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Legendary record label owner and manager Alan McGee has relaunched his company Creative Management, signing the Jesus and Mary Chain as his first act.
Creation was one of the biggest labels in the 1980s and 90s, releasing LPs from the likes of Primal Scream, Oasis, My Bloody Valentine and Super Furry Animals, as well as the Jesus and Mary Chain.
However, in the early 2000s it also enjoyed a brief spell as a successful management company, when Creative looked after The Libertines and Mogwai, as well as in the 80s, when the Jesus and Mary Chain took on McGee as a manager.
McGee has now revived the company, and signed the Jesus and Mary Chain as his first clients.
"The Mary Chain were the first band I ever managed when I was 23," McGee told Music Week. "That was 30 years ago and they exploded really fast. By the time I was 24, they were No.1 in Germany and other places. Jim [Reid] was 22, I was 24 and Douglas [Hart] was 17. It was fucking nuts, if you think about it. We were kids! Now, I'm 53 - I suppose that's kind of the normal age of a manager in a lot of ways."
Creation Management will oversee the 30th anniversary of the band's seminal debut, Psychocandy. The psyche-rockers will play the record in full for three UK shows - and a lot of festivals in 2015, according to McGee.
"Creation Management are going to sign a couple of baby bands, but the main thing for us is to do the Mary Chain right," he explained. "We're going to South America on Monday, then we'll do some more American stuff, then there's three British dates. Then really we're [planning events for] the whole of next year - the festivals [in 2015] are going to be all about PsychoCandy."
Tickets for the Jesus and Mary Chain's Psychocandy shows go on sale Friday, May 16 at 9am. For more information visit Gigwise Tickets. See the dates below:
19 Nov - The Troxy, London
20 Nov - The O2 Academy, Manchester
21 Nov - The Barrowlands, Glasgow
Below: The 10 most outrageous stories from Alan McGee's Creation Stories book
