The Guilty Men roadshow rolls into town on February 28

After releasing their debut album “Invisible Confetti” in September, 2024, The Guilty Men are set to follow up their first UK tour with 19 more dates in February/March, 2025.

During that forthcoming tour, The Guilty Men will headline the Playhouse 2 in Shaw on February 28.

A new single, “Dangerous Girl” was released recently, complete with a video directed by Adam Dean.

This followed up “Susan’s Back Drinking”, which was featured as ‘Single of The Week’ on over 50 UK radio stations.

The band’s debut album went Top 50 on the Amazon rock chart.

The days of the Supergroup may be long past… but The Guilty Men would surely qualify for that description.

Between them, they have played over 10,000 gigs on planet Earth, recorded thousands of songs and made countless radio and TV appearances.

To say they’re experienced would be an understatement!

In 2021, Clive Gregson (Any Trouble) and Neil Cossar (The Cheaters) sat down to write some songs together.

Several weeks and quite a few songs later, they decided to expand the enterprise from a songwriting workshop to a full blown band.

Clive recruited keyboardist Jez Smith and bassist Craig Fletcher from John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest… and the lineup was completed with the addition of legendary drummer, Paul Burgess, who has played with 10cc since 1973.

They named the band The Guilty Men… and headed into the recording studio.

Cut to 2024… and The Guilty Men’s debut album “Invisible Confetti” is ready to roll.

Thirteen brand new songs recorded in the old-fashioned way: everybody playing live in the studio, intent on catching the moment.

Most of the songs were laid down in no more than two or three takes… and with four featured lead vocalists, the album covers a lot of musical bases.

“Invisible Confetti” rocks… with nods to Americana, country, folk, pop, psychedelia… it’s an exhilarating ride from start to finish.

The Guilty Men are:

Paul Burgess (10cc, Jethro Tull, The Icicle Works, Camel etc)

Neil Cossar (The Cheaters)

Craig Fletcher (John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest)

Clive Gregson (Any Trouble, Gregson & Collister, Richard Thompson, Nanci Griffith)

Jez Smith (John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest)

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