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Official Jimmy Somerville FanPage & jimmysomerville.canalblog.com present: 30 years to the day, Don't Leave Me This Way by The Communards with Sarah Jane Morriswas released!    The single became n°1 in the UK charts for 5 weeks in september/october 1986 and also the biggest selling record of the year.   7": LON 103 & PicDisc: LONPD 103A Don't Leave Me This Way 4'32B Sanctified 2'30  12": LONX 103A Don't Leave Me This Way (extended version) 6'25B Sanctified 3'00  12": LOXRR 103A Don't Leave Me... [Lire la suite]

Official Jimmy Somerville FanPage & jimmysomerville.canalblog.com present: More than 6 months after its recording in december 1985, Communards' debut album was finally released the 25th july 1986. Including 4 smash hits:You Are My WorldDisenchantedDon't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)So Cold The Night The Communards' first album (2CD deluxe edition by Edsel Records) is available here "Dance & Desire" (2CD + DVD deluxe edition by Edsel Records) is available here Jimmy Somerville's last album, "Homage", is... [Lire la suite]

"In celebration of 30 years since the release of Don't Leave Me This Way ‪ by The Communards we are releasing a new version of this classic taken from the new acoustic album. It also includes a fab new remix of 'Back To Me'." JS HQ. 1] Don't Leave Me This Way (live) 5'082] Back To Me (Leo Ryan's Stella Polaris remix) 6'58 Enregistrer

"This is a rose, this is widely recognised as the flower of love. This rose is for all of those who died on the early hours of Sunday morning in Florida. This rose is for all of those who survived on Sunday morning in Orlando. And this rose is also for you. Never stop holding the hands, never stop kissing the lips of those you love. Never let anyone take that away from us. So if you love someone, tell them you love them and give them a rose. I feel sad in side. But I feel angry. And I wanted to send this message out of... [Lire la suite]

Official Jimmy Somerville FanPage & jimmysomerville.canalblog.com present: 30 years ago to the day,The Communards ended their first UK tourat Royal Festival Hall in London, 30th may 1986. with Jimmy Somerville, Richard Coles, Sarah Jane Morris, Sally Herbert, June Miles-Kingston, Dave Renwick, Jo Pretzel, Joss Pook, Audrey Riley and Anne Stephenson. The Commies’ fame as a live band didn’t stop growing as the tour went on. The Communards’ mania wasn’t so far. 11th may: Bristol Hippodrome 13th may: Guilford Civic 15th may:... [Lire la suite]

Jimmy Somerville Live and Acoustic at Stella Polaris 29th july 2016 • Jimmy Somerville performed a unique one-off special acoustic set in the summer of 2015 at the famous Stella Polaris festival in Denmark with many of his well-known songs re-imagined. This souvenir release marks the very first time that a solo Jimmy Somerville live release has been made commercially available. • The power of Jimmy’s voice is evident in these inventive, all new acoustic arrangements of songs drawn from the full breadth of Jimmy’s 30 year plus... [Lire la suite]

Official Jimmy Somerville FanPage & jimmysomerville.canalblog.com present: Released on this day in 1986, The Communards' second single:dISENChANtEd 7": LON 89 A Disenchanted 4'08B Johnny Verso 3'47 12": LONX 89A Disenchanted (extended version) 6'08B1 Annie 1'43B2 Johnny Verso 3'4712": LONXR 89A Disenchanted (total dance remix)* 8'46B1 Disenchanted (instrumental)* 8'46B2 Johnny Verso 3'47* remixed by Mike Thorne This record is dedicated to Jean Genet 1910-1986 dISENChANtEd (official video) JOHNNY VERSO (live) All... [Lire la suite]

Every track of Club Homage are or will be available on YouTube. Don't forget to order your CD!          

30 years ago to the day,The Communards were, for the first time, on the stage of L'Olympia in Paris.Il y a 30 ans jour pour jour,The Communards étaient, pour la première fois, sur la scène de L'Olympia à Paris The Communards' first album (2CD deluxe edition by Edsel Records) is available here Dance & Desire (2CD + DVD deluxe edition by Edsel Records) is available here Jimmy Somerville's last album, "Homage", is available here and the brand new "Club Homage" can be ordered here  

"The Communards debut album was released 30 years ago this year - we will be celebrating thisand just found this picture recently posted which we loved. JS HQ." The Communards in Parisphotograph: Claude Gassian