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22/08/02 TWO NEW UK TOUR DATES FOR NOVEMBER
In addition to the tour dates I announced on this site a few days back, I have also found out that ESP will also be playing Southampton University on the 2nd November and The Waterfront in Norwich on the 3rd. To see the full tour check out the gigography page by clicking here.
22/08/02 HOLES IN THE WALL WILL BE RE-RELEASED
The rumours were correct and Holes In The Wall will be re-released next Monday although I currently have no news on how it will be different to the original. I'll let you know more as soon as I do but if you can't wait you can pre-order it on Amazon for £10.99 by clicking here.
20/08/02 NEW INTERVIEW WITH TOM
Click here to read the latest interview with Tom on the official site. In it he talks about touring Japan and Australia, as well as the upcoming Leeds and Reading festival.
18/08/02 RE-RELEASE OF HOLES IN THE WALL
Thanks to Aerial Roots for news on a rumoured re-release of Holes In The Wall on the 26th of August in a limited edition numbered gatefold sleeve. More news and confirmation as we have it.
18/08/02 MORE TOUR DETAILS
Although the Autumn UK tour is still yet to be officially announced, more provisional dates have been added. The full tour now reads as follows (click to purchase tickets):
27th October - Newcastle, University
28th October - Glasgow, QMU
29th October - Manchester, Academy
30th October - Sheffield, Leadmill
31st October - Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
4th November - Bristol, University
5th November - London, Shepherd's Bush Empire
9th November - Brighton, Concorde 2
15/08/02 RUMOURS OF AN AUTUMN UK TOUR
It is looking likely that the band will shortly announce a tour of the UK during October and November. These dates have been seen on sale on Ticketmaster but we currently have no official announcement on them. More information will follow once we receive it:
28th October - Glasgow QMU
30th October - Sheffield Leadmill
9th November - Brighton Concorde 2
11/08/02 CURRENT MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE ODDS
Holes In The Wall is currently joint sixth favourites to take the 2002 Mercury Music Prize with online bookmakers William Hill, the odds being 10/1. The favourites are Original Pirate Material by The Streets at 6/4 and The Doves' Last Broadcast at 9/2. Lets hope the boys manage to pull it out of the bag, and if you fancy a flutter on ESP or anyone else, just click here. Alternatively, better odds may be on offer elsewhere so check out Oddschecker.co.uk to see the latest quotes.
11/08/02 NEW LIVE GIG DATES
ESP are set to headline the last two nights of a week long festival which will run from the 12th to the 16th of August. They will appear alongside the likes of Kid Galahad, Goldrush and Minuteman. Other bands to appear earlier in the week include Leaves and The Kennedy Soundtrack. Entry to the event is free, but limited to only 300 people per night, and tickets will be issued on a first come, first serve basis. To find out more click here.
08/08/02 NEW SINGLE TO BE RELEASED 23/09/02
The band have announced that their next single to be released from their debut album, Holes In The Wall, will be Biting The Soles Of My Feet. It will, however, be cut down to a sensible length for radio play, and as a result be renamed Same Way Every Day (Biting The Soles..). They will release the single on the 23rd of September with the b-sides consisting of 2 new songs and 2 covers, more details are shown below:
CD1 (DB012CD7) Limited Edition in cardboard slip
1. Same Way Every Day (Biting The Soles..) [written by Tom]
2. Stop [Royal Trux cover]
3. Mood Swing [Folk Implosion cover]
CD2 (DB012CD7JC) in plastic case
1. Same Way Every Day (Biting The Soles..) [written by Tom]
2. Poems [written by Alex]
3. Zero Return [written by Tom]
7" (DB012SP7) Limited Edition
A. Same Way Every Day (Biting The Soles..) [written by Tom]
AA. Poems [written by Alex]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FELTRO MEDIA VERSION OF THE B-SIDES ZERO RETURN
08/08/02 HOLES IN THE WALL NOMINATED FOR MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE
The Electric Soft Parade's debut album, Holes In The Wall, has recently been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The band muse surely be excited, even if its only for what Tom mentioned in a recent interview, "The thing with the Music Prize, though, is if you get nominated it's guaranteed like 30,000 more sales, and it gets your name about." This is great news for the band, congratulations are certainly in order, and hopefully, come September the 17th, they can pick up the award live on TV, although they are up against some very well-known artists. If they were to win it on they could gain a lot more press attention, as artists like Gomez and Badly Drawn Boy found when they won the prestigious award in previous years. This could only help their growing reputation.
The twelve nominated albums for the 2002 Panasonic Mercury Music Prize are:
BEVERLEY KNIGHT 'Who I Am' (Parlophone)
THE BEES 'Sunshine Hit Me' (Wall of Sound / We Love You)
THE CORAL 'The Coral' (Deltasonic)
DAVID BOWIE 'Heathen' (ISO Records / Sony)
DOVES 'The Last Broadcast' (Heavenly / EMI)
ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE 'Holes in the Wall' (db Records)
GEMMA HAYES 'Night On My Side' (Source)
GUY BARKER 'Soundtrack' (Provocateur Records)
JOANNA MACGREGOR 'Play' (Sound Circus)
MS. DYNAMITE 'A Little Deeper' (Polydor)
ROOTS MANUVA 'Run Come Save Me' (Big Dada Reocrdings)
THE STREETS 'Original Pirate Material' (670 Recordings)
08/08/02 ESP ON RADIO 1
On the 8th of July 5 songs from the bands Glastonbury set were played on Steve Lamacq's Evening Session, those being There's A Silence, Stay Where You Are, Red Balloon For Me, Mood Swing (Folk Implosion Cover) and Biting The Soles Of My Feet.
08/08/02 ESP ONLINE SHOP LAUNCHED
The new official online shop for ESP merchandise has at last been launched, named The Brotherhood Of Fish. It offers ESP t-shirts and caps to wear, as well as ESP badges, posters and stickers for you to collect. The site also has numerous other features. Click here to check out the site.
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