The Rumour

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The Rumour
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Rock, new wave, pub rock, rhythm and blues, reggae
Years active	1976–1982, 2011–2015
Labels	Vertigo, Mercury, Arista, Stiff, Hannibal
Members	Bob Andrews Brinsley Schwarz Martin Belmont Andrew Bodnar Stephen Goulding

The Rumour were an English pub rock new wave rock band active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known as the backup band for Graham Parker, whose early records (from 1976 to 1980) were credited to Graham Parker & the Rumour.^[1] However, the Rumour also recorded on their own, releasing three albums: Max (1977), Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts (1979), and Purity of Essence (1980).

The group broke up at the end of 1980, but reunited as Parker's backing band in 2011. The band undertook a short final UK tour in October 2015, finishing with a final concert at the London Forum on 17 October 2015. At this show, the surviving members of the horn section also reunited, for the first time in 33 years.