FM CDs back in the webshop

Back in the FM webshop by popular demand we have stock of the following albums and EPs:

METROPOLIS

CITY LIMITS EP

ROCKVILLE II

FUTURAMA

THE ITALIAN JOB [live CD/DVD]

Head to the FM webshop to order yours!

* Limited stock of Metropolis

New FM live album THE ITALIAN JOB released today!

Our new live album THE ITALIAN JOB is out today via Frontiers Music srl, featuring our set recorded live at Frontiers Rock Festival in Milan, Italy on 29 April 2018.

Get your Blu-ray and Deluxe Edition DVD/CD from the FM webshop.

Digital download and streaming also available here: http://radi.al/FMTheItalianJob

THE ITALIAN JOB Pre-orders dispatched today

Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered THE ITALIAN JOB. Your signed copies are on their way to you from our London depot!

THE ITALIAN JOB DVD/CD and Blu-ray are now available from the FM webshop and also at our upcoming shows.

EXCLUSIVE SIGNED PRE-ORDER - THE ITALIAN JOB live album set for release February 2019

BREAKING NEWS: Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the release of FM's brand new live album & video – THE ITALIAN JOB - on 22 February 2019.

EXCLUSIVE SIGNED PRE-ORDER: 
Pre-order your signed DVD/CD and Blu-ray direct from the band at bit.ly/FM-preorder-italian-job.

Please note - the pre-order for signed copies will close on Wednesday 13 February 2019.

Hot on the heels of the release of their 10th studio album ATOMIC GENERATION, UK’s melodic rock finest FM started their tour cycle with a stunning appearance in front of the Frontiers Rock Festival crowd in Milan, Italy. FM offered up a set which included fan favourites and classic songs from their first two albums, "Indiscreet" and "Tough It Out", alongside cuts from recent releases "Heroes & Villains" and the aforementioned "Atomic Generation", along with some surprises, such as the 1987 single "Let Love Be The Leader," thrown in the mix.

THE ITALIAN JOB documents this show. An absolute gem of an album, it is unmissable not only for FM followers, but all fans of the melodic rock genre.

Bassist and founder member Merv Goldsworthy says: "Knowing we were recording and filming the show there was a lot more pressure this time. But that aside we knew the Italian fans and the fans travelling from around the world would not let us down. We need not have worried as you will see from the footage, it was a marvellous evening. We were blown away by the audience reaction. This is the only live album that features some of the newer material from Metropolis, Rockville, Heroes And Villains and Atomic Generation. It's a good representation of where the band is today."

TRACKLISTING
1 Intro
2 Black Magic
3 I Belong To The Night
4 Life Is A Highway
5 Let Love Be The Leader
6 Someday (You’ll Come Running)
7 Killed By Love
8 Metropolis
9 Over You
10 Closer To Heaven
11 Does It Feel Like Love
12 Story Of My Life
13 Love Lies Dying
14 Bad Luck
15 Tough It Out
16 That Girl
17 Other Side Of Midnight

DVD/CD, Blu-Ray and digital versions may also be ordered here:
http://radi.al/FMTheItalianJob

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Catch FM live:

2018
23 Nov – Southampton – UK – Engine Rooms
01 Dec – Nantwich – UK – Civic Hall

2019
19 Jan – Skegness – UK – Great British Rock & Blues Festival
25 Jan – Estoril – Portugal – Cascais Rock Fest
27 Jan – Minehead – UK – Giants of Rock
08 Feb – Preston – UK – Guild Hall
16 Feb – Holmfirth – UK – Picturedrome
22 Feb – Barcelona – Spain – Razzmatazz 2
23 Feb – Madrid – Spain – Sala Copernico
01 Mar – Reading – Sub89
02 Mar – Leamington Spa – Assembly
23 Jun – Dessel – Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting

FM announce live DVD and UK dates in April

FM play Frontiers Rock Festival in Milan on 29 April and we are excited to announce that our set will be filmed for release as a live DVD.

Leading up to this show FM will be playing three UK dates:

Friday 20 April 2018 - Pontypridd - Muni Arts Centre
Saturday 21 April - Sutton-in-Ashfield - The Diamond
Sunday 22 April - Stourbridge - River Rooms

We look forward to seeing you out on the road in 2018!

Tickets for these shows available from:
Pontypridd - Muni Box Office 01443 485934 / Terrys Music Pontypridd / www.seetickets.com / www.wegottickets.com

Sutton-in-Ashfield - The Diamond Box Office 01623 456617

Stourbridge - River Rooms Box Office 01384 397177 / www.theriverrooms.com

INDISCREET 25 LIVE - New DVD now on pre-order in the webshop

Thank you everyone for the great reaction to the news we will be releasing the INDISCREET 25 LIVE DVD on 1st April. As previously mentioned, the DVD will be available from the merchandise stand at our shows this month. In response to several enquiries we have received, it has been decided to also make the DVD available through the webshop on pre-order for those who are unable to attend any of the shows on our tour.

INDISCREET 25 LIVE is listed in our webshop now at the bargain price of £10.99. All DVDs pre-ordered via the FM webshop at www.fmofficial.com will be signed by the band.

Please note - pre-ordered DVDs will be dispatched once the webshop is re-stocked after the tour.

Check out the new preview of "Love Lies Dying" from INDISCREET 25 LIVE

INDISCREET 25 LIVE - New DVD set for release 1st April 2013

In March 2012 we all briefly went back in time to 1986, many of you joined us in celebrating the 25th anniversary of our first album INDISCREET at sell-out shows which were unashamed nostalgia-fests.

It gives us great pleasure to now bring you our new DVD:

INDISCREET 25 LIVE

Filmed live in concert at Manchester Academy 2 and London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on 9th and 10 March 2012, this DVD also includes a documentary section in which we reflect on INDISCREET's place in FM history.

Tracklisting:  That Girl / Other Side Of Midnight / Love Lies Dying / I Belong To The Night / American Girls / Hotwired / Face To Face / Frozen Heart / Heart Of The Matter / Dangerous.

INDISCREET 25 LIVE is released via Riff City Films on 1st April 2013.  The DVD will be available from the merchandise stand at our shows this March and from release date at the FM webshop and all good DVD stockists.

View the DVD trailer

Watch "Hotwired" from INDISCREET 25 LIVE the new DVD

"LIVE IN EUROPE" DVD set for release in March

We're pleased to present our new DVD - LIVE IN EUROPE.  Featuring our exploits during the summer of 2011 when we played at major festivals such as Download and Graspop Metal Meeting, the DVD includes footage from our sets at Rock The Nation, our shows with Journey and Foreigner in Ireland and our triumphant return to Portugal.  With a running time of 107 minutes the DVD also features a bonus section of our January 2011 performance as Special Guests of Thin Lizzy at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

Those of you attending our INDISCREET 25 LIVE shows in Glasgow March 8th, Manchester March 9th and London March 10th will be able to get your hands on advance signed copies from the merchandising stand at the shows.  Don't worry if you are not able to come to any of the shows - advance signed copies of LIVE IN EUROPE will also be available from our webshop from March 12th for £7.99 with free UK P&P.

LIVE IN EUROPE will go on general release via Riff City Films on 26th March 2012 and will be available from that date from all the usual stockists such as Amazon and play.com.


View the trailer for LIVE IN EUROPE

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Win a copy of LIVE IN EUROPE
As part of our INDISCREET 25LIVE celebrations we have 5 signed copies of LIVE IN EUROPE to give away.  All you have to do to enter the competition is enter your details in the form below and complete the sentence "The reason I should win a copy of the new FM DVD "LIVE IN EUROPE" is..."

The competition closing date is midnight, Tuesday 6th March 2012.  One entry per person only please.  We will pick our five favourite replies from all entries received and winners will be notified by email from fmofficial.com shortly after the closing date.  You have one week to enter the competition so don't delay!

*** The competition is now closed. ***

Black Diamond Classic Rock Show podcast and Firefest competition

Mad Dan McCafferty's show from Friday is now available to listen to via podcast.

As well as an airing for "Wildside" the show features lots of rocking tunes, an interview with Don Airey, and a Firefest competition!

Up for grabs in the comp are a pair of Saturday tickets for Firefest and 3 runners-up prizes of copies of the FM "Back In The Saddle" DVD.   The competition runs through to next Friday's show so get your entries in!

Check out Dan's Myspace blog to get all the details and link to podcast:
Black Diamond Classic Rock show Myspace blog

FM to headline Firefest VI

Firefest are extremely pleased to announce FM as the headline act for the forthcoming FIREFEST 6 show at Nottingham Rock City on Saturday October 24th 2009.  As you know, the last time the boys played Firefest was the reunion show back at FF4 in 2007 and a suitably great time was had by all.  The Live DVD "Back in the Saddle" was recorded (and incidentally is still available in the shop) on that now legendary evening.  The reunion of 5 great friends who just happened to be in a band together couldn’t have gone better.

Moving on to 2009 and the forthcoming Firefest show, FM will once again reclaim their rightful spot as headliners and darlings of the melodic hard rock genre when they hit the stage at Firefest 6.  FM’s performance will be the band's ONLY UK HEADLINE performance of 2009, and as usual the boys are trying to make it a special event.  Firstly the BRAND NEW FM album will be released at Firefest and initially it will be the ONLY place that it can be purchased... that’s right, the merchandise booth at Firefest... the first album of original music released by the boys since "Dead Man’s Shoes" in 1995... (let’s discount  "Paraphenalia"  because it was a Japanese only release).

Also, in another little twist of fate, on the Firefest 6 bill is ROMEO’S DAUGHTER sporting the full original line-up that toured with the FM boys back in 1989.  And the little twist of fate... it will be 20 years to the day that FM and the Romeo’s first shared the stage and bassist Merv Goldsworthy first laid eyes on the delectable Leigh Matty, whom he somehow later persuaded to become Mrs Goldsworthy!!

Just for the record, we did consider changing this to FM–FEST as the Firefest line-up also features Drive She Said and White Sister, another two bands that supported FM on those memorable tours of the UK in the late eighties and early nineties.  So in a nutshell, you can actually re-live every one of those tours once again by attending FIREFEST 6 .

Full details of Firefest 6 will be available on www.thefirefest.com.

Firefest and FMOfficial.com would like to offer the band's loyal and patient supporters an opportunity to grab what will be one of the hottest tickets in the live calendar for 2009 at a specially reduced rate available only to fmofficial.com subscribers.  The FM Official discount will be issued to all subscribers to FM Official via the mailing list newsletter on Tuesday 24th February.   Please also remember Firefest 4 which was headlined by FM in 2007 sold out well in advance and this year will be no different with a reduced capacity of only 1250 tickets being sold for the main day.  The reduced price offer is good until March 31st when the main day ticket price reverts to the standard price.

So there you have it, the ONLY UK headline show for 2009, the brand new album being released on the day of Firefest and a supporting cast including 3 bands that previously toured with the boys back in the day... Change the date... Christmas for FM fans is now October 24th.

Tickets can only be purchased directly from FIREFEST using Paypal.  Paypal payment address is : fireworks.mag@ntlworld.com

Alternatively by post using cash (at senders own risk), postal order, personal cheque or International bank draft in £ sterling .

Cheques and drafts payable to : Mr Bruce Mee
C/O Fireworks Magazine
10 Dunnock Close
Offerton
Stockport
SK2 5 XD
England

Please allow 21 days for delivery.  A list of further retail outlets will be announced at a later date.

PLEASE NOTE:  To obtain your FM Official subscribers' discount, you must use the subscriber codes which will be issued in the FM Official newsletter tomorrow.   Thank you.

Andy Barnett calls it a day…

It is with deep regret that we have to announce Andy Barnett has left the band.  Andy has decided to call it a day as he wants to concentrate all his energies on other projects he has going and is in the process of relocating abroad.

Although saddened by his departure we fully respect Andy’s decision and wish him all the very, very best and much success in his future career, we made some fine music together and had a great time while doing it.  The Firefest DVD is a fitting and fine tribute to that chapter of the band's career.  Respect Andy.

So what of the future?  We’ll carry on with the album while we find a replacement with the more than capable Mr Overland on guitar duties and we hope to resolve the situation sooner rather than later.  We look at this as a fresh and exciting new era for the band and we are very positive for what the future holds.  We’ll be posting some shots of us hard at work in the studio shortly.  Watch this space!

Missed the ARFM or Rock Radio Interviews?

If you missed the recent interviews with Steve and Pete on ARFM or Rock Radio, visit FM Official's Audio Interviews page where these are now available to stream.

There is also a new review of 'Back in the Saddle' available to read from Room Thirteen.

Dispatch of DVDs

As posted on the forum, all the DVDs arrived on Monday and all orders up to yesterday, Tuesday 23rd September, have been sent out.  We will continue from now on to process and dispatch future orders on a daily basis.

Thanks for your patience in this matter.

Back In The Saddle DVD Update

We’ve been trying to get more info on the DVD delivery and finally received the parcel tracking codes this morning, logged in but got no useful delivery info.  We contacted Berny (the video editor for the DVD who along with The Firefest guys is organizing the manufacturing) in Austria who sent this:

"Dachser's online tracking system does not work at the moment (they're doing some maintenance work), so I called the customer service centre.  The only information I got was that 'the parcel hasn't been delivered yet'.  So I suppose it arrived in the UK today, but I cannot tell you when it will be delivered.  Sorry, this is really getting on my nerves... Berny"

So that's where we are folks, we are really p***ed off this has happened (along with all of you we’re sure) and especially Pete who hasn't left his home since Tuesday in case they're delivered while he's out (Ealing's Starbucks Coffee Shops are fearing financial ruin because of this).  Joking aside, once again can we assure you all your orders will go out as soon as the DVDs arrive.  We'll let you know more info as and when we get it.

DVD Release - An Apology

Hi everyone,

We tried to get this on the site last night but it seems we have a rarity, a webmistress with a life.  Dawn was out partying the night away and on her return quite possibly in no fit state to turn on her computer let alone up load the following:-

As you all know "Back in the Saddle" was officially released yesterday; unfortunately the FM bad luck (excuse the pun) has struck.  You may or may not know there was a fire in the Channel Tunnel the other week and despite it being re-opened normal service is yet to be fully resumed, thus resulting in a huge backlog of freight.  The DVD was manufactured in Eastern Europe and therefore has to travel through the Tunnel or by ferry.  Because of the Tunnel fire the ferries are also very busy.  The long and short of it?  The DVD shipment is delayed and unfortunately hasn't arrived as scheduled.

People who have bought from us in the past will testify that we do, and always will endeavour to get merchandise posted out within 3 days, but normally same day, of receiving the order.  We know the DVDs are printed, pressed and in a truck en route to London.  The reason the news of this delay has gone up so late on the site is that we have been trying to find out the whereabouts of the DVDs so we can give you an informed idea of when they are due to arrive.

We can only apologise for this delay but this is out of our control, all the envelopes are addressed and ready to go.  Please be assured the DVDs will go out the same day the shipment arrives.  We will let you know via the website when they arrive and when your orders have been posted.  Once again please accept our deepest and sincerest apologies.

FM on ARfm Sunday September 14th 2008

Don't forget to tune into the Steve Price show on ARfm 18:00h- 21:00h this Sunday, September 14th.

Steve and Pete are live in the studio having a chat with Steve Price and playing some tracks from the new live DVD.

Back In The Saddle - DVD Release

No it isn’t a dream, at last the wait is over!  The boys are back... back in the saddle.

We are very proud to announce that "Back in the Saddle", the live DVD of the greatly anticipated comeback performance by one of Britain's best loved rock bands FM is now ready for release.  Filmed at a sold-out Firefest IV in October 2007, the venue - Nottingham Rock City.  This limited edition twin-pack containing DVD and Audio CD is available to pre-order now.  The DVD is released on September 17th in Pal Region Free (0) format (users outside Europe please check your system is compatible as refunds cannot be offered regarding incompatibility issues).

Pre-order now from the FM Official webshop for just £19.99 + postage & packing.

If you were lucky enough to be there, relive this magical October night, if you couldn’t make it be sure to savour the spellbinding performances of Steve Overland, Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp, Andy Barnett and Jem Davis as the mighty FM return to the stage.

Full tracklisting:

Breathe Fire
Face to Face
I Belong to the Night
That Girl
Run No more
All or Nothing
Only the Strong Survive
Burning my Heart Down
Bad Luck
Closer to Heaven
Other Side of Midnight
Blood and Gasoline
Frozen Heart
I Heard it Through the Grapevine

"Back in the Saddle" - order your copy from the webshop now!

FM June 2008 News

Hi there people, it’s June already!  Where does the time go?  Firstly the shop seems to be working very well and we’d like to thank everyone who has stopped by and purchased something, we really appreciate your support of the band.  We’ll be putting up more stuff over the coming months so keep checking back.  We’ve been chatting about getting some FM T-Shirts made and after the Firefest shirt cock-up (see Pete's Firefest diary) we’re looking for a new shirt company as we speak.  If anyone has any ideas about what kind of design we should go for get on the forum and get discussing people.  We do enjoy reading all your comments so keep 'em coming.  We’ve even noted a couple of your ideas for possible future ventures, but that’s as much as we’re letting on.

The songs are coming thick and fast.  We’ve finished writing 4 more - "Who’ll Stop the Rain" pure AOR, "Drop the Bomb" a groovy rocker, "Forever and a Day" balladicious and "The Fight Goes On" an anthem of gigantic proportions.  There are more ideas that just need finishing so although we say it ourselves the writing is going really well and we’re having a blast doing it.

Guess what… you’ll never believe it… it can’t possibly be true… Yes the Firefest DVD is nearly finished!  Look out for an advert and clips on this site very soon.

A big shout goes out to all the good people at Rock Radio 106.1 especially our old pal Paul Anthony who has championed the band for years.  We are being played regularly to such an extent people are asking "Who’s this new band FM?"  Tune in and listen in the Greater Manchester area on 106.1 or on the interweb at www.rockradiomanchester.co.uk.

Also a big up goes out to our good friend Steve Price at ARfm who did a lengthy interview with Steve for his new album "Breakaway" (signed copies available now in the webshop at a very reasonable £9.50).  Of course chat soon turned to FM and poor Steve was grilled for about an hour.  More big ups go to young Malcolm Dome and Darryl Kirby at Total Rock for shamelessly plugging our online shop the day before it opened, respect guys!

That’s it folks, look out for the DVD ad over the next few weeks.

March 2008 news update

Hi everyone,

March already... Pete celebrated his birthday on the 1st along with Dawn our lovely webmistress who shares the same birthday (albeit a good few years later). We’re writing away and are preparing to go into rehearsals later this month to routine the songs. We thought it would be good to throw a few song titles at you and we’ll see how many make the final album.  We’ve got "Hello Tomorrow Goodbye Yesterday", "Runaway Train", "Over You", "Living for the Weekend".

It seems from the general consensus on the forum that finally releasing a studio version of “Dangerous" wouldn’t be the worst idea we’ve ever had so we’ll be dusting off the chord sheets to that at a rehearsal very soon.

We were asked by the DVD guys what music we were having over the credits at the end and in true FM style we replied "Haven’t got a clue, we’ll have a think". True to our word we had a think and decided we’d try and write and record a new song to end the DVD and that’s what we’re attempting. If we feel it’s suitable it will go on, nothing like a challenge eh?

We should finally get the shop open later this month. We’ve managed to procure a limited supply of "Vintage and Rare", so they’ll be up for sale along with other back catalogue items.

If you haven’t already subscribed on the Contact page may we suggest you try to make time to do so to get all our gig and release news straight into your Inbox. So don’t miss out, sign up now.

Okay people that’s you up to date with what’s going on in the FM camp, 'til the next time…

Jan/Feb 2008 news update

Hi everyone,

Sorry things have gone a bit quiet the past couple of months, but to be honest we've been working our butts off clearing the decks of other commitments so we can concentrate on writing and recording the new FM album.

We've noticed that a few people have been having a dig at Steve for recording a new Shadowman album so let's put that one to bed and set the record straight right away. Steve was contracted to write and record it before we had commited to do Firefest. In fact, because of Firefest rehearsals etc. the last few songs weren't even written and the project was shelved until after the gig as Steve was putting all his energy into the FM show. Be assured he is as commited as any other member of the band. As we said all along, Firefest was meant to be a one-off but because of the fantastic response plus the fact that we had such an amazing time we decided to carry on. So that's what we've been doing, tying up all the loose ends so we can give the new FM album the attention it deserves. We've been demoing songs at home and are due to go into rehearsals next month to thrash the new songs out. We have been in negotiations with a DVD company to film the making of the album so be prepared for all the highs and lows (hopefully not too many lows) as we embark on our seventh studio album.

Speaking of DVDs, the Firefest live DVD is coming along nicely although a bit slower than at first anticipated. Because of the loss of power at the show there have been a few unexpected technical hitches encountered but Berny and the folk at Transistor Pictures have been overcoming all the obstacles so far. We're hoping to put a taster from the DVD up on the site soon, we'll keep you posted.

We are delighted about the launch of our new forum and look forward to hearing from you. So a belated "Happy 2008" to you all, and once again apologies for the lull in proceedings but be assured we're raring to go.