2005 Headline Archive

07/02/2005 : SPECIAL LONDON SHOW 26 Feb

Carbon/Silicon play a special London club date called “Carbon/Silicon – Music Hall” when we will take over Vic Naylor’s club in London’s Clarkenwell for the night on Saturday Feb 26th – supported by special Dj’s and guests….this is strictly invitation only but we have allocated a specific amount of tickets FREE to fans of the band!…. to get your invitation for YOU + ONE guest please email your name and address to [[address deleted]]…  once we have received your details we will post you an invitation. (please bring this with you to the show) This is strictly on a first come first served basis and we will announce when the tickets have gone so hurry up and send your email NOW more details in gigs page.. also STOP PRESS** Newcastle Cluny gig now SOLD OUT..get tickets for the other tour dates to avoid missing carbon/Silicon on the road in feb/march…

10/2/2005 : LONDON – ALL TICKETS TAKEN!

there has been an overwhelming response to the bands offer of free tickets to our first london gig and all tickets have now been taken. these tickets will be in the post shortly to those people who submitted addresses before we reached capacity. thanks for all your support and watch this space for further gigs…. see you there!

11/02/2005 : Music on radio 6 digital

Carbon/Silicon will be interviewed by Mark Riley on his saturday afternoon show (from 2pm.)..live from the C/S tour bus..Mark will be playing the new tune “Tell it like it is…” burners ready then…

21/02/2005 : New Live Shows APRIL 2005

The band will continue their run of UK club shows this April when we play Badford and Coventry, and a special show in Istanbul,Turkey on April 13…..details on Gigs page

28/02/2005 : MusicHall!

Our heart is with everyone who came to Vic Naylor this Saturday for the Carbon/Silicon Music Hall show – our belief in this band and the music grows and grows…sorry to the fans who applied and didn’t make it this time – we’ll be doing another one soon..stay tuned to the site for upcoming details….also our thanks to Igor Tolstoy for the photos

16/3/2005 : Newcastle Free Show/MAY Shows!

We’ve confirmed that Carbon/Silicon will play the free festival on tyneside on Monday 30 May – a bank holiday – Bank Holiday Monday is FREE – 3 stages on the Quayside to 25,000 people.. more details soon..bands appearing including Futureheads, The others and many more.. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the dates this april – Bedford and Coventry …..also C/S late UK May tour… May 22-26… England/Scotland/Wales dates… details soon

08/04/2005 :  FLY CSi Tour MAY 2005

Mojo Club presents 5 special Carbon/Silicon shows at Barfly uk…22-May-05 Glasgow, Barfly…   23-May-05 York, Fibbers Bar..   24-May-05 Liverpool, Barfly…   25-May-05 London, Canden, Barfly…   26-May-05 Cardiff, Barfly…   tickets now on sale from ticketweb..full details soon

25/04/2005 : C/S on ANDY KERSHAW show – broadcast 15 May

Carbon/Silicon will record a special session for the Andy Kershaw BBC radio 3 show.. we’ll be going to the legendary Maida Vale studios ( where Clash and Gen X both recorded sessions in the 70s) to record some old and some brand new unrecorded C/S songs for the first time – we want to make this a really special occasion as its the first official C/S studio sessions! These will be broadcast on Sunday 15 May… You’ll also be able to get the tracks streamed via the internet, and they will be available for replay-on-demand for a week after broadcast … stay tuned to the C/S site..we’ll be giving more details and extra information on the songs as we get nearer the day, right up until the night before the broadcast.. Andy tells us he’ll be trailing the bands appearance in the next few weeks too.. burners ready then….

14/05/2005 : RECORDINGS! THE GANGS OF ENGLAND

THE GANGS OF ENGLAND… If you want the record…….just press record! The First Carbon/Silicon “E.P (beta version)” will be broadcast on the Andy Kershaw Show, BBC Radio 3, at 10.15 -12.00 pm Sunday 15 May 2005. The BBC will also stream these specially recorded tracks via their website www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 for a week afterwards… “The Gangs of England” … “Soylent Green” … “Tell it Like It Is”… Thanks to everyone…. Andy, Iain, James, Callum and everyone at the BBC for your faith and support… A Broadband Broadside Co-operation recording 2005…

18/05/2005 : MORE KERSHAW…

Andy Kershaw will broadcast the fourth studio recorded track, the Carbon/Silicon version of Mott’s “The Original Mixed Up Kid” this coming sunday, 22 May on his 10.15 p.m show… there wasn’t time to get this on the previous program and its a full jammin’ long version..
20/05/2005 : MELTDOWN FESTIVAL LONDON…

++Breaking News… Carbon/Silicon have been asked to play the “Meltdown” festival in London on June 17… more details when we have them… ++ see todays Independent Paper for an interview and Photo.. ++London Barfly – Sold Out…

21/06/2005 : After the Meltdown…

Big thanks to Patti Smith for having the band at the Meltdown Festival and for jamming with us on the Encore of “Hey Joe” (you can see live footage of the song at www.gigvideo.co.uk)…and big thanks to Rashid Taha too for being so cool.. a great night and a great venue… whats next? stay tuned….