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Hey everyone, time for another update for you all. This Saturday is the Gilling Gig, yes thats right 12 hours of live music :) Ben and the lads will be on doing their set round 2.45pm. & we're hoping we'll see some of you there. There's a 99.9% chance you'll find us in the beer tent ;) hanging with the rest of the locals. Now remember, tickets are £7 on entrance & gates open at 11am. See you there, have fun!
7.6.08
Tomorrow is the day Ben and the lads will be at the Durham Racecourse for the Futureperfect* Festival, Gates open at 11am and starts at 1pm, To have a chance of being there you would of had to pre-order your tickets £30 per person, you may still be able to pay at the gate. Looking ahead though, today is also two weeks until the Gilling Gig, Ben has now been given a time and will be on round 2.45pm with the band. The gig will be held at he Millennium Green. Pay on entrance £7.
3.6.08
Ben and the band will be at the Futureperfect* Festival in Durham this Sunday. The festival starts at 1pm, the lads will be on the acoustic stage so if your going make sure your there in good time.
Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party and Pendulum will also be at the festival, so it should all be a good laugh.
21.05.08
Last week, Ben & band mate, Josh went to Garforth, a town just outside of Leeds to do a little gig for the MS Charity which raised over £1000.
The band also did a gig at the Army Festival in Catterick Garrison. On Saturday, the gig went well with the lads doing two sets.
Don't forget to check out the bands myspace page: www.myspace.com/benpoveyband - It includes some music tracks from their latest demo CD, pictures & gig dates. Feel free to become a friend and leave the lads a comment.
19.02 08.
IT'S OFFICIAL!!!! The Ben Povey Band will be on mainstage at Richmond Live Festival this year!! It's the first weekend in August so keep it free!
17.02.08.
What a crackin' night last night! The band were called up at the last moment to support Rebel Yell at a Richmond live gig in the Comrades Club, Richmond. Sorry to any loyal supporters who missed the gig - no time to advertise I'm afraid.
20.1.08
NEW CD READY!!! - You can get the latest demo CD free at gigs or by contacting us with your address. All the songs are written by Ben with help from Josh, Tom and Priestley.
To contact us about the demo CD please send an email to:-
6.11.07
It's been awhile since out last update, so here we are!
Ben and the band have been working really hard recently, writing their own music. They say they are almost ready to record their second CD which will have their new stuff on. Check back soon for another update. We'll keep you posted! =)
2.08.07
Richmond Live is this Saturday! Ben and his band are due to be on at 3pm and they are bringing a special guest with them! - no-one other than the band know who the special guest is. So we will have to wait until then to find out!
Although it says on the Richmond Live line-up that they are on at 3pm this may change so please keep checking the Richmond Live Site for any changes! (Link on the homepage)
The band have also been asked to play at another gig on the 2nd of September - to find out more please visit the Gigs page.
We shall keep you all updated with all the latest news and gigs, so please don't hesitate to check back soon for all the latest news.
Hope to see you all at Richmond Live this Saturday.
Have fun!
25.06.07
As you have heard Ben and his friends from college decided to make a band!
Since then Ben, Mike, Josh & Tom have had and been to local gigs and have written their own songs and have recorded them and have made a CD.
They spent all day in The Studio in Hartlepool on June 12th and the CD sounds great!!!
Their most recent gig was on Saturday, at the 'Gilling Gig'on the Millennium Green in Gilling West.
Their next gig has been cofirmed and will be placed at the Holly Hill pub in Richmond on Sunday the 8th of July.
Also Ben and the guys need a little bit of help of finding the right name for the band, any suggestions would be great!
Hope all is well for you all and hope to see you at Ben's next gig soon!
15.03.07
You may of heard Ben and his friends have recently formed a band. 'The Six-Fiftys'.
The band has now got a myspace account www.myspace.com/the650s. People can now log on to view their page and listen to their music.
Ben played at the Gilling Gig last week, thanks to everyone who turned up - following last years Richmond Live, Ben was asked that night weather he wanted to play at Richmond Live again this summer. So keep checking up on the gigs page for more dates.
16.11.06
Ben Will be playing at the Cricket Club in Richmond tomorrow for the Charity Night which is raising money for the Charlotte Robinson Trust & the Meningitis Trust.
This starts at 7.30pm but if you want to go you will need to buy a ticket. The tickets are £5 each but you need to pre book since we are not sure if they are selling them at the door on the night. Remember all the money that's raised tomorrow will be going to charity. See You there and hope you have fun!
22.10.06
Don't forget Ben has a gig coming up this Friday at the Golf Club in Richmond. Get your self down there if you can! Remember it's this Friday '27th October' the starting time will be:- 7/7.30 Ben will be playing round 8.30.
see you there!
26.09.06
Ben has started playing at The Angel Inn in Gilling West every other Tuesday.
Ben will also be playing at the next Gilling Gig on the 27th of October Which will be taking place at the golf club in Richmond.
6.08.06
Yesterday Ben played at Richmond Live, it was a great performance, he played a 45 minute set in front of family, friends and hundreds of locals around Richmond.
Thanks to everyone for showing up to support him!
Happy Birthday to Ben as he is 16 today!
WELL DONE BEN!
21.07.06
On Wednesday Ben was the featured artist for Musicians' Night at The Studio - Hartlepool. He played a full set in this superb venue. Thanks to those who came to support him, especially Michael, Adam and Norris.
25.06.06
Last night Ben played at the Gilling Gig, the gig was successful and hundreds of people turned up.
Don't forget to check back soon, there will be some more gigs lined up shortly. Thanks to every-one who came to see Ben play. Hope you had a great day!
19.06.06
Don't forget this weekend Ben will be playing at the out door gig in Gilling West this Saturday with Greg Giles, Isotopia, Exploding Buddhas and many other bands and singers. The gig will start round 2.30 and the last band will be playing round 9.00.
22.05.06
HOT OFF THE PRESS! In a letter to The Hartlepool Mail this week, Dave Dobson, manager of The Spot, writes……….We’ve always tried to support live music in the town, and on Sunday night there was some excellent local talent on stage, with Ben Povey deserving a special mention, there’s a kid with a future!’
16.5.06
Last night saw Ben's return to his home town of Hartlepool. He played a set at The Spot on York Road in front of an appreciative audience of Poolies!
3.4.06
Ben played at The Angel Inn in Gilling West on Saturday night along with many other acts, playing music from Oasis and Arctic Monkeys. We Can now comfirm that Ben has been asked to play at Richmond Live in August in front of thousands of people. For more information on Ben's upcoming gigs, check back to the gigs page.
