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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: June 2010
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Saturday, 26 June 2010. Go to gigs alone! This is my new resolution that i'm going to implement wherever possible. Being the lovely person that I am, I offered to do some promo for Twin Atlantic for their support slot with Gaslight Anthem at Birmingham Academy last week. To my surprise Sharks were first support. When I worked at In The City in Manchester last October I was repping for both these guy's gigs so I was pretty chuffed for them both to be playing. Posted by Neil Ward. Wednesday, 9 June 2010.
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: May 2011
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011. Strummerville Spring Sessions - April 2011. Somewhere on a backstreet in Shoreditch there happens to be a really crap car park. Whoever looked at this spectacle and decided to turn it into a venue quite frankly deserves the titleof genius. Strummerville. There's a queue before 8pm, probably (and in my case) so folks could get their hands on the t-shirt commemorating Frank Turner's. 1000th show. That’s right, one thousand shows! Will be released on Young and Lost Club. The platform...
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: August 2010
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010. The weekend forcasted rain. Not a good start, however, I got fully into the festival mindset by going and buying a crap load of alcohol with my mate Paul. The trolley was full of cider, boxes of wine, crates of beer, blue shnide (fake RedBull.), vodka, mixers, beans, crisps, bread rolls, 24 club biscuits, corned beef and a massive bottle of salad cream. From the people I hadn't heard of, The Black Seeds were particularly noteworthy. After some research it seems that Brett fro...
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: Go to gigs alone!
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Saturday, 26 June 2010. Go to gigs alone! This is my new resolution that i'm going to implement wherever possible. Being the lovely person that I am, I offered to do some promo for Twin Atlantic for their support slot with Gaslight Anthem at Birmingham Academy last week. To my surprise Sharks were first support. When I worked at In The City in Manchester last October I was repping for both these guy's gigs so I was pretty chuffed for them both to be playing. Posted by Neil Ward. Mixtape #1 by Neil Ward.
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: June 2011
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Sunday, 12 June 2011. A Summer across the Atlantic. After spending eight eventful months in England's capital I have decided to drop everything and take a trip over the Atlantic. The aim of this excursion is to beg, borrow and busk my way around the North East of the United States, bookended by visits to Toronto. I have 2 shows until then:. 16th June - Must Try Harder @ Balham Bowls Club. Acoustic set)- SW12 8QX. 24th June - Scaledown @ The King and Queen - W1W 6DL. Posted by Neil Ward.
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: October 2010
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Wednesday, 20 October 2010. I spent a long three days at InTheCity in Manchester last week where I had the pleasure of meeting these guys -. Whilst there I had a job offer and so I was dealing with a Monday morning start. No time to get excited. After a cafe gig for oxjam and a few bevvy's to say bye to friends I only had Sunday morning to throw some stuff in a suitcase and train it down. Proper 'Dick Whittington' I felt. Posted by Neil Ward. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mixtape #1 by Neil Ward.
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: Billy Bragg and the Wonders of Fatherhood
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010. Billy Bragg and the Wonders of Fatherhood. They say you should never meet your heroes; something about being dissapointed. I just think they're heroes are shit to be honest. Johnny Marr, the Jarmans and Frank Turner were all great when I met them; I always felt Billy Bragg would be the same. A friend works the stage at Leamington Assembly and invited me up to see him. (Read the post I'm an idiot, listen to beans on toast. He talked between songs. This is only acceptable if ...
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: July 2010
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010. Fri 16th July - LIVERPOOL, Zanzibar. Tue 27th July - LEICESTER, The Shed. Wed 28th July - LEEDS, Elbow Room. Thu 29th July - MANCHESTER, The Roadhouse. Wed 11th August - LONDON, Camden Rock. Sat 14th August - BIRMINGHAM, Scruffy Murphy's. Fri 27th August - LONDON, The Constitution (Camden). Sun 29th August - NORTHAMPTON, Roadmender. Posted by Neil Ward. Tuesday, 6 July 2010. U8I / Oren Lavie / Billy Bragg. U&I - Chancer's Paradise. U&I" is well easy to type on a keyboard too.
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Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love.: Birmingham, represent.
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Thursday, 12 May 2011. I had to leave immediately to go and see &U&I at the Old Blue Last. I was ‘that guy’ who plays and leaves when no one else has played yet, expectant that they would listen to me but not returning the favour. This was out of my hands; a late booking when I had other plans. I compromised, don’t hate me. Posted by Neil Ward. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Neil Ward - Folk/Punk about lifes bric-a-brac, social politics and love. Mixtape #1 by Neil Ward.
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