2nd May 2005 | Pictures from the Exeter, Leeds and Newcastle Gigs |
Pictures from the final gigs of the UK leg of the tour are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Kath Fitton, John Ashton and Andy Mogg for sending them in. | |
3rd May 2005 | Second Single ’This Day Should Last Forever’ |
The second single to be taken from ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ is confirmed as being ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ which will be out on June 6th, B-Sides and formats will be confirmed very soon. This upbeat, radio friendly tune, and catchy chorus should fare better in the charts than first single ‘Free My Name’. | |
3rd May 2005 | OCS in P.A @ Dublin’s Tower Records this Friday |
The Lads will be at Dublin’s Tower Records store this friday 6th May for a Personal Appearance at 1pm, take along your OCS Records to get signed, the band then follow this up with a 3 Day Gig Weekend in Dublin. Get yourself along and enjoy the craic. | |
5th May 2005 | New OCT Merchandise Shop - Now Online |
A new site feature has been added, the OCT shop offers: T-Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Ladies and Men’s Underwear amongst other things, all bearing the infamous Ocean Colour Theme logo, prices are reasonable, (Half of any profits go to the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign), Visit the shop for further details on delivery, payment and to browse. | |
9th May 2005 | OCS Glasgow Gig in June - Order Tickets Now |
As mentioned previously on this site, OCS are going to play a Gig in Glasgow on Saturday 25th June. The Venue is the former ABC Cinema, which has been converted to a Music Venue and opens for the first time in June, with a capacity of 1200 in the main arena, read more about the refurbishment here. Tickets are likely to sell out very soon so be quick to grab a chance of seeing OCS in there Spiritual home. | |
10th May 2005 | OCS News Updates |
The lads are currently in Spain, and are due to play in the evening of the opening of the new FNAC store in Madrid. In other news, the second single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ will be released on only 1 CD and a 7” on June 6th, one of the B-sides being ‘Last December’. The Lads are also ‘in-session’ on the Janice Long show on Radio 2 to promote the new single on June 7th. | |
11th May 2005 | OCS @ Santander Summer Festival in Spain |
The lads will be appearing at the Santander Summer Festival on 8th / 9th July as part of there european festival summer tours, also playing in Santander are the Chemical Brothers and Morcheeba amongst others. Tickets available from here. | |
The second single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ is out on June 13th on Sanctuary Records. Featuring Last December and Move Things Over as B-Sides | |
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Source: ocs.com | |
12th May 2005 | ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ - Single Details |
12th May 2005 | OCS Gig @ Crathes Castle in Scotland |
As mentioned previously on this site, the lads will be appearing at Crathes Castle in Scotland on Friday July 29th for a special one-off gig in some fabulous surroundings. More summer gig dates are due to follow soon, keep checking back for updates. | |
17th May 2005 | OCS Gig @ Blackpool and Single News |
The lads will be playing at Blackpools Empress Ballrooms on August 13th as part of an all day Northern Soul event, which will be featuring some very special support. Ticket information is to follow. There will also be a Gig in Keighley sometime in July. | |
23rd May 2005 | OCS Gig @ Metro Rock Festival in Spain |
The lads are down to play at the Metro Rock Festival in Madrid on Friday 24th June as part of there Euro Summer Tour, other acts include Beck and Morcheeba amongst others. Tickets can be ordered online here. The following day they are due to be in Glasgow for their Gig at the newly opened ABC Venue. | |
25th May 2005 | Happy Birthday Simon - 40 Today |
OCS frontman Simon Fowler is celebrating his 40th Birthday today, I hope you will all join me in wishing him a very Happy Birthday, having been in OCS since he was 24, he certainly has lived his 40 years well!. | |
26th May 2005 | ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ - New Release Date |
The new single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ release date has been moved again, it is now 20th June, having previously been June 6th and June 13th, the reason given for the move is in order to gain much needed radio play. The Song has also been put on the Radio 2 ‘C’ List which means it will get approx 5 plays, Terry Wogan has already played it twice on his popular Radio show. | |
28th May 2005 | OCS Website - Downtime |
The official site is currently having server problems, and has been for the last couple of days. The forum has been out of use since then and now is closed completely with a curios error message which seems to hint at bigger issues. I am sure the website team are working hard to resolve these issues and it will be back up in no time. | |
27th May 2005 | OCS on Irish TV Tommorrow |
The lads were in Ireland today recording for the show ‘Other Voices’ which will air on RTE2 between 8pm and 9pm tommorrow 28th May. The Band recorded full electric versions of ‘The Riverboat Song’, ‘The Day we Caught The Train’ and finally, the new single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’. Turn on, Tune in and Rock out. | |
29th May 2005 | OCS on Irish TV - Streaming Video |
The video for OCS’s performance on Irish TV Channel RTÉ 2 is now available from their website, in a streaming RealPlayer™ video format. The Gig lasts just under 15 minutes and includes ‘Profit In Peace’, ‘This Day Should Last Forever’, ‘Circle’ and ‘The Day We Caught The Train’. It’s worth watching just for Simon’s Beard! | |
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