Roadmender

MR.B BEGAN HIS CHAP-HOP CAREER IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 HE INVENTED A NEW MUSICAL FORM.. SINCE THEN HE HAS TRAVELLED THE WORLD, FROM SURREY TO OSAKA, BANSTEAD TO BERLIN, MIDDLESBROUGH TO MINNEAPOLIS, NORWAY TO NEW YORK AND THE EDINBURGH FRINGE TO GLASTONBURY BRINGING HIS BEATS, RHYMES AND MANNERS. AS WELL AS SONGS ABOUT CRICKET, PIPE SMOKING, HIGH SOCIETY AND INTERFERING WITH LIVESTOCK. MR.B HAS RECORDED 11 LONG PLAYERS, HIS VIDEOS HAVE GARNERED MILLIONS OF VIEW ON YOUTUBE, AND HIS MEDIA APPEARANCES HAVE INCLUDED RAPPING FOR JEREMY PAXMAN ON NEWSNIGHT, PLAYING LIVE ON BBC RADIO ONE FOR ROB DA BANK, NICK GRIMSHAW AND SCOTT MILLS, ON RADIO TWO FOR CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN AND STEVE LAMACQ, 6MUSIC FOR TOM ROBINSON AND SHAUN KEANVENY AND FOR ZOE BALL ON SKY ARTS. HE WAS ALSO ONCE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND WAS DESCRIBED BY THE DAILY MAIL AS ‘CONTROVERSIAL’.

CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUMThe Good Will OutWITH A 13-DATE UK TOUR IN NOVEMBER, PLAYING THEIR SEMINAL ALBUM IN FULL, ALONG WITH THEIR GREATEST HITS. THE TOUR FOLLOWS ON FROM THE BAND’S MASSIVE SOLD-OUT HOMETOWN SHOW IN FRONT OF 6,000 FANS AT HALIFAX PIECE HALL EARLIER THIS MONTH. RELEASED IN 1998, THE GOOD WILL OUT BECAME ONE OF THE FASTEST SELLING DEBUT ALBUMS BY A BRITISH ARTIST, CERTIFIED GOLD ON DAY OF RELEASE AND CHARTING AT NUMBER 1 IN THE UK ALBUM CHART. THE ALBUM ACHIEVED PLATINUM STATUS IN THE YEAR OF RELEASE AND HAS GONE ON TO SELL OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES IN THE UK ALONE.

UK TOUR NOVEMBER 2023 HEAVEN 17 HAVE TODAY ANNOUNCED A VERY SPECIAL UK TOUR TO PERFORM THEIR CELEBRATED AND ACCLAIMED 1983 ALBUM THE LUXURY GAP CULMINATING WITH A HOMETOWN SHOW AT SHEFFIELD O2 ACADEMY ON SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER. HAILING FROM SHEFFIELD, HEAVEN 17 ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BRITISH POST-PUNK BANDS.  HEAVEN 17’S 2ND ALBUM ‘THE LUXURY GAP’ IN 1983 WAS THE MOMENT WHEN EVERYTHING JUST CLICKED INTO PLACE TO OVERWHELMING EFFECT. IT UNDOUBTEDLY BECAME A POP MASTERPIECE.

OZRIC TENTACLES FULL BAND OZRIC TENTACLES ARE REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS TO EMERGE FROM THE UK’S FESTIVAL SCENE, FORMED DURING THE SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE FREE FESTIVAL 1983 GOING ON TO BECOME PSYCHEDELIC STAPLES AT GLASTONBURY AND OTHER FESTIVALS. THE CREATIVE VISION OF MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST ED WYNNE, THE OZRICS’ UNIQUELY TRIPPY SOUNDSCAPES CONNECT FANS OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK, PSYCHEDELIA AND DANCE MUSIC CULTURE. AFTER A PROLONGED HIATUS THE BAND RELEASED THE 2020 ALBUM SPACE FOR THE EARTH (K-SCOPE). OZRICS BANDLEADER ED WYNNE IS PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TOUR: “I RECENTLY TOURED WITH SILAS WYNNE AS AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE BAND, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TOGETHER A FULL LIVE AGAIN BAND AFTER SUCH A LONG HIATUS IS BOTH DAUNTING AND EXHILARATING. ONE THING’S FOR SURE THOUGH, THIS TOUR WILL BE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO SHARE WITH ALL OUR FANS.”

NEW SINGLE WEXFORD ONLINE EVERYWHERE NOW. “THEY’RE REVITALISING IRISH TRAD FOR A NEW GENERATION WITH ROWDY REINTERPRETATIONS OF HAND-ME-DOWN ODES TO SEX, DEVILRY AND DRINK (MAINLY DRINK). LIKE THE DUBLINERS, THE POGUES AND JINX LENNON BEFORE THEM, THEY ELEVATE THE DISPLACED AND THE DOWNTRODDEN, STICKING TWO FINGERS UP TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND, IN DOING SO, YANKING A THREAD THAT UNITES ALL REBEL MUSIC FROM FOLK TO PUNK AND RAP”

BAD MANNERS ARE THE BEST IN BRITISH SKA KNOWN FOR THEIR CRAZY ANTICS AND 2 TONE TRACKS. OUTRAGEOUS AND ENIGMATIC, THEY REMAIN AS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES BEST LOVED LIVE ACTS. AFTER A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER PLAYING FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE WORLD THEY RETURN TO THE CLUB SCENE FOR THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST PUNK LEGEND MAX SPLODGE. TICKETS WILL CERTAINLY FLY OUT FOR THIS SHOW!! DON’T MISS OUT ! “DEFINITELY A “MUST SEE” GIG FOR ANYONE’S TO DO LIST. SEE YOU DOWN THE FRONT!” – LOUDER THAN WAR! FRONTED BY BUSTER BLOODVESSEL (AKA DOUGLAS TRENDLE) THE BAND FORMED IN LONDON DURING 1976 WHILST ALL MEMBERS WERE STILL IN SCHOOL TOGETHER. BY 1980 THE BAND WERE SIGNED TO MAGNET RECORDS AND WERE REGULAR GUESTS ON THE SATURDAY MORNING KIDS TELLY PROGRAMME TISWAS. THEIR HIT SINGLES INCLUDE LIP UP FATTY, SPECIAL BREW, NE NE NA NA NA NA NU NU, CAN CAN, WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE, JUST A FEELING AND THEIR COVER OF MY GIRL LOLLIPOP. BETWEEN 1980 AND 1983 THEY SPENT 111 WEEKS IN THE UK SINGLES CHART, THEY HAVE PRODUCED NINE STUDIO ALBUMS AND SKANKED THEIR WAY INTO THE WORLD’S HEARTS. THEY INITIALLY DISBANDED IN 1987 BUT...

THERAPY? MAKE A WELCOME RETURN TO THE ROADMENDER WITH THEIR FIRST SHOW AT THE VENUE IN OVER 8 YEARS AS PART OF THEIR FORTHCOMING TOUR. COMING TOGETHER IN CO ANTRIM NORTHERN IRELAND IN 1989 THE ROCK 3 PIECE HAVE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE DECADES CARVED THEIR OWN PATH FROM EARLY MINI ALBUMS ‘BABYTEETH’ & ‘PLEASURE DEATH’ TO GENRE-DEFYING MAINSTREAM SUCCESS IN THE 90’S WITH GOLD-CERTIFIED ALBUMS ‘TROUBLEGUM’ & ‘INFERNAL LOVE’.  THE BAND RACKED UP OVER A DOZEN TOP 40 SINGLES WITH SOME CERTIFIED CLASSICS SUCH AS TEETHGRINDER, SCREAMAGER, NOWHERE & STORIES. WITH NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN AS THE BAND ENTER THEIR 4TH DECADE THEY HAVE JUST RELEASED THEIR 16TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘HARD COLD FIRE’ TO MUCH CRITICAL ACCLAIM.

BINGO LOCO NORTHAMPTON BINGO LOCO IS COMING TO YOU AFTER SOLD OUT SHOWS IN DUBLIN / NEW YORK / SYDNEY / VANCOUVER + 200 OTHER DESTINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. GEAR UP FOR A NIGHT OF BINGO MADNESS FEATURING HILARIOUS HOSTS, DJS PLAYING THE BEST OF 90S/00 MUSIC, CONFETTI SHOWERS, DANCE OFFS, LIP SYNC BATTLES AND INCREDIBLE PRIZES RANGING FROM INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS TO LAWNMOWERS.” LOCATION – ROADMENDER SHOW TIME: 6PM-10PM GET YOUR TICKETS BELOW!