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Saturday 2nd May, Bridgehouse 2, Bidder St Canning Town London E16 4ST
Mods Mayday 30^th Anniversary. The original Mods Mayday was an all day event held at the Bridgehouse pub (sadly demolished to make for Canning Town Flyover) in 1979 and featured six mod revival bands of the time. These performances were recorded and a historic album was released. 30 years on and we’re still celebrating it!

Bands confirmed so far include The Deccas, Bermondsey Joyriders, The Loop, The Sons, The Dilemmas, Rocksmith and fellow Kent acts The Effectives and Springtide Cavalry. £10 for an all day ticket with music from 12pm to 3am

Thursday 23^rd April, Tap n Tin, Railway St, Chatham, Kent, England

Suburban Kings present St Georges Day Celebrations with 10 bands over two floors.

Bands confirmed so far include The Deccas, Infa Red, The Lovedays, Needs Must, Ben Jones and Tyrannosaurus Alan so you can be sure of something to keep your feet shuffling.

£5 or 6 on the door with plenty of drinks promotions.

TOWN PUMP TAVERN
Date: Saturday 11 April 2009
Start Time: 08:30 AM
Location: Town Pump Tavern, 135 Cherry St, Black Mountain, 28711, NC

In the area? get along and see the show, you won’t be disappointed!

Good evening Deccas fans!!
It’s only late January and already our schedule is getting busy with nine gigs in the bag up to July.
Our first gig of the year(and first gig in two months)was Saturday gone where we headlined the regular Mod revival night “In The City” at the Fiddler’s Elbow in Camden. The organizers and crowds were well happy with our set and I’m sure we’ll be back there again.
So with a few days between to recover we’re back up town again for our next couple of appearances and February looks like this:

Tuesday 3rd at the Hope and Anchor, Upper St, Islington. A Bugbear promotions night we’ll be supporting The Bovine Wives with Ian M Hale and Clarity Peak. This is our first appearance for the Bugbear team so we’re hoping for a decent crowd to ensure a return slot. This is a legendary venue too where acts such as Madness and U2 cut their teeth. Four bands, £6 OTD

Tuesday 17th at the Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Road, E1. No firm details arranged for this one yet but you can be sure this quality venue pulls no punches when it comes to putting on nights of live music.

Wednesday 18th at The Barge, Layfield Rd, Gillingham. Possibly feeling a little fuzzy after the previous nights gig, we’ll be mellowing it out for you by doing our entire set(and possibly a cover or two) acoustically. Grab an ale and pull up a pew and let us do the rest. A young lad by the name of Luke Jackson will be setting the mood first. Free entry too for the thrifty among you.

And into March:
Friday 6th at The Command House, Dock Road, Chatham. We’ve played here plenty of times so we know you’ll love it too. The Deccas headline with support from our good friends The Semantics and DirectionS

From Guardian Unlimited

A live music boom driven by bands ranging from the newest guitar acts to reformed rock dinosaurs will lead to the reopening of former concert halls across Britain next year.

Academy Music Group, the UK’s biggest owner of live venues, will today unveil plans for three new ones with capacities of more than 2,000 in 2008, including the refurbishment of legendary names like the Roxy in Sheffield and the Town & Country Club in Leeds.

Both played host to a string of famous acts before being converted into nightclubs. While both cities have experienced a musical revival with the likes of Arctic Monkeys and the Pigeon Detectives, neither has a large concert hall.

AMG chief executive John Northcote also that confirmed Brighton Hippodrome, a grand music hall that played host to the Beatles and the Stones in the 60s before becoming a bingo venue, was on course to reopen in April 2008.

The company is also in negotiations to buy one other venue next year and four more in 2009.

The Sheffield Roxy hosted David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and concerts by the Jam and the Clash in the 70s before becoming a nightclub. It was threatened with demolition throughout the 90s and Northcote said he had been chasing the “iconic” building for four years.

The Grade I-listed Leeds site was built in 1885 and went through various incarnations as a theatre, a cinema, a bingo hall and a television studio. In the 90s, it was home to the Town & Country club before also becoming a nightclub.

Industry experts put the surge in popularity for live music down to a wider demographic going to gigs, better facilities and a resurgence of interest in live bands kickstarted by the Libertines and sustained by Arctic Monkeys.

Yesterday, the Police’s global reunion tour was named the most profitable of 2007 by Billboard, the US industry magazine. The trio have so far grossed more than £83.8m from 53 shows seen by more than 1.5 million people.

From younger crowds recruited through MySpace to re-formed 90s acts like the Verve catering for thirty-somethings, live music is more popular than ever. An increasingly fragmented media culture, with unfettered access to music online, has led fans to crave the one-off communal experience provided by concerts and festivals. “To be one of 5,000 people at Brixton Academy, all there because they love the band – you are in an exclusive club,” said Northcote.

He also gives credit to a more unlikely source. “A big influence was the success of bands like the Spice Girls and Westlife. The thing about those pop acts is that they played massive tours to a new generation of concertgoers who were 10 then and will be 20 now,” he said.

Older gig-goers are also a common sight. “People would reach the age of 25 and spend the rest of their lives harking back to the music they loved then. But now people seem to stay interested in new music for longer,” said Bob Angus, managing director of concert promoter Metropolis, a shareholder in AMG along with rivals SJM and US giant Live Nation. The latter recently signed a 10-year deal with Madonna worth $120m, encompassing everything from records to concerts and films. While AMG concentrates on medium-sized venues, a nationwide network of smaller Barfly venues, owned by the Channelfly Group, is also thriving.

At the other end of the scale, Wembley stadium has reopened and AEG has succeeded in laying to rest the ghost of the Millennium Dome with a string of sold-out concerts by the likes of Prince and the Spice Girls at the O2 arena.

Hot rocks

£743m Value of live music industry in the UK, up 8% on 2006, says Mintel

£83,000 Paid for last pair of Led Zeppelin tickets at O2 in London. They were auctioned for Children in Need

1m-plus Applications for Led Zeppelin tickets at £125 each

£83.8m Grossed so far by the Police reunion tour

3.25m Attendance at Academy venues in 2006

21 nights Sold out by Prince at the O2