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Update 21 July 2007

A new venue picture. LA Forum? Madison Square Garden? No, it’s the original Theatre of Dreams - Colney Heath Village Hall!

No NNB relevance, but a great new link for music lovers of a certain age.

Also, I think I’ve sent CDs to all who have been waiting. If you’ve been expecting a package from me that hasn’t arrived, I’ve either forgotten you or it’s been delayed by the recent disruption to the postal service. Send me an email if you’re still waiting.

Finally, for those who fancy a beer but have missed it on the Forum, Eric and I will be going to the Great British Beer Festival at Earl’s Court on the evening of Thursday 9th August and again all day on Friday 10th. We’ll see you all there (unless you’re all going to Cropredy with Dave Awcock). Very bad diary management Dave - can you arrange for the Cropredy people to chose the date more carefully next year?

Update 26 June 2007

Another Hall of Fame inductee.

Also, keep an eye on the Forum for Great British Beer Festival arrangements.

Update 13 June 2007

Dane speaks! See the Forum page.

Also, a Hall of Fame update.

Update 28 May 2007

I’ve sent CDs to those who’ve been waiting. I think I’ve remembered everyone, but if you’ve been expecting some and not yet received them, please send me a reminder.

I’ve put the Never Never show from the Board Hotel on the shared GoogleMail account as MP3s. Anyone who doesn’t have it on CD can download it from there. Email me for login details. The best way to download the tracks is to use Firefox and its Gspace add-on. Both are free and highly recommended.

Update 19 May 2007

Some links to pictures of NNB venues (thanks Dave Awcock) and another apology to those waiting for CDs from me. I’m just burning a batch now, so they’ll be with you very soon. Also, I hear that The Bay Leaf Restaurant, Eynsham (formerly The Board Hotel) now has monthly live music events (thanks Yvonne Wright). Could this be the thing that triggers a reunion? Well, probably not, but we continue to hope!

Update 24 April 2007

More venue pictures (thanks Dave Awcock) and a fan identity update (thanks Dave Church).

Update 17 April 2007

Sorry for the absence of updates folks, but nothing much has been happening. We do, however, have another inductee in the Hall of Fame and a new Venue added. Also, don’t forget to check the Forum regularly, because any updates there won’t be listed on this page.

Update 26 March 2007

Another stalwart in the Hall of Fame.

Update 18 March 2007

Nothing new to report in the way of pictures or recordings, but I wondered if we have any musicians out there who know how to play any of the songs. I would love to have a go at playing City Love, Leave Me Alone or Tuesday Morning for my own amusement, but I’m not very good at working out guitar chords. Any offers?

Update 17 March 2007

Some more Venue pictures and info. Thanks Dave Awcock.

Update 13 March 2007

A ticket emerges! The picture is supplied by Sam from Eynsham, who reports that the show in question was the first by the mark 2 line-up. Peter Birkin only knew three or four of the songs, so there was a degree of recycling within the set list that night!

Update 11 March 2007

A couple of new pictures. See Miscellany 2 and Venues.

Update 5 March 2007

Another recording surfaces! The mark 1 line-up was recorded at The Red Lion, Bicester, in April 1980. (Thanks Tim Fox.) Tim reports that the band was thrown off the Shakin’ Stevens tour after Neil was spotted standing at the side of the stage during Shaky’s performance wearing a monkey suit!

Also, a Never Never Band online archive of recordings is under construction, using the 2.8 gigabytes of free storage that a GoogleMail account provides. The tracks will go up as and when I find the time and, eventually, everything we have will be downloadable in MP3 format. Everyone will be able to upload anything they find (music, pictures etc.) to it. I won’t put the login details here, in case the account is abused, so email me for the username, password and conditions of use.

Update 25 February 2007

There’s a brief Druid entry in Wikipedia. Find it here.

Update 24 February 2007

Trade mark infringement? Have a look here. (Thanks Eoghann McPherson.)

Update 7 February 2007

Anybody fancy a beer? Eric and I have been talking about having a Never Never fan meet at the Great British Beer Festival at Earl’s Court in August. See the Forum for the discussion.

Also, if anybody’s waiting for CDs from me, I’ve probably forgotten, so please feel free to send me a reminder email.

Finally, the domain name www.theneverneverband.com, until recently the home of a really cheesy ‘Under Construction’ page, is now available, should anybody fancy shelling out a tenner or so to own it.

Update 29 January 2007

The mark 1 line-up studio recording has been upgraded, using (mainly) Mik’s tape, but with bits of the one supplied by Neil Brewer spliced in to make it complete.

Update 27 January 2007 (again)

Blimey - two updates in one day!

More pictures here, here and here (thanks Terry Hughes). More fans identified (thanks Neil Megson).

Update 27 January 2007

Apologies to those who’ve been waiting for CDs from me - I’m just burning a batch now.