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Soul Music Legend Leon Ware is making three appearances in the UK in early 2013. The venues are London's Islington Assembly Hall on Friday 1st February, Manchester's Band On The Wall on Friday 8th February and Newcastle's Hoochie Coochie Club Saturday 9th February 2013. Some info taken from the Band On The Wall website: http://bandonthewall.org/events/3709/ The great American soul singer Leon Ware visits Band on the Wall celebrating 50 years

LIFE & SOUL IV FRIDAY 15 JUNE 2001 - ROZEL HOTEL WESTON SUPER MARE A few words on fridays event from promoter Mike L. Mike L says...   As usual quality sounds were played all night from the popular, to the rare and some just a little bit different All DJs did excellent and varied sets and maybe they will send me there playlists for me to post. Thanks to Dave Farrell for his debut set standing in for Simon Green at late notice, Ross with his usual expertise for hitting the

Quality Rare Soul all-nighter Looks like the place to party New Years Eve will be Sheridans in Dewsbury as Lifeline and Soultown Soul Clubs combine forces to bring you TEN top DJs to see in the New Year. The full line up is.... Representing the Lifeline Soul Club will be Andy Dyson, Mick H, Tim Brown, Arthur Fenn&Chalky and for Soultown Soul Club we have Carl Willingham, Rob Thomas, Mark Bicknall, Paul Sadot&Andy McCabe. A feast of quality Soul is guaranteed.

Looks like the place to party New Years Eve will be Sheridans in Dewsbury as Lifeline and Soultown Soul Clubs combine forces to bring you TEN top DJs to see in the New Year. The full line up is.... Representing the Lifeline Soul Club will be Andy Dyson, Mick H, Tim Brown, Arthur Fenn & Chalky and for Soultown Soul Club we have Carl Willingham, Rob Thomas, Mark Bicknall, Paul Sadot & Andy McCabe. A feast of quality Soul is guaranteed. There will be 200 t

THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB present Its First Anniversary Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter @ Sheridans, Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury (M62 Jnc 25 - M1 Jnc 40) FEBRUARY 19th 2005 9.30pm till 7.00am Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS : - BUTCH ANDY DYSON MICK H CLIFF STEELE SOUL SAM CHALKY & Special Guest CARL FORTNUM Be early as this is fully expected to be a

Info on next Lifeline THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB present The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter @ Sheridans, Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury (M62 Jnc 25 - M1 Jnc 40) OCTOBER 16th 2004 9.30pm till 7.00am Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS : - BUTCH ANDY DYSON MICK H CLIFF STEELE SOUL SAM & GUESTS NIGE MAYFIELD CHALKY&NICK STEVENSON Record bar with some of the top dealers in a

LIFELINE SAT APRIL 21ST KICKS OFF AT ITS NEW REGULAR HOME AT THE YE OLDE BELL HOTEL BARNBY MOORE NR RETFORD NOTTS THE NIGHTER RUNS FROM 10PM TILL 7AM £10 DOOR TAX GETS YOU IN AND WHAT A NIGHT WE HAVE INSTALL FOR YOU. 9 HOURS OF TOP 60,S & 70,S RARE SOUL BUTCH, ANDY DYSON, MICK H, CLIFF STEELE, CHAIKY PLUS SPECIAL GUEST,S JAMES TROUBLE & KARL HEARD ALSO LIFELINE WILL ALSO BE HELPING DAVE AND MALAYKA THORLEY CELEBRATE THEIR NUPTIALS. ALL WELCOME MORE INFO CO

Lifeline Soul Club Presents it's Real Deal Rare Soul All-nighter back at SHERIDANS   Calder Wharf Mills, Huddersfield Road Dewsbury, WF13 3JW October 28th 9.30pm - 7.00am Resident DJ's Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Soul Sam, Cliff Steele & Chalky with guests Derek Pearson and Kev Murphy a

News from Chalky of a venue hop skip and jump...   Unfortunately The Stables has been double booked for our June date. Fortunately we tried a couple of other venues and finally managed to secure Bidds in Longton, Stoke On Trent (thanks mace and Chris for your help   So please spread the word about the venue change, it is for June only, August we are back at our usual home at the Stables. We don't have a flyer yet, we had them printed for the Stables, we are hoping to

Just had word that the next Lifeline Niter will include a special guest apperance by Sidney Barnes! Sat June 19th being the date Also you may have missed it posted up on the forum so just details of the dates for rest of 2004 Aug 21st Oct 16th Dec 18th note: was once annouced monthly dates but it has been decided to keep it bi-monthly Junes niter details as posted by Chalky on soul talk email list Tickets are n

I'm sorry to say but this night has been cancelled. There is an abundance of major soul events on during June and in our opinion the scene cannot sustain the amount of events being promoted so Lifeline has decided with missing April we will take an extended break and miss June as well. We will return in August. It is absolutely crazy the current situation, how long it can carry on we don't know. There is Cleethorpes this month which has been going for

Mick H asked to pass on below Andy Dyson&Mick H like to thank everyone who attended last weeks lifeline allnighter for your support&help for making it such a great night Special thanks to Chalky for all his hard work. Mandy&Wendy. Heather&Clare for there lovely smiles on the door & Chris&Rodz. All the plastic spinners res djs The next lifeline allnighter will be 17th april This will again be a all ticket event and expect tickets to go quick as a 250 capacity .S

Some have said that last one was best niter been to in years, there have been a couple of reviews posted up here of it My own personal view of it was quite simple, the first nighter was a cracker. Everyone I have spoke to who went to the first one have said similar. looking forward to it immensely!! lifeline allnighter this coming saturday 17th april 930 till 8am at sheridans dewsbury a top night of quality northern & rare soul with top soul spinners. butch andy dyson mick h cliffe stee

Tickets for the next Lifeline Rare Soul All-nighter featuring the best Rare Soul DJs the scene has to offer are now available from Andy and Mick. To reserve your ticket contact...... Andy @ Dysonsoul@aol.com or telephone 01302 744927 or Mick @ Trentsoul@aol.com or telephone 07968 030464 NO admission without a ticket, last one was a lock out and this promises to be the same!! ************************** THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB present The Real Deal R

Lifeline Soul Club is back at it's new home THE FOX at Colsterworth on December the 10th 2005. The Fox can be found a couple of miles south of the Colsterworth roundabout on the A1 with the venue situated at the side of the A1. The venue is approx 30 minutes south of Newark and about the same north of Peterborough. The night will run 9.30pm until 8am and will be supplying the usual Lifeline policy of Rare (and cheap), underplayed and forgtotten gems both from the 60's and 70's. DJ's supplyin

Lifeline Rare and Northern Soul Weekender 2008 details   After two successful weekenders Lifeline is returning to the Ye Old Bell in 2008 for the third (this will also be Lifelines 4th Anniversary).  The weekender will be held on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd of February 2008.   The line up will again feature some of the world’s premier Soul DJ’s. As well as the usual Lifeline residents, Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Chalky,

Mick H passed on that tickets for Lifeline are soon going to be harder to find than most of the sounds youre going to get hit with. "last few remaining tickets left its going to be a packer" being his exact words Ripped Chalkies earlier post below, have to say am looking forward to this one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lifeline Soul Club present The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter @

LIFELINE RARE SOUL WEEKENDER February 1st, 2nd&3rd 2008Weekender monies are now due. If you had a room last year then you get first refusal. If we haven't spoken to you about the room then get in touch. There is a waiting list and the rooms will be given to others if we don't hear from you.As usual a top quality line up of DJ's are promised with the usual Lifeline policy playing the very best in rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music whatever

JUST UNDER 8 WEEKS TO GO FOR THE 2ND LIFELINE WEEKENDER 9TH ,10TH,11TH FEB 2007 AT THE YE OLD BELL SET IN 5 ACRES IN THE HEART OF SHERWOOD FOREST COUNTY.RETFORD ,NOTTINGHAMSHIRE PASSES ARE ON SALE AND ACCOMADATION INFO PLEASE CONTACT ) SEE BELOW DJS PLAYING THE BEST IN 60S & 70S SOUL ARE BUTCH,SOUL SAM.ARTHUR FENN .ANDY DYSON,KITCH.DEAN ANDERSON,CLIFF STEELE.ANDY WHITEMORE,CHALKY,AND MANY MORE TO BE COMFIRMED ALSO THE AFTERNOON S

After the great success of the first Lifeline Weekender held in February 2006, you will be pleased to know that we are going to hold another in 2007! The dates are February 9th, 10th and 11th 2007. The line up will again feature some of the worlds premier Soul DJ's. As well as the usual Lifeline residents, Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Chalky, Cliff Steele and Soul Sam, guests including Dean Anderson, Kitch, Tim Brown, Arthur Fenn & Andy Whitmore and others to be confirmed, will be

latest info on feb 2006 weekender team Hi folks time is getting on and we need some monies from you all. Could those who have reserved a room please pay 50% deposit for each person in the room.  Those who have reserved a weekend pass copuld they please pay the full pass amount of £35. Send monies to Lifeline Weekender 12 Micklebring Grove Conisbrough nr Doncaster

Lifeline floods the defences with a spring tide of Quality Rare Northern Events An April Allnighter at Wolverhampton in April and an Alldayer at Sheffield in May Yep, news of two events upcoming from the Lifeline people that may just ring your bell. Wolverhampton Allnighter April 26th 2008 THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB present The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter At The Brookfields Club (The Stables), Cannock Road, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LZ. (Directions: Just off the M6 juncti

Sid passed on his plays from last fridays monkey, as said apoligies were due as got a bit of a rough deal with timings. Dont forget next Lime Street is on this Weekend. Hi Mike,Steve&all dmsc crowd Just like to say a big thanks for allowing lime st club to dj, due to co promoter John Purvis arriving late it was left to Sid Jones to show what Lime St is about. play list was bob&gene..i really really love you.mo do monorays..love.20th century johnny bartel..if this isnt love.solid s

Had change of info post for site on event at Lime Street Dunkinfield tonite Thought post it up as may be of interest to those planning their saturday nites entertainment Dunkenfield is in Manchester area "the change is Kev Murphy in place of Phil Dick" Other djs on what sounds like its going to be a good nite Eddie Engles-yorksire riders Dave Hall Resident DJs John Purvis-yorkshire riders Sid Jones More event details in Event Gu

Keep your eye on your cars this Saturday Word has it that a DMSC minbus is attempting to reach the far side of Manchester for Lime St event at Dunkinfield Details as below Lime St Club Chapel Street{Off King St} [Opp Town Hall} Dukinfield Gtr Manchester Guest Djs Drunken Monkey escapees Steve Thomas and Mike H Resident Djs John Purvis Sid Jones Eddie Engels Alex Jones 8pm Til 1.30am O.T.D £3.50 Large Wooden Dancefloor

LIME STREET CLUB, off Lime Street, Dukinfield. 8pm - 2am Cheap,cheap bar Fantastic wooden dancefloor Last Friday of the month means only one thing..... the "LIME STREET LOONIES" are at it again!! This month - along with the resident loonies.. MARK BICKNELL, SID JONES, ALEX JONES, EDDIE ENGEL we have Westoughtons very own Ambassador for all things soul.. MR. PAUL JOHNSON I think youll agree - it doesnt g

Im a great believer in credit where credits due. And if theres another soul nite out there more worthy than this .... BRING IT ON! Q: Do you consider yourself a lover of soul? A: Yes..... I do. Q: Do you find yourself going on&on&on about there being no dos on that caters for your superior taste in music? A: Yes.....I do. Q: You must be 1 of the regulars who get"done like dinner" every third Fri of the month at Lime Street

Limestreet Dunkenfield Manchester A flying visit by meself and Kit to Sid and Bernadettes recently started event up (second one?) on the furthest from home side of Manchester. As always lol in finding event, if anyone wants to know difference between Hyde Town Hall and Dunkerfield Town Hall ask us cause we now know, along with many other east manchester landmarks. Thanks to Bernadette for looking after us, and Sid and John P who made us very welcome. The Birchfield crow

Latest report on Stevie Catos going ons down under Over in Oz for the Brisbane weekender and just on my way to the final day.. Great weekend so far with fantastic hosts.. A real feel of community with the different camps from Brisbane,Sydney,Adelaide,Melbourn and Perth...The music is oldies based in the main but some fine choices,its funny when you are in the right frame of mind and a little carefree that tunes you have heard a little too much sound ok..The djs are very experienced(most ex p

We went along to a new venue last night at Pockets Leisure Centre, Walsden nr Todmorden. I have to admit, I was thinking during the journey to the venue, hope its not another oldies night, I need another one of those like a hole in the head People who know me will agree I am a moaning bastard if I hear constant oldies at venues, in my opinion there is a sea of vinyl out there worthy of turntable action, cheap as chips records for a tenner that are often over-looked gems&every bit as goo

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings have a long established live reputation and her previous UK tours frequently sell out. However this time she is joined by fellow british soul sensation The James Hunter Six, adopted by the US and also signed to daptone. Both are more than familar to soul collectors and connoisseurs. The James Hunter Six current album 'Hold On!' is proving as popular as 'Minute By Minute' from 2013. A rare and unique opportunity to see two of the finest retro soul bands live.

A preview of the forthcoming Issue 1 of the new "Livin' the Nitelife" multi flyer release. Mentioned in a previous news article, now billed as "The Essential Northern and Modern Soul Events Guide" view original news item for more info here see above for a quick gander at front and back cover of issue 1

Saturday October 25th @ the Ocean Lounge confereence Centre Llandudno. Admission £8 B4 11pm £10 Onwards. Top DJs, record sales etc. Followed by an All Dayer @ The West Shore Club Llandudno 10 am to 5 pm. Free to all Nighter goers or only £2. More top sounds of ALL ERAS. Further details Required? Contact Dave Price 0719-055569. Gary Beattie 07904-017617. Below Updated details from flyer Soul Dragon Soul Club Llandudno - All Niter Ocean Lounge

A quick bit of news about the forthcoming Conniseurs Weekend The Llandudno weekender on 1st, 2nd, 3rd March is now sold out. Dave Rimmer Soulful Kinda Music Magazine & Web Site Dont forget what looks like its gonna be the best full scale rare soul event Weekender in The North West this year is on the following weekend at Presatyn

Both Friday and Saturday niters were great, top sessions from all djs, busy early on with numbers fading off in early hours.Lots of laughs, chat, catch up, and of course great sounds Sounds wise, loads of stop me in my tracks, and loads more to add to the list, Billed DJ line up was : Butch, Andy Dyson, Roger Banks, Bob Hinsley, Carl Willingham, Dave Rimmer, Chris Anderton, Derek Pearson, John Weston, Chic, Cliff Steele, Eddie Engle, Alex Jones, and Bernard. Caught 95% of above an

Llandudno Connoisseurs Weekend. Well gotta say what a event that was! If your idea of heaven is listening to quality rare soul in a smart venue, with quality being the key word, no dance floor pressure dictating plays and a appreciative crowd well this was it.Heaven and a half 2 niters, and 2 dayers of it all with all the djs pulling out the stops, quality sound after quality sound, talking about pleasure overload. Cant do event justice really in a few lines so bit more detailed one will

Just a reminder that next big Niter is Llandudno Niter which is on this Saturday Dj line up inc : Mick Lyons,Bob Hinsley, Terry Davis,Roger Banks Pete Coulson, Robbo, Steve Thomas, Mark Morgan, Keith Williams, Gary Beatie Full details up in Events - should be a good one!

News just in... Soul dragons present LLANDUDNO NITER XMAS SPECIAL Sat 15 Dec 01 10pm-8am DJs to be confirmed but planned to be usual top quality 01492-622166 or 878686 for full info and membership

Soul Dragon Soul Club Presents - Llandudno Niter 15 Dec 10-8pm £9 in after 11 Record Bar Bar Djs inc Dean Anderson Kev Murphy Mick Lyons Bob Hinsley Bob Schaffer Dougie Selwell Polly Pete Coulson Johnny Jones Gary Beattie Followed by an All Dayer at Llanduno Rugb

The second Soul nite at the renewed monthly soul nites at the Risboro hotel went well, Numbers were up on the last one, coming up close to 100 odd. A fair mixed crowd, from all over north wales coast and beyond, ranging from regular event goers to faces that havent seen for a fair while. Floor wise things didnt really get going to later on, and then it seemed that the best reaction was to well known familar stuff. Small Paul was guest, regular djs being Steve Thomas, Mark Speakman, Chico and m

Llandudno Risboro plays -Sep event Last event was a bit down numbers wise but the sounds more than made up for it A classy mix of all styles soul was well appreciated by both ears and feet. Details of next Oct event to follow soonest Knocked together a few playlists from the guest and regs on the nite Phil Blacknell Septembers guest Big Daddy Rogers- Im a big man-Midas Johnny Nash- What kind of love is this-Groove Gillettes-Same id

Two events on NorthWales/Chester Area Friday sees the monthly Soul nite at Llandudno Rugby Club 8 - late djs inc: Mark Mac (Wigan) Mark Morgan Chico £3 in 8-late Saturday sees Broughton Wings event (near Chester) Guest Bob H. Be aware that due to current security situation, you need to have a special guest pass, to get one its as easy as phoning ken on 0788798

Llandudno Rugby Club Soul Nite this Friday 15th Feb This months one should be a good one as it sees guesting Pete Coulson from Bolton whos a regular part of the fixtures at most North West venues, also guesting is Johnny Jones escaped from Bangor social, and along with such local stalwarts including Mark Morgan and Chico, looks like going to be a goo

Llandudno Rugby Club! Fri 19 Oct 8-late DJs inc Brian Rae and Mark Morgan Quality mix, Enjoyable nite!

If you are looking for 'local' soul events this weekend, we may just have the feature for you... Our 'Local Soul' feature (events near me) allows anyone looking for 'soul events' to see just what is going on 'near to me' All you need to do is go to the feature, enter a town (along with a range if needed) and then tap 'Search for events' and our guide will deliver a fully featured dynamic map of event's in that area and period along with a detailed list underneath You can also

North Meets South - Birmingham Locarno Big event of the weekend seems like its going to be in Brumland, also featued live on Solar Radio North Meets South - 20th April Solar Radio are part of the Jazz Funk Soul and Boogie Bank Holiday Weekender at Birmingham Locarno (Now Known as Zanzibars) Hurst Street Birmingham 5pm - 3am. In the main room All Time Classics, All-nighter Floorpackers, Current Monsters and Classic Favourites. In the second ro

Upbeat Promotions in conjunction with Solar Broadcasting Present Save Our Soul Shack Saturday 9th September 2006 9pm to 2am @ Marine Broker 17 Leman Street, London E1 All proceeds for this night go to keeping on air Mark Bicknell's Rhythm&Soul Shack radio show which is broadcast on Sky channel 0129 and on www.solarradio.com every Sunday between 8pm and 10pm Tickets available on 07751 016975 or email richardpx@hotmail.com Minimum donation of £5.00 per ticket by cheque and must be made payab

Stow-A-Way Soul in London is hosting a Summer Sunday special DAYER on: SUNDAY 7th AUGUST 2005     3PM – 11PM Resident DJ’s Alice / Audra / Maria are joined by five very special guests listed alphabetically) :-   ARTHUR FENN (UK, Europe, SoulRm Sydney)   LEONA MURPHY   MARTIN THOMSON (Soul In The City / Solid Hit Soul)   WARREN WINT (Boogaloo Soul)   ADI WOLLASTON So we have 8 DJ’s in 8 hours donating their time for free (thank you), just so that we can maintain a FREE ENTRY policy.

Well it's now Monday and after a busy weekend still playing catch up. You may have come looking after a full detailed report of going ons from Saturdays monkey.... sorry, apoligies and all that but as a fair bit to put down and sort will be up soon. For now have added the message sent to all the dmsc members we have a email for. " " " " " " " " " " " " " "- Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 20:33:35 +0000 Just having a post-monkey catch up and just like to pass on many thanks to all members for making

Lookback - Sweet Soul Newark By Doug, Dave Rimmer guesting WHO EVER THOUGHT I WOULD FIND SUCH A VENUE IN NEWARK The exact words told to me as DAVE RIMMER walked into Sweetsoul club NEWARK AS the venue filled up and excellent turnout many thanks to the soul fans and we even had a tv personality from the current channel 4 series THE GREAT GARDEN COMPETITION which is running most afternoons Ms Ann Marie Powell with her sister Angela and partners who delighted in telli