''Never Say Die'' is the fifth studio album by Norwegian glam metal band Wig Wam, released on 22 January, 2021. It is the band's first album in nine years and their first following their reunion in 2019 after initially splitting up in 2014. The album was produced by the band's guitarist Trond Holter and recorded at Holter Studio and Stargate Studios.

Release and promotion

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on January 22, 2021. Restrictions due to the

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made it difficult to promote the album with media appearances and live shows, with the band only performing a few concerts that year and being dropped by their booking agency in January 2022. After "Do Ya Wanna Taste It" from the Non Stop Rock'n Roll album was used as the theme song for the

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television series Peacemaker, the band experienced a resurgence in popularity and appeared at festivals in Norway and Europe once the COVID restrictions had been lifted later in 2022. A summer tour of the United States was planned, but delayed to 2023 after difficulties with acquiring work visas.

Track listing

Personnel

Wig Wam * Glam (Åge Sten Nilsen) – lead vocals, backing vocals * Teeny (Trond Holter) – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, production, programming, mixing, mastering * Flash (Bernt Jansen) – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (9) * Sporty (Øystein Greaker-Andersen) – drums Additional personnel * Lasse Finbråten – keyboards, programming * Hallgeir Rustan – engineering (5, 8) * Haakon Nilo Holter – backing vocals (2) * Ingeborg Nilo Holter – backing vocals (2) * Solveig Holter – backing vocals (2) * Vilde Trondsdatter Holter – backing vocals (2) * Anders Fästader – layout * Fredrik Arff – photography

References

{{reflist 2021 albums Wig Wam albums Frontier Records albums