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023 marks the 30th anniversary of at all, and when Tony joins Black Velvet the success the album 'Regular Urban
2the band’s debut album you can understand why the trio have Survivors', a few weeks later, would
‘Formaldehyde’ and, again, while they managed to remain friends and band- achieve, when it reached number eight
have not released a new album since mates for so long. in the album chart, the only one of their
2011’s ‘Super Delux’, something we are There is no ego, just character and albums to reach the coveted top 10.
thrilled to say Tony will tell us is soon to 100% human kindness and humility. He But what is even more remarkable is
change, they have done an incredible is the very definition of down-to-earth, that their popularity remains in 2023. We
job of remaining current, even as part funny, honest and never unwilling to an- ask Tony if he is surprised with the per-
time performers with a superb mix of an- swer any question, no matter how diffi- severance and longevity the band has
niversary tours and special appear- cult or cheesy and no matter how big a enjoyed. You can tell immediately that
ances, the latest being a short tour with fan of the band you are. If you are ever it's a question that, when he thinks
them performing each of their top 40 fortunate to share any time with him, about it, surprises him, which again un-
hits, stretching from 'My House' in 1993 you'll walk away an even bigger fan of derlines the humility of the star in front
through to 'D'Ya Wanna Go Faster?' in their work and the people who created it. of us.
2001 via 'Oblivion', 'Perseverance' and "I sort of live day by day," he ex-
the game-changing 'Tequila'. ot counting the aforementioned plains. "I appreciate the life I've had, but
Tony Wright has been there since the N'Tequila', their highest-charting I always try and live for tomorrow, so it's
gang got together in the late 1980s and single was 'Perseverance', which, in great that we can still go out and play
guitarist Mark Yates and bassist Leigh February 1996, crashed the band into the these gigs to good audiences and stuff
Marklew have remained alongside him UK top 10 singles chart for the first time, like that. But it's kinda like, ‘Is it demo-
for the entire ride, which is no mean feat peaking at number five and preluding graph or is it just time?’ I didn't know

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