Bingley Music Live add more stella acts...

Bingley Music Live have added further bands to their James announcement earlier this week.

This hugely impressive and valuetastic fest have added Labrinth, Ash, Cast, Peter Hook and the Light, Funeral For a Friend and Rae Morris as the next six acts to join the bill for Bingley Music Live.
 
These six new names join James, Embrace and Ella Eyre on the line up for Myrtle Park's 'last great party of the summer' on 4-6 September.

Labrinth is the second headliner announced for this year's Bingley Music Live, joining classic band of the British music scene and champions of the madchester era, James. 
Embrace, following something of a hiatus returned with a series of secret gigs – we were at the first at an old Mill in Bradford. A totally bizarre event, meet in a car park, surrender phones etc.. led through dark dank corridors while an air – raid siren turned over somewhere in the distance. Deeper and darker, until we enter a room where there is a gentle hum in the darkness. The band play mostly their (then) upcoming new album illuminated only by glowsticks. Gig over we file out through those same corridors, reclaim our valuables and back into the carpark.

Septembers gig in the expanses of Myrtle Park and that famous Yorkshire sunshine will be different again, an impressive back catalogue, who won’t give their all to Come Back To What You Know and All You Good Good People.

Ella Eyre, perennial contributor to hits by Rudimental, Naughty Boy as well as working with Bastille, XX. This year she supports Olly Murs on his tour as well as having written Germanys Eurovision entry.

More announcements due soon. Bingley Music Live takes place 4th - 6th September and tickets are frozen at just £49 + booking for the whole weekend. Even better move quick and book by this Saturday (28th) and you can spread the costs over 5 months interest free and pay just £14.70 now.

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Morrisey Live Review - Leeds Arena March 2015

Morrissey Leeds Arena 20/3/15

It’s no secret, I am a tad Mozza obsessed, long confirmed and loyal. Despite this I am not afraid to call out Stephen Patrick when I feel at times his personal circumstances meant that set lists were full of the more morose and plodding b-sides and album tracks, singularly fine, but back to back dull.

For his first visit to this arena we welcome an almost celebratory Moz, his intro video as eclectic as ever, Edit Sitwell, James Cagney, Nico, of course the New York Dolls and touchingly, Fade to Grey by Visage in tribute to the recently departed Steve Strange.

Against a back drop of the Queen giving her subjects the bird, Morrissey delivered a killer double head of The Queen is Dead and Suedehead, to the sheer delight of his adoring crowd.

His most recent album, World Peace is None of your Business gained critical and commercial success and is represented here by a seven of its tracks, I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris very nearly seeing the girl in front of me throw herself of the balcony as she ably acted out its refrain.

Oh how I wish I were in the thronging mass as Trouble Loves Me plays “Show me a barrel and watch me scrape it / Faced with the music as always I'll face it / In the half-light / So English....frowning / Then at midnight, I
Cant get you of my head”. Circumstances dictate that I am, albeit gratefully, in the seats for the first time ever watching Moz.

Irish Blood comes perfectly timed as we teeter on the verge of another election. Though I have, in my past been quite active politically, I am now as dissatisfied as ever and remain as anti-royalist and so I stand and bellow every word like it WILL make a difference.

Morriseys heritage is well represented as always and like the rest of the set find him in extremely good voice, his band very ably led by long term collaborator and musical director Boz Boorer.  As well as Queen is Dead we delight in What She Said / Rubber Ring, Stop Me, and Meat Is Murder. The latter accompanied by a truly horrific film in case the ban on meat products being sold around this arena hadn’t got the message across.

First of the Gang To Die closes and is the key for Matt Walker to quite half heartedly trash his drum set. Need to practice that a bit Matt.

2015 finds Morrissey in good voice and with a very tight band behind him with the recent addition of Mondo Lopez on bass. Further excursions into castanets and flamenco seem possible, with an appearance on Alan Carr imminent, don’t rule out a Strictly appearance just yet… “Stephen Patrick will dance the pasodoble”

How Travel Republic Showed Contempt for Everyone

Update 18.47 16/03/2015
Just a minor update to this story…

On Monday morning 16/03 we got a series of tweets from Travel Republic, saying initially that they had updated their blog and wouldn’t be using the offending video in future marketing. They went on to apologise for any upset and assured us that this wasn’t intentional. I asked why it took so long when they had been alerted to copyright problems within minutes and therefore were aware it contravened their rules.. They said they wanted to make sure all the team were aware and that lessons have been learn. The prize had however been awarded as they didn’t believe the entrant had deliberately broken any rules.

There is the crux and your get out in future.  As long as you do not deliberately not retweet or not follow someone on twitter…as long as you don’t deliberately flout anything else then you are ok.

We then had a quick look at their blog and it was the most ridiculous thing I have seen since, well, Katie Price was last on TV. Under rule 6 (which, to refresh you required you to ensure that they can reuse this video however they wish) they had tacked on an apology for not enforcing it. “it has been pointed out to us (so they didn’t notice themselves copyrighted music, video and product images) that the competition winner contains incidental elements of copyrighted material (well not incidental, the music is used in approx. 50% of the video, the nivea sun cream approx. 30% and the videos approx. 60%) and us such (we think they mean “as such”) we will not be using this in our future communications”

So in summary, the rule was broken, but so what. Travel Republic really should have noticed this but didn’t. The entrant apparently didn’t know he had nicked music, video and imagery from the internet so he must be absolved.  If only someone had told Travel Republic there was a problem…oh hang on we collectively did, within minutes, on Twitter and facebook but they ignored us on twitter and deleted our comments on facebook (and yes, we checked with those people whose comments went missing and of the 4 that went, three have replied and confirmed they didnt delete their own post)

Travel Republic have now removed the whole winning tweet and facebook post. They know they got it horribly wrong but did nothing to stop it even when they had a chance… and hundreds of customers, including the 10,500+ who have read this entry up to this update,  who didn’t break the rules aren’t going to Thailand. Lessons learnt then for them…you now know how to win! Rules are for losers.

The original story...

Our inbox began bulging earlier today (13/03/15) with various headers but mostly involving the words "cheat" "illegal" or "disgusted"

One common thread to all these emails was Travel Republic and a competition they had run entitled #DearSummer.

The idea was to use words, pictures, video, whatever you wanted to convey how much you love summer,

Take on the competition was huge as we saw and at 12.00pm today they announced their winner.. well they were a little late but hey, thats nothing to the furore that then errupted,

The winning video, whilst admittedly was hosted on Youtube. The video contains music which contravenes copyright law as no permission is given, making it illegal. Additionally a product made by Nivea is featured, again without permission. This also is illegal. It is clear that Nivea have been made aware of this, both these infringements means the video should not hosted on Youtube.

You might view that this doesnt really matter, in the grand scheme of things is it important. Maybe.

Except these copyright infringement causes Travel Republic a problem because of their own rules.. Point 6 of their rules:
6. Entering this competition grants Travel Republic a perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free license to use any material entered in future communications.
Because of the copyright infringement which Travel Republic are now complicit in owing to the reposting and retaining of the offending clip despite warning being given to them on social media within minutes, they are unable to have a perpetual, irrevocable and royalty free licence to use...in future communications. They have no rights and must pay royalties to use it even this once

The entry broke the rules and must be void, or else why rules?

At the time of writing Travel Republic have not posted anything else nor commented at all. Its clear this will not go away and irreparable damage will be done to their reputation. Already words like unreliable, untrustworthy, shady are being bandied. Not good for a travel company.

One final thing, we noticed that on their facebook page that announced the winner, comments, admittedly highly critical kept disappearing. Even now, it lists 6 comments but only 3 are visible, the three missing ones? the three most critical. We know as we have the screen grabs.. Did Travel Republic remove them..who knows but it seems unlikely three separate people all decided to delete their own posts within seconds of each other.


Travel Republic need to speak, come clean and admit they made a mistake, then we can repair this mess, which only looks like getting messier.

Sally Lindsay Interview - upcoming BBC Drama, Ordinary Lives

Sally Lindsay is one of the stars in the new BBC drama Ordinary Lives, we had a quick chat with Sally as filming ended.

Tell us about Ordinary Lies.
Ordinary Lies is a drama set in Warrington in a car showroom called JS Motors, about a group of people that work there including the mechanics, salesmen, PA, Head of Admin and company boss. It’s about their lives and how they all work together, but they’ve all got their own individual secret or lie that they are harbouring and therein lies the drama.

Tell us about your character, Kathy?
My character is called Kathy and she’s just approaching 40. She’s very happily married to Ralph and they have two grown-up children as they married pretty young. They’ve got a lovely house and she’s happy with her life. She’s worked at JS Motor’s since she was 17, so she doesn’t know anything else, but absolutely loves it. She’s in charge of everything and knows everybody’s business and is the office gossip! She knows where the skeletons are buried and her boss Mike, played by Max Beesley, literally can’t function without her.

We know every character has a lie – what is Kathy’s story?
Kathy is a very moral person; she’s always done the right things in life. She’s very happy in her life, but decides there’s something missing and therein the lie occurs. When she’s harbouring this lie, she sees something quite horrific that she shouldn’t which affects her greatly and the moral is what should she do about it? She feels she has to do the right thing, but there’s the dilemma.

Is Kathy someone that audiences will be able to relate to?
Kathy is very relatable on a human level; Ordinary Lies celebrates the normality of the British public, which is the beauty of it. We all have regular lives but sometimes things happen that make them irregular. I think the more normal Kathy is, the more brilliant the story is, as you don’t see it coming.

Kathy is a big dog lover. Was it fun working with the dogs?
Working with dogs proved to be a slight problem as I have a dog allergy! When I got the part I was told that I’d be working with a dog quite a lot so I got allergy tablets. It wasn’t a small dog either - it was like a grown man in a dog outfit, it was huge! We used to joke that he unzipped his costume and had a fag at lunchtime!

Had you ever worked with any of the other cast members before?
No, I hadn’t worked with any of them before, but I seemed to have such a lot in common with a lot of the cast. Michelle (Keegan) was on Coronation Street like me and Jo (Joyner) has twins like me, Max (Beesley) is a drummer and my husband has known him for years as he’s a drummer too. I’ve known Jason (Manford) since he was 17, I remember him doing stand-up but that was a long, long time ago. So I’ve known all these people but we’ve never actually physically worked together. Juliet May who I did my episode with was phenomenal – I’d work with her again tomorrow if I could – and she’s got twins!

There were five people who had twins on set!

Jason Manford Interview - upcoming BBC Ordinary Lives

We all tell little white lies everyday be it for self-protection, success or for love. But what happens when a spur-of-the-moment mistruth snowballs and begins to take over? Is it possible get away with it, or will the lie inevitably come undone to devastating effect? 

Set in a car showroom, Ordinary Lies is a compelling drama about how a simple lie can spiral out of control. With drama, tragedy, warmth and humour, each episode focuses on one of the colleagues and friends of JS Motors. From party-loving receptionists, Tracy (Michelle Keegan) and Viv (Cherelle Skeet) and ambitious company boss, Mike (Max Beesley) to enigmatic salesman, Pete (Mackenzie Crook) and mothering PA, Kathy (Sally Lindsay), each new and individual story questions just how well we know the people we work with.

We caught up with the stars of the show, first up Jason Manford.

Can you tell us a bit about Ordinary Lies?
The series is brilliant. Danny Brocklehurst is a top writer having done The Driver, Shameless and Clocking Off. The Production Company is brilliant; it’s Red Production Company who did Happy Valley and Last Tango In Halifax so it’s got a great pedigree to start with. And then to be on it with Mackenzie Crook, Max Beesley and the likes of Michelle Keegan, it’s a great cast! The stories are really fun; Ordinary Lies delves into those big lies that you tell that spiral out of control.

Tell us about your character, Marty?
Marty is about to get sacked, so he does the most ridiculous thing by panicking and telling his boss that his wife has died, which he totally makes up. It’s a big lie to tell, but there’s a slight relief after he tells it and he starts to enjoy it, which is a bit sick! The lie obviously unravels and you see the decline into the madness of the situation that he’s forced himself into. It was great to do; there are loads of funny bits in it but there are also some very heart-warming moments as well.

It’s one of your first acting roles in TV drama. How did you find it?
It was great – Marty is the bloke who thinks he’s funny in the office. It’s true there is always that guy and if I hadn’t been a comedian, I probably would have ended up being that guy! So it’s a bit like Sliding Doors really – this could have been me!

Had you worked with Danny Brocklehurst before?
No, I had a bit part in Shameless years ago but never worked with him to this extent. I know him as we’re both Manchester based and everyone in Manchester who works on the television knows each other, but I’d wanted to work with him for a while, so it was a real privilege to be able to work with him on a script like this.

What was the atmosphere like on set – was there anyone you particularly bonded with?
I was really good friends with Sally Lindsay anyway. I think I asked her out when I was 17 actually and she was about 23 and obviously it never happened! I was very confident! I’ve known her a long time though and she’s brilliant. I’ve worked with Max (Beesley) a couple of times before and Mackenzie (Crook) and I are a similar age. Rebecca Callard plays a larger role in my episode and she was great to work with, along with Michelle Keegan, who was brilliant as well.

What do you think is so appealing about Ordinary Lies?
The enjoyment of watching this show is that you can see how a horrendous lie can end up. I think the audience will be shouting at the screen saying “what are you doing?!” What’s interesting about the script is that some of the lies are totally the person’s own fault, whilst some are lies that the characters had no option but to tell. There are a lot of sympathetic characters in there and although my character is a bit of an idiot, you do feel a bit sorry for him

Josh Warrington - We Are Leeds Bill announced

Josh Warrington as previously announced will face Dennis Tubieron in an official eliminator for the WBC World Featherweight title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on April 11, live on Sky Sports.

Tyrone Nurse

Martin J Ward rematches Maxi Hughes in a British title eliminator, while Leeds man and British Light Heavyweight champ Bob Ajisafe also features.

Promising Huddersfield fighter Tyrone Nurse who won many plaudits last time out is also on the bill.

SCHEDULE

JOSH WARRINGTON VS  DENNIS TUBIERON 

12 x 3 mins vacant WBC International featherweight title & Official WBC World Featherweight title eliminator

WILLIE LIMOND VS  CHRIS JENKINS 

12 x 3 mins British Light Welterweight title

MARTIN J WARD VS  MAXI HUGHES 

10 x 3 mins British Super Featherweight title eliminator

ROCKY FIELDING VS  TBA 

10 x 3 mins Super Middleweight Contest

BOB AJISAFE VS  TBA 

8 x 3 mins Light Heavyweight Contest

JONO CARROLL VS  TBA 

6 x 3 mins Featerweight Contest

TYRONE NURSE VS  TBA 

6 x 3 mins Light Welterweight Contest

REECE CARTWRIGHT VS  TBA 

4 x 3 mins Middleweight Contest

EVENT TICKETS

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£30, £40 and £60 tickets are available from the First Direct Arena on 0844 248 1585 and at firstdirectarena.com

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Inside No9 Returns - What we know and a cast video!

Inside No 9 returns to BBC Two, with a host of well-known faces joining Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in the second series of the critically acclaimed and award-winning BBC comedy.

Each story in the series will again be set in a different location, with completely new characters. From a sleeping-car on a French train to a Séance in a grand Victorian villa, and from a 17th century village witch trial to a volunteer call centre, this is an anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the extraordinary and macabre.

Daring to enter No 9 and experience its unexpected twists and turns in this series are Alice Lowe (Sightseers); Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey); Claire Skinner (Outnumbered); David Warner (Wallander); Jack Whitehall (Bad Education); Jane Horrocks (Trollied); Jim Howick (Horrible Histories); Julie Hesmondhalgh (Cucumber); Mark Benton (Waterloo Road); Michele Dotrice (Big School); Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones); Sheridan Smith (Mrs Biggs, Cilla) and Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons).



What we know about the first few episodes.. 

La Couchette

On board the sleeper from Paris to Bourg St. Maurice, a motley collection of passengers try to get a quiet night's sleep as the train makes its way across France. But as the sleeping compartment fills up, the chances of that begin to look highly unlikely. In Deuxième Classe, everyone can hear you scream...

La Couchette features Julie Hesmondhalgh (Coronation Street, Cucumber), Mark Benton (Waterloo Road), Jessica Gunning (Pride), and Jack Whitehall (Bad Education).

The 12 Days of Christine

Christine Clarke brings a new man back to her flat from a New Year's Eve party, and immediately her life starts to unravel. Who is the terrifying stranger that keeps appearing in the flat at night?

The 12 Days of Christine features Sheridan Smith as Christine Clarke and Tom Riley as Adam.

The Trial Of Elizabeth Gadge

Two of England's most notorious and feared witch-finders are summoned by Sir Andrew Pike to the unassuming village of Little Happens in order to try an old woman. Elizabeth Gadge stands accused of consorting with the Devil, most lewdly and on divers occasions. If she is found guilty, she will burn. It is very definitely the most exciting event in Little Happens since the business of the escaped cow.

The cast includes David Warner as Sir Andrew Pike, Ruth Sheen as Elizabeth Gadge, with Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Paul Kaye, Jim Howick, Sinéad Matthews, and Trevor Cooper.

The remaining episodes in the series are Cold Comfort, set entirely in a volunteer call centre, Nana’s Party, which follows the story of a modern day family get-together and Séance Time, based in a grand Victorian villa.