{"id":38696,"date":"2019-11-14T13:42:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T02:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=38696"},"modified":"2019-11-14T13:42:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T02:42:57","slug":"lorraine-mcintosh-of-deacon-blue-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2019\/11\/lorraine-mcintosh-of-deacon-blue-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorraine McIntosh of Deacon Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201c\u2026it has to be the best night of their life and that is what we strive for, whether we achieve that or not is not for us to say but we really strive, these gigs are important\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: DEACON BLUE<\/strong>\u00a0are one of Scotland\u2019s most famous and successful bands, from their million selling debut album \u2018Raintown\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(with classic singles \u2018Dignity\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0&\u00a0\u2018Chocolate Girl\u2019<\/strong>), and follow up, the chart topping \u2018When The World Knows Your Name\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(featuring \u2018Real Gone Kid\u2019<\/strong>, \u2018Queen of the New Year\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\u2018Fergus Sings the Blues\u2019<\/strong>),\u00a0 through to 2016\u2019s \u2018Believers\u2019<\/strong>, their highest charting album in 22 years, Deacon Blue are consistently one of the most respected and best loved bands of their generation.<\/p>\n

In Glasgow we gave Lorraine McIntosh a call to talk about Deacon Blue\u2019s return to Australia for the first time, memories, new music, and much more\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading back to Australia and there are so many sold out signs on these upcoming shows, after 30 years away from Australia, how does it feel to have that kind of love still for the band?<\/strong>
\nWell you know it\u2019s one of the nicest things that\u2019s happened to the band in a very long time, we haven\u2019t played in Australia for 30 years and we probably thought we never would play in Australia again and then when the possibility came up that we might get over and do a few gigs we just thought we have to go for this then it just grew from there. I think in every town we\u2019ve put on another night because it sold out so quickly. So we\u2019re just really delighted.<\/p>\n

And with a catalogue now spanning nine albums, how do you go about putting a set list together after so long away?<\/strong>
\nI think we have to be realistic, and when we tour a lot more we can be possibly more liberal with putting in newer songs because people have had a chance to see you every few years, so they wont have missed out on the possibility of hearing one of their favourite songs somewhere from the bigger albums, but when you come to somewhere that you haven\u2019t played for thirty years we will be playing some new songs but we have to really bear in mind that people are coming to hear their favourite songs and we have a pretty good idea what most of those are.<\/p>\n

What do you remember about your last trip to Australia?<\/strong>
\nOh my goodness, it was a really kind of exciting point of life for the band, it was probably just when we were getting to our most successful joint, we toured Britain, we toured Europe, we did Australia and then we went straight on to The States o continue that tour, it was our first world tour if you like and it was just mind blowing. It was winter in Australia I remember that and I was only twenty four then and just thinking my god I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m here and I\u2019m not even on holiday, I\u2019m here with my band and people are coming to see us. I also remember we were in Perth and we were walking down the street in Perth completely jet lagged and we heard at the end of the street someone going *sings part of \u2018Real Gone Kid\u2019* from \u2018Real Gone Kid\u2019 one of our songs and we though my god that is unbelievable, the power of music to travel, but that\u2019 quite a while ago, Troy.<\/p>\n

\u2018Real Gone Kid\u2019 was of course the big song for us down here and for you, what do you remember most about releasing this song and when things really took off for the band?<\/strong>
\nWell, it\u2019s so long ago now, it was at the end of \u2018Raintown\u2019 obviously and it came out before the next album, it came out before \u2018When The World Knows Your Name\u2019 and was referred to as a preview single before the album came out and it just seemed to go, it was one of those songs that seemed to hit something with people and connect and people connected to it and is still one of the most popular songs in the show. It\u2019s just been a really joyful celebration of life and all great things and people still, when we start that guitar riff on stage people still instantly recognise it and it\u2019s a great song.<\/p>\n

So over your time together it can be easy to say what can change but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same in Deacon Blue?<\/strong>
\nWell clearly four of the six members are the same, I wouldn\u2019t say our relationships are the same, I\u2019m married to Ricky, and we\u2019ve been married for thirty years that\u2019s stayed the same, but our relationships with each other has just deepened it\u2019s gone through it\u2019s ups and downs but we\u2019re like family to each other. What\u2019s stayed the same is the realisation that especially for coming to gigs, that people come to gigs, it\u2019s a lot to ask people to hand over money to come and hear you play live, and Ricky would always say it has to be the best night of their life and that is what we strive for, whether we achieve that or not is not for us to say but we really strive, these gigs are important, especially over here at the moment *laughs* the way the world is on this side of the wold it\u2019s depressing for us at the moment politically shall we say, so there has to be a celebration, there has to be a time for coming together and forgetting about those things and being together.<\/p>\n

Other than being in the band, you also act, what for you is the biggest difference between working in music and in television?<\/strong>
\nI do, well, when I\u2019m in Deacon Blue I\u2019m me, I\u2019m myself, when we\u2019re on stage we\u2019re on stage as ourselves and what we create is part of ourselves, obviously hen I\u2019m acting I\u2019m being someone else and I love doing theatre, I\u2019ve done TV, I\u2019ve done a bit of film and been quite lucky, but music is me up there and that to me is more rewarding.<\/p>\n

Deacon Blue has continued to make and release music, can we expect anything new in the near future?<\/strong>
\nWell\u2026 you have to watch this space, Troy, maybe when we\u2019re in Australia we might have some news.<\/p>\n

How much longer are you out touring the 30th<\/sup> Anniversary?<\/strong>
\nI can\u2019t really say too much about that either because of an announcement, but let\u2019s say we\u2019re gonna be out on tour for a while yet. All will be revealed *laughs* it\u2019s terrible I hate not telling people things but I\u2019ll get in trouble. You will find out about it while we\u2019re in Australia.<\/p>\n

OK, so let\u2019s see if we can answer this one then *laughs* is there anything you would like to do with this band that you haven\u2019t yet had the chance to do?<\/strong>
\nYou know I don\u2019t think there is, maybe go back and play in The States again, I would like to do that actually but it\u2019s not something that keeps us up, we go out now and we play to bigger audiences in The UK than we\u2019ve played to in years and years, we went back to Europe for the first time, we went back and played a stadium for the first time in twenty five years, so these things you don\u2019t feel like you have to ask for any more, we\u2019re all so grateful for the way things have come and we\u2019re still loving it.<\/p>\n

Other side of that, over the thirty years is there a moment that stands out that you\u2019ll always remember?<\/strong>
\nNo, I honestly don\u2019t think there\u2019s one moment, there have been too many moments, I remember playing in the bottom wine club in New York in 1988 or 89 and Springsteen\u2019s manager came to see us and Rod Stewart was there, it was a tiny little club and we gave it our all, we went on stage at half eight or something and played for an hour and a half and literally came off stage to be told by our manager \u201cI forgot to mention that you\u2019re doing two gigs here tonight, two sets, so you have to go back on at half ten\u201d *laughs* it was crazy but we had to do it *laughs*. In 1990 we played in Glasgow when Glasgow was the European city of culture and we played to 250,000 people in our home city two miles from where I was born, these are the things you look back on like did that really happen? But it did happen.<\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2020 Deacon Blue wants to\u2026<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Oh god that\u2019s a hard one, in 2020 Deacon Blue wants to blow your mind *laughs*<\/p>\n

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Deacon Blue Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday 18 November 2019 \u2013 The Rosemount, Perth WA\u00a0<\/strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 19 November 2019 \u2013 The Rosemount, Perth WA\u00a0<\/strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday 20 November 2019 \u2013 The Gov, Adelaide SA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 22 November 2019 \u2013 The Factory, Sydney NSW<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 23 November 2019 \u2013 The Triffid, Brisbane QLD\u00a0<\/strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday 24 November 2019 \u2013 The Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC\u00a0<\/strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 26 November 2019 \u2013 The Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday 27 November 2019 \u2013 The Factory, Sydney NSW\u00a0<\/strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday 28 November 2019 \u2013 The Triffid, Brisbane QLD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ticket On Sale Now<\/p>\n

Adelaide and Brisbane:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.oztix.com.au\/eventguide\/?q=DEACON+BLUE<\/a><\/p>\n

Sydney: https:\/\/premier.ticketek.com.au\/shows\/show.aspx?sh=DEACONB19&v=TFM<\/a><\/p>\n

Melbourne: https:\/\/cornerhotel.com\/gig\/62246590227<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong>\u00a0Glasgow, Scotland<\/p>\n

Band members:\u00a0<\/strong>Ricky Ross \u2013 lead vocals \/piano, James Prime \u2013 keyboards \/ piano, Lorraine McIntosh \u2013 backing and lead vocals, Dougie Vipond \u2013 drums, Gregor Philp \u2013 guitar, Lewis Gordon – bass<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.deaconblue.com<\/a><\/p>\n