1st April 2005 | Simon in ‘I’m Straight’ Confession |
After years of being Gay and living with long term boyfriend Robert, Simon has confessed that he has been living a lie and it was all a PR stunt during the height of the bands fame in the Mid 90’s to gain continued exposure. Simon said ‘I got bored with having to camp it up everywhere I go, so I had to let it out (the secret). | |
1st April 2005 | Tour - A further Irish Tour Date Added |
Another Tour Date has been added to the 26 Date tour that kicks off tomorrow, the Gig in Limerick’s Dolan’s Warehouse Venue, on Monday 2nd May, is sandwiched between the end of the UK tour dates and the start of the four night stint in Dublin. | |
3rd April 2005 | New Songs in the Downloads Section |
The final three tracks from OCS’s gig in London’s Astoria have now been posted on the downloads page. A couple of crowd pleasers, ‘Hundred Mile High City’ and ‘Robin Hood’ along with a great cover of the Small Faces classic, ‘Song of a Baker’. Next to appear in the downloads section is the amazing Barrowlands gig in 2000. | |
4th April 2005 | Pictures from the Cambridge Gig |
Pictures from the weekends gig at the Cambridge Corn Exchange are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Gary Adams (gtheaceface) for sending them in. ‘North Atlantic Drift’ and ‘Day Tripper’ were dropped from the rehearsed setlist for this show. | |
8th April 2005 | Pictures from the Liverpool and Edinburgh Gigs |
Pictures from the gigs at Liverpool University and Edinburgh Usher Hall are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Darren S and Grant McFarlane respectively for sending them in. Click here to send your gig photos in and have them appear on here. | |
9th April 2005 | OCS in Summer Gig at Crathes Castle - Rumour |
Simon Fowler mentioned during the Aberdeen gig (and has talked about in Interviews this year) that the Band are planning to play a summer gig at a Castle somewhere, at the gig he stated the venue as Crathes Castle, probably the end of July or appearing at ‘Live on the Lawn’ festival in August. (Note - This gig has not been confirmed yet) | |
10th April 2005 | Pictures from the Glasgow Gig |
Pictures from the gig at Glasgow Academy are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Grant McFarlane for sending them in. After the Lads came off stage at Glasgow they said it was “the best gig we’ve ever done”. Send in your OCS gig photos here | |
11th April 2005 | Pictures from the Belfast Gig |
Pictures from the gig at Belfast Ulster Hall are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Rock Photographer, Iona Bateman for permission to use them on this site. Prints of these amazing OCS photos are also available for purchase on Iona’s website. | |
18th April 2005 | ‘Anthology’ Re-Released |
As exclusively revealed here on 12th March, the excellent ‘Anthology’ plus Bonus DVD was Re-Released today. The DVD is a re-packaged ‘Filmed from the Front Row’ DVD along with the old ‘Anthology’ CD (Click on product titles for Tracklistings) | |
19th April 2005 | Pictures from the London Gig |
Pictures from the amazing gig at London’s Brixton Academy are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Andy, David, Paul, Emily and Pal for making it such an excellent day. OCS excelled themselves. Bring on the Brighton Gig! | |
21st April 2005 | OCS @ Haldern Pop Festival - Rumour |
OCS are due to appear at the Haldern Pop Festival in Germany on 5th or 6th August, in a strong line up featuring Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs amongst others, this appearance is likely to be one of a few at festivals across Europe this summer, check back for more festival dates soon. (Note - This appearance has not been confirmed yet) | |
17th April 2005 | Pictures from the Wolverhampton Gig |
Pictures from the gig at Wolverhampton’s Civic Hall are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Scott Ledbury and Ian Williams for sending them in. | |
25th April 2005 | Brighton Bender 2005 Microsite - Coming Soon |
Fans from across the UK descended on Brighton for a Mad, Mod OCS Weekender, coming from as far away as Scotland, Dublin and Hastings!, the 25 of us from this Site helped make it a absolutely storming gig. A fully featured Microsite with many of the 2,000+ photos from the weekender will be going live this week. Check back soon | |
25th April 2005 | Exclusive - OCS Glasgow Gig |
After speaking to Chris Cradock at the Brighton Soundcheck, he stated that there will be a ‘small’ gig in Glasgow, at a, as yet, unnamed venue. The gig is planned for the end of June and is likely to be a warm-up for some of the planned European Festival Dates OCS are due to play. (Note - This appearance has not been confirmed yet) | |
24th April 2005 | Oscar in Hospital Scare |
Oscar has been in Hospital in one of the off days in the 26 Date tour, after complaining of feeling unwell during the rigorous tour schedule, during a routine scan, he was found to have irregularities with his heart and is booked to go back into Hospital this Wednesday. I am sure all of your will join me in wishing him a speedy recovery. Get Well Soon Oscar. | |
28th April 2005 | Second Single Released - June 6th |
The second single to be taken from ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ is out on June 6th, the choices of song for this release are: Drive Away, Everything Comes at the Right Time and God’s World, with Drive Away being the hot favourite. | |
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