Huey Lewis and the News release new single

Song is first original in nearly 20 years

Huey Lewis and the News have released its first new single from its upcoming album. “Her Love Is Killing Me,” an uptempo blues rocker, is available now from BMG.

Earlier this year, the group signed with BMG to release its tenth studio album. The untitled new album is the band’s first of new original material since 2001 and is due out in 2020. The group’s last studio release was a 2009 LP of R&B covers.

Lewis confirms the songs may be new to most, but they’ll be familiar to fans who have seen them in concert in recent years.

“We were in no hurry with these song,” the singer explains via a press release. “The more we road-tested them, the tighter they got, and I think we ended up with some of our best work.”

The album comes after the group canceled performances in 2018 when Lewis lost much of his hearing due to Meniere’s disease. The news scared fans that the band may be retiring after Lewis shared that the “lower frequencies distort violently making it impossible to find pitch” and “I can’t perform until I improve.”

2020 will mark the group’s 40th anniversary in which its contagious brand of music has outlasted countless trends and is as fresh today as ever. They incorporate a variety of musical influences including R&B and soul to create their own unique sound. Formed from two rival Bay Area bands in 1979, they continue to thrill audiences worldwide, selling over 20 million albums in the process, earning them the right to mark their place on the pop history map.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

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