As we countdown the launch of The Enemy Social Disguises album, it's time to take a look back over the last 19 years and find out what fans have been listening from from the first four albums.
The fifth most played songs from the first four albums are:
These tracks demonstrate the mix of music that fans of The Enemy have come to appreciate over the year's and the new album is expected to deliver some new fan favourites later this month.
Check out which four tracks make the number four slot in the next Album Launch Countdown.
The Enemy are heading back to America for several gigs, they will be joining good mates, Reverend And The Makers. Two dates have been announced for New York City and West Hollywood in California. Tom, Liam and Andy will fly straight over after they finish their latest UK tour, which ends in Liverpool on Friday 9th March 2013 - but will have no time for jet lag as they will be performing on Monday 11th March the Knitting Factory, Brooklyn in New York.
The Coventry lads were in America last January recording their third album 'Streets In The Sky' with Joby J Ford but last performed live gigs in several locations back in 2008. This time The Enemy are performing with Reverend And The Makers at two locations:
Monday 11th March 2013 - Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, New York Wednesday 20th March 2013 - Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, Califoria
Pictures from The Enemy 2008 American Tour can be seen: HERE
A string of gigs left The Enemy front man voiceless at the weekend, forcing Tom Clarke to announce the band would not be able to play their final Scottish date at Fat Sam's in Dundee. The gig has been rescheduled for Sunday 28th October, meaning it will now be the final gig for the 'Streets In The Sky' tour.
Tom Clarke gave a personally written apology to fans via his blog saying, "We've been playing the longest sets we've ever done to try to give everyone the show they've always wanted, but I'm gutted to tell you that the strain has taken its toll on my voice, and I've got to rest it for a couple of days for it to come back. As a result, the show tonight in Dundee is having to be rescheduled. It's especially gutting for us because coming up to Scotland to play to what we consider the best crowds in the world, is always what we look forward to most on a tour."
Tom went on to say, "I know that you were all looking forward to it too, we're so frustrated but there's no quick fix for a broken voice." Tom went on Twitter to answer fans questions on Sunday afternoon, with most offering words of support and 'get well soon' wishes. He was hoping to throw in a few extra songs at the rescheduled gig at the end of the month.
The tour has been a hit with fans, even though bassist Andy Hopkins might need to stock up on footwear after stage diving each night has left him without his trainers on more than one occasion. It was left to fellow band mate Liam Watts to carry him on his back from one of the Scottish gigs after fans nabbed Andy's footwear during his crowd surfing.
Tom Clarke is heading to the doctors on Monday and the rest of the tour should continue as planned, with Newcastle on Tuesday night and a string of English dates for the rest of the week. Tom concluded, "I HATE rescheduling a show. I really hate it, but sometimes it's unavoidable" as he spoke about the Dundee date.
The Enemy began their UK in the seaside town of Weston Super Mare on Friday 28th September 2012, with support from Dexters and The Antics. Songs from the new album 'Streets In The Sky' featured prominently during the packed gig.
Fans have been full of praise as The Enemy returned for their first full headline tour since November 2009. Nick Golledge said, "Great set last night, every song a belter. Whole crowd were right into the new songs. Good luck for the rest of the tour hope it's as mental as it was down the front last night." While Ashley Lapham wrote, "awesome set last night boys, smashed it. Guitars sounded top notch and I was surprised that the pier turned out to be a decent venue!"
The Enemy - "It's A Race" @ Weston Super Mare (filmed by Amy Langham)
Over on Twitter, Kev Coath said the Weston Super Mare performance was the best gig he have been to. Meanwhile Haydn Lewis summed up his feelings by saying The Enemy "smashed it at Weston on Friday." In a review of the gig Rhys Buchanan described it as "punchy, aggressive and manic ..... Tom certainly knows how to stoke a crowd." It seems that The Enemy hit all the right notes with fans and the rest of the tour looks like being a winning formula for fans around the country.
The Enemy - "2 Kids" @ Weston Super Mare (filmed by Amy Langham)
It's been a busy summer for The Enemy with several festivals (including T In The Park and V), a roof top Wembley Stadium FA Cup Final performance and a house move for Tom Clarke just ahead of the UK 'Streets In The Sky' Tour.
The tour kicks off at The Pier in the seaside town Weston-Super-Mare this Friday (September 28th) and will be touring the UK throughout October (tickets available from Ticketmaster and See Tickets) including two Midland dates at Leamington Spa on October 4th and Birmingham on October 26th. Tom Clarke and Andy Hopkins revealed the longest tour setlist so far to fans this week, with seven tracks from the new album 'Streets In The Sky'. Firm favourites also feature on the setlist, with 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' and 'This Song' included.
Tom Clarke has spent this week in his new house after selling the farm, returning from the wilderness into a more normal surrounding. This didn't stop him popping along to Coventry's Godiva In The Square music festival on Sunday, as he showed his support for local music and also gave his mates from Dexters a lift up from London. The rain might have soaked those in attendance but it was good to know real guitar music is still alive and well in the UK.
Dexters @ Godiva Festival In The Square, Coventry.
Meanwhile Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts (top picture) have been keeping themselves busy before the tour begins - the pair have been getting the studio room project started and hopefully the tracks for the fourth album will be practiced in there over the coming months. The Enemy want to be able to help unsigned bands and the studio room could offer opportunities for up and coming bands. Midland band The Antics will be supporting The Enemy throughout the 'Streets In The Sky' tour.
Fans of The Enemy will be checking out the Coventry bands Facebook page with anticipation over the coming days after the lads promised they would give fans a free download once the page hits 100,000 'likes'. The page has so far racked up an impressive 98,260 likes and the band want to top the 100,000 mark over the coming days.
The Enemy have treated fans with two free downloads over the past year with 'Gimme The Sign' ahead of the 'Streets In The Sky' album launch and 'This Is Real', an early version of the song that later became a track on the album with the words changed to include the album title in the lyrics.
Once the Facebook page reached 100,000 then The Enemy will be offering all fans the chance to download something special from their page. Tom, Andy and Liam are also putting on a free gig at London's Hyde Park on Thursday 9th August 2012, taking to the stage at 9pm (performance changed from advertised 10pm). They told fans, "Team GB are smashing it this week, third in the Olympics leaderboard, and to show our support we're playing a free gig with for BT London Live. You can watch some of the days action on the big screen, then catch live tracks from us lot." For more details on the free gig, head over to the BT London Live website.
The Enemy will be performing at V and Belsonic festival later this month and then they will be touring the UK, full details on the links below.
It took a bit of time and lots of pressure from the band and fans for the BBC to finally get the complete set of The Enemy from the electric T In The Park performance.
Tom Clarke described it saying, "it's by far my favourite 50 minutes of my life so far". He went on to praise fans for sticking up for the band and the BBC for getting the gig online.
Within an hour The Enemy's performance had become the 5th most shared act from T In The Park.
The Enemy took time out during their performance at T In The Park and spoke to NME.COM. Tom Clarke spoke about the new album reaching top ten because of the loyal fans.
The Enemy performed 'Saturday' during their set at T In The Park and the BBC were on hand to record it. Great to view the crowd response during the song......
The Enemy will be releasing 'Like A Dancer' as the next track from the album 'Streets In The Sky' on July 23rd 2012. The Coventry band will be touring this autumn after several summer festivals. Tom Clarke has been revealing who will be supporting the band on his blog.
Here is the official video and lyrics for The Enemy 'Like A Dancer' - filmed on location in Glasgow during the gig at Barrowlands.
The Enemy - Like A Dancer (Lyrics)
Standing in the rain, bus is late again, she's been waiting for the answer She won't go away, until it comes her way, she won't miss another chance And it's hard to take, but she's hard to break And it's hard
There's a twinkle in her little eye, and just for a minute, she feels like a dancer If you let her in, then she'll stay for life, cause she feels like a dancer Like a dancer, like a dancer tonight
On a single bed, where she lays her head, she thinks about tomorrow And she doesn't know, that she's beautiful, but you know it shows And it's hard to take, but she's hard to break Said it's hard to take
There's a twinkle in her little eye, and just for a minute, she feels like a dancer If you let her in, then she'll stay for life, there's a twinkle in her little eye And she feels like a dancer If you let her in, then she'll stay for life
And tonight's the night, that she will find it, in her eyes the lights, are all shining She feels like a dancer, feels like a dancer As she slips away again
There's a twinkle in her little eye And just for a minute she feels like a dancer If you let her in, then she'll stay for life, cause she feels like a dancer
There's a twinkle in her little eye and just for a minute she feels like a dancer If you let her in, then she'll stay for life, cause she feels like a dancer
The Enemy will be revealing their video for the next single from 'Streets In The Sky' this week. Fans from the recent Glasgow gig feature in 'Like A Dancer' and here are a selection of pictures from the video (as seen on The Enemy facebook page)
Scottish and Welsh fans will get to enjoy The Enemy on tour later this year as more dates are set to be added to the autumn tour that was revealed yesterday (08/06/12).
English fans will have fifteen gigs to choose from the end of September but the band will not be solely touring in England, Tom Clarke told Scottish fans, "there will be dates, we just can't announce them yet." Speaking on his twitter page, Tom wanted Welsh fans not to miss out - saying he had, "spent all evening discussing dates in Wales, so fear not!" Back in 2009, The Enemy performed a gig at Cardiff University during the 'Music For The People' tour.
While no mention has been made about Irish dates yet, The Enemy will visit Belfast (Northern Ireland) for Belsonic on August 20th . Tom, Liam and Andy performed several gigs in Ireland during 2009 - including Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Belfast.
