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News - Updated 21/12/2009

God, that was exhausting!
Current mood: exhausted
Hello everyone!
God, it has been a busy few months for us lot. Trust me. After winning the Silver Bullet Promotions competition at pavilion, we all feel very confident about the forth coming Winner Takes It All final and Glastonbudget at The Shed.

By the time we auditioned for Glastonbudget Festival, we had only won the Silver Bullet Promotions gig. We were dead nervy about this audition, even though it was only Glastonbudget. Sadly we didn't go through, but partly to our fault and partly down to The Shed's sound technician. Yes he knows how to use the sound table, but he doesn't know how to use it well, This particular one didn't anyway.

After shrugging that off our shoulders, we felt confident again, ready for the Winner Takes It All final! It was a brilliant night on our behalf, made some new fans, made some new friends, and had a quality time. Though we were full of confidence, that confidence was pushed out our ears by the pride we took playing that night. Great reaction from the crowd and we had amazing fun doing the set. After it, we couldn't care where we were on the pyramid. The last band on (The Big Bad I Said No!), were particularly fun. They had an entire set of covers which included Billy Jean and My Heart Will Go On (the theme song to Titanic, for those who don't know)! In the end though, we came 2nd. But after playing an amazing set and having a brilliant night with friends, new or old, we couldn't care less. The band that came in 1st place (White Ashes) were very respectable though, which made it much easier to swollow.

After doing a series of competitions and general gigs, Conor had an amazing idea. After hearing about The Charlotte's reopening for 6 months, we had to take the oppurtunity to step onto the stage of Leicester's most appreciated music venue. This cost us money to do, aswell as time, but it was well worth it! After selling around 300 odd tickets between all 5 bands (The
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