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The Brickyard. Carlisle's only full time, independent live music venue!
A NIGHT OF DEBUTS
FEATURING MANNEQUIN, THE FUNDAMENTAL & GLASSHEART
The Brickyard welcomes three, new local bands to it's stage. Expect a concoction of indie, rock and pop.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £4.00. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000
MISTER MAÑANA
PLUS 30 HZ & T-SHIRTS FOR AMERICANS
Carlisle’s five-headed neo-grunge hydra re-awakens to spew fresh fire & brimstone over all comers. All ye brooding fans of Afghan Whigs, Massive Attack’s Mezzanine and Trail Of Dead, come bear witness – the boys have been keeping their new set and line-up under wraps, with murderous intent. Be warned - they still drink like fiends.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £4.00. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
SKINDRED
PLUS FOREVER NEVER & REVOKER
Following the success of their Autumn 09 sold out UK tour, Skindred will be embarking on a full European tour including a second round of UK dates and 2 shows in Russia to promote their recently released and much acclaimed album "Shark Bites and Dog Fights" on Bieler Brothers Records. "The Best Live Band in Britain" - KKKKK - Kerrang. "One of the most mind-blowing bands you will ever see live" - Metal Hammer
Doors: 7.30pm
Admission: £12.50. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
BACK TO THE 80'S: PART IV
Presenting you with a night to relive all those 80's classics such at Toto, Queen, New Order, The Smiths, Starship, Europe, The Squeeze, Spandau Ballet, The Police, Blondie, Huey Lewis & The News, REO Speedwagon, Billy Idol, The Cars, Foreigner, Heart, Journey, A Flock Of Seagulls, Van Halen, Mr Mister, Thunder, Roxette, Cyndi Lauper, Simple Minds and many many more. If it's awesome and from the 80's, chances are you'll find it here. Leg warmer-wearing hedonists and and bright neon lycra welcome!
Doors: 9pm
Admission: £3.00. Ages 18+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Pay on the door
THE PRODUCERS
PLUS FEED ME
The new 2009/2010 version of The Producers includes original frontman Harry Skinner and bass player Dave Saunders. New recruits Ray Drury on organ/piano and Biff Smith on drums and percussion complete the lineup of this new and exciting project. Already receiving rave reviews, The Producers are regaining the loyal following which made them so popular with blues fans in their previous forms. New material has been written and incorporated into their set which contains many of the previously recorded tracks.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £10.00 advance / £12.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
A SORT OF HOMECOMING
FEATURING THE DEMETERS (AKA ARMSTRONG & MILLER),
JACA, MINIATURE KINGDOM (AKA PODMORE & PODMORE), MARC NELLIS, HEIDI SCHAFFRATH, JESS THOMAS AND GARETH WILLIAMSON
A long overdue return to their roots for some of Carlisle's seminal singer songwriters who now live to the four corners.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £5.00 advance. Ages 18+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000
WIL HODGSON
PLUS PAT GALLAGHER
Wil Hodgson, Perrier Best Newcomer 2004, is quickly becoming established as the most original new comedian on the circuit. Drawing on a wealth of life experiences not available to the current homogenized middle class pool of comics, this former skinhead, punk, professional wrestler and member of the communist party, regales us with tales of anti fascism, small town prejudice, his passion for 'the big women' and care bears.
Wil is already a firm favorite with comedians, promoters and audiences and is set to become a big name in the world of stand-up.
'A conviction all too rare in stand-up comedy these days.' Hodgson is a huge comic talent' - Metro
'An effortlessly spellbinding narrator. His stories are wry, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely affecting, running with a rhythm that makes him the closest thing we have to a West Country beat poet' - The Guardian Guide
'...an undeniable talent...a genuine find' - Telegraph
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £7.00 advance / £5.00 with student card. Ages 16+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
MARK & NICK'S BIG F*CK OFF ROCK NIGHT WITH FRIENDS: PART VI
Mark & Nick return with friends for part 6 of what has easily been established as the best monthly rock night in the isle, with DJs playing the likes of Gallows, Rolo Tomassi, Glassjaw, Enter Shikari, Fall Out Boy, Refused, Biffy Clyro, My Chemical Romance, Bring Me The Horizon, Alkaline Trio, Finch, Slipknot, Black Flag, Cancer Bats, The Ghost Of A Thousand, The Bronx, Norma Jean, Every Time I Die, Four Year Strong, The Fall Of Troy, Brand New, Rise Against and many many more. Guests DJs to be announced
Doors: 10pm
Admission: Free before 11pm / £2.00 thereafter. Ages 18+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Pay on the door
GLAMOUR OF THE KILL
PLUS YASHIN & THE SUN EXPLODES
Having opened the main stage of Download in 2008, and toured with the likes of Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold and more recently DragonForce, Glamour Of The Kill are heading out on their own headline tour leaving no stone unturned“. ...the UK’s hottest and fastest rising new band” - Kerrang!
Doors: 7.30pm
Admission: £6.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
IDLEWILD
PLUS SPARROW AND THE WORKSHOP
Idlewild’s confident rise from a youth of angular riffage has seen them comfortably assume the mantle of Scottish indie-rock royalty. They marry the heartfelt anthemics of REM to the kind of breathless, windswept lyricism only the likes of Roddy Woomble could cull from the Caledonian highlands.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £12.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
TWISTED WHEEL
PLUS NIGHT OF SEVENS & MAZZONI
Not a band named after the legendary Carlisle nightspot, but the equally legendary one in Manchester. Bringing the name bang up to date, Twisted Wheel’s glory days are here and now, turning support gigs with Oasis, Paul Weller, Happy Mondays and the Courteeners into show-stealing affirmations of rock & roll delirium. A clenched-teeth amphetamine riot!
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £7.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
Gig Cartel Presents:
WISHBONE ASH
PLUS GUESTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
As we enter a new decade, legendary rockers Wishbone Ash will be celebrating their iconic status as pioneers and purveyors of the finest twin-guitar rock over the last six of them!
Having influenced groups from Thin Lizzy to Iron Maiden, they’ll be stopping off in the UK as part of their 2010 World Tour. Andy Powell, Bob Skeat, Muddy Manninen & Joe Crabtree will be performing such classics from the band’s multi-million selling albums as The King Will Come, Throw Down the Sword & Blowin’ Free, as well as tracks from their most recent albums.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £17.50 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online , call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
65DAYSOFSTATIC
PLUS LOOPS HAUNT & NEDRY
To describe 65daysofstatic is not an easy task. These four guys reach new depths with their wide-open sounds, melding seamless guitar shapes with ferocious drum ‘n' bass styled beats, live drums and computer glitches. They are a bold new soundtrack to a dimension where rock, dance and electronica meet.
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £10.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2010
Music in Progress & Chris Denton Presents:
MATT SCHOFIELD
PLUS A MAN CALLED HOSS & MIKE DENTON
Taking his cue from the great American blues guitarists and mixing it with rock and funk influences, Schofield has developed a distinctive style that has had the music media here and in the USA singing his praises. The Los Angeles Daily News was emphatic when saying" in Schofield, the UK has produced the best blues guitarist from any country in decades.”
Britain has a long history of producing influential guitarists – Eric Clapton and Peter Green to name just two. Schofield recently joined the list when Guitar & Bass Magazine added him to their Top Ten Greatest British Bluesmen of All Time. His powerful mix of Blues and New Orleans funk is unlike anything else on the block.
In his relatively short career Schofield’s prowess as a blues guitarist has taken his band to twelve countries; seen him playing with iconic guitarists like Robben Ford; and brought him high praise in the Penguin Book of Blues Recordings as one of only two living British artists in recording history to gain a maximum four-star rating.
For 2010 and a planned onslaught on the north American market Matt is signed with Entourage Talent, the New York-based touring agency whose artists include Joan Armatading and Joe Satriani. 2010 will also see the release of a Hal Leonard instructional DVD.
Doors: 7pm. A Man Called Hoss: 7.30pm. Mike Denton: 8.15pm.
Matt Schofield: 9pm
Admission: £10.00 advance / £12.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)
DAVE EVANS (EX AC/DC)
PLUS FALLING RED
After forming his first band In Session in Charters Towers when he was seventeen, Dave moved to Sydney where he helped form a band known as AC/DC with Malcolm Young, Colin Burgess and Larry van Kriedt - a week later Malcolm's younger brother Angus joined and so one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever was born!
AC/DC's first gig was at Chequers Nightclub in Sydney on New Years Eve 1973 and the band went on to attract a strong live following in the next few months before recording their first single - Can I Sit Next To You Girl b/w Rocking In The Parlour.
At this time Angus started wearing his now famous schoolboy uniform and with their single racing up the national charts AC/DC undertook a grueling tour beginning at the Sydney Opera House and then playing to packed houses all around Australia. Life on the road is tough for any band and frictions and egos increased steadily until a punch-up between Evans and their manager made life on tour unbearable - and a split between Evans and AC/DC became inevitable.
Numerous bands later, Dave has since performed in Europe and the USA as a solo artist and is finally bringing his critically acclaimed and award winning rock and roll to The Brickyard!
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £8.00 advance. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000
Music In Progress Presents:
JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET
PLUS GUEST DJ
James Taylor - one of the great instrumentalists of his generation - supplements his trademark howling Hammond sound with grand piano on his new album. New World features 11 original tunes by James (two co-written with guest vocalist Corina Greyson) and features John Parricelli (guitar), Andy McKinney (bass), Adam Betts (drums), Nick Smart (trumpet/flugelhorn), Gareth Lockrane (flutes), and the aforementioned Corina Greyson.
James explains how the album came about: ‘A friend of mine, Sophie, loaned me her grand piano while she moved house. With it sat there in my living room I was inspired to write what is essentially a piano album, albeit accompanied by Fender Rhodes and Hammond. The focus is on presenting a variety of moods centred around the empathic sounds of piano, flute and flugelhorn, with a high degree of musicianship, using young players graduated from the Royal Academy and other London colleges. There is no doubt that London has never been so crowded with talented players, and this album represents a uniquely English musical heritage whilst drawing on a broad and eclectic set of keyboard influences from McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock through to Brian Auger, Les McCann and Ramsey Lewis. Recording the album - over three days - was a hugely enjoyable process; hopefully some of that pleasure is captured here’.
The Theme from Starsky and Hutch, cemented JTQ’s reputation as master of the jazz-funk-r’n’b workout; 60s spy themes, psychedelic and free-form jazz all added something to the band’s distinctive sound. Originally playing the Hammond B3 organ in the UK mod revival band The Prisoners, James Taylor formed his own quartet in 1985, and began playing music similar to the rare-groove jazz-funk then in vogue around London. By the early 90s, that movement had spawned acid jazz, and JTQ found itself at the forefront of a vibrant young club scene. The first single, Blow-Up, was released in 1985 on the Re Elect The President label, a precursor to Acid Jazz. The band's debut album, Mission Impossible, was released the following year, predominantly consisting of covers of 60s film themes such as Alfie, Mrs Robinson and Goldfinger. In the early 1990s, the single Love The Life reached the Top 40, and the accompanying album, Supernatural Feeling, settled in the Top 30 UK charts. After releases on Polydor and Big Life Records, JTQ returned to Acid Jazz, and In The Hand of The Inevitable remains the label's biggest selling album to date.
In 1997 James had the chance to fulfil a dream when he was asked to score the theme tune to Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, the spy spoof starring Mike Myers and Elizabeth Hurley. JTQ’s Whole Lotta Live album was nominated for a MOBO award in 1998, and the following year James featured on Tom Jones’ duets album, Reload. James’ musical talent has been admired by numerous other acts: The Wonderstuff, Manic Street Preachers, The Pogues and U2 have all featured James and his distinctive Hammond sound on their albums.
JTQ’s last release was May 2008’s Live at The Jazz Café, London. Don’t Mess With Mr T: James Taylor Quartet Plays Motown was released in September 2007 on Dome Records, featuring guest lead vocalists Omar, Hil St Soul, and Donna Gardier. 2007 also saw the release of Picking Up Where We Left Off by a new outfit, James Taylor’s 4th Dimension; James Taylor Quartet was nominated in the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards the same year. JTQ’s A Taste of Cherry was released in September 2006.
Doors: 8pm. James Taylor Quartet: 10pm
Admission: £12.00 advance / £15.00 on the door. Ages 14+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online or call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000
JOSIE LONG - BE HONOURABLE TOUR
PLUS GUESTS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Josie Long embarks on her 4th national tour of the UK. After winning Best Newcomer in Edinburgh 2006 she has gone on to become a bit of a cult hit. She’s had her own radio series, appeared and written on Skins, been on Buzzcocks and has sold out Edinburgh runs and national tours. This new show is being performed in New Zealand, Australia and then at the Edinburgh Festival 2010, before a short West End run and then hitting the road.
Josie Long is unashamedly idealistic but totally confused as to how to try and change the world. This is a show about how what you do each day matters. It's also about talking to strangers, grassroots political activism and finding modern heroes. It also quite prominently features a sort-of lecture about a man who takes photographs of his breakfast each morning. There will be all kinds of silly things. Are you up for that? Of course you are, you're a cool looking bunch of dudes, come along!
"What great comedy can be: inspired and inspiring. 5 stars" - Metro
"One of Britain's bright new hopes of the comedy scene" - Sunday Times
"A terrible cartoonist but enchanting stand-up" - The Herald
"Young and bubbly......there was an immediate sense this was a comedian of a higher order" Fest 2005
"Like sitting next to the nutter on the bus, but safe in the knowledge she's not a dangerous one" - Chortle
"Josie Long's show is unpolished, rambling and lovely; just the way she hoped it would be" Observer
Doors: 8pm
Admission: £9.00 advance / £7.00 with student card. Ages 16+. Please see entry policy for info
Tickets: Buy tickets online, call Ticketweb on 08444 77 1000 or pop into Ruby Blue Vintage (cash only)