Well now!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the time is upon us. As of this coming week, we'll be embarking on our 'Too Orangey For Crows' summer tour of the UK and Ireland and - apart from a last rehearsal or two - we are ready to go! Last tour there were one or two complaints about the lack of brass up there. You spoke; we listened. For the vast majority of shows, we'll be joined by Dave from Kids Can't Fly or Lynsey from The Hostiles on sax, and wee Jimmy Boom is not going to be backwards in coming forward to give his bone a slide. Wow. So, if you're one of those people who sent us messages bemoaning the lack of trumpets in your life you're compelled, obliged even, to come and show some support.

Below is a wonderfully-constructed table of shows, displaying the various lovely posters for each individual show. Each poster links directly to the specific show's Facebook Event. Go and add yourself to the appropriate event and talk with people in your area how wonderful it's all going to be. Again, the amount of time that took, you're obliged to!

Click on the image to go to the link!
 

London is getting down to the last few tickets, please, please don't hesitate to get your ticket ordered. It's got an amazing line-up and we're looking forward to a great opening to the tour. I've been asked to relay that over-16s are welcome with ID but over-14s must be accompanied by an over-18. Tickets are HERE.

It wouldn't be a Boom tour if there weren't some last minute shiftys and shuffles. The "great gig that never was" in Bristol is not going to be going ahead. It was just too difficult to pin down the appropriate venue on the appropriate date. Sorry about that Bristol guys but maybe you can just head over to Newport instead?! Thanks to Matt at The Croft for being so helpful in his attempts to get something sorted.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Belfast show has been moved to the venue Auntie Annies. Join the Facebook group to stay up to date with the show HERE.

Thanks a lot for all the questions I've had coming in to my mailbag. There is a brand-new Blog up HERE where I answer all those taxing questions regarding subjects as diverse as Babyboom, Anarchy and strange lyrics. Please keep those questions coming in at barney@sonicboomsix.co.uk

Speaking of Blogs, the final part of the US Tour Diary is up on our YouTube HERE. Please watch them with your head-balls and laugh at the abject ridiculousness of our little troupe... and leave some comments damn ya!

OK then, I'll stop shilling this UK Tour very soon. We've got some great news coming up about releasing a Boom compilation in France on Guerilla Asso and Germany on Fond of Life as well as a tour of a country that not many bands get to tour! And that's an understatement! That's all coming very soon, for now go and get yourself a ticket for the tour and check out our friends over at Guerilla Asso and Fond of Life for some righteous punk rock shenanigans.

Innabit yo!

Barney x

Hey there homies!

Thanks for the huge uptake in mailing list members over the last week, it seems that the offer of a free track is enough to have everyone to scramble to give us their addys. Who'd have thunk it?! Anyhoo, if you're new to our mailing list then hello! You'll be receiving rambling messages from me every few weeks detailing the goings on in the Boom camp, ponitificating on this and than and often apologising for whatever we've gone and done wrong this time.

So, in the spirit of this new nation of Boom, I've updated the colour scheme on this mailout to a sickening shade of reggae in the vein hope that it will make everyone feel slightly summery and spur you into action for the Boom summer dates, questionably dubbed the 'Too Orangey For Crows' tour. And, first things first, thank you very not and you couldn't be less welcome for the pitiful uptake in ticket purchasing right now. I don't know if it's the scorching sun that's making everyone lazy but we need more people buying tickets and making things happen! Come on people, remember the fuss we had last tour when the shows sold out?!? Well then.

We've had a couple of additions to the tour. We're gonna be popping by Ivory Blacks in Glasgow on July 20th and over to the Cooler in Bristol July 30th! So the tour looks like this... Facebook events are next to the show where applicable!

JULY

16th UK LONDON BORDERLINE w Moral Dilemma, Mike TV, Gecko. EVENT or EVENT! (So good there are two)
17th UK CHELTENHAM 2000 TREES FESTIVAL. EVENT
18th UK READING SUB 89. EVENT
19th UK NEWCASTLE TRILLIANS. EVENT
20th UK GLASGOW IVORY BLACKS
21st UK ABERDEEN TUNNELS
23rd UK BELFAST BLACK BOX EVENT
24th IR DUBLIN THE PINT EVENT
28th UK WREXHAM CENTRAL STATION w Dirty Revolution EVENT
29th UK SWANSEA GARAGE w Dirty Revolution EVENT
30th UK BRISTOL COOLER
31st UK NEWPORT MEZE LOUNGE

AUGUST

1st UK MANCHESTER MOHO LIVE EVENT
6th UK BLACKPOOL WINTER GARDENS @ Rebellion
10th UK LEEDS COCKPIT
11th UK CAMBRIDGE HAYMAKERS
12th UK PETERBOROUGH CLUB REVOLUTION w Big D & The Kids Table, Mouthwash, The JB Conspiracy
13th UK STRATFORD COX’S YARD
14th UK POOLE CHORDS
15th UK NOTTINGHAM MAZE w The Skints EVENT

I'm not sure if anyone has been keeping up with our US Tour Diary but part 3 is up HERE and involves Laila's feet, a strange tale of US comic Gallagher and the longest drive in the world. These things take me an ungodly amount of time to put together so please keep the comments coming in or you'll break my spirit and I'll do something rash like writing a song instead. Also, keep those questions and responses for the Blog coming in at barney@sonicboomsix.co.uk. I read them all!

Finally, I just remembered somebody asking me the other day where they could get the tune 'The Dangers of Rock n Roll'. Well, my friends, the answer is that you can get all that and more on our iTunes page HERE. If you pop on there and happen to think 'ah, I like that tune', please, please legally download it! Especially if you've already got some hokey mp3s of it. At the moment, we're feeling the belated pinch of the credit crunch more than ever before in our storied history, both in camp SB6 and Rebel Alliance so every little will help us keep on doing what we do! Also, you'll be glad to know that the mailorder problems we had while we are in the US are all over. Any remaining queries are being dealt with and posted out while you read.

OK then, let's speak soon. Go and buy your tickets peeps! We'll play a great set for you if you do. We promise.

Innabit!

Barney x

Hello gang!

It's been a while! We're both sad and happy that our world tour is over we're back in Manchester. The weather is beautiful so one can't really complain. Thanks to everyone that checked us out over in the US, France and Belgium and big up to Alex Bertein and Thomas Jingle for accompanying us over in France. Slam Dunk was a hoot and we were stoked to be on a stage with a top to bottom line-up that slayed. The Skints, Me vs Hero, Random Hand, RX Bandits, Skindred and last but not least CapDpwn (great to see them back!) take a bow! And extra special thanks to Robin from Random Hand for providing the brass. There are some cool reviews of the show on ALTSOUNDS and SOUND REVOLUTION, and Marianne Harris caught this stonking shot of the Boom doing what they do best. Click the photo if you want to check more of her stuff out!



OK then, the great news is that we've got a load of shows over the summer to keep us busy. As well as shows in Manchester and London and everywhere else, we're gonna be visiting Ireland. The dates look like this...

SONIC BOOM SIX (Rebel Alliance)

JULY

16th UK LONDON BORDERLINE w Moral Dilemma, Mike TV, Gecko
17th UK CHELTENHAM 2000 TREES FESTIVAL
18th UK READING SUB 89
19th UK NEWCASTLE TRILLIANS
21st UK ABERDEEN TUNNELS
23rd UK BELFAST BLACK BOX
24th IR DUBLIN THE PINT
28th UK WREXHAM CENTRAL STATION w Dirty Revolution
29th UK SWANSEA GARAGE w Dirty Revolution
30th UK BLAENAU FFESTINIOG CELL
31st UK NEWPORT MEZE LOUNGE

AUGUST

1st UK MANCHESTER MOHO LIVE
6th UK BLACKPOOL WINTER GARDENS @ Rebellion
10th UK LEEDS COCKPIT
12th UK PETERBOROUGH CLUB REVOLUTION w Big D & The Kids Table, Mouthwash, The JB Conspiracy
13th UK STRATFORD COX’S YARD
14th UK POOLE CHORDS
15th UK NOTTINGHAM MAZE

The first date is a wonderful way to kick the tour off over in London with a stellar supporting cast of Bristol singer-songwriter extraordinaire GECKO, Screeching Weasel and Tiny Time tribute act MIKE TV and London street-punk done properly in the guise of MORAL DILEMMA. Remember, last time the London date sold out in advance so you'd be very much advised to grab that ticket soon as from HERE or forever hold your peace! The Facebook group lives HERE.

Festival-wise we've got 2000 Trees Festival, headlined by Frank Turner, which you can check out HERE as well as the yearly punk extravaganza Rebellion, headlined by the mighty Bad Religion, Gallows and many more. Look it and like it HERE. Yikes!

Over on our YouTube now we've got the second installment of the SB6 US Tour Diary. All those pesky questions such as "What do they make in Oregan?" "What happened to the email I sent to SB6's mail order in May?" and "What does the spot where Laila sit's on in the van smell of?" are answered as well as exclusive footage of Laila learning to drive. It's a show more incredible than anything you'll see on Freeview. Indulge your soul and senses HERE. More coming very soon! There's also a ton of photos and fun over on our Facebook HERE.

Hmmm, what else is there? Well, I don't know if anyone has a PSP mini but we're on a game that's kind of like Guitar Hero apparently. If a computer game doesn't feature Mario, Tony Hawks, Hulk Hogan, Guile or Zelda, I'm not much of an expert but you can see what I'm on about HERE.

Last but not least, if you're not on the Sonic Boom Six mailing join now to receive a previously unreleased track on Mp3. Wow. Last year we did a live session (with a real string section, wooo!) and we covered Boney M's classic 'Rasuputin' and we've decided to bang it over to you guys as a little fixer upper on a sunny day because you're loyal, we love you and you stick by us even when we bugger things up. I hope you enjoy it. I certainly enjoyed doing my impression of Klaus Kinski's timeless version of Nosferatu at the end. Go to our home page HERE and join the mailing list at the top-right of the page.

'Oh, those Russians'

Barney x

Friends and Countrymen

I hope all is well back in Blighty! We're at least mid-way through our US tour with Knock-Out and things are going great. Thanks to all the fans and friends that have come out so far and we're really looking forward to making it over to the East Coast. If you want to know the full skinny about our adventures in the Ultra Violet Social Club, Neil's first tattoo and Barney's views on wigga-ism in music, we've got a full new blog HERE. If you're part of the generation that can't be fussed with all this writing malarky, you can skip the formalities and see our questionable video exploits HERE. More coming soon! Remember to comment. And tip your bartender.

OK then, back in the UK we've got a ton of dates in late July but before those beauties are unleashed onto the world, we have got a small tour of France and a couple of UK dates to boot.

On Friday 28th May, our day back from the States, we're hitting up Narbeth Queen's Hall for a warm-up date for Slam Dunk Festival. Slam Dunk takes place on the weekend of 29th and 30th May and is held in London and Leeds. We're on the Vans stage along with Capdown, Skindred, Rx Bandits, Random Hand and the Skints! What a line-up! You can check out more about Slam Dunk HERE.

Friday 28th May - NARBETH Queen's Hall
Saturday 29th May - HATFIELD Slam Dunk Festival
Sunday 30th May - LEEDS Slam Dunk Festival

After that, we're popping over to Belgium and France for a short exercise in Anglo-Franco relations then we're gonna have a few weeks at home to write some new tunes and all that good stuff.

Thursday 3rd June - BRUSSELS Magasin 4
Friday 4th June - LILLERS Abattoir
Saturday 5th June - NANTES Alien Fest
Sunday 6th June - RENNES Mondo Bizarro
Monday 7th June - PARIS Le Klub



Right then. We're sad to say that unfortunately, we've had some problems with our merchandise set-up due to a hardware issue that has occurred while we've been in the States. This is being taken care of so if you've ordered something and are waiting for a reply to correspondence, please hang in there. There are no problems with anything other than accessing and processing emails; all merch is being sent out and queries will be replied to within the next few days. We thank you for your patience!

Righty ho! We're gonna be letting loose those UK dates within the week or so so keep your eyes open. As ever, keep those comments and emails coming in and we'll see you soon!

Barney x

Ay yo!

It's 08:58 AM over here in Los Angeles as I type! We touched down late yesterday evening, grabbed some Mexican grub and then some sleep and prepared ourselves for a great US tour with Knock-Out. First of all, I need to make some apologies for the fact that last nights show in Las Vegas had to be pulled due to plane-travel related last-minute changes of plan forced on us by the airline. We're so sorry to anyone that was coming to the show, we would not have missed it if we had any choice. We hope you'll forgive us!

The tour starts tonight with our own headline show in sunny Los Angeles. We're gonna be doing video blogs and updates across the tour so keep your eyes open for those. You can see all our US dates on our MySpace HERE. Here we are...



It's election day over in the UK so vote wisely my friends. I've written a Blog HERE about my mixed feelings about not being over in the UK and my thoughts on the whole matter. I've opened up the floor for questions so if anyone has any queries that they've ever wanted to put across to us or me then bang them over to barney@sonicboomsix.co.uk and I'll do my best to answer them. I've already had a few corkers and I'm sure they'll be more so keep em coming!

Speaking of the UK, we've got some shows dotted about the next few months and we're hopefully gonna keep up the writing and revamping of the new stuff and songs across the shows. On July 16th we'll be playing at The Borderline in London with the stellar line-up of Moral Dilemma, Mike TV and Gecko in support! Nice and varied there. Remember, last time we played London the show sold right out so best to buy in advance for this one homies. Here's the event right HERE.

And finally! The proverbial chipmunk on a jetski in this particular news report is none other than the Ben Childs UK tour! That's right, our ex-guitarist and all-round Boomer Ben Childs is going to be making his way round our sceptered isle this June with none other than our pal Mike Scott promoting their split EP. Check out the dates at Ben's MySpace and a load of tunage HERE. Expect acoustic folk, punk and fiddles! Adam Dalton will be proud!

Righty ho. Let us know what you're saying my people!

Barney x