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Steve in Bristol (12th Apr 2002)
Bristol based Steve return home to play a gig on the 25th of April at the Fleece and Firkin. It's been a busy year for the band with an album released on both sides of the atlantic and they say they're looking forward to a return to familiar territory.
Matt Redman (01st May 2002)
Survivor have announced that Matt Redman was given the International Award by the Gospel Music Association 2002 in Nashville. The presentation was made on Monday morning and the award was received by Kingsway Communications CEO, John Paculabo, on Matt's behalf. Matt and his family have just moved back to the UK after their 6 month sabbatical in the States. His new Album Where angels fear to tread is due to be released in July.
Grassrootz Festival (13th May 2002)
The organisers tell us that this year's grassrootz festival is going to be bigger and better than last year's huge success - around 2000 people are expected to attend this year's one day festival in Kent on 20th July from noon til 10pm. Acts so far booked include YFriday, Steve, My BottleRockit, Cashu, My Kid Sister etc as well as poet Stewart Henderson and Escapologist Steve Legg, and there will also be a range of stalls and other activities.
Steve Changes (03rd Jul 2002)
The lineup of the band Steve looks set to undergo some major changes, with the forthcoming departure of drummer Nathan and bassist Rees. The pair are said to be keen to play to a "more mainstream audience" and so will leave the band once replacements have been found. Front man and songwriter, Neil Wilson and lead guitarist, Lee Slater will continue as Steve and it seems that they may be looking at working on some worship tunes. The band do not plan to cancel any bookings, and will still appear at Greenbelt as announced. The band's management say they are in the process of talking to EMI/CMG about future album projects for Steve.
Greenbelt Announces Full Lineup (03rd Jul 2002)
Greenbelt have announced their full lineup in their latest publicity mailings and web site updates which have appeared this week. Headline music acts will be Over The Rhine, Jazz Jamaica All Stars, Faith Folk and Anarchy (Martyn Joseph, Tom Robinson, Steve Knightley) and Delirious??. Also on the music bill are Steve Lawson and Jez Carr (our current featured album), Kevin Max (dc talk), Cephas, Green Jade, Earthsuit, My BottleRockit, Dust, Cathy Burton, Steve, Kosher, Abundant, Ben Okafor, Lies Damned Lies, Airstar, Bell Jar, All Star United, Psalmistry, Julie Lee and many others. For full lineup details see the the festival website, which contains a rundown and is also featuring daily updates highlighting different areas of the festival programme.
Christmas Rock (10th Oct 2002)
Plans for a scaled down version of the planned "Christmas Rock Night" in London this autumn appear to be going ahead, with news of 7 events over the weekend of 6/7/8 December at London's Garage venue. YMCA and Asylum will be working together for a night on December 8th which will feature Steve, Psalmistry, Fire Fly, Kosher, Xphere, V-12, Axlanbay and Zedisforzebra. It looks like Fono will be returning to the UK for one of the events, and other acts said to be appearing include hotly tipped bands Elviss and Reuben.
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