21/01/2012 -
News & Gossip and
Website Links pages updated.
Videoclips page updated with footage of 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' from the Roy Wood
Rock & Roll Band gig at Holmfirth Picturedrome on 21st December.
15/01/2012 -
News & Gossip page updated.
Concert Photos &
Videoclips pages updated with photos & videos from the Roy Wood
Rock & Roll Band gig at Holmfirth Picturedrome on 21st December.
17/12/2011 -
News & Gossip page updated.
Concert Photos &
Videoclips pages updated with photos & videos from the Tina McBain
& Phil Bates Christmas Show from Middleton Hall, Tamworth on 10th
December.
Soundclips page also updated with a live interview with Roy Wood
and songs played from the new album 'Music Book' on the Danny Baker Show on BBC Radio
London 94.9 on 24th November.
Lots of new cd's in the shops - check out the
news & gossip page for more details.
UPDATED
- 15th January 2012
The new Beatles,
Blues & Blue Violin cd is now available to buy via the
Official BBBV website.
The 15 track cd features new re-workings of Beatles, Electric Light
Orchestra & blues classics. The BBBV UK Autumn tour is
now over with new dates planned for March 2012. Tickets are available via
Phil's Official Website.
Phil Bates also has some new bands
gigging in Germany and Poland. These include 'World Of ELO', 'ELO
Klassik' and 'Blue Violin' with Mik Kaminski again with gigs booked
throughout 2012.
Phil is also involved in a new
project called 'The Abbey Road Experience' which will endeavour
to perform the complete Beatles 'Abbey Road' album note-for-note live
on stage along with other songs.
The new website (click
here) has just been launched
with full details of the band line-up, latest news, media
information and gigs arranged for March 2012.
Check out the
Soundclips page to listen to a few short
clips from Phil's excellent solo album 'One Sky'.
Future gig dates for Phil, BBBV,
World Of ELO, ELO Klassik
and Blue Violin can be found at
Phil's Official
Website. Check out the News page for more
details of upcoming BBBV tour dates.
Also check out my
review of Phil's 'Family Affair' gig
in Tamworth on June 30th 2006, and photos
& reviews of the BBBV gigs
at Liverpool Cavern Club on November 15th 2008, Keys Restaurant in
Huddersfield on March 1st 2009, The Horn in St Albans on March 5th
2009, The Keys on November 15th 2009, the fantastic return visit to
The Cavern Club, Liverpool on March 13th 2010 and the third visit to
The Keys, Huddersfield on March 21st 2010 and The Cavern. The Keys &
Skipton Castle gigs during 2011.
The Orchestra,
the band featuring former members of Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part
II, have performed 'all over the world' throughout 2011 including gigs in
Germany, Holland,
Austria, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Newfoundland and Mexico plus a full Eastern European tour
just finished today and featured
symphony orchestra backing. The band are also returning to
Epcot Disney, Florida in May 2012 for three shows after hugely
succesful gigs back in February and October. Check out
the
News & Gossip page for full
details.
Following the sad loss of Kelly Groucutt, the
band decided to continue as a tribute to Kelly and Glen Burtnik has joined the band as bass
player and vocalist. More details about Glen on the
News & Gossip page and also about the 'Evening Without Kelly Groucutt'
tribute concert at the Robin 2 in Bilston on 11th May 2009.
Following Phil Bates accident in Uruguay in
late October where he broke his fibula and damaged ankle ligaments,
Parthenon Huxley returned to The Orchestra line-up for the
month long East European tour.
The
band currently have copies of
the new U.K. edition of 'No Rewind' and a new 2cd set 'Anthology
- 20 Years and Counting' featuring tracks from the various albums, tv
appearances and live shows by the various line-ups of E.L.O. Part 2 and
The Orchestra. Note that the 'Orchestra
Live' cd is still available at the bands' gigs. Both 'No Rewind'
and 'Orchestra Live' are also available from
former band member
Parthenon
Huxley's Website.
Argentinian
E.L.O. fan Jorge Devincenzi is busy preparing a new series of his
radio show charting the history of E.L.O. from the formation of the band
via The Move and Idle Race right up to the Zoom album, The Orchestra, and
Roy Woods Army - listen via
RADIOELO ZOOM.
To conclude the first series of his show, Jorge fulfilled a personal dream
of his by interviewing Kelly Groucutt which was broadcast on Radio Arte in
his home country.
Full
details of the radio show, Series 3, Zoom 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and the new 2010 series can be found
here.
Also check out
The ELO
Secret Messages Blog where you can access all of the Zoom radio shows
including the latest show featuring interview with Jim Onslow and details
of Steve Maher and his band Tinkerbells Fairydust.
UPDATED -
15th January 2012
The Move ft Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton have gigs planned throughout 2012
including a new series of 'Brum Rocks' gigs. The band line-up
is Bev, Trevor Burton, Tony Kelsey, Brian Badhams
& Phil Tree. As well as performing the best-known Move hits, the band
will also be playing many other songs such as Green
Onions, Keep On Runnin' and Back In The USSR.
Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton also perform as part of the 'It's Only
Rock 'N' Roll' tour alongside Raymond
Froggatt (legendary UK Country/Folk Singer),
Geoff Turton (The Rockin’ Berries, Jefferson), Hartley Cain (The
Raymond Froggatt Band) and Danny King (Birmingham’s First Pop Star).
UPDATED
- 15th January 2012
Argentinian
E.L.O. fan Jorge Devincenzi is busy preparing a new series of his
radio show charting the history of E.L.O. from the formation of the band
via The Move and Idle Race right up to the Zoom album, The Orchestra, and
Roy Woods Army - listen via
UPDATED - 
