We take January off, as usual, to learn some new tunes and to do some day job stuff and then back at in February with a gig called “Cover Stories” where we are joined by Junkyard Dogs, 3MO, Dr Alibi, Jack Card and Solarbird to play in remembrance of Thom Belk and in support of the Thom Belk Foundation. We were supported by the chaps at BSM Sound and the event was put on by Salisbury Live. A lively audience made for a great night and Thom Belk’s presence was definitely felt. We all miss him greatly.
March is a busy month for us and we start off with a familiar venue – Qudos in Salisbury. We choose to launch a few new songs fully to the world and we are treated to a few roars of appreciation. At one point the singing from the audience was louder than Amber. Which is impressive!
We also played a corporate function at The Stones and then played our first gig at the Angel Inn in Andover. What a great place to play!! Lovely people and a fabulous audience. We played two sets: Break Cover – the music you love rocked up, which absolutely got the crowd jumping and a full BC/DC set, which the audience were absolutely captivated by, and drew some amazing comments. Our favourite being “I don’t listen to the music of AC/DC but I would listen to that!”
The first gig of the Easter weekend is our tenth anniversary of playing Salisbury Live gigs at the Salisbury Rugby Club and we celebrate by taking our BC/DC set out for the first time in Salisbury. We have to follow an established Led Zep tribute act but we get great feedback and it serves as a warm up for more gigs in the year. We also get to play Durrington Club on the Easter Saturday.
For April we get to return to the Barford Inn. First time back for a couple of years and yes we do play more AC/DC tunes than usual as this is the pub that really kicked us off on that journey.
For the last Public Holiday in May we get two gigs. First, Break Cover get to play at Salisbury Rugby Club for a friend’s dad’s 80th Birthday Party. Music all afternoon and then us in the evening with maybe a little preview of the tunes for tomorrow.
The day after the Birthday party we transformed into BC/DC for Salisbury Live’s Laverstock Live, where we played between two massive showers. Huge shout out to the committed people who tolerated the rain so we could be wonderfully loud at them.
With summer season in full flight, we start June with a return to Qudos and so nice to see some familiar faces and some brand new friends too. Always a hot one and in June especially so.
A week after and the weather holds for Party on the Pitch in Calne. This is an all day family festival with proceeds going to Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Massive props to the organisers of this – it is an amazing event. Great bands, great atmosphere, great entertainment for everyone, great sound, great audience, great facilities – it was a great day. Can you tell? Really something, and apparently the best attendance ever so congratulations all and thanks for having us!
At the end of June, summer fully arrived and for the first time since 2020 (just before COVID) we are back at the Collingbourne Beer Festival. Just in time, summer has arrived! On a beautiful bucolic British summer’s day! 400 people sat in the sun enjoying a tremendously well organised event until 9pm when we come on and make a lot of very well received noise. Great people and fantastic compliments. What a lovely bunch of people live here!
A private party in July sees us introduced to probably the best pizza van in the world. Shout out to Gia at The Box Pizza! We had a lovely evening with hosts that know how to look after a band and a very fun audience. This is our second gig in Mere and we would be happy to come back!
We then return to Figglefest for the fifth (?) time and this time as BC/DC. Safe to say that went down well! SO many lovely complements. Our favourite being “well that was 45 minutes of pure joy”. Sound from Steve and the BSM guys was exceptional and the hard core audience who braved the audience were really something. A superb day!
Next Up:
Break Cover play at the Wiltshire Motorcycle Rally on Saturday 17 August.
