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Post by sticksman1 on Jan 8, 2019 10:00:35 GMT
TC&I's Steve Tilling has his own band, Circu5, with members who have written and performed with artists including Tin Spirits, Pete Townshend, Steve Winwood, Julian Lennon and Alice Cooper.
They will be playing on Friday, June 14th 2019, with Mellotronanism, at The Water Rats in Kings Cross, London.
Details are here: www.eventbrite.com/e/circu5-mellotronanism-a-night-of-modern-prog-tickets-54504607749
The following evening - Saturday 15th June 2019, Fossil Fools will take to the very same stage for their first London gig on 2019: www.eventbrite.com/e/fossil-fools-an-evening-of-xtc-tickets-53045826495
Come and join us for two days of musical wonderment!
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 13, 2019 9:47:02 GMT
It's starting tomorrow peeps!
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 18, 2019 9:07:38 GMT
It was a truly magical night. This is what Ed (ColinEd) Percival had to say about it:
Thanks to the lovely folks who turned up to see us last night. It was by some distance the largest London audience for an XTC tribute to date. It was wonderful to see a mix of old friends and new.
And it almost didn’t happen. Sadly our man Dan wasn’t able to make the gig (he’ll be back!) so we had two choices, cancel and refund (some folks had arranged travel from the USA) or to look for help from the XTC community.
We were so pleased that we went with the latter. XTC attracts extraordinary musicians.
Steve Tilling is well known to us through TC&I and we’d had a great time supporting CIRCU5 the night before (as our alter-ego Mellotronanism) at the Water Rats. He’s a lovely bloke and a great singer and guitarist. If he’s good enough for Colin and Terry, that’s recommendation enough. Thankfully he was available and he willingly agreed to help and said he hoped we might get a chance to do a run-through at sound check. In fact, we barely did a couple of half songs in prep. What the audience saw was first-take stuff. And it was great. I got the watch for a couple of numbers, which is a first in 20-odd xtc shows.
And then there’s Imogen Bebb. A regular contributor to the Facebook groups, practicing moody selfies, she had started posting about supporting an OMD tribute. So why not, I thought and offered her the chance to open in the hope that she might be persuaded to help us out. In a couple of shared messages she revealed that she played keyboards and very quickly she was signed up to be Barry for us. She came all the way from Kidderminster to be part of it. Rehearsal hadn’t been an option as I’d previously rather rashly booked a couple of weeks of Spanish holiday, just before the gigs. Once again, we didn’t get much chance to do a run-through and we had some problems hearing the keyboard in the monitor, so we held our breaths. I was immensely calmed by her lovely solo set. Imogen has such a lovely voice and her delicate songs draw you in. When her Barry slot began, it was immediately clear she had both the chops and had done her homework. We could not have hoped for a better person. And her rendition of Towers of London was fabulous.
Julie Matthews had attended the previous night show and told me that Margaret would be coming down for our gig. On the spur of the moment I suggested that she would be welcome to sing a song. And boy, what a fine job she made of Peter Pumpkinhead. She hadn’t been on the stage before. I only told the other guys between sets.
Like many of you, I’d been deeply impressed by the videos that Jake Crawford had posted, playing things such as Wrapped in Grey. So once again, I made a plea via messenger. He readily agreed, albeit communication seemed a bit sparse, so we weren’t actually sure that he’d turn up. In fact he was touring Europe, playing to thousands, on drums. We did get one rehearsal at which it was immediately obvious that he was ridiculously talented and a lovely guy to boot. I willingly surrendered all my favourite solos to a man who can play more notes per second than I do per minute. Standing in the middle of the stage, one is aware of the eyes of the audience. Once Jake was singing and playing, the entire audience was glued to him. Magnificent.
So with all these fun and games around us, Matt, Terry and I had been both quite nervous beforehand and absolutely pooing ourselves. On the night we decided to go for it, opening with an untried three-piece version of Complicated Game. After that, what could possibly go wrong?
As it turned out. Nothing.
So we missed our chum Dan, but what we and the XTC family got was another of those crazy, amazing nights where folks gather together to celebrate the best band ever.
Thank you.
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Post by donavan on Jun 18, 2019 14:03:51 GMT
Well done to all of you. Sounds like it was a big success. Complicated game eh? Excellent.
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 19, 2019 15:04:00 GMT
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 19, 2019 15:04:37 GMT
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 20, 2019 15:39:40 GMT
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Post by donavan on Jun 22, 2019 20:49:33 GMT
Complicated Game vid ?
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Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 23, 2019 4:48:52 GMT
It really doesn't matter where you put your vid, someone else will come along and move it, and it's always been the same.
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 24, 2019 15:10:17 GMT
Not seen that vid as yet... it was at the beginning of our set... David (Blushift) Lake recorded with a Pro Cam - so I'm eagerly waiting the results!
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Post by donavan on Jun 24, 2019 15:14:00 GMT
Blimey, Blushift. A very nice guy. Did he come over for the gig? Or am I confused....again.
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 25, 2019 7:03:47 GMT
Yes, he planned a trip of the UK to coincide with the gig! There were a few from the US and Canada on the night! He's a lovely guy!
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Post by sticksman1 on Jun 25, 2019 7:11:10 GMT
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Post by sticksman1 on Jul 1, 2019 9:00:14 GMT
Here's the first set... including Complicated Game
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Post by donavan on Jul 1, 2019 13:53:43 GMT
Here's the first set... including Complicated Game Thanx stix. I'll have a go on that tonight. Nice one, cheers mate x
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