26/12/2005
- Brum Rocks Live is the name of an upcoming tour during 2006 featuring some
famous artists from the 1960's Birmingham music scene. The band features Bev
Bevan, Trevor Burton, Steve Gibbons, Danny King and Laurie Hornsby. Full details
can be found at
www.brianyeates.co.uk/tours/rocks.htm.
Current tour dates are listed below.
May 2006
4th Prince Of
Wales Theatre, Cannock 01543 578762
5th Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield 0121 464 8990
11th Assembly Rooms, Tamworth 01827 709618
13th Royal Spa Centre, Leamington 01926 334418
20th Garrick Theatre, Lichfield 01543 412121
June 2006
3rd Arts Complex,
Solihull 0121 704 6962
9th Palace Theatre, Redditch 01527 65203
24/12/2005
- Roy Wood's Rock & Roll Band appeared on 'It's Christmas With Jonathan
Ross' on BBC1 on 22nd December, performing 'Christmas Everyday'. The band also
performed live on The Paul O'Grady Show on ITV1 on 23rd December.
Click here to view some screen shots of Roy and
his new band.
21/12/2005
- Mid-January 2006 sees the release of a new 11 track album called 'Songs From
The Wood & Beyond' featuring Carl Wayne & Roy Wood. The cd features many rare
and unreleased tracks all remastered by Roy Wood including the superb 'Midnight
Blue' by Carl Wayne.
21/12/2005
- Karl Gartler of Austrian band MikeWail has sent me details of a track
that features on his bands latest album 'The Origin'. The song is called 'Is
That What U Want' and is a great dance track which uses samples from E.L.O.'s
'Yours Truly 2095'. Karl is a huge E.L.O. fan, and he has worked for many years as a composer of
mainly folk music
which has appeared several times in the Austrian and Swiss charts. More details
of the band can be found on their official website at
www.mikewail.com.
The full track is available on the Soundclips page.
18/12/2005
- Girls Aloud performed Wizzard's 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday'
on ITV1's Christmas Mania 2 on 17th December.
14/12/2005
- The Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band will be performing on U.K. tv over the Christmas
period. Check out
www.roywood.co.uk for all the latest news.
To date Roy and his band are scheduled to appear at......
Thursday 22nd December, BBC1, 8pm-9pm - It's Christmas With Jonathan Ross
Friday 23rd December, ITV, 7am-9:25am - GMTV
Friday 23rd December, ITV, 5pm - The Paul O'Grady Show
14/12/2005
- To try & get E.L.O. into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, please register your
vote at
http://cleveland.about.com/cs/rockandroll/l/aarock.htm.
02/12/2005
- Bev Bevan was interviewed recently on BBC Radio Cumbria by Tony James.
The interview can be downloaded from the soundclips page.
29/11/2005
- Mik Kaminski was interviewed recently on BCB radio. The interview can
be downloaded from the soundclips page.
29/11/2005
- With great thanks to Rin, I have made available a short video clip of Jeff
Lynne live on stage at a Ringo Starr concert in June 2005. The footage has been
made for a video ipod so the latest Quicktime software will be required to view
the file & can be downloaded from
www.apple.com/quicktime.
Click here to download the video clip.
24/11/2005
- Check out the following link, first posted by Tobias Rumohr on the Showdown
ELO Mailing List -
www.radionora.de/nora/home/index.html. The link to the May 2006 Oldies
concert claims to have the 'original' E.L.O. line-up performing!!
24/11/2005
- Check out
www.quintesymphony.com for details of the orchestras' upcoming concert in
February 2006 where they will be performing classical versions of Moody Blues
and E.L.O. songs.
24/11/2005
- Kelly Groucutt appeared on Central TV News on 14th November, where he
chatted about the 2006 U.K. tour and also about a charity concert he is
performing at in Wolverhampton on the 25th November.
13/11/2005
- The Birmingham Mail has a short interview with Kelly Groucutt which
mentions the 2006 U.K. tour by The Orchestra. The article can be found
here.
13/11/2005
- The Orchestra have just announced details of a U.K. tour for May & June
2006. The band are being promoted as 'Original Former Members of Electric Light
Orchestra Part II' for this particular tour. Up to date information can be found
at www.tdpromo.com.
Current planned tour dates are listed below, and tickets can be
purchased from the venue or through online ticket agencies
www.ticketmaster.co.uk and
www.ticketline.co.uk.
MAY 2006
FRI 12th BRADFORD St George's Hall 01274 432000
SAT 13th IPSWICH The Regent 01473 433100
SUN 14th MARGATE Winter Gardens 01843 292795
TUES 16th READING The Hexagon 0118 960 6060
WED 17th HASTINGS White Rock 01424 462288
FRI 19th LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall 0151 709 3789
SAT 20th GRIMSBY Auditorium 0870 060 2331
SUN 21st MANCHESTER Opera House 0870 401 3000
TUES 23rd LONDON Shepherds Bush Empire 0870 771 2000
WED 24th BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion 0870 111 3000
FRI 26th BRENTWOOD Centre 01277 262616
SAT 27th OXFORD New Theatre 0870 606 3500
SUN 28th TORQUAY Princess Theatre 08702 414120
JUNE 2006
FRI 16th PORTSMOUTH Guildhall 023 9282 4355
SAT 17th BASINGSTOKE The Anvil 01256 819797
SUN 18th BIRMINGHAM Alexandra 0870 607 7535
TUES 20th KINGS LYNN Corn Exchange 01553 764864
WED 21st YORK Grand Opera House 0870 606 3590
FRI 23rd NEWCASTLE City Hall 0191 261 2606
SAT 24th EDINBURGH Playhouse 0870 606 3536
SUN 25th LEICESTER De Montfort Hall 0116 233 3111
TUES 27th TRURO Hall For Cornwall 01872 262466
WED 28th CARDIFF St David's Hall 029 2087 8444
FRI 30th DARTFORD Orchard Theatre 01322 220000
JULY 2006
SAT 1st TUNBRIDGE WELLS Assembly Halls 01892 530613
12/11/2005
- Former cellist with E.L.O., Hugh McDowell features on the latest John Wetton &
Geoff Downes cd 'Icon'. Full details and photos of Hugh performing an acoustic
set with Geoff & John can be found at
www.johnwetton.co.uk.
Photo copyright Mixed Images Ltd 2005
12/11/2005
- A couple of links to German-based E.L.O. tribute bands posted recently on the
Mr Blue Sky ELO Mailing List -
www.elo-revivalband.de
and
www.magic-touch-live.de/frameset.html . Both sites feature sound clips to
download.
06/11/2005
- Tina McBain & Phil Bates are making a welcome return to the live music scene
with the Eleanor Rigby Experience for a special Christmas concert at Tamworth's
Castle Hotel on 28th December. Full details below.......
THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT
PHIL BATES & TINA McBAIN
with
THE ELEANOR RIGBY
ACOUSTIC EXPERIENCE
plus a little bit more
WEDNESDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2005
Have you
ever found yourself having the blues during the time between
Christmas and New Year? Then this is the perfect antidote.
The Castle Hotel ‘Twixtmas’ happening.
Ladybank, Tamworth, Staffs. 01827 317700
Phil Bates
(ex ELOII and current member of Bev Bevan’s Move), fresh from three
nights at the NEC for one night only joins his colleague, Tina
McBain from the critically acclaimed Eleanor Rigby Experience for a
perfect night with an exquisite menu, good wines and a tremendous
atmosphere in a fabulous setting. The historic hotel has now been
bought by the former Banqueting Supremo, Tim Wedgwood, from the
world class Grosvenor Hotel in London's swish Park Lane. So he
knows a thing or two about the perfect wining and dining setting.
Phil Bates said 'The Eleanor Rigby project has been dormant for a
while now, simply because myself and Tina have had all sorts of
other commitments. My solo stuff and work with Bev Bevan's Move.
Tina is currently working for Bob Geldof so particularly this year
with the Live 8 et al, she hasn't had much time to spare. When we
realised that we would both be in Tamworth at Christmas, and the new
management at the Castle Hotel approached us, we thought it was just
too good an opportunity to miss.'
Tina commented 'I can assure you all that the meals are first class
since Tim Wedgwood arrived from the Grosvenor. His pedigree speaks
for itself. The set will include lots of ERE stuff and a healthy
dollop of Phil's solo material and a Philip is insisting we get
together to put some new material into the set. We are really
looking forward to seeing some of our old friends at this show.
Hopefully, the die-hards may even be able to spend the night in
Tamworth at the hotel. There is a special rate for guests of this
show so if you are considering staying overnight, call Nikki on
01827 317700 and tell her Tina said to call for the special musician
rate.'
Tickets: £26.00 to include a special four course dinner
Tickets on sale now from:
The Castle Hotel Reception - 01827 317700
Tamworth
Information Centre, Market Street. 01827 709618
Credit cards accepted.
Or buy online from
www.candlelitcabaret.com
 06/11/2005
- Thanks to Nathan Gronan from Paisley, Scotland for the following backstage
photo's from Bev Bevan's Move gig in Glasgow on 15th October.....
08/10/2005
- A stunning 4-track EMI acetate disk has just been auctioned on Ebay. I have
never heard of these particular tracks before. Final price was over £2,100. The
item description is as follows :
"THE MOVE : 4 track Acetate
All songs are otherwise unrecorded and unreleased!!
Emidisc
labels, no cat no, 1966 (?).
Tracklist:
You're the one I need/I know
your face/The fugitive/Winter song
This is a real rarity! Four otherwise
unrecorded Move songs on one 7" acetate! This is quite possibly a
unique one-off pressing, or else made in such extremely limited
quantities that it may as well be.
Each song was written by Roy Wood, and
each features a different lead singer: Chris (Ace), Carl, Trevor and
Roy, in that order - it seems Bev got left out! The first track is a
rip-roaring R&B/freakbeat tune, with tough guitar feedback, the
second is a more poppy, romantic number with great harmonies. The
other side starts with a Dylanesque pop song (with accordion!!)
and ends with a typical Roy Wood melodic pop tune. It comes in a
plain white card sleeve with annotations in the same hand as on the
labels".
02/10/2005
- DJ Nigel Warin is an ardent ELO & Jeff Lynne fan, and it has
been a long-time ambition of his to create an ELO Megamix. So, recently, Nigel
has teamed up with John Falkner of Mastermix to produce a 79 minute ELO Megamix.
This is the first demo mix in what is planned to be a 2cd release.
The songs used on this first disk are -
Don't Bring Me Down / Confusion /
Livin' Thing / Night In The City / Evil Woman / Last Train To London / Sweet
Talkin' Woman / All Over The World / Four Little Diamonds / Do Ya / Danger
Ahead / Xanadu / The Way Lif'es Meant To Be / I'm Alive / Shine A Little Love /
On The Run / Here Is The News / Twilight / Turn To Stone / From The End Of The
World / Hold On Tight / Secret Messages / Rockaria / Rock N Roll Is King / The
Diary Of Horace Wimp / Mr Blue Sky.
Please email me for further
details on this superb mix.
02/10/2005
- The latest Marks & Spencer advert currently showing on tv here in the U.K.
features 'Mr Blue Sky' as the backing track. This extra coverage also seems to
be helping the 'All Over The World' collection to move back up the charts.
02/10/2005
- Check out Jerzy Erdman's website at
www.erdman.chojnice.pl/elo/elo.htm.to
listen to some of the ELO songs performed by Hazard at the recent Polish
ELO fan meeting.
14/09/2005
- The Sun Flower Orchestra may not be a well-known group, but back in
October 2003, they performed a live concert of E.L.O. songs at the Blue
Note club in Poznan, Poland. A totally Polish band, the songs are sung in
English but for me, the sheer quality of the songs makes this a stand-out
recording, especially the orchestral backing. Check out the
Soundclips page to listen to the bands' version of
'Love Changes All'.
Track listing - I'm Alive / Strange Magic /
Twilight / Telephone Line / Love Changes All / Can't Get It Out Of My Head /
Evil Woman / One Summer Dream / Turn To Stone / Moment In Paradise / Xanadu /
Shangri-La / Hold On Tight / Rock & Roll Is King.
04/09/2005
- Manfred Sapich has kindly sent his own personal review including photo's of a
recent E.L.O. fan meeting in Chojnice, Poland. Click
here for the review.
04/09/2005
- Added some ELO related Winamp skins to the Downloads
page.
28/08/2005 -
Two new cd's are released on 5th September in the U.K., Germany and Japan.
'Message from The Country' by The Move (Cat No: EMI Harvest Records 330
2602)
and 'Harvest Showdown' featuring various tracks from The Move, Roy
Wood and more (Cat No: EMI Harvest Records 330 2632) have been completely
remastered and are released by EMI. Check out
FTM and
The Move Online for
more details and some special offers.
'Message From The Country' track listing -
Message From The Country / Ella James / No Time / Don't Mess Me
Up / Until Your Moma's Gone / It Wasn't My Idea To Dance / The Minister / Ben
Crawley Steel Company / The Words Of Aaron / My Marge. Bonus tracks - Tonight /
Chinatown / Down On The Bay / Do Ya / California Man / Don't Mess Me Up (early
alternate session version) (previously unreleased) / The Words Of Aaron (early
alternate session version) (previously unreleased) / Do Ya (early alternate
session version) (previously unreleased) / Hidden track (previously unreleased).
'Harvest Showdown' track listing -
The Move - Do Ya (7"
Single Version) / ELO - 10538 Overture (USA Radio mono mix) / Wizzard - Ball
Park Incident / Roy Wood - Forever / Wizzard - The Carlsberg Special / ELO - Mr.
Radio (7" single version) / Roy Wood - Rock Down Low / ELO - King Henry VIII's
Bollocks (In Old England Town instrumental early mix) / The Move - Tonight (US
edited single) / Wizzard - Buffalo Station (edit) / Roy Wood - Music To Commit
Suicide By / ELO - Showdown (ADT version) / Roy Wood - Dear Elaine / The Move -
Until Your Momma's Gone / ELO - 'Hidden track'.
28/08/2005
- Two of the 'Official' ELO sites have had recent updates -
www.elocd.com and
www.elomusic.com.
28/08/2005
- Def Leppard's covers album 'Yeah!' which is due for release late 2005 / early
2006 will definitely feature a cover of ELO's '10538 Overture'.
28/08/2005
- The unreleased 2004 studio album by Pop! contains three different mixes of
'Xanadu'. Pop! were produced by pop music legend Pete Waterman and were to
replace the just-split Steps. Check out the
Soundclips page to download one of the 'Xanadu' mixes.
27/08/2005 -
Bev Bevan's Move have a new website up and running at
www.bevbevansmove.com.
12/07/2005 - A 'new' bootleg cd has just
surfaced in Japan recently. It features an audience recording of E.L.O.'s
gig at The Budokan, Tokyo, Japan on 22nd February 1978. This was the first gig
of the Asian leg of the bands 'Out Of The Blue' world tour. The sound quality is
actually very good throughout, with no background hiss and minimal audience
interruptions. Click on an image to enlarge.
12/07/2005 - A new cover version of the
E.L.O. song 'Shine A Little Love' has been released in Germany recently.
'Shine A Lil Love' by On Fire is a Euro dance mix, and is out on 12"
vinyl only on the ZYX / Waako Records label. Catalogue no: WR 054-12. Check out
the Soundclips page to hear the 'Radio Edit'.
03/07/2005 - Today sees the return the section
of the site called 'Mr Blue Sky'. This section
features many of the pages from Alan Heath's personal ELO website from a few
years ago.
03/07/2005 - Okay, something a bit different.
Whilst I was watching a video of a Chuck Berry live concert at the BBC back in
1972, I noticed a 'familiar face' sitting in the background. Click on the
thumbnails below of some screen shots I took from the show to find out .
Well, is it or isn't it? Let me
know your thoughts.
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