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Like everyone else in the world, Hooker now have a myspace page! Address is www.myspace.com/hookerstuff - tour dates etc. may be slightly more up-to-date there rather than here (due to the annoying difficulties in updating this bloody site!)
07/03/06
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Gigs page has been updated, with a London gig plus 2 Manchester dates.
03/02/06
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The Leeds gig originally listed for Tuesday 21st February hadn't actually been confirmed for that date, but is now definitely going to be Wednesday the 1st of March; sorry if there was any confusion over this.
26/01/06
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First update of 2006 (due to slackness of webmaster! Apologies...): forthcoming tour dates added to gigs page.
We're hoping to get some new pics up soon, with photos of the new lineup, as well as setting up some quick and easy way of selling CDs and the like - and more frequent site updates as well!
27/11/05
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The Cavern Club gig in Exeter supporting The Gossip on Tuesday is confirmed (details here), but unfortunately the Burnley Skatepark gig on Saturday has been cancelled by the venue for personal reasons - but this should hopefully be rescheduled for a later date when the venue is available again.
08/11/05
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ANOTHER NEWS FLASH!
A bizarre and unexpected meeting in a pub in Bakewell on Sunday has lead to Hooker playing a short acoustic set (2 songs) on Terry Christian's BBC GMR radio show on Wednesday 9th November, 7 - 10pm; we should hopefully get an album track played as well, so we're pretty excited, despite the short notice...there is the possibility of listening to the show online live here as well, and therefore presumably this should be nationwide rather than just local.
Exciting, great & weird...!
22/10/05
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NEWS FLASH! We have a brand spanking new bass player in the shape of Mr Andrew Bankes!
We are very excited, and his first gig with us will be supporting the Gossip at the Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach gig on the 27th of November.
08/10/05
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Another gig: Sunday 27th November @ Cardiff's Clwb Ifor Bach, with the Gossip
Great poster for the Spain Ladyfest!
04/10/05
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The venue for the Ladyfest Spain gig on the 28th of October has been finalised as the Sala El Sol (at Calle Jardines 3); unfortunately Mat will not be joining us in Madrid, but we do have a stand in: 'come on down' Miss Stephanie Walker!!! She has very kindly agreed to step in at the last minute, and we can't thank her enough for digging us out of this hole!
23/09/05
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We are extremely sorry but due to unforseen circumstances, we are going to have to cancel our Birmingham gig.
The Ladyfest Spain date is now confirmed as the 28th of October
31/07/05
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Hooker will be playing at Ladyfest Spain (October 28-30th) in Madrid (more info at the Ladyfest Spain site) - the actual date of performance is still to be confirmed; updated info will be posted as it is confirmed. More information about the festival can be found here, and photos here.
25/07/05
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Hooker are playing at Ladyfest Berlin on August 9th (more info at the Ladyfest site), appearing as part of »Ladies Against Oppression« gig evening
There are also upcoming gigs in Derby, London & Birmingham - details are on the Gigs page
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STOP PRESS! EXCLUSIVE! LAST MINUTE NEWS! THIS JUST IN! (etc.)
Zoe is supporting Television at Manchester Academy 2 tomorrow, Thursday 23rd June - this is very last-minute, and when the support was offered was originally turned down by the band due to other obligations, but Zoe will now do a half hour acoustic set representing Hooker as the only support...she's obviously very excited about this, so if anyone can come along and offer their support she will be thrilled to see (and hear) you!
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A few changes to the tour schedule: Brighton's gig is now Monday 16th rather than the originally advertised date on the 17th, but still at the same venue (Freebutt), and the Wigan gig has changed venues from Bar Fever to 'Club Nirvana' at Clarence Yard
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The new album is out! Copies are available from all of the dates of the tour, and we'll have scans of the cover art up on the site as soon as possible.
26/04/05
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Large printable full tour poster added to Gigs page (jpg & pdf formats) - download, print & post locally if you want to help promote any of the gigs on the tour
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'Pick Of The Day' in the South Wales Echo (Monday 25th April)!
(thanks as always to peppermintpatti for both of the above)
25/04/05
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STOP PRESS
The Manchester Poptastic gig tomorrow night (Tuesday 26th April) has been CANCELLED due to unforeseen technical problems at the venue, and circumstances beyond our control - apologies to anyone inconvenienced by this, especially at such short notice - it's as much of a surprise to us, and we hope that everyone will come to the end of tour Friday 27th May Night & Day gig instead...
23/04/05
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Minor site update: added a few newer photos to the Pics page (where else!), the top three of the band relaxing in the Castle pub on Oldham Street, Manchester (taken by Stefanie Mainey), and an older group shot at the bottom right of the page; and a few minor additions to tour information for York, Derby, Nottingham & Manchester Night & Day gigs.
15/04/05
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Updated information about venue locations, contact info and support has been added to the Gigs page - if anyone has anything to add to this please mail us at the admin address and we'll make the necessary adjustments (many thanks to our Board poster peppermintpatti for her assiduous research!)
We've also added a large flyer template (should anyone want to do a bit of impromptu promotion) to the Biog page
09/04/05
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Minor update on the messageboard: for some reason the security code for the registration wasn't working; this has now been fixed, so for anyone clamouring to contribute but unable to log in, please try again - if there are any further problems please email admin@hookerstuff.com and we'll deal with it ASAP.
04/04/05
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OK, after a fair amount of messing around, a Hooker messageboard has been set up here (also linked off the 'forum' link on the front page); posters will have to register first, but other than that it all should be pretty straightforward...we're using a free hosting company at the moment, so there are the usual annoying banners top and bottom of the page, but don't click on 'em and everything should be fine!
03/04/05
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Another tour date:
Friday 27th May, the Night & Day Cafe, Oldham St, Manchester
and a note:
Hooker will be onstage at MIDNIGHT at 26th April's Poptastic gig
30/03/05
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Added a couple of live pics taken by by Andrew Johnson from the Certificate 18 in York gig (the two at the bottom of the page)
23/03/05
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Another tour date has been confirmed:
Tuesday 26th April @ Poptastic, Mutz Nutz, Princess St, Manchester.
And we've finally scanned a review from last year's Katastrophy Wife support
(from Bristol & Bath's Magazine VENUE, issue dated 30th May - 5th June):
Hopefully we'll be digging out some more reviews and photos to add to the site over the next few weeks.
17/03/05
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There's a nice live review by Natalie Boxall (for The Georgian Theatre, Stockton gig) on the Plan B site:
"I love Mclusky. I love Sleater Kinney. I now officially love Hooker as they sound like the two bands combined, and they’re northern, which gives them extra points. Whipcrack smart songs with sass and snarl spew from Zoe McVeigh, her voice a feral cat scratching at anyone standing in its way. They are rewarded with a shower of cakes and chocolate buttons by a drunk young hood with an attitude problem."
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Hooker UK Tour!
Dates have been confirmed for our UK tour, with the possibility of more dates to be added later; the new album is in the final stages of mastering, and will be available before the tour - watch this space for the release date!
Dates confimed so far:
Sat 30th April - The Chapter, Cardiff
Weds 4th May - Cavern, Exeter
Thurs 5th May - Moles Club, Bath
Fri 6th May - The Crypt, Bristol
Sun 8th May - Junktion7, Nottingham
Mon 9th May - Bar Vida, Derby
Weds 11th May - Bar Fever, Wigan
Thurs 12th May - Certificate 18, York
Fri 13th May - Fenton, Leeds
Tues 17th May - Freebutt, Brighton
More details as they become available
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Hooker are supporting Gravy Train!!!! & Le Tigre at Manchester University
on Monday 14th March - come early, we need your support!
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The new album is finished and is being mastered - it will be available soon, and there will be a tour in April to follow its release
