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The Charlatans News

The Charlatans to release documentary on the making of 'Tellin' Stories'

Britpop band's documentary 'Mountain Picnic Blues' will be released on May 13

  • Apr 12, 2013

The Charlatans to release 'Tellin' Stories' documentary next year – watch

'Mountain Picnic Blues' will delve into 1997 album 'Tellin' Stories'

  • Dec 19, 2012

Crime writer Ian Rankin teams up with Charlatans man Tim Burgess for debut single

Inspector Rebus author to release 'A Little Bit of Powder' later this month

  • Nov 19, 2012

Tim Burgess: 'The Charlatans will release a new album next year'

The 'baggy' legends have begun writing their twelfth record

  • Sep 8, 2012

The Charlatans replace Dappy at this weekend's V Festival

Organisers also confirm that LMFAO will play the event after all

  • Aug 15, 2012

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The Charlatans Reviews

Album Review: The Charlatans - Who We Touch

Album Review: The Charlatans - Who We Touch

Madchester vets fail to keep the momentum going on album number eleven

  • Sep 17, 2010

Charlatans : We Gotta Have Peace

More falsetto from Burgess and boys

  • Jul 21, 2005

Charlatans : Manchester University

Nice like that painting of hat-wearing dogs playing pool...

  • Jul 23, 2002

Charlatans : Live It Like You Love It

This live album goes some way towards explaining their endearing endurance

  • Jul 23, 2002

Charlatans : Songs From The Other Side

Great singles band’s patchy B-sides collection...

  • May 10, 2002

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The Charlatans Biography

The Charlatans (known in the United States as The Charlatans UK) are an English alternative rock band. The band's line-up currently comprises lead vocalist Tim Burgess, guitarist Mark Collins, bassist Martin Blunt, keyboardist Tony Rogers and drummer Jon Brookes.

Former members of the band include guitarist Jon Day (Jonathan Baker) (1989-1991), vocalist Baz Ketley (1989) and keyboardist Rob Collins (1989-1996), who died in a car accident during recording of their fifth album.

In the UK, all of the band's eleven studio albums have charted in the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, three of them being number ones. They have also achieved seventeen Top 30 singles, and four Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart.

On 6th May 2013, they release a documentary and live DVD "Mountain Picnic Blues" about The Charlatans' 1997 LP Tellin' Stories, from its creation in 1997 to the 15th anniversary of the album..

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