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Starsailor · Starsailor Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 61

Tour:

We're had a brilliant time on the road the last couple of weeks and want to say a massive thank you to those who have been down to see us, we've been really enjoying getting to play our new material and the crowds every night have been fantastic.

Crisis Hidden Gig:

We're going to be playing on Tues 2nd June as part of the Crisis Hidden Gigs series. The show takes places in London but the venue will remain a secret until 24 hours before to highlight the fact that most homeless people don't know where they'll end up sleeping each night. For tickets please visit crisis.org.uk and seetickets.com

Gaymers Grassroots:

We will be playing a small homecoming show in Wigan on Sunday 26th April as part of the Gaymers Grassroots Gigs series. Tickets for this intimate gig aren't on sale, so for a chance of winning a pair please click here but hurry up as the competiton ends on Sunday!!!

Festival announcements:

We're really pleased to confirm that we'll be playing at T in The Park, and the Indie Guitar Music Festival this summer - we're hoping to have even more festivals confirmed over the next couple of weeks. As soon as any get added to our schedule we'll put them on the website.

Phil Spector:

As many of you will have seen in the news this week, Phil Spector, who produced two of the tracks on Silence is Easy has been convicted of murder.

'Recording with Phil Spector was an amazing experience at the time. I had grown up with 'Imagine' and was just getting into the brilliant 'Born To Be With You'( the album Spector produced for Dion) when we got the call. The two tracks 'Silence Is Easy' and 'White Dove' were recorded in the first week of working with him. He then returned to LA and came back to England some weeks later a different character. The out going charismatic producer we had met previously had become withdrawn and hard to communicate with. We persevered as long as we could out of respect for the man and his reputation but eventually we had to call it a day. Some weeks later while the album was being mixed we heard he had been arrested for murder. It is hard for me to pass judgement on whether he is guilty or innocent. We certainly never saw an aggresive side to him while we worked with him but like everybody else we do not know exactly what went on inside that house.'

Twitter Song:

James recently posted a new acoustic song via his twitter page which is called Evermore. To hear the track just scroll back through James's enteries until you get to 10th April.

US Release:

All being well, our record will be available via itunes in the US in time for our appearance on the Jay Leno show - April 30th. We're playing at The Troubadour in LA on May 1st and there are a few tickets left. Watch this space as we're hoping to add more dates in the coming days

All The Plans:

Our next single will be the album's title track 'All The Plans.' It will be available by download from 15th June.

Speak soon,

Baz, James, Stel and Ben

theano · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the news, guys Very Happy

! Happy you enjoyed the tour!

Have a nice hometown gig and a cool trip to LA Smile

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ingraca · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:34 pm Post subject:

Hi Guys
We enjoyed the tour too! Rolling Eyes

looking forward to the festivals and other gigs..will be busy making the Starsailor flags, promise to look out for us!? Cool

Good choice for the next single, keep H2M and Neon sky for later??
Have a good break- enjoy the US of A and many thanks again...
Very Happy

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Pam · SSMB God Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 2733

Glad you enjoyed the tour - we loved it.
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aturningtide · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject:

Glad to hear you had a great time too - thanks again Very Happy

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roxiehart · SSMB God Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 4933 Location: Bristol

Glad you had a good time on the tour - I absolutely loved the gig in Bristol was awesome. Cant wait to see you again whenever that may be.
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alvarosanab · SSMB God Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 801 Location: Colombia

Thanks guys for the news, specially for choosing All the Plans as the new single Smile

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SSimay · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:38 am Post subject:

Happy you enjoyed the tour... Cant wait for All The Plans Wink

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lynhamlett · SSMB Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

The Liverpool gig was amazing!

I loved the new songs, but it was great to hear some of the old ones too.

"Fidelity" gave me goosebumps!

I went home hoarse but happy. Please come back soon!!
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THEWINDYCITY · SSMB Newbie Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 1 Location: CHICAGO

Does this mean you may actually come to Chicago???? If you say you are adding a few more dates, I sure hope you will come here or at least somewhere close enough to drive to. Love you guys and I can't wait to be able to see you again.

Rose

dodovox · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:15 am Post subject:

Thanks for the London gig !!! It was great to see you again after such a long time and you were amazingly good ! New tracks sound perfect live ! Congrats guys Very Happy

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Good luck for next single and next festival dates. Looking forward to the european tour Wink

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gorgeousuk · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject:

Thank YOU for a great tour and all the little gigs in between. I've hd a fab time and it's been a great excuse for regaining some life back from the kids!! Cool