Mike Peters "Declaration" anniversary shows.

The New York dates that I bought you last week have been officially confirmed by The Alarm site and what's more....they will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of  "Declaration".

This is Mike playing "Declaration" and telling stories about the tracks and album... sounds amazing!

Check out the ticket info from the original post HERE

"Zed Hed" on vinyl!

As previously reported RT-Zed are bringing the excellent "Zed Hed" to vinyl in January as a strictly limited edition and here is what you will get! (check the original post for a list HERE)

RT-Zed announce London date

RT-Zed have tonight confirmed that they will be playing in London on the 19th December at 229 The Venue situated on Great Portland Street. This will be a busy week for Alarm fans as it is the day before James Stevenson plays a Bowie set with Holy Holy at The Lexington (also in London).

Tickets for the RT-Zed gig are a very pre-xmas friendly low price of only £8 or £10 on the door and are available in advance from HERE

The live band for this gig will see Steve Grantley and Jonesy joined by Simon Turner on bass and Ultra Violet on drums.

If you have been living under a rock and have yet to discover the brilliant "Zed Hed" album then you can download a free track from the bands website HERE

Joe Silva book released

Joe Silva has released his book "To The City Of Angels And Back" which also includes codes to download two new tracks "Home" and "The Speed Of Life".

I asked Joe to tell us a little bit about it....

"Essentially, it is a really cool short rock-&-roll story about a time in my life when I was eating at the set of 'Married With Children' in Los Angeles to stay alive while struggling to make ends meet, right up until I was about to live on the streets...all in an effort to keep my dream alive of making it in the music industry."

I also wanted to know about the religious themes in the book and whether people would enjoy it regardless of their own religious views.

"It is a spiritual book for sure, but any faith will appreciate the story, and those who may not feel very spiritual in their life might think about things differently after reading this book."

The book is available from Amazon in the UK HERE or the US HERE

Mike playing America 2014

Another date has come out via a venue advertising a Mike Peters gig for next March. So it looks like there will be 2 gigs on the 15th of March 2014 an "early" show at 8pm then a "late" show at 10pm at the Iridium Club in New York.

General Admission tickets cost $25 while Premier Seating is set at $40. Please note though there is also a $15 food and drink minimum.

Tickets are on sale now from HERE

New Big Country merch available.

To coincide with the upcoming "Land's End To John O'Groats" tour there is some new merchandise available in the Big Country store. Namely two tour shirts (one with dates and one with a plain back) and a rather tasteful black polo shirt. Grab your favourite HERE

RT-Zed vinyl news

"Zed Hed" will be made available on vinyl in the new year when it will be released on 180 gram pure white vinyl on January 13th.

There will also be a very limited package that will be numbered and signed by both Jonesy and Steve Grantley along with a large booklet, 4 Zed stickers and the full CD too.

T-shirts should also be hitting the store soon but will be limited so keep your eyes on www.rtzed.com 

Steve has also posted on the bands Facebook page that there is a gig planned pre Xmas so I'll bring you more on that when I have it!

James Stevenson Bowie Gig!

Following the massive success of the Bowiefest set at this years Latitude Festival there is another chance to see the amazing supergroup Holy Holy when they play the Lexington in London on Friday 20th December.

The band will be playing Bowie tracks circa 1970 - 1973 (oh yes!) and feature James Stevenson, Woody Woodmansey, Steve Norman, Paulus Fryus, Malcom Doherty, Lisa Ronson, Gary McPherson, Hannah Berridge, Elizabeth Westwood, Maggi Ronson & Tracie Hunter - that's some serious talent and one hell of a crowded stage!

Keep an eye out on the Lexington site for ticket info HERE

Mike Peters Norway dates

Mike will once again be doing some dates in Norway at the end of the year with 2 dates confirmed at Madam Felle in Bergen on the 20th and 21st of December.

Ticket info can be found via the Madam Felle site HERE

Hopefully this means there may be a UK acoustic tour after the Big Country dates but we will have to wait and see!

Gene Loves Jezebel release date

The 5 CD Gene Loves Jezebel box set that I have previously reported about now has a release date of 25th November.

If you missed the track listing you can find it HERE