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Last Updated: 24th Nov

Website Changes All Round (24th Nov)

Seems like a lot of people have been giving their websites an overhaul recently. With their album release now only a couple of weeks away, IndigoEcho have had their site reworked, as have the Fabulous Bingo Brothers and the r generation. BritLinks Design is currently working on a new look for the Nervous Passenger site.
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Delirious? Announce Okay Singles (24th Nov)

Furious? Records have announced that the next delirious? single, "It's OK," will be released on 2 CDs including the song "Jesus' Blood" from the US release of Mezzamorphis and "Pursuit of Happiness" described in a fan newsletter as "the hilarious 60's song that swings into action accompanied by a hilarious video". Support act for the latest delirious? tour, which kicks off next month is Ruth.
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Flow Settles (24th Nov)

Flow are settling into their new lineup well and have several gigs coming up. A recent set at the Monarch in Camden saw them trying out some new material and adding the odd keyboard sound and backing track to their sound. The band have shows in Cheltenham and Oxford this week, and are playing next Tuesday in Putney with Bell Jar and Iain Archer.
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Greenbelt Eucharist (24th Nov)

The Eucharist CD, featuring many of the tracks used at the extremely well received Sunday morning service at this year's Greenbelt Festival is to be released by Jonny Baker very soon.
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Juliet Turner Supports Kennedy (24th Nov)

Juliet Turner has been confirmed as support act for the majority of dates on Brian Kennedy's Irish tour which started on Sunday. Look out for a redesigned Sticky Music website very soon.
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Abundant Albums (24th Nov)

The folks from London's Abundantclub are due to launch a new album on the 2nd December.
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New Dawn News (24th Nov)

New Dawn Music have been busy lately, with Brian Taylor joining the Brit Awards Voting Academy, made up of around 1000 music industry insiders who between them select many of the awardwinners. The label's artists remain busy and albums by Loose Goose, As If... and Julie Lord have recently been picked up for US distribution by Musicforce.com. The label have announced some special offers for Christmas.
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Racing Towards a Name Change (24th Nov)

Bournemouth's Race are looking to change their name as they enter a new stage in their development. The band is looking to record again soon and wants anyone with any good suggestions for their new name to get in touch.
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Klyvz Birthday (24th Nov)

Oxford's Klyvz recently celebrated their first anniversary since formation. Having garnered good press (including Melody Maker's "Single of the Week"), the band are looking forward to the next year.
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Fono Prepare For Big Time (08th Dec)

As documented here, Fono have recently been touring the USA with the Goo Goo Dolls. It seems that the weeks on the road have paid off; Bob Scoro, vice president of MP3.com who organised the tour said "This band, Fono, will become major artists in our business, and we wereoverwhelmed with the positive response with them being on the tour."

The band, who have seemed on the verge of a major breakthrough since their 1996 debut as Seven supporting Bon Jovi, will be returning to the USA for a 70 date tour starting on January 15th.
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Iona Tidbits (08th Dec)

Iona are continuing to work on their next studio album and initial reports are that it will be a departure from what hasgone before. Unfortunately the band will be unable to release the Woven Cord project on video due to royalty demands from the Royal Festival Hall, but they hope to release a biographical video (and possible DVD) next year which will include excerpts from a number of concerts, as well as interviews and thoughts on different songs. The CD version of the Woven Cord project will release in the USA through Forefront on Tuesday February 29th. Troy Donockley continues to tour with Maddy Prior and Iona have already started booking their next UK tour -- Derby Assembly Rooms have a show listed for the 9th March.
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New Delirious? Album? (08th Dec)

Delirious? have already stated that they hope to have a new album ready during 2000 and it seems likely that they will be returning to the studio very early in the new year to begin recording work. No details of release date or producer are available at the time of writing.
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dba Go With The Sun (08th Dec)

dba (formerly 65dba) haverecently released the track "Go With The Sun"on a limited edition 12" single through Howard Jones' dtox label. The single contains two mixes of the track. Bassist Steve Lawson, who may be familiar to some for his work with Andy Thornton and Ragatal, joined Howard Jones on his recent European tour.
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Another Bathroom Floor (08th Dec)

Belfast's Booley is reported to be planning a re-release of the excellent Bathroom Floor EP for January. The rerelease will include some extra tracks.
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New Juliet Turner Album? (08th Dec)

Juliet Turner has been well received as support act to Brian Kennedy on his recent Irish tour. Juliet may be touring the UK with Maire Brennan in the first quarter of 2000, but this has not yet been confirmed as she is also due to start preproduction work on her next album around that time.
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