Thursday 26th June
NEW SONGS
During the last few months, the band have continued to work with producer Chris Brown who has now completed the mixes on two tracks; Electric and Is This Love. You can hear both of these on the Songs page.
MIDSUMMER LINE UP
The band are looking forward to headlining the Midsummer Magic concert at Lincoln Castle on Saturday (28th June). The line up will include for the first time Phil North on guitar. Ticket details are detailed below.
Your feedback is appreciated in the Forum section of the site.
Friday 13th June 2008
MIDSUMMER MAGIC TICKETS
For tickets for the gig at Lincoln Castle on Saturday 28th June, please contact Lincoln Theatre Royal on 01522 519999/525555. For more information you can go to the web site at www.midsummermagic.co.uk.
Thursday 12th June 2008
MIDSUMMER MAGIC CONCERT
We are pleased to announce that the band will headline the Midsummer Magic concert at Lincoln Castle on Saturday 28th June 2008. The gig will be in the grounds of Lincoln Castle and support will be provided by a number of local bands. More details to follow.
PHIL NORTH JOINS
The band are pleased to announce that Phil North has joined on a full time basis. Phil who will play guitar and synthesizer is a long time friend of Johhny and Mark and they go back many years when they were all members of the highly acclaimed Plastic Mac band. Phil is currently rehearsing with the band and will debut at the Lincoln Castle gig on Saturday 28th June.
Tuesday 10th June 2008
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
As you may be aware, we experienced difficulties with the company that was hosting this web site. We have now changed to a different host but regrettably, all of the e mail addresses and memberships from the Forum section of the site were lost. Please feel free to log on again and use the new forum.
WORK CONTINUES
The band have continued to work with new drummer James Middleton and the songs are sounding fantastic. At the same time, Chris Brown has continued to work on the songs that were recorded at Chapel Studios at the back end of 2007. Two songs, Electic and Is This Love are now completed and will be available for you to hear on this site shortly.
Tuesday 15th April 2008
THE RETURN!
It's been sometime since anything was written on here and the band are aware that there were rumours that they were to be no more. Several issues needed to be sorted, but the boys are back and raring to go.
As some of you know, drummer Martyn 'Boris' Collins has now left the band. Boris and his wife had a baby and Boris decided that the commitment to his young child meant that he could not fully commit to the band. He leaves with our best wishes.
So that presented us with a problem; how to replace him. It would be no understatement to say that this has been a long and exhausting process. But the band knew who they wanted and now we can confirm that Boris will be replaced by James Middleton.
James is a drummer of much repute and many will know him as the former drummer of Lincoln band The Rays.
In the meantime, the band have been working with Producer Chris Brown who has worked with Radiohead and Muse amongst others and who has been mixing some of the songs that were recorded at Chapel Studios last year. The results are highly impressive and will be available to hear here in due course.
At present, the band are rehearsing and writing new material with James now firmly in place . We shall also shortly announce several new gig's, one of which promises to be very special. So keep checking for updates and thanks as ever for your great support.
FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2007
Gaz Leaving The Band
The band are sad to announce that after much difficult discussion with Gaz, regarding his long term commitments to the band, it was felt that he was no longer able to play a key role in the bands development. He was informed of this decision on Friday 07/09/07, and accepted the news in the manner we would have expected. Although gravely upset and disappointed, his reaction was graceful and dignified.
He brought much to the band, and it is no exaggeration to admit that without his influence, there would probably be no Southpark Roundabout today.
We all wish him well for the future, and hope that he prospers in everything that he does. He deserves it.
MONDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
Southpark Roundabout will headline the RawMezzfest at Lincoln University Pavillions Student Complex, on Saturday 29th September 2007.
NEW TRACKS
The band continue to work on new material. We are pleased to announce that Chris Brown will be working with the band mixing two new songs. Chris has previously worked with such artists as Radiohead, Muse, Primal Scream and Starsailor. The band are excited to be working with such a talent.
FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST
NEW TRACKS
As many of you will recall, the band recorded 5 new tracks at Chapel Studio's in July 2007. Two of the new tracks have been mixed and can be listened to on this site and our My Space site. The remaining three will be mixed in due course and the band are currently in discussion with a top producer who we hope will mix the songs.
More information about this in due course.
THE SOCIAL NOTTINGHAM
On Saturday 11th August 2007, the band played The Social Nottingham. The set featured the first live performance of several new tracks including Electric. The full set was DON'T WANNA FALL , IN A DARKNESS, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?, KERCHING, JESUS SAVES, TELL ME, MARRIED BLISS, BRING EM HOME, LIES IN YOUR EYES, CONTROL FREAK, AND YOU TRY, HAPPY NOW, ROADHOUSE BLUES, ELECTRIC, FEEL, IS THIS LOVE? HERE WE COME, BREAK ON THROUGH.
We were very capably supported at The Social by Nottingham band The Bets and our good friends Lincoln band the Idlers. The Idlers gave an excellent performance and are well worth checking out, their web site is www.theidlers.com
You can read a review of the gig by The Idlers on the Review Page.
THURSDAY 2nd AUGUST
UPDATED HISTORY
Take a look at the newly updated History Section, and learn how Southpark Roundabout came about and what it is that makes them the band they are.
MONDAY 30TH JULY
NEW SONG!
Where Are You Now is the first of the new tracks to be completed at Chapel Studios. You can listen to it in the songs section. More of the new songs will follow; one more of the tracks is complete and the remaining three are still to be mixed.
TUESDAY 24TH JULY
NOTTINGHAM GIG
The band will play Nottingham, The Social, on Saturday 11th August 2007. Tickets can be purchased for £5 each by telephoning 08713 100000 or online at Gigantic.com. The set will include the new material that is about to be completed at Chapel Studios.
Please note that there will be NO tickets available through the band for this gig and tickets can only be purchased from the above outlets.
NEW TRACKS
The band will today complete the new recordings at Chapel Studios. Five new songs have been recorded and they will be available to listen to on this site in due course. We look forward to hearing your reaction to the new songs.
MONDAY 16th JULY
UPDATE
The band will be heading back into the studio this week to record a number of new tracks. Once again we will be at Chapel Studios and will be working with the same sound team as previously. Four of the tracks; Is This Love, Lies in Your Eyes, Don't Wanna Fall and And You Try featured in the Theatre Royal set and there will be two new tracks recorded. The sessions are expected to last around a week and the boys have been hard at work rehearsing the songs in readiness. More details throughout the week.
We also plan to announce new gig's very shortly so keep cheacking for updates.
THURSDAY 5th JULY
BBC REVIEW OF THE THEATRE ROYAL GIG
The band continue to receive fantastic reviews, the latest coming from Sam Atkins at BBC Lincolnshire. To read the view go to the reviews section.
There is also a gallery of the night on the BBC page which can be viewed here.
Photographs by Scott Murray.
WEDNESDAY 4th JULY
SPR ON BBC LOOK NORTH!
Last night the band were interviewed and played a few bars of Tell Me on BBC Look North. You can see the footage at The BBC web site.
CHRIS EVANS PLAYS SPR!
Chris Evans is the latest convert to the Southpark Roundabout cause! He
has played Tell Me several times on his Radio 2 show and talked about
the band at length.
We'd like to thank Chris for all his support and help.
TUESDAY 3rd JULY
The full set list from the Theatre Royal gig is now on the Review page, click here to see it. Once again, thank you for your magnificent support.
MONDAY 2nd JULY
BBC RADIO LINCOLNSHIRE REVIEW SOUTHPARK ROUNDABOUT
The band have received yet another fantastic review, this time from BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Check it out, with many others, on the reviews page.
FRIDAY 22ND JUNE
THE SUN TIPS SOUTHPARK ROUNDABOUT FOR THE TOP!
The band played a sell out gig at Lincoln Theatre Royal on Friday 15th March in front on 450 people. The Sun newspaper attended the gig and have tipped the band to go all the way to the top. You can read the Sun article on the Bizarre web site at thesun.co.uk or you can read it on the gig review page.
Thursday 14th June
THEATRE ROYAL GIG
The band are all looking forward to the gig, that will see them play a large number of new songs. The doors will open at 7.30pm and we will be supported by Sabotage and Toxic Graffiti.
Please Note: At 3pm today, there were only 80 tickets left for the gig. So if you'd like to come you may not be able to get in on the door on the night. Tickets will be on sale up until the last one is sold.
Monday 4th June
ECHO REVIEW
The Lincolnshire Echo tonight carries a story about the band that can be viewed in the review section. Click here to view the review.
SUN TO COVER THEATRE ROYAL GIG
As revealed on Radio Lincolnshire's Friday Night Mix, The Sun Newspaper will be present to review the gig at Lincoln Theatre Royal on June 15th. The Sun contacted Southpark Roundabout after hearing the demo completed at Chapel Studio's and is keen to become involved with the band. We are grateful to The Sun for their support.
The band will be supported at the Theatre Royal on June 4th by local Indie/Punk outfit Toxic Graffiti and Sabotage. Sabotage are a supremely talented group of young children ranging 10 - 14 who have already performed in excess of 30 gigs.
Thursday 24th May
LINCS FM
On Sunday 27th May Andy Fenton will be playing Tell Me on his evening show and also airing a short interview with Matty after 7pm.
Monday 21st May
SOUTHPARK ROUNDABOUT ON SKY!
On Thursday 17th May the band played a short set before Lincoln City's Play Off Semi Final v Bristol Rovers. It was a wonderful occasion, with 8,000 people attending the game which unfortunately the Imps lost 5 - 3. After hearing the band souncheck in the afternoon, Sky tv requested that we play the last track on the night, This is the One, to coincide with the start of their live broadcast. This footage duly went out live on Sky tv.
The set consisted of Feel, Tell Me, Is This Love (The first time that this has been played live), Here We Come and This is the One.
We would like to thank all the staff at Lincoln City Football Club who helped to make this night possible.
SOUTHPARK ROUNDABOUT TO PLAY AT GLASTONBURY?
We were informed on Friday 18th May that BBC Radio Lincolnshire have nominated Southpark Roundabout as one of 4 bands to represent Lincolnshire at the Glastonbury Festival this year. Two tracks, Feel and Tell Me, have been forwarded to a panel of judges who will ultimately decide who plays live at the Festival.
More news as we get it.
Monday 14th May 2007
We are proud to announce that Southpark Roundabout will play a short set on the pitch before Lincoln City's play off second leg game versus Bristol Rovers on Thursday 17th May. The Imps are 2 - 1 down from the first leg and need to win by two clear goals to get the play off final at Wembley. The set will be weather permitting.
Tuesday 8th May 2007
THEATRE ROYAL GIG JUNE 15TH
Tickets for the gig are now on sale, priced £10 for adults and £7 for those 17 and under. Tickets will be on sale for both the stalls and the circle areas. Please note that you may be required to produce ID at the door for the cheaper tickets.
You can purchase the tickets from the following:
Theatre Royal Box Office: (01522) 534570, 519999, 525555
Gaz Evans 07909511456
Marky Wilde at Music Makers Lincoln
Friday 27th April 2007
LINCOLN GIG
The band will play Lincoln Theatre Royal on Friday 15th June 2007. It will be the first time that the band will be able to showcase the new songs which were recorded in Chapel Studio's; in addition to this, they have spent the last month since leaving the studio working on more new songs and currently have five tracks that they are working hard on. All will feature in the Theatre Royal set. More details about the gig to follow soon.
LIVE RADIO PERFORMANCE
On Friday 1st June 2007, the band will play a session on Radio Lincolnshire. This will involve them being interviewed and performing a number of songs live. More details to follow.
Sunday 1st April 2007
We are pleased to announce that two more of the tracks from the recent studio sessions are now available for you to listen to. Feel and In a Darkness can be heard in the songs section.
Saturday 30th March 2007
We are pleased to announce that the bands My Space site is back up and running. The site will be maintained independently of the band by two of the leading lights of the Lincoln music scene Ash and Daubs who have done a great job in getting it back up. Check it out at myspace.com/thesouthparkroundabout
Sunday March 25th 2007
NEW TRACKS!
The band completed their recording sessions at Chapel Studio's, Louth on March 20th. The studio has previously seen artists such the Kaiser Chief's, The Darkness and the Arctic Monkey's record albums there and the band were capably assisted by the engineers there. Most of the band remained at the studio for the duration of the recording and pictures of the week can be viewed in the Gallery area.
Five songs were recorded; Tell Me, Control Freak, In a Darkness, Happy Now and Feel and the band are very proud of the completed songs. You can now hear three of the new tracks; Tell Me, Control Freak and Happy Now on the Songs section of the site. The band are keen to hear what you think of the songs so leave your feedback in the Forum.
There are many things happening at present - keep checking the web site for further updates.
MY SPACE SITE
We are aware that the bands My Space site is currently down. Though it is not maintained by the band,we are keen to see it back up and are trying to help things along.
Monday 12th March 2007
The band played Jester's nightclub in Mablethorpe, in their last gig before heading into the studio. The set featured two new songs; In a Darkness and Tell Me which will be worked on in the studio.
Monday 19th February 2007
The band are pleased to announce that they will be playing Jester's nightclub in Mablethorpe on Friday 9th March 2007 which will be their last gig before heading into the studio. More details to follow.
And for those of you wanting to download some of the bands classic tracks, log on to http://music.download.com/southparkroundabout and you'll find amongst other's Bring Em Home and Here We Come.
Friday 9th February 2007
The band now also have a My Space site. Check it out at http://www.myspace.com/thesouthparkroundabout
Monday 5th February 2007
The band are aware that several pieces of footage have been posted of them playing live on You Tube. Some of the quaility isn't that good but Bring 'Em Home and Feel (what there is of them) sound great. Most of the footage is from one of the Perspective Jazz Bar gigs in December 2006. Whilst it has nothing to do with the band, oever, we've no problem with it!
If you want to check them out, go to You Tube and put Southpark Roundabout (some of them are actually posted under SPR) into the search engine.
The band have no public gig's booked in the next month, though we have several private ones. We have taken no bookings (and won't unless we are offered large amounts of money!) as the band will be in the recording studio in early March and they are working on and perfecting new songs. The new songs are the best material that they have ever done and will be worth waiting for.
Tuesday 16th January 2006
The band were very busy over the Christmas period. They played a further gig at Perspective Jazz Bar in Lincoln on December 21st 2006, followed that up two nights later with a private gig in the City and preformed several more private gig's in the New Year.
The Perspective gig saw the first hearing of more new songs and the performance was topped by a classic version of the Stone Roses This is the One.
At present the band are putting more work into the tracks in Johnny's studio before they head off to record them in February. The demo's are sounding superb and in the bands opinion this is the strongest material that they have ever written. Due to the recording committments there will be no public gig's in the short term but the new songs will shortly be available to listen to on the site.
Keep checking for new updates.
Thursday 30th November 2006
The band are aware that there were many who were unable to purchase tickets for the sold out gig at Lincoln Perspective Jazz Bar on November 23rd 2006. We are therefore pleased to announce that Southpark Roundabout will be returning there to play again on 21st December 2006.
Tickets will again be �7.50, limited to 100 and entrance will be strictly by ticket only. The band hope to play more new songs before they head into the studio in the New Year. There will also be a support act to be announced.
For ticket's please contact Mark Wilde at Music Makers or Gary Evans on 07890496826
Thursday 23rd November 2006
The band played a sell out gig at the Perspective Jazz Bar in Lincoln. The set featured several new songs that the boys have been working on, including the show opener Introspective, Control Freak and If Only.
Set List : Introspective, Feel, Rocks, Come Together, Kerching, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Made of Stone, Break On Through, Bring 'Em Home, Waterfall, I Wanna Be Adored, Control Freak, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, 33 and A Third, You Really Got Me, If Only, Roadhouse Blues, Born To Be Wild, Here We Come, I Am The Resurrection
They were ably supported by Lincoln post punk outfit the Infidels.
Tuesday 10th October 2006
The band are proud to announce that they will be playing Lincoln Perspective Jazz Bar on November 23rd 2006. There will also be a support act to be announced.
Perspective is Lincoln's new purpose built music venue and offers a chance to see the band play in wonderful ambience.
Tickets are �7.50, limited to 100 and entrance will be strictly by ticket only. The band will be playing new songs that they have been working on in addition to old favourites and classic covers.
For ticket's please contact Mark Wilde at Music Makers or Gary Evans on 07890496826
Sunday 27th August 2006
The band played a wedding at Jocasta's in Lincoln and on Sunday 27th August. Former drummer Paul Coney guested on drums for the weekend and the set was adjusted for the nights to incorporate some classic covers.
Set list:
Intro, I Wanna Be Adored, Rocks, Come Together, You Really Got Me, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Start, Bring 'Em Home, Waterfall, Break On Through, Should I Stay Or should I Go, Get Back, My Generation, Eton Rifles, All Day and All of the Night, Peacock Suit, Made of Stone, Road Runner, Born To Be Wild, Here We Come, I Feel Fine, Louis Louis, One, Live Forever, Stand By Me, Encores: Go Johnny Go, I Am The Resurrection
Saturday 19th August 2006
Southpark Roundabout returned to the City for the first time in almost a year! Read about it in reviews.
Saturday 12th August 2006
Southpark Roundabout headed to Grimsby to be on TV! Read more here.