake / VF Entertainment. [9], The band supported Kaiser Chiefs on three of their November/December UK tour dates, including 1 December 2007 at the Manchester Evening News Arena and 15 December 2007 at Earls Court in London.[10]. The Pigeon Detectives Top Songs • #1: "I'm Not Sorry" • #2: "This Is an Emergency" • #3: "Romantic Type" • #4: "Take Her Back" • #5: "I Found Out" • #6: "I Found Out" … During September 2007, the band played at JerseyLive, a weekend event held in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, which included The Fratellis and Kasabian.
The Pigeon Detectives are an English indie rock band from Rothwell in Leeds, West Yorkshire, who formed in 2004. 3 more photos, Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. In January 2008, they recorded their second album, titled Emergency, with producer Stephen Street in Monnow Valley Studios in Monmouth, Wales. Throughout 2013 the band toured the UK, northern Europe and Russia promoting the album, and played a series of festivals including Belladrum Festival, Kubana Festival (Russia), Brownstock Festival and V festival '13. On 14 August 2007, the band appeared on the Jo Whiley show and performed their current single "Take Her Back" and a cover of Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" in the Live Lounge. The Pigeon Detectives Lyrics A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # For the last time, it's a 70's French cartoon", "Pigeon Detectives: a pretty big deal / Music News // Drowned In Sound", "Pigeon Detectives and The Cribs launch charity singles", "James announce tour with the Pigeon Detectives - tickets go on sale on Friday", The Pigeon Detectives – Leeds Music Scene, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Pigeon_Detectives&oldid=975207971, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2013, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2020, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 August 2020, at 10:51.
In September 2007 it was announced that the Pigeon Detectives had been nominated for Best New Act at the Q Awards, but they lost out to The Enemy. The band's third album, Up, Guards and at 'Em!, was recorded in Brooklyn, New York, with producer Justin Gerrish in summer 2010 and was released on 4 April 2011, with the lead single being "Done In Secret". In July 2007, the band also played at Oxegen, an Irish festival in County Kildare, and again in July 2008. [11] The album was released on 26 May 2008, entering the UK album charts at number 5. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. After a busy summer of festival gigs, including huge shows at Glastonbury, T in the Park and the V Festival, the band released the second single from Emergency, "Everybody Wants Me". A cover of the Huey Lewis and the News track "The Power of Love" appears on the Radio 1 Established 1967 compilation CD. The album, recorded in autumn 2006, was produced by Will Jackson and was recorded in the band's home town of Leeds. The Pigeon Detectives are signed to the independent label Dance To The Radio with whom their first album, Wait for Me, was released on CD, 12" heavyweight vinyl and digital download on 28 May 2007. During the same episode, Bowman announced that he had suffered a fractured heel bone, after jumping off a set of speakers while performing at Manchester Academy. [4], Speaking about the band's name, the drummer Jimmi Naylor said: "I never liked the name at first.
The lead single, "This Is an Emergency", peaked at number 14, their second-highest charting single.