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Last Updated: 02nd Feb

Junction 1 (02nd Feb)

The news has recently slipped out of a new festival to be organised by Word UK, Alliance Music, STL distribution, Oasis Trust and the Evangelical Alliance. The new festival, to be known as Junction 1 will run on the August Bank Holiday weekend in direct competition with the long-running Greenbelt festival. The organisers are hoping to bring in a range of big-selling US CCM artists to draw the crowds and help them sell more records. Greenbelt has formally requested that the event not go ahead, but the organisers appear to have ignored that, falsely assuming that there is no overlap in the target audience.
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Greenbelt Gets Boost (02nd Feb)

Greenbelt recently announced a strong response to its pre-Christmas ticket deals. More youth tickets have been sold already than were sold in total last year and there has been a very positive reception for the special offers from youth groups and other interested parties. The festival's organisers are in negotiations with a number of key musical acts as well as planning a broad program to highlight the best in Christian arts from the UK and abroad.
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Coastal Single (02nd Feb)

Following an exciting past few months, including coverage in the Guardian and gigs across the country, Durham's premiere student band, Coastal Dune, will have a new single out on February 14th. The single, available directly from the band, is being release as part of National Marriage Week -- an MP3 of the lead track, "Till We're Old", will be available for download from http://www.nmw.org.uk
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yfriday for the Alpha Zone (02nd Feb)

Hotly tipped worship act yfriday, who are currently on tour with Noel Richards and whose debut album Rainmaker was recently released on Survivor Records will be recording at the MTV studios in March for the channel 5 show the Alpha Zone. The band will record two songs and some interview segments for broadcast later in the year. The band will be leading youth worship at Spring Harvest and Easter People and are already demoing tracks for their second album.
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SKiNfLOWERS Radio (02nd Feb)

Cheltenham-based Skinflowersare working hard to meet the 1st March completion date they've set fortheir debut album. A range of tracks are available from their website,with a streaming audio radio-style preview of the album available to thoseusing Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The pressure is on tocomplete work on the follow up to the man of blood EP following about of flu which halted work over Christmas.
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Phatfish Head for States (02nd Feb)

Phatfish are gearing up for thestart of a brief US tour this Saturday, followed by a range of UK dates inMarch. The band will be promoting their latest album, Purple ThroughThe Fishtank which was produced by noted US-based producer AlanShacklock.
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Superhero Prepare For Launch (02nd Feb)

Glasgow's Superhero are busyplanning the launch of their new album,set for release on the 4th March. The album launch will feature a set fromthe band, supported by fellow Room 3 Records act Nervous Passenger, aswell as short presentations from guest speakers. Superhero, who went fulltime only a few months ago, will spend the following months touringextensively across the UK.
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More March Launches (02nd Feb)

SCSI, the artists formerly known asDecember Blue, release their newalbum Crave on the 4th March. The album starts a new chapter in theband's unfolding story, bringing in a range of new sounds, with influencesfrom acts like Garbage and Texas. The album was produced by Americanhusband and wife team Tim and Carla White.
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Tidbits (02nd Feb)

Jonny Parks is currently inEastbourne, laying down tracks at ICCstudios for his debut solo album. Delirious? have beennominated for two Dove Awards: "Rock RecordedSong" for the track Gravity, and "Modern Rock/Alternative Album of theyear" for Mezzamorphis. The video for "It's OK" has been playlistedby MTV Europe. Tribe of Dan were asked tostep in after Bernard Butler had topull out of his scheduled appearance at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham. Tenth Leper are celebratingthe launch of their new album, ReturnedWith Thanks. SecretArchives of the Vatican have been hard at work studying themusic of myriad cultures as they prepare to release their second CD. Theysay the new album will be "more ethnic, but also dancier" and are planningto invest in some new recording equipment to help them on their way. IndigoEcho have managed toget their new album, One distributedto all the HMV stores in Scotland as well as into their local VirginMegastore. A lot of opportunities seem to be opening up for the band, onthe same Room 3 Records label as Nervous Passenger andSuperhero. 3 Second Memory recentlysupported Dodgy at the Plymouth Pavilion.
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"It's OK" - Delirious? Prepare (16th Feb)

Delirious? don't look set to get much sleep over the next fortnight as they tour the country promoting "It's OK". Already playlisted by MTV UK and Ireland, the band are playing in HMV and Virgin Megastores across England as well as appearing on a variety of radio and TV shows, including Big Breakfast, XFM, and BBC Radio 2.
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Why oh Why oh Why? (16th Feb)

Why? disbanded some months ago now, but rumours are surfacing that three former members are planning to form a worship/covers band under the same name. This new band would not include founder-member Ant Parker or any other original member of the band. Ant is currently deciding whether to release a documentary video about the band which has been prepared as a momento.
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Junction 1 Receives Press Slating (16th Feb)

The proposed Junction 1 has received a strong negative reaction from the Christian press. The New Christian Herald ran an editorial describing the festival's timing, which directly clashes with the long-running Greenbelt festival as "little short of provocative", and other sources have raised similar concerns. Greenbelt have extended their special offer on youth tickets, which are currently available for only �22 each.
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Cross Rhythms Begin Anew (16th Feb)

Cross Rhythms have announced that their festival this year will be called "Genesis 2000: New Beginnings". The event will have a new evangelistic focus and the lineup so far includes Noel Richards, yfriday and Tomorrow's Girl.
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ICC's Bathroom Floor (16th Feb)

Booley's Bathroom Floor album, in its newly extended state, has been picked up for distribution by ICC and should be available now.
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Busy Year for Secret Archives (16th Feb)

Secret Archives of the Vatican have a busy year ahead of them. As well as working on the follow-up to their Reformation album, which may or may not turn out as a double-album, both members of the group are pursuing side projects which should result in albums later in the year. We'll keep you informed.
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A Levels for R Generation (16th Feb)

Aleem, a founder member of West Midlands based the r generation, has left the band to concentrate on his forthcoming a-levels. The band remain confident, however, and are currently auditioning new members. Aleem remains the band's webmaster.
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SKiNfLOWERs Delay (16th Feb)

The new album from Cheltenham-based Skinflowers has been delayed for an extra month. Cheltenham's popular live music venue the Axiom, which was to have hosted the album launch, has closed down and the band have decided to use the extra time afforded by rescheduling the launch to concentrate on polishing the songs further. The album (still as yet untitled) will now release on April 2nd
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Dep4 (16th Feb)

Dep4 have amicably parted company with New Dawn Music and are planning an independent album launch in the late Spring. The group, which is based around singer/songwriter Tony Cornish, are working hard to make sure their website is up to date with information and sound clips.
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Tidbits (16th Feb)

Juliet Turner is currently in the studio working on tracks for the follow-up to her underrated debut, Let's Hear It For Pizza. The Electrics have recently recorded a cover of "Bad Indigestion" (originally performed by the Lost Dogs) for an upcoming tribute album to Terry Taylor/Daniel Amos. Julie Lord has recently revamped and moved her website. The Obstreperous, a recent addition to our band database, start work on their first album in April.
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