Six months of hard work gathering votes and promoting our song Nervous comes to fruition this week when we headline a massive gig being put together by Beat The Mix at the Old Market in Hove (http://www.theoldmarket.co.uk/events_08_feb.php#28). The tickets are selling fast and there should be around 500 people there, so it would be great to see some familiar faces!
The Les Valentine Latest:
· Beat The Mix Live at the Old Market, Hove
· A Successful Les Valentine’s Day
· Coming Soon – New Recordings
Beat The Mix Live at the Old Market, Hove
If you’re free on Thursday night in the Brighton area (or even from further afield) it would be much appreciated if you could grab tickets for this gig while they’re still available! There will be representatives there from the music industry, so plenty of vocal support throughout our set could be very helpful indeed.
You can go to http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=254644 for tickets. They’re only £4 and there’s a chance there won’t be any tickets left on the door so it’s probably best to buy them online and collect them at the box office on the night!
As winners of the first ever Beat The Mix contest, we’re proud to be top of the bill at their winners gig at the Old Market. Thanks again to everyone who voted for us over the last six months, this gig will be fantastic with a really wide ranging group of acts performing.
There really will be something for every taste on the night ranging from runners up The Breakers (Punk), to Rizzle (Rap), to Rich Lown (acoustic), and of course Les Valentine finishing the evening off with our set. We’ll have an encore prepared too! So make sure you shout for one!
For more information go to www.beatthemix.co.uk!
A successful Les Valentine’s Day
Just a quick word to say thank you again to everyone who made it down to the Charity Gig we put on for the British Heart Foundation in on Valentine’s Day. We raised just under £100 for the cause, so you can all give yourselves a pat on the back.
It really was a good night, so I also want to say thanks to Rob Key, Adam Kane, Stuart Duggan and Petrushka for doing a great job in their sets and bringing a few people along too.
The next gig we’re planning to put together will be around the time of May 20th, exactly one year after Les Valentine’s first official gig. It’s been a lot of fun, and when you think how far we’ve come in the last 9 months we don’t think we’ve done too badly – but we couldn’t have got so far without people taking an interest and enjoying our songs so thank you very much for all your support!
Coming Soon – New Recordings
As part of the Beat The Mix prize, we will be re-recording Nervous to release as a single in early summer. To coincide with that, we’re planning to put together some recordings in the meantime and make our first Album!
More news on this when it comes, but drummer Pete ‘Panache’ Macfarlane is a dab hand at recording, so soon you will be able to get hold of new songs such as ‘Don’t Leave Yet’, ‘See The Light’ and ‘Maybe Definitely’ as well as re-recordings of old favourites with changes made since Pete and Jo joined the ranks! Ooooh!
This Week’s Gig Watch
The massive gig of this week is the Beat The Mix show at the Old Market. Again you can order your £4 tickets online for collection at the box office at the following site:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=254644
However, if you can’t make it on Thursday due to other commitments, we are also playing on Friday at the Sanctuary Cafe in Hove. To be found on Brunswick Street East, just off Western Road, the Cella Bar is well known for being a good venue for live music and it’s just been refurbished so it would be good to get a few people along to that. Again, entry is £4 on the door. For more information go to www.sanctuarycafe.co.uk.
Website of the Week: Reverb Nation
Reverb Nation is an excellent website allowing Bands and Artists to connect directly with fans, labels and management. You can sign up as an artist to increase your exposure or as a listener so you can discover new, independent music for every taste!
You can now become a follower of Les Valentine on Reverb Nation – www.reverbnation.com – by signing up to the site as a fan and finding our profile – http://www.reverbnation.com/lesvalentine.
Dates for the Diary
28th February – GIG – The Old Market, Hove (Beat The Mix)
(http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=254644)
29th February – GIG – The Cella Bar, Sanctuary Cafe, Hove (£4 entry)
5th March – GIG – Cobden Club, West London.
19th & 20th April – RECORDING – Re-Recording ‘Nervous’ for single release with Crash Records!
