Beat
The Mix Live at the Old Market, Hove
If
you’re free on Thursday night in the Brighton area (or even from further
afield) it would be much appreciated if you could grab tickets for this gig
while they’re still available! There will be representatives there from the music
industry, so plenty of vocal support throughout our set could be very helpful
indeed.
You
can go to http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=254644
for tickets. They’re only £4 and there’s a chance there won’t be any tickets
left on the door so it’s probably best to buy them online and collect them at
the box office on the night!
As
winners of the first ever Beat The Mix contest, we’re proud to be top of the
bill at their winners gig at the Old Market. Thanks again to everyone who voted
for us over the last six months, this gig will be fantastic with a really wide
ranging group of acts performing.
There
really will be something for every taste on the night ranging from runners up
The Breakers (Punk), to Rizzle (Rap), to Rich Lown (acoustic), and of course
Les Valentine finishing the evening off with our set. We’ll have an encore prepared
too! So make sure you shout for one!
For
more information go to www.beatthemix.co.uk!
A
successful Les Valentine’s Day
Just
a quick word to say thank you again to everyone who made it down to the Charity
Gig we put on for the British Heart Foundation in on Valentine’s Day. We raised
just under £100 for the cause, so you can all give yourselves a pat on the
back.
It
really was a good night, so I also want to say thanks to Rob Key, Adam Kane,
Stuart Duggan and Petrushka for doing a great job in their sets and bringing a
few people along too.
The
next gig we’re planning to put together will be around the time of May 20th,
exactly one year after Les Valentine’s first official gig. It’s been a lot of
fun, and when you think how far we’ve come in the last 9 months we don’t think
we’ve done too badly – but we couldn’t have got so far without people taking an
interest and enjoying our songs so thank you very much for all your support!
Coming
Soon – New Recordings
As
part of the Beat The Mix prize, we will be re-recording Nervous to release as a
single in early summer. To coincide with that, we’re planning to put together
some recordings in the meantime and make our first Album!
More
news on this when it comes, but drummer Pete ‘Panache’ Macfarlane is a dab hand
at recording, so soon you will be able to get hold of new songs such as ‘Don’t
Leave Yet’, ‘See The Light’ and ‘Maybe Definitely’ as well as re-recordings of
old favourites with changes made since Pete and Jo joined the ranks! Ooooh!
This
Week’s Gig Watch
The
massive gig of this week is the Beat The Mix show at the Old Market. Again you
can order your £4 tickets online for collection at the box office at the
following site:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=254644
However,
if you can’t make it on Thursday due to other commitments, we are also playing
on Friday at the Sanctuary Cafe in Hove. To be found on Brunswick Street East,
just off Western Road, the Cella Bar is well known for being a good venue for
live music and it’s just been refurbished so it would be good to get a few people
along to that. Again, entry is £4 on the door. For more information go to www.sanctuarycafe.co.uk.
Website
of the Week: Reverb Nation
Reverb
Nation is an excellent website allowing Bands and Artists to connect directly with
fans, labels and management. You can sign up as an artist to increase your
exposure or as a listener so you can discover new, independent music for every
taste!
You
can now become a follower of Les Valentine on Reverb Nation – www.reverbnation.com
– by signing up to the site as a fan and finding our profile - http://www.reverbnation.com/lesvalentine.
Dates
for the Diary
28th February – GIG –
The Old Market, Hove (Beat The Mix)
(http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=254644)
29th February – GIG –
The Cella Bar, Sanctuary Cafe, Hove (£4 entry)
5th
March – GIG – Cobden Club, West London.
19th & 20th April
– RECORDING - Re-Recording ‘Nervous’ for single release with Crash Records!