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Last Updated: 05th May
Deliriously Glastonbury (05th May)
Delirious? have announced that they will be playing on the mainstage at this year's Glastonbury festival. The band will appear on the Sunday night and hope that this appearance will help them establish themselves within the mainstream music scene. Glastonbury has previously seen performances by Iona, Eden Burning and Why? but this slot is an unprecedented opportunity for a band who have previously been established within the "Christian music" scene.
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Time of our Lives (05th May)
The Church of England's Time of our Lives event happened over the bank holiday weekend and drew a crowd of around 4000 young Anglicans. Featured musicians included LCGC, Why?, dba and Courtney Pine. Unfortunately the independent bands evening was cancelled, which was a great loss. dba are shortly to release their debut single through Howard Jones' label.
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Can You Help IndigoEcho Tour? (05th May)
Scotland's IndigoEcho will be recording a new album this autumn for a December release and are looking to tour the UK in support of the album during January and February. If you would be interested in putting on a show, or could recommend a venue, event or contact to the band they'd love to hear from you.
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Sixpence UK (05th May)
Sixpence None The Richer's number 1 US hit, "Kiss Me", is gathering momentum in the UK and is set to be released on May 17th. Britlinks have set up a Sixpence UK website which is officially endorsed to carry information about the band's UK activities.
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Wondercub Lose the Wonder (05th May)
The band formerly known as Wondercub are now known simply as Cub and have a new CD available.
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Calling All UK Students (05th May)
We're putting a major emphasis on the Britlinks Student Contact list at the moment. What we want are students at each university in the UK who are either responsible for booking concerts in their university or who are able to help bands/managers contact the relevant people at their university to get a gig. If this interests you, take a look at the list and send us an e-mail.
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Free Gig! (05th May)
Catherine Francis will be performing at St. John's Church, Waterloo, between 1pm and 1.50pm on Monday 10th May. Admission is free and Catherine will be showcasing songs from her forthcoming second album, Aberfan.
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SGuD (05th May)
New addition to the band index, SGuD are planning to record their debut album this summer.
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Featuring Charlotte Ayrton (05th May)
Vigilantes of Love will be returning to these shores to appear at the Greenbelt festival, and will follow this appearance with a UK tour. Due for release soon is an acoustic EP which features Charlotte Ayrton, a former member of Eden Burning. The EP is expected to be released around the beginning of July.
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Fabulous, Delirious? and Switchfoot (19th May)
Delirious? kicked off their Mezzamorphis tour last Wednesday in Wolverhampton. Support for the tour is provided by the band's US label mates Switchfoot, who last visited these shores for Greenbelt 97. Scottish indie-rock act Fabulous, currently promoting their new single, The Daniel Ten acted as a second support slot for Monday's show in Glasgow and hope to also join the tour for at least one English date. The tour has already stirred up some controversy on at least one mailing list, as the questions about how up-front the band should be about their faith raise their hoary head once again. Delirious? will be featured in the issue of Q magazine which releases in June.
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Sixpence Kiss the UK (19th May)
The debut UK single, "Kiss Me", from Sixpence None The Richer is now out and available in record stores across the country. Claiming the highest position in the UK airplay charts for a debut single before release in five years, the single entered the midweek charts at number 3. The band have been supporting the release with various media appearances and a stunning showcase gig at the Cafe de Paris in London. The album Sixpence None The Richer will be released to UK mainstream on June 14th. Britlinks are running a special website devoted to this band's activities in the UK at: http://www.britlinks.co.uk/sixpence/
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Delirious? Direct from the UK (19th May)
US based delirious fans should make sure to tune into PAX TV this Friday for "Delirious: Direct from the UK." This hour long special provides the first behind-the-scenes look at the making of the upcoming Delirious project - "Mezzamorphis." Shot entirely in England, this program features exclusive band interviews and includes the world premier of the first music video for "Gravity."
The broadcast times are Midnight (Central)/ 1 AM (Eastern). Log onto http://www.pax.net/ to locate the PAX TV affiliate in your city.
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Secret Archives of the Lizard Festival (19th May)
Secret Archives of the Vatican have been booked to play at the Lizard festival in Cornwall on August 8th. Secret Archives will be appearing on the same stage as acts including Indian Ropeman and Badmarsh & Shri. The guys will be travelling to Cornwall along with crowds of people hoping to catch the solar eclipse...
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Fitz News (19th May)
David Fitzgerald has announced that all future collaborative projects on which he works will be under than name IKOS, and that a more focussed team centred on Tim Oliver and Fitz with two other close friends, who will be named in due course. They plan to work together over the summer, developing ideas and eventually to release the work into a wider arena. The term IKOS, is from the Orthodox tradition meaning "Window to Heaven", and sums up what these musicians strive to provide through their musical expression. Fitzgerald is also working on the new project from Adrian Snell, which goes by the name The Cry.
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Why? No Concerts (19th May)
Popular "funky frock" band, Why? have announced that they will not be playing at any more UK concerts except for special events and festivals. The band say that working the UK scene they have had to put up with too many poorly organised concerts with bad sound systems in awkward venues and that they are regretfully leaving this sort of work.
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Flevo Latest (19th May)
British acts due to appear at this summer's Flevo Festival in Holland include Split Level and Mr. Bennett. The festival is also playing host to Supertones, Kryptonite Garden, Three Crosses, Normal Generation, Sonic Flood, Vigilanes of Love, Small Town Poets, Die Papste, Salt and The Potboilers and more. Expect detailed coverage on the new Flevo website which opened last Wednesday.
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