The seventh album came out on 2 November 2018 and went to number one in the UK. It is the last album with Keith, who died on 4 March 2019. Liam and Maxim carry on as a duo. In Latvia the band played Salacgrīva on 21 July 2018, then Riga in 2024 and 2026.
By day you can move the stickers. At night Liam and Maxim take the stage and Keith lights up as a green laser, the way the band itself shows him.
The cover. The sticker beside it is our own drawing: a grumpy camera in a straw hat pushing against a prohibition sign. It is a joke on the title, not the album cover.
The title. No Tourists. The seventh album came out on 2 November 2018 (37 minutes 42 seconds, 10 tracks) on the band’s own label Take Me to the Hospital, managed by BMG. It is the last album with Keith.
01 Need Some1 2:43
no vocalist credited; the beat is built on a sample
The first single, 19 July 2018. Liam described the beat as a “sample, smash and grab” affair. Produced with James Rushent. It samples Loleatta Holloway’s Crash Goes Love.
On the 2018–2026 tour: 119 of 189 shows
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Loleatta Holloway — Crash Goes Love
02 Light Up the Sky 3:20
Maxim; Brother Culture
The second single, 26 September 2018, released with a lyric video. Olly Burden plays guitar; it is built on a sample of the Czech singer Jiří Schelinger. It was used in the trailer for F1 2019.
On the 2018–2026 tour: 165 of 189 shows
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Jiří Schelinger — Mam rád lidi
03 We Live Forever 3:43
Keith, Maxim
A single, 25 October 2018, premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show. Keith and Maxim share the vocals. It is built on Ultramagnetic MCs’ Critical Beatdown.
On the 2018–2026 tour: 142 of 189 shows
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Ultramagnetic MCs — Critical Beatdown
04 No Tourists 4:18
Maxim
Maxim sings the title track. Composer John Du Prez is among the writers; it contains a sample from the soundtrack of the film Bullseye!.
On the 2018–2026 tour: 1 of 189 shows
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Bullseye! (film soundtrack)
05 Fight Fire with Fire 3:29
guest — Ho99o9 (theOGM and Eaddy)
A collaboration with the American duo Ho99o9, released as a single on 11 October 2018. It was the first track of the project and began as a remix commission. Olly Burden plays guitar.
Not played on the 2018–2026 tour
06 Timebomb Zone 3:24
vocal samples
A single released on 6 December 2018, with a video. Built on a re-created passage of Alfonso feat. Jimi Tunnell’s Time Bomb (Dub Version), replayed by Richard Adlam and Hal Ritson.
On the 2018–2026 tour: 21 of 189 shows
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Alfonso feat. Jimi Tunnell — Time Bomb (Dub Version)
07 Champions of London 4:49
Keith, Maxim
Keith’s vocals were recorded in a hotel room in Belgium on portable equipment, after a high-energy gig. He and Maxim are co-writers; live drums by Leo Crabtree. Mojo picked it out as a highlight.
On the 2018–2026 tour: 27 of 189 shows
08 Boom Boom Tap 4:05
vocal samples
The voice is a sample of Andy Milonakis from his 2 Weeks Sober, which is why he is among the writers.
Not played on the 2018–2026 tour
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Andy Milonakis — 2 Weeks Sober
09 Resonate 3:50
Brother Culture
Produced with James Rushent, and built on Brother Culture’s own Sound Killer. At the Salacgrīva show on 21 July 2018, before the album was out, it was one of two new songs in the setlist.
On the 2018–2026 tour: 51 of 189 shows
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Brother Culture — Sound Killer
10 Give Me a Signal 4:01
guest — Barns Courtney; Keith
It closes the album. Barns Courtney is writer and guest, and Keith sings too. musicOMH wrote that the record “saves its best for last”.
Not played on the 2018–2026 tour
23 952Number one on the UK Albums Chart: 23,952 copies in the first week (1,828 of them streams). Also number one on the UK Dance Albums chart. BPI Silver. In the US it reached 7 on Dance/Electronic Albums.
2017–2018Liam wrote, produced and mixed the album over about a year at Tileyard Studios in London. During the Russian tour in March 2018 he set up a studio in Moscow and went back to it after gigs. Olly Burden plays guitar and co-produces six of the tracks.
EP → LPIt began as a planned EP: the first track was Fight Fire with Fire with Ho99o9, which started life as a remix commission. After six months Liam had ideas for six songs and the EP grew into a full album. He called it “very much a band album”.
37:42Ten tracks, 37 minutes 42 seconds. By Liam’s account the title is not about immigration or politics, but about escapism and straying from the expected path.
Route 7The cover shows a London Routemaster on route 7, its destination set to The Four Aces in Dalston, the club where the band played its first gig in February 1991. The title and cover were revealed on Instagram on 19 July 2018.
Track battle
Tracks from the album: pick the stronger one. The ranking uses Elo is a rating system from chess. Every track starts at 1500 points. The track you pick takes points from its rival: beating a strong track earns a lot, beating a weak one earns little, and an upset earns the most. The more votes, the more accurate the ranking. “Your ranking” uses your votes, “Overall ranking” uses every fan’s votes..
or
votes: 0
Need Some11500
Light Up the Sky1500
We Live Forever1500
No Tourists1500
Fight Fire with Fire1500
Video shop: the era’s clips
Slide a tape into the VCR.
INSERT TAPE
Need Some1 2018
Director
Paco Raterta
Shot at
The back streets and squats of Manila, at night. Produced by Pulse Films.
The band drinks, fights and races through grimy squats and violent backstreets: knives at throats, punches, cars driven as if stolen. Director Paco Raterta also edited and graded it. It came out on 19 July 2018 with the song.
Shot in Manila, like Need Some1; produced by Pulse Films.
A young man and a young woman face long odds in two staged fights while an ominous spectator watches. Fast and brutal. It is Paco Raterta’s second video for the band after Need Some1; Promonews posted it on 11 December 2018.