Marc Almond celebrates 30 years with 'Varieté' album

"Varieté" is Marc Almond's first complete album of self-written songs since "Open All Night", launched over a decade ago. The first 3000 copies of the album will be released in a limited edition digipak with an exclusive 7-tracks bonus acoustic CD featuring additional unreleased tracks and a 16 pages booklet, while the regular editon includes CD1 only. 2010 being Almond's 30th year in business as a recording artist, the album "Varieté" revisits the eras of his personal and musical life providing an insight into what defines him as a performer.

Almond: "The album deals with the themes of the changing times, a yearning for simplicity, regret at loss, growing older, loneliness through the eyes of a performer, madness, letting go, acceptance, as well as our obsession with nostalgia. For me the past and a sense of history is what gives us soul and humanity, gives us value. I wanted to celebrate nostalgia."

Almond is joined by long-term musical collaborators Neal Whitmore, Martin Watkins, Dave Ruffy and Carl Holt. The album also features a selection of diverse musical guests and collaborators. Released on Strike Force.