The band's music had evolved and become poppier.
Their fifth studio album, A Joyful Noise, produced by Xenomania's Brian Higgins, was released in late May. On March 12, 2012, the band's comeback single, " Perfect World", was unveiled on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show. By January 14, 2011, it had spent 82 consecutive weeks on the German Top 100. In January 2011 the single broke the German record for the longest-selling track in chart history. The first single from the album, " Heavy Cross", was especially successful in Germany where it was certified triple gold for selling over 450,000 copies, and was mentioned as the "most successful internationally produced single" of all time in September 2010. A new studio album called Music For Men was released in June 2009. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and also features a DVD of their live performance. Gossip launched their Live in Liverpool album in the UK and the U.S. The band also performed the following year, on the Pyramid Stage. On June 24, 2007, Gossip closed the Glastonbury Festival, playing the final set on the John Peel stage during which Ditto gave a tribute to the late John Peel. They also opened for Scissor Sisters on three dates of their November 2006 tour.
Gossip is based in Portland, Oregon and has played with bands such as Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, CSS, Erase Errata, Mika Miko, Panther, Comanechi, and Mates of State. Profits from the tour went to benefit the Human Rights Campaign. Hosted by comedian Margaret Cho and headlined by Cyndi Lauper, the tour also included Debbie Harry, Erasure, Rufus Wainwright, The Dresden Dolls, The MisShapes, The Cliks, and special guests. ĭuring the summer of 2007, Gossip was a part of the multi-artist True Colors Tour 2007, which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada.
BETH DITTO TV
Gossip's first UK TV appearance was on BBC1's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, where they performed the title track " Standing in the Way of Control".Īs reported on Pitchfork in March 2007, the group signed to Music With a Twist, a subsidiary of Sony Music Label Group, concentrating on LGBT music acts.
The album Standing in the Way of Control has earned Gold Record Status in the UK. Gossip at the London Barfly, May 16, 2007 The record was produced by Ryan Hadlock, owner of Bear Creek Studio, and Fugazi singer/guitarist Guy Picciotto.Ģ007–2011: Mainstream success and moving to a major label It was released on January 24, 2006, on Kill Rock Stars and later in 2006 on UK independent label Back Yard Recordings. The first release featuring new drummer Hannah Blilie was the band's next album, Standing in the Way of Control. The band then dropped "The" from their name, continuing as plain "Gossip". Established punk drummer Hannah Blilie joined to replace her. In November 2003, two months after the release of their first live album Undead in NYC on September 9, drummer Kathy Mendonça left the band to pursue a career as a midwife. Movement, their second studio album, was released on May 6, 2003. They followed it with the EP Arkansas Heat on May 7, 2002. Their next record was the debut studio album That's Not What I Heard, released by the label Kill Rock Stars on January 23, 2001. Gossip played at the first Ladyfest in Olympia in August 2000 and was included in Time Magazine's article on the festival. In 1999, the independent record label K Records released Gossip's first recording, their debut EP The Gossip, to coincide with the band's tour with Sleater-Kinney. Gossip coalesced when the three members were roommates in Olympia. Howdeshell and Mendonça had been in bands together in Arkansas. Īll three were originally from Searcy, Arkansas Mendonça moved to Olympia to attend Evergreen State College and Howdeshell and Ditto followed. Gossip was formed in 1999 in Olympia, Washington, by vocalist Beth Ditto, guitarist Nathan "Brace Paine" Howdeshell, and drummer Kathy Mendonça. 1.2 2007–2011: Mainstream success and moving to a major label.