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Battling Bands (09th Nov 2002)
Ultimate Events, the group behind the annual festival at Alton Towers which we've mentioned before are this year running a battle of the bands competition that has attracted hundreds of entries from unsigned bands around the UK. The prize consists of £1000, studio recording time and an opening slot at next year's Alton Towers event. The guys who run the Halcyon event have teamed up with Ultimate Events to host the the web voting on their website. Sibling report that they have reached the semi-finals of the competition, along with As If..., Exalt, Rain, Frequency and 3 Second Memory.
YFriday To Release Single (21st Sep 2001)
YFriday are to release their song "Head Over Heels" as a mainstream single on October 15th. Unlike recent mainstream singles from bands like Delirious, this single is intended as a worship track and is being released by an established Christian label: Survivor/Kingsway. The single will be released on an enhanced CD, containing a video and a remix of "Closer" from the band's first album Rainmaker.
The Electrics Complete Recording (13th Jun 2001)
The Electrics havebeen in touch to let us know they've finished recording oftheir latest album, again produced by Phil Madeira andassisted by This Train member Jordan. This is the firstElectrics album to feature Jim Devlin as a full time bandmember and he describes it as a "big rockin, celtic monsterof a thing". The band's website is currently offline butthey hope to have a new one in place soon.
Martyn's Thunder and Rainbows (22nd Nov 2000)
The highly anticipated Martyn Joseph best of is to be titled Thunder and Rainbows: The Best We Could Find 1988-200. The collection comprises 33 songs spread across two CDs, two of which are new tracks: "This Is Us" and "Thunder and Rainbows". The latter is tipped to do well at radio in the build-up to the album's retail launch in January. The album will be available from December through Martyn's website and at shows on his forthcoming UK tour.
Fire Fly's Brainwave (21st Nov 2000)
Fire Fly have been booked for the fourth annual Brainwave Festival in the Netherlands. Also booked for the festival are the USA's Blamed and a number of acts from mainland Europe. Fire Fly also recently appeared alongside Cephas, Crucifer and others at this year's Meltdown Festival in Oswestry. Crucifer announced that the event was to be their last live outing after many years together.
yfriday Recruit Bassist (21st May 2000)
Increasingly popular worship band yfriday have just announced that they have found a new bass player to take over from the departing Ben Culkin. The new member is Danny Smith, a multi-instrumentalist from Hartlepool. Danny has already been playing with the band as a stand-in during their Spring Harvest and Easter People gigs and will now join the band as they tour extensively over the summer and begin pre-production on the follow-up to their Rainmaker album which will be recorded later in the year.
yfriday for the Alpha Zone (02nd Feb 2000)
Hotly tipped worship act yfriday, who are currently on tour with Noel Richards and whose debut album Rainmaker was recently released on Survivor Records will be recording at the MTV studios in March for the channel 5 show the Alpha Zone. The band will record two songs and some interview segments for broadcast later in the year. The band will be leading youth worship at Spring Harvest and Easter People and are already demoing tracks for their second album.
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