THE WATERBOYS announce new album ‘Life, Death And Dennis Hopper’ ft. guests Bruce Springsteen, and Steve Earle

THE WATERBOYS have today released news of their sixteenth studio album, ‘Life, Death And Dennis Hopper,’ released April 4 on Sun Records.

The long player features the epic story of the trailblazing American actor and rebel told through a song cycle depicting not only Hopper’s tale, but the saga of the last 75 years of western pop culture.

“The arc of his life was the story of our times,” said band leader, Mike Scott, “He was at the big bang of youth culture in Rebel Without A Cause with James Dean, and the beginnings of Pop Art with the young Andy Warhol. He was part of the counterculture, hippie, civil rights and psychedelic scenes of the ‘60s.

“In the ‘70s and ‘80s he went on a wild 10-year rip, almost died, came back, got straight and became a five-movies-a-year character actor without losing the sparkle in his eye or the sense of danger or unpredictability that always gathered around him.”

The album’s first track drop, ‘Hopper’s On Top (Genius)’ will be unveiled on streaming and video services this Friday, January 10, with the song capturing the electric, heady moment when Hopper’s ‘Easy Rider’ became a cultural phenomenon, and cemented his place in Hollywood history.

The Waterboys will embark on a lengthy UK and Irish tour in support of the album, beginning in Basingstoke on May 1^st, for further details visit: The Waterboys

(Photo (c) Paul MacManus)