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NEWS!
3rd
November 2009
We
would also like to remind everyone that tickets for the
excellent
December 17th
Christmas Party at Camden's ELECTRIC
BALLROOM are now on sale. We will
be special guests of
THE BLOCKHEADS along with THE
BOOMTOWN RATS.
Have
a look at this...
30th
September 2009
Great
news from the USA - our mates from the last two USA tours,
Prima
Donna have secured a slightly bigger
gig than ours.
They are the main support to GREEN
DAY on their current Euro tour. Nice work
boys.
If you get a chance (and manage to get a ticket!) you
can see them across the UK.
23rd
September 2009
We
had a great time in Guernsey at The
Fermain Tavern.
Big thanks to Derrick
and Helen
from Rawkuz Crowz
and especially to Chris
Staples,
who runs this very Rock n Roll venue, for a very probably
life threatening weekend!
Seriously - totally recommended to any
band considering making the trip. A review from the Guernsey
Press can be read HERE.
25th
June 2009
A
couple of dates for the diary that we think look interesting...
Saturday
4th July at The
Square, Harlow - we shall be celebrating
the first anniversary of the reborn venue, along side
Billy Lunn from The
Subways and Bite,
an excellent young local band. The doors are at 8pm and
bar/DJ until 3am.
Tickets are £8adv and available here:
Friday
24th July we
are at The
Forum in Kentish Town as part of The
Kids Are Alright Festival.
Headline act is From
The Jam featuring Bruce Foxton,
Rick Buckler and Russel Hastings.
7th
June 2009
The
dust has settled behind us after another great USA Tour.
Lou at Streetcore
Talent did a typically excellent job of booking
and driving for the tour, during which time we covered
about 8000 miles we think. Cheers Lou!
Saw a lot of old friends, met a lot of new ones and had
a brilliant couple of bands on the road with us -
Prima
Donna and Johnny
Madcap & The Distractions
Follow the links to their MySpace
sites and have a listen. BIG THANKS TO THEM AND
ALSO TO ALL OF THE OTHER BANDS WHO APPEARED WITH US!
It certainly won't be the last time we shall be working
with these guys as there are already plans for them to
contribute a song for the next Hot Rods album...speaking
of which...
Work
has already begun, writing and demo recording for a NEW
album which, if all goes according to plan (ha!)
will be completed by the end of the year. In addition
to this, we are currently mixing the material from our
recent NEW YORK show at SOUTHPAW
in BROOKLYN. This should appear as a
merchandise item at live shows next month.
Should
have some tour photos on the site soon - see you at a
show soon folks.
10th
April 2009
Another
change of venue (is it something we said?)
WED 6th MAY
- Asbury
Park, NJ
- Asbury
Lanes
3rd
March 2009
There
has been a change of Date/Venue for the opening show.
The Tour will still start in Seattle
but, due to a problem with the original venue closing
(never a good thing), the show will now be on
TUESDAY 21st APRIL
at El
Corazon.
4th
February 2009
The
dates have been announced for the first USA
Tour of 2009.
The band will be making their way from left to right in
the company of
Primadonna,
The Cute
Lepers, Poison
Arrows and at a couple of shows, by The
Vibrators.
Running from April 22nd until
May 9th, the dates are now posted HERE
24th
November 2008
PLEASE
NOTE!!! Due to circumstances beyond our control, the gig
at HERTFORD CORN EXCHANGE on SATURDAY NOV 29th has been
CANCELLED. We hope to reschedule for next year.
Many
apologies to those affected and a big WELCOME
to baby Tommy Bowley...
8th
October 2008
THE
HOT RODS CHRISTMAS PARTY!
End of year bash on home turf (well, Westcliff on Sea)
at the excellent
RIGA MUSIC BAR on
FRIDAY 19th DECEMBER.
Please get your tickets early to avoid crushing
disappointment...
Some
great photographs of the recent Cabaret
Vert Festival in France, featuring Supersub
Bassist Christy Holgarth, are now
on site and can be viewed HERE
16th
September 2008
CANCELLATION
Sorry folks - another Brummie gig bites the dust - this
time, before we had a chance to play it!
The
Asylum have decided that the future is in Metaltastic
Disco and our Oct 11th date has been cancelled.
On
a more positive note...They
are not bored with The Rods quite yet in the USA, having
just returned from the LA-NY tour with another for next
year already being booked!
"Everyone,
from the Promoters (Lou @ Streetcore
- top man!) to the Billys had such great enthusiasm for
live music, it was totally worth the deep-arse thrombosis
we risked from the ridiculous drives to play the shows.
We even enjoyed the hurricane in Chicago, we were that
happy..." says Barrie.
There are still plenty of good shows here though and since
returning, Aylesbury 'Hobble
on the Cobbles' has been a highlight. Big stage at
one end of the old Market Square surrounded by pubs, makes
a brilliant setting for the gig and the crowds turned
out in force for the all day festival.
The Great British Blues Festival in Colne was another
excellent night out, with Nine Below Zero and Dr Feelgood
on the bill.
Next
up is a trip to the North East for a couple of shows -
Fri 26 Gateshead, The Three Tuns
and Sat 27 Crook Town FC in Co Durham.
A
special mention has to be made about a gig on OCTOBER
3rd at THE
SQUARE in HARLOW.
Now, we have been told that this is possibly the finest
small venue in the country and we think that is almost
certainly true. The reason for mentioning this is nothing
to do with the new owner (whichever guitarist he is) -
it just had to be pointed out...
01279 305000 or click HERE
for Tickets.
10th
May 2008
An
interview filmed with the band during
their recent run of shows in France can be found HERE.
The site, www.rock-interviews.com
also features a chat with The Stranglers, Status Quo and
New Model Army amongst others.
6th
May 2008
PLEASE
NOTE THAT THE LONDON ASTORIA 2 SHOW WITH DR FEELGOOD,
ON SAT 10th MAY, IS AN EARLY ONE.
The
Rods will be ON STAGE at 7pm, so those out there with
tickets who, quite reasonably, would expect to get another
couple of pints in at The Royal George, be warned....
24th
April 2008
A
new book chronicling the
history of Eddie and the Hot Rods is to be published next
month.
"Do Anything You Wanna Do" (what else!) written
by Steve Crancher, will be launched on May 3rd at Waterstones
book shop (Royals branch) in Southend on Sea. Original
members, Barrie Masters (who still fronts the band), guitarist
Dave Higgs and drummer Steve Nichol will all be there
to sign copies of the book
between 12pm and 1pm.
If you miss them at Waterstones, you can always grab a
copy that evening when the band play The
Riga Music Bar in Westcliff-On-Sea. It is also available
from Amazon.
17th
March 2008
DATE
CHANGE - Sorry folks...due to a diary mix up, our
100 Club gig on April 11/18th (depending on whose
websit you read!) has been postponed. Chas and Dave will
still be bashing 'em out though - highly recommended!
6th
February 2008
TOUR
NEWS: This year will see Eddie and the Hot Rods tour in
France and Sweden, as well as the USA.
The dates are now up on the Gig
List. The July/August American tour may change shape
a little in the next couple of weeks but we will get all
the details posted as soon as they are confirmed.
The Swedish tour in March is now in place and we are very
much looking forward to the first dates there for many
years.
We
have also added some photos
by Dr Feelgood
webmistress Gabi Schwanke, taken at the Skegness
Rock and Blues Festival in January (which was 'kin
excellent fun - thanks to all).
22nd
January 2008
LATE
NOTICE GIG IN STOCKTON-ON-TEES - and it's a beer festival!
Friday Feb 8th at The
Arc in Stockton. We will be on stage at about 8pm.
More details of the Stockton Beer Festival on the Cleveland
C.A.M.R.A website.
1st January 2008
A
very Happy New Year to you all...and
thank you to everyone at the Wild
at Heart club in Berlin
for making it pretty damn good so far...
If you have got a eye/ear for such things, we hear that
there is quite a sale of Eddie & the Hot Rods vinyl
and memorabilia happening on ebay at the moment - ebay
seller ID is barracuda_uk. We do know the seller and both
he and his stuff are genuine! Hopefully, if you CLICK
HERE, it will take you right to the good stuff...
One
other thing - YES, we are playing at the Rock
and Blues Festival in Skegness
this year on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th (special set).
There has been some confusion in the past and we seem
to have fallen off the advertising for this year as well...
13th
November 2007
The
ITV documentary, 'Do Anything You Wanna Do...', presented
by Barrie Masters and screened on 30th October 2007 is
now available on the Downloads
and Photos page.
5th
November 2007
Gideon
Coe will be featuring sessions from the band on his BBC
6 Music show, tonight 5th Nov, between 22.00 and 1.00
GMT.
You
can listen on digital radio and TV etc etc, or online
HERE
28th
October 2007
Eddie
and the Hot Rods are appearing in a TV documentary with
recent download chart hit band KOOPA,
due to be screened in the Anglia ITV region at 7.30 pm
on Tuesday 30th October.
The programme discusses the different ways that The Rods
in 1977 and Koopa, 30 years later in 2007, went about
establishing a fanbase and getting their music heard.
27th
October 2007
There
are some new photos on the Downloads
and Photos page. Wolfie took some great shots at the
Cambridge Rock
Festival with our special guest, Danny Kustow out
of The Tom Robinson Band.
10th
September 2007
Due
to mysterious circumstances, the gig at The Attic, Rushden
on Sat 15th Sept will have to be re-arranged for another
day. Sorry about that...
8th August 2007
The
upcoming gig at the Cambridge
Rock Festival (previously known as The
Rockinbeerfest and thankfully, still beer soaked and
rockin'...) on Friday 17th August, will be broadcast Live
by the legendary Radio
Caroline.
It is available free on Sky 0199, Worldspace
and on the
internet. The Hot Rods set is the only one to be streamed
live that day and kicks off as they hit the stage at 8:50pm
GMT.
Please visit the Radio
Caroline website for details of their schedule and
a history of this groundbreaking station and it's DJs.
26th
July 2007
The
Brightlingsea Festival is upon us: 27/28/29
July - the weather looks to be set fine and it's all taking
place in a great setting on the Essex coast, very close
to Clacton and...oh yeah... it's FREEEEEEE!!!!
There's loads of good stuff happening (check their website)
The Rods should be on the main stage at 8.30pm.29th
June 2007
The
Tunbridge Wells Forum date has been moved from Friday
20th July, to Wed 25th July
For
information about tickets etc, please go to The
Forum website.
5th June 2007
LATE NOTICE GIG IN SOUTH SHIELDS!!! - SATURDAY 9TH JUNE
at THE AMPHITHEATRE, Sea Road, South Shields, Tyne and
Wear NE33 2LD
8th
May 2007
Sat
May 12th - London, Mean Fiddler - with Dr Feelgood (special
guest Little Bob)
Just a quick reminder that this gig is an early kick-off
(10pm finish), due to a club night later. The doors will
be at 6.30pm and the Hot Rods will be on stage at around
7pm.
This of course, leaves plenty of time to join the bands
afterwards for a Dame Edna or two in the pub next door...
6th
December 2006
BBC
Radio 2 - Thirty Years of Punk.
Part one was aired on Saturday 2nd December and an edited
clip of Barrie and John Lydon, giving their account of
the notorious Rods v Sex Pistols 'bust up', can be heard
HERE.
The full program can be heard on the BBC
listen again website.
20th
November 2006
The
band were recently asked if they would share their many
years of experience in the business, with the next generation
of would be rocknrollers. They were invited into the Longcroft
School and Performing Arts College in Beverly, to stage
a music workshop with a group of pupils interested in
making music. The two hour session was followed up with
an afternoon performance by a 'supergroup' involving the
pupils and Rods and then by another show that evening,
to help raise money for the BBC Children in Need event.
The workshop proved to be one of the most enjoyable 'gigs'
of the year and the band would like to thank the pupils
and staff at Longcroft for making it so.
The Hull Evening Post website has a written
article and a video
report (launch the Video Console and look for the
“Pupils get tips from HotRods”).
15th
Nov 2006
Cherry
Red Records have a new on-line shop for classic Hot
Rods MP3's including the albums "Do Anything You
Wanna Do" and "Gasoline Days". Check it
out HERE.
14th
Nov 2006
Barrie
has just finished recording his contribution to a BBC
Radio 2 celebration of the rock/punk scene in 1976. He
was interviewed along with Pete Shelley and John Lydon
last week, to be included in the first episode of the
two part programme due for transmission on December 2nd.
Some new photographs of the Rods on their travels are
now on the Downloads and
Photos page of this site. They were taken by our (almost)
resident photographer, Tony Nicholls, during recent gigs
at the Le Mans 24hr race and the
100 Club.
It is also worth mentioning that due to an embarrassing
oversight, Tony was not credited with his work on the
latest Hot Rods album, "Been
There, Done That...". He took not only the cover
shot, but every other photo on the sleeve too, so, quite
an oversight really...
You can see more of his excellent work by clicking HERE
and visiting his web site. How's that Tony..?
28th
Sept 2006
Radio
appearances just in...
Barrie
will be having a chat with Julia Hankin
of BBC
Radio Newcastle, on Friday 29th September, just after
3.p.m.
The band will be playing a live acoustic session on Robert
Elms BBC
Radio London show, on Friday 13th October between
2pm and 3pm.
For those not in the broadcast area, click on the links
and listen on line, or on Digital radio and TV.
11th Sept 2006
A
bit of a mixed up month...The band should have been in
Japan at present but unfortunately, we have been let down
badly by the promoter (Emajan - beware UK bands!!). We
can only apologise to our friends in Japan who we have
had to disappoint, but hopefully we can arrange some dates
with a reputable firm early next year.
The knock on effect means that we are also forced to postpone
our USA tour, which followed almost immediately!
This is obviously a real blow to our plans for the latter
part of 2006 and has left a big hole in our diary, so
if you were looking to come along to any of the gigs -
sorry, it's really not our fault - but, if you were thinking
of booking the band for that period but thought we were
unavailable, please get in touch : bookings@eddieandthehotrods.com
. We may be able to sort something out.
Anyway - heads up news... The new album Been There, Done
That... is now available, as well as the DVD, Live 2005
and thanks to Emajan, we also have a limited number of
the live CD, Right for the Night, on sale at gigs and
the merchandise section
of this site. This was originally intended as a Japan
only release on Voiceprint (Japan) but for obvious reasons,
it has now (perhaps) become a collectors item!
Next date for the diary is now Sat 23rd September - Durham
Punk Festival (01913830745).
30th
July 2006
***NEW ALBUM RELEASE DATE***
Been
There, Done That..., the new album, is set for release
on 4th SEPTEMBER. Along with the
DVD Live 2005 it will be available from Voiceprint,
the merchandise section
on this website as well as all major outlets (it may be
neccessary to place an order at some stores).
1st
June 2006
The
Live 2005 DVD is now available from the Voiceprint shop
and will soon be followed by the new studio album, Been
There, Done That..., which is in the final stages of production.
In addition (should you live in Japan), a limited number
of live compilation CD's, Right for the Night, are about
to made available. This release - on the Voiceprint Japan
label - will contain 14 live tracks, both classic and
new, from performances in 2005. Available in all good
(Japanese) record shops (and probably ebay, we suspect)...
9th
April 2006
The release date for the Live 2005 DVD has now been set
for May 29th. It will be available from Voiceprint, the
merchandise section on this
website and all good record shops blah blah. Barring any
unexpected hold-ups, the new album, Been There, Done That...
will be released shortly afterwards.
27th
March 2006
The
band have just returned from Foel
Studios in Wales, with a 14 track album in the can.
It features 12 brand new songs, including "Why Should
I Care" and "Really Happy Now", which some of you may
already know from the live show. Also included is a totally
balls out version of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild".
A release date will be announced soon.
15th
March 2006
MY
SPACE - Eddie and the Hot Rods have now been added to
the MySpace myspace.com
circus. Check it out HERE.
14th
Feburary 2006
The
band are due to start recording their brand new album,
provisionally entitled 'Been There', in March. Two weeks
in a studio on a Welsh hillside, should focus the mind
on the twelve new songs (so far) that will make up the
second, all new album in as many years. Hopefully, this
should be available by the end of May.
The live DVD recorded at the Mean Fiddler has been slightly
delayed but should be released soon, so please watch this
space for details.
Some
new photographs taken by Tony
Nicholls at Sheffield's Boardwalk, have now been added.
Graeme
Douglas helps out at the 100 Club. Photos
by Dave Palmer
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