CHAMELEONS VOX have revealed they will be returning to Manchester Academy for their third annual hometown celebration. The Home Is Where The Heart Is series has seen the Chameleons Vox mastermind Mark Burgess unearth forgotten gems and glittering rarities from the band’s back catalogue for these annual shows. Promising a cathartic exploration through the band’s […]
Chameleons Vox will play two of their classic albums in their entirety at two Manchester gigs later this month. The Middleton band, fronted by Mark Burgess, will play 1985’s What Does Anything Mean? on Friday, December 19, followed by 1986’s Strange Times on Saturday, December 20. Both gigs will be played at Manchester’s Academy 2, […]
– SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER – My boss insists that I need to go and see a band called The Chameleons (I have to admit I have never heard of them) as part of my essential musical education. A reformed 80’sManchesterband. I am surprised that when we arrive at Sound Control at around 9pm a tout […]
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – The sign outside Manchester’s coolest gig venue reads ‘Sold Out’. There’s a large crowd milling around, most with tickets and a few poor sods without. So what’s the difference between Chameleons Vox and the band of old? Well musically, almost nothing. Mark Burgess has handed his bass guitar to […]