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6th
August 2011 - Cambridge Rock Festival
The weekend of 6th August dawned with the
band making their way up the M11 to Cambridge
to play the Cambridge
Rock Festival 2011. Rehearsals
completed and advance plans made for transporting
drums, guitars, amps and people, the band
(and their equipment) arrived with time to
spare backstage, ready for their Saturday
afternoon slot on the main stage.
The 55-minute set was tight
and well received by the crowd, who showed
their appreciation enthusiastically. A couple
of new numbers were aired and new singer Vicky
got her first taste of a festival. Considering
the competition at this gig, the band acquitted
themselves admirably.
Time to relax after the gig,
and the band had almost a small town of tents
pitched backstage surrounding a central gazebo,
all of which were provided and previously
assembled by the most excellent crew man Jan
May. It has to be said that Jan
thought of everything, producing from the
depths of the store tent a range of provisions
only rivalled by a well-stocked supermarket.
The remainder of the day was
spent mostly with a beer in hand, provided
by the extensive range of real ales from the
Festival bar, and wandering between the stages
to check out the live music.
Altogether an excellent festival,
a great gig and a well spent weekend. Have
a look HERE |
12th April
2011
Check out the photos from Redz
Venue in Crawley, taken at SBB's
1st April gig.
24th February
2011
Paul Hollands
will be joining the Steve Boyce Band as
our new drummer with immediate effect.
Paul played wth Steve in the Absolute Radio house
band on the Abbey Road sessions
in October 2008. He brings to the band a wealth
of experience and we look forward
to a long and successful future with him. We wish
Gary Hunsley
all the best for the future
and thank him for his amazing contribution to the
band over the last four years.
The
band's 4-track EP is available for purchase through
iTunes.
Click HERE
for more information and to buy.
NEW
SINGLE - WE SEE RED
The band have recently been approached by Crawley
Town Football Club to write an FA Cup
song
for the Club to mark their forthcoming epic match
against Manchester United.
The song is entitled We
See Red and has received airplay through
local radio stations
and will be available very soon for purchase through
iTunes.
It is also destined to be included in the band's
live shows as part of a revamped set for 2011.
You can listen to We See
Red now, on the Media
Page
THE
STEVE BOYCE BAND FACEBOOK PAGE
The band now have their own page on Facebook - HERE.
Please check it out and become a member for more
chat, news and general gossip.
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RECENT
NEWS
4th January 2011
HAPPY
NEW YEAR to you all!
We have been busy over the last couple of
months writing new material for a new
album which we will showcase in our forthcoming
gigs. The boys and girls will be going into the studios
shortly to start rehearsing and we can't wait to get
back out on stage and have a bit of a party. We will
be going out with some old friends this year including
The Hamsters and
Eddie and The Hot Rods.
There will be some more surprises too!
May 1st - Blindley Heath Country Show, South Godstone,
Surrey
August 6th - Cambridge Rock Festival
The single Transmitter/Poor
Child continues to sell well on iTunes
but for the technophobes, you can still buy it on
CD and also the Hyde Park Show DVD, available via
the link on this site.
We look forward to seeing you soon - so keep in touch.
Hopefully there will be a Facebook
page opening up shortly so there are no excuses!
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| Strange
things sometimes happen. Especially when you're in the
Steve Boyce Band!
Last
week Steve was approached to do a session for a local
businessman. It was a version of Daydream
Believer with a change in lyrics to cheer
on our World Cup squad.
The
singer never showed for the session so Steve did it
himself. What was not mentioned at the time was that
the track would be released as a single with airplay
on Radio 2 and Talk Sport.
So
it's out this week. A little left-field (excuse the
pun) for SBB but
it could be the first time that we trouble the chart
compilers. Oh, and it's called CHEER
ON STEVIE G and it will be available from
i-Tunes from Wednesday 16th
June. C’mon
England! |
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EARLIER
NEWS
10th May 2010 - Silja
Rock 2010
GO HERE FOR
PHOTOS
Not
even the threat of a volcanic ash could keep The Steve
Boyce Band out of Stockholm for the rock cruise of
the year. In a slight change of routine, the boys
flew into Sweden on the same day as we were due to
set sail from Stockholm, and despite some delays,
comfortably made the ship with an hour or so to spare.
In fact the whole day went smoothly as SAS checked
the band and all of their equipment in at Heathrow
in record time and the boys and girls even had time
for a civilised breakfast – well most of them
managed a civilised breakfast.
The
two hour ‘hop’ over to Arlanda was also
incident free and our Artist liaison was waiting for
us. The coach had a to make another stop at Terminal
2 to pick up The Quireboys who were flying in from
Hanover via Vienna… (who books some of these
itineraries?). A 45-minute bus ride brought us to
the Ocean Terminal which was teeming with fans boarding
our ship, m/v Silja Symphony. It looked like the assembly
point for a Viking invasion and it was obvious that
even Vikings need Dutch courage.
Surely
they weren’t all pissed, already?
At
5pm the three long blasts from the ship's horn announced
two facts – we were sailing, and the party begins.
Half an hour later the SBB joined the Promoters for
the official welcome dinner… we shared our table
with the Irish band Glyder who had just played in
Stockholm the night before. They seemed a nice quiet
bunch of guys…
With
the SBB not playing until Saturday night, they had
a quiet evening off and most of it was spent in the
lounge/casino bar watching the people and their vast
capacity for alcohol. There is no doubt that when
a Swede falls over, the collapse is like a 50 year
old pine tree that has been felled with a chainsaw
… spectacular. We caught most of Glyder's set
and very good it was too, before Ian Hunter and The
Rant Band took to the stage. Opening with ‘Once
Bitten Twice Shy’ they effortlessly played a
mixture of old and new Hunter material before rolling
back the years with ‘All the Way from Memphis’.
Unfortunately they ran out of time so all the old
dudes in the audience will have to wait until next
time to relive their younger days. From our exclusive
vantage point at he side of the stage we noted that
Ian Hunter launched himself off the 5ft stage at the
end of the set - a remarkable feat given his…
err… years in the business. Madman! He confirmed
that he was fine afterwards and was last seen walking
the corridors with a bottle of champagne in the wee
hours – brilliant. The night closed with Swedish
band Treat who belted out a traditional rock set to
a raucous audience.
Day
two… I think that we all made it down to breakfast.
We arrived in Helsinki. Possibly the most boring city
in the world – no wonder they have such a high
suicide rate. The band ventured ashore and confirmed
that the statue that they were photographed under
last year is still there. The coffee and cakes in
the executive lounge took a bashing before we headed
down to sound check. We caught The Quireboys finishing
theirs and it is easy to see how they have become
a major attraction on the live circuit. Despite their
reputation as one of the hardest partying bands around
they are a great bunch of guys who seem to have time
to talk and laugh with everyone.
Twenty
minutes later SBB too are finished and a big thanks
to Stefan and his team who make everything so easy.
There is no sign of Dan Reed so we disperse to our
cabins for a rest before dinner in the Swedish Buffet
later.
These
dinners are something of a quiet affair and everyone
tries to keep off the beer until after the show. Even
the bottles of house wine on the table go virtually
untouched - which is a crying shame given the cost
of alcohol and the inevitable shortage that will occur
later in our dressing room. With an onstage time of
9pm, the hour or so flies by before we meet in what
has become our regular dressing rooms down the well
trodden flight of stairs below stage level. This year
the promoters have done us proud on the rider again,
and a feast of open sandwiches, a cheese board bigger
than most in restaurants, and what some joker christened
a fruit plateau rather than platter and various accompaniments
greet us in the room – there was also some alcoholic
refreshments. Just some.….
Going
on stage at the slightly earlier time of 9pm was always
going to be a bit more difficult as the audience made
their way from dinner to bar to nightclub. A good
few were already on the dance floor as the boys, led
by The Ringmaster Steve, took to the stage. Very soon
the floor was filled and the fun began. One thing
you cannot deny is that the Swedes have great memories
and a cool sense of humour. Choruses of ‘Cheers
Our Table’ rang out and coins were tossed at
Rick’s feet. By ‘Transmitter’ the
audience were going for it and the whole place was
rocking out. As the band finished their set and were
about to return to the stage for the encore they were
told that time was too tight and Steve graciously
bowed to the stage manager's request not to do another.
It is always disappointing as a musician not to go
back on when the audience clearly wants you to. However
the production team are first class and it would have
been unfair on them. Apologies to those fans who wanted
‘one more song’ – we’ll make
it up to you next time. We promise!
Now
last year we started a trend with an impromptu after-show
party in our dressing room which included Dan Baird’s
band and TSOOL. Obviously word had got around! After
a short cooling off period the first ‘vistors’
arrived. Thomas Larsen with our old friend the pixie
hated madman in a red skirt amongst others. Glyder
arrived with their beautiful manager Helena. Now these
guys are cool and we genuinely wish them all the very
best. It will be great to hook up with them again
when they visit London next. The quiet Dan Reed proved
hero of the event as he made his way to the stage
through our noisy guests armed only with an acoustic
guitar to face the crowd. Dan’s keyboard player
had been taken ill in Stockholm. However, Anthea,
one of our singers is a big Dan Reed fan and just
before he went on stage he promised to dedicate a
song to her, it being her birthday. Now I have heard
a lot of people say that kind of thing only to instantly
‘forget’ as soon as they get on stage.
Dan is not one of those. He is a very surprising guy.
When he finished his set he gently closed the door
of his dressing room and was noticeably quiet. We
all went back to the side stage for a quick boogie
along to The Quireboys before returning to our party.
Emerging from his dressing room Dan Reed joined in
the party with a display of his balancing tricks which
were successful only to a degree – where did
that glass bowl go Dan? He then brought out his guitar
and cool as you like started entertaining everyone
– amazing. The Quireboys apparently don't need
any invitation to a party… and were as entertaining
offstage as they are on. They are also generous and
invited SBB to utilise their rider, as ours was decimated!
Cheers lads. Chris Laney was having a great time with
our cheese board and we hope that he took it with
him when he finally left - if he finally left. When
a young lady refers to an open prawn sandwich as lots
of ‘little penises on bread’ you know
that it is time to call it a night.
Sunday…
a rather subdued breakfast room, unsurprisingly. No
Ebbot collapsing through the buffet table and no sign
of The Quireboys or Glyder for some strange reason.
Dan Reed has asked if he can travel to the airport
on our bus which was an honour for us, and we slowly
make our way off of the Silja Hangover. But what?
Literally as we are just about to set off to the airport
we hear that Spike and boys need a lift too…
their guaranteed late check out has just been unguaranteed!
As they jump on the bus with us there are already
whispers of finding a pub en route to the airport.
I have no doubt that this whisper was in a Geordie
accent. Oh boy, this could be a long day except we
are already running tight on our 1pm flight to London.
Some hurried goodbyes outside the terminal with the
promise/threat of meeting up in bar after check-in.
We are lucky, our flight departs roughly on time and
The Quireboys have several hours to kill before theirs...
I wonder how they will spend their time?
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PREVIOUS
NEWS - 23rd March 2010
After
a fairly quiet couple of months the boys are gearing
up to return to Sweden and the Silja
Rock Cruise in May. This year they will
be sharing the bill with Ian Hunter, The Quireboys
and Dan Reed. So it is quite a line up. A lot of friends
and fans have asked how they book up to go. The best
way is to go to the promoter's
website - although most of it is Swedish you
can send them an email and we are sure that they will
get back to you.
One of the features of The Steve Boyce Band has been
our geat backing singers. We realised that we have
not really given them much coverage on this site before
so here you go!
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Anthea
Brown
'Amfy' joined shortly before the Hyde Park show
and was really thrown in at the deep end and has
gone on to play all the gigs with SBB. She is
a real 'local' girl coming from Croydon - the
spiritual home of The Steve Boyce Band - and fits
in great with boys in band.
Amfy has been singing for 'ages' and has recently
been playing alot a guitar and wrting her own
material.
She likes Muse, System of a Down and is a generally
a bit more up to date than the rest of us! On
stage she keeps the vocal together for everyone
and off stage Amfy is so laid back that she is
just great to be around when everyone else is
stressing out.
"Sure, getting up on stage in front of
20,000 people at Hyde Park was amazing with Steve
and the boys but the Silja show was something
very special. 1,800 music fans just there to enjoy
themselves and really getting into the music.
I couldn't believe the crowd singing along to
the choruses. How the hell did they know the songs?
Amazing... fucking amazing... can I say that?" |
Angela Burstow
Steve certainly had a stroke of luck when he met
up with Angela whils they both happened to be
working in adjacent studios in London last year.
Angela had ben singing in various bands for quite
a while and more recently had her own band which
played accross the UK and southern Europe.
She recorded and produced an album for a major
label back in the late 1980s but it was never
released as the label moved away from rock and
invested in pop much to its cost.
More recently Londoner Angela was working on the
club circuit but was becoming increasingly frustrated
doing covers and was focusing on The West End
stage.
"It got to the point where I just wanted
to go out and rock. The Steve Boyce Band has certainly
done that for me. I love The Stones, Meatloaf
and Fleetwood Mac because they really give you
the opportunity to SING! Sweden will be my first
real show with the boys and I cant wait!" |
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14th
October 2009
Photos
from the recent Boom Boom
Club show are online HERE
Guitarist Ronni
Sims recently took part in an interview
which you can read HERE
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28th September 2009
The
Steve Boyce Band
returned to Sutton to play one of two special London
shows with their old friends STRAY.
SBB headlined
at the Boom Boom Club
earlier in the summer and it showed as a large
crowd turned up early to catch them. There are some
photos HERE.
Several fans were at pains to point out that they
were there, at Carshalton
Park, on Friday
4th June 1976. This was the first time
that Steve supported STRAY
and the cause of much hilarity back stage as Steve
and Del argued about who was younger...
It was no secret that Steve had been away in the
USA for three weeks prior to the gig, arrving back
only the night before. The lack of rehearsal was
obviously a concern but Steve pulled it off, aided
by a rare appearance by Sasha
on backing vocals. Her first SBB
show since August last year!
With no time to work on any new numbers for the
set, SBB managed
to include a couple of songs that they had only
performed in Sweden back in May. Hands
of Time was new to most of the audience
whilst some of the more mature crowd recognised
The Artist,
which was always one of the favourites back in the
day. This was an ideal audience for SBB
comprising of existing fans and a new crowd ready
to listen to classic rock performed as it should
be. The band made a lot of new fans and it proved
what a success these type of shows are. Given a
45-minute slot, the band ripped through the set
before making way for Del, Karl and Stuart.
STRAY powered
through what seemed like a 'Best of ...' set including
several songs from their brilliant new album Valhalla.
It never ceases to amaze how much energy Del puts
into his shows and yet again confirmed that STRAY
are winning new fans wherever they go.
Although Steve and Del go way back it was great
to see both bands enthusiastically watching each
other's set. There is not too long to wait until
the next show together either. On Saturday
17th October STRAY and the STEVE
BOYCE BAND join forces again at The
Royal Standard in Walthamstow,
London and you know what ...... I
have a funny feeling that this will not be the last.
(tickets HERE
or on the door)
Lastly a big thank you from Steve and the band to
everyone who turned out on Friday. We look forward
to seeing you in Wathamstow.
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14th September 2009
Only
a couple of weeks to go now before the boys return
for a couple of shows with STRAY.
Stray have had a busy summer with some critically-acclaimed
performances on the festival circuit and last night
they played a near sell-out show over in Chislehurst.
To avoid disappointment order your tickets in advance
for Sutton's Boom Boom
Club on Friday
25th Sept at www.feenstra.co.uk.
Steve
Boyce is presently out in the United States (more
news on that later! ) but promises a rockin’
show at Sutton. ‘We are stripping it back
to basics for this show and going to play a rock
set with all the old favourites. We can’t
wait to hook up with Del Bromham again and you're
guaranteed a lot of fun – see you there!
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1st August 2009
First
and foremost we would like to apologise to all of
you who went to The Water
Rats last Tuesday expecting to see us play.
The
gig was pulled on us at about 4 pm on the day –
we were all there ourselves,
fully expecting to play. The promoters told us that
there had been a mix up and that they had double
booked the bands. Considering that the Steve
Boyce Band were the first band to have been
booked into the venue on this date we find their
explanation somewhat less than credible. We have
asked the promoter, Monto Water Rats, for a statement
on several occasions this week and none has been
forthcoming so, at this late stage, we do not expect
one.
We
had been looking forward to this gig because we
haven’t played in London for quite some time.
Furthermore, under the contract with Monto Water
Rats we were restricted to not playing any other
London shows for 30 days either side of this date.
Our
biggest concern is for our fans. We know that a
lot of you had planned to attend and some were travelling
long distances. Again we can only offer our sincere
apologies for any inconvenience and wasted time.
We
will be playing two fantastic shows in September
and October. Our old friends STRAY
have invited us to be their special guests show
in South London and North London. For us it will
be a welcome return to The
Boom Boom Club in Sutton on Friday
25th September. Advance tickets should be
booked in advance for only £10.00 from www.feenstra.co.uk.
Then we will be at The Royal
Standard Music Venue in Walthamstow on Saturday
17th October.
See
you soon
Best
Wishes from Steve, Rick, Ronnie and Gary
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18th JULY 2009
The Steve Boyce Band
are pleased to announce that they will be the special
guests
of one of Britain's most enduring rock bands STRAY
on Fri 25th Sept
at The Boom Boom Club
in Sutton
and on Sat 17th Oct
at The Standard
Music Venue in Walthamstow.
More details to follow
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9th JUNE 2009
We
are pleased to announce that the EP tracks
Poor Child and Transmitter
/ Receiver
(mixed by Chris Tsangarides and Pete Hammond) are
now available to download from iTunes.
The 4 track CD can also be purchased via the website
for £4.99 incl postage and packing -
details to follow or use the contact
link.
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30th MAY 2009
Negotiations
are well in hand for some special dates this Autumn
here in the UK.
Keep posted right here for news
NEW SHOW - Tuesday 28th
July at The
Water Rats, 328 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X
8BZ
Full details to follow
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24th MAY 2009
We're
back! Our trip to Sweden was a blast!
Read all about it, with photos, HERE
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18th MAY 2009
Steve
appeared on the Chistian
O'Connell breakfast show on Absolute
Radio this morning
to talk about Hard Rock
Calling 2009 and the Steve
Boyce Band's activities over the last
year.
Christian played Transmitter/Receiver
and Steve told him about
the single Poor Child
b/w Transmitter/Receiver
and forthcoming trip to Scandinavia.
You can keep up to date with the band's activities
in Sweden and Helsinki
right here with Steve's
Diary.
The band leave for Stockholm tomorrow and the tracks
should be available on i-Tunes
later this week.
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11th
MAY 2009
Steve,
together with the boys and girls, played a warm
up gig
at Sutton's Boom Boom Club
last night before they head out to Scandinavia next
week.
The band played an 80-minute revamped set which
included three 'new' songs.
They opened with the new single Poor
Child and rocked their way through to
a closing Ladykiller.
They encored with No Entry
- ironically the song that they opened with at last
year's
Hard Rock Calling
in Hyde Park. After the show Steve said 'We were
very happy with the show and thought that the new
numbers fitted in well - I was especially pleased
with Sarah and Anthea.
It was the first show that they have done without
Sasha and the vocals were excellent.'
The show was a good way to round off a busy weekend
which saw the debut airplay
of Poor Child
on Total Rock Radio's 'Doom
& Co Show', presented by Malcolm
Dome.
'We hope that we will have the download release
sorted out by the end of the week - it has been
delayed because of the record label interest. Obviously
this is a good thing but we are impatient
and just want it out there ' said Rick Luck. More
news on this very soon.
Photos
from the Boom Boom Club gig can be found HERE
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5th
MAY 2009
The
release of the new double A-Side single
Poor Child + Transmitter/Receiver has
been
delayed until mid May whilst negotiations with a
major record label are taking place
The
boys have been in rehearsal for the forthcoming
dates
and have added several new songs to the set
The
support act at The Boom
Boom Club in Sutton
on Sunday 10th
May will be
the hard rocking blues trio The
Danny Giles Band
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The
Steve Boyce Band
will be appearing live on the following dates:
Sunday
10th May 2009 - The
Boom Boom Club -
Sutton - Surrey
Doors open 7.30pm - Admission £8.00 advance,
£10.00 on the door
20th
to 22nd May 2009 - Silja Rock Cruise - Stockholm -
Sweden |
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On
2nd October 2008 Absolute
Radio broadcast their Breakfast
Show live from Abbey
Road Studios
A call went out to form a house band for the occasion
and as a result Steve found himself playing live on
the Breakfast Show
in the legendary Studio 2
at Abbey Road
Not
only did the house band perform brilliantly, but Steve
was also interviewed live on air by Christian
O'Connell |
The
band played the Hayling Island
Festival on 30th
August 2008 supporting Fish
They delivered a fantastic set and received a great
response from an enthusiastic audience
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Ronnie
and Steve were both in the studios Tues 5/8/08, laying
down guitars
for the new release which coninues to generate interest.
The
boys should finish recording early next week and then
the tracks will go
down to be mixed by legendary producer Chris Tsangarides.
Chris is one of the
world's most respected rock producers having worked
with Black Sabbath,
Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Judas Priest, Y+T, Bruce Dickinson
and Malmsteen
http://www.recordproduction.com/chris-tsangarides-record-producer.html |
Saturday
30th August
The Hayling Island Festival
supporting
FISH
Information and tickets HERE
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The
Steve Boyce Band went into the recording
studios in July
to record Transmitter/Receiver
and Poor Child.
Discussions are under way with a well known producer
and the tracks should be available as downloads in
the near future.
We'll keep you updated right here - so keep checking
back |
Download
the Virgin Radio
documentary
about the Steve Boyce
Band at Hard
Rock Calling - HERE
After
playing at London's Hard Rock Cafe and opening at
Hyde Park for Eric Clapton in June, the band is
in full swing and certainly back in a blaze of publicity.
As a couple of the boys take a well-earned break,
work has commenced on several projects, news of
which we hope to announce shortly.
In the meantime Virgin Radio are showing video
footage of the whole Hyde Park set and interviews
together with an audio
documentary - both well worth checking out!
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| Recent
interviews include one with Virgin Radio's Christian
O'Connell HERE,
and one HERE
for Get Ready To Roll! |
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