7th May 2012
Our date at the Brewery Tap, Idle, has been moved forward to Sunday 3rd June. We will now be doing our bit for the Royal Celebrations
29th April 2012
Great gig at The Coniston, Idle last night, a few Taxi's from various band members, but hey...that's rock n roll. Our next gig is at Fawlty Towers (Richardsons Arms, Oakenshaw) our first gig there. Run by my brother and sister in law, so should be a booze fueled night.
9th March 2012
Playing the Brewery Tap tonight in Idle, a great place to play. Youngster Pop is coming on great, 3 new songs since he joined us, although he is a tad cheeky!!
6th February 2012
Well, our very own Ginger Pop was on Radio 2 today with Ken Bruce!!! Click here to listen to the dullard. It starts at 1:08:47
4th February 2012
Ladies n Gentlemen, introducing the latest member of The Mighty Pop......
Looks as though he is going to fit right in!!!!
29th January 2012
After almost 9 months of getting our time wasted by two potential guitar replacements. We seem to have found our man.
19th December 2011
It has been revealed that our good friend and original geeetarist has sold his story!!!!
15th November 2011
The search is over.....we have a new guitarist...watch this space for more news as it happens.
27th October 2011
So......the search continues.....
31st July 2011
Old Grey Head Pop is on his holidays, so the gig at The Hockney in Shipley last night was minus a bass player.....or was it. Our good friend and 80's throw back Des Coleman, of Remember Hillards stood in. And what a job he did, thank you Des your are a legend.
7th July 2011
The gig at the Branch, Shipley has been cancelled, but fear not Pop whores, we have replaced it with our first outing at the Sycamores in Eccleshill. So come on down, it's only £2.00 a pint.....av it!!!
Baby Pop and his entourage will be making their way to York tomorrow for his Stag Do
29th April 2011
Royal Wedding day and The Mighty Pop at The Bold Privateer, Wrose. Thanks to Jamie from Talk To Angels, who did a guest drum spot on Basket Case, he can sure hit them drums!!! Also thanks to Sausage, for the tambourine playing
21st April 2011
Scarey Pop makes his way to Leeds to see some Beatles/Oasis covers band called Beady Eye. Hope he remembers to take his milk crate with, if not he won't be able to see anything, due to the fact he is the smallest man in Idle....ever
9th April 2011
The sun is shining, The Pop will be Popping tonight at the Highfield, Idle. The Pop boys also have a tip for today's Grand National, get your money on V Neck, apparently it's a great jumper!!!
1st April 2011
Ginger Pop makes his way darn sarf to see McFly!!!!!
26th March 2011
Well after almost 2 months, The Mighty Pop were back on form at the Brewery Tap, Idle. I think we all enjoyed this one, no taxi's and the official announcement that our great friend and Lead Guitarist - Posh Pop - will be leaving at the end of the year. Will the Pop be the same without him, we will have to wait and see!!
4th March 2011
Brand new shiny web site launched
28 August 2010
Cancelled gig.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, our gig at the Bold Privateer on
4th September has been cancelled.
07 September 2009
Priv/SSB
This last weekend was another Idle Pop overload with 2 dates at the Bold
Privateer, Wrose and the Suburban Style Bar, Bingley and........... what a
weekend!
The Priv was full of many familiar faces (just a certain guitar player
missing!) and a lot of crazy, drunken dancing. Very cool
The SSB was........quite honestly, mental! I don't know what the festival
crowd had been drinking (or otherwise) but boy did they know how to party.
Special thanks to Paula the new 6th member of Idle Pop who played tambourine
with us "on stage" for the entire second set! If anybody who was taking
photos sends them to us, we'll put them online
Idle Pop - Arrest that jazz pancake!
05 September 2009
Date Change
Our date at the Victoria Hotel, Shipley has been changed. But never fear my
little croissants, you only have to wait one extra day for your Pop fix.
It's now on Saturday 19th September
Idle Pop - Vive La Revolution!!
24 August 2009
New Date
We have a new date at a new venue we've not played before - Saturday October
10th at the Thornhill Arms, Stanningley, Pudsey.
05 August 2009
Cancellation
Unfortunately our gig at the Bay Horse on 29th August has had to be
cancelled. The venue has had to stop live band nights due to complaints from
the neighbours!!??
29 July 2009
New Dates for your diary
Saturday 15th August - The Tarn Yeadon - Beer Festival. 3:30pm start.
Sunday 16th August - Suburban Style Bar, Bingley - Early start, 7:00pm
Sunday 6th September - Suburban Style Bar, Bingley.
Friday 18th Spetember - Victoria Hotel, Shipley.
18 July 2009
Welcome to the all new, brand spanking, shiny Idle Pop website.
Cooler than a polar bear's arse, the new Idle Pop website is the culmination
of months of hard work by our specially commissioned team of top web
designers.........(cough). So have a look around, hide your valuables and
lock your refrigerators because Idle Pop are on their way to yours for
another night of rock n roll debauchery.
Warning, this website may contain gratuitous pics of Kylie's arse
Saturday 27th June 2009 - Rolling Stone Cover Stars
After all these years Idle Pop have made it to the front cover of the world's most famous music magazine, Rolling Stone.
Idle Pop - standing on the shoulders of dwarves
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June 2009 - New Dates
We had a great night at the Bold Privateer on Saturday and can announce 2
new dates there later in the year - Saturday 5th September and Saturday 5th
December.
Saturday 20th June 2009
- Venue Change
The bad news is......we have lost our way.
The good news is.....we're way ahead of schedule!!
Hmmm, that's not right.
The bad news is.....Due to circumstances beyond our control the June date at
the Brewery Tap has been cancelled.
The good news is....we're playing at the Bold Privateer instead!!
Yes, Saturday 20th June the mighty, undefeated Idle Pop will be playing at
the Bold Privateer in Wrose.
Idle Pop - standing outside St James' Park, Newcastle for a laugh
April 21 2009 - Mayday
Bank Holiday Idle Pop Overload
Oh yes!! 2 dates for the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend.
Friday 1st May. We return to the White Hart, Eccleshill for landlady Karen's
leaving party. Karen gave us our first ever gig as Idle Pop way back in May
2005. So come along and give Karen a huge send off. It's sure to be hot,
sticky and emotional......
Sunday 3rd May sees the Pop return to the Suburban Style Bar in Bingley.
We've played a few bank holiday Sundays here and they've always been great
nights. Get there early to avoid disappointment. The Pop will be live on
stage in a blur of flashbombs and smoke at 7pm. (We may be exaggerating the
flashbombs part).
Idle Pop are not regulated by the Financial Services Authority
February 09 2009 - New
Date
A new date has been added at the Suburban Style Bar in Bingley. It's on
Sunday 3rd May, the night before Mayday Bank Holiday so there's no excuse
for staying in. We'll be on at 7pm so get there early!
January 19 2009 -
Important News That Could Threaten Live Music
Government Plans Live Noise Restriction
Live music in the UK is apparently under threat as the government is
reportedly planning to introduce new laws that will force all live music
venues to fit noise limiting devices.
According to a new online petition all venues that are applying or
re-applying for their entertainment license will need to pay for and fit a
noise limiting device.
The worry is that either venues will not be able to afford the limiting
device, and that the ones that do will see the sound quality/atmosphere/fun
taken out of live shows. In 2008 Bruce Springsteen was forced to put in
place a noise cancelling curtain at his Emirates Stadium shows, and for many
the effect was that the gig was simply too quiet and it ruined what was a
great performance from the band.
According to the new petition, which has just over 20,000 votes, "the
government wish to consider it a legal requirement in the new tax year to
introduce laws insisting anyone applying or re-applying for an entertainment
license must have a noise control device fitted to the venue."
January 19 2009
The gig at the Brewery Tap on 1st Feb has been postponed due to the refurb
taking longer than expected. As soon as we have a new date we'll let you
know.
Idle Pop - Olympic Gold Medalists.
January 13 2009
2 new dates for your diaries Pop Tarts -
Saturday 17th January - The George, Idle, Bradford
Sunday 1st February - Brewery Tap, Idle, Bradford
Idle Pop in Idle........Mmmmmmm......Nice
So come on all you idlers. Stop watching all that garbage on TV and see the
Pop boys on their home turf
Idle Pop - Champions of Europe.
November 06 2008
Unfortunately the gig at the Golden Lion, Halifax this Saturday 8th November
has been cancelled.
October 24 2008
Arkendale is the rock n roll capital of the world.
Yes, it's true. Arkendale may have a reputation as a sleepy North Yorkshire
village but this Christmas it's going to rock! Idle Pop, the best band ever to
come out of Idle, Bradford will be appearing at the Bluebell in Arkendale.
It's a one night only Christmas extravaganza scheduled for Saturday 27th
December. So get your dancing shoes on and lets
PAAAARRRRRTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 10 2008
A Day At The Races
Saturday sees the annual Idle Pop pilgramage to York races. Booze. Top totty
in their best frocks. Losing money. Missing the first/second/third race due to
inability to leave pub. Missing all the races due to inability to leave pub -
2007. More booze. Jon's mad home made magazines. Baz completely off his face.
Sunglasses. Vodka red bull. Shorts and disgusting white legs. Long haired
night porter's face when he sees we're back again. Walking miles. Jesus
Salmonhead. Invading the cricket pitch. Gatecrashing a wedding. Befriended by
oik who bought us bottles of champagne. No more booze. Headache. Shack getting
up ridiculously early and being the most miserable git on earth.
Happy days................
Look out for the Idle Pop tour bus.
July 03
2008
Idle Pop have got many famous fans from York, Guy Fawkes, Dick Turpin, Dame
Judi Dench and Hunter from Gladiators to name but a few. I wonder if any
famous fans will be at the Speakeasy in York, this Saturday 5th July.
In a bizarre and unfortunate twist I have to inform you that Chris our bass
player has been diagnosed with guy fawking of the leg.
June 06 2008
New Dates
2 new Poptastic dates for your diary -
Saturday 6th September - The Tarn, Yeadon
Saturday 8th November - Golden Lion, Halifax
May 13 2008
The band members change their names
In a cunning move designed to put stalkers off their trail we can exclusively
reveal that the Pop boys have taken to using anagrams instead of their real
names. This week, Idle Pop are:
Vocals - Shaved Aw
Guitars - Raga Stinky
Guitars - Zap Snob Moth
Bass - Clannish Rudders
Drums - Hackney Sandlot
Sound - Warlike Tuts
January 08 2008
New Date
Hot off the Idle Pop press - we'll be playing at the Swing Gate on Friday 25th
January.
This day is of course the 10th anniversary of Posh and Becks' engagement.
Aaaaaahhhhh. So, come and help the happy couple celebrate. You never know they
might even put in an appearance.
Contrary to malicious rumours, Idle Pop are currently not rehearsing.
January 01 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR POP TARTS!!!!
October 06 2007
New Date for 2008
Sunday January 27th we'll be at the Suburban Style Bar in Bingley.
September 27 2007
New Date
We're playing at The Station in Guiseley on Sunday 2nd December.
September 26 2007
Idle Pop have been confirmed as the opening act at a Charity Event at the
Brewery Tap, Idle on Sunday 4th November. We'll be on at 4pm so get there
early.
September 11 2007
New Date at the White Hart.
T he Popsters return to the White Hart, Eccleshill on Thursday 1st November.
September 11 2007
New Dates for 2008.
OK Pop Tarts, here are the 2008 dates for Idle Pop at the Coniston -
March 15th
June 7th
Oct 4th
Dec 19th
Thanks to Phil for his continued support.
September 4 2007
Dates For The Diary
2 upcoming gigs have been cancelled - Sept 28th at the Bridge, Huddersfield
and Nov 17th at the Wellington, Bradford. We hope to rearrange these ASAP.
Don't despair my little Pop Tarts because a new date has been added at the
Lane Ends, Bradford on Saturday 6th October.
September 2 2007
Another great gig at the Coniston last night. Landlord Phil looked marvellous
in his Landlord Pop t-shirt. As is tradition at the Coniston we had yet
another guest singer. Vikki Lea from Angel of Sin. After years of standing
behind Dave and having only his scrawny arse to look at it really was a
pleasure................to hear Teenage Kicks sung in tune. Haha! We're back
at the Coniston on the 22nd December for our Christmas gig.
July 30 2007
It's holiday time in Popworld and the 5 members of Idle Pop have boarded a
colourful double decker bus for their annual European Tour. Baz is driving of
course as he has a PSV licence or at least that's what he tells us. The rest
of us will be in the back watching Summer Holiday on a black and white
portable TV and drinking cheap lager. Skegness is very nice this time of year.
See you all at the Tap on the 17th August where we will all look like bronzed
gods.
July 29 2007
Today is officially Idle Pop No News Day.
July 28 2007
Schwiiiinnnnggggggg
Great gig last night at the Swing Gate. We had our very first stagediver, a
disappearing sound engineer, cocked up My Generation....again and the landlord
bought us all a beer - Cheers. Hot, sweaty, drunk, disorderly, - and all right
next door to Dave's "factory".
July 23 2007
I'm getting a bit of stick at the lack of updates on the News page. Well
moving house (twice) having a baby, day job, band and keeping Kylie satisfied
is a full time job let me tell you. Anyway here is the latest band news Pop
fans -
Shack's got a dodgy back that is making him more miserable than usual.
Dave is openly flaunting the smoking ban at his place of work.
Gaz has moved to a village in the middle of nowhere and his new best friend is
a sheep.
Chris pressganged us into playing a gig for 11 year olds at a Primary school.
Some of the lyrics had to be tweaked slightly but it was surprisingly very
good. We now know what it must be like to be in Take That.
Baz is a militant striking Postie. He can be seen stood by a burning bin
outside the sorting office lobbing bricks at his colleagues and shouting,
"Scab!"
Tim has been diagnosed with narcolepsy. The condition seems to be getting
worse especially at Idle Pop gigs.
So there you have it. Never a dull moment in Popworld. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
July 23 2007
NEXT GIG - FRIDAY 27th JULY - SWING GATE, IDLE ROAD, BRADFORD.
Aaaaah the good old Swing Gate. Scene of many a drunk and debauched night in
our youth. Memories oh yes, vomiting in the car park, blazing rows with
girlfriends, fights with drunken psychos, watching footie on a TV with a 12"
screen, not being able to get served on a Friday night, jealous
boyfriends/lovers/husbands, feet sticking to the carpet, not being able to get
through the door any Christmas/New Year's Eve, American Pie on the juke box
200 times every night, getting your car nicked from the car park, getting
kicked out at 3:30pm before all day opening.......I could go on
Happy Days!
May 11 2007
STOP PRESS
We're playing at the Brewery Tap in Idle next Saturday 19th May.
March 10 2007
Great gig at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire last night. Big stage, dressing room
- it's all going to our heads. Paul Weller's played there. Thanks to Tim for
the photos.
February 13 2007
New dates announced at The Royal in Bradford, Black Swan in Bradford, Brewery
Tap in Idle and The Bridge in Huddersfield. Click on the live dates link above
for a full gig listing.
January 31 2007
The new website is now up and running at a new address
www.idlepop.co.uk
Check out all the latest gigs. Click on the live dates link above
December 17 2006
Another great and packed night at the Coniston last night. Sorry about the
cover of Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody......never again! Once again we had a
guest singer. This time it was for Cigarettes & Alcohol. Yet again we have no
idea who it was. This seems to be a recurring theme at the Coniston. Thanks to
Phil for continuing to invite us back. Idle Pop's last gig of 2006 is on
December 29th at The Bridge Hotel, Hudderfield.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
December 01 2006
It was back to the Idle Pop Cavern last night! Thanks to everyone for a great
night at the White Hart for landlady Karen's birthday bash.
November 22 2006
New Dates For 2007.
The Idle Pop juggernaut continues and rolls on into 2007.
New dates -
Saturday 6th January - The Rosse, Saltaire, Shipley.
And 4 dates at The Coniston, Idle, Bradford - Jan 20th, Jun 30th, Sept 1st and
Dec 22nd.
November 04 2006
Return Gig At The Royal
Played at the Royal, Low Moor, Bradford last night. Must be doing something
right as we've been asked back. Date for your diary, Friday 9th February.
Thanks to the landlord!
October 19 2006
New Bridge Date.
The date at The Bridge Hotel, Manchester Road, Huddersfield has now been
re-arranged for Friday 29th December.....I can feel some Christmas songs
coming on.
October 10 2006
Bridge Date Cancelled.
Our gig at The Bridge Hotel, Huddersfield on Friday 20th October has been
cancelled. We're looking to re-arrange this for later in the year. More news
as we have it.
October 1 2006
New date in November.
Idle Pop return to where it all started - The White Hart, Eccleshill, Bradford
on Thursday 30th November.
The Sleepless Nights Tour
- Autumn 2006
Friday 20th October - The Bridge Hotel, Manchester Road, Huddersfield
Saturday 28th October - The Queen Hotel, Daisy Hill Lane, Bradford
Friday 3rd November - The Royal, Low Moor, Bradford
Thursday 30th November - The White Hart, Eccleshill, Bradford
Saturday 16th December - The Coniston, Idle, Bradford
September 17 2006
The "Idle Pop Weekend" was a great success with gigs completed at The Bold
Privateer and The Coniston. Thanks to everyone who turned up, danced, drank
too much and sang out of tune. Special thanks to our new backing singers at
the Bold Privateer on Friday Night.
Special mention to Tim (Voltage Studios) our soundman who slept through our
first set on Friday night. Top effort!
August 17 2006
New date confirmed in Bradford -
Friday 3rd November, The Royal, Low Moor, Bradford.
July 22 2006
New date confirmed in Bradford -
Saturday 28th October, The Queen Hotel, Daisy Hill Lane, Bradford.
July 01 2006
Thanks to everyone who turned up at the Coniston on Friday night. It was
another packed, hot and steamy night at our second home. Seemed like everyone
enjoyed it as much as we did. Highlights of the night were the drunken
"dancing" at the front and the mystery singer during Don't Believe A Word. Who
the f*** was that?!? Thanks to Phil and all at the Coniston - we'll be back in
September.
June 01 2006
New date confirmed in Huddersfield -
Friday 20th October, The Bridge Hotel, Manchester Road, Huddersfield.
May 31 2006
2 new gigs confirmed in Halifax -
This Sunday, 4th June, at The Allan Fold, Warley Road, Halifax. Please note we
will be on from 5pm so get there early!
Saturday 29th July - The Shay Hotel, Hunger Hill, Halifax.
April 25 2006
Apologies to everybody who turned up at The Head expecting to see Idle Pop.
The gig was cancelled at the last minute - 7pm - due to circumstances beyond
our control. The venue claimed to have cancelled the gig but conveniently
forgot to inform us here. Once again, we can only apologise.
April 21 2006
At great expense, we have employed a professional photographer to take some
snaps at our forthcoming gig at The Head, Great Horton Road, Bradford on
Tuesday 25th April. These will be published on the website. Actually the
photographer is our good mate Mac and if the photos turn out OK we might buy
him a beer. So, if you'd like to see your ugly mug on the web, turn up, have a
word with Mac and we'll sort out the rest.
April 20 2006
Thanks to all(!) who came to see us at the White Hart. For those who weren't
there, you missed a truly memorable version of My Sharona.....
April 19 2006
Look out for a new feature on Idle Pop in the latest version of Innscene
magazine - freely available at all good pubs and clubs. Unfortunately Mike has
made a grave error in judgement by publishing a photo of our singer Dave.
We'll never get another booking.....
April 07 2006
A new date at The Coniston, Idle, Bradford is now confirmed for Friday 30th
June 06. This is during the World Cup and Idle Pop will of course be
supporting England all the way. If England are still in the competition we'll
try and play a football song.
April 05 2006
Idle Pop feature in the latest issue of Innscene magazine.
"STOP THE PRESS....PUB MANAGER COMPLIMENTS BAND!!!!!
Well it's not every day that you hear a landlord rant and rave about a band
but Phil, manager from the Coniston, Idle, couldn't plug this band enough. Who
am I talking about.....I know the suspense is killing you so I'll say
it....IDLE POP.
I quote: This band entertained from the second they stepped on stage right to
the end of the night. They pulled a good crowd and kept every member of their
delighted audience riveted from start to finish. In fact the customers didn't
want to go home, but then again the buggers never do."
Thanks to Phil for the kind words and to Mike at Innscene.
April 01 2006
Live at The Coniston.
What a night!
The Coniston was packed for Idle Pop's triumphant return to live action. The
band ripped through 2 scorching sets to a very appreciative and slightly
inebriated crowd. Thanks to everyone for coming and apologies for the sound
problems in the first set. We'll be back at The Coniston very soon.
March 2006
The band are currently rehearsing at Voltage Studios in Bradford for their
upcoming gigs in April.
Spring Dates 2006
Saturday 1st April - The Coniston, Idle, Bradford
Thursday 20th April - The White Hart, Eccleshill, Bradford
Tuesday 25th April - The Head, Great Horton Road, Bradford
