Gerry Cinnamon releases Diamonds In the Mud from Live at Hampden Park

The phenomenon that is Gerry Cinnamon is currently in the studio recording his third album.

In the meantime, he is releasing a further taste of the incredible new live album that relives how he closed his UK summer dates for 2022 - in epic style in front of 100,000 people at Scotlands national football stadium on July 16 and 17th.

Diamonds In The Mud is a favourite from his debut album, Erratic Cinematic - a song about the characters he encountered growing up in Glasgow, an ode to the people who make it all worthwhile, "Ive been all around the world, But, theres nowhere compares to my hometown," sings Gerry, "No the best place, but theres diamonds in the mud." The song was embraced as their anthem by the home crowd.

Says Gerry, "A tune about growing up in my hometown with a wee mention of some of the characters Ive met and loved along the way.
Played it all over the world and folk sing it about their own hometown about the mad characters they know and love. Its a mad beautiful thing.
From day one people have always reacted in a different way to Diamonds than they do other songs. A different energy. Like a coming together kinda thing its hard to put into words but you feel it.

Chanting it with 100,000 in the national stadium across the back from my wee grannys window took it to a different emotional level tbh. I can handle most situations no problem but that was a bit overwhelming. Felt like a mad dream."

THE live record of summer 2022, Gerry is releasing a double album, a stunning celebration of those historic gigs, capturing the energy and raucous chemistry generated between the hometown hero and his amazing fans.

Gerrys gigs have become folklore – joyous mass fan singalongs inspiring devotion and a dedicated following that has swelled, via word-of-mouth, to global proportions. And Hampden did not disappoint. The live album Live at Hampden Park showcases that unique bond between artist and crowd that makes live music such a life affirming experience - and stands as a memento of that special summer when music came roaring back to the fans.

The two history-making homecoming shows at Hampden Park, the conclusion of Gerrys record-breaking 2021-2022 tour, delivered as expected. First announced in 2019 but delayed due to the pandemic, it was clear that the massed ranks of Gerrys followers, who snapped up every ticket in a matter of hours, were ready to party. Gerry made history as the first independent act and indeed the first Scot to sell out multiple nights at the national stadium.

Drawing on his two hit albums with songs that generate a legendary live experience the live album includes Dark Days, Sun Queen, Ghost, Where Were Going and platinum-certified singles Sometimes and Belter It also features the first flavour of new music, with previously unreleased track Sacred, a stunning tribute to his hero Billy Connolly with his own rendition of I Wish I Was in Glasgow, and fan favourite Discoland.

Gerry says, "Live album out July. Been meaning to do it forever. Said before, the crowd are part of the band and the tunes are only complete when youre all chanting.. Had to be done for Hampden."

The continuing ascent of Gerry Cinnamon is one of contemporary musics most outstanding stories. Rising from a self-released debut album (2017s Erratic Cinematic, which has since gone Platinum), Gerry has become a stadium, arena and castle-filling headliner. In 2020, his hotly anticipated second album The Bonny shot straight to Number 1 in the Official Album Charts in the UK and became the third biggest selling UK album released that year.
And as a multi-platinum selling artist whose revealing and honest songs naturally connect with a huge and devoted audience, hes achieved it all entirely independently.

Having organically built up a huge following over the past 5 years, Gerry has become the UKs biggest independent artist.

The two history-making homecoming shows at Hampden Park concluded Gerrys record-breaking 2021-2022 tour. His 350,000-capacity UK and Ireland tour, originally due to happen in 2020, included sold out shows at Birmingham and Manchester Arenas, Londons iconic Alexandra Palace, the 25,000 capacity Malahide Castle, Dublin, and Musgrave Park Stadium, Cork. He also headlined at Swanseas Singleton Park, the second biggest show ever held in the Welsh city, AND set the record as the first artist to sell out three headline shows at the Belsonic, Belfast, playing to over 60,000 fans.

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