The Mariners are on their way to Wembley, TWICE😁
Mariners get down your iTunes Store and bag yourself the mighty Orphan Boy Mariner anthem 'Black And White (For You)' for the trips down.
Black and White (For You) - Single by Orphan Boy
The Mariners are on their way to Wembley, TWICE😁
Mariners get down your iTunes Store and bag yourself the mighty Orphan Boy Mariner anthem 'Black And White (For You)' for the trips down.
Black and White (For You) - Single by Orphan Boy
Yes we're still alive and so is Sounds From The Other City. Get yourselves down there today, always a top affair.
Live music is alive and well at Ku Bar in Stockton-on-Tees. Orphan Boy supported The Enemy there last Sunday night and it reminded me of how great the hardest profession in the world can be.
A great venue run by hard working friendly staff, Jimmy Jukebox, Simon and many others looked after us from start to finish. Typified when Chris Orphan's drum peddle broke two songs in and Jimmy quickly ran on The Enemy tour bus and shouted 'WE'VE GOT A SITUATIONNNN!' The Enemy lads jaws dropped given the events of Paris on Friday night, Jimmy quickly shouted out 'THE ORPHANS PEDAL's BUST.' Huge sighs of relief and a peddle were quickly emitted by the Enemy. A great bit of work by Jimmy and many thanks Liam✊🏻
So, the night was sold out, approx 40% of the crowd got in two hours before the 10pm headline set to watch and welcome the v impressive Flesh open proceedings. Approx 80% were in for the Orphan 9pm blinding & v well received set. Lots of Stockton pro Orphan love and signing going on all night after at the Orphan Boy merch spot. Support slot heaven basically as opposed to the hell of the empty room when the crowd have only eyes and ears for the headliner or possibly worse still is the 'support band are the enemy' scenario.
A blinding Enemy slot capped the night, approx a 1.5 hour set, biiiiggg sound for the v strong set and arms aloft pretty much start to finish.
Another highlight of the night was being educated in the edible art that is the North East invention 'The Parmo.'
All followed by packing up and driving 2 hours back to Mcr with big smiles on mine and Rick Concrete's faces.
Long live Rock & Roll...... and fast food diversity.
Mike Concrete
Check this band out if you haven't already. Saw em live at Gorilla, Mcr on Wednesday night. Brilliant
Check out the new single for the next Orphan single Money To Money out in October. The vid shows the intensity of the experience that is Orphan Boy live. Get yourselves down to their next show and say hello to the band. They're very friendly you see. Click here and enjoy 👇🏻
Was emotional listening to John's last Xposure show last night. He closed with the first two songs he started his XFM journey with. Dub Syndicate 'No Dog Barks' and lastly Chumbawamba's 'I Never Gave Up.'
Thank and praise the Lord though because John & Xposure remain intact when Radio X takes to the airwaves on 21st September✊🏻
Chumbawamba - I Never Gave Up
[Chorus]
And if you survive me
I Never gave up
Tell them this
I Never gave up
And if you survive me
I Never gave up
Tell them this
Almost as if I were planning ahead
I drank, I ate, I made love
I learnt to snatch whatever I could
I never asked for pity and I never gave up
[Repeat chorus]
Twenty months I kept accounts
And in the end they'll balance out
Sometimes I vomit happy memoriesSometimes I laugh out loud just to crack my face
[Repeat chorus]
And if I meet Hitler in the other place
I'll spit this precious soup in his face
And all my accounts will be settled, you see'
Cause Hitler never ever got the better of me
[Repeat chorus]
I never gave up, I never gave up
I crawled in the mud but I never gave up
[Repeat]
Kieran Fest took place this weekend. Read all about it here, one of the greatest examples you will see of the positives of the human spirit shining through a tragic event.
http://www.kierancr.org/ and show your support by donating here
https://www.justgiving.com/KieranCR42ndstreet/
So Monday night was Wearejellyfish being played on Salford City radio 94.4fm Tuesday was Q Magazine record of the day for the next Orphan Boy single
The Orphans will be supporting the great Liverpudlians that are Cast at The Engine Shed in Lincoln on 19th November. Get your tix on
Check out the review from CT's July gig in one of Concrete's fav venues The New Cross Inn -
https://shrewology.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/review-crooked-teeth-and-sol-flare-at-the-new-cross-inn/
Great set from Strangefruit at the Ruby Lounge tonight, check em out if you don't already know em
The Enemy have kindly asked Orphan Boy to be main support on their Middlesborough date in November. Thanks to The Enemy✊🏻
Love this place, things always surprise me here
The Band of the Day app has closed, this was a great way of checking out new bands every day in a v good format. I presume the close has something to do with people not buying music at this moment in our history. Sad news. RIP BOD Long LIve BOD✊🏻
I just spotted Manchester and Team Orphan's finest Jo Wads preparing our fine city for an event.
The promos are here
Hello People. At long last the Concrete website is reborn. Have a look on www.concreterecordings.co.uk and see what we're doing and what we've done.
Enjoy