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Shed Seven Play Comeback Acoustic Gig

Thanks to bob_ferris in the forum for the info!



Shed Seven played an acoustic comeback gig last night. All the details, including pictures and video can be found in the forum thread, but here's a quick rundown of the setlist.

On Standby // Devil In Your Shoes // Cry For Help // Out By My Side // Going For Gold // Ocean Pie // Missing Out // Heroes // (Break) // Chasing Rainbows.
Posted on Friday 21st September 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven

Shed Seven To Play Acoustic Gig THIS THURSDAY!

Shed Seven's Rick Witter, Paul Banks & Joe Johnson will perform together for the first time in seven years at a one off acoustic show in York this coming Thursday Sept 20th. They will play a 30 minute set at "Bridge Jam" a regular charity acoustic night held at St Paul's Church, Holgate Road, York

The show is in aid of of York's St Leonard's Hospice, an important facility for terminally-ill people in the York area.

Tickets must be obtained in advance by emailing matt.woodcock@stpaulsy-ork.org.uk or by visiting the St Paul's website.

Show is now Sold Out!
Posted on Monday 17th September 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven

Unreleased Shed Seven Song Available For Download

A brand new, never before heard Shed Seven song has surfaced from the archives. From the official statement:

"Come onto the Shed Seven Page now to download a previously unheard Shed Seven track 'You'll Never Take Me Alive'!

Originally recorded in 1999 as a b-side to the unreleased single 'High Hopes' .

This track had been long forgotten about until a recent reminiscing session at Ricks house.

Paul Banks: "Rick & I were sat in his loft looking through boxes of all things Shed Seven!. This CDR fell out so we gave it a listen. Neither of us could even remember writing it! but it is without doubt a great track ! So, we would like you to have the opportunity to add it to your Shed Seven collections by making it available as a download"

The track will only be available for TWO weeks."
Posted on Thursday 13th September 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven

Support Band for Scottish Dates Announced

Electric Drugstore, who were previously known as The 88s, have self-announced they will be supporting Shed Seven on their first 3 Scottish dates of the tour in November. No word on the other dates have been announced.
Posted on Wednesday 12th September 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven

Shed Seven to Release New Compilation Album



Shed Seven – Live At The BBC

Universal Music and Polydor Records are very please to announce the release of the best of Shed Seven’s BBC recordings on 15th October. This double CD features the best of the BBC recordings made between ’94-’97. Unlike a Greatest Hits package, this CD is an alternate take on the band’s career, featuring some of the their biggest hits; Going For Gold, Dolphins, On Standby and Getting Better alongside album tracks and b-sides, all recorded in the under-the-gun atmosphere of the BBC’s Maida Vale studios or for the BBC’s legendary Live In Concert broadcasts.

All tracks hand picked by the band, sleeve notes by Paul Banks and artwork features rare photos from the recording of the sessions at the BBC’s studios.

The album is available online from Townsend Records with a limited edition print featuring photographs from the recordings of the sessions. Each print is signed by the band. To preorder the CD with print click here.
Read more →
Posted on Monday 3rd September 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven

Alan Leach Talks to Magic Streets

Continuing on with our '10 Questions With..' series, Alan Leach has picked up the baton this month and answers the questions that you want to hear the answers to! Read Alan's contribution in the section on the right!
Posted on Thursday 30th August 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven, Website

'Albion' Split!

Paul Banks' side project, 'Albion', have split up, we can reveal. An unnamed source told us that lead singer, Alistair Griffin, has called time on the band to concentrate on his solo work and his own side project, a covers band.

The source added that it has come as a bit of a relief for Paul, as he is now looking forward to concentrating 100% on the upcoming Shed Seven tour, which starts in Aberdeen in November.
Posted on Friday 17th August 2007 by studavis
Categories: Solo

New Rick Interview With Manchester Evening News

Another revealing interview from Rick that he did with The Manchester Evening News recently. Another nice insight into the reunion tour.

Read The Full Interview
Posted on Friday 10th August 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven, Solo

Rick Witter & The Dukes Tour Starts Tonight

For all those that can't wait till November for their Witter fix, just a quick reminder that Rick Witter & The Dukes start their mini tour tonight (2nd August). The full list of dates are:

2nd August - Yardbirds Club, Grimsby
4th August - Lucorum, Barnsley
11th August - Academy 2, Birmingham
17th August - Academy, Newcastle

This mini tour is precursor to the full release of their début album, 'The Year of the Rat', which is out this Autumn.
Posted on Thursday 2nd August 2007 by studavis
Categories: Solo

Paul Banks Talks To The Pocklington Post

Thanks to Laura for the heads up in the forum for this one. Paul Banks does a small interview with his local newspaper, the Pocklington Post, about the upcoming tour. You can read it here.
Posted on Sunday 29th July 2007 by studavis
Categories: Shed Seven

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Shed Seven 1990-2003, 2007 onwards..

Latest Forum Posts

10 Questions With...

2008

NEW Aug 08! Paul Banks answers your questions that you asked him!

Read the questions & answers!

Feb 08 - We did a post tour summing up with Rick, Paul and Tom - later on Alan had his say too!

2007

We spoke to each member of the group about the upcoming comeback tour during 2007...

> Paul Banks (Jul 2007)
> Alan Leach (Aug 2007)
> Joe Johnson (Oct 2007)
> Tom Gladwin (Nov 2007)
> Rick Witter (Nov 2007)

Shed Seven - The Band

Current Members

Rick Witter

Rick Witter
Lead Vocals (1990-2003, 2007 →)
Other Bands: Rick Witter & The Dukes

Paul Banks

Paul Banks
Lead Guitar (1993-1999, 2007 →)
Other Bands: -

Tom Gladwin

Tom Gladwin
Bass (1990-2003, 2007 →)
Other Bands: people: in airports

Joe Johnson

Joe Johnson
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards (1990-1993, 1999-2003, 2007 →)
Other Bands: Black Sours

Alan Leach

Alan Leach
Drums (1990-2003, 2007 →)
Other Bands: -

Former Members

Fraser Smith

Fraser Smith
Keyboards (1999-2003)
Now: Producing in London

A Potted History

Shed Seven formed in 1990, out of the ashes of Brockley Haven (which featured Rick, Paul and Tom), a well respected young local band. The first line up consisted of Rick, Tom, Joe and Alan. They soon gathered a loyal following and after a great show at the national 'In The City' unsigned band showcase they were signed to Polydor in 1993.

Before they were signed, Joe left the group, to be replaced by old friend Paul. The band achieved great successes between 1994 and 1999, releasing four albums and 14 Top 40 singles on Polydor before splitting with the record label acrimoniously in late 1999.

This also saw personnel changes with Banks leaving due to 'musical differences' and original guitarist Joe, as well as long time session keyboardist, Fraser, permanantly added to the line up.

The line up went through several record companies, but never achieved the same critical success as in their heyday despite their huge fan following, before deciding to split in 2003, citing lack of support from their label at the time, Taste Media.

The group announced in July 2007 they were reuniting for a greatest hits tour later in the year, the new line up re-introducing Banks, but sadly losing Fraser Smith.

The succesful 20+ date tour concluded in late December in Glasgow, and received unexpected critical acclaim from both fans and press alike.

A collection of all the bands singles was released in early 2008 by Polydor, containing much unheard material and extra B-Sides.

The group have several follow up gigs booked for 2008, and it is now assumed that Shed Seven are an ongoing concern for all band members - though they currently state that no new material will be written.

More info at Wikipedia (and the forum)

 

Downloads

Shed Seven - Brighton 1994 & Leeds 1996
(Radio Rip - MP3) These are the mp3s featured on the official Shed Seven myspace in 2007.

Download mp3s (.zip / 24MB)

Shed Seven - T In The Park
8th July 2001 (Audience Recording - MP3)

Download mp3s (.rar / 49MB)

Shed Seven - Wolves Civic Hall
24th May 1998 (Radio Rip - MP3)

Download mp3s (.zip / 103MB)

Shed Seven - Phoenix Festival 96
20th July 1996 (VHS Audio - MP3)

Download mp3s (.zip / 53MB)

Shed Seven - Stuffed & More
The London Forum - 16th December 1996 (VHS Audio - MP3)

Download mp3s (.zip / 68MB)

All the mp3s are hosted on free file hosts somewhere on the internet. They are not hosted by me

Any problems with the links or the files, let me know in the forum!

Tabs

Play the guitar like Paul and Joe!There is a distinct lack of good Shed Seven tabs on the internet. We have been quite lucky, in the early days of magicstreets.co.uk several people tabbed songs especially for us, I've also collated the rest from around the old websites and they are here in one big zip file. Randomly ordered but they are all there!

Contact Me

You can email me if you want - use the address below in the image:

You can also get in touch with me in the forum, my username is 'studavis', feel free to drop me a PM!

If you want to get in touch with the band (or are enquiring about support slots, press/photo passes etc), you are probably best getting in touch with Simon Lawlor, or through the official myspace (see above)!!

Links

SHED SEVEN
Official Myspace

RICK WITTER
Personal Myspace Site
Rick Witter & The Dukes Myspace
Rick Witter & The Dukes Unoff. Forum

PAUL BANKS
Personal Myspace Site

TOM GLADWIN
people: in airports Myspace

JOE JOHNSON
Personal Myspace
Black Sours Myspace

ALAN LEACH
Personal Myspace
Speed Quizzin Myspace

FRASER SMITH
Personal Myspace

OTHER
Simon Lawlor (Shed 7 Management)
Simon Lawlor Management Myspace
Maximum High Discography Site
Whirlwind
Wikipedia Entry