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July 2005 to December 2005..
Following the end of the group's tour of the
USA, all members returned to their respective
homes for a brief break as recordings for the
next studio album were due to begin at the
beginning of July at Matt Terry's studios in
Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire.
With recordings in full swing, Miles and Malcolm
were booked to play an exclusive acoustic
performance at the Cox's Yard venue in the town.
The intention of the gig was to play a mix of
Wonder Stuff tracks and Miles' own solo works in
addition to testing out some of the new tracks
the group had recently recorded for the next
long-player which was currently pencilled in for
an Autumn release.
By
late Summer, although the album was now finished
and track listing had been decided upon, it was
decided to delay it's release until early 2006
as this would coincide with the group's 20th
Anniversary celebrations for which a host of
activities and releases are planned.
However, to further try out the new tracks on
their fanbase, Miles embarked on a solo tour
largely covering Scotland and the North of
England. Support at his London date,
however, was provided by long-term friend and
legendary Stuffies support act Ange Dolittle in
his new group simply titled 'Dolittle' which
consisted of Ange plus two other musicians
normally based in the Oxford area, Mr G and
Rich.
Shortly before the tour, news started breaking
about the eventual broadcast of the Underground
Ernie series The BBC had now bought the
rights to the series and planned to air it on
the CBeebies channel from around May/June 2006.
It was also announced that major merchandising
rights had been agreed which would see
Underground Ernie products appearing in a wide
range of retailers shortly after the launch of
the series.
During his solo tour, Miles mixed new and old
Wonder Stuff tracks with his own solo and Vent
414 material. At some venues, he also
performed what was going to be the theme tune to
Underground Ernie although this will seem very
odd when the series does go to air as it was the
previous Wonder Stuff line-up that recorded the
track and there are no plans to re-record it
with the new group.
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