page_title: The Zutons
section_title: Tired of Hanging Around (2006–2007)
hierarchical_section_title: The Zutons / History / Tired of Hanging Around (2006–2007)
caption_attribution_description: English: Abi Harding of the Zutons
context_page_description: The Zutons were an English indie rock band, formed in 2001 in Liverpool.
  They released their debut album, Who Killed...... The Zutons? in May 2004 and achieved chart success with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album Tired of Hanging Around in 2006. Both singles reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.
  The band quietly disbanded in 2009 with no announcement. They reunited in September 2016 for a one-off show billed as "probably [the] last ever" in celebration of their friend, actor and former Tramp Attack frontman Kristian Ealey. The band remained in contact and in November 2018 announced a tour in spring 2019, to play their debut album.
context_section_description: The new album Tired of Hanging Around was released on 17 April 2006 and reached No. 2 in the UK album charts. The first single from the album "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and the second single "Valerie" both peaked at 9 in the charts, a fair achievement considering their highest place previously had been with the single "Don't Ever Think (Too Much)" at 15. The band toured the UK in May 2006 following the release of this album. They played at the Jersey Live Festival on 2 September 2006 before their second UK tour which began in November 2006. In October 2006, they performed at The Secret Policeman's Ball. On New Year's Eve 2006, the Zutons appeared on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny on BBC television on which they performed their songs "Valerie", "Why Don't You Give Me Your Love?" and "It's The Little Things We Do."
  As the November tour began, the band gave an interview to STV discussing songwriting, making videos and their American dates with The Killers. In a separate interview, Payne complained about the tendency of music writers and magazines to generalise a particular city as the breeding ground of new 'movements', "A lot of bands get lumped in when they’re in the same neck of the woods and journalists–especially in England–like to make a big deal out of that and make it into a scene, as if the individual bands aren’t good enough to write about."
  The band announced on 13 July 2007 that guitarist Boyan Chowdhury had left The Zutons, citing "musical differences". Although the band claimed Chowdhury's departure was a mutual decision, bassist Russell Pritchard remarked that "it was like splitting up with someone". In late 2007, Paul Molloy formerly of The Skylarks and The Stands joined the band.
caption: Abi Harding playing the saxophone in 2008
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