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Joined October 2009
24 years of The Boy With The Arab Strap! (and what a brilliant career it has been!)
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Surprise! Our new record Late Developers comes out THIS FRIDAY, January 13th on @matadorrecords. We recorded the album in Glasgow during the same sessions as A Bit of Previous and we are excited to finally share this new collection of songs!
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The Life Pursuit turned 16 years ago yesterday! What's your favourite track? πππ
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Hey to our fans in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguayβ¦. you asked and we listened! .We play South America in December. Tickets on sale:
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Thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the shows and for those of you who've reached out with love and support recently. We hope to be playing to you all soon.
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Don't forget to join us tonight when The Boy With The Arab Strap will appear on @Tim_Burgess listening parties! Party starts at 9pm on Mon 27th April. Chris @beansgeddes Sarah @bellesglasgow & Stuart @nee_massey.will be online for chats. #timstwitterlisteningparty
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In celebration of The Boy With The Arab Strap's anniversary last week, here's a clip of the song on @BBCLater in 2001!
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Happy birthday to TWO of our albums! Tigermilk turns 26 today, while Fold Your Hands Child turns 22!
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Seymour Stein was written by the one band member of B&S who didnβt actually meet him. I was working in a restaurant that night and feeling blue that my girl had left the city and left me. Record company men back then, especially those as eminent as Mr Stein, seemed like fantasy.
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We're excited to announce our first studio full-length in 7 years, A Bit of Previous, will be released May 6th on @matadorrecords. Pre-save/pre-order the album at
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Did anyone catch this at the weekend? Season 35 Ep 8 βAe Bonny Romanceβ. Streaming from today via HULU and on US TV last night.
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Erβ¦ no further spoilers here but do stand by for The Belle And Sebastian Experience! π.
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Late Developers is out now on all streaming platforms + available on vinyl and CD from your local record shop! Tag us with your copy and let us know your favorite track!
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So excited to tell you that we're bringing the band to Tokyo and Osaka in August to play at @summer_sonic!.#summersonic and #γ΅γγ½γ.Tickets and line up here:
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Thanks for joining in, everyone - and thanks @Tim_Burgess for having us x #timstwitterlisteningparty
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When you're not doing so well, vote for a better life for yourself. If you are doing quite nicely, vote for a better life for others.
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18 years ago today, our single 'I'm a Cuckoo' was released. The video features Scottish former Olympian athlete Allan Wells who sprinted to gold in 1980s in the 100 metres. πββοΈπ¦
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TOUR ANNOUNCE! All tickets on general sale Friday 29th September, 10am. Presale for UK shows begins 10am, Wednesday 27th September.
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Hey everyone! We're so excited to announce the release of 3 EPs entitled 'How To Solve Our Human Problems' -
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Following up Lazy Line Painter Jane's 25th anniversary last week with a live clip from 2006 - with the one and only Monica Queen!
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Thank you all for a wonderful 2022, we hope to see you on the road in 2023!
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After 17 years Bob was tired of being the new boy, so we popped the question to Dave (whoβs been playing with us since 2011 anyway) and HE SAID YES! We are a septet (again)
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Just announced! Stuart will publish his debut novel, Nobodyβs Empire, in September 2024, through HarperVia in North America and Faber in the UK. Part memoir and part fiction, the novel is set in Glasgow and California in the early 1990s and follows a character searching for βa.
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Good Evening! .Weβre giving away a copy of Belle and Sebastian: Illustrated Lyrics, in collaboration with @voldotco!. Please like and retweet this post to enter. Winner will be chosen on Monday 15th Nov. Good luck!. See more of the book here:
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Howdy everyone! βThe Boy With The Arab Strapβ will be featured on @BBC6Music Album Club today on Steve Lamacqβs show. Listen here from 6pm:
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A parting gift for you lot before we leave the homeland to embark on our North American tour! Our new song 'What Happened To You, Son?' can be streamed from today.
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Our third album βThe Boy With The Arab Strapβ returns on limited blue vinyl and blue tint album cover this autumn to celebrate its 25th anniversary! Released on November 3rd on Jeepster Recordings and @matadorrecords
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Fans in Japan may know that Stuart has contributed vocals to a new song βYou Are So Amazingβ by composer Yuta Mori. The song features in a new episode of the Japanese drama serial "The Tiger and Her Wingsβ. @asodora_nhk The episode aired on Friday and you can view the first.
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Late Developers is out at midnight in your respective country, we can't wait for you to hear it. πΈ: Anna Isola Crolla
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Did we mention that we had a new record coming out today? A Bit Of Previous is available now in record shops and on your streaming platform of choice. We put a lot of love into making it, and we hope that youβll enjoy listening! π₯°πΆ.
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You may also remember, this was our latest record when we surprisingly won the Best Newcomer award at the Brits. Stevie has given me special dispensation to show you the picture of him partying in our kitchen that night. He is such a rock star. #timstwitterlisteningparty
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Been through boxes and drawers full of old photos. The Wayback Machine takes us back to β96 at the Borderline, our first headline London gig, in between two support slots for for the Tindersticks at the ICA
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"You're the funny little frog in my throat" / Funny Little Frog was released 16 years ago last week!
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So, Chris @beansgeddes and Stuart @nee_massey are here too, ready to drop the needle on the record. Sarah here, on the band twitter account. Can I get anyone a drink? #timstwitterlisteningparty.
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βAre you as excited as I am?β.βBy the sound of it, no.β π.
this is the funniest start to an interview i have ever seen i love robert smith man
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A Drummer Wasting.The Loneliness of the Long Distance Drummer.The State I Am In (North Dakota). Oh how we laugh. .
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We are concluding this strangest of years on a happy note with the release of a brand new live LP 'What to Look For in Summer'. The album is released December 11th on @matadorrecords! .Pre-order here on CD and 2xLP.
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We're eager to get back on the road later this year and finally play in front of everyone after so many years away! What songs are you dying to hear?.πΈ: Nikki Jahanforouz
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We're coming back to North America next spring! Presale begins Thursday, October 20th at 10am local time, general on-sale is Friday, October 21st at 10am local time.
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If you've seen all three of our Dublin gigs in the last ~8 months we have tried to mix it all up for you. (Couple of changes / additions where we went a little off-piste tonight)
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We should write some of these. "Getting blistery in double history" sounds like a lot of fun.
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A reminder for your diary that The Boy With The Arab Strap will appear on @Tim_Burgess listening parties at 9pm on Mon 27th April. Chris @beansgeddes Sarah @bellesglasgow & Stuart @nee_massey.will be online to answer your Qs #timstwitterlisteningparty
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Sadly our scheduled tour in South America is cancelled. We're so sorry but hoping to play to our fans there further down the road.
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Our new single 'We Were Beautiful' is out there today! .*Buy Now: .*Stream: Spotify here:
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We went to a fox rescue sanctuary to take photos for the album sleeve. Wasnβt the plan to call the album βBelle and Sebastian Support The Work Of The Clydeside Hunt Saboteursβ, @nee_massey ? #timstwitterlisteningparty
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β¨NORTH AMERICA 2024β¨.The band will be travelling westward in the spring with a planned tour of North America now confirmed for April/May 2024. Joining us for some shows along the way are: @TheWeatherStn and @hhhendrixx .T I C K E T S on general sale Friday 17th November at
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None of us will ever dare get off the bus again
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Even by this stage we were getting good at staying very very late in the studio. Iβd gone home one night and got a call at 3am to come and join in the handclaps on this one. I donβt mind so much in retrospect #timstwitterlisteningparty.
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Canada's finest. Choir! Choir! Choir! give us a superb rendition of the Belle & Sebastian classsic 'The Boy With The Arab Strap' Taken from the bands 3rd album, released 1998. How wonderful is this! @nee_massey @bellesglasgow @choirchoirchoir
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* UK Tour Postponed * .Weβll be back with further news as soon as we can
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How good is this print for the N.American tour? Available now from your merch rep & coming v soon to our online str
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Avalanche top 100 best selling Scottish albums of all time.#1 Belle And Sebastian β The Boy With The Arab Strap 1998.@bellesglasgow @nee_massey @jeepsterrecords.#avalanchetop100
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Another sunny day, I met you up in the practice room
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First leg βοΈ.Now for an even longer flight to Tokyo π―π΅π―π΅π―π΅π―π΅π―π΅π―π΅
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Has anyone spotted Jeff Lynne wandering around Philadelphia? Playing here tomorrow apparently
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We released our album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance 9 years ago today on @matadorrecords. Which track from the album would you like us to perform for you in 2024?
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Our newest Bowlie event βThe Glasgow Weekenderβ has arrived! We're taking over @SWG3glasgow on August 2nd and 3rd, curating multiple stages as well as playing two shows on consecutive nights. You can expect live music, DJs, street food, exclusive merchandise, and a line up to
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Weβre excited to share that we'll be heading to Chile in December to play @FaunaPrimavera. Tickets here:
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Happy Release Day to us! .Our new Original Soundtrack album 'Days of The Bagnold Summer' is out now. You can stream or buy a copy by clicking the link below or take a stroll to your local record store!.
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our thoughts go out to the people of paris this morning, thinking about all the people at the bataclan. music is united in grief.
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We made a video for this song, and it ended up including album cover art. #timstwitterlisteningparty
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To say we are overjoyed would be an understatement! We're ON ACTUAL TOUR in 2022! Tickets on general sale Friday 18th @ 10am BST/ 11am CET. Fan pre-sale Wed 16th @ 10am BST/11am CET. Euro ticket info to follow! .* UK Pre-sale link *
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Our song "If They're Shooting At You" is out now (, with all sales, streaming + publishing proceeds being donated to the Red Cross. Donations made on Bandcamp will be matched by the UK gov't as part of the joint appeal w/ the Disasters Emergency Committee.
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Happy days! There's a trip to Japan on the horizon! Tickets on sale 12th June.
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Thank you so much to everyone who picked up a copy of Late Developers from their local record shop or online!.πΈ: Rafael ZacarΓas
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"That sounds like f*cking Chas & Dave!" Chris, Stuart, Sarah and Isobel share their memories surrounding the recording of The Boy With The Arab Strap to mark the 25th anniversary of the song. You can read the full 3 page article in the December issue of @uncutmagazine
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At the Japan consulate to collect our visas. 2 weeks til we leave! π―π΅π©π―π΅π©
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The Boy With The Arab Strap is featured on @Tim_Burgess listening parties at 9pm on Mon 27th April. Chris @beansgeddes Sarah @bellesglasgow & Stuart @nee_massey will be present - maybe others! #timstwitterlisteningparty
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