British Sea Power - Salty Water

Free gig in London on Sunday

Some news straight from The Secretary:

Dear All,

BSP are playing a free charity event in London on Sunday 16 July.

British Sea Power are stepping in a last-minute headliners at the Tin Pan Alley Festival on Sunday 16 July. The festival takes place on Denmark Street in London, picturesque home of music publishers and guitar shops. BSP are hoping to channel the ghost of the Sex Pistols from their old Denmark Street rehearsal room. They also invite Elton John to guest with boogie-woogie chumming – in memoriam of his time as tea-boy at Mills Music.

The Tin Pan Alley Festival is in aid of homeless charity Shelter and takes place from 11am to 9pm on a Denmark Street roped off from van-drivers. The line-up is as follows and admission is FREE FREE FREE.

Tin Pan Alley Festival
Sunday 16 July
Denmark St
London
Sunday 16 July
British Sea Power, Bromheads Jacket, Vincent Vincent & the Villains, The Holloways, Kalev, Louie, Untitled Musical Project, FO Machete, Keith, The Violets, Untitled Music Project and The Ape Drape Escape.

BSP will be on around 7.30pm. The festival is hosted by esteemed XFM DJ John Kennedy.

For more information please go to:
www.tinpanalleyfestival.co.uk/
www.myspace.com/tinpanalleyfestival

Posted on 13th July 2006

Manchester, so much to answer for…

See Tickets are listing a BSP gig at The Roadhouse in Manchester on the 3rd September. Although it has yet to be officially confirmed, should it go ahead tickets will presumably be on sale through Ticketline shortly, so you might be better off waiting for them to list it instead of using the horrendous See Tickets.

In other news, it would appear that the GIVE Festival in Ayr – formerly Ayr Guitar Festival, where BSP were due to play on the 2nd September – has been cancelled. Oh well.

Update 11/07/06: The Manchester gig has been moved to the 2nd September. Any tickets already bought for the original date remain valid.

Posted on 6th July 2006

Radio 3 Betjeman documentary

A special Sir John Betjeman edition of BBC Radio 3’s The Verb, to be broadcast on Saturday the 8th of July between 9:30-10:15, will feature an appearance from British Sea Power. The band will be discussing Betjeman and performing one or two of his poems-atop-music.

Posted on 5th July 2006

More Club Sea Power dates confirmed

The following tour dates are now confirmed, as well as the Club Sea Power gigs below. For a full list of dates, please see the Gigography.

• 29th August 2006 – Cavern, Exeter, UK
• 1st September 2006 – Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton, Liverpool, UK
• 4th September 2006 – The Musician, Leicester, UK
• 11th September 2006 – Moles Club, Bath, UK
• 14th September 2006 – Polish Club, Bristol, UK

Posted on 20th June 2006

Middlesbrough gig

BSP will play at the Empire in Middlesbrough on the 28th July, a day before the Across The Tracks Festival in Leeds. More details to be announced soon.

Posted on 17th June 2006

September Club Sea Power tour dates

A number of Club Sea Power tour dates for August and September have been added to ticket websites. They are as follows:

• 31st August – Fibbers, York, UK
• 5th September – West End Centre, Aldershot, UK
• 6th September – The Zodiac, Oxford, UK
• 7th September – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
• 8th September – King Tuts, Glasgow, UK
• 12th September – The Barfly, Birmingham, UK
• 13th September – The Camden Barfly, London, UK
• 15th September – The Barfly, Cardiff, UK

These are still unconfirmed and more are expected to be announced shortly. Ticket details are now available in the Gigography.

Update #1 (14/06/06): Camden Barfly date now added.
Update #2 (15/06/06): Leeds gig added.

Posted on 14th June 2006

Kendal homecoming gig

BSP will headline the Abbot Hall Park, Kendal on Sunday the 30th July as part of the 2nd day of the Kendal Calling Festival. Tickets are on sale now at See Tickets and will shortly be available in person from Kendal’s Circa record store.

Posted on 26th May 2006

From Suffolk to Scotland: more festival dates

The Latitude Festival takes place at Henham Park, Soutwold, Suffolk between the 14th-16th July. BSP are confirmed to play on Saturday the 15th July. Day tickets and weekend tickets are available online now from See Tickets.

The band will also be playing in Ayr, Scotland as part of the Ayr Guitar Festival on the 2nd September. More information to follow.

Update: Ayr Guitar has now been renamed ‘GIVE Festival’.

Posted on 24th May 2006

Newhaven Fort gig

BSP are set to headline a gig at the Newhaven Fort, East Sussex, on the 12th August. Full line-up details and ticket information will be available soon.

Posted on 14th May 2006

Across The Tracks in Leeds

BSP are now confirmed to play the Across The Tracks Festival at Leeds Granary Wharf, Saturday the 29th July. Day tickets are available for £30 from Ticketweb and weekend tickets are available for £55 (the event also runs on the 30th July). Full details are available on acrossthetracksfestival.co.uk.

Posted on 11th May 2006