The band performed two nights at the West End festival in Glasgow in 2007, where they showcased piano-vocal versions of new and old songs. The band followed this up with dates in Scotland, a piano-vocal spot in support of Jamie Cullum at the 'Live on the Lawn' festival in Aberdeenshire, and a set in front of 25,000 at Glasgow's Hogmanay party. They were beaten in the final by Shakin' Stevens. In April 2005, Hue and Cry made a comeback when they won the fourth-week heat of the ITV1 pop-competition show Hit Me Baby One More Time with a rendition of 'Labour of Love' and a cover of Beyoncé's ' Crazy in Love'. The intended third album on Linn Records was never produced, as the brothers concentrated on their solo projects – Pat with his writing and solo performing, and Greg with his music production. The album contained a cover of Prince's ' Sign 'O' the Times', which they stripped bare and built up again as an aggressive bebop number. Next Move (1999) featured drum 'n' bass, R&B and Nuyorican Latin- funk. They included Michael Brecker ( tenor sax) and Randy Brecker (trumpet) – who had played on the Remote album – as well as guitarist Mike Stern (sidesman with Miles Davis), drummer Danny Gottlieb ( Pat Metheny) and saxophonist Tommy Smith. The album was recorded in a week during the Glasgow Jazz Festival, enlisting the services of some of the jazz musicians visiting the city. First came JazzNotJazz, an album that mixed jazz with non-jazz sounds. In 1996 Hue and Cry signed to the Scottish jazz and classical record label, Linn Records, for an intended trilogy of albums. Pat Kane continued to work with Niles sporadically on live concerts for BBC Radio 2 with the BBC Big Band. This produced the album Showtime! and the single 'Just Say You Love Me'. Hue and Cry had a brief chart revival in 1993 with the release of the Circa compilation album Labours of Love – The Best of Hue and Cry, which included a Joey Negro remix of 'Labour of Love'.ġ994 saw a collaboration with jazz arranger and composer, Richard Niles. Truth and Love (1992) was released on the brothers' own short-lived label, Fidelity. Their 1991 album Stars Crash Down embraced folk, country, Latin and quartet jazz.

In the 1990s, the brothers embarked upon a period of musical experimentation. Other hits included 'Looking for Linda' and 'Violently (Your Words Hit Me)' – both from their second album Remote. Their second single and biggest hit was ' Labour of Love' from the debut album Seduced and Abandoned. Their debut single for Circa was 'I Refuse'. While not a hit, it attracted the interest of Virgin Records' subsidiary Circa who signed the duo in 1986. Their first single 'Here Comes Everybody' was released on a small Glasgow-based independent label, Stampede, in 1986. The duo are best known for their 1987 single ' Labour of Love'. Hue and Cry is a Scottish pop duo formed in 1983 in Coatbridge, Scotland by the brothers Pat Kane and Greg Kane. Stampede, Circa, Fidelity, Linn, Blairhill

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