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Sunday 27th Aug 2006 - 8pm at The Swan, New Mills
£3 on door
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sort of music do White Van Man play? |
Stuff we like, right through from the sixties to the present day.
A mix of mainstream, indie, soft punk, soul and cheesy songs. You
can expect to hear covers of Rolling Stones songs along side those
of Blur, T Rex, Elvis Costello, The Smiths and then a bit of Kylie
and Andy Williams. We also play songs that other bands don't tend
to cover like The Beatles' 'Hey Bulldog', The Boxtops' 'The Letter',
Neil Young's 'Cinnamon Girl ' and Al Wilson's 'The Snake'.
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local five piece covers band. |
White
Van Man comprises:
Tony Audenshaw (vocals - has a striking resemblance
to that Bob Hope off Emmerdale?);
The Twad (lead guitar);
Frank Seddon (rhythm guitar);
Dave McWhan (bass guitar);
Tony Doherty (drums). |
| They
set the town alight with their first gig at St George's Parish
Hall on Saturday 21st July 2001 - the night of Torr Vale Mill
fire! |
| White
Van Man have played locally at the Town Hall, New Mills Secondary
School, The Torrs pub and the One World Festival in High Lea
Park. |
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What
venues do White Van Man play?
To date we have played pubs, nightclubs, social clubs, village
halls, school halls, town halls, hotel function rooms, marquees,
country fairs, rock venues, theatres and television studios.
Examples of gigs we have really enjoyed are Hayfield Bulls
Head and Conservative Club, The Great North Run finishers
tent, the Atrium nightclub in Leeds, the Flying Picket in
Liverpool, Buxton Opera House and The Royal Albert Hall.
What a thrill that last one was!
We have
appeared on the BBC, with our version of The Dandy Warhols
'Bohemian Like You' underscoring a montage of clips from
the Great North Run and on ITV's CELEBRITY STARS IN THEIR
EYES and Soap Fever playing Tony Christie's 'Amarillo' where
Simon Cowell kindly commented, "That is one of the
worst things I
have heard in
a long, long time. We've had some
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bad
performances on Pop Idol but that outshone them
all. Absolutely dreadful. An astonishingly bad performance.
0 out of 10." Praise indeed.
What
sort of audiences enjoy White Van Man?
We tend to go down best with an audience in their
thirties and forties. We are playing a wealth of
fortieth birthday parties over the next year, probably
because we are all around that age. We are quite
loud and rocky in our approach to the songs, so
those expecting easy listening should be warned.
Having
a lead singer off the telly tends to encourage people
to the gigs although some audience members have
been surprised that we don't play country and western
numbers (probably down to Tony's Kenny Rogers on
Stars in their Eyes). One couple who came to a gig
expecting to watch a play have returned to see the
band on several occasions. Pity Simon Cowell wasn't
in on that one.
Okay,
time to come clean, we only played one song at The
Royal Albert Hall, and Frank the guitarist couldn't
make it, so Glenn stepped in dressed as a Christmas
pudding, got drunk and started pestering Neil and
Christine Hamilton….but that's another story.
The King of Rock and Roll has been known to make
an appearance at gigs as has the band's lucky mascot
Mr Popcorn Head. Tony has always mysteriously been
off stage during these sightings. Spooky.
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