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Spurred on by communications with various ex-band members and their subsequent input into the site, we have created a "news" page, allowing us to show you at a glance any recent site updates or news posts on the forum.
Last 22 news items from The Forum:
JOHN HUGHES DIES AT 59
The director died after a heart attack in New York, his spokeswoman said.
The March Violets contributed 2 songs to the soundtrack for Some Kind of Wonderful and also had a cameo role in the film.
Hughes' films captured the zeitgeist of a whole generation and he has a place in the heart of many a misunderstood 80s teenager.
More about John Hughes' death from the BBC News:
Breakfast Club creator dies at 59
Hughes' memorable film moments
Farewell John.
MARCH VIOLETS ON SKY TV'S 'SKY PLAYER'
sky tv's "sky player" currently has the john hughes film some kind of wonderful available for download.
the movie still they have chosen for the film's download page is one of the violets' "live" nightclub scenes:
clicky
and in situ:
more info here:
http://quiffboy.com/2008/08/12/march-violets-on-sky-tv/
MV MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE TO BUY ON-LINE
http://www.swagbrigade.co.uk/marchviolets/
E-TICKETS AND PRE-ORDERED CDS
We will be stopping selling E-tickets and pre-ordered CDs at midnight tonight.
Bit short notice I know but it's taking up a lot of time and we're pretty busy at the mo.
No need to panic if you haven't got a ticket yet. Tickets will continue to be on sale at the usual outlets and presumably on the door at the gig. CDs will be available in limited numbers at the merch stall, but when they are gone they are gone.
At about midnight the links to the e-ticket site will stop being valid.
UPLOADED FLYERS FOR THE 2007 HOMECOMING GIG
The back of the flyer has a promo for the "new release" (ltd to 1000).
Larger versions are also available by clicking on the thumbnails here:
http://www.marchviolets.co.uk/imagegallery/flyers.php
MARCHVIOLETS.CO.UK WEBSITE MAKEOVER
The front page & news sections have now been merged into a blog-style front page, with the most recent articles appearing on the homepage while the older news drops back to the News Archive, where you can view the complete history of news posts.
That should hopefully make it easier to follow all the breaking March Violets info that seems to be around these days!
I've also upgraded the forum to the latest revision of the software, which is phpBB 2.0.22.
There are no huge changes to the site content as such, but I've added large versions of the 7" single sleeves in the Discography section (Hint: click on the sleeve thumbnails) and I've made some subtle tweaks to overall the design & layout that I've been meaning to do for ages, which should make the site generally easier on the eye.
See y'all in Leeds in a couple of weeks
NEW MV SONG - CUT DOWN PRETTY - MP3 AVAILABLE
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE HIGH QUALITY MP3 OF NEW TRACK 'CUT DOWN PRETTY' [Pre release]
Due to the high demand on our server could you please right click the link above and choose 'save target as' in order to download the file onto your computer. If you wish to distribute the track via a link, please only link to your downloaded file. Thank you!
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The track is available via their MySpace page and also via our site, to help conserve their bandwidth:
And here's another new photo:
Looking good, pop kids.
RAFFLE TO BE DRAWN AT DECEMBER GIG
From the band's official MySpace blog: clicky
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The Raffle:
If you buy a ticket to the see The March Violets Homecoming Gig you are automatically entered into our Raffle... might not sound very exciting, but the prizes are pretty good, especially as there are maximum 1000 tickets and each one can only be drawn once....
- 2 electric guitars
- 1 bass guitar
these are real ones, signed by the bands playing at the Show, and any other famous friends who might be at the gig. You can stick them on your wall, or even go and start your own band.... now there's a thought!
- Some genuine posters from the 1980's
- The first record by the March Violets.. Religious as Hell 7" EP on Merciful Release.
- A cuddly toy
- Some Violets T-shirts
- Another cuddly toy
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ADDED REUNION INFO TO THE FRONT PAGE
It was already on the news page but this way it will get the gig details on google quicker (this site is the top result when you search for most phrases involving March and Violets)
Oh, and here's a nice piccy of The March Violets, 2007 stylee...
NEW MV T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE!
MORE DETAILS OF THE REUNION GIG
THE MARCH VIOLETS - HOMECOMING -
ONE OFF SHOW - SAT 8TH DEC - 8PM -
After a two and a half decade hiatus, three original members of The March Violets have decided to get back to the source...
Si Denbigh, Rosie Garland and Tom Ashton are preparing a choice feast of classics and new material in order to serve it to you at Leeds Metropolitan University Union on Saturday the 8th of December.
There will be an exclusive cd of new material...only available to ticket buyers, some special guests and some special happenings and also an aftershow party licensed until 3am. We want to celebrate this and we want to do it with all our fans both old and new. Oh, and did we mention that the resulting mess will be filmed for possible future release? We just did.
Tickets will be on sale within the next 24 hours and we will send out an event invite to all our friends here, so keep an eye on your inbox. You will be able to buy tickets directly from this page...which will probably be the cheapest option and also from Leeds Met on their website and other local outlets tba.
Just one more thing for now...if you are female with long black hair and feeling particularly drunk/happy/silly/etc and happen to have a mobile phone with video capabilities [or even, gasp, a video camera] could you please film yourself headbanging to our new track, Long Black Hair. Just download the 45 second snippet of the track on our myspace player, film yourself or get a friend to and send us the results using the link below...the video will be shown at the gig when the band performs said track...mmmm...could be interesting.
x MV'S x
Thanks to Heartland member bananacamel for that tip off
The aftershow DJs are from The Wendy House (Gilly, and possibly Glenn)
WOW! SOMEBODY'S BUSY!
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheMarchViolets
Keep on keeping on, boys and girls...
THE SMOKE AND LIGHTS ARE GROWING BRIGHT...
The March Violets – Saturday December 8th 2007
On Saturday December 8th 2007 The March Violets play their first gig since the 1980s, featuring the original line-up of Si Denbigh, Rosie Garland and Tom Ashton.
We deliberately went for a Saturday to make it better for those of you who work or who are thinking of travelling. … see… we still love you!
• Tickets
Tickets will be available very soon.
There are 1000 tickets, no more. They will be initially be available via the Myspace page http://www.myspace.com/officialmarchviolets with other outlets to follow.
• Venue
Leeds Metropolitan University, (known as the Met)
Students' Union,
Calverly Street, Leeds, LS1 3HE
United Kingdom
www.lmusu.org.uk
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/visiting/index_howtofindus.htm
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The fun never stops!
THE CONTACTS SPARK AND THE SOUND EXPLODES...
1) The March Violets get an official MySpace site here:
http://www.myspace.com/officialmarchviolets
2) Rumours of a reunion gig surface..
3) These rumours are confirmed on their MySpace site, here
Saturday 8th December @ Leeds Metropolitan University
The lineup would appear to be Simon D, Tom & Rosie, plus an as-yet unnamed bass player.
4) A snippet of a new song appears on their MySpace page: Long Black Hair along with an appeal to send in clips of yourself shaking your hair to their song!
http://www.longblackhairvideo.marchviolets.us/
5) That's about all... so far! More info as and when it becomes available.
And breathe....
SHORT INTERVIEW WITH LOZ
NEW PHOTOS AND SCANS FROM ROSIE
They are all at the bottom of the page, and begin with "violets..."
TOM ASHTON'S MULTIVERSE SITE UPDATED
http://www.themultiverse.org/
"SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL" SCREENGRABS
- Some Kind Of Wonderful 001
- Some Kind Of Wonderful 002
- Some Kind Of Wonderful 003
http://www.marchviolets.co.uk/imagegallery/other.php
Many thanks to rob from www.SomeKindOfWonderful.org for providing those...
CHANGES TO THE NEWS PAGE
NEW PHOTOS COMING SOON... HONEST
WELCOME TO THE MARCH VIOLETS FORUM
The website has been online for a while now and has been something of success in terms of giving interested parties a place to find out about this most enigmatic of Leeds’ bands, raising their profile, jogging a few memories, collecting and collating old photos, and even getting a few of the old band back in touch with each other.
All of which is rather marvellous, but we’ve received a few suggestions recently about creating a forum or guestbook so that people viewing the site can leave comments, ask questions, share anecdotes and memories, etc.
We think this is a splendid idea.
Thus we present you with the March Violets forum.
You’re looking at it now. Its small and neat, and we think its rather groovy.
Come on in, the water’s purple.
AND THEN THE REALLY OLD NEWS:
Before the introduction of the forum as a conveying means of news and information about site updates there was this list, preserved here for the sake of continuity and completeness (most recent entries are at the top):
SITE UPDATE: FORUM ADDED
You ask, we listen, we act. Which is how it should be. Several people have contacted us and have mentioned that it might be a good idea to create something that allows fans to meet, chat, ask each other questions, maybe even with input from ex-band members themselves. And so here it is: The Forum. Enjoy... Oh, and the keen eyed among you will have noticed that the Lyrics link in the menu at the top has moved to inside the Discography section. See March Violets Forum
INTERVIEW WITH TOM ASHTON IN THE LATEST EDITION OF "THE MICK"
An interview with Tom in issue #8 of Mick Mercer's e-magazine. Highlights include a plug for this website and this rather interesting comment:
Rosie, Loz and myself have been talking about the possibility of a reunion. We are all very much up for it. It would have to be the original line up with Simon though. Does anyone know where he is? Oh, what a catharsis if we could get out there and pick up where we left off in 1984... something to see I would think!
See The Mick
REMAINING NEW PHOTOS UPLOADED
The final batch of photos courtesy of Mr Ashton. To make it easier for you these all begin with "Simon...". See Image Gallery
EVEN MORE NEW PHOTOS UPLOADED
Another stack of photos courtesy of Mr Ashton (18 this time!) most of which seem to begin with "Cleo..." or "Lineup...". See Image Gallery
A FEW MORE NEW PHOTOS UPLOADED
A few more images uploaded to the Other Images section of the Image Gallery - band photos, live shots and a couple of photos from their appearence on the Saturday morning children's TV program "Saturday Superstore"!! Yes that is Keith Chegwin you can see. See Image Gallery
SEVERAL NEW PHOTOS AND IMAGES UPLOADED
Several new images uploaded to all sections of the Image Gallery - band photos, artwork, reviews etc. See Image Gallery
TOM@SHTON@HOME - TOM ASHTON'S OLD MV SITE BACK ONLINE
Former-guitarist and founder member of The March Violets, Tom Ashton created this personal website in 2000, and it promised to be a great source of information, photographs and gossip. In 2001 Tom relocated to the States and began his new project The Multiverse (see below) and stopped working on his old site. He has kindly given us a copy of the March Violets section of his old site so we can host an archive here at MarchViolets.co.uk. See Tom@shton@Home
SMALL UPDATES TO THE BIOGRAPHY AND LINKS PAGES
A couple of small updates to the "Where Are They Now?" Biography page and to the "March Violets Links" page to bring them up-to-date with the information we have recently received from ex-band members. See MarchViolets.co.uk
CREATED AN RSS NEWS FEED FOR THE SITE
An RSS news feed is now available. Point your RSS Readers at:
http://www.marchviolets.co.uk/news.rss
The same feed now powers this page, making our job much easier! See RSS News Feed
TOM ASHTON'S NEW WEBSITE IS UP
Not an update as such, more a post to let you know that Tom Ashton's latest project "The Multiverse" has a new website - TheMultiverse.org. You can download tracks and buy the first single, "M I S S I L E". We've paid the site a visit and have heard the new single and strongly suggest that you should all go and buy it. NOW! It's very, very good. Welcome back Tom. See TheMultiverse.org
ADDED ANOTHER TWO NEW IMAGES TO THE GALLERY
A live photo of Tom taken during a gig at the Danceteria, New York 1985, and a great shot of MV fan Craig McDowell's March Violets-inspired tattoo. Craig has asked about the source of that image:
"Anyone wants to drop me a line either fans or members of the Violets, I'd love to hear from you as I do have a question. What or who is behind the design I have on my leg?! Was it penned by someone in the band? Is there a "meaning" to the symbol? Any information you could give me would be great to know."
If anyone has more information for Craig, drop us an email at the usual address and we'll pass on the details. See Image Gallery
ADDED TWO NEW IMAGES TO THE GALLERY
Courtesy of Andy Tolson, we have a frame grab of The March Violets' the appearance in the 1987 John Hughes film Some Kind of Wonderful, and a snap shot from Los Angeles during the same time period. See Image Gallery
AMENDED DISCOGRAPHY INFORMATION FOR "TURN TO THE SKY"
Fixed a rather obvious (and very sloppy) error to reflect the correct personnel lineup for the recordings. Oops! See Discography
"WALK INTO THE SUN" STICKER - PT II
Managed to find a photo of the aforementioned sticker. See Discography
"WALK INTO THE SUN" STICKER - PT I
Added details about a sticker that came with limited quantities of the Walk Into The Sun 12" single. See Discography
ANDREW TOLSON GETS IN TOUCH
Andy has updated us on his whereabouts and offered to send some of his old photos for the site. See Where Are They Now?
CREATED THIS NEWS PAGE TO KEEP TRACK OF FUTURE UPDATES
See News & Updates
LAURENCE ELLIOT GETS IN TOUCH
Laurence has updated us on his whereabouts and offered to provide us with archive material for the site. See Where Are They Now?
ROSIE GARLAND GETS IN TOUCH
Rosie has updated us on her whereabouts and offered to provide us with archive material for the site. See Where Are They Now?
TOM ASHTON GETS IN TOUCH
Tom has updated us on his whereabouts and offered to provide us with archive material for the site. See Where Are They Now?
A RELATIVE OF TOM ASHTON GETS IN TOUCH
Tom's niece contacts us and offers to let Tom know about the site. See Where Are They Now?