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Next year will mark 25 years since the formation of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, and the Canadian trio have announced that their 10th studio album will arrive early next year.The group — featuring Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing and Colin Linden — have signed to Warner Music Canada ahead of delivering their next studio album King of This Town.Eleven tracks in length, the album is set to arrive January 24. A first taste of the record arrives today with "Cold 100," which you can hear in the player below."We are incredibly honoured to be working with such an important and iconic band," Warner Music Canada president Steve Kane said in a statement. "The fact that 25 years into their career they continue to write such compelling songs and vital music is a true testament to Tom, Stephen and Colin's towering talents."Blackie and the Rodeo Kings have also rolled out a short run of Ontario tour dates for 2020, with more set to be announced in the future. Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday (October 25) at 10 a.m. and will include a digital copy of the new album.

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings have announced their 11th studio album, O Glory, is due to arrive on July 8 through Warner Music.The band are previewing the Colin Linden-produced effort — billed as their most "spiritual and political" musical offering to date — with lead single "O Glory Lost Those Blues Again," which arrives alongside a lyric video to annotate Tom Wilson and Linden's shared vocals.Stephen Fearing said of recording the album remotely during the pandemic:
Like a lot of musicians, after the initial shock of the pandemic lockdown, the impetus became finding ways to connect with the world. Technology has come so far in the last few years, and it has made remote recording possible. I pounced on it. Colin gave me a lot of advice and took charge musically. It was then a matter of coming up with songs and getting them to each other.In addition to their new music, the band have also mapped out a few dates on their 2022 Canadian tour, with stops lined up in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC throughout October, November and December.

Listen to "O Glory Lost Those Blues Again" below, where you'll also find the record's tracklisting and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings' upcoming tour dates.

A most unusual read. It is worth the time since the story is about a criminal, Boston Blackie, who in Robin Hood fashion works to punish the worst offenders to uplift the other criminals that treat each other in a more equitable fashion. It is interesting how this character was modified as movies and radio shows turned the character into one assisting the forces of law and order and censoring the depiction of this "hero" as a true thief.