We’ll Live And Die In These Towns Play Coming To The Belgrade Theatre

The Belgrade Theatre presents

We’ll Live and Die in These Towns

By Geoff Thompson, Directed by Hamish Glen, Musical Director – Tom Clarke

Saturday 29 September to Saturday 20 October 2018

Presented at B2 stage
Tickets: £14 & £16.75 Concessions: From £9 – £14.75

We’ll Live and Die in These Towns is a gritty and compelling new musical drama driven by the adrenaline-rush energy and working class poetry of songs from The Enemy’s number one debut album.

A young rock musician, Argy, sits on the cusp of the big time only to suffer a crisis of confidence hours before the biggest performance of his life in a huge homecoming concert.

His manager, unable to convince him to sing, sends him away to re-visit his past and decide his future. So Argy walks the streets of his hometown, visiting family and friends in a bid to make sense of his feelings and find a way forward.

Argy’s worked his whole life for this break. But now it’s here, can he face down his fears and seize the moment?

We’ll Live and Die in These Towns comes from the pen of acclaimed Coventry writer, Geoff Thompson and is directed by Hamish Glen. It’s designed by Patrick Connellan and The Enemy’s Tom Clarke is the show’s Musical Director.

Age recommendation: 14+ Contains strong language.

This Weekend’s Godiva Festival Line-Up

Friday

9.05pm

Jake Bugg

7.50pm

Peace

6.55pm

Duck Thieves

6.10pm

Jimmy Kemp

Saturday

9.15pm

Editors

7.45pm

Jonas Blue

6.40pm

Gabrielle

5.35pm

Professor Green

4.40pm

Little Comets

3.45pm

Blood Red Shoes

2.55pm

The Opposite of Silence

2.15pm

The Upsiders

1.40pm

Candid

1.05pm

Josh Hale

12.20pm

Andy and the Odd Socks

Sunday

5.45pm

Ronan Keating

4.40pm

The Neville Staple Band

4.15pm

Outdoor performance Kinetika Bloco

3.45pm

Afriquoi

2.50pm

Hazel O’Connor

1.50pm

Sunny J (Offlicence)

1pm

Tony Christie

12.25pm

Ollie Bond

12.05pm

Gosp-Ability

Rock Tent (Fri) and Rhythm Tent (Sat/Sun)

Friday (Rock Tent)

9.25pm

Cradle of Filth

8.20pm

Redline

7.35pm

Black Water Fiend

6.55pm

DUF

6.20pm

The Unresolved

Saturday (Rhythm Tent)

9.15pm

Gaz Coombes

7.55pm

Kyle Falconer

7pm

Rae Morris

5.50pm

Ady Suleiman

5.05pm

Kellimarie

4.20pm

Joe Dolman

3.40pm

Lingua Franca

2.55pm

Nathan Dawe

2.25pm

The Soulfood Brothers

1.50pm

Freezacrowd

1.15pm

DeeLayDee

12.45pm

Wynter Black

12.15pm

Pest

Sunday (Rhythm Tent)

6pm

Asian Dub Foundation

4.45pm

Apache Indian

3.45pm

Zack Knight with special guest Jasmin Walia

3.10pm

Raxstar and Sunit

2.30pm

H Dhami

1.20pm

Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi

12.05pm

Abi Sampa

Paradise Tent

Friday (Comedy)

Alasdair Beckett-King

Eshaan Akbar

9.25pm

Cerys Nelmes (compère)

Keith Farnan

Howard Read

Jay Foreman

8pm

Matt Green (compère)

Saturday

7pm

Silent disco

5.10pm

The Chipolatas

4.55pm

Calamity Jane

4.40pm

Jones and Barnard

4.15pm

Maynard Flip Flap

3.55pm

Able Mabel

3.40pm

Wolly

3.30pm

Jones and Barnard (compères)

3pm

Interval

2.40pm

The Chipolatas

2.25pm

Calamity Jane

2.05pm

Jones and Barnard

1.45pm

Maynard Flip Flap

1.45pm

Able Mabel

1.10pm

Wolly

1pm

Jones and Barnard (compères)

Sunday

5.30pm

Stealing Sheep’s Suffragette Tribute

5.30pm

Sound Lab

4.50pm

Media Mania

4.25pm

Liam Woodall

3.45pm

Teachers’ Choir

3.05pm

Sound Lab Students

2.30pm

Anomaly

1.55pm

Flawless Rhythm

1.15pm

Media Mania

12.30pm

Sound Lab Team

BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Stage

Friday

9pm

Louie Forde/Rich Keogh

8.30pm

The Caprines

8pm

Callum McKissock

7.30pm

James Fiander

7pm

Kirsty J Clarke

6.30pm

Dan Cross

Saturday

9pm

Alex Norman

8pm

True Heights

7.30pm

Tammy King

7pm

David Goody

6.15pm

Falconry

5.30pm

David Goody

5pm

Jack Hopkinson

4.30pm

Angelo Cardone

4pm

Ciaran Fawkes

3.30pm

Joe Dolman

3pm

Josh Hale

2.30pm

Izzie Derry

2pm

Calton Kelly

1.30pm

Ace Ambrose

1pm

Laurence Lam

12.30pm

Kiaya Lyons

Sunday

6pm

Autopilot

5.30pm

The Swaps

5pm

Viktoria

4.30pm

Fall Girl

4pm

Ollie Bond

3.30pm

Johnny Olley

3pm

Levi Washington

2.30pm

Jake Rizzo

2pm

The Ellipsis

1.30pm

Rachel Fisher

1pm

Lauren Pryke

12noon

The Notables

Microacoustic Stage

Friday

9pm

Matt Cattell

8.30pm

Sam McNulty

8pm

Jimmy Eff

7.30pm

Ciaran Fawkes

7pm

Izzie Derry

6.40pm

Angelo Cardone

6.20pm

Caleb Murray

6pm

Sam McNulty (compère)

Saturday

9.30pm

Danny Ansell

8.30pm

Danny Cunningham

7.45pm

ELK

7pm

Cover Up

6.30pm

Suns of Rest

5.45pm

Diz n Rox

5pm

Calton Kelly

4.15pm

Pandora

3.30pm

The Hatstand Band

3pm

Bazza’s Dispensable People

2.30pm

Eva Pemberton

2pm

Noah Thomson-Hawkridge

1.30pm

Boxhead

1pm

Sinead McNulty

12.30pm

Pandora’s Box

12noon

Beginners and starters

Sunday

6pm

Special guest…

5pm

Jake Rizzo

4.30pm

Jack Hopkinson

4pm

Viktoria

3.40pm

Crokodile Tears

3.20pm

Jim Thomason

3pm

High Bandwidth

2.30pm

Keith Fabrique

2pm

Show Me Aroma

1.30pm

Livvi

12noon

Beginners and starters

Alternative Sounds 2 Now Available

Having launched this series in September 2017 with the limited edition 7” vinyl “Alternative Sounds EP” followed by the 21 track album “Alternative Sounds, Volume One” in December 2017, the team are proud to announce the 25^th May 2018 release of the second full album, “Alternative Sounds: Volume Two”

A 21 track album (full tracklisting below) named for the “Alternative Sounds” fanzine which ran for 18 editions 1979-81 (edited by the producer of this compilation, Martin Bowes), the record will raise funds for a variety of local Coventry & Warwickshire organisations promoting local music and helping local musicians.

The 21 tracks, all donated for use on the album by generous Coventry & Warwickshire musicians, will be followed by more in an ongoing series on further volumes, so many great pieces have already been given and continue to arrive.

No other compilation series of this nature, covering such a span of time and artists from a local area has ever been released before.

Each album contains gems which few listeners will have previously heard. Some are rare or lesser known tracks by established artists from Coventry & Warwickshire. Others are by talented local emerging artists. Yet others tell important parts of the local music story, being by artists who were expected to make it big but didn’t quite & by cult & influential bands.

An important aspect of “Volume Two” is its dedication to the late Rod Felton & Johnny “Wild Boy” Thomson who appear on three of the tracks between them.

To buy,

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/album/alternative-sounds-volume-2

with a free download of the Wild Boys track available from 7^th April at:

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/track/were-only-monsters

and after 25^th May hard copies will be available also from a range of outlets including Coventry Music Museum, Vinly Destination at Coventry Market, “Leamington Record Store” in Leamington, & “Seismic Sounds” in Leamington.

Many thanks to Phil Rooney of the Empire for sponsoring “Volume Two”, Johnny Satsangi who has again designed a marvellous cover which features the Empire and to Dean Eastment for the booklet design & all other design work.

The album contains a 16 page booklet detailing & describing each artist & their track

Wild Boys; “We’re Only Monsters” (written by Roddy Byers of the Specials)
We Are A Communist “The Silent Bugler”
The Flys “Program” (written by Hazel O’Connor’s brother Neil)
Mysterious Monks “First Call At Dawn”
I “I Am I”
Digital Dinosaurs “The Sideways Man”
ENGRAM “Karl Marx”
Resurrection Men “Regular Parrot”
Tracey Skarzynska “She-Devil-She-Machine”
Johnny Wild and the City Centre Shakers “What Could I Do Now?”
Octogoth “Mundania”
Warriors of the Dystotheque “We’re Taking Control” (featuring Pop Will Eat Itself)
Blush “Seven Years”
Stress “Elizabeth Selwyn”
Stavely Makepeace “I Want You Want Love”
Polly Bolton “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Rod Felton “Take Me Away”
King of the Alps “You Smile”
Keith Fabrique & the Missing Links “Inside Looking Out”
Courtiers of Fashion “Courtiers of Fashion”
Morocco Dave “You May Not Be the Coolest Person Here”

80’s Live At The Ricoh Cancelled

An 80’s Live event featuring the likes of Billy Ocean and Alexander O’Neill at the Ricoh Arena in June has had to be cancelled.

The Ricoh Arena has not said why the event was cancelled. However, rumours abound about poor ticket sales, forcing the gig to be cancelled.

A spokesperson at the Ricoh Arena is being quoted as saying: “The promoter of the 80s LIVE show due to be staged at the Ericsson Indoor Arena in June, has made the difficult decision to reschedule the show to a new venue and on a new date.

“This decision is due to circumstances beyond our control and we would like to offer our sincere apologies.

“We have emailed all purchasers advising them of their options.

“Any queries relating to this should be directed to One Music Management on 0121 745 7733.”

This Week’s Midland Football League Newsletter

Total Motion Midland Football League Newsletter
23rd May 2018
League News
Sporting Khalsa are set to open the new revamped Aspray Arena Stadium on Saturday 14th July which has had around a £1million cash injection to transform their stadium with a new 3G pitch, changing rooms and seated stand. National League North side Hereford FC will be play Khalsa in a pre-season friendly on the day.
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Studley FC wish to announce the appointment of John Edwards as Manager of the football team. John is an ex player of Studley FC and after having a very successful time as manager of Local Sunday side Black Horse broke into Saturday Management with Littleton FC. I am sure everyone at Studley FC wishes John all the success in his new job.
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Coventry Alvis are pleased to announce the appointment of Jamie Burkacki as their new manager. Jamie is returning to Alvis after two very successful seasons as U21 manager at Coventry United and will start his duties straight away. Everyone at Alvis wishes him well and look forward to a long and successful future with him and his back up staff who he is currently putting together. After such a traumatic season the committee would also like to thank Michael Samuel, Craig Collins, all the players and those who have helped us through the latter stages of the season, for without them it would have been very difficult to fulfil our league commitments.
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2017 /2018 ROLL of HONOUR
Premier Division Champions – Bromsgrove Sporting
Premier Division Runners Up – Coleshill Town

Division 1 Champions – Walsall Wood
Division 1 Runners Up – Ilkeston Town

Division 2 Champions – NKF Burbage
Division 2 Runners Up – Smithswood Firs

Division 3 Champions – GNP Sports
Division 3 Runners Up – Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons

Reserve Division Champions – Gresley Reserves
Reserve Division Runners Up – Alvechurch Reserves

Under 21 Champions – Tamworth U21
Under 21 Runners Up – Boldmere St Michaels U21

Polymac Packaging League Cup Winners – Walsall Wood
Polymac Packaging League Cup Runners Up – Coleshill Town

Les James Challenge Cup Winners – NKF Burbage
Les James Challenge Cup Runners Up – Fairfield Villa

President’s Cup Winners – NKF Burbage
President’s Cup Runners Up – Feckenham

Challenge Vase Winners – GNP Sports
Challenge Vase Runners Up – Alcester Town

Challenge Trophy Winners – Gresley Reserves
Challenge Trophy Runners Up – Alvechurch Reserves

Challenge Bowl Winners – Tamworth U21
Challenge Bowl Runners Up – Aylestone Park U21

Golden Boot (league goals only)

Premier Division
Jason Cowley Bromsgrove Sporting 28
Ryan Harkin Coventry Sphinx 28
Shay Brennan Shepshed Dynamo 26
Richard Gregory Bromsgrove Sporting 26
Steve Hole Haughmond 26

Division 1
Simeon Cobourne Heather St Johns 61
Steve Hart Hinckley AFC 48
Paul Sullivan Walsall Wood 45
Alex Naughton Atherstone Town 36
Danny Carter Littleton 35

Division 2
James Lemon Droitwich Spa 26
Stuart Hendrie Montpellier 20
Steven Ruck Knowle 18

Division 3
Nathan Davies Inkberrow 33
Reece Gibson Boldmere Sports 28
James Gifford FC Stratford 22
Adam Knight GNP Sports 20
Andy Matthews AFC Solihull 20
Reserve Division
Kane Lee Gresley 17
Dean Fisher Alvechurch 11
Charlie Griffiths Knowle 8

Under 21s
Joel Steer Tamworth 27
Liam Lockett Worcester City 26
Ewan Dunbar Evesham United 20
Bailey Fuller H.O.W. Academy 17
Ryan Brooks Boldmere St Michaels 16
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Division 2
A goal from Aaron Anderson for Smithswood Firs earned the promoted side all 3 points in a 1-0 at Feckenham.

Other fixtures
Walsall Senior Cup Final
Walsall Wood and Rushall Olympic fought out an exciting Walsall Senior Cup Final at Banks’ Stadium. The Pics took the lead in the 23rd minute with a deft finish from Richard Brodie. Wood were reduced to 10 men in the 38th minute when Keenan Meakin-Richards was shown a straight red for an off the ball incident with Brodie. With a three division difference, you would expect Rushall to take the game away from the MFL, but the second half was dominated by Walsall Wood. Paul Sullivan equalised in the 57th minute with a screamer which went in off the underside of the bar. Andre Landell restores Rushall’s lead 10 minutes later and it looked as though they had done enough to clinch victory. In the 4th minute of stoppage time. Lei Brown pounced to send the game to penalties. Rushall took an early lead in the shoot out when Sullivan’s shot was saved but it went to the 5th kick with it all square. Chris Salter’s spot kick hit the bar and it was left to Danny Waldron to score to give Rushall the Cup.

Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup Final
Coventry Copsewood raced into a 3-0 lead at the Ricoh Stadium against Nuneaton Griff but two goals from Jack Colley gave Griff hope. Ashley Piper calmed the nerves for Copsewood adding their 4th as they lifted the trophy with a 4-2 win.

Evesham Hospital Junior Cup Semi Final
Alcester Town are through to the final against Redditch Borough following a 2-1 win over Feckenham. Feckenham took an early lead from the penalty spot but it was the home side that ultimately saw it home and take a significant scalp.

Les James Challenge Cup Final
NKF Burbage came from behind to lift the trophy with a 3-1 win against Fairfield Villa. Fairfield opened the scoring in the 35th minute when centre-back James Finn hooked home from a corner. Burbage were level inside four minutes, Jake Brown reacting quickest, sliding home a rebound after a shot had cannoned off the post. Two goals in 5 minutes from Liam Storer settled the game for Burbage. The firs tin the 60th minute, slotting home unmarked a t the far post. His second in the 65th minute after Ryan Cheshire had run through the Villa defence, and the ball squirmed to Storer who tapped home.

Presidents Cup
NKF Burbage lifted their fourth trophy of a remarkable season with a hard earned 2-0 victory over Feckenham. Ryan Cheshire gave them the lead early in the first half. Both sides had chances before Matt Burt sealed the win 15 minutes from time.

JW Hunt Cup
Walsall Wood bowed out at the semi-final stage beaten 3-1 by Wolverhampton Sporting. Chadd Degville-Cross scored twice for the WMRL champions who meet Atherstone Town in the final.

Atherstone Town lifted the trophy on Tuesday night as a Liam Kirton goal gave them victory over Wolverhampton Sporting Community

Smedley Crooke Memorial Charity Cup
Bilston Town and Barnt Green Spartak met in the final at Ribblesford Meadows, the home of Bewdley Town FC. It was the Steelmen from the West Midlands Regional League who came out on top, winning a pulsating final 3-2.
Leading scorers
Premier Division
Marco Adaggio Highgate United 37
Shay Brennan Shepshed Dynamo 35
Steve Hole Haughmond 34
Jason Cowley Bromsgrove Sporting 33
Richard Gregory Bromsgrove Sporting 30
Dave Reynolds Worcester City 30
Matt Gardner Coleshill Town, Walsall Wood 29
Ryan Harkin Coventry Sphinx 29
David Kolodynski Rugby Town 29
Ryan Nesbitt Boldmere St Michaels 29 (now Barwell)
Nick MacPherson Stourport Swifts 28
Stuart Hendrie Montpellier, Rugby Town 26
Martin Smyth Rocester 26
Reece Leek Coleshill Town 25
George Bowerman Quorn, Hinckley AFC 24
Marcus Tudgay South Normanton Athletic 23
Reuben Wiggins-Thomas Rugby Town 23
David Meese Sporting Khalsa 22
Jack Till Lye Town 21
Joe Boachie Loughborough University 20
Jamie Sleigh Heanor Town 20
Kyle Brady AFC Wulfrunians, Sporting Khalsa 19
Mark Magee Westfields 19
Aaron Lloyd Stourport Swifts 18 (now Alvechurch)
Ryan Seal Quorn 18
Aaron Brown Highgate United 16
Lee Chilton Lye Town 16
Zak Goodison Long Eaton United 16
Jordan Nadat Coleshill Town 16 (now Alvechurch)
Nick Turton AFC Wulfrunians, Worcester City 16
Division 1
Simeon Cobourne Heather St Johns 75
Paul Sullivan Walsall Wood 58
Steve Hart Hinckley AFC 50
Daniel Carter Littleton 46
Alex Naughton Atherstone Town 42
Trea Bertie Smithswood Firs, Racing Club Warwick 37
Lei Brown Walsall Wood, Highgate United 35
Tony Clarke Walsall Wood 33
Regan Smith Heath Hayes 31
James Curley Uttoxeter Town 29
Andy Nicol Studley 27
Luke Richards Shepshed Dynamo, Hinckley AFC 27
Daniel Carter Paget Rangers 26
Sean Kavanagh Racing Club Warwick 24
Matt Langham Leicester Road 24
Alex Marshall Ilkeston Town 23
Luke Shorthouse Atherstone Town 23
Michael Wright Pershore Town, Littleton, Heather St Johns 23
Sam Agar Hinckley, Uttoxeter Town, Walsall Wood 21
Odane Barnes Cadbury Athletic 21
Luke Cole Racing Club Warwick 21
Greg Downes Leicester Road 21
Joe Hartshorne Brocton 21
Mitch Thomson Atherstone Town 21
Shane Benjamin Heather St Johns 20
Stuart Butcher Cadbury Athletic 19
Lewis Commins Nuneaton Griff 19
Dave Yonwin Heather St Johns 19

Division 2
James Lemon Droitwich Spa 32
Jess Adcock NKF Burbage 23
Connor Collins Fairfield Villa 23
Steve Ruck Knowle 23
Nick Seabourne Droitwich Spa 21
Tom Smith NKF Burbage 20
Dominic Strevens Barnt Green Spartak 20
Bradley Burgess Droitwich Spa 18
Chris Lloyd Bromsgrove Sporting, Smithswood Firs 18
Sam Melia Bloxwich Town 17
Ryan Walker Hampton 17
Martin Crawford Smithswood Firs 16
Cameron Seivwright Hampton 16
Ellis Blakemore Fairfield Villa 15
John Flanagan Smithswood Firs 15
Adam Goodby Coton Green 15
Umit Eminoglu Feckenham 14
Ashanti Pryce Moors Academy 14
Ainsley Seivwright Hampton 14
Reuel Prescod Barnt Green Spartak 13
Alex Coultas NKF Burbage 12
Daniel Pitt Fairfield Villa 12
Rikki Reid Coton Green 12
Patrick Behan Northfield Town 11
Jake Brown NKF Burbage 11
Nathan Corry Heather St Johns, Knowle 11
Billy Garvey Redditch Borough, Studley 11
Andrew Millan Coton Green 11

Division 3
Nathan Davies Inkberrow 40
Reece Gibson Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 36
James Gifford FC Stratford 27
Adam Knight GNP Sports, Racing Club Warwick 27
Andy Matthews AFC Solihull 21
Leigh Phillips GNP Sports 21
Charlie Cook GNP Sports 19
Josh O’Grady Coventry United, Racing Club Warwick, GNP Sports 19
Younes Touaiti Birmingham Tigers 19
James Drinkwater Shipston Excelsior 18
Kyle Hudlin Castle Vale Town 18
Lewis Chester Coventrians 17
Joe Wright Central Ajax 17
Ellis Kalach Alcester Town 16
Ashley Wilkes FC Stratford 16
Tom Rawlings GNP Sports 15
Louis Bridges Droitwich Spa, Alcester Town 14
Scott Hammond GNP Sports 14
Daniel Stokes FC Stratford 14
James Clarke Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 13
Tyler Haddow Coventrians 13
Matthew Lewis Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 13
Jimmy Ward Alcester Town 13
Jonathan Hamer AFC Solihull 12
Dylan Parker FC Stratford 12
William Beach Alcester Town 11
Miles Langford Bartestree 11
Shaquille Leachman Continental Star 11
Louis Mann Bartestree 11
Stephen Nurse Earlswood Town, Central Ajax 11
Reserves
Kane Lee Gresley 27
Dean Fisher Alvechurch 20
Josh Dutton Gresley 11
Liam Arrowsmith Coton Green 10
Charlie Griffiths Knowle 10
Sam Hammerton Gresley 10
Joshua Farnsworth Bromsgrove Sporting 8
Ethan Hanks Alvechurch 8
Harry Hughes Gresley 8
Daniel Lawrence Alvechurch 8
Michael Payne Bolehall Swifts 8
Declan Attenborrow Knowle 7
McKlane Durdey Gresley 7
Jarrell Hylton Cadbury Athletic 7
Elliot Nash Alvechurch 7
Chris Hughes-Tranter Cadbury Athletic 6
Samuel Jones Coton Green 6
Chanda Mulenga Nuneaton Griff 6
Luke Oakley Alvechurch 6
Chad Barrett Cadbury Athletic 5
Matthew Clarke Coton Green 5
Ryan Lloyd Bolehall Swifts 5
Corey Virgo-Broom Alvechurch 5

Under 21
Joel Steer Tamworth 36
Liam Lockett Worcester City 28
Ewan Dunbar Evesham United 24
Bailey Fuller H.O.W. Academy 19
Lewis Ludford Coventry United 17
Praise Anyanegbu Highgate United 16
Ryan Brooks Boldmere St Michaels 16
Callum Morris Droitwich Spa B&G 16
Ryan Palmer Coventry United 16
Joseph Shirley Heath Hayes 16
Kieran Cooper Aylestone Park 15
Alex Knight Tamworth 15
Chandler Pegg Tamworth 15
Jordan McKenzie AFC Redditch 14
Nathan Cadby Coventry United 13
Sam Jeeves Boldmere St Michaels 13
Samuel McGonachy Wychall Wanderers 13
Brandon Taverner FCV Reds 13
Lewis Archer Rushall Olympic 12
Jordan Thompson Continental Star 12
Tyler Johal Tamworth 11
Riley Keasey Worcester City 11
Samuel Major-Beddoes Evesham United 11
Kyle Byrne Boldmere St Michaels 10
Zak Harbon AFC Redditch, Sutton Coldfield Town 10
Dylan Hart Evesham United 10
David King-Marstaller Milton Keynes College 10
Ryan Meredith Coleshill Town 10
Myles Simpson Worcester City 10

Preview
Division 2
Friday 25th MAY 2018 NKF Burbage v Smithswood Firs 1945

Other Fixtures
Friday 25th MAY 2018 EVESHAM HOSPITAL JUNIOR CUP FINAL Alcester Town v Redditch Borough 7.45

Damned Playing The Coventry Empire

THE DAMNED
COVENTRY EMPIRE
Fri 30th Nov 2018
16+ show (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)
Tickets £26adv
Doors 7pm – 10.30pm

***ON SALE FRI 27th APRIL FROM SEETICKETS.COM***

www.officialdamned.com

The Damned are:
David Vanian – Vocals
Captain Sensible – Guitar
Monty Oxy Moron – Keyboard
Pinch – Drums
Paul Gray – Bass

THE DAMNED ACHIEVE THEIR FIRST TOP TEN ALBUM!

UK TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER INCLUDING LONDON O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE ON THE 23RD

NEW ALBUM ‘EVIL SPIRITS’ – OUT NOW ON SEARCH AND DESTROY/SPINEFARM RECORDS

“Dave Vanian sounds as though he relishes every word he sings and Captain Sensible plays out of his skin.” 5/5 The Express

“The Damned have become, if possible, more eccentric and outrageous as they grow older.” The Independent
“The results are terrific.” 4/5 Mojo

“Stands up with the very best of the band’s back catalogue.” Classic Rock

This week The Damned are currently occupying the number seven position in the Official UK Album Charts with their new album ‘Evil Spirits’, released Friday 13th April via Search and Destroy/Spinefarm Records. It’s a big achievement for the punk rock born British legends, who, despite huge success in the seventies and eighties, never quite made the top ten, narrowly missing the chance in 1985 when ‘Phantasmagoria’ peaked at number 11.

The huge swell of support from their fans, critics and aficionados however, has propelled the Tony Visconti produced ‘Evil Spirits’ to the top and has shown the world just how relevant, forty-one years after their inception, The Damned still are. Never ones to play safe, the band always retained the energy of punk but were never content to stay within those narrow confines and ‘Evil Spirits’ continues in that progressive journey.

The Damned started 2018 with a sprawling UK tour in January and February with former member Paul Gray back on bass, and they will end the year with another run of UK shows in November where the band will get the chance to set free their Evil Spirits at the following dates, including a performance at the prestigious London 02 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on November 23rd.

‘Evil Spirits’ is available on digital download via Spotify and i-Tunes, on CD and 180g vinyl available to order now from
https://thedamned.lnk.to/evilspirits
Follow The Damned online at:

www.officialdamned.com

www.facebook.com/OfficialDamned

twitter.com/@damnedtwits

Pre-Order Alternative Sounds 2

No other compilation series of this nature, covering such a span of time and artists from a local area has ever been released before.

An important aspect of “Volume Two” is its dedication to the late Rod Felton & Johnny “Wild Boy” Thomson who appear on three of the tracks between them.

Pre-orders of the album are now being taken at

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/album/alternative-sounds-volume-2

with a free download of the Wild Boys track available from 7^th April at:

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/track/were-only-monsters

and after 25^th May hard copies will be available also from a range of outlets including Coventry Music Museum, “Leamington Record Store” in Leamington, & “Seismic Sounds” in Leamington.

The album contains a 16 page booklet detailing & describing each artist & their track

Wild Boys; “We’re Only Monsters” (written by Roddy Byers of the Specials)
We Are A Communist “The Silent Bugler”
The Flys “Program” (written by Hazel O’Connor’s brother Neil)
Mysterious Monks “First Call At Dawn”
I “I Am I”
Digital Dinosaurs “The Sideways Man”
ENGRAM “Karl Marx”
Resurrection Men “Regular Parrot”
Tracey Skarzynska “She-Devil-She-Machine”
Johnny Wild and the City Centre Shakers “What Could I Do Now?”
Octogoth “Mundania”
Warriors of the Dystotheque “We’re Taking Control” (featuring Pop Will Eat Itself)
Blush “Seven Years”
Stress “Elizabeth Selwyn”
Stavely Makepeace “I Want You Want Love”
Polly Bolton “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Rod Felton “Take Me Away”
King of the Alps “You Smile”
Keith Fabrique & the Missing Links “Inside Looking Out”
Courtiers of Fashion “Courtiers of Fashion”
Morocco Dave “You May Not Be the Coolest Person Here”

Alternative Sounds Volume Two Available To Pre-Order

No other compilation series of this nature, covering such a span of time and artists from a local area has ever been released before.

An important aspect of “Volume Two” is its dedication to the late Rod Felton & Johnny “Wild Boy” Thomson who appear on three of the tracks between them.

Pre-orders of the album are now being taken at

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/album/alternative-sounds-volume-2

with a free download of the Wild Boys track available from 7^th April at:

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/track/were-only-monsters

and after 25^th May hard copies will be available also from a range of outlets including Coventry Music Museum, “Leamington Record Store” in Leamington, & “Seismic Sounds” in Leamington.

The album contains a 16 page booklet detailing & describing each artist & their track

Wild Boys; “We’re Only Monsters” (written by Roddy Byers of the Specials)
We Are A Communist “The Silent Bugler”
The Flys “Program” (written by Hazel O’Connor’s brother Neil)
Mysterious Monks “First Call At Dawn”
I “I Am I”
Digital Dinosaurs “The Sideways Man”
ENGRAM “Karl Marx”
Resurrection Men “Regular Parrot”
Tracey Skarzynska “She-Devil-She-Machine”
Johnny Wild and the City Centre Shakers “What Could I Do Now?”
Octogoth “Mundania”
Warriors of the Dystotheque “We’re Taking Control” (featuring Pop Will Eat Itself)
Blush “Seven Years”
Stress “Elizabeth Selwyn”
Stavely Makepeace “I Want You Want Love”
Polly Bolton “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Rod Felton “Take Me Away”
King of the Alps “You Smile”
Keith Fabrique & the Missing Links “Inside Looking Out”
Courtiers of Fashion “Courtiers of Fashion”
Morocco Dave “You May Not Be the Coolest Person Here”

The Damned To Play The Coventry Empire

THE DAMNED
COVENTRY EMPIRE
Fri 30th Nov 2018
16+ show (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)
Tickets £26adv
Doors 7pm – 10.30pm

***ON SALE FRI 27th APRIL FROM SEETICKETS.COM***

www.officialdamned.com

The Damned are:
David Vanian – Vocals
Captain Sensible – Guitar
Monty Oxy Moron – Keyboard
Pinch – Drums
Paul Gray – Bass

THE DAMNED ACHIEVE THEIR FIRST TOP TEN ALBUM!

UK TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER INCLUDING LONDON O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE ON THE 23RD

NEW ALBUM ‘EVIL SPIRITS’ – OUT NOW ON SEARCH AND DESTROY/SPINEFARM RECORDS

“Dave Vanian sounds as though he relishes every word he sings and Captain Sensible plays out of his skin.” 5/5 The Express

“The Damned have become, if possible, more eccentric and outrageous as they grow older.” The Independent
“The results are terrific.” 4/5 Mojo

“Stands up with the very best of the band’s back catalogue.” Classic Rock

‘Evil Spirits’ is available on digital download via Spotify and i-Tunes, on CD and 180g vinyl available to order now from
https://thedamned.lnk.to/evilspirits
Follow The Damned online at:

www.officialdamned.com

www.facebook.com/OfficialDamned

twitter.com/@damnedtwits

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Alternative Sounds Volume 2

No other compilation series of this nature, covering such a span of time and artists from a local area has ever been released before.

An important aspect of “Volume Two” is its dedication to the late Rod Felton & Johnny “Wild Boy” Thomson who appear on three of the tracks between them.

Pre-orders of the album are now being taken at

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/album/alternative-sounds-volume-2

with a free download of the Wild Boys track available from 7^th April at:

https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/track/were-only-monsters

and after 25^th May hard copies will be available also from a range of outlets including Coventry Music Museum, “Leamington Record Store” in Leamington, & “Seismic Sounds” in Leamington.

The album contains a 16 page booklet detailing & describing each artist & their track

Wild Boys; “We’re Only Monsters” (written by Roddy Byers of the Specials)
We Are A Communist “The Silent Bugler”
The Flys “Program” (written by Hazel O’Connor’s brother Neil)
Mysterious Monks “First Call At Dawn”
I “I Am I”
Digital Dinosaurs “The Sideways Man”
ENGRAM “Karl Marx”
Resurrection Men “Regular Parrot”
Tracey Skarzynska “She-Devil-She-Machine”
Johnny Wild and the City Centre Shakers “What Could I Do Now?”
Octogoth “Mundania”
Warriors of the Dystotheque “We’re Taking Control” (featuring Pop Will Eat Itself)
Blush “Seven Years”
Stress “Elizabeth Selwyn”
Stavely Makepeace “I Want You Want Love”
Polly Bolton “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Rod Felton “Take Me Away”
King of the Alps “You Smile”
Keith Fabrique & the Missing Links “Inside Looking Out”
Courtiers of Fashion “Courtiers of Fashion”
Morocco Dave “You May Not Be the Coolest Person Here”