6th November 2004

Exclusive - OCS in December ‘Unplugged’ Tour

OCS are going to be doing a mini ‘unplugged’ tour in December, where they will be trying out upto 6 new songs from the forthcoming studio album, the first date officially announced is Derry in Northern Ireland on Thursday 9th December, followed by a further two dates in Galway, these are timed to coincide with a TV appearance on Irish TV. More dates for this unplugged tour are expected soon, as usual, you will read about them first here.

Click here to order tickets for the Derry gig.

Source:   Inhouse - Exclusive

10th November 2004

Exclusive - New Tour Date in Birmingham

The Lads third date on the ‘Unplugged’ Tour is a homecoming gig for the lads, they are playing the Carling Academy in Birmingham on Wednesday 15th December. Keep checking back here for more exclusive gig details.

Click here to order tickets through Ticketweb

Update:
This gig will be fully electric.

Source:   Inhouse - Exclusive

11th November 2004

www.oceancolourtheme.co.uk - a statement

In response to this forum posting regarding my recent tour exclusives:

I will continue to post information, if it is in the public domain (as below)
It is my decision, on my site, what I publish.
I will continue to support and work with ocs.com wherever possible.
If you do not want information published, then, as has been agreed with Chris in the past, an email stating the information and when it’s embargoed until would be helpful.

Onwards and Upwards.

Source:   Inhouse - A private email seeking clarification of the above points has been sent.

12th November 2004

New ‘Unplugged’ Tour Date in Ireland

The third date of the Irish leg of the ‘Unplugged’ tour is going to be in Waterford at the Den on 7th December. Dates for the highly anticipated Scottish Leg of the ‘Unplugged’ tour will be announced here soon.

Click here to order tickets for the Waterford gig.

Source:   ocs.com

16th November 2004

OCS in Keighley ‘Unplugged’ Gig Rumour

According to an Article on ‘This is Bradford’, OCS are to fill in for Paul Weller’s cancelled gig date on Sunday 5th December as a pre-cursor to the Irish Gig Dates.

The site states “Ocean Colour Scene are likely to play Paul Weller's rescheduled Keighley concert date after the rock star was forced to cancel for a second time”

Click here to read the full article on ‘This is Bradford’.

Source:   Inhouse / This is Bradford

16th November 2004

Simon Fowler in Solo Keighley Gig

Simon will be playing another solo gig in Keighley following on from his previous succesful excursions ‘oop north’. Simon will be playing for a limited audience of 200 people on Wednesday 1st December at The New Variety Club, (01535 680 109)

Tickets are £10 each in advance and these are expected to sell out very quickly, tickets go on sale @ 9am Saturday 20th November, using this link. (Available Now)

The gig will also be filmed for possible inclusion on-line at some later stage, it is also unclear wether the below article relates to this gig or a full ‘Unplugged’ Gig.

Source:   ocs.com

17th November 2004

OCS New Album Updates

The New Studio Album, provisionally entitled ‘The Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ is now due to be released in March 2005, the release date having slipped back a month.

In extracts from the new biography on ocs.com, written by famed mod scene writer Paolo Hewitt, the band discuss the new band members and recording the album.

Source:   ocs.com

17th November 2004

OCS More News Updates

The 2 Scottish Dates of the ‘Unplugged’ Tour will be announced tommorrow, it was also confirmed that the album is actually going to be called ‘The Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ rather than just a working title, the lads heard this on Radio 4 whilst recording the album and like it so much they decided the would “ave’ that”.

Simon and Steve are also going through ideas for the new album cover, the brief is for something vivid and simple.

The band are going to play 4 - 6 new songs on the Mini Tour, of which they are rehearsing 4/5 December, ‘This day should last forever’ being a definite on the setlist.

OCS Manager Chris Cradock has also paid my site the biggest compliment, by getting worried about my constant exclusives by mentioning this site in the latest article.

Source:   ocs.com

18th November 2004

Two New ‘Unplugged’ Tour Dates in Scotland

OCS have announced two more ‘Unplugged’ gigs in the mini tour, this time there playing to their favourite group of fans, the Scottish. Gig details are as follows:

Glenrothes (Near Dundee) on the 19th December at Rothes Hall (0870 903 3444)
Aberdeen on the 20th December at the Lemon Tree (01224 642230) or click here.

Source:   ocs.com

22nd November 2004

OCS play second night at Aberdeen’s ‘Lemon Tree’

OCS are to play a second night at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen, due to the phenomenal response to the first gig date on the 20th Dec. Gig details are as follows:

Aberdeen on the 21st December at the Lemon Tree (01224 642230) or click here.

Source:   ocs.com

23rd November 2004

Simon at ‘No Slap Just Tickle’ Charity Gig

Simon Fowler is going to sing ‘Second Hand Car’ at a ‘Tender’ Charity night this Sunday to raise awareness of domestic violence issues. The evening is billed as a ‘Extraordinary one off night of comedy and music’ featuring various acts from the musical and comedy worlds. Ticket details are as follows:

‘No Slap Just Tickle’ on the 28th November at the Old Vic Theatre, The Cut, Waterloo, London (0870 060 6628), Tickets £10-£25, Click here to read more.

Source:   Inhouse - Exclusive / Thanks to Chris Kennedy

25th November 2004

A New OCS gig in the Download Section

An early OCS gig from the Manchester Apollo in 1998 now appears in the Downloads section, the first four songs of a classic setlist are available now. Four more songs will become available next week. Keep checking back.

Click here to go to the Downloads Section.

Source:   Inhouse