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Sent: 30 June 2015 08:31

Subject: OYSTERNEWS - JUNE 2015

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		IN THIS ISSUE "Oysters3" dates Complete Oysterband lyrics now on website Summer festivals in Denmark, Canada, UK Release date for John Jones' new solo album Charity auction of (knitted) Oysterband!
					Here comes something a little different - Oysterband as you don't quite know them. Up close and personal: John Jones, Alan Prosser and Ian Telfer, the three founder members, songwriters and and creative heart of Oysterband, invite you to an evening of fresh acoustic performance and not-entirely-discreet stories - an insight into our history, sometimes turbulent, often funny, with, of course, great songs from every era of our career. This we are calling "Oysters3". "The idea arose from Sidmouth and Shrewsbury Festivals recently asking us to do ?something different' as well as the regular Oysterband style of concert. We more or less improvised the show, and to our genuine astonishment it went down a storm - and we wondered how on earth we'd never thought of doing this before!" - Ian.
		The first outing for Oysters3 this year will be at Shrewsbury Folk Festival during the daytime on Saturday 29th August, with a full Oysterband Special show the same evening. (More about Shrewsbury below.) Oysters3 in 2015: Sat Aug 29             SHREWSBURY                    SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL (daytime show) Mon Nov 16            BOARHUNT Hampshire     FOREST FOLK Tue Nov 17             BRISTOL                             THE LANTERN, COLSTON HALL Sat Nov 21              BIDDULPH                          TOWN HALL Sun Nov 22            CANTERBURY                     CATHEDRAL LODGE Oysters3 in 2016: Fri Jan 15               MANCHESTER                    BAND ON THE WALL Sat Jan 16              KENDAL                               BREWERY   Tue Jan 19             CARLISLE                            OLD FIRE STATION Wed Jan 20            SOUTHPORT                       ARTS CENTRE Thu Jan 21             BURY ST EDMUNDS           APEX Fri Jan 22               MILTON KEYNES                STABLES Sun Jan 24             BEXHILL                              DE LA WARR PAVILION   Mon Jan 25            NETTLEBED                        FOLK CLUB Tue Jan 26             CARDIFF                              ST DAVID'S HALL 3 Wed Jan 27            EXETER                               PHOENIX ARTS CENTRE with some festival dates still to be announced. See you there - it'll be a blast!
		With a proud smile (and a whimper of relief) we can announce that the entire body of Oysterband song lyrics - all 150 of them, so far - is now available online at www.oysterband.co.uk/lyrics - our warm thanks to Giolla Decair and Caz White, who did most of the actual work. It was a mighty job. Now we can settle the dressing-room arguments about "How did that one go...?" Though possibly not the ones about "What *$%!_at_ key was it in???" All we need now is to get the Discography sorted out...
		Before the annual avalanche of info about summer festivals, a note about SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL, which is a bit different for us. As well as the Oysters3 performance, we'll be doing an OYSTERBAND SPECIAL. John writes: "Just confirmed: Ray Cooper [Chopper] to join Oysterband on stage at Shrewsbury, along with long-time former drummer Lee Partis and the band's favourite Irish piper James O'Grady. All 9 of us on main stage together - we just need 2 more to match Bellowhead and there might even be some leaping!!" That's Sat Aug 29th. But first: DENMARK: Wed 01 July                      ESBJERG                        BYPARKEN  (free show)  19:30 Thu 02 July                       KOLDING                        "SOMMER VED S?EN"  (free show) www.musik.kolding.dk Fri 03 July                         SKAGEN                          SKAGEN FESTIVAL skagenfestival.dk Sat 04 July                        TUN?                               TUN? FESTIVAL tunofestival.dk Sun 05 July                       SKAGEN                          SKAGEN FESTIVAL (again) skagenfestival.dk UK: Fri 10 July                         SANDWICH                      ST MARY'S ARTS CENTRE www.wegottickets.com/event/308504    doors 19:00    ?18.50 Sun 12 July                       ELY                                  ELY FOLK FESTIVAL www.elyfolkfestival.co.uk Sun 26 July                       WESTBURY                     VILLAGE PUMP FOLK FESTIVAL White Horse Country Park    www.villagepumpfolkfestival.co.uk CANADA: Sat 01 to Mon 03 August CANMORE, AB                CANMORE FOLK FESTIVAL canmorefolkfestival.com Wed 05 August                 GOLDEN, BC                  "SUMMER KICKS" GOLDEN TOWN SQUARE Fri 07 to Sun 09 August   EDMONTON, AB             EDMONTON FOLK FESTIVAL www.edmontonfolkfest.org Thu 13 August                  VANCOUVER,  BC          ST JAMES HALL www.roguefolk.bc.ca Fri & Sat 14 -15 August   SALMON ARM,  BC         SALMON ARM ROOTS & BLUES FESTIVAL www.rootsandblues.ca UK: Sun 23 August                  ESCOT PARK, Devon    BEAUTIFUL DAYS www.beautifuldays.org                                           EX11 1LU  =  disabled parking and drop-offs                                           EX14 3AZ  =  car parking and campervans Sat 29 August                   SHREWSBURY               SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk                                           both as OYSTERBAND SPECIAL                                           and as Oysters3 Fri 04 September              NEWSTEAD ABBEY       ROBIN HOOD FOLK FESTIVAL                                           Nottinghamshire             www.robinhoodfolkfestival.co.uk Sat 05 September             COTTINGHAM                 COTTINGHAM FOLK FESTIVAL                                           near Hull, E Yorkshire    THE CIVIC HALL                                           with the wonderful         cottinghamfolkfestival.co.uk/?page_id=60                                           3 Daft Monkeys               19:00
		Knitted Oysterband was delighted to take part in the Knitted Character Folk Festival http://www.knittedcharacterfolkfestival.co.uk, the brainchild of folk pop skiffle punk legend Gerry Colvin (with thanks for inspiration to Harry Hill). Now the band (the knitted version) is being auctioned off for one of the band's favourite charities, the Ocean Youth Trust South - see www.oytsouth.org - which does sterling work with young people in difficult situations. Please bid now! Band members come complete with instruments and Xmas hats. Bids for the whole band only, please, NOT for individual members. You can bid on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/oysterband1) or by emailing oystersfacebook_at_gmail_dot_com to tell us how much you would like to offer. Deadline Fri 17 July and then the band will be posted to the highest bidder. With thanks to Ken and Donna from Square Roots Promotions. Bid generously - it's for a very good cause!
		All the best John,  Alan,  Ian,  Dil,  Al,  Adrian  x OYSTERBAND c/o Running Man, PO Box 12018, Coggeshall CO6 1ZJ, UK email:    oysters_at_oysterband_dot_co_dot_uk URL:      www.oysterband.co.uk Twitter: _at_Oysterband1 www.facebook.com/pages/Oysterband/124838504248510 www.myspace.com/oysterband

......after which there will be no pause for breath, as John Jones' second solo album NEVER STOP MOVING will be released by Westpark Music on Friday September 4th via Proper Music Distribution. With 3 traditional songs and 9 written by John, it features many of his usual collaborators - Al Scott and Dil Davies from Oysterband, Benji Kirkpatrick (bouzouki and vocal), Tim Cotterell (fiddle), Lindsey Oliver (bass), Boff Whalley and Rowan Godel (vocal), plus Fran?ois Deville on pedal steel and Sophie Walsh on harp.

Early copies will be available at Shrewsbury (where John will launch the album) and at his show at Bunkfest (Wallingford, Oxfordshire) on Sunday 6th September.

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