Birmingham Promoters

Here is part 2 of out intimate chat with Maxi Browne,

Tickets are selling quickly and for a chance to win a pair go to our competition page to answer a easy question,

Good Luck and Enjoy

The Birmingham Promoters Team

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Check out Outcry Collective message to you before tonights amazing show, with The Computers and Chickenhawk!

Tickets still on the door come down and party!!!

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Tickets are selling quick for the King Adora show on the 7th of April, We caught up with the charasmatic frontman in a intimate  interview to give us a insight view of what to expect from the one off Birmingham Show!

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Click your mouse over to Outcry Collectives Personal Blog to see how the dashing gentlemen are doing so far on there exciting tour with the Comupters and ChickenHawk.

 Only a Week now till they hit Birmingham, no doubt tired and dirty but still full of energy and fire to sex your eager little ears up!

Click here for more information and advance cheaper advance tickets

Ta taa for now

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Beardyman will be doing a session streamed live on the internet tonight at 7.30pm GMT.

He will be taking suggestions about his Open Sauce Tour! So If you want to get involved, maybe get personal performance make sure you’re back on this page 7:30 Sharp!!!

When Beardyman goes live you can send your thoughts  via Twitter #beardytour or Facebook www.facebook.com/therealbeardyman

Get involved and let Beardyman speak for the people!!

See you at 7:30pm! X

suggestions of what you want to hear at the gig to on twitter or Streaming Video by Ustream.TV

Direct Link Here!!

We found a great little interview with the Brute Chorus from the lovely people a digforfire.tv. 

It is a show definatly not to be missed tommorow night at the Hare and Hounds be there or be square!

Taataaa for now

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After catching up with two of Imperial Leisure’s members, drummer Scott Vining and vocalist Denis Smith, Jennifer Isles found out a little more about what is behind the music and vibe of the band. Their sound is one that will not be forgotten too soon, whether your kegs remain intact or not is a different matter.

Imperial Leisure by Grove Watson

“Listening to us is like having your underwear ripped off – hurts a little, but you like it,” says Denis when pressed on what to expect when you listen to Imperial Leisure. The band’s music is always changing and of late they have been expanding sonically with their collection of horns and moving from; “the fast lunatic energy of Ska and Punk adding in larger sounds, electronic wizardry and meaningful melodies to take us into the next album and beyond.”

Playing some brand new tracks from their upcoming release as well as mixing up a lot from their current LP; The Art Of Saying Nothing, fans will not want to miss the gig at The Flapper on Thursday 11th March. So, how did Imperial Leisure start out and where did it all begin?

“It began at a happy place in our memories,” quips Scott. “A few years ago, when a bunch of mates decided music was being too serious and people needed a band that would allow them to let loose and have fun.”

“I blame the parents,” says Denis. “Most of us met at school, we used to have a band but got bored of that and started Imperial Leisure, got some horns involved and gigged our asses off, most of the time outside in parks and on the street!”

Describe yourselves in three words

Scott: “Damn, bloody, good or fast, hard, fun or sex, horns, rock and roll.”
Denis: “Musical melting pot.”

The horns are a massive feature in your music, how did this come about, it works so well in your songs?

Scott: “We started using them to create the in-your-face party sound that we wanted, and it gave us some unique performance opportunities for solos and improvising. ”

Denis: “The Art of Saying Nothing featured a two man brass section Mark Rudland and Rob O’Neale, we were really lucky to happen upon them, they can both play like gods but they understood the big picture and how they could fit into it.”

Where’s the best place you guys have performed at?

Scott: “Glastonbury 2008, because of the response we got from over two thousand soon-to-be-fans!”

Denis: “In a carpark in Camden, and Glastonbury weren’t too shabby either!”

Scott:”The last time we played Birmingham the gig was the best on the tour thanks to a load of our own fans and going back there solely for our own supporters is going to be great.”

“London is a good laugh but we need to get out more,” admits Denis. “There’s something special about rocking up to a place you ain’t from and ripping it up.”

Your album ‘The Art Of Saying Nothing’ is out now, what can people expect from it?

Scott: “The Art Of Saying Nothing is about having a good time – that’s it. However you want to do it; going out, getting drunk, chasing girls or staying in and dancing in your bedroom. Either way, this album lets you take that Imperial Leisure gig that you remember home with you.”

Denis: “If you are depressed, get a cheap bottle of Cava, stick us on nice and loud and expect to have a laugh.”

The Art of Saying Nothing – out now

What are your plans for 2010?

Scott: “That’s where our new album comes in. Due out later this year, it shows the next evolution of Imperial Leisure without losing our trademark energy. We also don’t have an album title yet, so any suggestions….?”

Denis: “To vote for the first time, release new Album and ask my ex to marry me…….again. ”

Get down to The Flapper this Thursday evening (11th March) to see Imperial Leisure perform along with the excellent Tempting Rosie and Fistful of Dynamite. Advance tickets £7 from here.

Jennifer Isles

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Imperial Leisure will be playing the Flapper and Firkin on 11th March 2010 (along with Tempting Rosie and Fistful of Dynamite)

Tickets here …

Our girl Rhiannon caught up with Dennis from Imperial Leisure, via the power of Skype, for a quick chat about the show, their new material and what’s coming up for 2010!

Ahead of their show at the Hare and Hounds on March 10th 2010, local boys Rogue States stopped by the Birmingham Promoters HQ, where we quizzed them about the gig, recording and lots of other nonsense …

Get your tickets for the show here

The 24th of March brings the Birmingham Flapper one of the most exciting line ups of the year so far, A gig worth coming to even if you haven’t even heard of the bands, It will blow you away!

For fans of Blakfish, A Ghost of a Thousand, Everytime I Die and The Hives

The Computers are a four-piece blues / punk / hardcore band from Exeter and one of the most explosive live bands you will see! They will leave you walking out on such a high, itching to start running up walls and thrashing your air guitars about the streets.

So, here’s the deal – THE COMPUTERS consist of Alex (guitar / main vocals), Sonny (guitar / vocals), Nic (bass / vocals) and Aiden (drums).

Born and Bred in Exeter, they fuse garage rock’n’roll with 80’s hardcore. Think Black Flag playing Chuck Berry or The Nerve Agents covering Elvis Costello and you’re getting the picture. It is a act NOT to be missed.

Click here to listen to The Computers

Main Support comes from Outcry Collective.
Recently back from the triple threat tour with Blakfish and Gay for Johnny Depp,

Perhaps not the most obvious collective of people that you’d expect to create one of the finest British rock bands to immerge in recent times, but then again, Outcry Collective are no ordinary band…

… a mutual admiration of everything that is good about rock music – utilising the intensity, heaviness and positivity of the music to act as their blueprint; a blueprint which still holds true to this day.

Outcry Collective’s own brand of fast, energetic punk ‘n’ fuckin’ roll quickly began to shine through. The band rapidly built up a passionate and loyal regional fanbase courtesy of their explosive live shows – a unique mix of positivity fuelled rock chaos coupled with an undoubted charm…

Click here to listen to Outcry Collective

Opening up this superb night are Chickenhawk …formed in Leeds during a random jam one lazy Sunday afternoon in late 2004. Songs were written …

A mix of Avant-garde prog ideals and chaotic, balls out, rock and metal taking influences from such luminaries as: The Melvins, Metallica, Oxes, Mike Patton, Dream Theater, Danny Elfman, Buckethead, and Dillinger Escape Plan.

…the antithesis of commercial metal…an alternative to the next inevitable slice of franchise-culture…Chickenhawk are an awesome force, every last millisecond of their songs is completely submerged in rock, giving them an intensity and forcefulness that’s a rare find in modern music

Click here to listen to Chickenhawk

Get your £7.50 tickets quick for this Sexy, Sweaty night of Pure Rock’n'Roll

Peace and Rock Out

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