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Last Updated: 06th Jan

Britlinks Hit by Y2K? (06th Jan)

Britlinks wishes all our visitors a happy new year. Some of you mayhave noticed that the site disappeared for a few hours on the 1st January.Our web hosts took the server down to ensure that there weren't anyproblems with the date rollover. Everything's back now and a few excitingnew features are just around the corner.
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Busy Delirious? (06th Jan)

Delirious? ended '99 on ahigh note, with a sold out UK tour in smaller venues than they've beenplaying lately allowing them to break out some of their older tunesalongside new material. The band have recently been preparing the videofor the release of "It's OK" in February and talking to producer GeorgeSchilling (Bernard Butler) about the possibility of working together onthe next d: album. Delirious? can be seen on ITV (UK tv channel) on the16th January. They're on a programme called "What's It All About" at11.45pm.
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Juliet Turner and Insecurity (06th Jan)

Following the success of herrecent tour with Brian Kennedy, Juliet Turner has decidedto take her music career full time, forsaking the security of her oldoffice job. There is a chance that Brian Kennedy will release the TomWaits song "I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You", on which Juliet duetswith him, as one of two a-sides on his next single.
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More Stadium Praise (06th Jan)

>Cliff Richard, NoelRichards,and others joined in leading a packed-out Millennium Stadium in Cardiff inworship for the first BBC Songs of Praise of the year 2000.
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dba Finish Album (06th Jan)

Howard Jones recently announced that the new dba album is completed and that heisworking with the former NGM band to arrange distribution to the mainstreammarket.
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When Monday Comes Will Gigs Follow? (06th Jan)

When MondayComes (formerlyTaste) are looking for venues to play around the country. Their recentshowcase in London went well, with Sony, Chrysalis, Virgin, Warner andSanctuary sending representatives and local press providing positivecoverage.
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R Generation (06th Jan)

The r generationare pleased toannounce that their website is now officially open.
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Band News (06th Jan)

Alton, Hampshire's Think Ridiculous are no more, but have reappearedunder the new moniker GLO.AnotherHampshire based band, Big BlueSky have been launched recently as the worship-arm of Aldershot'sNameless Music.
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Delirious? With Clown Prince (19th Jan)

Steve Taylor, the producer (Sixpence None The Richer, Newsboys) and solo artist sometimes referred to as the Clown Prince of Christian music, has been working with delirious? recently on a re-recording of their track "Touch" to be included on a forthcoming compilation album to be titled Roaring Lambs. The band are off to the Southern Hemisphere for a quick tour before returning to the UK to promote "It's OK". They are planning to spend the following months recording for their next release, fitting in a few UK dates along the way.
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Tribal Tour (19th Jan)

The WorldWide Message Tribe recently announced their long-rumoured but previously unprecedented UK tour. The group will play a number of venues across the UK, and will be supported by an act yet to be announced. The tour, organised for Alliance Music by Cardiff-based Big Ideas, will showcase the album Frantik but is intended to form part of the build up to this summer's Message 2000 event run jointly by The Message and Soul Survivor.
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Echoes In Megastores (19th Jan)

IndigoEcho have beenasked toplay in Edinburgh's Virgin Megastore onthe 3rd February, and the store will also be featuring the band'sOne album on listening posts in the store. The band, and Room 3Records, are hoping to see plenty of folks there.
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New Bathroom For Booley (19th Jan)

Booley has been hard atworkbuilding on his Bathroom Floor EP.One track, "Be Here", has been dropped, but four new tracks and a newhidden track have been added for a forthcoming re-release.
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Best of Emmaus (19th Jan)

Emmaus are working on abest-ofalbum to encompass tunes from all of their praise and worship basedreleases. There will be an accompanying music book for the album. The bandcontinue to work on an album of all new material, but without Lynne, whohas left the band to spend time on other activities within the community,and Ian has left the band to work with Booley. Emmaus' track "You'reBeautiful" is to be featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming film,Babies written by and starring a friend of the band.
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Dan Donovan Prepares (19th Jan)

Dan Donovan's musicalprojectsare currently snoozing, but he promisesthat activity will start again soon. Plans for Tribe of Dan to recordagain have had to be put on hold, but Dan's been working on some new tunesand sprucing up his website ready to spring back into action soon.
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Shine Mk. 2? (19th Jan)

Shine, who were featuredonBBC1 on Boxing Day singing their track "DoIt Right" as part of a special service from Manchester Cathedral, havechanged their name to Shine MK to reflect the location of their schoolswork in Milton Keynes. The group's debut album, Do It Right willrelease on February 29th, with US distribution through Reunion Records.
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Essential V-Enna (19th Jan)

V'Enna, another artist from the Movation stable, have recently signed aUS deal with Essential Records and hope to release their debut album inthe summer. The group have recently completed their first radio single --a special maxi-single is to be released in the USA at the end of February,including remixes from Zarc Porter, Robbie Bronniman (dba) and ToddCollins.
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Tidbits (19th Jan)

Superhero have startedane-mail announcements list. Simply e-mail themto sign up. The band are currently recording an album with Room 3 Records. The RGeneration have continuedwork on their website and hope to gointo a studio soon. A new band has been signed by Movation to work alongside the WorldWide Message Tribe. They will be officially launched at the Message 2000event. Watch this space. The long-rumoured new look band index and some otherspecial developments will be here before the next Britlinks News goes tothe virtual presses.
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