New Song - Tear Down These Houses
The video to the song is below.
On the 20th November, 2007 at The 02, London, Skin's Red Energy Gibson SG Guitar will be put up for auction. The charity auction, held by Gibson Guitartown, is in aid of Robbins Music Therapy, The Prince's Trust and Teenage Cancer Trust. The striking red guitar features a silhouette of Skin and was created by Dan Savage. Currently the guitar is up for pre-auction before going to the actual auction in November. The pre-auction on eBay can be seen by clicking here. More images of the guitar also appear on the eBay page.
It recently emerged that Skin is featured on two tracks on a German artist's album. She contributed to the album from 'Boundzound', an R&B/hip-hop offering from Berlin. The album, also called 'Boundzound' was released in Germany on April 27th, 2007.Steve Jones and Lauren Laverne host a series that travels across the country to present the best in music and entertainment. The dynamic duo return to London to catch the Coral, Roisin Murphy, Gabrielle and Paul Weller.You can also watch the show, when available, by clicking here. The show Skin features in is the London one (not present on the website at the time of this post).
got five songs recorded so far, i'm getting on with it but doing stuff different way this time so its taking a while but its sounding incredible, got a new style going on, very exciting!!!A clip of Squander can be seen here.
skinny xx
Although Skin is relatively quiet in her music career at the moment, venturing into modelling, Fake Chemical State has recently been declared "Gold" in Italy. This means the album has sold over 40,000 copies. Congratulations, Skin!



As the striking front woman of Skunk Anansie, one of the biggest UK rock bandsof the 90s, Skin has sold over 4 million Records. Tonight she reflects on the band's journey and talks about her solo career and her new life in Ibiza.
Skin recently left a message on her official website which said that she can not attend the RoleModel competition (see here) at Café de Paris, London on 12th November, 2006. The event will still go ahead, but Skin will not be on the judging panel. Skin's message was as follows:I am very sorry that I can't be with you all! I was really looking forward to being a judge @ the Role Model Event but important work I have to do in the early hours of the next day make it impossible to fit it in.
I wish all the participants lots of luck, success and fun at I'm sure what will be the party of the year! My sincere apologies for not being able to attend also go out to the brilliant Kim Lucas and G3 Magazine!
Have a great time. Skin
At Skin's last gig of her recent tour (Modena, Italy, 4th November, 2006), it was announced that John Blackburn, Skin's bass player, will leave the band. John has decided to move, making it no longer possible to tour with Skin and the rest of the band.
As previously reported, Fake Chemical State will be re-released in Italy on November 17th, 2006. The V2 Italy website now confirms this and gives details of the content of the bonus DVD. The album tracklisting will remain the same, but the artwork will change. The DVD will feature the following:
According to V2 Italy, 'Fake Chemical State' will be re-released in Italy on the 17th November, 2006. The catalogue for Skin on the website states that this release is a "CD Album with Bonus DVD". There are no further details available about this release yet. Similarly, there are no details about a release outside of Italy listed on sister V2 sites. Check back for more information as it becomes available.
RoleModel is an event in which lesbian and bisexual women participate to be the next lesbian/bisexual supermodel in the UK. Skin will be a guest judge for the final which takes place at Café de Paris, London on 12th November, 2006. The night kicks off at 7:30pm. For more details, click here.
Joining Skin on her forthcoming tour around Europe is Green Lizard, a rock band from The Netherlands. The band will support Skin at all of her gigs with the exception of the Warsaw one. This means they will begin their support in Graz, Austria and conclude in Modena, Italy.
Skin recently created her own, personal page on MySpace. This page will allow her to communicate with fans, whereas the other page exists for promotional purposes and is controlled by fans.
A new remix for 'Purple' has been released in Germany. This remix is by German duet Velten Meyer. The dance song is quite distant from the original version of 'Purple', containing only a few lyrics from the song. It can he heard at the groups' MySpace page here. The commercial release of 'Purple' across Europe as a single is somewhat a mystery but versions of the single are available in The Netherlands and limited numbers in Italy, where is has been getting quite a lot of radio play. It can also be purchased on iTunes and other download stores. As previously reported, 'Nothing But' is likely to be the next release from 'Fake Chemical State'...Rond de concerten zal de nieuwe single Nothing But uitkomen.Which translated means:
...Around the concerts, the new single Nothing But will be released.
It was recently announced that Skin will play another date in Italy in August. The MTV Italia Sunset Big Event festival will see Skin perform on the 4th August, 2006 in Igea Marina (near Rimini). Joining Skin on this day will be Zero 7, Soulwax and 2manydjs. Click here for more details (Italian).
On 16th June, 2006, Skin graced the stage at Italy's Arezzo Wave Love Festival and performed a set lasting more than an hour. The official Arezzo Wave website now allows you to watch this performance online for free. Click here to see Skin perform at the festival.
Hideous Man, a short film from fashion designer Bella Freud, written and directed by John Malkovich, features an all star lineup including Skin. Released in 2002, the film can now be viewed on Bella Freuds' website by clicking here. Many thanks to Skin's forum member 'Ludo' for tracking down the film.
Skin's recent appearance at Alcatraz, Milan for All Music will be repeated tomorrow, Wednesday 5th July, 2006, at 21:00 (Italy). All Music can be viewed online by visiting this link and clicking on "Play Now" close to the top.
After her performance, Skin did an interview at Southside Festival, Germany for Das Ding. Click here to see the interview (Real Media). Skin's show at Southside will also be broadcast (via radio) on the 16th July, 2006 on Das Ding. You can listen to this on the Das Ding website at www.dasding.de - Click on Dasding Webradio.)
DRS3 (radio) in Switzerland, will broadcast the Gurtenfestival live on the 14th July, 2006. this will be broadcast from 20:03 until 23:59. Link... - Click on Webradio on the righ thand panel. In the pop-up window, select your preferred method of listening (either Real Media or Windows Media, then click "Speichern").Firstly I would like to appologize to everybody disappointed at not being able to see me perform at Naples this evening. I tried everything I could to be able to go on stage but this was made impossible at the last minute and I was put in a ridiculous situation. I am bitterly upset and angry especially as we had rehearsed special songs exclusively for my Napolitan fans who have always been close to my heart. I also would like to appologize to whoever has to clear up my dressing room - I kind of lost my temper! I do look forward to my gig at Arrezzo Wave where I will have a proper chance to rock out! All my Love Skin






A member of Skin's forum (Theo) recently received an email from the V2 UK team. The email said the video will be shot this week and Purple may be released in a couple of months time.Hi Theo,
this will get a UK release but no date has been confirmed yet and I dont have details of the B sides yet.
Video will be shot tomorrow so I guess it wont be released for a couple of months yet
Sorry I cant tell you more at this time.
As previously reported, Purple will be released as a single in the Netherlands. The CD single will contain 4 tracks and the download EP will contain an extra track; a live acoustic version of Nothing But.
According to V2 Netherlands, Purple will be the third single to be released in the Netherlands. The single will be released with 3 extra acoustic-live tracks: Just Let The Sun, Purple and Hedonism which were recorded on a live session for 3FM on the 22nd of April, 2006. It is not clear whether the single will be released elsewhere; the V2 site claims that it is a special release for the Netherlands only. The cover featured is on the left. The release date in the Netherlands is May 29th, 2006.Purple is de opvolger van de hit Just Let The Sun en, inclusief de download-only track Alone In My Room, de derde single van het album Fake Chemical State. Deze single is speciaal voor Nederland gemaakt en bevat naast de albumversie van Purple de drie akoestische live-tracks Just Let The Sun, Purple en de Skunk Anansie-klassieker Hedonism. Deze werden op 22 april jl. opgenomen tijdens de That’s Live sessie van BNN/3FM. Op maandag 5 juni is SKIN te zien op het hoofdpodium van Pinkpop.
'Purple' is the follow up to 'Just Let The Sun', and including the download only track 'Alone in my Room', it is the third single to be taken from 'Fake Chemical State'. The single has been specially produced for the Netherlands featuring the album version of 'Purple' and includes three live-acoustic tracks; 'Just Let The Sun', 'Purple' and the Skunk Anansie classic 'Hedonism'. These are taken from the That's Live session for BNN/3FM on the 22nd April. On Monday, 5th June, Skin will head the stage of Pinkpop.
It was recently announced that Skin will be playing Roskilde Festival in Denmark, one of the two biggest festivals in Europe. She'll join the likes of The Happy Mondays and Guns n' Roses at the festival which takes place between June 29th and July 2nd, 2006. The schedule won't be ready until close to the event, though.
Skin will be performing in Poland at the Heineken Open'er Festival which takes place between July 6th to the 8th, 2006. her perfomance date isn't confirmed yet, though. (link...)