Hear: Really Beautiful Version Of Cutting Crew Song
This is a perfect song to add orchestration to.
So, what’s Cutting Crew been up to as of late?
Singer Nick Van Eede:
“Well, with all this horrible stuff going on life is pretty different,” he says, explaining that he’s currently self-isolating with his stepfather. “It will probably never be the same frankly. I live up in a lovely old farmhouse though and we’ve got a big garden so I’m very privileged in that I don’t have to be cooped up too much.”
“We always work abroad,” Nick says, explaining that he also plays in a group called 80s Pioneers (with Steve Norman, Midge Ure, Limahl and Paul Young) and that he had a variety of tour dates and one-offs lined up. “I think I’ve cancelled Zurich, Lille, Basel, Trinidad, Mexico, just thousands and thousands of pounds worth of flights.”
“So yeah, it’ been brutal,” he sighs. “Just to the music business, I think it will see closure of hundreds of clubs, hundreds of theatres, the splitting up of bands, music shops – the landscape will never be the same.”
Switching back to a more positive subject, Nick reveals his plans for the time when the COVID-19 crisis is all over.
“One thing I can definitely tell you, which ties in with the album, is that we are touring next February with the orchestra in the UK. I’ve been told by their manager that I can’t tell you the name of the band, but it’s a big ‘80s band and us with the orchestra. I think there’s six gigs in the tour so far, so that’s really exciting. God willing, we’ll all be alive and kicking still. That’s going to be happening next February and that will be very exciting.”
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