21/8/08 -
PRIZE DRAW! The Elements are offering limited pairs
of tickets to lucky fans for the Launch party on Saturday
27 September. To be in with a chance of winning please send
your name and address to the.elements@hotmail.co.ukClosing
date for entries is 15th September and the fortunate
winners will receive their tickets by post prior to the event.
Good luck and see you on 27th.
7/8/08 - UPCOMING
GIG DATES - DETAILS CONFIRMED We've now confirmed details for some of the previously announced
dates, and added some too. Some previously announced details (particularly
for Sunderland) have changed. Here's the full list of forthcoming
gigs, visit the GIG PAGE for more details!
SATURDAY
AUGUST 23RD - The Ceol Castle,
Birmingham SATURDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER - Mersea Island Scooter
Rally, Essex SUNDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER - Centenery Square, Birmingham
(Birmingham Arts Fest) FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER -
Campus (Formerly known as 'Manor Quay'), Sunderland SATURDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER - The Barfly, Birmingham (ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY!) SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER -
Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge
14/7/08 - NEW
DATES
We have some new gigs, box office details to follow. Look forward
to seeing some of you there:
Saturday
August 23rd - The Ceol Castle, Moseley Road, Birmingham.
Details TBC
Saturday September 6th - Mersea Island Scooter
Rally: Mersea Island, Essex. Details TBC
Friday 26th/Saturday
27th September - Bonded Warehouse, Sunderland. Details TBC
Saturday 29th November - Katie Fitzgerald's, 187 Enville
Street, Stourbridge. FREE ENTRY!!
11/7/08 - Mojo
Mag Click
here to view a cutting from the months MOJO magazine! Click here for full page article.
7/7/08 - BAND
UPDATE Firstly, an apology as we could not play
at Kings Heath Saturday night due to bad weather. We hope the
fans weren't too disappointed, this was obviously very frustrating
for us that rain stopped play. Secondly, on a far brighter note
we are releasing another A side single in August prior to the
album! So keep checking the website/myspace for the latest news.
Thanks for your patience and support, The Elements.
2/7/08 -
STOP PRESS!! LAST MINUTE FESTIVAL GIG!! We've got a last minute gig to add to our
schedule, headlining the King's Heath Festival this Saturday (5th
July) in King's Heath Park in Birmingham. We're going to be on stage
at 8.15, playing a headlining 40-minute set, with other acts on
the bill including Astro Reality and Mr Dyalisis. The Festival is
running from 11a.m. to 9p.m. and is a part of King's Heath Carnival.
There's going to be lots of other stalls and entertainments, so
could well be worth a day out! For more info, visit: www.kingsheathfestival.co.uk/2008/location.html Hope to see you there!
10/6/08 -
Indie Chart no.9 The Elements chart at No. 9 on Radio
One's Indie Charts - thanks to all of you who purchased the
single! Click
here for the full chart.
9/6/08 -
New Photos! Single Launch Party & More...... We all had a great time at the launch
party for our single at The Cock Tavern in London, we've added
some pics from the night to our gallery. There's some
cracking pics in there, thanks yet again to our fave photographer
Jim Weaver. There's also a few other pics from a recent rehearsal
and our belter of a gig last weekend at The Ceol Castle in
Birmingham......
2/6/08 -
TONIGHT'S LIVE XFM MANCHESTER SESSION POSTPONED!!!! Sadly, the live session on XFM Manchester
in which we were due to perform and be interviewed has had
to be postponed due to illness on the part of XFM's studio
sound engineer. Apologies to those of you looking forward
to tuning in, we will of course be announcing the new date
as soon as it is arranged...... Meanwhile, why not console
yourselves by downloading the single, 'Caught In A Storm'
from itunes - see the link on the right of the page!
30/5/08 -
The Elements live on XFM MANCHESTER - Clint Boon's Music: Response!! Following his excellent recent support
for the release of Caught In A Storm, we're gonna be appearing
on Clint Boon's Music: Response show on Monday June 2nd, on
XFM Manchester. Clint's show runs from 7p.m. to 10p.m. Monday
-Thursdays. There'll be a full band live track plus an interview,
and playback of the single itself. You can listen in on 97.7FM
in the Manchester area, or online at www.xfmmanchester.co.uk (just click on the 'listen to xfm' logo in the top left of
the page).
If you continue to tune in to his show over the
following week, you may well get to hear two other tracks
we'll be recording as part of the same session!
29/5/08 -
Online Single Review The nice people at vespa.org.uk have
done a write up of the new single - to have a look, click
here.
16/5/08 - CAUGHT
IN A STORM - ELEMENTS SINGLE OUT MONDAY 2ND JUNE!!! Our debut single for Acid Jazz, 'Caught
In A Storm,' is all set for its release on 2nd
June (not 26th May as reported elsewhere!). It will be
available as a download and limited edition 7" vinyl.
Those of you wishing to download it will be able to do so from i-tunes (and other
sites to be announced here soon), as of the release date. Watch this space for
all the relevant details and links.
For the collectors among you, there's rather tasty looking limited edition 7" vinyl
copies, which you can pre-order now from all good record shops using catalogue
number AJX201S. Please help us to get the single established by pre-ordering
your vinyl copy from your local record shop, download it if you prefer, but most
importantly, ENJOY!!!
6/5/08 - New
Birmingham gig added: Sunday 25th May - Bank Holiday Weekend!! We've just confirmed a new gig
in Birmingham for Sunday 25th
May. We're playing at The
Ceol Castle on the Moseley Road in Birmingham. Full address and
gig details are available on the gig page. It's going to be
a rather 'special' two-set gig in which we’ll be playing
both some original tunes from our forthcoming album, and a
selection of our favourite songs from over the years including
Beatles, The Band, Little Richard, The Who, Travelling Wilburys,
Buddy Holly, The Hawks, Eddie Cochran and Paul McCartney to
name just a few!
1/5/08 -
Double diary update Diary entries from Dave and Tim are now
up on the website, click here to
go to the Diary section...
21/4/08 -
CHARITY GIG NEXT WEEK Details of our next gig below:
02 May 2008, 19:00
High Street, Digbeth, Brum, Birmingham, B5 5SU
Cost : £3
Headlining gig as part of the Don’t Lose
The Music event at the Digbeth campus of South Birmingham College.
Doors at 7p.m. Bar till late. For more details Tel: 07837 381978
14/4/08 -
LAUNCH PARTY GIG REMINDER - 18th April / The Cock Tavern A quick reminder about this one and
for the lucky few who managed to get tickets for the coach
to London it will be leaving Millennium Point, Curzon St,
Birmingham at 3.30 pm - see you there.
9/4/08 -
SHED GIG CANCELLED Apologies but due to illness tomorrow
night's gig has had to be postponed. We are hoping to re-schedule
in the not too distant future.
8/4/08 -
XFM Session Click
here to listen to recent XFM Session,
as part of our promo for our new single 'Caught in a Storm'
out May 12th.
6/4/08 - GIG
REMINDER - Wed 6th April @ The Shed, Leicester Details below of our support slot on Wednesday: 5 Yeoman Street, Leicester, LE11UT
Cost : £4/£3n.u.s. Supporting
locals The Excerpts.
21/3/08 - GIG
REMINDER - Saturday 5th April @ The Jug of Ale, Birmingham Quick reminder of this gig for you,
look forward to seeing you there as always. Also, Andy heads
out on tour with Ocean Colour
Scene next week. The dates
are here: www.oceancolourscene.com
20/3/08 - Radio
play First
the bad news – the single
release has been put back until 12 May, now
the good news – radio
stations want more time to promote Caught in a Storm.
Last night (19 March) Clint Boon from XFM
Manchester played Caught in a Storm and it was his
song of the day – thanks Clint for the support! If
anyone wants to hear Clint rave about The Elements you can
listen again to Clint’s shown via your computer. We
were played at around 7.40 pm.
The launch party this is still scheduled for 18 April at The
Cock Tavern, London and we are pleased to say the coach from
Birmingham is nearly full so if you want tickets let us know
soon to avoid disappointment.
6/3/07 -
Message from The Elements The Elements
single launch party - Friday 18th April
Caught in a Storm is being released on
Monday 14 April by download and 7” shiny black vinyl
on the Acid Jazz label. To celebrate this the band are playing
at The Cock Tavern, East Poultry Avenue, (Opposite
Fabric), Smithfield Meat Market, London EC1A 9LH
Along with The Elements
there is a support from Smashing Times and some of the guys
will be doing a DJ slot.
For anyone who wants to go from the
Birmingham area we are putting on coach travel at a modest
cost of £10 – this also includes your entrance
fee to The Cock. If you want a ticket please send a cheque
for £10 for each ticket, payable to “The Elements” to
P.O. Box 12420, West Midlands. B91 9AP. Obviously we will bring
you back as well so we think this is a bargain. Please don’t
forget to include your address so we can send you a ticket – better
still send us an envelope with your name and address on then
we can’t get it wrong.
Thanks in advance for your support. CAUGHT IN A STORM Single Artwork
5/3/08 - Gig
Reminder / 2 more dates added A reminder of our gig on Friday in Keighley - see you there. Details
of two more gigs are now available, click here to read.
19/2/08 - Sunderland
Tickets The Sunderland gig is nearly sold out. If
people need tickets, please contact the venue as soon as possible
on 0191
515 3583. If any fans have problems obtaining tickets please
contact us via the website or myspace and we will see if we can
do anything to help. It would be a shame for people to travel
and not be able to get in.
15/2/08 - LONDON
DATE - INSPIRAL CARPETS support slot! We are pleased to announce we have
confirmed another live date for the next few weeks and this
one's a bit special! We'll be supporting Manchester legends Inpsiral
Carpets at London's SHEPHERD'S
BUSH EMPIRE on Saturday
15th March. Also on the bill will be fellow Mancunians Lowline,
with The Elements on stage at 7.30 prompt.
12/2/08 - DIARY
UPDATE Click here to
read Dave's latest band blog to see what the lads have been
up to.
11/2/08 - TWO
MORE GIGS CONFIRMED!! We have just
confirmed the booking of two more gigs in the next few weeks:
FRIDAY 7TH MARCH - THE GASSIENDA @ NEW VARIETY CLUB, KEIGHLEY
SATURDAY 5TH APRIL - THE JUG OF ALE, BIRMINGHAM
Some of you will
recognise the venues as we have played them both before. The Jug
of Ale gig last November was a particular success, being a sell-out
and all three bands on the bill getting a great reception. It'd
be good to see you all there again. For any of our more northern
based friends, we can highly recommend a night out at the excellent
Gassienda in March! For more details of either date, see our gigs page........
2/2/08 -
THE ELEMENTS MYSPACE PAGE - NEW SONGS, NEW LOOK, NEW PICTURES!! We've added a couple of new song 'samplers'
to our myspace page for you all to check out. The page has
also had a little bit of a 'makeover' with a new look and
a few new pictures. Have a listen to the tracks, and feel
free to add them to your own myspace profile and help 'spread
the word.' You can also download the ever popular track 'A
Little Love' from the myspace page absolutely free!
7/1/08 -
More gigs announced! We have just confirmed the first
couple of Elements gigs in 2008!! They are as follows:
Saturday 26th January - Katie
Fitzgerald's, STOURBRIDGE
Friday February 22nd - Bonded
Warehouse, SUNDERLAND
We'll be previewing songs from our
album which is to be released later this year (watch this
space!), plus some Elements live favourites. For more details
see the gig page. More gigs are in the pipeline, we'll keep
you posted!
2/1/08 - You
Tube video Video below is from Lee and Andy's
support for Ocean Colour Scene at the Birmingham Academy
(23/12/07). Thanks
to Sarah Hoggart for the video.
30/11/07 -
Snail Mail - Join
Our Mailing List!! Lots of you keep
up to date with us online both through this website and
our myspace page. We appreciate all this support and long
may it continue! Should you wish to receive 'real' (i.e.
hard copy) updates and info on what we're up to, including
gig dates, releases, new swag and other 'extras,' then drop
us an e-mail with your postal address via the contact
page or send it to us at: The Elements, P.O. Box 12420, West Midlands,
B91 9AP
27/11/07 -
Gig Reminders A reminder of our gig this Friday (30th
November) at Esquires in Bedford. We're playing with Luton
based The Culture plus two other bands. More details on our gig
page, our Myspace
profile or at the venue's own website, www.bedfordesquires.co.uk -
See you there.
26/11/07 -
New photos in the gallery...
25/11/07 -
Diary Upate The lads have written a new diary
message, including reaction from recent support to the Bluetones,
and what the new year holds for the band. Click
here to
read! Check the gallery soon for some great photos from
this gig also.
22/11/07 -
Site Update There will be a new band blog early
next week, plus some photos, from our Bluetones support at
Birmingham Academy on 2nd Nov and the recent excellent Jug
of Ale gig.
13/11/07 -
Jug Of Ale: Video Many thanks
to Sarah for latest video below - Jug Of Ale, Moseley,
10.11.07
05/11/07 -
Jug Of Ale gig reminder We have a gig this coming Saturday at the
Jug of Ale, see the gig page for the venue
details. We're hoping for a big crowd so get yourselves along
to this one! Below is a video from our recent support slot with
The Bluetones in Leeds. Many thanks to Sarah for the video (Caught
in a Storm), photos to follow.
+ 31/10/07 -
Bluetones / Birmingham Academy Following on The Elements support slot to The
Bluetones last week, they now have another support slot with them
on Friday 2nd November at the Birmingham Academy.
+ 25/10/07 -
Dave Casswell Diary Click here to read
Dave's latest diary entry...
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24/10/07 -
See
you in Leeds??Just a quick hello to those
of you who are going to make your way to Rio's in Leeds for our support
slot with the Bluetones. We're all really looking forward to the gig,
it should be a good night! If you're on myspace, feel free to drop
us a message or comment over the weekend. If any of you get any cool
pics of our set, forward them to us via e-mail at our contact page.
See you there!!
BIRMINGHAM
GIG!! - Make
a night of it with this ticket offer!! Advance tickets are available
from here for
our gig at the Jug Of Ale on November 10th. These tickets will also
entitle you to get into Ramshackle club night at Birmingham's Carling
Academy for the bargain price of just £1!!
Also playing with us at The Jug of Ale are Tamworth lads Carousel
Circus and excellent Newcastle band Hungover
Stuntmen...... BUY TICKETS >
+ 04/10/07 -
Katie Fitzgerald gig reminder For details of our gig on Saturday, please see the tour page for address info etc. On Tuesday night we are at the Hare
and Hounds, hope to see some of you there. Our support with the Hungover Stuntmen recently was a success, thank you for your support.
+ 14/09/07 -
Birmingham ArtsFest We are at the above festival tomorrow and on
stage at 3.30pm.
+ 12/09/07 -
Gig reminder - The Shed, Leciester A reminder of our gig tomorrow night at The
Shed in Leciester, we shall be there, hope you will be to.
Cheers for your support - The Elements
+ 25/07/07 -
Lark in the Park (Stage Time) We are on stage at 7pm on Sunday - more
details on the tour page.
See you there.
+
25/07/07 - Website update! Welcome to the new website which we
are all deighted with -
Soon to come will be your chance to
submit questions to the band in a Q&A session. Thanks
for your support and come and see us at the gigs!
+ 24/08/07 -
Wanted! If you film any of our future gigs and upload them to YouTube, then please let us know and we will use them on the website on the right hand side of your screen. Cheers!
+ 22/08/07 - Andy
Bennett Diary Click here to read Andy Bennett's latest diary entry...
+ 05/08/07- Deep Freeze Video / Coming soon We have a new video coming to the website soon from the new album. We
have recently shot this and are very pleased with it, for the song
'Deep Freeze'. It will be up on the site in the next week or two.
Also, see our Myspace page for a couple of new songs we have uploaded. + 04/08/07 -
NEW GIGS Check the gigs page for some great new gigs, including support to Bluetunes
and Hungover Stuntmen.
+ 25/07/07 - Lark in the Park Apologises to anyone hoping to see the band at Lark in the Park on Sunday
- unfortunately it had to be cancelled as Andy has gone off to Japan
with OCS and they added a festival in Korea which meant he couldn't
get back in time. + 15/07/07- Hare and Hounds Photos Check the gallery for some recent photos from last months gig - click
here to view. More Elements news to follow soon!
+ 24/06/07- Gallery Update Twenty new photos added to the gallery - click
here to view.
+ 18/06/07 - Diary Update Check the diary page for the latest news from The Elements camp, Dave
has stepped up and written an update. We've also added a few new photos
to the site, thanks to Jim Weaver/David S Brett for the shots. More
to follow when we refresh the Gallery page. +12/06/07 - GIGS THIS WEEK... Hungover Stuntmen are in the recording studio and can't make tonight's
gig at Sutherlands in Gatehead therefore it has been postponed until
a later date. Apologisies to any fans for the short notice and we
will let you know when it has been reorganised. The London and Burnley
gigs are on. + 11/06/07- GIGS THIS WEEK... We have gigs this week in Gateshead, London and Burnley - see you there
if you can make it! Cheers - The Elements
+ 07/06/07- MESSAGE FROM THE BAND "The
band would like to apoogise to any fans that came to The Gaswroks in
Hudderfield to see us play - unfortunately the Manager refused to open
the club as one of his members of staff was ill. Sadly he didn't let
the band know the gig was off until they had already arrived for the
sound check and couldn't get in. Apologies to anyone we couldn't contact
but we can assure you tha band would not let their fans down this way.
If anyone turned up at Huddersfied and would like to email their address
to the website a cd of A Little Love will be sent to them. Hopefully
you can make it to Ilkley tomorrow" + Archive news
Click the image above to visit "The
Elements Appreciation Society" which has been set up by
our fans. Thank you for your support - The
Elements
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