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2001   
November 6th: "Sacred Heart" Added To "Universe"
The song "Sacred Heart" has been added to the tracklisting of "Just Another Universe", in place of "Nobody Knows". This explains why "Sacred Heart" will not be appearing on the new Lotus album. "Nobody Knows" will remain unreleased.

November 5th: "Novella" - New Album
Robert Crosbie has revealed the title of the ninth Lotus album, "Novella", and has confirmed it will be an acoustic album featuring mostly just guitar and vocals. Titles of new songs are rumoured to include "Valentine's Wish", "She Just Dosen't Love You Anymore", and the title track. The album will also feature "Two Hearts, Too Far" but not "Sacred Heart" as previously mentioned. "Novella" will feature between 12 - 14 songs and will probably be slightly shorter than other Lotus albums, and certainly much more intimate.

October 11th: New Songs On The Way
Robert has found the break from recording has opened the floodgates for inspiration. "I think I really needed the break," he says. I didn't even play the guitar for around 3 weeks. As soon as I picked it up new songs came right away." There is also a possiblity that the 9th Lotus album could be an acoustic album. "I really like the Mark Kozelek solo records," Rob says. "I think I'd like to do something similar, buit with my own songs. Just one or two guitars and some embellishments. That's the style I'm writing at the moment". These new songs have working titles such as "True Survivor" and "Didn't Grow Enough".

August 10th: Recording Break
Robert is now taking a long break from recording, to concentrate on writing his ninth album. "I want to get back to the way I wrote them before", he says. ""Universe" was very much written on the spot and though it developed well it would've been good to spend more time on lyrics and arrangements. I want to get back to singing my ideas into a tape recorder again". Such is his commitment to his writing that he has dismantled his home studio to focus totally on penning the all-important 14 songs that will make up the new album. New songs will be reported on this page. In other news, the acoustic gig is not taking place on the 11th as reported. Another date should be set soon.

July 4th: Acoustic Gig
Robert and Chris are due to play an acoustic gig in Whelan's, Dublin, on the 11th August supporting Pierce Turner. This has not yet been confirmed but should be soon. Watch this space for more details.

June 19th: Robert Sings Live
Last Saturday night Robert performed an impromptu, unannounced gig in the Dame Tavern pub in Dublin. He came on around 12pm and played a set of covers, including "How Will I Know?", "Wonderwall", "Twist & Shout", "Dancing In The Moonlight", "Wicked Game", and a few U2 tracks. By all accounts he went down a storm. It is not known if this will become a regular occurance (this is the second time he has played the venue), but it might be wise to pass by the Dame Tavern on a Saturday night just in case!

May 31st: Lotus Reform
Lotus have finally reformed with a new line up! Robert has recruited Chris Barnard to play bass and Paul Byrne to play drums. Chris hails from the UK and has previously played with Atomica for the last few years. Paul is, of course, the man who "discovered" Lotus and played drums on the early demos. The new line up plan to begin rehearsals soon; at the moment Rob is putting together a list of songs to play. The plan is to play some small gigs, on a very casual basis. Also Robert plans to play songs from all the albums, not just one. This should lead to some great gigs! More news will be posted soon.

May 9th: "The Band" Profile Updated
The Band page has finally been updated with a new Lotus story and details on the style and development of the albums. This page was written by site contributor Tanya Mastin.

April 19th: New Section on Site - Singles
There is a new section on the site devoted to the Lotus singles. This page lists all singles, b-sides, and CD artwork. Click here to check it out. 

March 27th: New Track Listing For "Universe"
The tracklisting for "Just Another Universe" has been juggled around a bit to include the new songs recorded recently. Also updated is the Albums Page, which now features the bonus tracks for each of the 8 albums.

March 20th: Some Of His Best Work
Recently Robert has been very busy in the studio, recording many new tracks in the last few months. This has led to some of his best recorded work to date; in particular "She' So Beautiful", the remake of "Lions", new song "Glass", the cover of "Hot Coals", and some worthwhile experiments like "Olympic" (all detailed on the 2001 page). These new songs sound fantastic, and the quality of recording and production is much higher than it has ever been. Watch this space - Robert is at the peak of his creative powers.

February 15th: Album Number 9 to be Covers?
It has been suggested that the ninth Lotus album is to be an album of cover versions. Lotus have covered many songs in the past, but an entire album of non-originals would be a very interesting prospect. Possible songs could include "Wicked Game" by Chris Issak, and "How Will I Know", as previously recorded. Meanwhile, Robert attended the Evan Dando show in Whelan's last night - a great gig by all accounts!

February 14th 2001: New Article
Over the years, Robert has made music with various different people, as Lotus, and as other bands. In a new interview, Robert traces the history of his work with these fellow musicians. Click here to read the article.

January 11th 2001: Happy New Year!
A new year, and already a new recording: "In The Night" is a new song which takes Lotus in a new direction. Still being recorded at this date, it features Robert's new bass guitar. "The song is somewhat influenced by "If You Wear That Velvet Dress" by U2 - I wanted to get the same kind of feel. I'm just trying to figure out what kind of effects to use on the track! Its very good though; not a single but a great album song." The track is detailed on the new 2001 page.