FM NEW SINGLE AND ALBUM OUT

40TH ANNIVERSARY (1984–2024)

NEW SINGLE
“WHATEVER IT TAKES”

COINCIDES WITH NEW ALBUM
“OLD HABITS DIE HARD”
RELEASED FRIDAY MAY 3, 2024

To coincide with the Friday May 3rd release of legendary British AOR rock band FM’s fourteenth studio album Old Habits Die Hard, the band have released their new single “Whatever It Takes.” Both album and single celebrate FM’s 40th Anniversary (1984-2024).

Old Habits Die Hard is available to order from https://orcd.co/oldhabitsdiehard.

Watch the official music visualiser for “Whatever It Takes” on YouTube HERE.

The album and single coincides with FM’s 40th Anniversary “Old Habits Die Hard” Anniversary Tour which continues at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham on Friday May 3rd. Tickets for the UK tour are available from www.thegigcartel.com. Full tour dates are listed at the bottom of this press release.

“Whatever It Takes is a classic FM style ballad, and very much looks back to the sound of the band during the ‘Tough It Out’ era,” says FM’s guitarist Jim Kirkpatrick.

Continues Jim, “It has the big FM chorus that our fans know and love. It’s a song that will definitely go down well at live shows. It’s already a favourite amongst the fans and critics who have heard it.”

Released to coincide with the band’s 40th Anniversary (1984 – 2024), vocalist, guitarist and founding member Steve Overland says, “the new album encompasses the best melodic elements of the band’s illustrious 40-year spanning career.”

“We really looked at what made the most popular FM albums great and tried to focus on that,” says Steve about the new album Old Habits Die Hard.

FM are known by many for their big choruses, twin lead guitars and Steve Overland’s
intimate, yet powerful vocals, and clean guitar sound.

Following 2022’s Thirteen album, Old Habits Die Hard was delayed slightly by keyboard player Jem Davis’ cancer diagnosis (thankfully he’s now received the all-clear) and then by the sudden passing of FM’s founding guitarist Chris Overland (Steve’s brother), which hit the band hard.

Over the past 12 months, during their extensive touring schedule, FM produced the album themselves and recorded the bulk of it at their own Dale View and Electric Pepperland recording studios.

“OLD HABITS DIE HARD”
40TH ANNIVERSARY UK TOUR 2024

FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS
BRAVE RIVAL*, COLLATERAL**,
ROMEO’S DAUGHTER***, & HAND OF DIMES****

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
THEGIGCARTEL.COM & FMOFFICIAL.COM

NOTTINGHAM, RESCUE ROOMS
FRIDAY 3 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Collateral**

GATESHEAD, GLASSHOUSE ICM
SATURDAY 4 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Collateral**

LEEDS, BRUDENELL
SUNDAY 5 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Collateral**

BURY ST EDMUNDS, APEX
FRIDAY 10 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Collateral**

BIRMINGHAM, ASYLUM
SATURDAY 11 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Romeo’s Daughter***

CARDIFF, TRAMSHED
FRIDAY 17 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Hand of Dimes ****

NEWBURY, ARLINGTON ARTS
SATURDAY 18 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Collateral**

EXETER, PHOENIX
SUNDAY 19 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Hand of Dimes ****

SOUTHAMPTON, 1865
FRIDAY 24 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Brave Rival*

LONDON, DINGWALLS
SATURDAY 25 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Brave Rival*

GLASGOW, ORAN MOR
FRIDAY 31 MAY 2024
Special Guests: Collateral**

ABERDEEN, LEMON TREE
SATURDAY 1 JUNE 2024
Special Guests: Collateral**