{"id":2026589,"date":"2025-09-16T16:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2026589"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:17:47","slug":"dodgy-confirm-first-new-music-in-ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dodgy-confirm-first-new-music-in-ten-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgy confirm first new music in ten years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dodgy are back with their first new music in ten years and a full UK tour. Their brand-new single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/Ljqb7\">\u201cHello Beautiful\u201d<\/a> is out Friday 26th September, a glorious reminder of everything that made the band so special \u2013 shimmering guitars, soaring harmonies and infectious optimism. <\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Good Enough - Dodgy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ppOQwBX2dCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Classic Dodgy, yet full of renewed energy, the track marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for a band still writing its own story after 35 years together. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello Beautiful\u201d is the first single from Dodgy\u2019s forthcoming sixth studio album of the same name, due for release in May 2026. The record has been a long time coming \u2013 their first since 2016\u2019s What Are We Fighting For. <\/p>\n<p>According to the band themselves, Dodgy\u2019s new material is the most accomplished work yet, distilling everything they have lived through over the past decade into a collection of songs that feels both timeless and timely.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/1dekSPU23UC5hw5b8Uxk9W?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the release, Dodgy \u2013 formed in Hounslow \u2013 will return to their roots with a special single launch event on Friday 26th September at Bacchus Wine Bar, Union Street, Kingston upon Thames. The venue holds huge significance for the band, as it was once home to the original Dodgy Club, where they first began to make their mark on the live circuit. When the band performs there in September, it\u2019ll be precisely 35 years to the day since the venue first launched \u2013 a fitting tribute to the much loved club night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch Dodgy Live \u2013 October 2025 headline dates<\/strong><br \/>Thu 2 Oct \u2013 Liquid Room, Edinburgh<br \/>Fri 3 Oct \u2013 Ku Club, Stockton<br \/>Sat 4 Oct \u2013 Kanteena, Lancaster<br \/>Fri 10 Oct \u2013 Cheese &amp; Grain, Frome<br \/>Sat 11 Oct \u2013 Esquires, Bedford<br \/>Sun 12 Oct \u2013 Sub 89, Reading<br \/>Fri 17 Oct \u2013 Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool<br \/>Sat 18 Oct \u2013 The Wardrobe, Leeds<br \/>Sun 19 Oct \u2013 The Drill, Lincoln<br \/>Thu 23 Oct \u2013 Arena, Torquay<br \/>Fri 24 Oct \u2013 Sub Rooms, Stroud<\/p>\n<p>To buy tickets, including tickets for the band\u2019s support tour with Black Grape in November, visit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dodgyology.com\">www.dodgyology.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.totalntertainment.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dodgy are back with their first new music in ten years and a full UK tour. Their brand-new single \u201cHello Beautiful\u201d is out Friday 26th September, a glorious reminder of everything that made the band so special \u2013 shimmering guitars, soaring harmonies and infectious optimism. Classic Dodgy, yet full of renewed energy, the track marks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2026590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[373243,26626,345809,345810,26546],"class_list":["post-2026589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-dodgy","tag-new-music","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-tour-dates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dodgy-confirm-first-new-music-in-ten-years.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}