German Fans - Win a Trip to London to see Skin!

Fans in Germany have the chance to win a trip to London to see Skin's gig on March 29th. The prize will include flights, overnight accommodation, entrance to the gig and you also get to meet Skin!

To enter the competition, tune into 'Dasding' on February 28th at 19:00. To check out how you can receive this station in your area, click here. Alternatively, listen online from here.

Listen to Previews of Just Let The Sun's B-Sides

As previously reported, Just Let The Sun will be released with two b-sides, which are Only Vultures and Petrol Station Flowers. 7Digital, a legal music download website, has short previews of these tracks which you can listen to by clicking the links below.

Only Vultures

Petrol Station Flowers

You will need Windows Media Player to listen to these samples. The single is released on CD in most places on or around the 6th March, 2006.

Fake Chemical State - Bonus Track in Japan

As previously reported, Japan's release of Fake Chemical State will include a bonus track. According to V2 Japan's website, this track will be called 'Cheating Myself'. Click here to see the listing. HMV Japan list the track as being called 'Cheating On Myself'

This means that, so far, three non-album tracks will be available. 'Only Vultures' and 'Petrol Station Flowers' will feature on the 'Just Let The Sun' CD Single.

Having problems watching Just Let The Sun's video?

As some people have been having difficulty in viewing the Just Let The Sun video on the Kerrang site, I have uploaded it to YouTube, which allows you to view the video in your browser using Flash. Most people have this installed as standard. Click here to see this version (recommended for people who cannot see the embedded versions on various websites. Various other Skin and Skunk Anansie videos are here, too).

Note: the embedded video on this page (Skin News) has been removed to speed up loading times.

Just Let The Sun - Out Now (Digital only)

Just Let The Sun is now available to download from most online retailers, such as iTunes and 7Digital. The CD single will still be released on the 6th March, 2006 on the highstreet, but it has been released digitally on February 20th, 2006.

Skin's European Tour and Performance in London

After Skin's Fake Chemical State tour in the UK, she embarks upon a tour around the rest of Europe. Dates are shown below:

• Saturday 22nd April: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
  
• Sunday 23rd April: Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
• Tuesday 25th April - Paris, France - La Trabendo
• Wednesday 26th April: Bourges, France - Printemps de Bourges
• Saturday 29th April: Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
• Sunday 20th April: Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
• Tuesday 2nd May: Vienna, Austria - Szene Wein
• Thursday 4th May: Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone
• Friday 5th May: Treviso, Italy - New Age Club
• Saturday 6th May: Rimini, Italy - Velvet Club
• Sunday 7th May: Munich, Germany - Kleine Elserhalle
• Tuesday 9th May: Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle

Tickets are on sale very soon.

For fans in the UK, Skin will be performing at Gaydar Girls' official launch party at Café de Paris, London on Thursday 2nd March, 2006. The night starts at 10:30PM until 2AM. Prices for tickets are £9 normal/£5 with an NUS card.

Skin on the Culture Show - BBC2, 7.30PM, Feb 23rd

Tonights edition of the Culture Show on BBC Two (16th Feb), mentioned that Skin will feature in next weeks edition of the show, which is broadcast on Thursday, February 23rd, BBC Two at 7.30pm. Skin will be presenting a feature on Tomb Raider (Lara Croft), as part of the shows Great British Design Quest. The show is repeated at 11:20PM the same night.

Skin on TRL on MTV Italia - March 9th, 2006

Those lucky Italian fans are in for another doseage of Skin. She will be appearing on MTV Italia's version of TRL on the 9th of March, 2006. TLR is broadcast from the balcony of 'Piazza Duomo' in Milan between 14:00 and 15:00 (Local time), so fans in the area may catch a glimpse of Skin when she appears on the show.

You can also vote for Skin's new video, Just Let The Sun, to be played on MTV Italia's TRL by clicking here. It doesn't matter where you are from in the world, you can still vote. Simply click the link, scroll down to Skin's video and click "vota".

Fans in the UK can request 'Just Let The Sun' on Kerrang TV, by calling 09056 525 666 (£1 per call) and selecting number 564.

German fans can also vote for Skin on MTV Deutschland's version of TRL by emailing trl@mtv.de and asking for her video to be played.

Remember, you can also email, phone and text your local and national radio stations and ask them to play 'Just Let The Sun'.

Download 'Just Let The Sun' - FREE and Legally!

'Just Let The Sun' has been released as a limited time, FREE download to entice fans. The download is protected and will expire on Feb 22nd. The single will still be released in shops on March 6th and online on March 20th.

To download the single, click here (you need to create an account or sign in to 7Digital in order to do so).

Album Details

The release date of Fake Chemical State is approaching, so here are details of the album in full. All the tracks were produced by Gordon Rapheal (The Strokes producer) and Skin except where stated with *.

1. Alone In My Room

Length: 2:39
Written by: Skin/Paul Draper
* Produced by Skin and Paul Draper

2. She's On

Length: 3:16
Written by: Skin/Paul Draper

3. Movin'

Length: 3:58
Written by: Skin

4. Just Let The Sun

Length: 3:46
Written by: Skin/Paul Draper

5. Purple

Length: 3:42
Written by: Skin/Gary Clarke

6. Don't Need A Reason

Length: 3:47
Written by: Skin/Elliot King/Ben Christophers/John Blackburn/Wayne Riches

7. Nothing But

Length: 3:50
Written by: Skin

8. Take Me On

Length: 4:08
Written by: Skin/Paul Draper
Note: Recorded with Marlene Kuntz

9. Fooling Yourself

Length: 3:09
Written by: Skin/Len Arran

10. Falling For You

Length: 3:41 (note the difference from the V2 stated time)
Written by: Skin/Len Arran

Total length: 35:59

Photograph by: Derrick Santini. Art direction by Stylorouge London (They also produced the Fleshwounds re-release by Skin and designed her official website.)

Catalogue number: VVR1036222

The album is appearing on most major online retailers, but remember to buy from the shops, as this will count towards the chart position (whereas several online retailers do not). The lyrics can be seen in a previous post.

Note: This information is taken from the promotional version of Fake Chemical State.

Just Let The Sun - Two B-Sides

Listed on the V2 Netherlands' official website, Just Let The Sun contains two B-Sides. As speculated previously, Only Vultures and Petrol Station Flowers will be included on the single. The tracklisting is as follows:

1.	"Just Let The Sun"
2.	"Only Vultures"
3.	"Petrol Station Flowers'"

Single and Album Date Confirmed - 6th and 20th March

A member of Skin's team recently announced that the single, Just Let The Sun, will be released on March 6th, 2006. Although some release schedules said Fake Chemical State will be released on April 3rd, 2006, it will in fact be released during Skin's tour on March 20th, 2006. This means that the album is released before Skin's gig in Manchester, but after her gigs in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sheffield.