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SUMMARY:Emily Capell / Thurs 2nd December / Bedford Esquires
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Emily Capell back to Esquires after an amazing show in February 2020.\nA singer-songwriter and musician from North West London. Emily Capell has it all\, the voice\, the talent and the beehive. With a wide range of influences from Dolly Parton\nto The Clash\, Emily has brought a new genre of country\, ska\, doo wopp and pop to the music\nscene.\nSince starting out in 2010 Emily has released 3 Eps entitled ‘Who Killed Smiley Culture?’\, ‘Who\nFramed Winston Silcott?’ and ‘Who Stands With Latasha Harlins?’.\nThe much-anticipated debut album ‘Combat Frock’ was released in October 2019 which included Emily’s single ‘I Found A Footballer To Marry Me’. The album was a huge success only growing her fanbase and cementing her credentials as the new singer to watch.\nAlthough a lot of 2020’s shows were postponed\, Emily had a highly successful year including writing\nand recording for established acts such as Dreadzone and getting a presenter slot on Totally Wired Radio. Emily’s highlight of the year was performing in front of Prince Charles and Camilla at 100 Club\, London in order to support the arts and entertainment sector that was devastated by the pandemic. 2021 will be a successful year with so much already planned\, including support slots lined up with Madness in the UK and abroad\, a new album\, full headline tour and an app release it is already shaping up to be a big year.\nEmily’s unique personality and independence have earned her a dedicated and loyal following across\nthe UK and abroad including Middle East\, Africa and Asia. This following has come from her own\ntours and when she has been on support to artists including Texas\, Rhoda Dakar\, Glen Matlock\, The\nBlinders\, Roddy Radiation\, Mari Wilson and most recently The Selecter on their 40th Anniversary 2019 UK tour.\nIn 2018 Emily won the ‘Jools Holland Best Newcomer’ award at the Boisdale venues. She has been record of the week on Radio X\, 6 music and BBC radio London with her floor filler infection track ‘Bonanza’.\n‘Her trappy\, snappy lyrics echo some of the great female solo artists like Winehouse and Allen but Capell is very much her own woman and one who will make a big impression on the minds of the many in 2020.’\nTickets are on sale Friday 9th April at 10am.\nTickets are £10 plus booking fee from Seetickets.com
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/emily-capell-thurs-2nd-december-bedford-esquires/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Peat & Diesel + Guests - Bedford Esquires
DESCRIPTION:Peat & Diesel\nBedford Esquires\nWednesday 1st December\, doors at 7.30pm\nThe Pad Presents are excited to host Peat & Diesel on their first tour to this area of the UK!\nThe story began when three Stornoway Cove’s (Innes\, Uilly and Boydie) met up in the house to have the craic on a Saturday night playing music with just the dog and the cat watching. After a few tunes getting thrown across the room Boydie stated muttering a few sentences. As he is a man of few words no attention was really given to him until he shouted ‘Quick\, line me out!’ Not a second to spare a set of old broken headphones were cable tied to a guitar amp and out came a few cobwebs followed shortly after with a sound nobody had ever heard before. What came next was five gallons of lyrics\, verse after verse\, song after song – PEAT & DIESEL WAS BORN!\nThe songs won’t make much sense to the average person\, but the person behind the lyrics isn’t your average man so if you have a listen and you can relate to it you are a special breed!\nPeat & Diesel – “Light my Byre” takes you on a journey to the heart of the Western Isles\, where #peatlemania was born. You might have time for a brandy in the ‘Airidh’ but don’t miss your ride in Calum Dan’s Transit Van\, we ain’t stopping till we lose the water!\nSelling out Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands in one day as well as over 10\,000 tickets across their debut tour\, has seen the band turn a corner in the public eye and with the band’s second album “Uptown Fank” reaching the top 30 on release\, things just keep going from strength to strength!\nTickets on sale at £15 plus booking fee from seetickets from 10am Friday 26th March\nhttp://www.peatanddiesel.band/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/PEATANDDIESEL/\nhttps://www.instagram.com/peatanddiesel/
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/peat-diesel-guests-bedford-esquires/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211127T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211127T230000
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SUMMARY:Electric Six
DESCRIPTION:ELECTRIC SIX \n‘’DANGER\, DANGER! – SAVE THE ELECTRIC SIX LAST MINUTE TOUR’’ \nLIVE AT BEDFORD ESQUIRES (ROOM 2) SATURDAY 27TH NOVEMBER\, DOORS AT 8pm \nE6: Hello is that Esquires ? It’s Electric Six here\, we are currently on tour in Europe and are due to hit the Netherlands over the couple weeks but it’s gone into lockdown. \nEsquires: How can we help you out ? \nE6: Do you have any room for us on the 27th November\, a bit last minute I know but we are kinda stuck with a big gap in our European Tour \nEsquires: We would love to help you out for sure but we only have our small room available\, you played the big one last time and sold it out well in advance \nE6:  OK if you only have the small room available let’s do it ! It will be a party off the scale ! \nEsquires: Mental\, let’s do it we will put it on sale tonight at 7pm \nWe are thrilled to announce that one of the finest party bands on the planet are coming to take you to a Gay Bar (or Bedford Esquires!) on Saturday 27th November with Electric Six headlining the small stage. \nOne of the best live bands around\, the band formerly known as The Wild Bunch have a range of influences from New Romantic to Metal and a bit of Disco thrown in for good measure. The Jack White featuring breakthrough single Danger! High Voltage was a disco laden indie club banger that thrust the band into international acclaim and MTV stardom. \nThe band followed up with one of the most quotable songs of all time\, as Gay Bar\, and it’s tongue in cheek video took the band into another stratosphere completely. \nMake sure you pick up tickets in advance for this one\, limited to just 150 they are going to fly\, on sale 7pm\, Monday 15th November
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/electric-six/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211127T230000
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SUMMARY:The Return of New Groove Formation @ Esquires!
DESCRIPTION:We are absolutely buzzing to be back together on Sat 27th November at Esquires. We will be playing the old school bangers and a few new Tunes!!! \nSpecial guests to be announced. We cant wait to see you all !!!!! \nThe tickets have been selling fast you can get yours here https://urlchill.com/vgCLj\nor at I Love Vapour Stores or call 07590323516
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/the-return-of-new-groove-formation-esquires/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211126T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211126T230000
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SUMMARY:ORLANDO WEEKS  + Guests
DESCRIPTION:The Pad Presents\nwww.thepadpresents.com\nORLANDO WEEKS\n+ Guests\nFriday 26th November\nBedford Esquires\nOrlando Weeks has today announced a series of intimate underplay dates this November ahead of his forthcoming headline tour in March 2022\, which includes a show at London’s iconic Barbican Centre.\nThe dates come in the wake of the recent release announcement of Orlando’s highly anticipated sophomore solo album; ‘Hop Up’ out January 14th 2022.\nThese run of dates in uniquely modest venues represents Orlando’s first live performances since the release of his critically acclaimed debut solo album ‘A Quickening’.\nComprising a stripped back set-up of Orlando and his long-time live collaborator Sami El-Enany on keys\, these dates are a first opportunity for fans to hear new material from the forthcoming album; which so far has included the tracks ‘Big Skies Silly Faces’ with Katy J Pearson\, ‘Deep Down Way Out’ featuring an iconic video with comedian/actor Lolly Adefope and current single ‘Look Who’s Talking Now’.\n————–\nTickets go on general sale on Friday 15th October at 10am here:\nhttps://www.seetickets.com/…/bedford-esquires/2115700\nPrevious bookers of tickets for his forthcoming Barbican date can gain pre-sale access on Wednesday 13th October at 10am.\nThis is a 14+ ages show\, under 16s to be accompanied by an adult
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/orlando-weeks-guests/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211120T200000
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SUMMARY:James Taylor Quartet / DJ Mark Russell
DESCRIPTION:The Pad Presents\nwww.thepadpresents.com\nJames Taylor Quartet + DJ Mark Russell – Esquires\, Bedford\nNew date – Friday 1st October 2021 – unable to attend? Please get a refund form the point of purchase.\nJames Taylor\, one of the great British instrumentalists of his generation has taken his trademark howling Hammond sound to the masses for over 25 years; still famed for its upbeat\, energetic live shows… with no sign of slowing down. The band’s relentlessly entertaining tunes take inspiration from the rare-groove style funk\, and boogaloo funk of the 60s and 70s and\, the band is\, without a doubt\, one of the most important jazz-pop crossover outfits in British live musical history today.\nAfter the collapse of mod legends The Prisoners in the 1980s\, and before moving to Sweden\, James recorded some demos with brother David on guitar\, the bass player from The Prisoners\, and a drummer from down the road… and thus The James Taylor Quartet was born. From tiny acorns mighty oaks do indeed grow\, and it wasn’t long before the first single\, Blow Up\, had been released\, the band were in the studio rehearsing for the Mission Impossible EP\, gigs were booked\, and the late great John Peel was offering a session.\nSkip forward 25 years and JTQ has evolved into one of the most exciting and well respected touring bands in the UK. With numerous albums to its name\, the band’s recorded output is not to be scoffed at. ‘Prolific’ is an understatement\, with albums touching genres as diverse as jazz\, funk\, soul\, rock\, and even rap\, not to mention a handful of library albums in between. Each album is an absolute must for any Hammond fan: James’ playing providing a solid and accomplished lead as always. Live\, the band is explosive\, with a breathtaking\, diverse unmatched back catalogue.\nJTQ’s fired-up signature tune\, The Theme from Starsky and Hutch\, cemented its 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\, 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 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.\nIn 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.\n——————-\nTickets £20 adv + BF from:\nwww.thepadpresents.com
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/james-taylor-quartet-dj-mark-russell/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211120T230000
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SUMMARY:Transmission – Sound Of Joy Division - Closer 40th Celebration
DESCRIPTION:TRANSMISSION – The Sound Of Joy Division (Tribute)\n“Closer” 40th anniversary concert\n8pm\, Saturday 20th November 2021 Esquires\, Bedford **This show has been moved from Sat 31st October 2020\, all tickets remain valid**\nAfter packing out Esquires in 2019 with the 40th anniversary ‘Unknown Pleasures” concert\, Transmission: The Sound of Joy Division are back to perform the 1980 second and final Joy Division album in full + a second set of other Joy Division classics.\n“Closer” was released in June 1980\, two months after the untimely suicide of lead vocalist Ian Curtis. Named ‘Album of the Year” by the NME in 1980\, “Closer” is widely regarded one of the finest releases from the Post-Punk period.\nTickets on sale now from Seetickets online and in person from Slide Records // Esquires Bar // Mario’s Hair Design\n\nTickets\nwww.seetickets.com/event/transmission/bedford-esquires/1481313
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/transmission-sound-of-joy-division-closer-40th-celebration/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211119T210000
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SUMMARY:Sold Out - Barrioke! ft Barry from Eastenders
DESCRIPTION:This is probably the single greatest event we have ever booked. From the fields of the festivals to the stage at Esquires\, Barry from Eastenders (Shaun Williamson) is bringing Barrioke to Bedford!\nJoin us on Friday 19th November for an unforgettable evening with Barrioke.\nShaun will be performing a set of the hottest hits on the planet for you all – Karaoke sing-along style!! There might even be a chance for some of you lucky lot to join him on the mic too…\nTickets here >>\nhttps://www.seetickets.com/…/bedford-esquires/1846949
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/sold-out-barrioke-ft-barry-from-eastenders/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Italia 90 + Exploding Ear Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Italia 90 are one of the latest bands to emerge from the burgeoning music scene gravitating around the post-punk breeding grounds of venues such as Brixton’s The Windmill\, Peckham’s Rye Wax and the previous incarnation of Five Bells in New Cross. \nThe group relocated to London seven years ago from their native Brighton\, bringing along with them a hardened determination to carve out a unique space for themselves within a competitive environment. \nSporting distinctive stages names (Les Miserable\, J Dangerous\, Bobby Portrait and Captain ACAB)\, their output to date bears a particular resemblance to the trajectory of the punk story. \nEarly releases evoke the politically charged rhetoric and relentless drive of bands like Sham 69\, Cockney Rejects and The Ruts.\nMeanwhile\, their latest EP mirrors the transition into the rhythmic angularity of the proceeding post-punk years heralded in by Joy Division\, The Fall and Wire. \nNevertheless\, Italia 90 have not shaken off their true punk ethos\, either musically or politically\, as their work ponders and rails against the complexities\, hypocrisies and frustrations of modern life. \nSupport from the incredible EAR EXPLODING ENSEMBLE.
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/italia-90-exploding-ear-ensemble/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211117T193000
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SUMMARY:Batushka + Belphegor & The Infernal Sea
DESCRIPTION:By arrangement with The Flaming Arts Agency\nWEDNESDAY 17th NOVEMBER\nPolish Blackened Death makers BATUSHKA promoting their new MLP “Tsarju Nebenyj”. You can also hear below their new single\, “Pismo I” the second release of the LP. Pismo I contains fragments of the Old Church Slavonic prayer to the holy spirit\, of course in the allegorical message and interpretation of BATUSHKA\, which connects the profanum with the sacrum of the orthodox church. This is the official BATUSHKA with rights to use the name\, containing 8 live members on stage performing the ritual.\nWe also welcome Austrian Blasphemers BELPHEGOR as co headliner\, they will be promoting their new album which will be released in October 2021 through Nuclear Blast.\n\nBATUSHKA (POL)\nWitching Hour Productions\nBlackened Death Metal\nhttps://batushkaofficial.com\nwww.facebook.com/Batushkaband\n“Pismo I” (NEW SINGLE)\nhttps://youtu.be/x5SI4mrXc3w\n+\nBELPHEGOR (AUT)\nNuclear Blast Records\nBlackened Death Metal\nwww.facebook.com/belphegor\nwww.belphegor.at\n“Necrodaemo Terrorsathan”\nhttps://youtu.be/4mWiL8x3iNo\n\n\nTickets\nwww.seetickets.com/event/batushka-belphegor/bedford-esquires/1847297
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/batushka-belphegor-the-infernal-sea/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211113T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211113T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
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SUMMARY:WHOLE LOTTA DC (The ultimate AC/DC tribute) + Electric Black - Bedford Esquires
DESCRIPTION:WHOLE LOTTA DC! (The ultimate AC/DC tribute) + Electric Black 8pm\, Saturday 13th November\, Esquires\, Bedford \nThe monthly tribute show at Esquires has a fine instalment for November 2021 as we welcome back to Bedford Esquires one of the UK’s finest AC/DC Tribute Bands. Whole Lotta DC are an authentic representation of AC/DC\, a thundering rhythm section\, the unmistakable vocals & charisma of Brian and Angus’s searing lead work and naughty-boy antics recreate a live AC/DC show in stunning fashion. \nFrom small music pubs to large festivals the band deliver a true AC/DC experience every time they play\, recreating that classic AC/DC sound using the same Sonor\, Gibson\, Gretsch and Musicman instruments and Marshall Cabs used by the band today.\nWHOLE LOTTA DC have played Bedford Esquires 4 times now and have packed the venue out every time and we are expecting a busy night again. The band also headlined the prestigious Bedford River Festival in 2018 playing to an estimated 5000 people on the Sunday NIGHT. . This time the band have some new canons and bigger production so expect another great show! \nSupport comes from ELECTRIC BLACK Four Hard Rockers from Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire bring a new flavour to the rock scene. Their debut full length album “The Calm Before” features powerful riffs and tight rhythms set under expansive clean vocals and mean guitar licks – creating a noise to satisfy the healthiest of sonic appetites. Listen now on all major streaming platforms – Get down early to check these guys out ! \nTickets are on sale now from Seetickets (subject to booking fee) and can be bought in person from Esquires Bar\, Slide Record Store priced £10 advance
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/whole-lotta-dc-the-ultimate-ac-dc-tribute-electric-black-bedford-esquires/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Sam Brookes - Event Cancelled.
DESCRIPTION:+++TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT+++\nI’m very happy to say my postponed Black Feathers album tour around the UK is going ahead this November and tickets are on sale now!  There’s a link to all the venues and tickets below. \nI’m really excited to hit road with the band\, play these songs to you and reconnect with the experience of live music.\nI’m also celebrating the release of my latest single ‘By My Side’ produced by Dom Monks and featuring some amazing musicians. The song is about the reemergence of love\, colour and light in my life and I hope it will connect with you as life starts to return to normal.
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/sam-brookes/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211112T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211112T230000
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SUMMARY:MAD DOG MCREA + Guests - Bedford Esquires Friday 12th November
DESCRIPTION:**Please note this date has been rescheduled from Friday 13th November 2020\, all tickets remain valid**\nFor their 3rd visit we welcome back to Esquires Mad Dog Mcrea. Smashing out a blend a unique mixture of folk rock\, pop\, gypsy jazz\, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music from self-penned songs of adventure\, drinking\, love and life\, to traditional songs of gypsies\, fairies\, legless pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every festival and two-bit\, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom\, Mad Dog Mcrea are\, in every sense of the word\, a live\, band.\nMatched with the unshakable dedication of their massive and “loyal-to-the-hilt”\, fan base – Mad Dog Mcrea are more than just a very popular\, festival act – with five albums under their belts\, they are serious and acclaimed recording artists too. During 2019 Mad Dog Mcrea will be in the studio recording a new album.\n\nThe famous purple happy bus is fired up and ready for action\, and there’s room for you – jump aboard!\nTickets currently on sale from Seetickets and the regular outlets of Mario’s Hair Design\, Esquires Bar & Slide Records will be serviced with physical tickets when normal service resumes.\n\nTickets\nwww.seetickets.com/event/mad-dog-mcrea/bedford-esquires-bedford/1506412
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/mad-dog-mcrea-guests-bedford-esquires-friday-12th-november/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211112T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211112T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20211111T192425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211111T192425Z
UID:44517-1636745400-1636758000@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Tendons / The Bleach Boys / The Backstreet Abortions / Graveyard Rats
DESCRIPTION:Punk Is For The Children Presents..\nThe Tendons\nThe Backstreet Abortions\nThe Bleach Boys\nGraveyard Rats\nA night of full-throttle\, in your face punk rock comes to Esquires room 2 on Friday 12th November.\nTickets £7 adv – MOTD:\nhttps://www.seetickets.com/…/bedford-esquires…/2130593\nDoors: 7.30pm
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/the-tendons-the-bleach-boys-the-backstreet-abortions-graveyard-rats/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211111T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211111T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20211008T162952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T162952Z
UID:44434-1636660800-1636671600@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:Carbon Daydreams / The Relights / Supersonic / Lurch
DESCRIPTION:Carbon Daydreams \nThe Relights \nSupersonic \nLurch\n\nTICKETS: £5 Adv / £7 Door \nAges 16+ (Under 16s to be accompanied by a guardian)
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/carbon-daydreams-the-relights-supersonic-lurch/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211111T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211111T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210914T064940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211002T081123Z
UID:44359-1636660800-1636671600@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:Danni Nicholls
DESCRIPTION:Hailing from Bedford\, England growing up on the American roots music of her Anglo-Indian grandmother’s record collection\, singer/songwriter Danni Nicholls has been paving her way in the Americana and roots scene for over a decade\, building a loyal fan base and much critical praise. After the complete halt in performing live over the past 16 months\, Danni is excitedly returning to play for her hometown crowd. \nWith three acclaimed studio albums\, produced by and featuring some of Nashville’s finest under her belt and the wind still in her sails from three consecutive Americana Music Association UK award nominations plus extensive tours and opening slots with the likes of Shakin’ Stevens The Secret Sisters and Lucinda Williams\, Danni\, her stunningly powerful\, arresting voice and her dynamically poetic songs are ever-building momentum. \n“I absolutely love the elegance and beauty of her music” – Bob Harris\, BBC Radio 2 \n“Smoky soul\, folk-pop and heart-wrenching alt-country\, all in a rich voice” – Q Magazine \n“Sumptuous…a warm wry line in confessional songwriting” – UNCUT \n“An artist full of soul and wisdom…” – Maverick Music Magazine \nwww.wegottickets.com/event/523055
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/danni-nicholls/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211110T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211110T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210731T071247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T065831Z
UID:44236-1636574400-1636585200@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:Don Broco - Re-arranged Date. SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:NEW DATE – WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER – ALL TICKETS REMAIN VALID \nTHIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT! PLEASE\, PLEASE BE CAREFUL IF BUYING TICKETS FROM THIS EVENT FROM STRANGERS. SCAMMERS TARGET SOLD OUT EVENTS LIKE THIS.  \nWe are very pleased to announce that the mighty Don Broco are heading home for a show at Esquires on Wednesday 10th November 2021! \nQuite simply one of the biggest artists ever to come out of B-Town\, Broco have been tearing up tours all over the world\, including a sold out Ally Pally show on their last tour of the UK! To have the guys come back and play a show for the venue on their home turf is hugely appreciated and is in association with the #saveourvenues campaign being run by Music Venue Trust. \nWe reached out to the band earlier this month in response to the current plight that we find ourselves in as part of our Crowdfunding initiative. The band\, their management and agent have been hugely supportive and have offered to come and play a free show for us\, with all proceeds from sales going to help us through the current crisis – we couldn’t be more grateful for their support!
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/don-broco-re-arranged-date-sold-out/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211107T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211107T200000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20201016T062734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T082347Z
UID:43728-1636315200-1636315200@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Nightingales // Pete Astor // Kamura // Sunday 7th November 2021
DESCRIPTION:The Pad Presents\nwww.thepadpresents.com\nThis show has been rescheduled from Sun 22nd November 2020\, all tickets remain valid\nThe Nightingales + Pete Astor + Kamura – Thursday 6th May 2021 – Bedford Esquiresn We are very pleased to announce that The Nightingales will be coming to Esquires in November 2021!\nIt’s unusual for an act to hit its peak after four decades. Yet here it is.\nCommercial Suicide Man\, their 7” Vic Godard collaboration\, was released as the group entered the studio to record their ninth full-length album. While the single sold out almost immediately\, got picked as BBC 6’s Single of the Week\, and received more airplay than any Nightingales record to date\, it won’t have prepared fans for the most ambitious album in the band’s catalogue.\nThe band’s climb to become Britain’s most dazzling live band – shows are played at full energy without the breaks lesser combos need to breathe\, drink or chatter – was unexpected\, and public awakening to their humour\, skill and brilliance demands revision of post-punk history. The Nightingales emerge as the industrious ant to their peers’ workshy grasshopper personae\, appearing victoriously at the finish line to puzzled realisations that they’d ever even been in the race.\nThe Nightingales have notoriously had a new label for each new album\, a fact which might reasonably call for consumer caution\, but they are part of nothing resembling a ‘scene’\, they speak their own musical language\, and while they bust out slogans about being “slightly superior to others of their ilk” . . . the fact is\, they have no ilk. One label head proudly claims his rationale for the release of one of their albums as nothing less than “a public service.”\nSome of The Nightingales’ historic lack of acclaim stems from a density of ideas\, which the band see no need to mine for profit. Album closer It Is milks Sister Ray dissonance over a Krautrock groove\, with Robert’s vocals calling to mind the last gasps of a drowning man while Fliss turns the tune on its head with voice recalling Nancy Sinatra on Some Velvet Morning. But this description’s a crude approximation of small aspects of a whole which sounds utterly unlike any of those\, and breathtaking though it is\, odds are they’ll never record anything like it again\, but the same could be said for the rest of the album.\nFaust’s Hans-Joachim Irmler adds keyboards and The Lovely Eggs’ Holly Blackwell’s languid voice features on one song\, but the album’s real shock is that the band has now gelled to an unspoken\, nearly psychic interplay. Captain Beefheart\, one of Robert Lloyd’s musical heroes\, is best known for the difficult-but-classic Trout Mask Replica\, and like that album\, this one contains nary a ‘hit’\, yet here every song sticks in the brain and grooves . . . outclassing Beefheart’s masterpiece by virtue of its effortless charm.\nJohn Peel noted\, “Their performances will serve to confirm their excellence when we are far enough distanced from the 1980s to look at the period rationally and other\, infinitely better known\, bands stand revealed as charlatans.” It’s doubtful he would have bothered with such a pre-emptive defence if he’d been able to witness the explosive growth of the band during their second incarnation.\nBoth You Don’t Know What You’re Doing and Chaff both channel Television until going somewhere Verlaine and company wouldn’t have conceived\, the number of ideas contained within Enemy Of Promise could readily bolster an album by any decent group\, before Chaff comes up with half-a-dozen more. And while your mileage may vary\, those may even be the lesser tunes on the album.\nPerish The Thought will be promoted by a far-flung tour\, from Scotland to Serbia\, with some dates already sold out. Guest supports include Stewart Lee\, The Wolfhounds and Near Jazz Experience. Several videos from the album will appear in coming months\, and a Marc Riley 6music session will take place in October.\nThe album has been pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl\, with a gatefold sleeve\, specially-commissioned artwork by the wonderful David Yates\, with a download card (the album is also available on CD) . . . but they haven’t bothered to stick their name on the front cover.\n——————-\nTickets are £10 Adv – Available from 10am Friday 8th November:\nhttps://www.seetickets.com/…/bedford-esquires/1456687\nTickets also available from \nSlide Record Shop\n\, \nMario’s Hair Design\nand Esquires Bar. \nThis is a 14+ ages show\, under 16s to be accompanied by an adult
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/the-nightingales-pete-astor-kamura-thurs-6th-may-2021/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211107T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211107T223000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210528T202554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T202554Z
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SUMMARY:The Jack J Hutchinson Band at Bedford Esquires
DESCRIPTION:The Jack J Hutchinson band return to Bedford Esquires as part of their headline uk tour. \nJack J Hutchinson is pleased to announce his biggest UK headline tour to date. In October 2021 he will play 16 dates in support of his forthcoming studio album ‘The Hammer Falls’\, which will be released to coincide with the tour. \nHutchinson comments: “Like most bands we are desperate to get back on the road. The world is in a pretty dark place right now\, but hopefully there is some light at the end of the tunnel. We want to put smiles back on the faces of our fans…let’s pull together\, get through the next few months\, and in October blow the bloody roof off with a tour to remember!” \n\n\n\n\n\nTickets\nwww.seetickets.com/event/jack-j-hutchinson/bedford-esquires/1622191
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/the-jack-j-hutchinson-band-at-bedford-esquires/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211107T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211107T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210918T072503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210918T072503Z
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SUMMARY:The A Band play the Sunday Afternoon session (Bruce's Birthday)
DESCRIPTION:Bruce Murray\,Pete Bonas\, Mark Ayles and Richard and Tim Winter are the A Band\,one of Bedford’s longest running bar bands. It’s Bruce\, the bosses Birthday so expect a few special guests
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/the-a-band-play-the-sunday-afternoon-session-bruces-birthday/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211106T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211106T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210914T060304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T060304Z
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SUMMARY:HENGE - live at Bedford Esquires
DESCRIPTION:WE COME IN THE NAME OF RAVE \nWE BRING YOU THE GIFT OF COSMIC DROSS – A KIND OF MUSIC NEW TO YOUR WORLD. \nWE HAVE NEWS. PLANET EARTH IS AN EXPERIMENT. YOUR SPECIES WAS SENT CODES FROM SPACE\, TO HELP YOU LOVE AND DANCE. BUT YOUR LEADERS GREW SCARED. \nTHEY HID THE CODES FROM YOU. NOW YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS SHRINKS AND THEY DESTROY YOUR WORLD WITH WEAPONS OF WAR.\nRAVELINGS OF EARTH\, REBEL! \nABSORB THE MUTATED FREQUENCIES OF COSMIC DROSS. \nTHERE ARE NO EARTH WORDS TO DESCRIBE THESE SOUNDS. BUT YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO LOVE AND DANCE AGAIN. \nTHIS IS YOUR FUTURE. PUT DOWN THE WEAPONS. \nUNITE. AND COLONISE SPACE \nHENGE – Live at Bedford Esquires Saturday 6th November\nTickets on sale from the 14th September from Seetickets
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/henge-live-at-bedford-esquires/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211106T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211106T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210528T202520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T202520Z
UID:44058-1636228800-1636239600@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:Baby Strange + guests
DESCRIPTION:“Baby Strange are confrontational\, cold-hearted and brilliantly unnerving” – NME\n“A dark and high-paced caustic rhythm machine” – So Young Magazine\n“They’re punk with a dash of grunge and their songs veer between drones and dirges” – The Guardian\n“Escapism delivered in the kind of sludge-first aesthetic Josh Homme would approve” – DIY\n“the generational disdain of “Pure Evil” – The Line of Best Fit\nMake no mistake\, Baby Strange are the newest evolution of punk.\n\nTickets\nwww.seetickets.com/event/baby-strange/bedford-esquires-room-2/1833251\n\nEmbodying the true nature and principles of the DIY ethic and taking a steadfast\, creative all-encompassing approach to music as an artform\, Baby Strange have carved out an almost cult like status for themselves within the underground UK music scene.\nFronted by the magnetic & alluring Johnny Madden and completed with brothers Connaire & Aidan McCann\, the proudly Glaswegian 3 piece are about to set out their stall and re-establish themselves as one of the most innovative and uncompromising outfits in the UK.\nSince the release of their critically acclaimed 2016 debut album ‘Want It Need It’ (Ignition Records)\, Baby Strange have toured relentlessly\, building an enthusiastically rampant live audience\, selling out venues across the UK & sharing stages with the likes of ‘Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes’\, ‘Slaves’\, ‘Jamie T’ & ‘Wavves’.
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/baby-strange-guests/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211105T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211105T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20200108T193534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T082356Z
UID:43029-1636142400-1636153200@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:Special KINDA Madness
DESCRIPTION:***Please note new date*** \nSpecial Kinda Madness are coming back to Bedford Esquires for another classic show of their take on Madness and The Specials. \nNo strangers to venue or Bedford the band have sold out the venue numerous times in the past and the Ska Train is showing no signs of slowing down!. \nHere’s the lowdown; Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set from each band\, combining the phenomenally energetic stage presence of The Specials with the wonderful iconic tunes of the Madness ‘Nutty Boys’. Playing a set from each band and producing a show that will have the audience up and dancing from the off\, Special Kinda Madness will have everyone hankering after that exciting era of 2-Tone and ska. \nOn 21st July 1979 at the Electric Ballroom in London\, the Specials played a gig with Madness\, Dexy’s Midnight Runners and Selecter. That’s a gig that all 2-Tone rude boys and rude girls would die to see\, and thought would never happen. The Specials and Madness on the same bill! \nIn truth\, it probably never will happen now … but you can get the next best thing with Special Kinda Madness! \n2 Bands … 2-Tone … 1 Fantastic Night! \nThere is no support on the night as the band play 2 sets with the running order of Specials or Madness to be decided on the night. Doors open at 7.45pm with the band taking to the stage for their first set at 8.30pm. \nEntry £12 in advance available from Esquires Bar // Slide Record Store // Mario’s Hair Design // Seetickets online.
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/special-kinda-madness-4/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211031T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211031T193000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210918T072905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210918T072905Z
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SUMMARY:Split Whiskers play the Sunday Afternoon Session
DESCRIPTION:Go tell ever’body Split Whiskers are back in town\, they got a dollar and a quarter and they’re ready to clown!.\nSplit Whiskers have their roots firmly planted in Chicago blues\, crossing boundaries into rock\,\namericana and more than a hint of the Delta.\nThe band’s fame is spreading and they are becoming one of the busiest bands at blues\nvenues around the UK\, in particular in great demand on the Festival circuit.\nTheir superb musicianship\, along with their infectious humour on stage\, promises a\ngreat evening’s entertainment\nFronted by Gilby J. Fletcher on vocals & blues harp\nJohnny ‘Magic Boy’ Wright on vocals & acoustic\, resonator & electric guitars\nThey are joined by:\n\n\nMatt Willshaw on keys\nRobbie Stewart-Mathews on bass\nRick Hudson on drums\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“…Split Whiskers embrace excellence when playing live\, the show is a complete experience\,\nyou will leave after feeling refreshed and invigorated by their blues…” BBC Radio\n\n\n“…must go and see them…” Blues Matters magazine\n​ \nSee less
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/split-whiskers-play-the-sunday-afternoon-session-4/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211030T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211030T233000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210528T202518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T202518Z
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SUMMARY:Ferocious Dog - The Hope Tour
DESCRIPTION:Ferocious Dog return to Bedford Esquires as a full band as part of their ‘The Hope’ tour of Autumn 2021.\nThey’ve been hailed as “a representation of our gut feeling\, savage and merciless” and at the same time\, called “folk in the grand tradition of it being the peoples sound.”\nFerocious Dog\, however are all those things. More than a band\, they are a family. “To listen to the Ferocious Dog as it snarls and growls at the world is to show responsibility” said a Louder Than War review of their brilliant\, recently released and Fake News And Propaganda album\, but this is an outfit that shows compassion too.\nAnd that\, in a world where the lines of truth are blurred by the rich\, powerful and corrupt\, is priceless.\n“Ferocious dog are a very socially conscious band and their music and lyrics are designed not only to make you smile and sing along but also to make you feel something.” – Folk-Metal.NL.\nA band that does drives for foodbanks – not for headlines\, but because it was the right thing to do – a band that welcomes Hunt Sabs and conservationists Sea Shepherd to their shows\, but a band where none of that really matters.\nNo\, here the feeling is important. Ferocious Dog is the group where fans are tattooed in the shop belonging to the lead singer\, Ken Bonsall\, where the violinist and band leader\, Dan Booth prints the posters\, and Les Carter (ex-Carter USM) plays the lead guitar. They can wow a punk festival one minute\, a folk festival the next – and fit right in anywhere.\nWith Bonsall and Booth and Carter combining and John Leonard playing just about everything with strings\, while the rhythm section of Alex Smith and John Alexander bring the power and energy\, you have a whole greater than the sum of its parts.\n“9/10 Earning a reputation as the UK’s most exciting Folk Punk band for good reason” – Vive Le Rock·\nIt is more than social commentary too. “My politics are my politics\,” explains Bonsall and “we’ll sing those songs about what we believe\, but whatever side of the political divide you are from\, we want you to feel welcome at an FD show.\n“We always say you’re never alone at one of our gigs and that is the most important thing to us.”\nNow\, they head out on the latest run of shows\, with Bonsall promising some surprises. “There’s a reason we’ve called this run more Fake News” he smiled. “We have songs on this album that we haven’t played yet and we really want to\, stuff like “Yellow Feather” about a Hell Hound that is no longer with us….”\nThose Hell Hounds are their fans. Except\, they’re not. They are as much part of the band as the six on stage. And they’ll hit those stages at the dates below. They’ve been reckoned as the “best live band in Britain.” Go and see why.\nTickets onsale now on for £17.50 + booking fee from seetickets:\nhttps://www.seetickets.com/…/bedford-esquires/1672962
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/ferocious-dog-the-hope-tour/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211030T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211030T170000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20211030T090858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211030T090858Z
UID:44487-1635580800-1635613200@www.bedfordesquires.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Goon Sax - Independent Venue Week.
DESCRIPTION:Whoop. Brilliant Australian indie rock trio The Goon Sax will be coming to Bedford Esquires on Tuesday the 1st of February 2022 as part of Independent Venue Week. \nSigned to heavyweight US label Matador (Interpol\, Perfume Genius) their recent album ‘Mirror II’ is a firm favourite in the Esquires Office with influences from the likes of New Order\, The Psychedelic Furs and Echo and the Bunnymen. You might also hear echoes of The Go Betweens in their songs\, which is perhaps unsurprising given that lead singer Louis in the son of Robert Forster. \n‘…there’s a special place in the annals of pop music for this band’ – The Quietus \n‘Striking\, superb songwriting’ – The Guardian Album of the Week. \nTickets are £10 in advance\, available now from seetickets with physical tickets available from Esquires Bar and Slide Record Shop
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/the-goon-sax-independent-venue-week/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211029T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211029T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T134656
CREATED:20210528T202517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T065013Z
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SUMMARY:Sea Power / Fri 29.10.21 / Bedford Esquires / SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:The Pad Presents\nwww.thepadpresents.com\nPLEASE NOTE – THIS IS A RESCHEDULED DATE – ALL TICKETS REMAIN VALID\nBritish Sea Power + Guests – Friday 29th October 2021 – Bedford Esquires\nA booking many years in the making\, and finally confirmed as part of our 30th anniversary celebrations\, we are very pleased to announce that British Sea Power will be gracing the Esquires stage on Sunday 14th June!\nA sextet from Natland\, Cumbria\, England\, British Sea Power are a rather conceptual indie band — compared more than once to Joy Division and the Cure — whose music incorporates elements of art rock and post-rock experimentalism. The group was formed in 2000 by brothers Yan Scott Wilkinson(vocals and guitar) and Neil Hamilton Wilkinson (vocals\, guitar\, and bass)\, who teamed up with a longtime friend\, drummer Matthew Wood. When Yan enrolled at the University of Reading\, he met like-minded musician Martin Noble\, who played guitar and keyboards\, and soon they began performing under the name British Air Powers\, changing the name to British Sea Power after a song from their early repertoire.\nTheir live shows received notice early on\, thanks in no small part to the group’s offbeat theatrics and visual flair (the band often wore military uniforms\, large stuffed birds\, and artificial plants were a big part of their stage set\, and a man in a bear costume sometimes joined them on-stage). Rough Trade’s Geoff Travis was impressed by one of British Sea Power’s (literally) wild performances and signed them\, the rest they say\, is history.\nFull support line up to be announced
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/british-sea-power-fri-29-10-21-bedford-esquires-sold-out/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211028T200000
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SUMMARY:TV PRIEST - Thur 28 Oct 2021 - Esquires
DESCRIPTION:It’s tempting to think that you have all the answers\, screaming your gospel every day with certainty and anger. Life isn’t quite like that though\, and the debut album from London four-piece TV Priest instead embraces the beautiful and terrifying unknowns that exist personally\, politically and culturally.\nPosing as many questions as it answers\, Uppers is a thunderous opening statement that continues the UK’s recent resurgence of grubby\, furious post-punk music. It says something very different though – something completely its own.\nFour childhood friends who made music together as teenagers before drifting apart and then\, somewhat inevitably\, back together late in 2019\, TV Priest was born out of a need to create together once again\, and brings with it a wealth of experience and exhaustion picked up in the band’s years of pursuing “real life” and “real jobs\,” something those teenagers never had.\nIn November 2019\, the band – vocalist Charlie Drinkwater\, guitarist Alex Sprogis\, bass and keys player Nic Bueth\, and drummer Ed Kelland – played their first show\, to a smattering of friends in what they describe as an “industrial freezer” in the warehouse district of Hackney Wick. “It was like the pub in Peep Show with a washing machine just in the middle…” Charlie laughs\, remembering how they dodged Star Wars memorabilia and deep fat fryers while making their first statement as a band.\nUnsurprisingly\, there isn’t a precedent for introducing an album during a global pandemic\, but among the general sense of anxiety and unease pervading everything at the moment\, TV Priest’s entrance in April with the release of debut single “House of York” – a searing examination of the Monarchy – served as a breath of fresh air among the chaos\, its anger and confusion making some kind of twisted sense to the nation’s fried brains.\nIt’s the same continued global sense of anxiety that will greet the release of Uppers\, and it’s an album that has a lot to say right now. Taking musical cues from The Fall and Protomartyr as well as the mechanical\, pulsating grooves of Kosmische Musik\, it’s a record that moves with an untamed energy. Over the top of this rumbling musical machine is vocalist Charlie\, a cuttingly funny\, angry\, confused\, real frontman.\n\nTickets\nwww.seetickets.com/event/tv-priest/bedford-esquires/1801683
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/tv-priest-thur-28-oct-2021-esquires/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211027T193000
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SUMMARY:CUD
DESCRIPTION:Emerging from the same art/design cauldron that produced fellow Leeds legends Soft Cell\, Scritti Politti\, and The Mekons\, CUD were the pre-Britpop answer to doleful shoegazing bands – fun-loving\, light-hearted\, romantic and downright catchy.\nAlternatively loved or loathed like a yeast extract\, CUD are indie rock for the unpretentious pleasure seeker\, boasting as they do the rich deep-lunged voice of Carl Puttnam\, edgy guitars of Mike Dunphy and tight\, funky rhythm section of William Potter\, bass and Gogs Byrn\, drums.\nCUD were initially lauded for their quirky Peel session cover of ‘You Sexy Thing’ in 1987. They soon built up a huge live following and buffed up their repertoire with a string of unstraight pop beauties\, best exemplified by the 1990 album ‘Leggy Mambo’. This led to a major-label deal with A&M in 1991\, front-page NME coverage\, massive sellout gigs and proper Top 30 hits\, ‘Rich and Strange’ and ‘Purple Love Balloon’.\nMisunderstood by record companies and press\, CUD packed away their guitars and sticks in 1995 but\, bolstered by a greatest hits anthology (‘Rich and Strange’) in 2006\, they agreed to tread the boards again\, with a further reunion following in 2012 (now with original guitarist and key songwriter Mike Dunphy) and continue to find an army of ‘Space CUDets’ still eager to sing along\, dance like fruitcakes and invade their stage.\nCUD appear for the first time ever at Esquires on Oct 27\n\nTickets\nwww.seetickets.com/event/cud/bedford-esquires/1746643
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/cud/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211024T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Jersey:20211024T170000
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SUMMARY:Chris Robinson's 60th Birthday Bash
DESCRIPTION:A very special Sunday afternoon session.\nOn what would have been Chris Robinson’s 60th Birthday\,members of his regular gigging bands\, ‘May Contain Nutz’ and ‘Los the Plot’ are getting together to pay tribute to someone who was an integral part of the Bedford Music Scene for many years.Chris was a regular at Esquires\,both watching and performing with his own bands and playing an active part in the Beatles and Bowie afternoons hosted by Mat Roberts.He also co-hosted an annual Pink Floyd tribute afternoon with Amy Mason.\nWe hope you’ll join us in raising a glass to Chris on what is the nearest Sunday to what would have been his 60th Birthday\nPainting by Martin Gregory.
URL:https://www.bedfordesquires.co.uk/events/chris-robinsons-60th-birthday-bash/
LOCATION:Bedford Esquires\, 60A Bromham Road\, Bedford\, MK40 2QG\, United Kingdom
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