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FREE! The New www.theNewRoxette.com RoxetteISSUE THIRTEEN – JUNE/JULY 2010 Paul Weller returns to ...saying goodbye to the Civic Centre in style also inside this issue... Keith Price “Ordinary England Fan” • Gravity Blue • West Star Studios The Wutars • Trace • plus News, Reviews & Interviews…and so much more! AYLESBURY FESTIVAL SPECIAL EDITION www.theNewRoxette.com Welcome to Editorial: Stuart Robb The New Roxette Judy Pearce …so, who enjoyed The Last Local Rock Show..??? Fabulous night wasn’t it, and quite Rick Pearce a fitting way for some of our best up and coming local rock bands to pay a farewell tribute to the Aylesbury Civic Centre in true ‘Rock n’ Roll fashion, as the curtain falls for Advertising: the final time on this historic venue on the 5 June! Stuart Robb Well done to all the featured musicians and performers, the crew, the staff and security Design: and of course all the music fans who came along to enjoy and support the gig. TwoStrong Design …Of course, before the Aylesbury Civic does close, we also have the last ever Friars Website: Aylesbury Phase-3 gig, featuring the ‘Modfather’ himself Mr Paul Weller, supported at Anthony O’Sullivan this very special event by Aylesbury hero John Otway on 4 June. Printing: Now… That’s Entertainment!!! Fresh DPS Ltd So, what else have we got coming up for you this month…? Contact: ...naturally we at The New Roxette, all wish the England Team e: [email protected] good luck in the World Cup in South Africa this month, and to help t: 07765 258 225 celebrate and support the team, popular local covers band Charlie Don’t Surf, together with songwriter Keith Price, have recorded twitter.com/ and released an ‘Unofficial World Cup Song’, called “Ordinary theNewRoxette England Fan”. This track is available from 11 June from iTunes and all major digital stores. Read the FULL interview on Page 2. www.myspace.com/ theNewRoxette We also talk to David Impey about releasing his own If you have some local music version of Tubular Bells, meet the people behind West Star news, be it a gig, new album or Studios in High Wycombe, and chat to quite a few bands, who will even if you’re looking for a new be performing at this summer’s Aylesbury Festival in July. drummer… - please drop us a line via the website, and we’ll do Check out even more News, Reviews & Interviews online, at theNewRoxette.com and our best to help you spread the don’t forget, The New Roxette is also on Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter.. so, JOIN, word. FOLLOW or become a FAN at any or all of our pages, so you don’t miss out on any exciting ‘breaking’ news! Relay for Life is a wonderful event, where over 24hrs people of all The New Roxette NEWS ROUND UP ages join together and become a community to raise awareness about Hobble on the Cobbles 2010 Headliners The Red Bullets have just Cancer Research UK. Held once again at the Aylesbury Rugby Football released their first book,’The Start Of A Long Story’. This book tells the Club on 3 & 4 July. story of The Red Bullets since the band formed in October 2007 until Bands: Lost Minute, Groov8, Mike Carroll, Jess, All Right Dave, and May 2010. It is the first instalment of the band’s journey and gives a first The Dung Beatles will be performing during the event. For more hand and intimate account of the highs and lows the boys encountered information visit relayforlifeaylesbury.org whilst setting out on the road as the new band on the block. The annual Aylesbury Festival is back once again this summer – The book has been compiled using blog entries, photos, and copies bigger and better and quite possibly louder than ever before… with of the band’s monthly news updates. Visit: theredbullets.com & an amazing and outstanding line-up of talented local bands already blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1314940 confirmed, from the velvet tones and popular covers of Stone Cold The official album launch and concert for Tinlin’s brand new offering Diva, to the bluesy rock of Pearl Handled Revolver… More on the “Instant Pleasure” has been confirmed for 9 June at the Elgiva Theatre Aylesbury Festival in this issue… in Chesham. Tinlin will be performing their full album, and will also be This free event takes place in Kingsbury (Aylesbury town centre) joined by some very special guests. myspace.com/tinlinmusic on 17 & 18 July from 11am – 4pm. Full details are on our website: theNewRoxette.com, and AylesburyFestival.com Aylesbury’s Lost Minute are one of the favourites Congratulations to local originals band from Aylesbury, Almost MAD About performing at this year’s MAD About Waddesdon Midnight who won the Battle of the Bands Final at The Horn in St Waddesdon festival summer festival, (held at Waddesdon Manor) Albans last month. Front man, singer and bass player Charlie Wood on Sunday 27 June, (Lost Minute on stage (who writes all the bands songs) would like to thank all the fans for at 2.10pm). supporting them over the last few months. BJÖRN AGAIN & The Original Bucks Fizz First there were 64 bands and Almost Midnight are chuffed to be will be performing at the Waddesdon Manor crowed ‘best band’! “fundraiser” gig ‘Music At The Manor’ on Friday 25 June, which kick starts the whole weekend The other band members are Felix Ruiz, from Trinidad on keyboard, Ed festivities. The Full Programme is on their Barber on drums and Dan Waters on guitar. website (below). You can see Almost Midnight supporting The Slaves in a big open air Tickets are £7, and National Trust members can get in free. summer concert at The Old Albanian Rugby Club, (nr St Albans) on waddesdon.org.uk/madaboutwaddesdon Friday 23rd July at 7.30 pm. For more information visit almostmidnight.net 1 Doing your Civic duties Hundreds of fans had to be turned tickets when they went on sale at bonhomie and people equipped away last month as tickets went 11am. By 9:30am, the queue had themselves with chairs and blankets on sale for the last Friars concert at stretched from the venue to the top and the reasonable weather the Aylesbury Civic Centre before of the Market Square, and if people certainly kept everyone in good closure, featuring the legendary hadn’t been turned away with no spirits. The remaining tickets, which Paul Weller and local hero John prospect of securing one of the had been kept back for online sales Otway. It was the most in-demand prized tickets, the queue would have on the Saturday (15 May) afternoon concert for 30 years. The draw of the been down the High Street as well! sold out in less than ten minutes! returning ‘Modfather’ (making his first Friars appearance since 1980) The queuing, like that of the Genesis For further information, visit the saw people turning up at the Civic and Police gigs of 1980/1982, official Friars Aylesbury website from 1am to ensure they got their was full of great camaraderie and aylesburyfriars.co.uk together we recorded this track at Rockhopper Studios ‘Ordinary England Fan’ - Keith Price in Buckingham. That was great fun indeed – if you’ve of Kenny Rogers’s not been there I would recommend to every band to “Ruby, Don’t Take check them out!!! Your Love To We also recorded the video over there too, to support Town” with the the single. Boys’ keyboardist It’s been great fun, and I hope the Country will get Casino Steel , with behind this single, and of course the England team, and whom he would support them in the World Cup… Come on England!!! later write a song You can buy and download the song “Ordinary simply titled “Auf England Fan” as a computer download, or via Wiedersehen mobile phone. Also available via iTunes and all Pet” about his major digital stores from 11 June. experiences in the In my view the song just can’t be beaten as a ‘footy show. (*…Gary song’ it’s got everything you would expect… catchy played the part of Charlie Don’t Surf sing-along choruses, memorable lyrics and a song you Wayne Winston just can’t get outta your head!!! Hi Keith, so, tell us about yourself, and why Norris in the smash you’ve decided to write a football song? hit comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen Pet becoming a For more information on how you can download the Hello... well, I’ve played in bands myself between 1978 household name). song, or listen to a sample of the track - 1989. My first band was called “Deli Deli & the Sweaty The track was also released by Michael Monroe, who is Visit the band Charlie Don’t Surf’s Official Website: Turban Five”, then we went on to become “Mortal best known as the vocalist of Finnish glam metal/punk myspace.com/charliedontsurfband Disguise”, and then believe it or not “Sleazy Adults”…! band Hanoi Rocks. myspace.com/wintersunrecordsofficial I gave up the band lifestyle in 1989 so I could Who wrote the original track? Naturally you’ve concentrate on my songwriting, and I first had the idea received permission to record this ‘new version’? To buy this track with SMS, users should of releasing a World Cup song during the last World Of course, I contacted the original composer and writer Cup. text: track 5731 to 80818 of the track, a Norwegian called Casino Steel, to ask his (Texts cost £1, which includes operator revenue share.