06/08/08 We are pleased to say that we are returning to the Fisher Theatre on Friday 23rd October, we played there last year and we had a great time! Tickets are £10 and are now available here www.fishertheatre.org

Also we are playing at the Plough Inn at Walthamstow on 27th September - Tickets are £5 on the door

13/07/08 A teriffic gig at Kingham, Oxfordshire, the weather was fantastic and the organisers has even brought in a beach i front of the stage! The night before we played at Drummer Paul's Birthday Party Bash in Hockley, slept in the tour bus and went to to Oxfordshire the next day. It was slightly surreal in respect that we were finishing the set and the vicar came onto the stage and asked us to stop, I thought perhaps we were too loud, however he made an announcement asking if anyone had the keys to the village hall as it was on fire! 2 fire engines turned up and we completet our last number! Hopefully not too much damage done!

Well the weather was amazing for the Kirby Le Soken gig, a terrific crowd turned up and we sang and danced into the summer evening! Thanks to Dan for subbing for us on the drums! and thanks to David Payne for organising the whole event and waiting a whole year for the weather to improve!

Had some problems with the tour bus but thanks to Barry Ives Haulage of Sible Hedingham, we are back on the road!

It's now the 20th June and we're looking forwad to playing the outdoor gig at Kirby Le Soken - this was cancelled from last year as last year it really was Le SOAKEN!! Check our gig page for details. Looks like it's going to be warm . . .

The beginning of June saw us playing at the Quay theatre in Sudbury, the gig went well and we had a rip roaring time, hopefully we can return next year. From there we played at the Graig Park Hotel and Country Club in North Wales, for a joint 40th Birthday, apart from the bus aquiring a water leak and our NEW PA expiring we didn't let a little thing like that spoil our evening! the show went on!

Al taking the PA apart on the Tour Bus!

The following evening took us to Perth in Scotland, where we performed at a wonderful wedding, the weather was FANTASTIC, and thanks to David and Elise for their warm welcome and generosity. We were joined by a Kailey band and the crowd really never had a chance to sit down!

The Set-Up

A really great night was had at St James' Church in Greenstead Green, the congregation was dancing as was the vicar! and everyone had a teriffic time, thanks to all who organised it and hopefully, plenty of money was raised and we can do it again next year!

The British Beach Boys

Due to number of reasons the band has decided to rename itself, as there was sometimes a certain amount of marketing confusion, we decided upon the British Beach Boys, due to the fact we are mainly British and tend to play Beach Boys music . . .

Quiet start to the year - 2008

We're in the rehearsal studio learning some new material, its always easy to just keep on doing the same stuff and always a challenge learning something new. We have been asked to learn Lady Lynda for a wedding in June so we're working on that . We also have a couple of new band members Keith on Keyboards and Mick on Bass to get up to speed so it means going over all the usual stuff too!.

September / October 2007

A few busy weekends in September and October saw us at the Market Theatre in Ledbury where we used the tour bus for the first time, it went great! the people of Ledbury were great too and we really enjoyed the gig- even tough the stage was about the same size as the auditorium! From Lebury we then travelled to Monmouth, a great town and a beautiful theatre called the Savoy - we were helped out on stage at Ledbury and Monmouth by Tony Ardin ex of Bad Manners - and it seems like he may well now be a permanent fixture with the band!

The following weekend - 5th and 6th saw us at the Oake Golf club in Taunton (we nearly never made it due to band members being held up on the A12! It was a great evening though and people danced from the start to the finish. Stayed over in a Travel lodge and then made our way to Port Isaac where we were performing at a wedding, It went very well - we played in what can only be called a sort of surf shack cellar - once the candles were lit on the tables and the bands lights were on it looked great even if Keith the keyboards was hidden away round the corner due to lack of space! Cograts btw to Naomi and Dave! We spent the night at the Cornish Arms Hotel - fantastic Beer and great BREAKFAST! where we were really looked after by the landlady Felicity!

John Potter

BRITISH BEACH BOYS