2024

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.

Solarbird doing their thang!

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!

An audience shot that managed to get all the band members in – Thank you!

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!”

Great shot and the uniform is definitely different than usual!

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.

Simon doing an impression of Seasick Steve doing an impression of Malcolm Young.

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.

There’s a strong chance that Terry has stubbed his toe.

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.

We don’t know what Simon is pointing to here – probably showing Terry a picture of a guitar. Standard.
The band doing their thing all in a line!

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.

Angus. Sorry: Terry. Giving it beans at Laverstock Live!

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.

Qudos with the beautiful Salisbury Cathedral in the background. The calm before the storm.

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!

Sun and people and sun! Great day in Calne. Did we say that?

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!

Could be a stock photo of a typical English village. But no, Collingbourne Beer Festival really looks like this

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!

Gia laid on a great spread for the band. Party. We meant party. We didn’t all of this. Did we?
The boys doing the thing at Mere. Photograph by Amber.

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!

BC/DC looking very moody at FliggleFest

August sees us return to the Wiltshire Motorcycle Rally held around Salisbury Rugby Club. Some beautiful bikes, lovely people and an incredible Front Of House sound from All The Kit. The summer continues!

Including guest vocals and Dave hiding behind a pole!

For the August Bank Holiday we return, for the eighth time, to The Bear Inn Beer Festival. This time we take Break Cover and BC/DC. The weather gives us a break and people turn up! And they give us a fantastic gig! The BC/DC stuff goes down a storm and is the best it has ever sounded. Although three hours of music is a test. Terry enjoyed the costume change too!

Terry and Amber endlessly cocking about while Simon poses. Standard.

That same Bank Holiday sees us make another return. This time we are back at Shrewton Cricket Club Beerex at their swanky new grounds. The all new facilities allows us to turn up a little louder and a very enthusiastic crowd let us know that they agree. What a fantastic night. we definitely need a day off after these two amazing events. We must also say a great big Break Cover thank you to Mr David Matthews who was able to stand in on bass at the very last minute as our Dave was unable to make this one. With 24 hours notice and a gig of his own to do in the middle, he learned the songs and did a cracking job on the night. Thank you Dave!!

The quiet, sophisticated crowd joining in with the merriment. It seems cricket is indeed a gentleman’s game.

August was a month of going back to places we have been before. So to round out the month… a return to Qudos. We had an excellent evening as the energy in the room was so very good. What a great vibe that was! The band was sounding on fire again and that was born out by the many compliments at the end of the night. Qudos is always great for seeing faces both familiar and brand new!

The Qudos audience vibing off Break Cover
Break Cover vibing off the Qudos audience

We continue the theme of returning with the first of two gigs in the Swift Half at Bath Rugby Club in September. The first is a friendly before the season starts in full so it wasn’t too busy. Still a fantastic night with a crowd ready for all the dancing and sing along.

Quiet night huh?

The second gig at Bath Rugby Club is the following week and the first premiership game of the season and that saw the numbers increase. This venue is rapidly becoming a band favourite. The audience participation is off the scale!

And we thought last week was busy!

Next Up:
Qudos Salisbury on Saturday 12 October.

Previous Bath Rugby Club audience (December 2023)

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