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	Barreiro Rocks Festival, 7th-8th October 2005 The band will be appearing at the Barreiro Rocks Festival in Portugal this October. The festival is a two-day garage event at Barreiro, near Lisbon. For more information on the festival please visit www.barreirorocks.com. The Flaming Stars will be playing on the 8th of October. For the full line up of bands playing at the festival, click on the flyer to the left.
	The Flaming Stars tour Germany The band will be appearing on the following dates this September in Germany: Wednesday September 7 2005 - Düsseldorf - Unique Thursday September 8 2005 - Braunschweig - Meier Music Hall (Presented by Radio Okerwelle) Friday September 9 2005 - Halle - Objekt 5 Saturday September 10 2005 - Dresden - Groove Station Sunday September 11 2005 - Berlin - Knaack (Double bill with Tav Falco & Panther Burns)
	Stranger On The Fifth Floor - 7" (Vinyl Japan - PAD85) Monday 23rd May 2005 Following the success of their sixth studio album "Named and Shamed", The Flaming Stars return with the second single from the album. The A-side was recorded last summer at the now infamous Toe Rag Studios and on the flip there’s a live version of perennial favourite "New Hope for the Dead", recorded at a storming gig at Gleis 22 in Munster. Stranger is a fantastic slice of the best garage rock around – brooding vocals and a punchy guitar sound, the perfect primer for their up-coming dates. "Stranger on the Fifth Floor, a ramshackle mess of brilliantly bruised guitar wearing a broken heart on it’s leather sleeve, has a lairy shuffle that might suit The Libertines" - Mojo Available from all good music outlets.
	Website passes another milestone A few days ago this website received its 20,000th visitor. I feel I should thank you all for continuing to visit this site and making it something worthwhile to put on the web. Roll on the next 10,000!
	Latest Gallery Updates A big thank you to Joe and Huck for providing me with a wonderful collection of photos of the band. These are now all added to the band section of the gallery and can be found here Thanks also to Claire at Vinyl Japan for scanning all these images and sending them to me.
	London gig The Dirty Water Club Friday 27th May As well as the festival gig at the end of May, the band will also play a gig in London at The Dirty Water Club. More details about the club can be found at www.dirtywaterclub.com. The support act is going to be a band from Chicago called The Safes (www.thesafes.com).
	Orange Evolution Festival The Cluny, Newcastle Sunday 29th May The band will be appearing during an upcoming festival in Newcastle, named the "Orange Evolution Festival". There'll be about 60 bands playing at venues all over Newcastle over the course of a couple of weeks. The band will be headlining on Sunday 29th May, at a venue called The Cluny. The support act are called the Golden Virgins. More details can be found at www.jumpinhot.com.
	Pogues gig update All tickets for the The Flaming Stars/Pogues gig on the 22nd December have officially now been sold. Those of you without tickets may be lucky to find one or two for sale on various auction internet sites (e.g. eBay) or from a ticket agency but don't be surprised if you are asked to pay inflated prices! The Flaming Stars will appear on stage at 7:50pm sharp and will be followed by The Pogues at 9:00pm.
	Supporting The Pogues at Brixton Wednesday 22nd December The Flaming Stars are going to be supporting the full original lineup of The Pogues at Brixton Academy on Wednesday 22nd December. This is the last night of The Pogues tour, and the two previous days at Brixton are already sold out. There are some tickets left for the night The Flaming Stars are playing, BUT NOT MANY, so you should book ASAP if you want to go. Click on the flyer to the left for full details.
	New Edition of Straight From The Fridge, Dad A new edition of Max's hipster book, "Straight From The Fridge, Dad", has now been published in the UK by No Exit Press. The word from Max is that there's lots of stuff in this edition that wasn't in the previous one. More details from the publisher www.noexit.co.uk
	The World Of The Whitneys November - December 2004 Kentish Town, London NW5 Joe and Huck Whitney open a photo exhibition this month in London at Flaxon Ptootch on the Kentish Town Road. The exhibition begins with a private viewing on Wednesday 17th of November and closes on Thursday 16th December. For more details click on the flyer to the left.
	Latest website updates A number of recent reviews of Named And Shamed are now available on the Reviews page. I've also added a new Sounds page from which you can hear samples of the band's albums.
	A tribute to John Peel in Mojo magazine The next issue of Mojo magazine, due out on the 15th November, will feature a tribute to John Peel, who sadly passed away this month. The issue that will feature John on the cover includes an interview conducted by Max that took place at Peel Acres earlier this year (an interview that will also appear in an upcoming book by Max) as well as other articles and tributes to John.
	London Gig Friday October 29th - Dirty Water Club, London N19 The band will be playing their next London gig at the Dirty Water Club on the 29th October. Address details as follows: The Boston, 178 Junction Road, London N19 5QQ (Directly opposite Tufnell Park Underground Station) More details are available on their website www.dirtywaterclub.com.
	New single now available The single "Spilled Your Pint", taken from the forthcoming album "Named And Shamed", is now available from Vinyl Japan and all good music outlets on 7" vinyl. The single is backed with an exclusive track, "Sixty Nine". In association with Vinyl Japan, the Bang record label will release a limited edition of 500 copies of the single for sale in Spain and Australia. The Bang release will contain identical songs but feature coloured vinyl and alternative sleeve artwork. A video for the single has been filmed and should show up on MTV and other music channels within a month, so keep your eyes peeled. It's directed by Mark Locke of Rocketfish Films, who also shot the video for You Don't Always Want What You Get a couple of years ago.
	Stars on film A British feature film which uses two of the band's songs on the soundtrack has now appeared on DVD. It's called The Jolly Boys Last Stand, and was directed by Christopher Payne. It's released by Cinema Club (www.cinemaclub.co.uk for more details).
	Latest Reviews Reviews are already starting to appear for the latest album and single. Visit the reviews page for the latest articles from Germany. If you come across a review in the music press then please let me know. Thanks.
	2004 Gig Dates - Germany The following dates have been confirmed for Germany: Thursday 11th November - FZW, Dortmund Friday 12th November - Atomino, Chemnitz Saturday 13th November - Wild at Heart, Berlin Sunday 14th November - Weltbühne, Hamburg
	The new album - Named & Shamed The new album "Named & Shamed" will be released on October 4th by Vinyl Japan. The album will be available in both CD and vinyl formats. A single, "Spilled Your Pint", will be released in August on 7" vinyl. The single will be backed with an exclusive track, "Sixty Nine". In association with Vinyl Japan, the Bang record label will release a limited edition of 500 copies of the single for sale in Spain and Australia. The Bang release will contain identical songs but feature coloured vinyl and alternative sleeve artwork. Photos from the recordings at Toe Rag Studios can be found in the gallery. Track listings for the album are as follows: Side 1 1. She's gone 2. Where the beautiful people go 3. The Marabou shuffle 4. Spilled your pint 5. Another dial 6. The parade's gone by Side 2 7. Stranger on the 5th floor 8. If you give 'em a chance 9. Bess of the boneyard 10. The 39 stops 11. Nine out of ten 12. Named and shamed 13. Locked in tight News of tour dates to follow so watch this space...
	2004 Gig Dates The following dates have been confirmed for the start of 2004: Tuesday 30th March - Cologne, Underground, Germany Wednesday 31st March - Munster, Gleiss 22, Germany Thursday 1st April - Römer, Bremen, Germany Friday 2nd April - (CANCELLED - due to promotor error) Saturday 3rd April - 4AD, Diksmuide, Belgium Saturday 1st May - Virginia Creepers Club, London (more details here) Sadly the festival in Nimes in May, at which the band were scheduled to appear, has been cancelled. It's possible that the festival will go ahead later in the year so as soon as I have more news I'll pass it on... Max Decharne & The Sandinista Social Club Friday 19th March - Kaffee Burger, Berlin, Germany One of Max's side projects, this band play 'late night' versions of Max's songs. They will be appearing at the Kaffee Burger in Berlin in March. This event will also feature the German book launch of Max's latest publication 'Hardboiled Hollywood' (see below for more details). As always, check with the venue about ticket availability etc to avoid disappointment. There are also a number of dates awaiting confirmation so remember to check back here regularly.
	Hardboiled Hollywood review Click on the image to read a recent review in Word magazine of Max's latest book.
	News on a new album 2003 was sadly lacking in new releases by the band. However, the latest information is that they have been busy writing new material and will be going back into the studio to record their next album around the middle of this year. The album is likely to be released in the autumn, with a possible single emerging around the same time. More news on this, of course, as I get it... UPDATE: The band are now scheduled to record at Toe Rag Studios, London this Spring.
	London Book Launch Wednesday 10th December The Horse Hospital, The Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1 There's an official book launch in London for Max's latest publication, "Hardboiled Hollywood". Doors open 7:30pm (click on the flyer to the left for further details). For those of you unable to attend, fear not, the book itself is already wending its way to all good outlets!
	News on a new studio album Recording has already started on the next studio album. Expect a release date mid 2002. Photos from the recording sessions at Sweet Georgia Brown's studio can be found here . More information when I get it...
	European and US gig news The following gigs have been confirmed: German Tour 2002 - Tuesday 12th March Köln - Gebäude 9 - Wednesday 13th March Frankfurt - Dreikönigskeller - Thursday 14th March Stuttgart - Universum - Friday 15th March Dortmund - FZW - Saturday 16th March Braunschweig (at a club called Merz) - Sunday 17th March Hamburg - Molotow The following gigs are to be confirmed: April/May 2002 - Athens, Greece April 2002 - Netherlands
	Tuesday 19th February 2002 New Peel Session The seventh session by the band for John Peel's radio show is to be recorded soon with a broadcast date of Tuesday 19th February. The session will consist of two new tracks and two new arrangements of songs from Wired Side. Tracks recorded were as follows: CASH 22 OVER AND DONE ACTION, CRIME AND VISION KILLER IN THE RAIN
	Saturday 19th January 2002 London gig at The Garage, Highbury Corner Tickets available from all the usual outlets (support from Tropics of Cancer, Joe Whitney's outfit featuring guest vocals from the likes of Sexton Ming and Jake Vegas).
	September - October 2001 New releases in the US The following records have been released under the Alternative Tentacles label: One Lonely Night / Days Like This 7" (catalogue no. Virus 267 ) Ginmill Perfume LP/CD (Virus 268 )
	November 2001 "5 years of insulting the British, now it's Uncle Sam's turn..." Dates have now been released for the US Tour. Confirmed dates are as follows : Friday 2nd Nov - Wowsville Record Store, Greenwich Village, New York -Acoustic instore Saturday 3rd Nov - Brownies, New York Sunday 4th Nov - The Green Room, Providence, Rhode Island Monday 5th Nov - The Abbey Lounge , Boston Wednesday 7th Nov - The Abbey Pub, Chicago Friday 9th Nov - See Hear Bookshop, Greenwich Village, New York - (Max book reading) The best news is that a London gig is looking likely for early December.
	September - October 2001 New releases in the US The good news for all you American fans out there is that The Flaming Stars have now done a deal with Alternative Tentacles records (www.alternativetentacles.com). They're going to be putting out a 7inch single in September, followed by a compilation album of 15 tracks drawn from all of the studio albums in October (this will be on CD and vinyl, with an identical tracklisting on both formats). The title of the album is GINMILL PERFUME. The 7inch single consists of two brand new tracks - ONE LONELY NIGHT and DAYS LIKE THIS, which were recorded on June 21st 2001 at Sweet Georgia Brown's studio in London - the same studio where they recorded Wired Side. Release date for the records are as follows: Sept.10, 2001 FLAMING STARS One Lonely Night / Days Like This 7" (catalogue no. Virus 267 ) October 8, 2001 - FLAMING STARS Ginmill Perfume LP/CD (Virus 268 ) US Tour dates to follow shortly...
	22nd June 2001 London Gig at The Underworld in Camden Town There should be a couple of support acts, The Mummy's Boys, featuring Mark Locke, who shot the video for You Don't Always Want What You Get (and whose first feature film Crust appears later this year) and Rachel Mayfield (who sang on the last Gallon Drunk album - the Black Milk soundtrack, released 2000). A single is due out on 18th June, to co-incide with the London show. It'll be a double-A of Some Things You Don't Forget (from Wired Side) / Only Tonight (from Pathway). It'll be available on 7 inch vinyl only.
	November 2001 US Tour The US tour is definite, and will be early November. More details to follow. It will definitely include New York, Providence RI, Boston & Chicago. There is also hopefully going to be a US-only Best Of The Flaming Stars compilation appearing round about the same time.
	Release Date 22nd January 2001 (available by mail order from 20th November 2000 at Vinyl Japan) A Walk on the Wired Side (Vinyl Japan - ASKCD 121) Recorded in August 2000 at Sweet Georgie Brown's in London Vinyl Japan present the new album 'A Walk On The Wired Side'. The Flaming Stars sound has undergone a subtle change, giving it a new sophistication, constantly fighting with the deep-down sleaze 'n' roll which has become their trademark. Thus this album heralds a new era in the Stars' career that will keep fans trembling with anticipation with every spine-quivering twang. If you get a chance to see them, they come highly recommended live as well as on record. If not, turn the light down low, take a swig of Jack Daniels from the bottle, then site back, close your eyes and enjoy The Flaming stars. A Walk on the Wired Side will be available by mail order from 20th November
	NEW SINGLE - Release Date 20th November 2000 You Don't Always Want What You Get (Vinyl Japan - 7" only) Taken from the forthcoming album A Walk on the Wired Side. The B side is Saturday Night Special. A video for the A-side has already been shot so keep your eyes peeled!

	Now Available (June 2000) The Six John Peel Sessions Double album (Vinyl Japan - ASKCD 111) 27 tracks from the band's radio sessions from '95 to '99. With a sleeve note from John Peel himself, this album covers songs from all the studio albums to-date. For a full track listing visit the Discography page. The album is on sale now at all good outlets, so why not pop down to your favourite local record shop or visit an on-line music store (eg http://www.amazon.co.uk) and enjoy what is the best album released this year!