It seems like only 3 years since we played the Macclesfield Beer Festival - that's because it is! But, what do you know, we're back again this year - for one night only! We'll be headlining on the Friday night (May 6); there are a couple of reasons why we're not able to do the Saturday night as well, and I won't bore you with the details, but it's brilliant that we've been asked back (for the EIGHTH time!) to entertain what must be the best crowd in the North of England, never mind Macclesfield.
We've been practising like mad over the last few weeks, and a quick review of our proposed set suggests that something like 50% of it will be different than the last time we played, in 2013. We did toy with doing even more new tunes, but we managed to convince ourselves that people might want to hear some of the "old favourites" again - this, of course, has the added bonus of us not having to learn lots of new notes and words which, believe me, gets harder as time goes by!
The make up of the band remains unchanged - as some of you may recall Mon joined us at the start of 2014, and is now firmly established as part of the driving back line - his slap bass has to be heard to be believed! The rest of us are still breathing, and enjoying it just as much, so you will have the pleasure of Hugh, Dave, Andy, Paul and Chrissie's company once again - some might say this is a blessing and a curse, but we couldn't possibly comment!
An added bonus for us, this year, is that our old friend and bassist, Matt Johnson, has been engaged to do the sound for the Festival! Matt left to make his fortune in bread up in Lancaster, a couple of years ago, but we think the early mornings disagreed with him, so he is now running a Festival and Event Sound company, and we couldn't think of anyone better to be twiddling the knobs for us (at least he knows a lot of what we do, so he has no excuse for getting it wrong!) - all we have to do is make sure that he has the right date in his "diary"!
So, all that remains is for everyone to get their tickets (for FRIDAY night!); as hardened BF attendees will, no doubt, know, the Friday night is always the most popular, and tickets sell out at least a week before the Festival. As the best party band in Macclesfield is returning on that night, we're betting that it will be even hotter ticket, so make sure you get in quickly, to avoid disappointment! Ticket outlets are shown on the poster above, and they can also be bought online via the Macclesfield Beer Festival website.
We're really looking forward to seeing old friends again, and making some new ones; we guarantee there will be plenty of tunes to get you singing and dancing along - so make sure you do!
SEE YOU THERE!!
