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Weightless as left the top 40
Wet Wet Wet are one of the most successful Scottish Band in History. They are still going after 22 years. They were barely out of teen years when they begun stardom. They all met at school!!! Marti's nickname is Smiler! Weightless was Wet Wet Wet first top 10 hit in February 2008 in almost 11 years since the number 4 hit double A side Maybe I'm In Love/Yesterday in 1997, Weighless was the 2nd single from the album Timeless and 29th single to date since the start of their career in 1987. Although there were a 7 year gap, and the band were apart 5 of those years. In between Marti pursued a solo Career in 1999 and still does solo stuff as well as work with Wet Wet Wet now into 2009.
BBC reveals feast of festive highlights
LUCINDA CAMERON
The Hogmanay Live show will round off the year with an evening of music at the BBC's Pacific Quay HQ in Glasgow.
Jackie Bird will host the event, with guest musicians including Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, Wet Wet Wet star Marti Pellow and the Glasgow-based singer Amy MacDonald.
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Live on GMTV, Monday 4th February 2008
They've had four number 1 albums and twelve top 10 singles and are back with another great song, bound for the top of the charts.
GM.TV are excited to announce that Wet Wet Wet are set, to appear on the sofa on Monday morning, and will be performing their brand new single "Weightless" from their new album, "Timeless."
History of the Wets
Perhaps the most successful Scottish band of all time, the foursome met in the 1980s at school and formed a band under the name Vortex Motion. The band later changed their name to Wet Wet Wet; a title they took from the Scritti Politti song, "Gettin, Havin' and Holdin'".
The much loved four piece are formed of Marti Pellow (vocals), Tommy Cunningham (drums, vocals), Graeme Clark (bass, vocals) and Neil Mitchell (keyboards, vocals).
In 1988, the Wets scored their first Number 1 hit with a cover version of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends," recorded for the charity ChildLine.
Perhaps their most famous song, 'Love Is All Around' was released in 1994, and became an international success, spending fifteen weeks at the top of the British charts. The song was used on the soundtrack to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Wet Wet Wet released a total of seven albums between 1987 and 1997, the seventh album titled '10' celebrated their ten years as a musical phenomenon.
More recently...
After a brief split in which some members concentrated on solo projects, the band reformed in 2004 and started work on an eighth album.
They completed a 20th anniversary arena tour in December 2007 which stopped at most major UK cities. One of the headline acts at Live 8 in Edinburgh last year, Wet Wet Wet were always renowned for their live performances and these dates proved to be their biggest and best yet.
Wet Wet Wet will be appearing on GMTV on Monday 4th February. Check gm.tv for a further Q&A with the band next week.
Since GMTV In February 2008 Weightless also made the top 10 in February 2008.
Read our exclusive interview with Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet chat to us exclusively about their new single, album and what they want for the future
So tell us a bit more the single and the new album
Graeme -Well the album has been out since November and the new single comes out today. It's been going fine. We've done a tour, it's great to be back out there with a new record. Before when we came back we had a Greatest Hits album, so it was a wee bit of regurgitation and we're not trying to forget the past, but it's nice to bring a bit of the present in there and that's what the new album is- there's some great melodic songs in there.
Tommy – Well said Graeme!
What's the difference between this album and your other ones?
Tommy – Subject matter. I think Wet Wet Wet had a double edged sword, reputation wise – there was the pop side and then the ballads. I think the subject matter within the songs is much more adult –before we just skimmed across the surface. Before it was all smiley, smiley. I think this time there is more depth to it. But it's still about human emotions and usually about relationships – even if it's about you and your dog!
How do you all feel now compared to how you felt when you first got together 25 years ago?
Tommy – Much more tired!
Graeme – It's totally different isn't it? When we first started I was 21. You're fresh-faced and have the arrogance of youth and then you grow up and still hope you have the arrogance of youth even when you're in you're forties! We're still basically trying to write the perfect song and we've not done it yet- so we'll keep going until we can.
Was that one of the reasons you decided to get back together then?
Tommy – 'Unfinished business' is the quote we kind of use. And that's the way it feels. We go back in the studio and we think, right how can we get something that we've never achieved? It's never finished- there's always something you can do. Everyone else always appears better. I was watching an interview with Eric Clapton the other day and he was saying that he feels like he's emulating someone else, even though he's called 'The Legend' and a God, he feels like a fraud. I guess a lot of musicians always feel like that.
What's the best thing about Scotland?
Tommy – The weather! I still stay in Glasgow, my kids are brought up there. It's my home town- it means everything. No matter where else I go in the world I always feel like I'm visiting, even if you're there for 6 months. Glasgow is still home. I've got two sisters that live in Australia and they still think of Glasgow as home.
Graeme – The National Express bus to London!
Neil – I think as you get older, you appreciate things a bit more and you appreciate Scotland, because we had time off when we split up, we had time to travel around Scotland and really appreciate how beautiful it is.
Tommy – I still think the richest thing about Scotland is the people.
If you were stranded on a desert island what one thing what would you take with you?
Graeme – An I-pod, would be handy . A little bit of music is always nice
Tommy – A canoe
Marti - A speedboat
Tommy – Sun tan cream- I've got fair skin – I go bright red and then back to yellow!
If you could achieve anything as a band what would it be?
Tommy – I'd like to do a special gig – something at the Albert Hall. We were lucky enough to touch on it a few years ago, but I'd love to that again with some of the new songs
Neil – I'd like to tour America
Tommy – On the back of a Harley!
Marti – I'd love to do just a bit more touring anywhere
Graeme –It's great to record and make new music, but it's brilliant to go out and play live. If you remember why we started the band in the first place, we all got together in each others houses and played live. It's the life blood of the band, to put on our instruments and create something and that's what it's all about. To do something creative.
