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Last Updated: 12th Apr

Furious? Movements (12th Apr)

Jonathan Brown, who currently runs Word UK is moving to Delirious' Furious? Records to help develop the label. A full announcement from Furious? is expected soon and Word are working hard to fill the gap which Jonathan's departure will leave. It looks likely that the label will be expanding its roster over the coming months, although this has yet to be confirmed. We'll bring you more details as they are announced.
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Fono Tops Charts (12th Apr)

Fono continue to be well served by the medium of MP3, having recently scored two songs in the top 20 downloads from mp3.com. The band's entries in the chart were both marked with two arrows, which signifies that they're rising fast. Fono recently took a break from touring with Audio Adrenaline to appear at the SXSW music industry convention and are hotly tipped to break through in the US market.
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Iain Archer To Hit the Studio (12th Apr)

Iain Archer plans to record his next album before the end of the year and if possible in time to release it at this year's Greenbelt festival. He has been playing recently with The Amazing Pilots, originally a Northern Irish act but now based in Eastbourne.
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Ten Years of Emmaus (12th Apr)

Trust Surrender ... Ten Years of Praise and Worship is the title of the latest release from Emmaus. The album draws together material from their past five albums along with two new tracks. The band are also about to release Closer Nearer, their latest studio album. The album comes out on April 21st and sees the band exploring some new directions.
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Julie Lord (12th Apr)

Julie Lord recently appeared on the Cross Rhythms cable tv programme where they showed footage of her singing "Everybody Needs Love" from her Lifetime album. Internet radio station Farmfresh Music have playlisted "Even Now" from the same album.
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Technicolour EP (12th Apr)

Technicolour have completed recording of their first EP. The band will be busy pursuing other interests over the Easter period but are looking to release the EP very soon.
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Monday Came and Went (12th Apr)

Dan Welberry informs us that When Monday Comes have now parted ways but that he and a group of other musicians (including John Graham, formerly of Beehive) are rehearsing in a big farm house and hope to launch themselves on the world later in the year.
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One:Lite Praise Revolution (12th Apr)

There is a chance that One:Lite will become the latest in a string of UK artists to get US distribution. The schools-ministry group are currently talking to Praise Revolution Records while continuing their work in England's schools.
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Troy Donockley, Workaholic? (12th Apr)

No sooner had the mastering of the new Iona album been completed than news emerged that Troy Donockley is working on a follow-up to his 1998 solo album, The Unseen Stream. The new album, to be titled The Beautiful Suit is described by Donockley as featuring "lots of full on choir". Not content to stop at that, he has also been featured on Kathryn Tickell's new album Debateable Lands, taking part in what they believe to be the first ever recorded duet between Uillean and Northumbrian pipes.
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Take the Money and Run (12th Apr)

Not a summary of some dubious business plan, but rather the lead single from Juliet Turner's second album. The single will surprise anyone who's only familiar with Let's Hear It For Pizza, driven as it is by a strong electric guitar riff. The single has been playlisted in Ireland and will release on April 21st. The album, Burn The Black Suit will follow in mid-June with a launch gig at Vicar's Street in Dublin.
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Tidbits (12th Apr)

Sibling's website was launched last week and contains a range of information on the band. Urban Militia will be headlining the Louisiana in Bristol on April 21st. They have just updated their website to include 8 live MP3s. I Know You Know the new album by Goldsmiths should finally be released over the Easter weekend. Shona Macdonald has been spending quite a bit of time in the USA recently working with Tony Loeffler. The episode of ITV's London's Burning which was to feature Delirious?'s "Come Like You Promise" has been postponed till April 23rd.
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Booley Release Frenzy (17th Apr)

Things are quickly picking up for Northern Ireland's Booley. Following the UK Christian market release of his extended Bathroom Floor album, plans are taking shape for wider distribution. The album will be released on May 22nd to the Irish mainstream and will be accompanied by plenty of press exposure. This will be followed by a US release through Grassroots Distribution on June 7th and a mainstream UK release (along with a single release) in August.
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3rd Day Rising Up From the Flames (21st Apr)

Contrary to many reports, 3rd Day Rising still exists. The band lost its guitarist (to Kosher) and drummer and their website reported that the band had split up. A few months on, 3rd Day Rising are back with a new direction, new members, and a new website. The band are confident that they still have much to offer, and are moving in a more mainstream rock direction rather than continuing with the metal, and debut live on the 16th June.
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Delirious? Shorts (21st Apr)

Delirious? will feature on a new compilation put out by Squint Records in the US to be titled Roaring Lambs. The album will also feature Sixpence None The Richer, Vigilantes of Love, Steve Taylor and PFR, among others. The band missed out on the the Dove Awards they were up for but were recognised as part of the team who worked on the Streams album, which won "Special Event Album of the Year" at the US CCM industry get-together.
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Good Responses for Goodall (21st Apr)

Stay With Me, the latest album from Simon Goodall is currently riding high in ICC's best-seller list. The album has been garnering good reviews all round, and a video for the title cut is about to be made. The album was selected by John Pantry for his record of the week on Premier Radio and Simon's cover of Delirious' "Deeper" has received a thumbs up from the band's manager Tony Patoto and guitarist Stu Garrard.
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Full Time Coastal Dune (21st Apr)

Durham University will lose Greenbelt this summer. The band will remain based in Durham and hope to continue playing the city's venues on a regular basis.
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Kato USA (21st Apr)

Kato have struck a deal with True Tunes Records/Rhythm House (a label who have already distributed releases by Terl Bryant and Dave Fitzgerald) to distribute a revised version of their Seasider EP. The seven original tracks will be joined by four more to make a full album. Kato's song "Superhero" has been shortlisted in the international songwriting competition "Unisong". Frontman Keith Ayling told us "Getting to the finals has given Kato welcome worldwide exposure and respect for the quality of the material we're writing".
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Juliet Turner's Hot New Entry (21st Apr)

Sony will be distributing Burn The Black Suit, Juliet Turner's new album, throughout Ireland from the 19th May. The album will be released on Hearthis Records. "Take The Money and Run", the first single from the album is the highest new entry in Ireland's playlist charts this week.
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Sing With Delirious? (22nd Apr)

Delirious? are looking for 150 people aged between 18-40 to sing with them on some tracks for their new album, provisionally titled GLO. The recording will take place on the evening of May 11th in London and entrance is by ticket only. Tickets are available on request from Furious? Records. The album is due for a summer release.
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Destiny Calling for Jubilee 2000 (23rd Apr)

Destiny Calling are holding a fundraising gig in support of the Jubilee 2000 Coalition's campaign for the cancellation of the debts of the world's poorest countries. The event will take place at 7pm on the 29th April at Fleet Methodist Church in Hampshire.
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From Accelerate to Rotation (24th Apr)

Ben Holliday, formerly guitarist, singer and songwriter with Accelerate has left the band to concentrate on his work with the band Rotation in Manchester (details will be added to the site as soon as we get them). The two remaining founding members have confirmed that they will continue with Accelerate.
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Dust ... Live From the Czech Republic? (24th Apr)

Dust have recently returned from their third tour of the Czech Republic. The Czech audiences were very receptive of their brand of hard-rock and some of the gigs have been recorded for possible release as a live album. A new Dust website is due shortly.
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Bits and Pieces (24th Apr)

Booley has been asked to record a duet with Maire Brennan for a forthcoming compilation. V-Enna are due to release their debut album to the US market on September 26th. Fono and Delirious? will both play at Cornerstone on 6th July in the USA.
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Stemming the Flow (25th Apr)

Long-serving indie band Flow are going through some changes, and their future currently looks uncertain. The band decided in February to take a step back and reassess their future direction, and guitarist/songwriter Prod Pritchard has now announced that he intends to leave the group to pursue other interests. The other members are currently considering where to take the band from here.
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