Hiya,

Hope you are all well and wrapping up warm now the weather has turned a bit nippy!

We have just got back from a Megson photo shoot is Suffolk,  and you will be pleased to know that The Moog, our dog, made the cut onto some of the promo shots ! Whether his agent will allow him to be used will just have to see... But there is certainly some new Stu shirts on show. If you haven't yet, check out the Stu Shirt Watch page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/fenpeper/sets/72157622386442036/>

Thanks to everyone who came along to se us on the September / October mini-tour ; it was great to get back on the road proper after the festival season. Things are still busy here ; we have some new material that is coming along nicely and are planning to record it late Nov & Dec for a release around May 2010. Of course we will keep you informed :-)

In the meantime we have a nice big tour coming up so please spread the word! And as always please book tickets in advance to avoid any disappointment.


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AUTUMN / WINTER 2009 TOUR


Tuesday 3rd November  @ Medway Folk Cellar, Kent. 
http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/leisure/theatres
Box Office - 01634 338338

Wednesday 4th November @ St Giles In The Fields, Soho, London.
***WITH support from JIM CAUSLEY***
http://www.electroacousticclub.com/


Friday 6th November @ Marlborough Folk Roots, St Mary Hall, Marlbrough.
http://www.marlboroughfolk-roots.co.uk
Box Office - 01672 512465


Saturday 7th November @ Turners Hill House Concerts, West Sussex.
http://www.houseconcerts.org.uk


Sunday 8th November @ Bournemouth Folk Club.         
http://www.bournemouthfolkclub.com
Box Office - 01202 707498


Monday 9th November @ Colchester Folk Club.
http://www.colchesterartscentre.com
Box Office - 01206 500900


Wednesday 11th November @ The Hare & Hounds Birmingham.
http://www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk
Box Office - 0121 476 3322


Thursday 12th November @ The Musician Leicester.         
http://www.themusicianpub.co.uk
Box Office - 0116 251 0080


Friday 13th November  @ Riverfolk, The Trout Inn, Lechlade, Gloucestershire.
http://www.riverfolk.co.uk/river_folk_Concert_.html 
Box Office - 01367 253510  


Saturday 14th November @ North Shropshire Folk, Whitchurch.
http://www.northshropshirefolk.com
Box Office - 01948 660660


Sunday 15th November @ The Gala Theatre, Durham.
http://www.galadurham.co.uk
Box Office - 0191 332 4041


Sunday 29th November @ Hitchin Folk Club, Hertfordshire.
http://www.hitchinfolkclub.idnet.net
goodmusic@hitchinfolkclub.co.uk


Saturday 5th December @ Acoustic Routes, CB2, Cambridge.
http://www.acousticroutes.co.uk
Box Office - 07971 299659


Monday 7th December @ The Village Club, Nettlebed, Oxon.
http://www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
Box Office - 01628 636620


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If we aren't playing near you and you would like us to then please recommend some venues to us or recommend us to your favourite venues!

See you soon

Stu & Debs

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www.myspace.com/megsonmusic
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After a sold out gig at York on Wednesday, this saturday and sundays shows at The Stables in Milton Keynes and Green Note Cafe London are now sold out. There are just a few tickets left for the rest of next weeks dates - so please book tickets early or check before traveling to avoid disappointment ! Thanks to everyone who came along to York and sorry to the folks who couldn't squeeze in - we'll be back I'm sure...

Hiya,

Things are pretty exciting here in the Megson camp, after a nice chilled Pimms infused bank-holiday weekend.

*** English Originals At The BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY HALL : Seth Lakeman and Friends

We have been asked to perform as part of the Birmingham Symphony Halls : English Originals Festival on Sunday May 17th. The evening will be headlined by Seth Lakeman, and there will be some other special guests.

Tickets and details are available from http://www.thsh.co.uk/

*** MINI TOUR OF CUMBRIA & THE LAKES ***

We are very excited about returning to one of our favourite counties of England - Cumbria - for a 4 day tour at the end of May. As part of the Rural Touring scheme we will be visiting :

21st May - Ullock Village Hall , Box Office: 01946 86113

22nd May - Culterham Hall Mawbray , Box Office: 01900 881353

23rd May Ireleth Temperance Hall , Box Office: 01229 467319

24th May - Haile Village Hall , Box Office: 01946 841408

*** SUMMER FESTIVAL TIME ***

After Cumbria we will starting out on our festival season ; come and say hi to us (and The Moog(*)) if you are planning on visiting any of the festivals that we will be performing at. These include:

Green Man Festival, Larmer Tree Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Stokes Bay Festival, Bromsgrove Folk Festival, Crawley Folk Festival, The International Eistedfod (Llangollen), Folk Im Schlosshof‚ Germany.

As always more details are available on our website and myspace:

http://www.megsonmusic.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/megsonmusic

Take care and hopefully see you soon!

Stu & Debs

(*) The Moog‚ appearances are subject to contract and supply of chew sticks!

Hi All,

Hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine! We have been quite busy of late but thought we should let you know about a couple of gigs we have later this month and also let you know what we have been up to...

Stu recently took part in the Darwin Song Project in which 8 songwriters were holed up in a house in Shropshire to write songs on a theme of Charles Darwin to celebrate the bi-centennial anniversary of his birth . At the end of the week the songs were performed at Shrewsbury Theatre Severn. You can find out more about the project here... http://www.darwinsongproject.com and can also here a selection of the songs on tonight's Mike Harding Folk Show on Radio 2 at 7pm.

Megson Gigs this month.....

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Thursday 16th April @ The Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury - 7.30pm
SUPPORTING SHOW OF HANDS
Tickets £16 (£14.50 Concessions)
Box Office Tel: 01743 281281
http://www.theatresevern.co.uk

Friday 17th April @ The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber - 8pm
Tickets £10 advance or £12 on the door
Tickets Online at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/42511
Box Office Tel: 01652 660380
http://www.the-ropewalk.co.uk/events.html


Gigs for May
8th May - St Paul's, Brentford
21st May - Ullock Village Hall, Cumbria
22nd May - Mawbray Village Hall, Cumbria
23rd May - Ireleth Village Hall, Cumbria
24th May - Haile Village Hall, Cumbria

Further details can be found at www.myspace.com/megsonmusic

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So Happy Easter! Enjoy all those Eggs and see you soon.

Debs & Stu


www.megsonmusic.co.uk
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Hiya,

I hope you are all safe and well in this crazy weather. We took Moog the dog out for a walk in the snow today and had to spend 15 minutes getting ice balls out of his fur !

*** MEGSON AT THE FOLK AWARDS ***

Well I guess some of you may know we were robbed at this years BBC Folk Awards ! We still had a great night , enjoyed the music and we even got our picture into today's INDEPENDENT newspaper, Party Of The Week section, you can see it here along with some other photos from the night :

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=54029&id=42331249522&ref=mf

or check out our FACEBOOK page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Megson/42331249522


*** MEGSON GUARDIAN FEATURE ***

As some of you might also have seen, we had a lovely big interview in The Guardian last week, along with a picture of me scratching my neck ( must have been a Moog Flea). You can read the full interview on the Guardian website here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/30/megson-folk-music

and we have a scan of the full interview with picture on our Facebook page.


*** NEW MEGSON WEBSITE ***

And finally we have a brand new website! Well actually a very nicely spruced up version of the site we had before, there are some new reviews and pictures so please do pop by and have a look at http://www.megsonmusic.co.uk . Thanks Vix for keeping us looking fresh !

-------- MEGSON TOUR DATES ---------------

Would be great to see you at some of these shows we have coming up ;

Fri 27 Feb - Gillingham Methodist Church, Dorset.
Tickets from 01747 823087

Fri 06 Mar - Headley Village Hall, Hampshire.
http://www.folking.com/live
For Tickets Tel: Auriol or Stuart on 01428 725276

Sat 07 Mar - Folk In The Barn, Cantebury.
http://www.folkinthebarn.co.uk
For Tickets call 01227 831493

Thu 16 Apr -Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury.
http://www.theatresevern.co.uk/
Supporting Show of Hands

Fri 17 Apr - The Ropewalk, Ropery Hall, Barton Upon Humber.
http://www.the-ropewalk.co.uk/
Tickets Here http://www.wegottickets.com/event/42511

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More details of these and dates for February onwards can be found on our website and myspace.


Hope to see you soon.
All the Best
Stu & Debs