Lucky Soul, last call for reserved tickets, plus FREE Friday and FREE comedy

Howdy boys and girls,
Cheers to everyone who came to Adele/Peggy Sue and The Pirates/Kate Nash and Wrong Animal last weekend, 'twas super, smashing, great. This weekend sees the 3rd great Saturday in a row with the luscious Lucky Soul bringing some glamour to our tatty stage plus much more...in bite sized chunks for ease of digestion...

Thursday 17th August
Are you local? presents The Dirty Do Goods+Lady Mercedes+July Johnson+Carlotti. Scotland's Lady Mercedes after support slots for the like of Ocean Colour Scene try their luck in the big smoke with 3 excellent local up and comings. Check out the especially haunting ballads of The Dirty Do Goods, spine tingling stuff it is. £5 entry, £4 with flyer. Doors at 8, bands from 830 to 1130 and DJ Judy from 1130 til near close at 2am.

Friday 18th August
DJ Dave Van Dyke plays a mixed dancefloor set with a mix of 70s funk, house, club classics, plus bit of Blondie, Talking Heads and the like thrown in for good measure.
Free entry for you and unlimited friends if you email me with names before Friday. Else £5 entry

Saturday 19th August
In the day Sheffield United v Liverpool kick off the football season on the big screen and you may be able to see a bit of Bolton and Spurs during the soundcheck for
Da big one.... The splendid Lucky Soul with the mesmeric Ten Minute Cloud and the lovely indie pop of Silver Springs and HBird. £5 in, doors from 8pm. Afterwards Andy B DJs a load of Northern Soul and 60s girl group gems and Maurice plays a mix of indie and soul til 4am.

Sunday 20th August
At 130pm Man U play Fulham and from 8pm we have the resident band Blues of Cain.

Monday 21st August
From 8pm Mirth Control present another night of outstanding comedy. 5 acts, completely free to get in, starts at 8.

That's all folks, have fun.

John.x
07949 008253

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Birthdays, bands, last call for Kate Nash and penultimate for Lucky Soul

Hello my cherubs,
Right, firstly if anyone has a birthday or something soon then please let me know as we may have private hire available for a number of Friday nights in the future. There are also a couple of Saturdays still available but please be quick.

Onto this weekend...

Thursday
Onto tonight, what you up to? Nothing, good. For 3 measly squids you can come and see Screamin Tea Party+An-Arkhos+Temperatures live at The Good Ship tonight. Bands from 8pm and bar til 2am.

Friday
On Friday we have a private party until 12 and then Glenn Mac will DJ old school house, dub, and broken beats until 4am.

Saturday
It is a big one. The place will be teeming with record company execs for these hot properties playing on Saturday night and I am reasonably sure we will have a full house so if you want a reserved ticket please email me before the end of the day on Friday. Adele opens, followed by Peggy Sue and The Pirates, then Kate Nash and finishing up with Wrong Animal. DJing from 1130 to 4am with Dockers and Maurice.

Sunday
We will not be open until 6pm and we will have the inhouse band Blues of Cain playing from 8pm to midnight, bar to 2am.

Next weekend we have the amazing Lucky Soul headlining on Saturday night so again if anyone wants to reserve a ticket you know what to do.

Also many thanks to Nicola who recommended The Space Between who we hope to get to The GS very soon. If there are any bands you have seen that you would like to see at T'Ship then please let me know.

John.x
07949 008253

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Last call for The Smyths plus the best bunch of Saturdays August has ever seen..

Dear all,
this is the last call for reserving Smyths tickets for Saturday. They will be playing 2 hour long sets (Queen is dead in its entirety and various Smiths/Morrissey) from 9 and from 11 we'll have DJ Maurice playing soul and indie til 4am. Reserving a ticket means it is a fiver in and if there are any left on the night then it will be 6 quid. If you haven't seen the Smyths before then you are missing a treat as they are outstanding. If you don't go and see tribute bands stop being so cool, pretend its Christmas (they're camp enough) and have one diversion.

I'll tell you about the rest of the Saturdays further down but this Thursday is Club Anti Heroes night and is well worth a mention. We have 4 bands playing as detailed below;
The Lancaster Bombers
The Late Greats
Bidgie Reef and the Gas
Teasing Lu Lu
Bidgie Reef and The Gas played with us a few months ago and they were outstanding. A bunch of geezers mainly older than even me; like a darker Ian Dury and The Blockheads. Outstanding they were. Full details of the night are at www.myspace.com/pompompromotions

Right, the cornucopia of Saturdays, all the shows are available for a fiver with a DJ until 4am.
Saturday 5th. The Smyths, brilliant.
Saturday 12th. Adele, Peggy Sue and The Pirates, Kate Nash, Wrong Animal. Adele and Kate Nash could be household names soon. Kate has more plays on Myspace than anyone at the moment and is regularly appearing in the broadsheets and the tabs whilst Adele is currently gracing the airwaves of Radio 1. Peggy Sue make a lovely racket and headliners Wrong Animal have the mesmerising Bee fronting their electro rock cabaret.
Saturday 19th. Lucky Soul, Ten Minute Cloud, Silver Springs and HBird. Lucky Soul's first single was Guardian Guide single of the week and I think their second was better. They are regularly on 6 Music and are a glorious, shimmering band with Motown girl group sensibilities. Ten Minute Cloud make a beautiful, ethereal noise; think The Tindersticks meet Nouvelle Vague and lovely indie pop from Silver Springs and HBird complete the outstanding line up.
Saturday 26th. Again, all over the newspapers we have Flow a NZ/UK melodic pop band with soaring male/female vocals. They introduce themselves and a host of friends on a night of 4 bands.

That's all except to remind you all that the weekly Friday night house night is cancelled so if anyone wants to book anything into a Friday night now is the time to ask.

cheers
John.x
07949 008253


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