(Patty's Web Site and MySpace Page)
(Tour Dates)
Last Update: April 21, 2009
(Patty's Web Site and MySpace Page)
(Tour Dates)
You've found the Patty Smyth Fan Club, dedicated to Patty Smyth, the lead singer of Scandal in the 80's, solo artist through the 90's, and now reunited with Scandal and back on the road. Click here to take a look at Patty's Discography or her Biography.
Please don't confuse Patty with Patti Smith, the poet/writer/singer famous for "Because the Night".
I'm quite happy to say I can no longer claim to be the only Patty Smyth web site. :) Patty has a new page of her own at PattySmythAndScandal.com. She also has her own MySpace Page. She has tour dates (it's where I've been getting them lately) some really cool new pictures, and on the MySpace page you can leave comments and add her to your Friends list. :)
There are more tour dates for Patty and Scandal on Patty's new web page. I noticed the dates for later this year, and I've been keeping an eye on them for a while, so the one in April kind of surprised me today. I'm not sure if it was just added, or I missed it somehow. At any rate, here they are:
I've been trying to keep up with everything, although I haven't posted to the web site in a while. I was really busy through most of March, and even missed an issue of People Magazine that she appeared in. Still, I'm trying to keep up with the site, and I will try to make sure I keep the tour dates as far in advance as I can. Do check out Patty's own site from time to time, that way you can be sure not to miss any updates direct from Patty herself.
This news is a little late, but I actually found out about the show the night before it aired. So with such short notice, and the fact that it was possible some folks don't even get the channel (I don't...) I thought it would be a waste of time to rush an update to the page.
The good news is that now that the interview has aired, it is available on the Internet for download. One site I know has it is here, at www.clipsyndicate.com/video/play/645808. It may also be available on YouTube and the like, but I really don't know how long the clips will remain around, so check them out while you can.
The interview is from "Night Talk", a show on Bloomberg Television. It's an interesting interview, Patty talks about the music industry, and why she stayed away from it for so long. In the third segment, she mentions that she has plans for a new album, and so I will definately be staying on top of that.
Patty also has a new manager, and so she's definately quite serious about getting back to making music again.
Even as I was writing this, some new dates were updated on Patty's MySpace Page. So here they are:
In addition to the updates above, I have also added a fan art picture to Patty's Pictures Page. It is my own drawing, and one I've put off posting here, probably for too long.
Be sure and check out the pictures that Steve Latham has taken of Patty and Scandal on tour. You can find the page at Steve Latham Design.
Patty has a MySpace page herself, now. It's at www.myspace.com/pattysmythandscandal. It includes all of the tour dates for Scandal's upcoming tour, and in fact I have updated my own tour dates below (above, now, I moved the section since it's been updated) with the information there.
I just recently got an email pointing out three videos that have appeared on YouTube. They're the demo videos that Scandal recorded, for MTV, I think, before they got a record deal. Not only are the videos rare, and they probably haven't been seen by anyone outside of MTV, certainly not in the last twenty years, they also feature Paul Schaffer on keyboards, and Bon Jovi on guitar. I know Paul Schaffer had recorded with Scandal, just before he moved on to do David Letterman's show, but I didn't know about Bon Jovi working on these demos. Or at least, I think that's Bon Jovi, that's what everyone is saying, and it sure looks like him to me. :)
At any rate, I really enjoyed getting to see these videos, and I'm sure you guys will too. I particularly like the second version of "Love's Got A Line On You", that whole sequence from where she says "Say yes, I'm the one" is really nice. Just click on the links to follow them.
Goodbye To You
Love's Got A Line Version 1
Love's Got A Line Version 2
You can probably also find some of Scandal's other videos by following the related links from those pages. I particularly recommend the video that "amidala2915" did for the BBC movie "North and South", set to Patty's incredible "Say What You Will". Although it's not an "official" video, that is my favorite song by Patty, and although I haven't seen the movie, amidala sets it nicely to the music.
I can't POSSIBLY recommend this CD enough, if you're a Scandal fan, you've got to get this album. Not only does it contain three unreleased tracks, there's technically FOUR new tracks on it, because "All My Life", previously available only as the B-side to "Goodbye to You" is also on it. "Win Some, Lose Some" is also on the album, making it the first time all five tracks on the EP have been released on CD. (The other four were on the "Scandalous" retrospective)
Check here for the track list of the CD, as well as the cover pic. (Which is really cute) You can probably find the album on CDNow/Amazon.com or AOL Music.
The Yahoo Club dedicated to Patty Smyth and Scandal is still going strong. This is run by Angela Shelton, a great fan that has helped me out with this site over the years as well. Here's the URL of the site: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/pattysmythscandalrocks
Patty Smyth's new album "Greatest Hits (featuring Scandal)" is out right now. See below for release dates in Canada and overseas. I'll post other news below as well, so keep checking in for the latest info. For a tracklist from the album, and a sneak peek at that really cute cover, click here. The link will take you directly to the new album's entry in my discography.
Patty is also featured on the new album "Smokin'
Section", by Tom Scott. She sings a cover of "Ode to
Billie Joe". (Definately one of my favorite songs)
The album may be hard to find in the stores (it came out in 1999)
but I believe it is still available in Amazon and other online
stores. I recommend checking it out.
You can write to the Patty Smyth Fan Club at:
The Patty Smyth Fan Club
P.O. Box 591573
Houston, TX 77259-1573
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