Top Ska Band to play Campbeltown over Air Show Weekend

[IainJ]

Scottish Ska sensations, “This R 2-Tone”, who played to 25,000 revellers as part of the 2005/6 Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations have just been booked to play in the Victoria Hall on July 22nd 2006.

This dedicated nine piece band convey ska at it’s very best, delivering an energetic show incorporating the sounds of Madness, Bad Manners, The Beat and The Specials.

This concert will coincide with the Air Show Weekend, offering night time entertainment to the overall weekend.

Tickets will be available at A.P. Taylors, by emailing jigevents@supanet.com for a booking form or by phoning 01586 552034.

Tickets are priced at £12.50 and should be on sale at the end of the week.

Will post up more info over the next couple of days.

Iain

[IainJ]

Tickets for this event are now on sale from A.P. Taylors.

The hall will be laid out with tables and chairs and a large dance area to help create a party atmosphere.

Support act will be Catch 22 making their first appearance I believe, since getting back together.

Tickets are available to under 18’s but they must be accompanied by an adult as the event will be licensed.

Sound Acoustics’ who also cover the Music Festival will supply the PA and I hope to have the lighting crew that are currently doing the Skye Festival and who were also here last year with the Proclaimers.

Hope to see you there

Iain

[ROOSTER]

should be a good night good to see that catch 22 are back welcome back boys............

[lightning jnr]

never heard of the band..what sort of music is it..

[ROOSTER]

just go to the gig and support your local band(they cover keane snow patrol f. ferdinand and many others)

[wee alba]

Quite fancy this. Can tickets be sent out?

Takes me back to my youth, eh Rooster?!

Excuse my ignorance too, who are in Catch 22? Been out the town nearly 20 years now!

[IainJ]

wee alba, email me at jigevents@supanet.co.uk and I will arrange for tickets to get sent out to you if you want.

Catch 22 are Robert Black and brothers Johnny and Andy Coffield, they played regularly in the town up until a few years ago. They used to do a great turn at the Survivors Night and that’s why I felt they would be a great support band for the night.

This ‘R’ 2-Tone are playing at The Big Weekend in Galashiels on the 1st July supporting Deacon Blue, you can visit their web site at www.skadancecraze.com if you want to check them out.

Feedback so far has been very positive so it should be a great night.

Iain

[Willie D]

Looking forward to seeing this band live
just watched a DVD of them playing a gig in Edinburgh & they had the place jumpin'
it promises to be a really good night!

[Ninja Mania]

IainJ, how are ticket sales for this event going at the moment, any idea

[Ship called Dignity]

In addition, to above. When is it closing?

[IainJ]

Hi Ninja Mania & The P

Tickets are going steady, there is a lot of interest in the event as Madness, Bad Manners etc remind people of a lot of good times they have had. I asked around a lot of people to see what type of band they wanted before going for This ‘R’ 2-Tone and there were a lot of requests for various Ska bands especially the two mentioned above. The band came very highly recommended for a big party / dance night and are playing to around 3,000 & 5,000 (unsure of exact figures) people at the Galashiels Big Weekend on Saturday night.

As far as the closing time goes, the licence is until 1am so the bar will probably shut around 12.30am. At the last concert with the Peatbog Faeries the bar shut before midnight to allow everyone to get to the pubs before the doors closed but most folk were happy to wait and listen to the band for a bit longer so I will keep the bar open longer this time.

The Air Show is on the next day so it still gives everyone a chance to have a good night out but still get to the show the next day “reasonably” fresh.

Hope this helps.

Iain

[Campbeltown Airshow]

Oh yes indeed.... the air show is tyhe next day....if there is a few heavy heads after a good nights entertainment like this the cobwebs will soon get shaken from you when our friendly B-1 flys by at 600+MPH

[gogig]

I know that the band are really looking forward to this gig and hope that you are all able to make it along.

The band really should not be missed
Past gigs include having headlined the Assembly rooms in Edinburgh New Year 2005 and topped the bill on the Edinburgh Waverly stage in front of about 25,000 folk Edinburgh New Year 2006 plus prime support spots for the Proclaimers and Deacon Blue over the last year as well as the World Island games Sheltand plus two sell out gigs at the Bongo Club in Edinburgh (with DVD!)

A great ska night out is planned for all ages

Some low bandwith video of the band can be seen at:

http://imageevent.com/70wildmilesglenco ... out2ndjuly

and

http://imageevent.com/70wildmilesglenco ... 1stjan2006

website: www.skadancecraze.com

Again hope to see lots of you there a great night out is planned

Cheers

Mr G

[Ship called Dignity]

Really like the sound of this so got my tickets! Who else is going?

Think it will be a top night!

[Walt Jabsco]

Needless to say I will be there with Mrs Jabsco. Tight band that knows how to entertain and I believe one of the members is married to a Campbeltown girl.