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Last Updated: 10th Feb
Delirious? for V2 (10th Feb)
Littlehampton based chunky-pop-rockers delirious? announced recently that they have signed a distribution deal with Richard Branson's V2 label for all non-UK territories. The band are extremely excited by the prospect of working with the label, who have been looking for some time for a flagship UK act. Delirious? will continue to distribute products through their own Furious? Records label inside the UK.
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Pope Riding High (10th Feb)
Welsh singer-songwriter Mal Pope is continuing to enjoy success, with a track he sung on from the City Of Gold album sitting at number 18 in the US Adult Contemporary charts, and with an appearance on Songs of Praise scheduled for 21st February. Pope continues to enjoy good press and album sales in the UK after Simon Mayo praised him incessantly one morning on his Radio One show.
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Another Baby For Emmaus (10th Feb)
Congratulations to Greg Fromholz of Emmaus and his wife Alex who recently had their first child (a girl). Emmaus have recently started work on their next studio album which they hope to finish soon. 3 songs have been recorded and about 20 more are to be recorded before they narrow down the choice for inclusion. Emmaus are also talking about reissuing some of their early work, which was praise and worship based, on CD later this year to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
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Bell Jar (10th Feb)
Paul Northup and Charlotte Ayrton, former Eden Burning folks, have a name for their new group, Bell Jar. Look out for more information very soon.
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Nervous Passenger Announce MP3s (10th Feb)
Britlinks Design is pleased to announce that there are now two MP3 excerpts from the recent Nervous Passenger album available through their website. Visit the site at http://www.nervouspassenger.org and go to the discography section to download.
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Small delirious? Talk (10th Feb)
The latest issue of the delirious? newsletter, Small Talk, arrived in fans' letterboxes recently. The buzz is building for the forthcoming touring and release dates. The next single, See The Star will come on two CDs. The first will feature two mixes of the title track and new song "Follow", while the second will include the title track, a remix of crowd favourite "Obsession", and will be an enhanced CD containing the video for the single in a CD-ROM portion. News continues to come about the album, such as the fact that it features Jon Thatcher's writing debut, and the announcement of the birth of Stew Smith's first child and the imminent arrival of Martin Smith's second.
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New Name For 12 Feet (10th Feb)
Groove-rock band 12 Feet have recently announced a change of name to Ezra. The band have recently recorded another demo and are playing live fairly regularly.
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Delirious? Amy Grant's Backup Singers? (10th Feb)
Brent Bourgeois is in the process of producing a new album for Word Records in the US which is set to feature Amy Grant covering delirious' "Find Me In The River," with the d: boys backing her. The album is also set to feature a duet between Michael W Smith and Jon Anderson from Yes. The album is to be called Streams.
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Racing Slowly Ahead (10th Feb)
Robin from the band Race will be performing a solo acoustic slot in support of Ezra very soon. Robin will also be playing keyboards for Bryn Haworth in April and a Race songbook is now available.
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Delirious? in Dove Awards Scandal (10th Feb)
Okay, well that's just because I think that the dove awards are a scandal. Delirious? have been nominated for three of these CCM awards, "Best Group," "Best Song" for "Deeper", and "Best Rock Album" for King Of Fools. They're up against stiff opposition in both categories from established CCM names, but we'll just have to wait and see. The guys recently picked up the award for album of the year in Dallas' first CCM awards ceremony, having been nominated for four awards.
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New Member for World Without End (10th Feb)
World Without End recently announced that their (formerly) temporary backing singer, Kath Taylor, has become a permanent member of the band. They are excited since this will add flexibility to the lineup and believe that this could be the fulfillment of a number of prayers.
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Coming Soon... (10th Feb)
Plans are afoot to relaunch the Britlinks website with a number of developments and a new CD giveaway. Announcements will be forthcoming, but if anyone has any comments or suggestions please e-mail webmaster@britlinks.co.uk
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Fono In July (24th Feb)
After continued uncertainty about their goesaroundcomesaround album'w US release (following a UK release last summer), Fono will receive their US launch in July on KMG Records.
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Jonny Baker Innovates (24th Feb)
The next album from Jonny Baker will be something quite new for theChristian music scene. Influenced lyrically by a recent trip toIsrael/Palestine, with a strong emphasis on human rights, and a soundsomewhere near to Massive Attack, this sounds like one to watch out for.
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Psalmistry Stages Armchair Rebellion (24th Feb)
Psalmistry's debutfull-length album, Armchair Rebellion is now available in the UKand Europe after quite a delay. They say their tunes are akin to Prodigy,Chemical Brothers, and Fatboy Slim.
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Delirious about Glastonbury (24th Feb)
Delirious? are due to play at the Glastonbury festival at 1pm on the Sunday afternoon. No details of what stage as yet. The band are also due to appear on the Jack Docherty Show on Channel 5 soon. The show that night will be hosted by Melinda Messenger.
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Kato Sign With EMS (24th Feb)
Popular Lancashire act Katohave signed a management deal with Event Management Services who also manage Why? and Split Level.
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Break The Chains with Nervous Passenger and IndigoEcho (24th Feb)
Scottish bands IndigoEchoandNervous Passenger are due to play at the Jubilee 2000 event in Edinburgh on June 12th. The show will be at the Traverse Theatre and the bands look forward to supporting this cause.
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Further Delirious? Singles (24th Feb)
Delirious' current tour is popular with the fans and unofficially confirmed reports that the second and third singles from the new album will be "Bliss" and "Gravity" respectively.
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Michael Cameron Charts (24th Feb)
Sunday Life, Northern Ireland's leading Sunday paper placed Michael Cameron's Fragile album at number eight in its "local product top 10". The album is available through New Dawn Music.
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Nervous Passenger to Send The Light (24th Feb)
Scottish pop-rocksters Nervous Passenger's album has recently been picked up for distribution by STL, the main distributor of Christian music in Britain. The album is receiving a very positive reception and has received a number of positive reviews.
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Murph (24th Feb)
Murph have announced that after their previous drummer's departure last autumn they have a replacement and are ready to get moving on the live scene. Their website has now been updated.
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