Latest News Magazine 2020

Mellow Down Thieving Magpies Latest News Revised Edition Spring 2020

* Tapestry Arts Centre* *Grizedale Rocks 2020* * Maryport Live* *Kendal Torchlight* *By the Seaside * * At Home at Holker Hall * and much more…

Mellow Down Thieving Magpies Latest News Spring 2020

Contents

Introduction

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Tapestry Arts Centre 4 Maryport Live Torch Light Carnival

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Grizedale Rocks 2020 7 Blues Rock Review

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At Home at Holker

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Beside the Seaside! 11 Greenside Festival 13 Cider Festival Kendal Gig Guide

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Skint for Christmas Tour

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T Shirts and Things

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Latest News – Spring 2020 Welcome to Mellow Down – The Latest News Update for the band the Thieving Magpies. The Thieving Magpies are putting their own spin on classic rock, rhythm and blues from down the decades and a whole lot of jamming in the spur of the moment. The band was formed in 2016 when founder Paul Harrison, the former acoustic roots outfit Room Full of Mirrors front man felt compelled to return to the blues rock roots of his youth and the rest, as they say, is history...

Our set list currently includes our takes on the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, plenty of Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Free, Bill Withers, Bob Dylan, snippets of the Prodigy... and plenty of bluesy standards including “Rolling and Tumbling” and “Sweet Home Chicago.”

Thieving Magpies Band are: Paul Harrison(Lead Vocal/Guitarist), Ben Steel (Drummer), Robbie Jay Coplen (Bass) and Alan Whitmore (Keys) So there you have it, we are so grateful to everyone for your amazing support. If you haven’t heard us play we hope this magazine will inspire you to come and see us play hopefully somewhere not too far away.!

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Tapestry Arts Centre in Bradford We are so excited to be playing 3 dates this year at the Tapestry Arts Centre in Bradford. Not just a live music venue, but an arts complex, situated in Dudley Hill, South Bradford in West Yorkshire. Fantastic live music events, arts performances, comedy nights, cinema nights, not forgetting regular nostalgic themed music nights & shows, featuring the biggest hits of the 1970’s, the 1980’s and the 1990’s.

Tapestry Arts also houses no less than two professional music recording studios and 5 production suites The Dates are May 21st and June 18th £3.00 Admission on the door (check website or Facebook for details) The venue has a large stage with a state of the art Meyer Sound PA system and superb DMX intelligent lighting. With its quirky bespoke design, it’s a real chameleon and is suitable for many uses, ranging from live music, to comedy, to stage performances So Something to really look forward to and get excited about!!!

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More Events to look forward to!

Once again we will be playing at Maryport Live with appearances on both Friday and Saturday

Torchlight Carnival Kendal!

We will be playing out of the New Inn on Highgate Kendal for the Torchlight Procession in September on the Friday night with up to 18,000 people on the streets for the event!

For more info check out our Facebook events page or go to www.thievingmagpies.co.uk

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Mellow Down Thieving Magpies Paul Harrison

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Grizedale Rocks Music Festival 2020 We are delighted to be making an appearance at this years Grizedale Rocks 2020 on Saturday 27th June at 3pm - With 1600 people down to attend on their events page it’s going to be a fantastic event in such a beautiful setting

Grizedale campsite offers all year round woodland camping pitches and Yurts and Pods all positioned in our unique woodland setting.

The campsite is situated 1.5 miles south of the Visitor Centre at Grizedale. Grizedale valley itself lies between Coniston Water and Lake Windermere. A journey of four miles north takes you to the village of Hawkshead and a further 5 miles to Ambleside. Travelling south takes you to the local market town of Ulverston.

We have excellent new facilities at our campsite with camping in the fields adjacent to the farm and in the wooded areas.

For more info and tickets email: info@grizedale-camping.co.uk Or visit: www.grizedale-camping.co.uk

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Blues Rock Review from Reddit.com The Thieving Magpies from Cumbria are putting their own spin and brand on known rock, rhythm and blues songs. Their powerful and raw performances bring a very different and varied interpretation on numbers they choose to cover as they showcase their musicianship and talent together with a pretty stunning stage presence for just a well known regional band. The natural sound they make is extremely impressive and gets people moving. With sweeping solos and melody lines filling listeners’ ears with a classic sound. This then being combined with a really tight back line.

The set list does provide a contrast to the rock and funky beat with some more mellow moments and even dare we say it a sense of emotional performance which again is unusual for a local band of this type. There is a wide variation in the arrangement and chemistry of the band stripping right back at times to just a bass line and drums or even just a piano and guitar line... This provides a touch to the performance paired by some high quality solos provided by all the band members. This contrasts with the infectious reggae/funk tracks which compel those attending to join in the dance with growling vocals and crashing drums and catchy ad-libs. This contrast truly highlights the dynamism that the Magpies can pack into one night’s show.

The Thieving Magpies capture the very best of what an outstanding gig should putting on a real show that definitely leaves you wanting for more!

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Mellow Down Thieving Magpies Ben Steel

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At Home at Holker Hall Once again we are really looking forward to playing Chillifest at Holker Hall on Sunday 6th September with sets throughout the day.

A Festival with specialist chilli companies from all over the country, local specialist food suppliers, catering featuring cuisine from around the world and a variety of quirky gifts.

With entertainment, cookery demonstrations and the much anticipated chilli eating competition, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

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However we are really feeling at Home at Holker because in addition we are also going to be on stage for the Winter Markets Festival on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November again at various times on stage during the day For more info and tickets email: info@holker.co.uk Or visit: http://www.holker.co.uk

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We do like to be Beside the Seaside!

This year we are going to be playing by the sea once again – so armed with Bucket and Spades and an ice cream in hand it shall be fun in the sun as we shall be performing at the York Hotel, the Owls Nest, William Mitchell, Bar Eighteen 66, Strawberry Gardens, the Blue Anchor, in Morecambe and Heysham Maryport Live Festival, Arnside Sailing Club, Southend Holiday Park, Mermaid Bar in Southerness and the Dickens in Thornton Clevelys

For more info check out our Facebook events page or go to www.thievingmagpies.co.uk and click on events and gigs

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Mellow Down Thieving Magpies Robbie Jay Coplen

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4TH – 5TH SEPTEMBER 2020 More Events to look forward to!

Cannot wait to play Friday Night 4th September at the Greenside Festival and Thursday 2nd July at the New Union Cider Festival in Kendal

For more info check out our Facebook events page or go to www.thievingmagpies.co.uk and click on events and gigs

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Thieving Magpies Gig Guide 2020 The Beat Goes On for the Thieving Magpies...in 2020-21 dates now booking up - Save the dates and come and join us if you can!

For a full list of event go to: www.thievingmagpies.co.uk/gigs or check out the events page on our Facebook page

Lets make contact:

For any Tweeterer, Trenderers, Pokers, Bloggers, Likers & Commentors Come and find, follow and befriend us at: www.facebook.com/thievingmagpiesband www.twitter.com/cumbriamagpies www.Instagram.com/thievingmagpiesband www.youtube.com/thievingmagpies www.soundcloud.com/thievingmagpies And www.thievingmagpies.co.uk You can email us at: info@thievingmagpies.co.uk

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Mellow Down Thieving Magpies Alan Whitmore

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Skint for Christmas Tour 2020 It will be another very Merry Christmas for the Thieving Magpies as we embark on our 2020 Skint of Christmas Tour.

Venues already confirmed are: Arnside Sailing Club, Kings Arms Kirkby Lonsdale, Canal Turn Carnforth, Bar Eighteen 66, Lily Bar Ambleside, The Globe Inn in Ulverston, The Ambrose Hotel in Barrow and last but not least letting the new year in at the Ivy Leaf Club in Kendal.

We do have a couple of dates left if you know a venue that might be interested.

For more info check out our Facebook events page or go to www.thievingmagpies.co.uk and click on events and gigs

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T Shirts and things We have a selection of T Shirts in various sizes some wrist bands and pin badges in a few different colours

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If you are interested in buying something email us at: info@thievingmagpies.co.uk or visit www.thievingmagpies.co.uk

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