SPEAR OF DESTINY est.1983 + Special Guests 7:30pm Thursday 14th December, Castle & Falcon, Birmingham Set to mark forty years since their formation this year, Spear of Destiny have been making a stir with their punk-influenced power-rock since 1983. Emerging from the wreckage of iconic post-punk band Theatre Of Hate,[…]
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The Ouse Valley Singles Club 7pm Friday 12th April – The Six Six Bar, Cambridge The Uk’s Favourite Comedy Skiffle Band The Ouse Valley Singles Club return to the Six Six Club in Cambridge following their sell out show in 2023. If you are not familiar with The Ouse Valley[…]
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JOHN OTWAY (solo show) + guests 7pm, Bank Holiday Sunday 26th May, Bedford Esquires Please to announce JOHN OTWAY is coming back to Hitchin ! John Otway is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring, a surreal sense of humour and a self-deprecating underdog[…]
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China Crisis + Guests 7.30pm, Friday 15th March, 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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HOUSE Of ALL (Ex-The Fall Supergroup) + Dog Race 7:30pm, Friday 26th April, Esquires Bedford We’re very pleased to welcome HOUSE OF ALL to Bedford Esquires on Friday 26th April. The band continue the bloodline of THE FALL with all of its members time served from the ranks of the[…]
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THE NIGHTINGALES + Guests 7:30pm, Sunday 5th May, The Craufurd Arms, Wolverton, Milton Keynes Please to announce post punk legends The Nightingales play for the The Pad Presents again calling into The Craufurd Arms on Sunday 5th May as part of their ‘Off The Beaten Track Tour’ : This year[…]
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THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG + Guests 7:30pm Friday 17th May, Bedford Esquires Pleased to announce English-Folk-Punk Group THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG will be making their debut at Bedford Esquires as part of their 40th Anniversary Tour – The bands unique combination of barnstorming live performance, rich storytelling ability,[…]
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BINGO FURY 7:30pm Friday 19th April 2024, Esquires Bedford The Pad Presents team are very excited about this one, an artist that’s on many tastemakers lists for 2024. Bingo Fury conjures a glitzy – altogether seedy – Broadway sheen. Although very much a solo songwriter, Bingo’s compositional process relies on[…]
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Roddy Woomble (Idlewild) & Almost Nothing 7:30pm Saturday 27th April, Esquires – Bedford Almost nothing is a new band from Scottish musician and writer Roddy Woomble. Deviating from his indie and folk roots, this exciting new project ploughs into a more synth-pop direction. We’ve been hammering it in the office[…]
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THE BUG CLUB + Guests 7;30pm Thursday 29 February, The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes We are very pleased to be working once again with one of our absolute faves, as The Bug Club join us at the brilliant Craufurd Arms, Making their MK debut.
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