ShareAward-winning, platinum-selling duo Hue And Cry announce the release of their 16th album Everybody. It is a bold new chapter in a creative journey that began at the dawn of electronic pop.
The album is a record where out-and-out electro pop can sit alongside powerful Latin House and Future Disco. Telling deep romantic tales that mingle with high-concept scenarios and Greg Kane’s glittering soundscapes contain his brother Pat’s insistent, signature vocals. First single Stronger is an enticing, synth-driven introduction to the album to come, complete with its message of resilience and hope.
Hue And Cry are one of the 1980s’ most formative soul pop groups with a string of chart friendly hits, including Labour Of Love and Looking For Linda. On Everybody the duo takes a new turn in a decades-long exploration of creative possibilities. The idea for the album grew from what Pat describes as “personal archaeology”, in which he dug into the instincts and impulses that defined Hue And Cry at the very beginning. “Pat wanted to make an electronic record, referencing Bowie’s Low along with Simple Minds, Japan and The Human League” explains Greg. Immersing himself in analogue and digital synthesis, he assembled what his brother calls a “man cave of oscillating objects.”
Everybody is the result of the duo sitting with analogue/digital music tech – DeepMind arpeggiators, hydra synths, wavetables, classic drum machines – and allowing songs to emerge out of the electronic landscape around them. After two years of experimentation, the album was completed with mixing by Yoad Nevo (Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran).
“We’re still pushing for something new in 2026, says Pat, “From a wall of arpeggiators and synths, humming and pulsing away, we’ve wrested out ten songs that have as much of our mind, body and soul in them as any of our previous music.” Those songs confront powerlessness, polarization, runaway climate change, authoritarianism and technological overreach, while also championing active love as a counterforce.
Much of the writing of Everybody dates to the pre-Covid period between 2018 and 2020, a time Pat now recognizes as emotionally turbulent. “I was in anguish and I didn’t even know it”, he says. The album was delayed by a succession of life-changing events — bereavement, illness, broken relationships, the pandemic and its aftermath — followed by the band’s 40th anniversary commitments, making now the first clear moment for the music to finally emerge.
Hue And Cry will be taking their full band on tour in October. “It’s always the most exciting thing to be playing live with the full Hue And Cry band – we can give all the hits and audience favourites – the full widescreen treatment” says Pat. “Come and see us, looking as sharp as you like, and let’s elegantly party together.” Greg adds: “We’re delighted to be taking the full band on the road again. The venues included on this run of dates are bigger and some of the best in the country, we cannot wait to play them.”
TOUR DATES 2026
October
| Date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Fri 9th | Bridgewater Hall Manchester * |
| Sat 10th | Indigo At The O2 London * |
| Sun 11th | Corn Exchange Cambridge * |
| Fri 16th | Symphony Hall Birmingham * |
| Sat 17th | ICM Glasshouse Sage 1 Gateshead ** |
| Thu 22nd | Eden Court Inverness ** |
| Fri 23rd | Music Hall Aberdeen ** |
| Sat 24th | Usher Hall Edinburgh ** |
| Fri 30th | Royal Concert Hall Glasgow *** |
| Sat 31st | Concert Hall Perth *** |
*Co-headline with Roachford
**Special guest Roachford
***Special guests Johnny Hates Jazz
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