Cherry Ghost is an English alternative/acoustic band led by Simon Aldred (born September 1975 in Bolton). Cherry Ghost began in Bolton in 2005, first as an alias for Simon as a solo artist, then slowly morphing into a full band. Their debut album, Thirst for Romance , was released in July 2007 and entered the UK Album Charts at #7. The band has supported Amy Winehouse, Polytechnic, Fields, Snow Patrol, The Spinto Band, and Crowded House, and was handpicked by Manic Street Preachers as their support band for their December 2007 tour. [1] James Dean Bradfield, lead singer/guitarist of Manic Street Preachers, said that Thirst for Romance was his favorite album of 2007. [2] In September 2007, Cherry Ghost was nominated for "best new act" in the 2007 Q Awards, [3] although they lost to the Coventry-based band The Enemy. [4] In 2008, Cherry Ghost won an Ivor Novello Award for "People Help the People" in the category of Best Contemporary Song . [5] On 22 October 2007, Simon stated on the band's MySpace page that they will begin recording their second album in Berlin, Germany in 2008. Then on 23 March 2008, Simon announced through a MySpace blog posting that the band are at the writing stage, and have 7 songs which have been distilled from 50+ tunes. Recording for the second album began on 3 January 2009, but there has been no confirmation on when the second album will be released.

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Musical style

The band's MySpace page states that they have been "inspired by the haunting melancholy of acts such as Sparklehorse, Smog, Johnny Cash and the ceaseless hope to be found at the heart of this Northern landscape." The name Cherry Ghost is a lyric taken from the song "Theologians" by Wilco.

Members

• Simon Aldred – vocals, guitar
• Jim Rhodes – guitar
• Ben Parsons – keyboards
• Phill Anderson – bass
• Grenville Harrop – drums

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [6]	IRE [7]	FRA [8]	ITA [9]
2007	Thirst for Romance Released: 9 July 2007 Label: Heavenly (HVNLP59) Formats: CD, 2LP, DL	7	67	195	91

Singles & EPs

Song	Release Date	Release info	Formats	UK Singles Chart [6]	Irish Singles Chart [7]	Album
"Mathematics"	9 April 2007	Heavenly (HVN167)	CD, 7" vinyl, DL	57	—	Thirst for Romance
"People Help the People"	25 June 2007	Heavenly (HVN168)	CD, 7" vinyl, DL	27	41
"4 AM"	24 September 2007	Heavenly (HVN171)	CD, 7" vinyl, DL	128	—
iTunes Festival: Live in London (EP)	12 November 2007	Heavenly	Digital download	—	—	UK iTunes-only release
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Covers

• "Junebug" (Sparklehorse) (B-side)
• "Finally" (CeCe Peniston) (played live)
• "Welcome to the Black Parade" (My Chemical Romance) (played live)
• "Back to Black" (Amy Winehouse) (played live)
• "Under My Thumb" (The Rolling Stones) (played live)
• "Pounding" (Doves) (played live)

Media appearances

• Cherry Ghost appeared on Later... with Jools Holland on 24 November 2006, performing "People Help the People." ^[12]
• They appeared on the Radcliffe and Maconie show on BBC Radio 2 on 1 May 2007. ^[13]
• The band appeared on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 27 June 2007. They performed their single "People Help the People" and a cover of "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance. ^[14]
• The band appeared on the Taratata live music show on France 4 on 18 January 2008. ^[15]

Festival appearances

• Camden Crawl 2007: April 19th and 20th
• Glastonbury Festival 2007: Queen's Head stage, June 24th
• Oxegen Festival 2007: New Bands/Futures stage
• Latitude 2007: Uncut Arena
• Summer Sundae 2007: Main stage
• iTunes Festival 2007: London, July 22nd
• V Festival 2007 Weston Park: Virgin Mobile Union stage, August 18th
• V Festival 2007 Hylands Park: Virgin Mobile Union stage, August 19th

References

1. Cherry Ghost to support Manic Street Preachers - Angry Ape News
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3. Singer in running for music award
4. Best New Act - Q Awards 2007
5. The Ivor Novello Awards - Nominees
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12. YouTube - Cherry Ghost on Jools Holland
13. BBC - Radio 2 - Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie
14. BBC - Radio 1 - Jo Whiley
15. France 4 - Tarata