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Last Updated: 01st Dec
New Mal Pope Release (01st Dec)
Mal Pope has
recently released his latest album, The Ring,
which comes as a result of three months locked in his
Mumbles studio. The CD features fourteen tracks,
including "Tables Turn", a duet with Bonnie Tyler, and
"Woody Allen", a rocker written and performed along
with Martyn
Joseph.
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Coaster Disband (01st Dec)
Coaster has
currently disbanded for at least a year. Two members
of the band have moved to Manchester for a year to
work with 'The Pais Project' a schools work christian
charity and Alan has returned to Norwich to get married.
The band say they are very much still together but not
performing for the year.
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Superhero In Iceland (01st Dec)
Superhero have
been talking to several record labels over the past
month, both in the UK and America, and they say it
seems likely that they will sign a deal before the end of
the year. They have also been approached by a
mainstream label in Glasgow who want to sign them
on to a development deal, release a single and see
where that takes them. The band are weighing up their
options. They have been asked to travel to Iceland in
the new year to do a short tour, in conjunction with a
radio station. The radio station will be sending a rep to
see them play at Christmas Rock Night in Glasgow on
Friday 7th Dec. Next year looks to be a busy one for the
band. On top of everything else, American web based
music outlet www.cdbaby.com are arranging a US tour
for Superhero, which will take place during late May and
early June.
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Dust Relaunch Website (05th Dec)
Dust have relaunched their website after a long wait. The new site contains clips from their new mini-album Invisible as well as photos, news, gig dates, and so on. The band are appearing on XFM tonight, playing "In A Corner Of My Mind", a track from Invisible on The Works show.
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Iona News (05th Dec)
Dave Bainbridge has updated the Iona website with news about progress on the band's development of their own label which is to be callec Open Sky Records. The label will have distribution through Alliance (UK/Europe Christian outlets), Voiceprint (general market) and a few other organisations worldwide. The first release will be the box-set mentioned before on these pages, now to be titled The River Flows (Iona Anthology Volume 1) and to be released early next year. The band will soon be re-entering the studio to record and mix the tracks "Jigs", "Castlerigg and extended reels" and "Hearthquake" to be included on the bonus disc included in the box set. The band will be doing a few shows in Germany in June, though it is not yet confirmed whether this will be the full lineup or the rumoured instrumental outing.
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Tidbits (05th Dec)
A new Fono track, "Before I Blow" is now available from mp3.com. Juliet Turner has just completed a very successful headline tour of the UK and is now on tour supporting Ron Sexsmith. Julie Lord recently won a regional music competition, resulting in plenty of local press attention. Stephen Roy Hill is currently in the studio working on a four track EP. B@sic have filled their vacancy for a drummer and bassist with the addition of Dan Rowntree and John Leary.
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Daniel Beddingfield (06th Dec)
Former DNA Algorithm man, Daniel Beddingfield, has found himself at number one in the singles charts this week with his debut single, "Gotta Get Through This". The single was subject to a fierce bidding war amongst labels and in an article on their website Radio One reported that it was eventually signed for 400,000 pounds.
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Martyn's Tour Well Received (06th Dec)
Martyn Joseph's UK tour seems to be going well, with many well attended shows. There are reviews now up on his website as well as details of the last few shows of the tour. Images of the show at Fibbers in York were captured on webcam and may be archived on their site, though the site is temporarily unavailable so we were unable to check. Dates for Martyn's next tour, "Faith, Folk and Anarchy", which he'll be undertaking with Tom Robinson and Steve Knightly are now in our gig guide and Martyn's new live album is now out. Support on the current tour has come from Sarah Masen who has just set up an e-mail newsletter you can sign up for at sarahmasen.com.
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Chart Placings (17th Dec)
Well the new
Delirious? single, "I Could Sing Of Your Love
Forever" has been out for a week now and entered the
charts yesterday at number 40, their lowest entry since
their first single "White Ribbon Day", but amongst the
fiercest competition they've yet experienced for chart
placings.
Daniel Beddingfield has slipped one place to
number two, after two weeks at the top.
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New As If... Album (17th Dec)
As If... have
announced that the followup to their Strange Blue
Thing album will be released on February 9th. The
new album, titled In Full Bloom will be launched
with a gig at Thame Football Club, Oxfordshire. Support
on the night will come from Debby+Barnes.
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Aren't bigman Fabulous? (18th Dec)
Some of you may remember a Scottish band who
made a few waves a few years back who went by the
name of Fabulous. What their manager describes as
the driving force behind that band has finally resurfaced
in the new guise of bigman. The band had their debut
gig at King Tuts in Glasgow at the end of last month.
The sound is said to have matured, becoming "deeper
and fuller". The debut single, due for release between
now and mid-spring 2002 should give those of us
outside Glasgow a chance to check that.
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Loose Goose Flies South (18th Dec)
Carolyn Stilwell, the woman behind celtic outfit Loose Goose
whose albums generated a bit of a stir a couple of
years ago has returned to her native New Zealand. She
has recently completed work on the third Loose Goose
album but as yet no release plans for that have been
announced, though there is talk of a Loose Goose UK
tour next summer. Carolyn hopes to continue to
perform in New Zealand.
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