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====''One Day I'm Going to Soar'' and subsequent touring==== In 2011, with the band's name officially shortened to "Dexys", work on new material started again with Rowland, Pete Williams, Mick Talbot, Neil Hubbard, and Lucy Morgan, who had all been in Dexys since the 2003 reformation, plus Big Jim Paterson and new female vocalist Madeleine Hyland.<ref name="noise11.com">{{cite web |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |url=https://www.noise11.com/news/dexy's-midnight-runners-return-after-27-years-20120211 |title=Dexy's Midnight Runners Return After 27 Years |website=noise11.com |date=11 February 2012 |access-date=30 January 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Hyland was discovered at the last minute prior to recording, after what Rowland described as "about four years" of searching.<ref name="Kinney" /> Rowland stated that some of the songs Dexys were recording dated back "15 or 20 years."<ref name="Kinney" /> Dexys then announced that they would be embarking on another tour. In February 2012, Rowland officially announced the imminent release of a fourth studio album for Dexys.<ref name="noise11.com"/> The band also released a preview of "Now", the album's first track. The album, entitled ''[[One Day I'm Going to Soar]]'', was released by [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] on 4 June 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dexys-midnight-runners-1284271 |title=Dexys Midnight Runners to release first new album in 27 years |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=30 January 2020 |first=Leonie |last=Cooper |website=NME.com |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129224348/https://www.nme.com/news/music/dexys-midnight-runners-1284271 |url-status=live }}</ref> All but one song were co-written by Rowland and Talbot, usually with other co-writers such as Paterson or [[Glen Matlock]]; the album continued in the same style as ''Don't Stand Me Down'' (featuring spoken sections in the songs), which led the album to be described as "a concept album with an unreliable narrator".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16686-one-day-im-going-to-soar/ |first=Tom |last=Ewing |title=Dexys: One Day I'm Going to Soar |publisher=Pitchfork.com |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=22 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222063235/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16686-one-day-im-going-to-soar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first single from the album was "She Got a Wiggle", released 28 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/10/dexys-triumphant-return-soul-rebels |title=Dexys: triumphant return of the soul rebels |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=30 January 2020 |first=Tim |last=Jonze |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729215327/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/10/dexys-triumphant-return-soul-rebels |url-status=live }}</ref> They performed the song on ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'' in May 2012. The group toured in September 2012 in the UK, performing their new album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dexys announce September UK tour β ticket details|url=https://www.nme.com/news/dexys/63919|publisher=www.nme.com|access-date=12 September 2012|archive-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525071639/http://www.nme.com/news/dexys/63919|url-status=live}}</ref> Talbot left the group following this tour. In 2013, the band announced that they would play nine shows in London's West End at the Duke of York's Theatre, St Martins Lane between 15 and 27 April.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dexys β Now In The West End β ticket details|url=http://www.dexysonline.com/news/article/?id=dexys-in-the-west-end-further-dates-on-sale|access-date=23 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130408013104/http://www.dexysonline.com/news/article/?id=dexys-in-the-west-end-further-dates-on-sale|archive-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> These shows would become the basis for a documentary on the group entitled ''Nowhere Is Home'', directed by [[Kieran Evans]] and [[Paul Kelly (film maker)|Paul Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesartsreview.org/nowhere-is-home-a-film-about-dexys/ |title=Documentary Nowhere is Home β a Film about Dexys |publisher=walesartreview.com |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=9 November 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163339/http://www.walesartsreview.org/nowhere-is-home-a-film-about-dexys/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Nowhere Is Home'' was issued in both triple-CD and double-DVD formats in October 2014 on Dexys' own label, Absolute Dexys.<ref name="bio" /> Dexys played more live dates in 2014; however, as Hyland was not available for several shows during the summer, [[Siobhan Fahey]] replaced her in the Dexys lineup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/article/happy-birthday-siobhan-fahey-of-bananarama|title=Happy Birthday: Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama|publisher=[[Rhino Records]]|access-date=12 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216044907/http://www.rhino.com/article/happy-birthday-siobhan-fahey-of-bananarama|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Fahey's sister, actress MΓ‘ire Fahey, had portrayed "Eileen" in the [[Come On Eileen#Music video|music video]] and picture sleeve for "Come On Eileen" in 1982.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2013/03/29/5-things-you-didnt-know-come-on-eileen-by-dexys-midnight-runners/ |title=5 Things You Didn't Know: "Come On Eileen" By Dexys Midnight Runners |publisher=[[WCBS-FM]] |date=29 March 2013 |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204053934/http://wcbsfm.cbslocal.com/2013/03/29/5-things-you-didnt-know-come-on-eileen-by-dexys-midnight-runners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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