GUN BATTLE FOR UK TOP 10 ALBUM CHART POSITION WITH NEW ALBUM HOMBRES
A TOP 10 RESULT WOULD BE THE FIRST TOP 10 FOR THE SCOTTISH ROCK ACT IN THIRTY YEARS, SINCE THE RELEASE OF 1994’S SWAGGER
NEW LIVE EDITION OF HOMBRES INCLUDING 26 TRACKS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES FOR JUST £4.99
‘THANK YOU’ GIG TO FANS IN GLASGOW THIS THURSDAY
As a fierce battles rages on for a Top 10 spot in the UK official album charts this week, GUN are pulling out all the stops. If their newly released, widely praised album Hombres lands inside the UK Top 10, it will be the first Top 10 result here for the Scottish rock squad in thirty years, since the release of their beloved 1994 album Swagger. Currently sat at #7 in the official midweek, the group face stiff competition from Beyonce, The Weeknd, James, Kris Barras Band, English Teacher, Linkin Park, and Mark Knopfler.
GUN have spent the week meeting fans all over the country, with a series of instore events that includes a special, stripped back performance from brothers Dante and Jools. Remaining events include:
Thu 18th Apr – STIRLING HMV – 4pm
Fri 19th Apr – BURY Wax & Beans – 4pm
Hombres is available in multiple formats as standard, deluxe, and 20-track extended editions, including fully signed, on CD, vinyl, cassette, and digitally, as well as in a wide range of bundles. Order here or pick up from your favourite record shop!
Today the band offered fans a new bonanza, live version of Hombres too, available to download here on iTunes for just £4.99. For less than the price of a pint, you get the standard 13 album tracks + 13 more live tracks, recorded in December 2022 at the Barrowlands in Glasgow – making it a mere 19p per track.
To count towards this week’s chart result, fans should purchase before 23:59 on Thursday, with the results announced on Friday evening. Purchases of digital albums must be downloaded to count.
Hombres track list
Standard edition
- All Fired Up
- Boys Don’t Cry
- Take Me Back Home
- Fake Life
- Falling
- You Are What I Need
- Never Enough
- Don’t Hide Your Fears Tonight
- Lucky Guy
- A Shift In Time
Deluxe edition
- Coming Back To You
- Wrong To Be Right
- Pride
Live edition
14.. Backstreet Brothers (Live)
- Something To Believe In (Live)
- Here’s Where I Am (Live)
- Seems Like I’m Losing You (Live)
- Don’t Say It’s Over (Live)
- Money To Burn (Live)
- Watching The World Go By (Live)
- Money (Everybody Loves Her) (Live)
- Better Days (Live)
- Inside Out (Live)
- Steal Your Fire (Live)
- Taking On The World (Live)
- Shame On You (Live)
Ever grateful to their fans, GUN have also announced a special “thank you” acoustic gig in Glasgow this Thursday night, 18th April. Fans can snap up a bargain £10 bundle including the extended edition of Hombres and a ticket for the show at The Garage G2 here.
“Hombres sounds like a band remembering where they buried the treasure… Hombres sparkles.” – Classic Rock
“It’s anthemic hard rock full of sing-along choruses and infectious guitar riffs; it’s an all-round kick-ass Rock and Roll album that screams “Crank me up!” from the get go!” – Fireworks
“Gun always deliver but Hombres is some of their best stuff in years.” – Metal Hammer
“…These guys have been producing high-quality music in one form or another for many years. This collection is highly enjoyable.” – Rock Candy
“It’s a brilliant record. Comfortably their best for three decades.” – Maximum Volume Music
“It’s a bit early for album of the year nominations, but this one will certainly be in the running for yours truly’s top spot. Hombres is packed with high-quality classic rock songs throughout.” – All About The Rock
“An album filled with groove, an album filled with body-shakers, and an album that will have widespread appeal. GUN keep things fun and interesting right up to the very end.” – Games, Brains, and a Headbangin’ Life
“Gun should be justifiably proud of Hombres and they’ve arguably never sounded better. It rocks, it rolls, and it makes you feel glad to be alive. A real celebration and a genuine contender for Album Of The Year, Gun have absolutely smashed it.” – Metal Talk
ABOUT GUN
Formed in Scotland by guitarist Giuliano “Jools” Gizzi, GUN have achieved 3 UK Top 20 albums and 8 UK Top 40 singles over their lauded career. GUN has toured extensively over the years, criss-crossing the globe with The Rolling Stones, Black Star Riders, The Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bon Jovi, and more, not to mention a slew of memorable festival sets at everything from Steelhouse to Download to Wacken. 2024 looks set to rack up even more miles in fine fashion.
The rock ruffians latest release was 2022’s collection of acoustic reworkings, The Calton Songs, which delighted fans and brought further chart success, clocking in at #2 on the Scottish album chart, #6 on the UK indie chart, and #13 on the UK physical albums chart. GUN also received two awards in November 2022; the band was honoured with the Rock Legend award at Hard Rock Hell in Great Yarmouth and the Hard Rock Café Legends award at the Scottish Music Awards, the flagship event for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity. Now, in April 2024, the much loved Scottish group share perhaps their finest collection of work yet, with new album Hombres.
2024 also marks the 30th anniversary of GUN’s silver-certified, third album Swagger, which stormed into the official UK album chart at #5 and spawned 4 UK Top 40 singles including smash-hit cover “Word Up” (#8), “Don’t Say It’s Over” (#19), “The Only One” (#29), and “Something Worthwhile” (#39). Their boisterous version of Cameo’s “Word Up” also earnt the group their first MTV Europe Music Award.
