That’s right, folks: We’re back at The Wheatsheaf in Walsall on Friday night from 8.30pm.
After a prolonged absence we’ve decided do one more gig at the Wheatsheaf. We’ll be downstairs this time, so there’s no stairs to keep you from the funky, cheesy disco!
We’ve added a few new songs to the set too, so it’d be great to see your reaction to our choices. Needless to say they’re in the same vein as the rest of our set!
Maybe we’ll see you there on Friday?
The Rumour
This is just a bit of a quick update to say that we’re still here!
We’ll be playing at Lichfield Cathedral on 9th October 2010!
Hosted every year, this is a great youth event that re-ignites your passion for God. This year, Beth Croft will be leading worship and we’ll be her backing band. Her new husband, Andy, will be talking to us. All in all, it’s one not to be missed!
There’s no tickets, so just turn up and chillax. 19:00 – 21:00 – groups welcome!
More info on our gigs page
It seems that you can’t move anywhere without some sort of digital media reaching out to you. Whether it’s an iPhone App for this, a Blackberry for that, or ‘Available on iTunes’ at the bottom of an advert, or a podcast of stuff you’ve already heard on the radio. At Rumour towers, we’re interested in digital media (you can buy our album in our shop) and we’re interested in delivering new digital stuff to you lot: our loving fans.
We’ve never tried a podcast before, but it can’t be that hard: there are millions of them on iTunes! And you can’t get enough of photographs.
Hopefully we’ll be making a quick podcast for you with some upcoming gig details, some previews of upcoming covers and some interesting (or not) facts about us. We’re setting up the recording stuff at the moment, so keep em peeled.
I’ll be adding more photos soon, too. (Once I’ve worked it out…)
There. The Rumour: Digital…. Coming soon (.com)
Is this Josh?
In short, no, it’s not Josh – it’s a kid from the new Santander advert. I took the photo of my TV, but it looks so much like Josh, I got a little bit scared.
Anyway – more pressing news… Today is Josh’s 21st Birthday!
Josh started out as a shy, retiring guitarist with little more on his mind than Van Halen. After years of nurturing him, educating his tastes with more varied and eclectic styles of music, he still has little more in his mind than Van Halen, but this time there’s a few other legendary guitarists in there too. His style has changed over the years, becoming more sensitive with his playing, but he’s still all about the guitar.
There’s not much to add about our guitarist other than to say that he’s a great guy, if a little shy at times, he’s a great musician and great fun to have around! Enough gushing!
All the best mate! See you in the pub tomorrow.
Dance to our songs!
After our last gig, we’ve sat in the Wheatsheaf and thought that we need to cover some new songs. We’ve got a few songs in our repertoire that are a bit old now, so we could do with spring cleaning our setlist.
This is where you folks come in.
What song keeps you dancing all night? What’s your ‘oh, go on then, I’ll have a dance’ song? Let us know in the comments, by email or on Facebook. We’re eager to get out there and do some more gigging, so we’d like to get the song choice right!
Obviously the musical type of fun… We’re not THAT type of band!
We’ve been lucky in the past to play at weddings and birthday parties, and there’s lots of space in our diary; so your party could be our next gig.
We’re all ready to go with cheesy disco party numbers, funky soul classics and a smattering of eighties rock. We’re also up for learning any songs that you might want playing, as long as they’re crowd pleasers!
We can bring our own PA system and we try to be as fair as possible when it comes to working out travel costs. Plus, we can even bring along a very qualified DJ with us for a small extra fee! That way you can keep the party pumping well into the night.
If you fancy a bit of rumourstyle action to give your party a boost, then check out our ‘About’ page for contact details.
Have you heard The Rumour yet?
It was all going so well...
So, lets set the scene. We’re still at the YMCA in Nottingham. We’ve finished our music workshop, moved all the gear over to the performance space, set up and sound checked. Our deputy bass-player had arrived, and we’re all ready for a wicked set.
YMCA’s Got Talent was underway – some classy acts had performed and others were waiting in the wings. At a crucial moment, there was a flat crack, and the sound ceased to be. Tom called us on the batphone, and we all sprang into action… There was power to the speakers, but no hiss, no sound. After a frantic 45 minutes that seemed to go on forever – we’d de-rigged the gear and had it open in the theatre next door. It was no good – there was a short circuit and the fuses kept on blowing. Reluctantly, we shifted our monitor speakers round to be our front of house, and we were ready to rock again.
The gig went well, considering – Tom and I couldn’t hear anything other than the occasional blast of instruments, but it was a great night – thanks to everyone who danced the night away – Rumourstyle. We’re all bitterly disappointed that our gear failed, but we’re blessed with some decent enough backups not to have spoiled a great night.
A special thanks go to Jim and Ken from the YMCA – their level head and responsible attitude helped us avoid disaster.
We’ll be back up to full strength soon enough – a quick trip to the workshop should sort out the poorly gear.
Hope to see you again soon, YMCA.
The Rumour
We’re sitting waiting to be fed here in Nottingham! We’ve just played our worship songs for tonight, and we’re now up for a well-earned rest after an EPIC day of packing, fetching, carrying, insulting and playing.
We’ve plugged our gig for tomorrow, so if you’re also in Nottingham and reading this – come on down for a spectacular spectacular. Or a gig with The Rumour. You choose.
We’ll be keeping you up to date with anything that happens – well not anything, that’d be daft.
Andy’s getting the beers in, so until next time!
Tom for The Rumour
We’re due to be playing at the YMCA’s National Assembly next weekend, and there’s only 4 days of prep left.
We’ve hired a big van, sorted out a bass player (thanks Rob), and come up with a few new songs to keep things interesting!
We’ve got a rehearsal on Wednesday – so we’re all pumped for that, plus we’re doing our final patented ‘idiot check’ before we set off – we don’t want to forget anything!
We’ve not played for a while, so we’re spent time to make sure that we’re every bit as tight as we can be. I hope that tonnes of people come and join in the fun on Saturday night.
Until next time!
So after weeks of tension and much activity on iTunes, amazon and the like, Delirious? got to number 4 in the UK charts!
While it wasn’t as big an acheivement as most people wanted, a number four is a great acheivement for a campaign that was really nothing to do with chart positions. The campaign was to raise awareness of the whole point of Easter, and while Radio 1 were suitably coy about the nature of the facebook group, it should have sparked enough interest to bring people to ask questions about God.
Well done to all those who parted with their cash to buy the song, and well done to Delirious? and congratulations on the chart success! And for those of you that need a little gratification – Martin Smith has this to say to all that supported the cause.
Makes me wonder what Facebook will promote next.
