Brand New singer fluffs live lyrics

By Scott Munro
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Jesse Lacey makes light of blunder at US show by asking for fan’s help

Brand New singer Jesse Lacey forgot the lyrics to their track Millstone at a gig in Albuquerque last weekend.

But he quickly made light of the blunder by asking a fan for his help.

He asked: “You got the lyrics on your phone there, bro?” He then added: “Someone could go buy me a lyric book and I’ll just put it up here and I could put my old man spectacles on.”

The band then restarted the song which this time went without a hitch.

Brand New recently released the track Mene, their first material in six years and will play this year’s Camden Rocks on May 30. They’ll then play four dates across the UK in June with Dinosaur Pile-Up and tour with Basement in September:

Jun 01: Manchester RNCM Concert Hall

Jun 02: Glasgow Art School

Jun 03: Birmingham Glee Club

Jun 04: London Brooklyn

With Basement

Sep 10: Manchester Albert Hall

Sep 11: London Alexandra Palace

Sep 19: Sheffield Academy

Sep 20: Middlesbrough Empire

Sep 21: Edinburgh Usher Hall

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.