Time for a quick summary of upcoming gigs…and a note to self about getting some sort of calendar sorted out for this website. Noted.

• 5th August: Billy No Mates at The Old Angel Inn, Nottingham supporting SNFU - More info
• 15th August: Billy No Mates at the Kanalrock Festival in Oslo, Norway- More info
• 22nd August: Acoustic gig at the Cally Fest, Caledonian Road, London- More info
• 27th August: Special gig playing some punk covers (+ probably a few Sink songs) at The Portland Arms, Cambridge. N.B. I know we’re billed as ‘acoustic opener TBC’ on the venue’s website, but we’ve agreed with promoter, DS, that we can do a 30 minute band set instead. The plan at the moment is that I’ll be on guitar with Rich Matthews (from K-Line) on bass and his mate, Tom, on drums - More info

Also in the pipeline, but currently unconfirmed, are acoustic gigs at the Fighting Cocks in Kingston and a venue in Sittingbourne, Kent; both supporting Duncan Redmonds. Moreinfo on those gigs as I get it.

Sorry that the aforementioned review of the Ipswich gig didn’t materialize before now. It turns out that no-one had any audio or video of our set, so I ended up not bothering with a post until now. Needless to say though it was an absolute thrill being on stage with Reado and Sarah again for the first time in ten years (the last time was the Big Ray tour of France in 1999). Reado sat at the back with a snare & some brushes and tapped along with pretty much the whole set (even the songs he didn’t know!) . The patented Reado BVs were also very much in evidence which was a huge bonus as that boy can sing like nobody’s business. Sarah came up for the last 4 songs and it was like she’d never been away.

Rich Matthews who played guitar with me in the mighty K-Line & more recently in the ill-fated, You Disgust Me, temporarily switched to bass for the first time ever and did a great job. John Ruscoe was on lead guitar duties and was amazing as always. Unfortunately for me, he’s getting increasingly busy with his other music commitments & it looks like he’ll not be playing any of these gigs for the foreseeable future. Bah!

The whole evening in general was great; the other acts were fantastic & we had a ton of punters in through the door. Thanks to Dave Hamer for organising the evening and being sound man & all-round go-to guy on the evening. Finally, extra special thanks to me for doing the door all night because no other sod fancied it. I won’t make that mistake again!!