News Archive
20th July 2010 Supporting Will Young
  See us with Will Young & his band at South Devon Music Festival on 24th July 2010. A full day of bands including Ade Edmonson's band and those Geezer boys.
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5th March 2010 New Joey Drummer!
  A NEW JOEY DRUMMER!!
Yes, after several auditions we've appointed the uber talented Mr. Alex Smith. Pro drummer and drum teacher Alex was taught by Ralph Salmins at London College of Music (Drumtech) and has since worked as a session man with many UK bands, for BBC Radio, and appeared at Glastonbury and many London West End shows, also featuring on Radio 1’s Jo Whiley/Pete Tong show. Welcome Alex, it's gonna be good!

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10th January 2010 Joey supporting Will Young!
  ** JOEY SUPPORTING WILL YOUNG ** 
One to look forward to! We've just been signed up to support Will Young & his band at South Devon Music Festival on 24th July 2010.

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24th December 2009 New Year's Eve
  ** NEW YEAR'S EVE **
Just the last few tickets left for new years eve, available from the The Bank (01752 660833)


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1st October 2009 Wow, what a Summer!
  ** WOW WHAT A SUMMER **
OK the weather's been rubbish but we've had record attendances and most gigs are pre sold-out so thanks to you all for your support!
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29th May 2009 The Great Outdoors...
  Loads of outdoor gigs coming up, and it's sunny for each one - we've checked.. Outdoor gigs at Ivybridge RFC, Elfordleigh Hotel, Waterfront Restaurant (Lobsterfest!), Dunster, Sheldon Theatre & Charlestown Regatta - see Gig Guide for details!

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6th April 2009 The Wharf
  Thanks to all that turned out for the gig at the Wharf recently, another 400 sell out and a great atmosphere.
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15th January 2009 Happy New Year!
  Thanks to everyone for the support in 2008! This year is the band's 15th year 'on the road', it's amazing to think it all started that long ago in 1994 at The Fizgig & Firkin Exeter (no longer there!). 
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18th November 2008 Scooby Doo on Trumpet!
  Yes the band will be in fancy dress for the NEW YEARS EVE gig! If you've never seen Scooby doo play trumpet, now's your chance!
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26th October 2008 New Years Eve
  NEW YEARS EVE - The Bank Plymouth - Tickets are £15.00 and now available from the venue (01752 660833)
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25th September 2008 Babbacombe Theatre
  Our annual theatre gig at Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay coming up
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7th September 2008 Joey on Facebook
  Become a Joey friend on Facebook and we'll let you know upcoming gigs as they happen!
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26th August 2008 JOEY AT THE WHARF, TAVISTOCK!
  Not played at the Wharf for years - 'proper' music venue, and room to dance!
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27th July 2008 Lanhydrock 2008
  Had a great time at Lanhydrock Music Festival - pics available in gallery soon.
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9th April 2008 Joey at Lanhydrock Festival
  Around 10,000 music lovers are expected to attend the Lanhydrock Festival this year (Saturday 19th July). Nine hours of entertainment and a mixture of music styles surrounded by floodlit woodland.
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16th March 2008 Outdoor Events
  We love playing outdoor events, and there's five to look forward to so far this year
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17th February 2008 New for 2008 Video Screen
  For 2008 all gigs will feature a video screen behind the drummer showing video and images during the performance.
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12th January 2008 New songs
  Yes it's true! We'll be rehearsing new numbers in January & February.
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2nd November 2007 NEW YEARS EVE @ The Bank, Plymouth
  We had a great night last year, be great to see you there - be quick though, they always sell out!

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28th September 2007 Joey sign up Bryan “The Funk” Ugalde
  Funkmeister Bryan Ugalde has joined Joey the Lips after drummer Nick Good's recent departure. Nick is pursuing other interests such as his own songwriting projects.
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14th August 2007 Shugborough Rocks
  We had a great gig at "Shugborough Rocks" last week.
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1st August 2007 Girls Aloud gig
  Unfortunately the Girls Aloud gig on 11th August is now cancelled.
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5th June 2007 Resheduled Girls Aloud Date
  The Girls Aloud support date has been moved to Saturday 11th August.
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13th March 2007 ** Girls Aloud tour date announced !!! **
  The band has been signed to support Girls Aloud on the final leg of their UK tour on 11th August 2007 at Newnham Park, Plymouth! A fast sell out is expected and tickets are restricted to 15,000 so book early! Tickets are £29.50 and 39.50 and are ON SALE NOW via the ticket sales hotline 0870 4794799, or at www.girlsaloudplymouth.co.uk .
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19th January 2007 January news
  New Venue?
We've been booked to play a new Plymouth venue - VARSITY in Plymouth city centre on Thursday 22nd February. It's big, it should be a good night!

New Album?
The band will be recording a new cd later in the year at Sawmills Recording Studio, the same studio used by Oasis, Muse, The Verve, Supergrass, Duran Duran etc. - so expect a good quality recording at least!
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2nd September 2006 August news
  Thanks to the 3000+ who came to see us headline at Killerton Festival, what a gig, what a stage!
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27th July 2006 Thanks
  Thanks to the 3000+ who came to see us headline at Killerton Festival, what a gig, what a stage!
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4th July 2006 Elfordleigh BBQ, a great success
  Thanks to those that turned up at the Elfordleigh Hotel for the outdoor gig on 30th July.
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12th May 2006 Band of the Year
  Thanks to Torbay's Herald express newspaper for voting us 'Band of the Year' at the end of 2005, a bit of a surprise after 12 years of gigging!
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5th January 2006 BBC CHILDREN IN NEED
  Thanks to those that came to the open-air gig in Plymouth City Centre for CHILDREN IN NEED last month.
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6th October 2005 New Year's Eve at The Bank!
  This year we'll be at one of our favourite venues - The Bank in Plymouth.
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21st September 2005 Virgin 'Artist Of The Month'
  We're chuffed to be 'Artist of the Month' in Virgin Megastore, Plymouth for September. The new cd 'Firing On All Cylinders' is on the listening posts and available in-store.

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1st August 2005 Our own material!
  The band are currently writing their own material to add to the set.
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1st July 2005 VE/VJ Day celebrations
  The band will be headlining the VE/VJ Day celebrations on Sunday 10th July at an open-air gig in Kimberly Stadium (Saltash Utd) in Saltash.
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25th April 2005 5-a-side challenge
  Legendary bad boy mobster types 'The Diamond Geezers' have challenged Joey the Lips' crack 5-a-side team to a showdown this Wednesday (27th April) at the Mayflower Centre, 9pm k.o. Although the Geezers are all round good eggs this will not save them from a right good pasting.
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13th April 2005 New CD out in June
  At last the new CD is finished! We'll be having a launch party at The Cooperage gig on Saturday June 4th and copies will be for sale there.
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2nd February 2005 Great pictures from the Tsunami Concert
  We've added some great new pics!
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15th January 2005 Tsunami
  'TSUNAMI! - The band will be performing an open-air gig on Plymouth Hoe - Sunday 30th January - 'Plymouth Aid Day' for the Tsunami appeal - 10 bands throughout the day!
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6th January 2005 Happy New Year
  We would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you in 2005
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18th October 2004 New Years Eve confirmed!
  We are pleased to announce a confirmed New Years Eve date. It will be at the Mutley Crown, Plymouth on - guess what - 31st December 2004!
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28th September 2004 New discussion board!
  Our new discussion board has now opened.
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27th August 2004 Cooperage date has moved
  Our next gig in the Cooperage has been moved forward to 17th September (originally 25th).
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19th August 2004 Newton Abbot Racecourse
  Gemini Radio are running a competition to win 2 tickets to the outdoor Newton Abbot Racecourse gig this Sunday (22nd August), as well as a copy of the new Joey The Lips CD. The band will be performing in between each of the 9 races on the card!
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15th July 2004 New CD
  We'll have our new Live CD out soon, as well as a new promo DVD!
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6th July 2004 New CD
  We have recently recorded several gigs and are currently in the studio picking out the best bits for a brand new CD release!
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3rd May 2004 Playing to 20,000
  The band are playing to 20,000 people on Saturday 8th May
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3rd April 2004 New Line-up for 2004
  There's a whole raft of new songs this year and we're really pleased with the new line-up.
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3rd April 2004 New Line-up for 2004
  There's a whole raft of new songs this year and we're really pleased with the new line-up.
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12th September 2000 New Line-up
  We now have 3 new band members.
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8th July 2000 Line-up Changes
  You will be aware that Claire is to leave the band.

In addition, there are another two members who will be moving on - Kate (alto sax) is emigrating to Spain around the beginning of August and Paul (keyboards) is moving on to pursue other projects.
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19th April 2000 Claire Nicholls is to leave the band
  Claire Nicholls has unfortunately decided to leave the band, due to other commitments.
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