 New Gig Text Message Service & Nick's Off To India!Hey all, here are a couple of quick updates from !daft!
Gig Text Message Alerts We are pleased to be able to offer to you a gig alert system via text message. You can subscribe to receive alerts of our gigs at your favourite venues by texting GIGS DAFT [Venue Code] to 82085. The most commonly played venues for us right now, and their codes, are:  The Rising Sun, Slough - RISING 14 The Old Ticket Hall, Windsor - TICKET 1 O' Neill's, Woking - ONEILL 24 O' Neill's, Watford - ONEILL 1 The Camphill Club - CAMPHILL 2 Abbeymoor Golf Club - ABBEYMOOR 1 The White Horse, Maidenhead - WHITE 87 The Bier Keller, Bracknell - BIER 2 So for example, if you live Windsor and would like to know when we are gigging at The Old Ticket Hall, Windsor you would text: GIGS DAFT TICKET 1 to 82085. It's that easy! You will then receive a text message 2 weeks before the gig to inform you of the event. Sorted! You can subscribe to as many venues as you wish and bear in mind we only play a venue a maximum of 4 times in one year so you will not be inundated with messages. You will only get the alerts that you specifically subscribe to. You can unsubscribe at any time. Full details of the service are here www.daftonline.co.uk/gigtxtalerts Gig alerts cost 25p to receive, min. £1. No fees are received by the band. Nick's Off To India! Sometimes in this game, the old day job gets in the way a bit!! (Just kidding boss!!;o)) Nick's company are sending him to India for around 3 months to head up the training and development of staff in a new facility and we are of course delighted he has been given such a great opportunity and we wish him lots of luck, but it does impact on gigs slightly. On Friday July 11th at the White Horse, Maidenhead Dave Jenkins will be playing bass in Nick's absence. Dave is a long time friend of ours and a great bass player. All other gigs until late 2008 will be covered by Chris McNally, another great friend of ours and accomplished player. We are thankful to both Chris and Dave for helping us out, we will miss Nick a great deal but we are also pleased to have such great musicians joining us to cover the role. As of this moment no gigs are cancelled as a result of Nick's leave of absence. So that's really about it for now, there are a few more bits but I'll save them till later so this doesnt go on tooo long! Lastly, we really appreciate people helping spread the word, please do become a fan of !daft!'s here www.facebook.com/pages/daft/19358626648, it really does mean a lot to us if you do! Thank you for your continued support, we hope to see you at a gig soon! Cheers, Graeme www.daftonline.co.uk graeme@daftonline.co.uk Rising Sun gig, 14th June is CANCELLED!Welcome Daniel Raw! On behalf of !daft! guitarist Phil, I am delighted to announce the arrival of baby Daniel Raw born 4th May 2008. Daniel is Phil and Elaine's first addition to the family and we understand Phil will be taking Daniel to his first Iron Maiden concert tonight. Ok, that's not true really ;o) Everyone is doing fine and well, so from the !daft! lads and lasses, many congratulations to Phil and Elaine! Hence we take a few weeks break from gigging now to allow Phil and Elaine to focus on Daniel. Next scheduled public gig is Saturday 14th June and the Rising Sun, Slough. We look forward to seeing you there! See all gigs. If you would like to send Phil a congratulatory note, you can find his facebook profile here. Cheers! Graeme www.daftonline.co.uk graeme@daftonline.co.uk !daft! - Artist of the week on Lemonrock Having found a new and additional Internet home on Lemonrock recently, we are delighted to have been made "Artist Of The Week" there! Given there are many hundreds, if not thousands of bands listed on Lemonrock, with over 5000 gigs posted as well, we are really chuffed to be awarded this special title and are very grateful to Mac, the site owner, for choosing us. Thousands of people use Lemonrock every day to find out what's on in their area. Lemonrock is a great place to promote live music. It's the only gig guide that you can update directly - your gigs, band/venue details, photos, MP3s and much more, and as a music lover you can find out whats happening in your area through instant gig searches or automated gig notifications sent straight to your inbox. Not to mention a wealth of other useful features! Visit Lemonrock and get clued up on local music at www.lemonrock.com New !daft! recordings available.!daft! @ A Concert For Linda
!daft! now on LemonrockYou can also now view !daft!'s profile, see gig dates, leave reviews, discover lots of other bands and live music venues and much more on Lemonrock. Take a look, very cool site!
 Regards, Graeme graeme@daftonline.co.uk www.daftonline.co.uk 2008 Promo Pack Now Available
Kensington Gig Postponed!daft! drummer Darren too numb to drum!Great news for 2008!Hey folks, and firstly a belated Happy New Year to you all, especially all our great friends we have seen and made at gigs during 2007!
I just wanted to take a few moments to give you an update on our activities of late and tell you a bit about what 2008 is already holding for us, it's looking really good! We could not have had a more fun and enjoyable year on the band front in 2007, and believe me when I say its because of you guys. It totally makes our night each time you react the way you do, the way you party and support us, so thank you. Keep it up though, 2008 is gonna be a biggun!! Lets start with a quick gig summary. We were chuffed to start doing a few O'Neill's gigs last year, and long may this continue, they're a great place to play! We are looking at some more of the bigger pubs and clubs as well now, so if you know anywhere that might be good for us to play, please let me know at graeme@daftonline.co.uk.  The Kensington Close Hotel & Spa, LondonI am however delighted to announce that we have teamed up with the Kensington Close Hotel & Spa, London to do a few gigs with them. We are really excited with this opportunity and cannot wait for the gigs to come around. I will send out confirmed dates in the coming days. The Keller, Bracknell We are also delighted to be doing a first gig with The Keller, a club which forms part of the Coppid Beech Hotel in Bracknell. We have wanted to play here for years and finally got something sorted for Saturday 26th January, so if you can make it along to a proper bar in a proper hotel for a proper dance and drink, then we'd love to see you! T'will be a laugh!! There's loads more to tell you, but I'll leave it there for now and send some more updates in a few weeks. Wishing all the best for 2008, have a great year, and better still, have it with us!! Next Gigs: Friday 18th January - The White Horse, Maidenhead Saturday 26th January - The Kellar, Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell See all gigs... Cheers! Graeme graeme@daftonline.co.uk www.daftonline.co.uk NEVER forget to join our Facebook group HERE !daft! *Halloween Special* gig - Nags Head, High Wycombe Join !daft! for a rockin Halloween special gig! Fancy "Halloween" dress is optional, but get stuck in and come looking your ghoulish worst and we'll buy a drink for the best dressed! We'll be at: The Nags Head 63 London Rd, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1BN From 8pm. On Friday 2nd November 2007. Loads of great modern and classic tracks await you, and if all goes well, we'll throw in some new material from the Fratelli's, The Automatic, Foo Fighters, Aerosmith and My Chemical Romance! You will love it! The Nags Head is a great live music venue with a fantastic history. It's played host to the likes of, The Sex Pistols, Jam, Who, Clash, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo, I mean I could go on forever, but you may even know it for the Legendary ‘Blues Loft’. Look forward to seeing you!! Graeme. Posts 1 - 12 of 32
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We are delighted to announce that !daft! will be performing at "A Concert For Linda" this Summer, on the 28th June 2008.
