Good news this weekend! Despite the delayed album, Skin will be releasing "Born To Rock and Roll" from the forthcoming album "Breaking The Silence" for free via this website. We're working on making the song available for download this week so stay tuned for that. The other big bit of news is that to support the new album, Skin are making a new music video based on "Born To Rock..." and you can be in it!

The video must be PAL 25fps or NTSC 29.97fps (frames per second) and High Definition or Standard Def is fine. One entry of the song per person will be allowed (i.e. no multiple takes!). If you can only send in raw footage - submit it uncut and unedited. We'll do the rest!

This site will have information on how to submit the video this week - we will make an ftp site available for uploading footage but the fine details are elusive right now...

Not the news we wanted to deliver but there has been a delay with the album release. The album is still with the printers but we should be expecting stock in mid-August. Once we have a confirmed date we'll let you know but apologies to all - this is out of our hands but rest assured we hope the wait will be worth it in the end!

Dear Skin Fans,

The first thing we would like to say is, a big thank to you for giving us 18 amazing months. Your support and loyalty has been overwhelming. When we were asked to get back together, to play at the Download festival, there was a certain amount of hesitancy before we all said yes. We asked questions like, ‘Will anyone remember us? Does anyone care about Skin’s music in 2010?’. Looking back now, it seems incredible that we ever doubted our decision to reunite.

The journey hasn't been easy, as we all have full time jobs, families to look after, and many sacrifices have been made. The response from the fans has made it all worth it. The reunion concert at Download 2009 prompted the decision to make one final album, to say thank you to all the loyal Skins fans that have kept our music and memory alive. The profits from the acoustic album and DVD financed the recording of a new album, which is titled 'Breaking the Silence' (available for pre-order from our website www.skinfreak.co.uk).

To bring this incredible journey to a finale, we are playing a farewell tour in Dec. We have tried to get to most of the major parts of Britain. Availability and timing played a large part of our selection, and we are sorry if we are not coming to a town near you. The dates are as follows:

Toby Jepson (ex Little Angels & Gun), and Matti Alfonzetti (ex Jagged Edge) will be supporting us on the tour as they have done over the past 18 months. We plan to make this the best tour ever, and will be setting up a page on the website asking the fans what songs they want us to play on the tour.

Once again thank you for your support we could not do any of this without you.
Yours sincerely,

Andy, Dicki, Myke and Nev
SKIN