3 posts tagged “monkeys”

After more than a month off the road, while the band have been writing new songs and rehearsing occasionally, they are all looking forward to going back on the road. If anyone is slightly interested in seeing them live, here's the low down. Where it says 'tickets', these can be bought online from the bands website www.anewbreedofmonkey.co.uk

Hope to see you at a gig!

Friday 7th March - Insideout, Bull Street, Burnley. Free.

Saturday 8th March - The Hordens, Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn. Supported by The City Joy Cons. Door charge.

Friday 14th March - Jabez Clegg, Portsmouth Street, Manchester. With The Rivingtones, The Shameless. Door charge.

Saturday 22nd March - The Attic, Warner Street, Accrington. With Lotus Circle, Kings of the Delmar, and Hungover Stuntmen. TICKETS

Saturday 29th March - WA1 Venue, Warrington. With Guru Sales, Julia Martov, Hans Island and Exit State. Door charge.

Friday 4th April - North Bar, Town Hall Street, Blackburn. With The Excerts. Door charge

Saturday 5th April - King Edward VII, Blackpool. With comedian Carl Schofield. Free.

Saturday 12th April - The Dirty South, Lewisham, London. Supporting Mike Joyce. TICKETS

Thursday 17th April - Night & Day CAfe, Oldham Street, MAnchester. Supporting The Manyanas with King Kayak, Them Next. Door charge.

Saturday 19th April - Bacup Borough Football Club, Cowtoot Lane, Bacup. Door charge.

Tuesday 6th May - Josephs Well, Chorley Lane, Leeds. TICKETS

More gigs are being added as we blog so, keep an eye on our Live section at our website!

Take Burnley on a Wednesday night - only two 'theme' pubs bother to open.

Take 21st November - England v Croatia in a crucial showdown.

Take a wet, windy chilly night in Northern England.

Combine all three, then put on a new live music night in an unused venue down a Burnley side street, and some would say that you have a receipe for disaster. And at 8:30, it certainly looked that way, despite excellent coverage from the local newpaper, mentions on local radio, and posters dotted around town for the first T Party featuring a New Breed of Monkey and Gringo Star.

T Party press 2

So, what do you do?

You send both bands out armed with fliers and drop the entry price to £1 with a flier, and they hit the street to visit both pubs and pass the word out. And you hold the performance until 10:15.

The result? Very encouraging given the 150-200 people who arrived between 10 and 10:30 to witness two brilliant performances on what will become a much sought after stage in a blossoming venue. The venue will hold 500+, so to the 300 or so who missed it; you missed a great night of music from both sides of the Atlantic!

And those who were there? Well, thanks for coming especially all those who weren't in the pubs and who travelled from Blackburn, Rossendale, and Stockport. And thanks too to T for setting up and creating a great sound system.

Conclusion? Yes, we'll do it again, and again ...

Next T Party will be either 20th or 21st December. Watch out for news of whose on and lets see you all there!

Saturday night in Burnley town centre is a strange mix of clubbers, drunks, and in one particular venue, music enthusiasts. It's called Sanctuary rock bar and covers three floors of an historic building.

The middle floor is fast becoming 'the' best venue in Burnley and is usually graced by metal/thrash bands. Not last night!

First off, the Fix have the potential to become a fine band. They are young, and are undoubtedly three talented individals. As they develop they will become tighter as a band and if they continue to write their own stuff with the qualities they have put into the three or four songs in their catalogue so far, then they will become one of the top bands in the area. For now, the covers they included in their set were creditable.

We enjoyed playing to the fifty or sixty souls who had ventured upstairs at 11pm, many of them seeing the band for the first time, and inevitably a number of the faithful were also there. Fortunately no problems with Joe's finger so no worries there. Thanks to all who came, thanks to those who collected a CD (hope you enjoy it) and thanks to the venue for a great night.

Tonight we're off to Rishton, a village near Blackburn, to The Roebuck. We've never gigged there before and hopefully (being a Sunday) someone will venture down to their local to catch a live band. Fingers crossed, anyway.