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Oysterband: Tickets for the 2007 Big Session Festival at De Montfort Hall & Gardens, Leicester, on June 15 – 17 are now on sale at the box-office – either 0116 233 3111 or www.bigsessionfestival.com
Visit the website for details of free camping and most other things.

The popular “early-bird” offer of 50 for a weekend ticket is only valid until Wed January 31st, after which the price must rise to 60. Remember, the festival sold out completely in 2005 and 2006…..

Artists contracted so far, as well as Oysterband, are: Alabama 3 (unplugged); Waterson : Carthy; Show Of Hands; The Mekons; Tunng; The Men They Couldn’t Hang; Flook; Rory McLeod; Kris Drever; Martin Stephenson; Rachel Unthank; Instinkt (Denmark); Lisa Knapp; Colvin Quarmby; Whapweasel with Gordon Potts – and there’s more to come.

Album news: The launch date for the new Oysterband studio CD
“Meet You There” will be announced shortly, but meanwhile “Northern Light : an acoustic show recorded live at Skraaen, Aalborg, on 5 & 6
September 1998” is available now by mail-order at from the website at www.oysterband.co.uk, and at gigs. (It replaces the earlier “Alive And
Acoustic” , which we could not get permisssion to re-press.)

Until “Meet You There” comes out, Oysterband are going to do some small shows:

1. The Voices tour, a strictly acoustic trip to smaller venues in England – “no amps, no FX, no drumkit, no safety-net!”

Thu 22 Feb LONDON, NORTH FINCHLEY ARTS DEPOT
0208 369 5454 www.artsdepot.co.uk
Fri 23 Feb HAVANT ARTS CENTRE 023
9247 2700 www.havantartsactive.co.uk
Sat 24 Feb NEW MILTON FOREST ARTS CENTRE
01425 612393 www.forest-arts.co.uk

Sun 25 Feb BLAKENEY THE HARBOUR ROOM 01263
741018 www.blakeneyharbourroom.co.uk

Thu 1 Mar FAREHAM ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE
01329 310600 www.ashcroft.org.uk

Sat 3 Mar FERNDOWN BARRINGTON THEATRE
01202 707498 www.wegottickets.com

Sun 4 Mar TOTNES ARIEL CENTRE
01803 863468 www.harbertonfolk.co.uk

Mon 5 Mar CHESTER TELFORDS
WAREHOUSE 01244 390 090
www.telfordswarehouse.com

Tue 6 Mar BIRMINGHAM MAC THEATRE
0121 440 3838 www.macarts.co.uk

Thu 8 Mar WORCESTER HUNTINGDON
01905 61142 www.worcesterlive.co.uk

Fri 9 Mar BIDDULPH TOWN HALL
01782 514896 www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk

Sun 11 Mar HITCHIN FOLK CLUB
01462 812391 www.hitchinfolkclub.idnet.net
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Then comes

2. Part 1 of the full-on electric tour to promote “Meet You There”, starting in Germany & Switzerland:

Wed 28 Mar ESSEN ZECHE CARL

Thu 29 Mar HAMBURG MARKTHALLE

Fri 30 Mar FLENSBURG ROXY CLUB

Sat 31 Mar POTSDAM LINDENPARK

Sun 1 Apr JENA F-HAUS

Mon 2 Apr HANNOVER MUSIKZENTRUM

Tue 3 Apr NRNBERG HIRSCH

Wed 4 Apr KARLSRUHE SUBSTAGE

Thu 5 Apr SCHAFFHAUSEN (CH) KAMMGARN

Fri 6 Apr THUN (CH) CAFE MOKKA

Sat 7 Apr WETZIKON (CH) SCALA