Goldmine magazine has just posted their interview with Bernard online. Click here to read.
July 1st, 2010
Bad Lieutenant were due to play the swedish festival on July 9th, but unfortunately the whole festival has been cancelled.
See this link “Hultsfred festival to file for bankruptcy”.
Hultsfred was a great festival and this would have been it’s 25th year. It’s sad to see it fail. The band and management share the disappointment of our fans, and everyone who hoped to see us there.
June 8th, 2010
This Friday June 11th Bad Lieutenant are playing the “Ian Brown Live In Manchester” show at Platt Fields Park. BL will be playing an hour set on the main stage at 6.50pm. There are tickets available with some being held for sale at the door. Later that night there is the rare opportunity to catch Bernard DJing at the aftershow party “Substance” at Sound Control, Manchester.
June 3rd, 2010
Bernard would like to bring your attention to the Sabotage Times, a new website from his good friend James Brown. Johnny Dee described the site in the 22 May 2010 edition of the Guardian as:
“A new project from former lad mag editor James Brown, who aims to do for the discerning middle-aged fella what Loaded and its ilk did for 1990s hedonists. Under the banner ‘We Can’t Concentrate So Why Should You?’, you’ll find a healthy mix of archive articles and new pieces with the emphasis on nostalgia. Shed man totems Steve McQueen, Paul Weller and Geoffrey Boycott feature, as do homages to Adidas trainers and the Vespa scooter, plus amusing opinion pieces, reportage and fiction alongside more predictable internet distraction from YouTube. Men of a certain age will find their pub chat repertoire reignited.”
May 15th, 2010
WFUV’s blog The Alternate Side has posted their interview with Bernard. You can read it here.
April 17th, 2010
LOS ANGELES, CA – Saturday, April 17, 2010 — With air travel out of the UK and Europe still at a standstill, and conditions predicted to deteriorate further due to the huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull, the members of Bad Lieutenant and their management have come to the disappointing decision to cancel their Chicago and New York dates that had been set to take place on Monday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 21, respectively.
“We’re stuck in Manchester,” said Bad Lieutenant’s Bernard Sumner. “We were hoping that conditions might change at the last minute and we’d be able to come and play for our fans. Obviously, this is a situation out of everyone’s control, and we are crushed that we won’t be coming to America for these dates.”
Since British air space was closed on Thursday morning, the band also canceled their planned appearances in San Francisco last night and today at the Coachella festival near Palm Springs, CA.
Refunds will be available for ticket holder at the point of purchase.
April 16th, 2010
LOS ANGELES, CA – April 16, 2010 — Having exhausted every possible scenario to make their way to the United States from their UK homes, the members of Bad Lieutenant – Bernard Sumner, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans, Stephen Morris and Tom Chapman – have determined that there is simply no way for them to play at tomorrow’s Coachella festival. The volcanic ash cloud formed by the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano on Wednesday continues to keep British airspace closed and all flights in and out cancelled.
The band is very disappointed not to be able to play for their fans.
April 15th, 2010
Bad Lieutenant, scheduled to kick off their U.S. concert debut tomorrow night at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, have been forced to cancel the date due to this morning’s volcanic eruption in Iceland that closed British airspace. The band members – Bernard Sumner, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans, Stephen Morris and Tom Chapman – who all live in the UK, had been scheduled to travel today into San Francisco. When British airspace was closed this morning and all flights were cancelled, they were able to get last-minute bookings for tomorrow on a flight that would have put them into San Francisco late in the day; but just moments ago, American Airlines announced that that flight has also been cancelled.
Bad Lieutenant is extremely disappointed in this bizarre turn of events as they had been very much looking forward to coming to the Bay Area. The band’s management is doing everything it can to make an alternative flight itinerary for the remaining dates.
Refunds will be available for ticket holders at the point of purchase.




