NEWS
(press cuttings at foot of page)
2011
July
Amazing prizes up for grabs in the charity auction on the night, check out www.bexleyhelp4ahero.co.uk
full details on poster above...
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SKAbour Festival 2011 has us headlining on Sunday 4th September on the harbour front.
The closing slot which is guaranteed to end this years FREE festival with a bang !
Don't miss any of the other great acts over the weekend and don't go home too early or you'll miss us !
Full details on SKABOUR WEBSITE.
Any old MODS from around the Gravesend area remember The SOUND AFFECTS band ?
A new website is up and running in their memory CLICK HERE
June
*** STOP PRESS *** Right, here it is, the BIG NEWS you've all been waiting for !
Due to the phenomenal success in selling out our Oct 1st 'Help a hero' gig in only one week, we have been asked to headline another similar fundraising gig for the same cause next year...
So, March 2012 THE SKATONICS will be at the 02, Greenwich (Indigo2) with a whole list of celebrities and other muso's from the ska / 2tone era (names to be announced) - These tickets WILL sell as fast as those for Oct 1st so please keep an eye on here or our main site for the exact date and when tickets go on sale. (available via Ticketmaster)..
Keep the support for our armed forces strong rudies.... xxx
May
"Laters Andy, dont be a stranger !"
"Welcome Graham, enjoy yourself...!"
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A brand new band to look out for in 2012
50's/60's/70's/Northern Soul/Motown
Website/Facebook etc. coming soon...
Also...
2012 is 30 years on since a certain MOD band formed in Gravesend.
If anyone remembers SOUND AFFECTS (Daron/Ian/Mark/John) Please get in touch via the contacts page - there may be a bit of a 'get-together' next year ...
April
WOTCHA ! Big thanks to all of you for your continued support and for those that braved the cold January/February/March nights to come out and see us at our early 2011 gigs. (if you weren't at Kemsing last week, you missed our best EVER hog-roast night, top gig!)
Lighter nights, longer days - Bring on the Spring/Summer outings, starting with a mighty return to THE BEACON COURT, Gillingham this Saturday 9th and then back to a favourite venue of ours, the 6-in-1 Club in Tonbridge on the 16th.
These two gigs sadly will be the last two for our long standing guitar man Andy Android who is moving on to pastures new.. Andy was the 3rd tonic to join the band back in the early stages and we will miss him greatly. He was a great help and massive inspiration throughout and we wish him well (and half price gig tickets !)
But, fear not as from May we will be unveiling our new guitar man, starting with the massive event that is 'the BMF show' on the 14th.
Cheers....
Jan
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our loyal followers and BIG thanx to those of you who partied hard New Years Eve at The Kelsey Arms - top night eh?!
GOOD NEWS is that we are going to make 2011 a record year for the number of gigs we can do in 12 months. We are already into double figures and have bag fulls more to add over the next few weeks, so keep an eye on the ever changing GIGS PAGE.
We kick off on Feb 12th with a return to Folkestone SKAbour for a SKA-lentines night.
...and then a week later on the 19th, we hit Gravesend Rugby Club..
"Start Stompin'...."
2010
Nov
WOW ! what a night. The Beacon Court again was rammo. Great to see so many regulars, some old faces and some new.
Great energy from the crowd (and a touch from the band too!) kept the place stompin' all night. Our line-up may change slightly from time to time but we are still hitting that 'sweet spot' every time - So, thanks for all your continued support, we really appreciate it...
Bring on the next one ! cheers x
SKABOUR
Well, what do we say ? Awesome
wasn't it. The whole weekend was amazing for us... To quote from the organisers
FB page "The
Sun shone, the Skankers skanked, the Scooters smoked, the Rude Boys strutted,
Jill Corbett hats appeared everywhere, the pubs ran dry :-), the
outlets looked ready to explode, the valves on the sound system
glowed red-hot :-)"
Big .....BIG..... thanks and love to John and everyone connected and involved with the whole festival - a total success and a sure fire defo for next year, bigger and better, bring it on !
Check out some great pics on our Live pics page (thanks to John Rinaldi for a few tasty shots !) our Facebook page, Skabour's FB page and then check out the vid clips on you tube... (see our sounds page)
Newspaper review, click here.
Of course, for us, the weekend was slightly tinged with a drop of sadness as it was Rick's last gig(s) with us. He's moving on to ventures new and of course we wish him all the best and will support whatever he does. We now, officially unveil Chris as the new frontman - you may have caught him saturday on the harbour stage banging out a few tunes with Rick at the end.. We look forward now to some great times with Chris....starting this Saturday 11th sept at The Kelsey Arms, Tunbridge Wells - full 2hr set, only a fiver on the door ! See you rudies there...
x
Sept
Quick update re. SKAbour - Our support slot for THE BEAT this friday is SOLD OUT.
Saturday's FREE harbour gig has us onstage at 4.30pm
Listen to new frontman Chris's interview on Radio Kent with Dominic King broadcast 02.09.10 by clicking HERE
PRESS CUTTINGS
May 08 Scootering Mag (page 1)
May 08 Scootering Mag (page 2)
June 2009 London Evening Standard
