March Violets gig

[weebleswobble]

They can have it at my house BYOB

[Brideoffrankenstein]

Have just asked about the venue confusion!

[Maisey]

THE MARCH VIOLETS Official Page

08 Dec 2007, 20:00
Not Available , Leeds, LS1 3AJ
Cost :

All Will Be Revealed Soon

That postcode is for 57 great george street, which is the address of "jazzwank" records. Jazzwank is owned by one Simon Denbigh!

Rosey Lugosi also seems to be in on the project as she is refusing to reveal anything before the official myspace does, but extends the offer of being in the long black hair video.

Thats simon and rosie. Tom's multiverse is in the top friends of the myspace (as is Clan of Xymox, who Tom played with for a while), so one assumes he's in.

We are cooking with STEEEEEEEEEAM

[Spiggy's hat]

Great news & a great big count me in. Can't help thinking that it will be recorded for a dvd release.

[biggy]

Is it me or is the March Violets reforming more exciting than anything the Sisters have done for years.
Rosie should wear her vampire outfit.

[DrDoom]

The gig is now confirmed and will take place @ The Metropolitan (old Poly)
on Saturday 8th December.

There is likely to be an after show party and DJ's till around 3am.

More details when they are available such as tickets and where to get
them and maybe a special "available only at the gig" bonus!

Watch this space....

PS SimonD is reportedly involved

[taylor]

>Is it me or is the March Violets reforming more exciting than anything the >Sisters have done for years.
>Rosie should wear her vampire outfit.

[Quiff Boy]

so it IS the met? cool

i bet some old faces will come out of the woodwork for this one

[eotunun]

Leeds is not that big a city.
If there's no crowd at 19:45 at the Cockpit, it's the Met, right?
Get a bus and get going.
If there's a crowd at each, then, erm..

[Dark]

I might just have to get up there for this one, then. I'd best get to memorizing some of their songs again.

[Quiff Boy]

just had it confirmed - its definitely at leeds metropolitan uni

[bananacamel]

How cool is that. I am having a very excited moment.

[the-happening]

Do you want to be in a video? (long black hair and female applicants only need apply)

[Brideoffrankenstein]

Tom said would I plug their new video so here goes! (for those of you who haven't seen the bulletin on MySpace)

We are looking for people to be in a video for a new track called Long Black Hair.

You have to:
1. be of the fairer sex (in the loosest sense) ie: female.
2. have long black hair.
3. film yourself (or get someone to film you) shaking the aforementioned hair to 45 seconds of the track.
4. send the clip to us.

The track is on our myspace site player, and you can download it too. It is not the full track, or even a good version of the track, just something for you to shake your hair along to. It is at 120 bpm, please don't slow it down or speed it up during filming.

We want girls of any size or age, as long as they have long black hair.
Obviously... rubber, leather, tattoos, piercings and exposed flesh are all considered acceptable bonuses but not totally necessary. Style and movement are definitely important, and we will be featuring a few of what we consider the best clips in more prominent positions in the video.
If you could make sure that you have a light (white is best) or dark (black is best) background behind you we would appreciate it.
Multiple headbanging is acceptable as long as everyone has long black hair... the more the merrier.

We are happy to accept video clips done on a mobile phone, or a video camera.
We prefer mpeg1 or mpeg2 files, but anything will do.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure that you attach your name to the clip (the easiest way is to rename it with your name plus a random 4 digit number to make sure there are no duplicates ie: RosieLugosi1488) as we will be showing your name with the clip on the video and in the end credits...Don't worry, we'll take the last 4 numbers back off.

The easiest way to do this is to go to our website at http://longblackhairvideo.marchviolets.us and either drag and drop your file into the box, or copy and paste it there.

Or you could attach it to an email and send it to videoclips@marchviolets.com (not bigger than 10 meg total size though)

If you are having trouble sending us your clip we suggest going to the nearest internet cafe and asking for help. Or now might actually be the time to befriend that Geek.

If you have access to high quality video equipment, and want to send us something that will be a BIG file, please stick it on a CD/DVD and post it to us at

Studio 247
57 Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3AJ
UK

Please Note:
By sending us your video clip you will be giving us permission to use it how we want. If you can't agree to this PLEASE DO NOT SEND IT. There will not be any payment for any use of the clip... sorry. You will however probably be in a mighty groovy video, and we want to set a record for the most number of headbanging ladies in a video, so will be sending it to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Please tell your hairy friends.
xxx
MVs

[biggy]

Simon, Rosie, Tom and supposedly ...... matt from a Gary Numan tribute band




http://www.myspace.com/ytds

Original vocals, Guitar and erm.. drums is near enough for me.

[the-happening]

Was a bit much to expect Loz to drag himself away from corporate recovery and insolvency.

[Quiff Boy]

matt?

i know him. he's from manchester, and a regular at sin city

http://www.myspace.com/matty__matty

nice chap & huge chameleons fan

[Spiggy's hat]

matt?

i know him. he's from manchester, and a regular at sin city

http://www.myspace.com/matty__matty

nice chap & huge chameleons fan

Does he post on WV?

[bananacamel]

Was a bit much to expect Loz to drag himself away from corporate recovery and insolvency.

Actually that's not true, after seeing this post I emailed Loz to see if he's involved and apparently despite wanting to be, Simon is still pissed with him for kicking him out in 1984. So could have been the full crew if Simon would grow up a bit.

[Quiff Boy]

matt?

i know him. he's from manchester, and a regular at sin city

http://www.myspace.com/matty__matty

nice chap & huge chameleons fan

Does he post on WV?

i dont know, to be honest. i dont think so...

[Maisey]

Was a bit much to expect Loz to drag himself away from corporate recovery and insolvency.

Actually that's not true, after seeing this post I emailed Loz to see if he's involved and apparently despite wanting to be, Simon is still pissed with him for kicking him out in 1984. So could have been the full crew if Simon would grow up a bit.

Thats a shame. There's nothing that can be done?

[mh]

Sitting down and talking about it like adults?

Seriously, what's done is done, and there's nothing to be gained from persisting with grudges. If Loz has been willing to offer peace, then at the very least he deserves a hearing out.

[nitestorm]

Well, didn't the same happen with Si and von a few years ago when the violets left merciful? they sorted it out......... (refering to loz btw)

[nitestorm]

I wonder if von is going to return the favour and be a nurse to the drum sounds in this band???????

[Big Si]

THE MARCH VIOLETS

Saturday December 8th 2007

On Saturday December 8th 2007 The March Violets play their first gig since the 1980s, featuring the original line-up of Si Denbigh, Rosie Garland and Tom Ashton.



We deliberately went for a Saturday to make it better for those of you who actually work or who are thinking of travelling. … see… we still love you!

* Tickets

Tickets will be available very soon.

There are 1000 tickets, no more. They will be initially be available via the Myspace page http://www.myspace.com/officialmarchviolets with other outlets to follow.

* Venue

Leeds Metropolitan University, (known as the Met)

Students' Union,

Calverly Street, Leeds, LS1 3HE

United Kingdom

www.lmusu.org.uk

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/visiting/inde ... findus.htm

* Travel to Leeds

AIR

Leeds – Bradford Airport is 11 miles from the city centre of Leeds.

www.lbia.co.uk

There is a regular express coach link from the airport to the city centre –

Leeds Airport Airlink 757. It arrives and departs from Leeds Coach Station (see below).

Jet2 is the main cheap carrier from Europe into Leeds-Bradford airport (and Manchester Airport).

http://www.jet2.com/

Another option is to fly into Doncaster Airport (45 mins by car from Leeds). Cheap carriers are RYANAIR ( from Dublin) & FLYBE (from Belfast City).
www.robinhoodairport.com

.. or even consider EasyJet, who have cheap flights into Liverpool Airport & London Heathrow /Gatwick, then get Megabus to Leeds (see below)
http://www.easyjet.com/

There are lots of other options for very cheap flights from Europe to Manchester and other cities. Trains to Leeds from Manchester are pretty cheap.

COACH AND BUS

Leeds coach station is situated on Dyer Street LS2 7LA, south of Kirkgate market in the city centre.

You can get really cheap buses to Leeds on Megabus, available on these routes:

Leeds-Sheffield-Chesterfield-London
Newcastle-Leeds-London

Tickets can be ordered online at:

http://www.megabus.com/uk/
Or on the booking hotline 0900 160 0900 (60p per minute).

TRAIN

Leeds central train station is situated on Wellington Street, LS1 4BX

There is a free City Centre bus running from the train station to the Metropolitan University, but this ONLY runs up till 7.30pm on Saturdays.

Outside the station entrance there are bus stands, including the 95 route, which goes past the Met University & costs £1.

It's about a 5 to 10 minute walk to the Leeds Met (slightly uphill)

TAXI

Most Leeds taxis have to be booked in advance.

However, Leeds does have a taxi service you can hail on the street (hackney carriages). They are white with a black bonnet (hood) and have a yellow light on the roof. There is a taxi rank right outside the train station entrance.

Other taxi numbers:

A Metro Cars

66a New Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 6NU

Tel: 0113 244 4031 (700 yards from venue)

Amber Cars

Over 400 taxis available 24 hours

www.ambercarsleeds.co.uk

Parkways: 0113 2744 011

Holbeck Line

42, Bridge End, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 4DJ

Tel: 0113 243 3002

Taxis & Private Hire Vehicles

Airline Licensed Private Hire

42, Bridge End, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 4DJ

Tel: 0113 244 4303

Don't forget that the gig finishes at 3am. On a Saturday… a really busy time in Leeds.

And don't get into any unmarked "taxi cabs" they do tend to operate on weekends and are not safe. Taxi prices are always more expensive at weekends.

CAR

Directions can be downloaded from Transport Direct:

http://www.transportdirect.info/Transpo ... /Home.aspx

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/visiting/inde ... findus.htm

Nearest car parking:

· Portland Crescent (opposite venue)

LS1 3HJ

01133950050

Leeds City Council

Minimum costs for parking: £1.00

· Woodhouse Lane

LS1

01133950050

Leeds City Council

Minimum costs for parking: £2.00

· Merrion Centre

5 Merrion Way

Leeds

Yorkshire

LS2 8LY

01132458711

Q-Park

Minimum costs for parking: £1.60

· Other travel info and further Info about Leeds

www.leedstravelinfo.co.uk

Leeds Tourist Office ..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE />..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE />..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE />(+44) 0113 242 5242

www.leeds.gov.uk

Travel and tourist information

www.leeds-uk.com

* Accommodation

Saturday 8th December is a busy time as it is on the run-up to Xmas, and hotels get booked up quickly.

Leeds has a variety of city centre hotels, bed & breakfasts, and hostel accommodation.

These can be booked through the: 'Gateway Yorkshire' booking service on 0800 80 80 50.

We suggest that if you know anyone in Leeds you could ask to stay, or just wait around for 4hrs till 7am when all buses and trains should be running. However, for those who need it, here is a list of Hotels near Leeds Met University:

The gig finishes at 3am so we wanted to list hotels that are a relatively easy stagger from the Gig, the rest are a taxi ride (though it is 3am on a Saturday/Sunday....might be a bit of a wait) or a bus ride if they are running at that time.

There are plenty of hotels in the city, we recommend the obvious ones which are walkable (and downhill) from the Met..... the Novotel, Ibis, Marriott, Hilton and Radisson. These are by no means cheap (but weekend rates are usually more reasonable, always ask, you never know). In particular The Golden Lion on Lower Briggate has catered for the Beyond the Veil festivals so is used to slightly different looking clientele (and might give a good rate).

All these and more can be found at:

http://www.laterooms.com/en/k16294317_leeds-hotels.aspx

just put in the date and search, and then hit the miles button to get them in a list of nearness to the gig.

For the posh ones amongst you, the Hilton is on

Neville Street

Leeds

LS1 4BX

United Kingdom

Telephone: 44 (0) 113 2442000

Fax: 44 (0) 113 2433577

Email: reservations.leedscity@hilton.com

http://www.hilton.co.uk/leedscity

The following list gives somewhat cheaper smaller hotels near the university.

You can find the location of any of the hotels by using

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

and typing in the post code. There is also an accommodation finder at www.leeds.gov.uk (click tourism and leisure, then accommodation).

Avalon Guest House

132 Woodsley Road

Leeds LS2 9LZ

Web address: http://www.s-h-systems.co.uk/a52387.html

Phone: +44 (0) 113 243 2545

Fax: +44 (0) 113 215-8033

Email:

10 bedrooms

Prices from: single bed & Breakfast: from £28 to £40.

On the edge of campus; about 5 minutes walk from the School.

Cliff Lawn Hotel

Cliff Road

Headingley

Leeds LS6 2ET

Web address: http://www.clifflawn-hotel.co.uk

Phone/Fax: +44 (0) 113 278 5442

Email: ian@clifflawn.fsbusiness.co.uk

14 bedrooms

Prices from: £36.20 single standard room inc bed & breakfast & VAT

Good value hotel walking distance to the University or a very short bus ride. Quiet setting.

Boundary Hotel

Cardigan Road

Headingley

Leeds LS6 3A9

Web address: http://www.boundaryhotel.co.uk

Phone/fax: +44 (0) 113-275-7700

Email: info@boundaryhotel.co.uk

18 bedrooms

Prices from: single standard £29.95, en-suite £34.95 inc full English breakfast

In Headingley, about 3 miles north of the University.

Butlers Hotel

40 Cardigan Road

Leeds LS6 3AG

Web addresss: www.butlershotel.co.uk

Phone/Fax: + 44(0) 113-247-4755

Email: info@butlershotel.co.uk

Prices from: single room £72.50 inc breakfast

Nice hotel, about 3 miles north of the University and on the bus route or a short taxi ride.



The Comfort Inn Hotel

15 Bishopgate Street

Leeds LS1 5DF

Web address: http://www.comfortinn-leeds.activehotels.com/R4U

Phone: +44 (0)113-242-2555

Fax:: +44 (0) 242-2555

Email: info@confortinn-leeds.co.uk

80 bedrooms

Prices from £50 for single room. Breakfast from £2.25

Very close to the station. Budget chain hotel.

Haley's Hotel

Shire Oak Road

Headingley

Leeds LS6 2DE

Web address: www.haleys.co.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 113 278-4446

Fax: +44 (0) 113 275 3342

Email: info@haleys.co.uk

Prices from £97, inc breakfast.

Nice hotel about 25 minutes walk or short bus/taxi journey in quiet part of town about 2 miles north of the University.

The Travelodge Central Hotel

Blayds Court

Blayds Yard, Off Swinegate

Leeds LS1 4AD

Web address: www.travelodge.co.uk

Tel: + 44 0870 191 1655

Fax: +44 (0)113 246-0076

Prices from: £54.95 per room per night

Close to the station. Budget chain hotel in city centre.

Glengarth Hotel

162 Woodsley Road Leeds LS2 9LZ

tel +44 (0) 113 245 7940

fax +44 (0) 113 216 8033

Prices (per person per night): from £40 (en suite)

Small Family run hotel, located near the University

Manxdene Hotel

154 Woodsley Road Leeds LS2 9LX

tel +44 (0) 113 243 2586

Prices (per person per night): Single £27, Double/Twin £40 (not ensuite)

Small hotel close to the University.

Oak Villa Hotel

57 Cardigan Road

Leeds LS6 1DW

England

Tel: 44 (0) 113 275 8439

Fax: 44 (0) 113 275 8439

Prices £30 or £44 en-suite.

Small hotel in Headingley, 2-3 miles north of the University.

Walkable, or short bus/taxi ride.

Broomhurst Hotel

12 Chapel Lane, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3BC

Telephone: +44 (0)113 278 6836

Fax: +44 (0)113 230 7099

Web site: http://www.ukhotel.com/yorkshire/broomhurst-hotel.htm

Prices: from £35 ensuite.

Small hotel in Headingley, 2-3 miles north of the University.

Walkable, or short bus/taxi ride.

Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Leeds

186 Otley Road

Headingley

Leeds, LS16 5PR

Tel: 0113 278 1000

Central reservations: 0870 606 3606

Fax: 0113 278 1111

email: salesleeds@village-hotels.com

Web: http://www.villagehotelsonline.co.uk/ho ... /index.htm

Special leisure break rate (minimum two nights): £56.00/room (or £28 per person for sharing); normal rate £98.00.

Large hotel with good health club (swimming pool etc). Near Weetwood Hall, about 4 miles north of the University, on main bus route to the University.

Hope to see you on the 8th….. Dress up, you'll be on video.