China Crisis + Guests 7.30pm, Saturday 21 February, Bedford Esquires China Crisis are an English pop/rock band formed in 1979 in Kirkby, near Liverpool, Merseyside with a core of vocalist/keyboardist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon. China Crisis were originally assimilated in the batch of new wave Liverpool acts of[…]
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DUB PISTOLS + Guests 7:30pm Saturday 20th December, Club 85, Hitchin. Pleased to announce DUB PISTOLS make a welcome return for their annual end of year party at CLUB 85, HITCHIN on Saturday 20th December. The Dubs may have had an easier ride of it if they’d been a cartoon[…]
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Johnny Hates Jazz + Telephone Tag 7.30pm Thursday 23rd October, Bedford Esquires Johnny Hates Jazz, comprising Clark Datchler (songwriting, vocals, keyboards) and Mike Nocito (production, engineering, guitars), achieved prominence in the late 1980s with a string of hits, notably “Shattered Dreams.” Released in March 1987, the song reached top 5[…]
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CMAT + Guests 7:30pm, 22nd June, Bedford Esquires We are extremely excited to be hosting a Glastonbury warm up show for none other than CMAT at Esquires on Sunday 22nd June, as part of the venue’s 35th anniversary celebrations! International pop star. Writer of songs. Fearer of bugs. Girlboss of[…]
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Mad Dog Mcrea + Guests: Skimmington Ride 7;30pm, Sat 15th November, Club 85, Hitchin Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates[…]
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Stick in the Wheel – Bedford Esquires – Thursday 2nd October This radical East London duo are known for their intense live shows exploring the raw holler of folk, synths, spoken word and intricate rustic dobro guitar. Full-force reworkings of centuries-old work-songs speak to contemporary issues of class, using multi-layered[…]
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THE RIFLES + iC1s– 7:30pm, Friday 3rd October, Bedford Esquires THE RIFLES head out on a new UK Tour calling into Bedford Esquires on Friday 3rd October. Fresh from their UK #1 Independent album ‘LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR’ this will be the first full band show at the venue in over[…]
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The Herbaliser Band + Guests 7:30pm, Sat 1st November, Bedford Esquires Way back In 1995, Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry AKA The Herbaliser, a sample-based beatmaking duo from Twickenham, South West London, released their debut 12” single ‘The Real Killer’ on UK label Ninja Tune. They soon followed up with their first LP, ‘Remedies’ Establishing themselves as one of[…]
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The Men They Couldn’t Hang + Guests 7:30pm, Friday 17th October, Club 85, Hitchin Founded in 1984, TMTCH evolved from the Shepherd’s Bush squatting and busking scene to make their debut supporting Poguemahone at the Electric Ballroom in Camden in the Easter of that year. Swiftly their uproarious and engaging[…]
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The Men They Couldn’t Hang + Guests 7:30pm, Friday 21st November, The Black Prince, Northampton Pleased to announce The Men They Couldn’t Hang make their debut at The Black Prince Northampton on Friday 21st November. Founded in 1984, TMTCH evolved from the Shepherd’s Bush squatting and busking scene to make[…]
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