Published 07/11/2011
Unlike normal Christmas sales that happen in December when people are busy buying family gifts and silly amounts of food, Captain Oi are having a NOVEMBER SALE!
This gives people a chance to either get some Christmas presents early or treat themselves before the festive season bleeds them dry!!
All single CDs (including DigiPaks) are £6.99 including Delivery to the UK (£1 postage for Europe and £2 postage for Rest Of The World)
This means that the current deals are available for THE SKIDS faithful:
SCARED TO DANCE – http://shop.captainoi.com/shopexd.asp?id=153 – £6.99 inc UK DELIVERY
DAYS IN EUROPA – http://shop.captainoi.com/shopexd.asp?id=152 – £6.99 inc UK DELIVERY
THE ABSOLUTE GAME – http://shop.captainoi.com/shopexd.asp?id=154 – £6.99 inc UK DELIVERY
More news about The Singles Collection soon….
Published 04/10/2011The Stuart Adamson Memorial Bench now has its home next to the lilly pond in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline.
For those who couldnt make the dedication ceremony a fans video is now available to view online.
Fans travelled from Germany, Ireland and from across the UK so see the bench being unveiled on Saturday 24th September 2011.
A huge thanks goes out to Gwenda Matthews , Colin Gourlay, Allan ( Smid ) Smith , Jamie Davidosn , Fife Council , Contemporary Arts Dunfermline , PJ Molloys , Promotional Impressions , family , friends and the fans.
T-shirts are also available for anyone who wishes to buy one and £2 from each sale will go towards The Mary Leishman Foundation , many thanks to Mike at Promotional Impressions for this.
Published 02/10/2011
Paul Hammond has kindly spent some time doing a remix of The Olympian. The Skids – The Olympian (Extended Remix 2011) by oddydo
Listen and download the following link http://soundcloud.com/oddydoodle/the-skids-the-olympian/download
Published 18/09/2011
A new program by STV in partnership with The Scottish Sun and Real Radio is due to be aired later this year.
Scotlands Greatest Album will feature 3 tracks from 70s’, 80s’, 90s’ and the 00s’ the 3 winning tracks from each decade will then make the album.
Vewers will get the chance to interactively vote and choose track from the shortlist.
Among the 70s’ category will be Into The Valley, so Skids fans can tune in and vote!
I have been speaking to some of the production team over the last few weeks and the program will also have a lot of interviews and guests on the show, including Bill Simpson who was recently asked to do an quick interview and chat about Into The Valley and its iconic bassline.
The program is initially schedule to be aired at the beginning of October.
You can read the article and more about this programme on the STV website by clicking here, there is also a Facebook page where you can get involved in the big debate! More details and official statements to follow soon…
Published 12/09/2011
There is now a new Facebook group for the Skids recently set up after the last one misteriously vanished into the depths of deep internet space!
Joining the group is easy, simply visit the group page and look for the link near the top right hand side which will let you ask to join the group.
Once you have joined you can also add your Facebook friends to the group by clicking the “Add friends to group” link again near the top right hand side.
CLICK HERE FOR THE SKIDS FACEBOOK GROUP
Published 12/09/2011
For those who are unaware, a Big Country fan from Wigan (Gwenda Matthews) has for some time now been coordinating a fundraising project and liaising with Fife Council to have a permanent memorial bench placed in Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline (known locally as The Glen) entirely financed by fans of Stuart Adamson and those bands with which he is synonymous.
The funds include those raised at the last major Skids Fans Gathering for a similar project at that time which was never completed.
The bench has now been manufactured and engraved with several sets of Stuart’s lyrics and fitted with a commemorative plaque.
Following a meeting between Gwenda Matthews and Colin Gourlay with two Council Reps in the Glen on Friday afternoon, they have now determined an agreed date for the unveiling of the bench on Saturday 24th September around 12:00 and a short dedication ceremony will take place at this time in a temporary location to the east of the pond until a permanent location is prepared on the west side of the pond following some new landscaping works to be completed before December 16th 2011 (the tenth anniversary of his passing).
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