OK so its now 2009, so first of all I'd better say happy new year to our legions of Branded fans ;-) So its time again for the Branded's yearly round-up, sometimes the year rushes past so fast we forget where we were and what we did, booze is usually the main reason, of course. So its good to gather up all the info of what gigs we played and just see what the hell we've been up to over the last year. Also its a good chance to say thanks to everybody who has put on shows, let us stay at their place, put up with our behaviour, and generally kept the band on the road. We must say some special thanks to a few people, for their extra hard work: Paul, PJ, Diego and the Professor for getting our LP out and sounding good, also to Hanno for all his work in promoting and getting the band gigs, Salvatore for all his hard work getting us shows in Italy, also Lutz Soundflat for some good parties, and everyone who came to our shows. So whats next for 2009, well for Jan we will work on getting our new recordings finished, these include a new LP plus two 45's, the LP and one 45 will be released on Dirty Water records and another 45 on Fuzz Overdose records in Greece. In Febuary we tour Germany, then for the rest of the first half of 2009 we are planning tours of Finland, UK and Spain. Hopefully sometime late spring the new LP will be released. So heres to 2009, hopefully there will be some crazy parties ahead....
Heres all our gigs for 2008...
01 Febuary 2008 - Vinylbaren, KB, Malmö, Single Launch Party (Got the hurt 45 released)
22 Febuary 2008 - Bassy Club, Berlin, Germany
8 March 2008 - 99th Floor Club, Stockholm, Sweden
22 March 2008 - Beat Bespoke weekend, 229 Club, London, UK
26 April 2008 - Das Bett, Franfurt, Germany
27 April 2008 - Hafenklang Exil, Hamburg, Germany
28 April 2008 - Beatschauffe recording, Bremen, (due out March 09)
30 April 2008 - Waldermeister, Solingen, Germany
1 May 2008- Artieler Art & Bar, Wohlen, Switzerland
2 May 2008 - Chäller, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
3 May 2008 - Mariaberg, Rorschach, Switzerland
10 May 2008 - Vinylbaren, Malmö, Sweden
10 May 2008 - Bodoni, Malmö, Sweden
30 May 2008 - La Maroquinerie, Paris, France
6 June 2008 - Far i Hatten, Folkets Park, Malmö, Sweden
21 June 2008 - Rat Pack Lounge, Berlin, Germany
21 June 2008 - Bassy Club, Berlin, Germany
6 July 2008 - Festival Beat, Salsomaggiore Terme (Parma), Italy
8 July 2008 - La Salumeria del Rock - Arceto (Reggio Emilia), Italy
9 July 2008 - Bagno Etorre, Punto Marina, Ravenna, Italy
11 July 2008 - Motorcycle Festival, Alessandria, Italy
12 July 2008 - Fools Circus Festival, la Spezia, Italy
16 July 2008 - The Firefly, Worcester, UK
17 July 2008 - The Buffalo Bar, London, UK
18 July 2008 - Dirty Water Club, London, UK- LP launch party!!!!
19 July 2008 - Frat Cave, Bristol, UK
20 July 2008 - Queen Charlotte, Norwich, UK
31 July 2008 - Teenstomp club, Musikhuset Elværket, Helsingør, Denmark
2 August 2008 - Obskyrfestival 2008, Glava, Arvika, Sweden
9 September 2008 - Official release date for 'Branded' LP
19 September 2008 - Cafe Mono, Oslo, Norway
20 September 2008 - Back to Beat, The Garage, Bergen, Norway
17 October 2008 - The Hideout, Debaser, Stockholm
1 November 2008 - The Tribe Bar, Athens, Greece
2 November 2008 - Tiki Athens, Athens, Greece
21 November 2008 - Pretty Face, Raahuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
5 December 2008 - Bodoni, Malmö, Sweden
11 December 2008 - Waldermeister, Solingen, Germany
12 December 2008 - Bassy Club, Berlin, Germany
13 Decembe 2008 - Das Bett, Frankfurt, Germany
14 December 2008 - Hafenklang Exil, Hamburg, Germany
26 December 2008 - Shake Club, La Spezia, Italy
27 Decmeber 2008 - Four Bears Pub, Alessandria, Italy
28 December 2008 - Four Bears Pub, Alessandria, Italy (with Hollywood Sinners)
Yuk yuk yuk, thats all folks.... see you in 2009!!!!!!!