Doves this morning – recorded at the 2002 Glastonbury Festival on June 28, 2002 by the ever-present BBC Radio 1.
Doves formed in Wilmslow, Cheshire in 1998. The band is composed of singer and bassist Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers, guitarist Jez and drummer Andy Williams.
The band released five studio albums between 2000 and 2020, three of which reached #1 on the UK album charts. A compilation album, The Places Between: The Best of Doves, was released in April 2010.
Doves went on hiatus in 2010. During this time, Goodwin released his first solo album, Odludek (2014), while the Williams brothers regrouped as Black Rivers. In December 2018, Doves announced they were ending their hiatus by performing for the Teenage Cancer Trust at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 29 March 2019. Further festivals, including some dates with Noel Gallagher, were subsequently announced. The band released two new songs: “Carousels” and “Prisoners”, in June and July 2020 respectively. Their fifth studio album The Universal Want was released in September 2020. On 4 November 2024, the band released a new single, “Renegade”, alongside the announcement of their sixth studio album Constellations for the Lonely, to be released on 28 February 2025.
So now you’re all caught up, and with Doves latest slated for release later on this month there will no doubt be a tour which started this month around the UK and a string of sold-out shows taking us up to March, but I’m sure there’s a string of Festival gigs coming up.
Crank it up and enjoy.
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