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17/09/02 ESP MISS OUT ON MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE
Ms Dynamite has won the Mercury Music Prize with her debut album 'A Little Deeper'. She was awarded it ahead of bookies favourites, The Streets and The Coral. The 21-year-old picked up a cheque for £20,000 at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Ms Dynamite herself, Doves, Gemma Hayes and Roots Manuva all performed live at the event. ESP missed out on the award but were never front runners for the prize so won't be overly disappointed as the attention can only enhance their reputation.
17/09/02 ESP IN MANCHESTER WITH OASIS
On both Saturday and Sunday of the prior weekend ESP supported Oasis on their 50,000 sell out gigs in Manchester. On the Sunday they appeared on stage around 5:30 pm after a performance by Soundtrack Of Our Lives, and although obviously being a little nervous, they put on a good show, ending as always with a mammoth Silent To The Dark. During the set Noel could be seen watching their set for a few songs and later that evening he thanked ESP, and also commented that the performance by Soundtrack Of Our Lives was "the best gig he has ever seen, apart from any by us of course!". The set list was the same on both days and was as follows:
Start Again
There's A Silence
Stay Where You Are
Empty At The End
Red Balloon For Me
Moodswing [Folk Implosion cover]
Same Way, Every Day (Biting The Soles Of My Feet)
Silent To The Dark
17/09/02 ESP IN LIVE LOUNGE WITH JO WHILEY
Last week the band made an appearance on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on Radio 1, doing an interview and playing two songs, Same Way, Every Day (Biting The Soles Of My Feet) and Silent To The Dark. Click here to find out more and hear the interview and songs.
17/09/02 ESP APPEAR ON MERCURY MUSIC CD
As was to be expected a CD has been released to support this years Mercury Music Prize, with a song from every nominated artist being included, as well as one from last years winner, PJ Harvey. The track listing is as follows:
01 Ms. Dynamite - It Takes More
02 Doves - There Goes The Fear
03 David Bowie - Slow Burn
04 Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda
05 Roots Manuva - Dreamy Days
06 The Coral - I Remember When
07 The Electric Soft Parade - Silent To The Dark
08 Guy Barker - Underdogs
09 The Streets - Has It Come To This?
10 Gemma Hayes - Let A Good Thing Go
11 The Bees - No Trophy
12 Joanna MacGregor - Dance It
+ PJ Harvey - This Is Love
It is priced at £4.99 in all good record stores, including Amazon, where you can purchase it by clicking here.
04/09/02 ARTWORK FOR THE NEW SINGLE
The front cover of the new single, Same Way Every Day (Biting The Souls Of My Feet), can be viewed by clicking here.
04/09/02 NEW SINGLE CAN BE HEARD ON RADIO
Over the last few weeks the new ESP single Same Way Every Day (Biting The Souls Of My Feet) has been played on Radio 1, more specifically on The Evening Session. Tune in to hopefully here it again very soon.
04/09/02 VENUE CHANGE ON UK TOUR
Instead of playing in Southampton as was advertised, the band will now play the Portsmouth Pyramid in, you guessed it, Portsmouth. Apologies for any problems prior information on my site may have caused.
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