THE MILK MEN, one of the most popular and well-known blues rock bands on the UK circuit, are releasing a live album recorded at their very own festival, Milkfest, held in February for charity at the Indigo at the O2 in London. Live at Milkfest is a 9-song souvenir of the band’s performance at the festival, which they founded and hosted as a one-day celebration of British Blues, all in aid of the Brain Tumour Charity.
Released on May 16th, Live at Milkfest was recorded completely live in mono from a two-track feed from the mixing desk. The album is available to pre-order on CD now from here, with 25% of physical pre-order sales will be donated to The Brain Tumour Charity. A vinyl copy will be available to order shortly.
Guitarist and Milkfest organiser Adam says: “Live at Milkfest is a good old-fashioned live album like you used to hear in the 70s… it’s not slick, it’s not polished – it’s raw, rough’n’ready and has absolutely no overdubs on it anywhere – unlike pretty much every live album you have ever heard and loved!”
Singer Jamie adds: “We grew up loving live albums such as The Who’s Live at Leeds, The Stone’s Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out, Queen’s Live Killers and Dr Feelgood’s Stupidity. We wanted to capture the raw feel in the performances on those albums, and we hope Live at Milkfest does that. The difference is…all of those albums were overdubbed….and ours isn’t”.
Recorded by Leo Mansell and mastered and edited by Wayne Proctor, the album features a sensational cover photo by Paul Dubbelman, and a cameo on Hammond organ by Paul Long. Sadly Todd Sharpville’s guest appearance with the band had to be omitted due to a technical hitch, but at least his dog Genghis has made the artwork! Every Milk Men album is represented on the album, which also includes a ferocious cover of The Who’s Pinball Wizard.
The track listing is: 1.Shoot The Lights 2. Hungover 3.Cheap Seats 4. Fabulous 5. Give Me A Reason 6. One Man Band 7. Little Miss Attention 8. Pinball Wizard 9. She Don’t Like Rock’n’Roll
The album will be preceded by a live single, Fabulous, which will come out on May 2nd. Both the single and album will be available for digital download. The Milk Men have been nominated for 8 British Blues Awards, and are UK Blues Challenge finalists. In 2024 they had a number 1 single and album on the blues charts. The band has headlined festivals all over the UK. Milkfest ’26 will run on March 1st next year in aid of Dementia UK.
Pre-order LIVE AT MILKFEST on CD now here.
2025 TOUR DATES
Sunday 6th April – Black Frog Blues Club, The Hot Box, Chelmsford
Thursday 1st May – Eel Pie Club, Twickenham
Saturday 3rd May – Bosworth Blues Festival
Sunday 11th May – Ipswich Jazz & Blues at Venue 16
Thursday 12th June – The Red Arrow, Ramsgate
Friday 20th June – Leeds Blues Club
Saturday 21st June – Private Party, York (Private Party)
Tuesday 24th June – 100 Club, Headline Gig!
Saturday 28th June – Emsworth Blues Club Summer Festival
Saturday 5th July – Borough Blues Summer Festival, Wales (Headline)
Saturday 2nd August – Cambridge Rock Festival
Friday 15th August – Old Bush Blues Festival, Worcester
Thursday 28th August – The Half Moon, Putney (w/Dirt Road Band)
Sunday 21st September – Kinross, Scotland (w/Dirt Road Band)
Saturday 27th September – Louth Blues Club, Lincolnshire
Saturday 4th October – Swanage Blues Festival
Friday 17th October – John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Saturday 15th November November – Bosworth Village Hal
Thursday 20th November – Cavern Free House, Raynes Park, London
Saturday 22nd November – Boogaloo Blues Weekend, Bournemouth
Saturday 6th December – Blues at Barleylands, Billericay, Essex 2pm
Saturday 13th December – International Arts Centre, Leicester
