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The Delta Ladies Sat July 31st at the Cherry Tree Southgate

Hi all we are at a new venue called the Cherry Tree in Southgate, we are starting quite early at about 19:30 for an evening of  mellow tunes and stuff. Its a hew venture for this pub to have live music  so it would be good to support it. they also do rather nice real ales as well.

The Cherry Tree is at The Green, London, N14 6EN

http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/yeoldecherrytreesouthgate/findus/

The Delta Ladies are at The Cats Back Friday 16th July after their successful mini tour in the Tarn region of France.

Read more on this link  http://www.deltaladies.com/blog/

Delta Ladies at Olivers Jazz Bar

This is a delightful and somewhat eccentric pub  just on the fringes of Putney.
86-88 Point Pleasant
SWI8 1PP
London

Larry Miller is launching his latest album “Unfinished Business” at the Bush Hall on 30th June 2010 in London. This is a special event where you will rub shoulders with top journalists, and enjoy a night of fun with Larry.

Larry Miller

Every ticket holder will receive a FREE copy of the new album, and a limited edition golden VIP ticket upon arrival at the venue.

The limited edition golden VIP ticket allows the bearer access to one Larry Miller gig of their choice absolutely free. This ticket will have no end date, so you can use it to get access to any Larry gig at anytime in the future. Once you have used it, it will be yours to keep as a souvenir.

Each ticket will have a unique code that is traceable back to the ticket holder, and to use it, you will have to confirm that you are the original owner of the ticket.

We suggest you hold onto your ticket until Larry plays Wembley!

Tickets are priced at £18.00

Ticket only option: £10.00

There are less than 50 tickets left, so book yours early to avoid disappointment!

The address of the venue is as follows:

The Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge RD, London, W12 7LJ

The doors open at 7:30 pm, and the Album launch will finish at 11pm.

To Get tickets      << click  here >>

Elephant Shelf Radio interview on St FM

Electric Mardiland

Starting 8pm, Thursday 6th of May 2010 at Annie’s Bar, 180 Kentish Town Road, NW5, a high quality open mic with a sense of humour, an opportunity to show off your musical and other talents.

Night kicks off with Rosie Swan, a big fat soul diva hiding in a lil white chick…

electricmardiland@googlemail.com

Evidence has emerged that DCMS use of Alcohol and Entertainment licence statistics has misled respondents to the public consultation on an exemption from entertainment licensing for small gigs. Environmental Protection UK (EPUK), formerly the National Society for Clean Air, has submitted a strongly negative response to the consultation: http://www.environmental-protection.org.uk/assets/library/documents/DCMS_-_Licensing_Act_Reform_(2).pdf It is based in part on a misinterpretation of DCMS Alcohol and Entertainment licence statistics – an almost inevitable result of the way the statistics were presented by DCMS within the consultation. In para 4.3 of the consultation document, published on 31 December 2009, DCMS reported that local authorities and the police believed ‘… there was no statistical evidence that the Act was restricting live music’, and that LACORS believed that ‘very few applications for live music were refused. The Government’s Licensing Statistics bulletin 2008 showed that the number of authorisations for live music had risen by 7% during 2007/8 and although this did not reflect the number of live music events staged in practice, it was nevertheless an indicator that live music was thriving.’

http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/consultations/condoc_exemptsmall_livemusicevents.pdf In para 4.4 DCMS describes these as ‘very serious objections’, and the reason the government had previously deferred this consultation. By this devious means, DCMS avoided making such claims directly but implied misleadingly that they had considerable merit. Thus DCMS gave weight to the ‘live music thriving’ interpretation of the licence statistics, when they knew that no such conclusion could be drawn. DCMS made no attempt within the consultation to prevent such a misinterpretation. Nor did they mention their own evidence that live music was not thriving: the BMRB live music survey of 2007 that found a 5% fall in live gigs since the Licensing Act had come into force. On 28 January 2010, in the report ‘Changes in Live Music 2005-2009′, DCMS acknowledged that the Alcohol and Entertainment licence statistics could not be used to draw conclusions about the state of live music: ‘It is hard to say conclusively that the number of premises with a live music licence indicates more live music venues or more live music gigs…’ [updated March/April 2010, p2]

http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/Increases_in_live_music_between_2005_and_2009updated.pdf Unsurprisingly, this escaped the attention of EPUK who took the DCMS bait when responding to the small gigs exemption consultation: ‘The Department’s statistical bulletin suggests that the number of licences granted for live music continues to grow, contradicting the claim that the Act is inhibiting applications’. [response to DCMS Consultation Question 1, p1] It seems EPUK was unaware that the Licensing Act had dramatically increased the scope of entertainment licensing, making increased applications inevitable, or that licence conditions may restrict or even prevent live music. Their response also suggests that in their view live music is doing fine, and this is a key reason for opposing any new exemption. Apparently they were ignorant of the DCMS caveat about licence statistics, and of the DCMS/BMRB survey. Right at the start of their response they state: ‘… there is no evidence that live music performance is in decline’ [EPUK 'Summary View', p1]. Why would DCMS want to influence their own consultation in this underhand way? My own view is that the senior civil servants most closely involved are not acting neutrally, but are in fact active opponents of relaxation of entertainment licensing for live music. There are also good reasons why DCMS might want to exaggerate the success of the music industry and play down the flaws in the Licensing Act. The government is anxious to be perceived as switched on to live music and a friend of the industry – particularly with a general election imminent.

This plays well to younger voters. And senior DCMS licensing team civil servants, on whom ministers rely for briefings about the working of the Licensing Act and the credibility of their live music research, are fighting to preserve their reputations. ENDS

Hamish Birchall

Drum & Monkey are happy to present Quimby’s first ever show in London to you.

Gates open at 6:30 at HUB CLUB, the evening starts soon after with a Hungarian Stand up Comedy, performed by Quimby’s Livius and Edu! (they are planning to do a kind of duel or what)
The recently formed British-Hungarian Mindpilot will take over then, with Andras Simonits in their lines, to warm up the atmosphere. After Quimby, well, it’s Dino!

And of course… QUIMBY! In between and all along…

Early Bird tickets are on sale for £17.50 in Nemesis Tattoo – Camden Town

or for online purchase visit

http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/hub-club-formally-sub-club-in-e1/2010/may/23/event-235512

Returning to the places where they had so many great gigs ELEPHANT SHELF returns to Crouch End.

The Maynard is launching a monthly Rhythm & Blues night ‘Rhythm & Blues at the Maynard’, sponsored by BLUES MATTERS magazine – this gig is prelude to what is hoped will become one of the best R&B Blues gigs in North London.

http://www.elephantshelf.com
http://www.bluesmatters.com