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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.
Click here: The Thornhill Arms
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
23 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.