A new exhibit at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL entitled "The State of Sound: A World of Music From Illinois" will include SHOES and display a custom guitar made for the band by Hamer Guitars…

In commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the original release of the Present Tense album, the book; "Birth of A Band, The Record Deal and The Making of Present Tense" by Jeff Murphy is being re-released as a special 40th…

A new 7" vinyl single of 2 songs from the Ignition album is set to be released on June 15th by the Spanish label; You Are The Cosmos.  The single features "The Joke's On You" for side A and "Wrong…

The NEW "Elektrafied: The Elektra Years 1979-1982" 4-disc, 90 track box set from Cherry Red Records UK is now available in the US as an import!  We'd like to encourage folks to purchase from their local indie record shop or…

Our friends at Cherry Red Records in the UK have put together another great box set of Shoes archival and previously unreleased tracks called; "Shoes Elektrafied-The Elektra Years 1979-1982".  The 4 disc, 90-track collection includes the 3 Elektra album releases…

With 2019 marking the 40th Anniversary for the release of the Present Tense album, Magnet Magazine ran this interview about recording that album in England and working with Mike Stone (Queen, Asia, Journey, Whitesnake). Also discussed is the news of…

On June 7th Cheap Trick played a show at the Genesee Theatre in their old stomping grounds of Waukegan, IL.  John and Gary (Jeff was out of town) decided to go to the show and pop backstage before the gig…

For those of you that enjoy reading music reviews, here are a few more that have come to our attention:

http://www.musictap.com/2018/09/06/review-black-vinyl-shoes-anthology-1973-1978-shoes/

https://www.normanrecords.com/records/172262-shoes-black-vinyl-shoes

http://www.realgonerocks.com/2018/08/shoes-black-vinyl-shoes-anothology-1973-1978/

The BVS Anthology box set started shipping on friday, 8/31/18 and the pre-order sales on Amazon helped it to bounce into their top 300 of the Best Sellers Ranking in CD Releases!

Not being released domestically, the initial reviews…

The new Black Vinyl Shoes Anthology 1973-1978 box set is currently available for Pre-order from Amazon.  But, we have discovered that it is listed INCORRECTLY on their website under THE Shoes (oh, brother) and under the erroneous name of Black…

A new 3-disc boxset called Black Vinyl Shoes Anthology 1973-1978 is coming August 31 from the UK label Cherry Red Records.  This 58 track compilation features remastered versions of the Black Vinyl Shoes album, the One In Versailles album and…

Yes, SHOES will be venturing out to do our first live show in over 3 years on friday, August 11th, 2017 at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL!  Teaming up with our pals in The Dwight Twilley Band and…