http://keeponfundraising.wordpress.com
Please pop over and have a look. I have collated all my current and past fundraising in one place plus it will feature news & interviews with fellow fundraisers and those who kindly donate items for my EBay auctions.
As expected Ben Marshall has signed for Leicester for a fee of £750,000 with add-ons. He was out of contract in the summer and despite the offer of a new contract seems he had made his mind up to leave.
Reports that Danny Higginbotham has gone on loan for the rest of the season to Notts Forest.
No-one seemingly signing for us on deadline day which is a tad worrying as we have let Higginbotham go on loan.
Girlschool baseball cap and XXL t-shirt
Signed Jimmy Cricket panto flyer
Robin George’s Lovepower downloads
Also online soon items pledged by Pendragon, Patsy Matheson, Neonfly and more…
Midfielder Glen Whelan has penned a new three and half year contract with the club. Great news and a he has been a real rock in the central midfield role for us. Meanwhile, Tony Pulis has revealed he’s be happy to manage Wales but for one game only at the Gary Speed memorial game against Costa Rica. Mind you longer term he must be keen to have a go at managing his national side.
Nigerian international Michael Uchebo has returned to his Belgian club after a brief trial with us. It seems unlikely he will sign for us. At 6ft 6″ he would fit in well if we did sign him 
Rumour time…Man Utd expressing interest in Ryan Shawcross…Wigan’s Diame rumoured to be subject of a £3m bid…Michael Owen on loan (could see this one happening as we have inquired before about him)…
Kindly donated by Girlschool with all proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK.
Look out as well soon for a Girlschool t-shirt and other goodies coming soon to raise funds for the charity including kind donations from Patsy Matheson, Neonfly and more TBA!
You can help support and spread the word bu ‘Liking’ the Facebook page here
A question I have been asked a few times down the years (I’ve done at least one charity event every year since 1985) and the main reasons are the charities are personal or ones that support/help young people, like this year’s one the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Plus I love helping others as much as that sounds like a Miss World reply!
It is always hard coming up with a novel idea for fundraising be it Forty Nights for my fortieth birthday where I held a charitygig at Brentford FC and got a whole hostof bands to plug it at their gigs or webpages. The Shirt Of Hurt (kindly borrowed of Sports Relief/Danny Baker) back in 2010 saw me complete the Staines 10K in a P*** V*** top – I still have nightmares about it 
Still it raised over £550 for the Macular Disease Society. In fact running is a good way to raise funds as I did a 10K back in 2007 and rasied over £1,000 for the Parkinson’s Disease Society. I have even run between WHS Travel stores (train & underground stations) in central London in the late 90′s. A more leisrely fundraiser was last year’s All Booked Up where myself and my daughter (who has done some sterling fundraising herself and made me one proud dad) did a year long sponsored read for Surrey Young Carers.
So times are hard but try & help where you can as the real stars are those who donate their money or signed goodies for charity auctions and spread the word as fundraising is no good if no-one knows you are doing it!
Please support this year’s fundraising for the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK by:
‘Liking’ the Facebook page
Visting the JustGiving page
Texting £1.00 (or more if you wish) LGWC50 to 70070
Spread the word
Thank you all.
| Top 10 highest bidded items… | Final selling price | |
| 1 | Rebus whisky | £1,319.00 |
| 2 | Signed Red Dwarf script | £857.77 |
| 3 | Signed Harry James drumsticks | £103.00 |
| 4 | Vinny Burns guitar lesson | £62.00 |
| 5 | Signed FM CD | £41.00 |
| 6 | Signed Rodney Matthews ‘Sleepwalking’ poster | £35.27 |
| 7 | Signed Francis Dunnery CD | £35.00 |
| 8 | Signed Francis Dunnery CD | £31.00 |
| 9 | Signed Rodney Matthews ‘OASTN’ poster | £26.10 |
| 10 | Signed David Tennant photo | £21.00 |
| £2,531.14 |
It’s a point and that’s the highlight of a dire game 
No Fuller on the bench so only presume he’s being saved for the weekend game against Wigan?
Transfer rumours have both Pennant and Jerome supposedly wanting away but of more concrete fact is that Danny Pugh will sign for Leeds Utd where he has been on loan, provided the two clubs can do a deal. Danny Collins could be staying at Ipswich Town and if we are really lucky Bradford will take on Andrew Davies
My fundraising for 2012 will be for the Make-A-Wish Foundation they make wishes come true for children and young people with life threatening diseases. I will be raising funds by auctioning off various signed or unique items donated by celebrities and musicians/bands via EBay.
Why fifty fifty? Well those who kindly donate an item I will split the final selling price on Ebay between the Make-A-Wish Foundation and a charity chosen by the donating celebrity/band.
You can help by:
* ‘Liking’ the Facebook page
* Donating on Just Giving
* Bidding on a Ebay auction
* Leaving a message of support
For more details please click here
We take on Valencia in the Europa League KO stages and we are at home first. If we win this tie we face the winners of TRABZONSPOR/PSV EINDHOVEN. Ties to be played w/c 16th Feb with return legs w/c 23rd Feb.
Come on Stoke!
Bang goes our 100% record in Europe but then we had already qualified and Pulis fielded a second XI including a start for Arismendi and Salif Diao in defence! Fuller gave us an early lead but in the second half it fell apart with Upson red carded. We finished a respectable second in our group.
Fulham failed to qualify after a late equaliser saw them go out.
Hello Everybody
Hope you’re all well.
My turn to do the newsletter, so here goes…
Our BIG news is that Bex and me both have new albums coming out at the beginning of next year and will be out on the road throughout the country for 30 live dates between Feb 3rd and Easter. The list of dates and email addresses for tickets is below.
My album, ‘Stories of Angels & Guitars’ (Tomorrow Records) is released on January 16th and will be available on CD and download.
You can preorder it and listen to some sound samples at Amazon by following this link:
It features ten new songs with me playing guitar, mandolin, glockenspiel, xylophone and percussion with Hugh Whitaker (ex Housemartins) on drums and Jon Short on double bass.
Reviews are only just starting to come in, but here’s a quick sample from our boasting file of what people are saying so far:
‘a gorgeously intimate late night album, full of lush harmonies and a wonderful stillness built of the sparse instrumentation and Patsy’s trademark husky fragility’ – Stephen Lambe, Classic Rock Soc Magazine
‘The vocals are simply stunning… The smoothly melodious voice draws you into a song; add a little acoustic guitar and what more can you want? I would urge lovers of singer/songwriter and folk music to buy this album’ – Jason Ritchie, Get Ready To Rock!
‘Patsy Matheson, returns from the world of recording with a fabulous album… “Stories Of Angels & Guitars” is not an album to be rushed, give yourself time to listen to it properly so you can get the reward due you.’ – Neil King, Fatea Magazine
Becky’s album ‘Dandelion’ will be available at our live dates and released officially slightly later in the year. It’s been produced by Dave Creffield, (Embrace, the Kaiser Chiefs producer) who did such a wonderful job on Waking the Witch’s ‘Boys from the Abattoir’ album, and features a wide range of very talented musicians. I’ve had a sneak preview and it is completely marvellous!
At our live shows, we are going to be playing some Waking the Witch songs, as well as songs from both of our new albums. Bex and I are also just in the process of making a couple of videos to promote the tour, so we will let you know when these are ready and posted up on You Tube.
You can keep up regularly with our news on Facebook (you’ll track down Bex under Rebecca Tamsin Ballantyne Mills and me under Patsy Matheson!!) or I’ve just set up a Twitter account, so feel free to follow us on that, although I’ve not quite got the hang of it yet…(if anyone can explain to me how it works, that would be very helpful indeed!) - or we both have websites – www.beckymills.co.uk or www.patsymatheson.co.uk
Right then. I think that’s all our news for now.
Have a very happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year and we look forward to catching you along the way in the Spring. Woop!
Best wishes
Patsy
for Jools, Rachel and Becky (Waking the Witch)
SPRING TOUR: Patsy Matheson & Becky Mills
…0ne half of award winning female acoustic quartet, Waking the Witch
‘Expert musicianship and compelling interchanging lead vocals’ – Maverick Magazine
Official blurb: Since the well publicised break up of Waking the Witch, Patsy Matheson and Becky Mills have continued to delight audiences throughout the UK – Patsy as half of a duo with the legendary Clive Gregson (Gregson & Collister, Richard Thompson Band), and Becky singing alongside Ken Nicol (Steeleye Span) and Ashley Hutchings (Fairport Convention).
Now, to support the release of their two new albums ( Patsy’s ‘Stories of Angels & Guitars’ available 16th Jan 2012) and Becky’s ‘Dandelion’ , these two highly respected songwriters, singers and guitar players have joined forces resulting in a unique and personal sound, drawing on roots in traditional and contemporary folk, acoustic blues, R & B, jazz and rock, with an emphasis on intricate vocal harmonies. Combine this with the pair’s engaging charm and sense of humour, and this promises to be a very special evening of top quality entertainment.
Spring 2012:
FEBRUARY
Frid 3rd Feb – Carlisle, Carlisle Folk & Blues Club www.carlislefolkandbluesclub.com
Wed 8th Feb – Lowdham, nr Nottingham, The Old Ship Inn www.warthogpromotions.com
Thurs 9th Feb – Leicester, The Musician www.themusicianpub.co.uk
Fri 10th Feb – Barton upon Humber, Ropery Hall www.the-ropewalk.co.uk/roperyhall/music.htm
Sat 11th Feb – Sheffield, Greystones www.mygreystones.co.uk
Fri 17th Feb – Chagford, The Ring O Bells www.ringobellschagford.co.uk
Sat 18th Feb – Torquay, Blue Walnut Cafe www.bluewalnutcafe.com
Mon 20th Feb – Farnham, The Maltings www.farnhammaltings.com
Tues 21st Feb – Battle, Hastings, Mrs Yarringtons @ Crowhurst Park www.mrsyarringtons.me.uk
Thurs 23rd Feb – York, Black Swan www.blackswanfolkclub.org.uk
Fri 24th Feb – Otley, Korks www.korks.co.uk
Sat 25th Feb – Burton, The Brewhouse Arts Centre www.brewhouse.co.uk
Sun 26th Feb – Birmingham, The Kitchen Garden Cafe www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk
Tues 28th Feb – Montrose, Links Hotel Folk Club www.linkshotelmusic.com/folk-music.php
Wed 29th Feb – Lanark, Horse & Jockey
MARCH
Thurs 1st March – St Andrews, Lathones, The Inn at Lathones www.innatlathones.com
Fri 2nd March – Ulverston, Social Club http://www.slmp.btinternet.co. uk
Sat 3rd March – Dumfries & Galloway, Sanquhar Arts Centre www.all-the-airts.com
Tues 6th March – Nr Beverley, Processed Pea, The Light Dragoon, Etton www.theprocessedpea.co.uk
Thurs 8th March – E. Devon, Otterton, Otterton Mill www.ottertonmill.com
Fri 9th March – Bridgwater, Arts Centre www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
Sat 10th March – Wellington Arts Centre www.w-a-a.co.uk
Sun 11th March – Nr Gloucester Wotton under Edge, Arts Centre www.utea.org.uk
Fri 16th March – Grassington, Appletreewick, Craven Arms www.craven-cruckbarn.co.uk
Sat 17th March – Preston, New Continental www.newcontinental.net
Fri 23rd March – Milton Keynes, The Stables www.stables.org
Sun 25th March – Hebden Bridge, Trades Club www.thetradesclub.com
April
Sunday 8th April – Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival www.barnsleyacoustic.co.uk
Friday 13th April – Hinckley, Hinckley ACT www.hinckleyact.co.uk
Saturday 14th April – Pickering, Newton upon Rawcliffe, Village Hall Dennis.Wilcock@btopenworld.com
Sunday, 18 December, we launch our 2012 promotion, with a two-hour MAGNUM special. In the first hour a selection of tracks from their earliest years to the present lovingly put together and presented by Classic Rock’s Malcolm Dome, and in the second (sacred) hour a recent interview feature with Bob Catley and Tony Clarkin talking about the band’s progress since 1972…with more great music!
Sunday, 22:00 GMT+1
www.getreadytorockradio.com/magnum.htm
A quick update as myself and my daughter near the end of our yearlong sponsored read for Surrey Young Carers. It has been fun and I have discovered a great new author to me along the way, Philip Kerr and his highly readable Bernie Gunther novels. Jasmine meanwhile has been galloping through the Lemony Snicket series (although now disowns the Justin Bieber book she read back in January as she has moved onto Green Day, You Me At Six et al).
A BIG thank you all for your support and you can still kindly pester ask people to make a donation. With the wonders of modern technology you can pledge a £1 by mobile:
Simply text AFQZ62 to 70070 and even better the message is free J
Thanks again and we both wish you a happy Christmas & New Year!
https://www.justgiving.com/wellread2011
PS I am still after signedd items for charity EBay auctions for Surrey Young Carers and Beating Bowel Cancer so any contacts gratefully received. A recent signed Spike Edney (SAS Band/Queen) DVD & photo went for £20 for SYC.
What a great result and a lovely goal from Kenwyne Jones laid on perfectly by Jermaine Pennant. We are the first English club to qualify for the knock out stages and unbeaten as yet in the group stages.
Palacios showed some good passing although he is nowhere near ‘Pulis fit’. Kiev did have us under the cosh in the first half as we never really got into our fast paced game wich normally troubles the European teams. We reverted to this in the second half and looked the better side. What a big lift as well to see Fuller on for the last twenty mintues. He may not be back to his best yet after a long lay off but no-one causes opposition defenders as many headaches as Mr Fuller.
Well done Tony Pulis and Stoke!
Everton up next away…
THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTARY ON THE WORLD’S GREATEST ROCK BAND IS COMING TO DVD AND BLU-RAY
Released 28th November – Universal Music
“This fantastic and moving two-parter tells the story of the finest live band in the history of rock. There’s archive footage of past performances, interviews with the members and, best of all, plenty of insider anecdotes; the choicest being Elton John’s reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody: “Are you off your head? You’ll never get that played.” The Guardian.
In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band.
Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. This past month in front of an estimated TV audience of 1.2 billion they were honoured with the Global Icon Award at the 2011 MTV EMA.
But for Queen the journey was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through – and this is how they did it.
Set against a backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe, Queen: ‘Days of Our Lives’ – available in both Blu-Ray and standard DVD formats, released 28th November through Universal Music, brings Queen’s 40th Anniversary year to a close in suitably regal style.
‘Days Of Our Lives’ began as a two-part documentary produced by long-term Queen collaborators and life long fans Rhys Thomas (the comedian who famously broke the Mastermind all time record points score with a specialist subject of Queen) and Simon Lupton, and directed by the renowned director Matt Casey. After 10 years of making Queen DVDs, Lupton and Thomas were asked by the band to produce the definitive 40th Anniversary documentary and after almost a year of painstaking research and editing, this was the result.
Split over two episodes, Part One covering 1970-80, Part Two 1980 – present day, the documentary is a genuine rollercoaster of rock and roll history.
In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor and unseen archive footage – including their recently unearthed first ever TV performance – it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humour and painful honesty.
Rhys Thomas comments, “We set out to make the definitive Queen documentary. It’s a funny, honest, inspiring and ultimately tragic account of ‘a certain band called Queen’, as told by the band themselves. We tell the story of four students who met in West London, slogged hard and conquered the world, ultimately changing rock music forever.”
When originally broadcast in the UK on BBC 2 across two nights in May of this year, ‘Queen: Days of Our Lives’ was the highest rated TV show on in its slot, beating every other channel and peaking with 3 million viewers. It has been widely regarded as one of the finest rock documentaries made and the critical reaction was outstanding. “Funny that,” says Thomas, “considering Queen were always denounced by the press!”
Say Queen’s Brian May: “The Boys did a fantastic Job on this documentary … with little interference from us! I think this one will set the bench mark for years to come.”
Thomas explains the transfer of the original BBC documentary to DVD release: “When originally making the series it wasn’t easy condensing 40 years of Queen down to just two hours. In fact, there was so much more to be said and so much more to be seen. Thanks to Blu-Ray and DVD, so much more of that story can now be told.
“As the two documentaries worked so well, we resisted the idea of making an epic 3-hour ‘Extended Cut’. They are always boring, and as Freddie said to his manager Jim Beach in his last days: “Do anything you want with my music dear, but never make me boring!
“So rather than simply dump a load of ‘deleted scenes’ onto the DVD and Blu-Ray, Simon and I decided to edit them all with as much love, time and care as we put into the main documentary. What we have as a result is a great companion to the main story and some real gems, most notably covering the formation of the band and the making of the last three albums which was only touched upon in the televised version. For instance, we learn from Brian how John Deacon made a cut in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ for the record company and Freddie’s reaction; the revelation that Freddie was not sober during the making of ‘Spread Your Wings’/’We Will Rock You’ in Roger’s back garden, and a hilarious sequence about Queen and their love of Scrabble.
“As well as the new sequences, there are 7 new videos. Excerpts were featured in the main documentary, but we have completed them, and here on DVD and Blu- Ray they appear in full.”
The Blu-Ray format allows for additional bonus material and therefore differs in content to the Standard DVD release. Please check credits for each release.
‘Queen: Days of our Lives’ Blu-Ray & Standard DVD content descriptions:
Documentary Part 1 – 59 mins
Documentary Part 2 – 59 mins
ADDITIONAL VIDEOS – Blu-Ray and Standard DVD (24 mins):
Seven Seas Of Rhye 2011:
A compilation of all four Top Of The Pops and Rainbow Live performances from 1974 – all unseen
Killer Queen 2011
A compilation of two Top of The Pops performances, one the familiar 1974 Christmas Special, the other – discovered in the late British comedian Dick Emery’s private collection, hasn’t been seen since 1974, the original master tape wiped from the BBC archives.
Somebody To Love 2011
This is a new edit of the video using the four takes shot on the day, most of which has never before been seen. `
We Are The Champions 2011
In 1977, cameras filmed Queen recording a new version of the song for the promo video. This video shows the band performing and mixing this unreleased version in two live takes. An instrumental version of this closed Part One of ‘Days of our Lives’. Here for the first time the video can be seen in its entirety.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2011
A new edit of the video compiled from the rushes including outtakes and unseen angles.
Under Pressure 2011
A new video intercutting Queen’s first live performance of the song in Montreal 81 and Queen + David Bowie at the Freddie Mercury Tribute.
Radio Ga Ga 2011
This new video includes unseen colour footage from the 1984 Radio Ga Ga video shoot plus rushes and outtakes.
BONUS SEQUENCES – Blu-Ray (59 mins) / Standard DVD (21 mins only):
Queen: The Beginning
A detailed look at how Queen formed in 1971. Covering Smile, finding John Deacon, and the early struggles of the band.
Queen On Tour 1974-5
Featuring Queen at the Rainbow and unseen footage of the band touring Japan for the first time. Includes excerpts of ‘Now I’m Here’, ‘Killer Queen’ and ‘In The Lap Of The Gods’ live.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Brian reveals how John Deacon made a cut in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ for the record company, only to be dismissed by Freddie: “Either it’s released in it’s entirety or not at all!.”
Working Together
The Band discuss their working relationship, including unheard archive of Queen having a ‘creative discussion!’
Leaving John Reid
An in-depth account of how the band left manager John Reid and set up Queen Productions – plus the revelation that Freddie was not sober during the making of ‘Spread Your Wings’/’We Will Rock You’ in Roger’s back garden.
Don’t Stop Me Now
Brian and Roger discuss ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ and the ‘Guitar Version’ discarded by Freddie.
Flash Gordon
A short sequence on the making of Queen’s first film soundtrack, ‘Flash Gordon’, plus an alternate promo video.
Making Videos
The band discuss the video making process, featuring lots of unseen outtakes.
Scrabble Wars
A hilarious sequence about Queen and their love of Scrabble. You will just have to watch!
From Magic to The Miracle
In the three years between ‘A Kind Of Magic’ and ‘The Miracle’, the members of Queen went through some life changing experiences in their working and personal lives. This chapter sheds light on what went on behind closed doors.
Going Slightly Mad: The Making of Innuendo
In 1991 Queen hit the charts with a No.1 album and single, ‘Innuendo.’ Creatively the band were reinvigorated, their material better than ever, but beneath the surface, they all had to face the fact that Freddie was seriously ill and time was running out.
Made In Heaven
Roger and Brian talk about the making of the last Queen album, ‘Made In Heaven’, working with Freddie in his final weeks, as well and working with the material he had recorded after he had passed away and the emotional distress it caused.
Return To Imperial
Brian returns to Imperial College and shows us around the college where he and Roger first met, formed Smile and ultimately Queen.
BONUS INTERVIEWS - Blu-Ray (19 mins). Not included on Standard DVD:
The Bonus Interview section contains various interesting, funny and insightful footage that didn’t fit into any particular sequence but was too great to leave on the cutting room floor.
Queen: ‘Days Of Our Lives’
Formats: Blu-Ray / Standard DVD (Versions differ)
Available from 28th November 2011
Format Contents:
Blu-Ray DVD
Documentary Part 1 – 59 mins Documentary Part 1 – 59 mins
Documentary Part 2 – 59 mins Documentary Part 2 – 59 mins
Additional Videos – 24 mins Additional Videos – 24 mins
Seven Seas Of Rhye 2011 Seven Seas Of Rhye 2011
Killer Queen 2011 Killer Queen 2011
Somebody To Love 2011 Somebody To Love 2011
We Are The Champions 2011 We Are The Champions 2011
Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2011 Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2011
Under Pressure 2011 Under Pressure 2011
Radio Ga Ga 2011 Radio Ga Ga 2011
Bonus Sequences – 59 mins Bonus Sequences – 21 mins
Queen: The Beginning From Magic to The Miracle
Queen On Tour 1974-5 Made In Heaven
Bohemian Rhapsody Going Slightly Mad: The
Working Together Making of Innuendo
Leaving John Reid
Don’t Stop Me Now
Flash Gordon
Making Videos
Scrabble Wars
From Magic to The Miracle
Going Slightly Mad: The Making of Innuendo
Made In Heaven
Return To Imperial
Bonus Interviews – 19 mins. Not included on standard DVD
Big Country, who formed in November 1981, will kick-off their 30th anniversary celebrations by performing their classic 1983 debut album The Crossing live in its entirety during a thirteen-date tour of the U.K. in February 2012.
With The Crossing an international best seller, it sold over 2 million copies in the UK, spawning 2 Top Ten hits and spending 84 consecutive weeks on the Music Week album chart, Big Country’s tour will coincide with Universal Music’s deluxe re-issue of the album on January 30th 2012, which is expected to include a wealth of previously unreleased recordings and footage of the band.
In announcing the ‘Crossing The Country Tour’, bassist Tony Butler says, “It’s typical to write an album and only play a few songs from it, so to get the opportunity to play an entire album is very cool. This tour will give us the chance to play songs never performed before alongside the well-known ones, songs that were written but didn’t make it on to the album, and the associated ‘b side’ material. We can’t wait.”
Big Country, who on November 19th will receive the inaugural ‘Pride of Scotland Award’ at the annual Nordoff Robbins Tartan Clef event held in Glasgow, reformed with The Alarm’s Mike Peters on lead vocal duties in place of the late Stuart Adamson, who passed away in 2001, for two sold-out UK tours and main stage festival appearances including The Isle of Wight Festival, T in The Park, Oxegen and V Festival during 2011. In addition, Big Country re-united with The Crossing’s producer Steve Lillywhite to release their first single in 12 years, ‘Another Country’.
The Crossing tour will also precede the release of a new studio album, scheduled for release in autumn 2012.
Big Country’s ‘Crossing The Country Tour’ dates are as follows:
Feb. 3: Academy, Manchester, U.K.
Feb. 4: O2 Academy, Liverpool, U.K.
Feb. 6: Barrowland, Glasgow, U.K.
Feb. 7: Alhambra, Dunfermline, U.K.
Feb. 8: O2 Academy, Newcastle, U.K.
Feb. 9: O2 Academy, Leeds, U.K.
Feb. 11: O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, U.K.
Feb. 12: Hexagon, Reading, U.K.
Feb. 13: UEA, Norwich, U.K.
Feb. 15: O2 Academy, Bristol, U.K.
Feb. 16: Rock City, Nottingham, U.K.
Feb. 17: O2 Academy, Birmingham, U.K.
Feb. 18: O2 Academy, Sheffield, U.K.
Justin Fletcher aka CBeebies legend Mr Tumble has a new single out ‘Hand’s Up’ on Nov 20th. An ideal choice for this year’s Christmas number one single…
Goals from Dean Whitehead and Peter Crouch took us nearer the knock out stages and we need a draw from one of our last two games to qualify. Not the greatest of games and Macabi Tel Aviv it has to be said would struggle in League Two based on their performances to date. Lots of tippy tappy stuff a la West Brom but no decent finishers. Good to see Danny Higginbotham back and Diego Arismendi get a ten minute run out.
Bolton away next on Sunday and boy will they be gunning for revenge for the FA Cup SF defeat. We have yet to win after a Europa League game this season and it would be good to break that duck against Bolton. Hopefully Shawcross and Wilson will be back from injury.
The Clive Nolan Newsletter 31/10/11
Arena tour starts soon!
Not long now before the shows begin. Come along if you can!
Don’t forget to check out the dates at http://arenaband.com/
The Seventh Degree of Separation
At last the new Arena album is finished and will be released on the 28th November 2011. Our seventh album is a concept album, which explores the last hour of life and the first hour beyond. It’s truly dark in the way that only Arena can do! It’s available now for pre-order exclusively at Verglas.
The Seventh Degree Of Separation special edition package is a 56 minute long, 13 track CD in a 3 leafed digibook with a 28 page pullout booklet packed with original artwork + a bonus 50 minute DVD “The making of The Seventh Degree Of Separation”, where each member of the band gives you some insight into the process they go through to make the music. The track list is as follows:
This special edition package is now available to buy only at www.verglas.com
You will receive your special edition package before the official release date, OR you can come and buy it at one of the tour dates.
Please note that you will not be able to buy this in any shop or any online outlet (except www.verglas.com) before 28th November, or get it at one of the gigs.
More ‘She’ Fundraisers:
A total of four ‘She’ fundraisers have now been performed over the last few months. We can consider them a success, and essential money has been raised towards the production of the February 2012 shows.
Clive: ‘Many thanks to all the people who have come and supported these events. It has been a lot of fun, and has proved that this is a viable method to raise support for these musicals.’
South America:
There are whispers that the ‘eight-man She show’ may be headed out to Uruguay next year.
Clive: ‘I can’t say for sure that this is definite yet… but plans are being made, and April next year is being left open for a while. I really hope it does happen, because I’d love to get back to South America soon!’
‘She’ Podcasts:
Just a reminder for people to watch all those ‘She Production Podcasts’ that have been coming out for months now. These provide a great insight into the workings and the preparations of the February show, as well as introducing the cast and the crew who are making this all possible.
Simply visit http://www.youtube.com/user/caamoracompany
Websites:
Clive Nolan:
Arena:
Shadowland:
‘She’
The Caamora Theatre Company:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300609775966?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649
Kindly donated by Gary Rhodes- all proceeds rasied go to Surrey Young Carers.
Peter Crouch and a Jon Walters penalty gave us three points in what will be a tight Europa League group. Ryan Shotton has come on leaps and bounds as a player this season already with a fine performance tonight. Only Huth was shaky but in fairness he is no left back!
Next up Swansea City away…
Kindly donated by Justin Fletcher (TV’s Mr Tumble to many!), a signed postcard and a new & sealed DVD (not signed). All proceeds to Beating Bowel Cancer – come on and bid!
‘She’ is performed in Holland:
September the 3rd saw the ‘She’ show at the Boerderij, Holland. This was an opportunity to test out the ‘eight-man’ version, and take the music beyond the UK again. It was certainly a success. Special mention should go to David Clifford, who took over the role of Leo, and Kylan Amos who took up the reigns on Bass… excellent performances from both of them.
Clive: “I must say it worked really well. The show ran smoothly (despite all the technical challenges), and I thought it really reached the heart of what ‘She’ was about. I thought the singers brought the songs to life, and the musicians added a new energy to the backing. What was the most exciting thing was to watch how well the audience engaged in the show, and the reaction was fantastic!”
There are now discussions going on as to where perhaps this ‘She-lite’ version could go next.
Any suggestions?
More ‘She’ Fundraisers:
On the 14th October (Friday), there will be a fundraiser in Wokingham, UK. The concert will feature Clive Nolan, Agnieszka Swita, Mark Westwood, Christina Booth, David Clifford and Soheila Clifford. For tickets and more info contact: robdhend@aol.com. There will be music from ‘She’ as well as other material from Clive’s repertoire. He will also be presenting the concepts behind his new musical, ‘Alchemy’.
On the 16th October (Sunday), there will be a fundraiser in Lakei, Helmond, Holland. Clive, Agnieszka and Mark will be travelling over, and there will be a couple of Dutch guest appearances: Tom Luchies, from the Dutch band Sky Architect and Tasmara van Loon, formerly of the Dutch gothic metal band Sylver Myst. For more information contact Marcel at liveprog@liveprog.com, or tickets can simply be bought at http://www.lakeihelmond.nl/agenda/16-10-2011/Clive%20Nolan/
Buying these tickets helps us provide the lifeblood to get the theatrical shows off the ground. Helping us by attending the fundraisers (http://shethemusical.com/index.php/fundraisin), or donating money through the She site, or even just buying a ‘She’ T-shirt (http://tickets.webeden.co.uk/#/she-merchandise/4555311508) all helps towards the future of Clive’s musicals.
New Arena Album:
The mixes have just been completed for the new Arena album, ‘The Seventh Degree of Separation’. Mastering takes place this week, and the artwork is mostly complete. The album will be available to coincide with the tour in November.
Clive: “I must say the album is sounding great; very powerful and atmospheric. The music to me is another part of the Arena evolution, although there is still that intrinsic ‘arena-sound’ pervading the album.”
This is a concept album, which explores the last hour of life and the first hour beyond. It’s truly dark in the way that only Arena can do!
Arena Tour:
Don’t forget to check out the tour dates in November. Just go to arenaband.com, and you can see the front cover too.
Pendragon DVD:
Clive has just been in the studio checking the keyboards in the soundtrack of Pendragon’s latest DVD, filmed during their recent ‘Passion Tour’. Mixing will begin in the near future, with the intention of a release before Christmas.
‘She’ Podcasts:
Just a reminder for people to watch all those ‘She Production Podcasts’ that have been coming out for months now. These provide a great insight into the workings and the preparations of the February show, as well as introducing the cast and the crew who are making this all possible.
Simply visit http://www.youtube.com/user/caamoracompany
Websites:
Clive Nolan: http://clivenolan.net/
Arena: http://www.arenaband.com/
Shadowland: http://shadowlanduk.com/
‘She’: http://shethemusical.com/
The Caamora Theatre Company: http://ctc.clivenolan.net/
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Raising funds for Surrey Young Carers
Big thanks to Justin Fletcher aka Mr Tumble for kindly donating the DVD and signed postcard.
Wilson Palacios from Spurs and Cameron Jerome from Birmingham have both signed for Stoke tonight on transfer deadline day. Both are on four year deals and add greatly to our playing options, especially Palacios who is very classy on his day.
Still in the works is Peter Crouch’s move to us – hopefully this has gone through.
Earlier in the day Arsenal’s Nicholas Bendtnar was in for talks with his agent (his dad) but he has since signed a season long loan with Sunderland.
No players leaving the club today but expect a flurry of loan signings to Football League clubs once they are able to make loan signings in a week’s time. Danny Collins could well be first off out on loan.
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