With the CHRIS MOYLES SHOW in st-Stoke-on-Trent

Our next gig is in Stoke-on-Trent with The Chris Moyles Show. How exciting is that! About as exciting as it gets for us. Cos we've done it before and it was so good last time that we know it is going to be an absolute blast!


We're lucky to have done lots of exciting stuff. But sometimes events don't live up to the hype or our expectation. Whereas the Chris Moyles Show event we did in Milton Keynes back in april was great. Everything went really well - the show was good, everyone enjoyed it, we got to perform with Jo Whiley and Greg James as well as the Chris Moyles Show team, and technically (at the risk of putting the kybosh on tomorrow) everything went very smoothly. Basil and I needed a piss mid-set which wasn't part of the plan but Chris and Kirsty did a drum n' bass number to fill in.

And at the end, we all went back to the hotel for beers, pizza's and a chinwag.

More of the same tomorrow please.

Sheffield Wednesday

So we have played swanky London Night clubs, Rocked out in Barcelona, The French Alps, played the uk festival circuit, done the Kerrang Awards after show party, but still not conquered the North, which is strange considering 90% of the band are from the North. That was until tonight!

This evenings gig was a very special night for Rockaoke, and particularly for our bass supremo Jon Short, as we played at his Beloved Sheffield Wednesday football club, and you know what? we smashed it up, and no ABBA. If you get through a gig and not have to play any ABBA, you've had a great night.(no offence to all you ABBA fans).

Kirsty was fantastic as ever, Jon knocked out some crazy bass licks, Basil with his powerhouse drumming (shame about his football skills), the singers were in fine voice, and the audience. Well, what can I say about them. Quite simply amazing as they danced, drank and embraced the whole Rockaoke experience. All in all a great night in Sheffield, and we salute you.

It all kicked off @ the Tram & Social

Tooting Tram & Social on saturday 6 june was probably one of our best gigs ever. We had some truly great singers. The guys who sang "Last Nite" and "Are You Gonna Go My Way" were fantastic. And the girl (Biz???) who sang "Simply The Best" was so nervous but pulled a mega performance out of the bag which sent the crowd berserk! She was shaking like a leaf but that merely contributed a unique vibrato to her idiosyncratic vocal style. She was awesome!

Band weren't bad too. After a few holidays and enforced absences, it was good to have Basil, Danny and Jonny all back together again. And Mattyboy was on top form - as usual!

The show was so good we are using it to launch the ROCKAOKE Podcast. We'll be recording our first podcast this week which should be available for download very soon. :)

Things are hotting up in London. More venues wanting Rockaoke, demand that we can't meet and therefore more bands emerging who do what we do. Oh well! We've known for years what a cracking concept this is and it makes sense that other bands should pick up on it.

This week, Cuckoo Club in London and a rare hometown appearance at Sheffield Wednesday FC. Up the Owls!!!