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The Saturdays plan to put the fun back into funky
3:16pm Wednesday 10th June 2009
THE Saturdays are an all-girl band who intend to shake up the music business with shameless fun.
Their brand of pure pop is a reaction to the serious side of Indie and RnB music and has already produced a platinum selling album and a string of top ten singles.
Saturday girl Frankie said: “'We're not models who can't sing – we can all sing, we can all dance and no one's telling us who to be or what to do.
"We're all different because we're just ourselves, and that's the way it should be.”
The girls are in the middle of a month-long UK tour and will be calling at Wolverhampton’s Civic Hall on Saturday June 20.
Listings
Thursday June 11
Roge David - The Little Chop House, Colley Gate.
Acoustic Open Night - The Longlands, Stourbridge.
Jam Night - The Moorings Tavern, Stourbridge.
Skin, Voodoo Sioux plus The New Saints - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton.
One Ton Bullet - O2 Academy 3, Birmingham.
Naturally 7 - Town Hall, Birmingham.
The Reason - JB’s, Dudley.
Andrew Lawrence, Alistair Barrie, Rob Rouse plus Steve Gribbin - Glee Club, Birmingham.
Boo Hewerdine - Cellar Bar, Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
Shadowplays Rory - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
Big Up The 90s, The 7-Tees plus Sinergie - Robin 2, Bilston.
Reservoir Dogs - The Thorns Inn, Quarry Bank.
Friday June 12
Dark Blue Boogaloo feat. Ryan Peters plus The Lightening Strikes - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
Rhythm Beat 30+ - Benjamin’s, Halesowen.
Kick Up 80s with Bernie The Bolt - The Thorns Inn, Quarry Bank.
Tamla Motown and Soul with Max - Deja Vu, Rowley Regis.
Acoustic Session - Eagle and Spur, Cookley.
Rebel Creek and Bensem - Little Civic, Wolverhampton.
Athlete - O2 Academy 2, Birmingham.
51 Breaks, Nightmares, Sixty Five Miles plus Man Over Board - O2 Academy 3, Birmingham.
Outhouse Quartet with Hilmar Jenssen - CBSO Centre, Birmingham.
Open Mic Night - Base Studios, Stourbridge.
Britain’s Got Talent Live 2009 - NIA, Birmingham.
Andrew Lawrence, Alistair Barrie, Rob Rouse plus Steve Gribbin - Glee Club, Birmingham.
Cog - The Custard Factory, Birmingham.
Dirty Dancing - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
Coldplated plus Stereotonics - Robin 2, Bilston.
Pete Motan - Woodman Folk Club, Kingswinford.
Saturday June 13
Brian Sharp - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, 1.30pm start.
18 Till I Die - Little Civic, Wolverhampton.
Love Music Hate Racism feat. Scarlet Harlots plus Graham Parsnip Torture Think Tank - Civic Bar, Wolverhampton.
The Bon Jovi Experience - JB’s, Dudley.
Andrew Lawrence, Alistair Barrie, Rob Rouse plus Steve Gribbin - Glee Club, Birmingham.
Helesa - Labour Club, Quarry Bank.
Splatt - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
The Starving Rascals and Cracker and The Woodpeckers - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
No Jacket Required - Robin 2, Bilston.
Hot Wyred - The Mitre, Stourbridge.
Sunday June 14
Relight Your Fire 30+ - Labour Club, Colley Gate.
Smarty’s 30+ - The Kingfisher, Wall Heath.
Acoustic Open Night - The Longlands, Stourbridge.
Sunday Afternoon Open Mic Showcase feat. Dennis, The Bluesfix Band, Justin Bilton, Richard Jones plus The Picture - Robin 2, Bilston, 1pm start.
Anvil - JB’s, Dudley.
The Berkley Street Dance Orchestra: The Great American Songbook - CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 3pm start.
City of Birmingham Young Voices with Cleveland Watkiss: Rock and Pop - Town Hall, Birmingham.
Broken Records, Sparrow and The Workshop plus Dan Whitehouse - Glee Club, Birmingham.
Alive and Kicking - Labour Club, Quarry Bank.
Flat Stanley - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
Ian Parker and Friends - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
The Joni Mitchell Project feat Sally Barker and Glenn Hughes plus Ursula Rose - Robin 2, Bilston.
Monday June 15
Open Mic Night - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
Open Mic Night - The Britannia Inn, Wollaston.
Zappa plays Zappa - Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Boyzone - NIA, Birmingham.
Tuesday June 16
Folk and Acoustic Night - The Plough Inn, Wollaston.
Open Acoustic - The Windmill, Lye.
Jam Night - Roadhouse, Merry Hill.
Acoustic Open Mic Night with Neal and H - The New Inn, Wordsley.
Open Mic - The Queen’s Head, Wolverley.
Folk and Acoustic Night - The Plough Inn, Wollaston.
Boyzone - NIA, Birmingham.
Wednesday June 17
Jam Night - The Maverick, Amblecote.
Open Mic Night - Plough and Harrow, Kinver.
Open Mic Night with Simon and Lee from Voodoo - The Church Tavern, Quarry Bank.
Over 35’s Chat and Dance - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
Raygun - O2 Academy 3, Birmingham.
Russell Howard - Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Open Mic with The Frozen Nile - Holly Bush, Cradley Heath.
Acoustic Brew feat. Barricades Rise, Sons of The Desert, The Rogue State Circus plus Deano - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
MAN plus The Black and Reds - Robin 2, Bilston.
Thursday June 18
Roge David - The Little Chop House, Colley Gate.
Acoustic Open Night - The Longlands, Stourbridge.
Jam Night - The Moorings Tavern, Stourbridge.
Motorkill - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
Billy Bragg - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.
Bouncing, POS, Black President plus Templeton Pek - O2 Academy 2, Birmingham.
Rachel Furner plus The Heathers - O2 Academy 3, Birmingham.
CBSO: Tchaikovsky’s Little Russian - Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Roger McGuinn - Town Hall, Birmingham.
Open Acoustic Night - The Vine, Kinver.
Jon Allen - Glee Club, Birmingham.
Lloyd Langford plus Ben Norris - Comedy Stage, Glee Club, Birmingham.
Party Weekend - The Thorns Inn, Quarry Bank.
Kieran Halpin - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
YYZ - Robin 2, Bilston.
Friday June 19
The Dark Blue Boogaloo feat. The Elastic Band plus The Clouds - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
Rhythm Beat 30+ - Benjamin’s, Halesowen.
Tamla Motown and Soul with Max - Deja Vu, Rowley Regis.
Acoustic Session - Eagle and Spur, Cookley.
Gary Pease - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
UFO - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton.
Deaf Comedy Night with John Smith - Civic Bar, Wolverhampton.
The Lines, Page 44 plus Northern Empire DJs - O2 Academy 3, Birmingham.
Mick Hutton Quartet - Symphony Hall Foyer Bars, Birmingham.
Lunasa - Town Hall, Birmingham.
Khaliq - Base Studios, Stourbridge.
Jeff Wayne’s War of The Worlds - NIA, Birmingham.
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Glee Club, Birmingham.
Lloyd Langford, Ben Norris plus James Goldbury - Comedy Stage, Glee Club, Birmingham.
Sweet feat. Andy Scott plus Hi-Fi Idols - Robin 2, Bilston.
Saturday June 20
The Saturdays - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton.
Definitely Mightbe vs Adored - The River Rooms, Stourbridge.
The Lates, Sculptures, The Spurs plus Tom Ward - O2 Academy 3, Birmingham.
The Donns plus Skatch - Base Studios, Stourbridge.
Katherine Jenkins - NIA, Birmingham.
Ollie Hughes - Rugby Club, Wolverhampton.
Sussex Jazz Kings - Waterworks Jazz Club, Birmingham.
Lloyd Langford, Ben Norris plus James Goldbury - Comedy Stage, Glee Club, Birmingham.
Paul David - Labour Club, Quarry Bank.
Cracker and Jim - Katie Fitzgerald’s, Stourbridge.
T-Rextasy - Robin 2, Bilston.
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