We are pleased to confirm another Dave Sharp & The Hard Travelers full band show.

In what may turn out to be a regular night, Dave & The Travelers will be in Ashton Under Lyne to relaunch regular live music at The Station Hotel on Saturday 7th July.

A six piece Hard Travelers line up will see local band Ransom join Dave. The full line up is:
Dave Sharp - Guitar & Vocals
Dave Cowdrey - Guitar
Steve Sheard - Bass
Chris Eavers - Drums
Sean Brennam - Violin Accordian
Rob Phillips - Keyboards
Rosa Sheard - Backing Vocals

Dave is very thankful to Ransom for stepping in right at the last minute to replace Dr Mandrake.

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We can also confirm that Dave will again play at the highlight of the musical calendar in the Scottish Highlands - The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival. Dave will play the Global Village Stage on day two of the festival, Saturday 11th August.

In addition, Dave will play two shows at the Belladrum Festival Fringe. On Wednesday 8th August he will be at Hootanannay in Inverness and then on 9th August at The Invershin House Hotel in Sutherland. Full details on Tour Dates page.

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Update 16th July 2007
Due to a family illness, Dave is unable to travel to Scotland and has regretably been forced to cancel his scheduled appearances at Big Country's re-union shows.

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Dave has been asked to support the reunited Big Country at their two gigs in Scotland next month. Dave has been friends with Big Country since they and The Alarm rose to prominence at the same period in the early 80s, so when the remaining members announced that they were to play two shows to celebrate the bands 25th Anniversary, it was an invitation he could not refuse.

The shows on July 20th in Glasgow & July 21st in Aberdeen will be Big Country's first since guitarist & singer Stuart Adamson tragically passed away in December 2001.

Back then, the remaining three members had no thoughts of performing as Big Country again. But now bass player and vocalist Tony Butler, drummer Mark Brzezicki and guitarist Bruce Watson feel compelled to unite to celebrate the band’s quarter century landmark with some live shows. The trio will perform some of their best-loved hits, a selection of popular tracks that were not played live much in the past, and some brand new material.

'We thought it would be cool to get together again, and go out and play some intimate shows, and play some of the back catalogue and give the fans what they have been crying out for,' says Bruce Watson.

'For many years I did not think, to try and even think, that Big Country could exist without Stuart Adamson. We were a unique band. But that was then. The years have moved on and the desire to play music with my old friends has become too much to resist. The Big Country we all remember will forever have a place in our hearts, but Big Country will continue with a renewed spirit and passion, a new adventure. We just want to have fun,' stresses Tony Butler.

And Mark Brzezicki adds: 'It felt the right time to continue the journey with Big Country not only out of respect to our wonderful past, but with renewed optimism for the future. We could never replace Stuart, so we haven't, but have now evolved and proudly carry on the natural progression that he would have expected and been proud of.'

Details of the shows are here.
For further information, visit www.bigcountry.co.uk

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With a good time had by all on Friday night (with many having continued the evening into the early hours at the Holiday Inn bar), it was no surprise that only a dedicated few made it back to the Adelphi for 12.30 on Saturday.

Those that did were treated to footage of 1991's Hard Travellin' Medicine Show tour on the big screen. Filmed at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and featuring Toby Bourke, Dave Sharp solo & Dave Sharp And The Hard Travellers, this is widely regarded as one of the best Dave Sharp shows ever.

As more fans made it from late breakfasts or shopping trips, the Open Mic slot welcomed Booze'N'Daze's John Galbraith for a short solo slot on vocal & guitar. Stripped bare without the backing of the midi accordion, John's talent both as a guitarist and a singer was allowed to shine.

More video followed, this time a more recent performance featuring Dave Sharp re-uniting with his old bandmates from The Alarm for the VH-1 Bands Reunited show at London's Scala Theatre.

Next up on stage was fan Paul Berwyn. With a set largely featuring his own compositions, Paul was clearly a songwriter influenced by Dave Sharp. However, his performance had an extremely personnel feel with songs about his youth in London and his family.

The final open mic slot of the day was undoubtedly the least professional, but certainly in the spirit of Decaturville. An assorted collection of fans took to the stage and with organiser Paul Heaton on guitar, proceeded to run through as many Alarm & Sharp standards as they could remember. My Land Your Land, One Step Closer, Knocking On Heaven's Door and many more were all given a run out with varying levels of success.

As the stage was cleared to prepare for the full PA being brought in for the evening's electric show, the troopers drifted off to grab some food in the pub downstairs or enjoy a drink in the sunshine flooded beer garden (although thanks must go to those who gave up their break in order to help load in the PA & band equipment).

Having already had one band (Rocketfox) cancel their Saturday afternoon appearance at short notice, Saturday evening's opener Silicone Talent were also forced to cancel when the venue management decided to enforce a ban on any performers under 18 years of age.

Stepping into the vacant slot at short notice was a second performance of the weekend from Seamus McLoughlin. Having already won new fans on Friday evening, Seamus was among friends & gave another assured performance.

Second up were local three piece The Surge. With many family & friends in the audience, they were assured a good reception. Their blend of upbeat indie pop might have been a world apart from Dave Sharp's folk & blues infused rhythms but their top quality musicianship and total confidence was infectious and they soon had the audience lapping it up.

And so it was time for the main attraction. With the debut performance of the new Hard Travellers (aka Ernie's Rhythm Section), the Dave Sharp fans didn't know quite what to expect, but the Travellers managed to take everybody by surprise as soon as they took to the stage a little after 10pm.

A bass player in cream hot pants, a shoeless guitarist with Springsteen style headband,the trilby wearing bare chested keyboard player and a harmonica player in red sequins certainly got the assembled crowd talking before they played a note. With Dave Sharp up front in more traditional black jeans, vest and striped jacket with his new black Gretsch guitar round his neck, the band launched into opening number Drive These Blues Away.

As what was to all intents a Dave Sharp Greatest Hits set unfolded, the talk of the band's outfits was quickly silenced and replaced with marvel over as near perfect a band show as Dave has ever presented.

Alternating between the Gretsch & trusty Fender Telecaster, Dave concentrated on guitar & vocal duties, handing harmonica duties over to Traveller Rik. This move alone gave a new dimension to the songs with harp interwoven throughout.

What was most impressive about the show was just how tight the band were, demonstrating seemingly telepathic knowledge of each others playing. Guitar solos blended with harmonica solos, the Hammond organ swirled in and out of the mix, three guitars merged in unison while at the back the stand up bass & drums drove the rhythm.

For a band that only started rehearsals three weeks earlier, it is almost scary to comprehend that this was their first ever gig playing the songs of Dave Sharp. How they will play after they have more shows under their belt is difficult to imagine.
Whether with or without Dave Sharp, it was clear to all present that Ernie's Rhythm Section are destined for a wider audience than Preston Adelphi.

Dave Sharp & The Hard Travellers played for nearly two hours, the end of which saw the Troopers dancing in the small space left in front of the stage as the band treated them to Van Morrisson's Enlightenment, Dylan's Sylvio ending with Woody Guthrie's classic My Land Is Your Land

As organisers Paul Heaton & John Ramsay made their closing remarks, their was one more surprise in the weekend. Despite already having been under the lights for two hours, Ernie's Rhythm Section returned to the stage (without Dave Sharp) to close the weekend with 45 minutes of top quality blues. If there was anybody left in the room who was still to be convinced about these guys, then they surely couldn't fail to be blown away by that last 45 minutes that would compare favourably with anything that the blues legends in New Orleans or Memphis could offer.

In only it's second year, the Decaturville event is still maturing but on the evidence of 2007, it is definitely on the right track. A perfectly suited venue, a great bunch of people and a whole host of top quality music made Mash #2 a great success.

Planning is already underway for Mash #3 in 2008, with the feasibility of taking it across the ocean to New York City being investigated. Next stop for Dave Sharp is Strummercamp at the end of May when he will bump into ex-Alarm bass player Eddie MacDonald who is als playing with his band Westway To The Clash.

Dave Sharp & The Hard Travellers (featuring Ernie's Rhythm Section}
Set List
Drive These Blues Away
Ain't Long For The Day
Twistin' Wind
Hard Travelin'
Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way
Mean Mean Hand
The Maker (Dave Matthews cover)
Road To Mexico
Willin
Back On The Right Side
Ghost Of Preacher Casey
Last Smiling Villain
American Sky
In The City
Give Me Back My Job
Long Black Night

(Encore)
Hard Rain Gonna Fall
My Land Your Land
Enlightenment
Sylvio
This Land Is My Land

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Thanks to all the troopers who made Decaturville Mash #2 such a special event. For those who couldn't make it, you missed a cracking weekend that saw Dave Sharp on the top of his game with both acoustic & electric guitars.

Although not without it's hiccups (would the Sharp world be the same if everything ran smoothly), the second Dave Sharp weekend was a musical treat from start to finish in a setting that was perfect for the event.

Upstairs at The Adelphi definitely couldn't be described as a cavernous venue, but it was just perfect for the Mash. With a mix of comfy sofas & bar stools and just enough room for everybody to be comfortable it was a perfect setting for the intimate gigs that were to follow.

With organiser Paul Heaton choosing duties on the door over his planned opening slot on stage, the task of opening Decaturville #2 fell to Booze'N'Daze. In Glasgow last year, sound problems forced them to postpone their show until Saturday afternoon. Without any such worries in Preston, John Ramsay & John Galbraith treated the crowd to a specially honed set featuring a number of Dave Sharp songs including a memorable One More River Still To Cross & a rousing Up For Murder that had the crowd up and dancing.

Following Booze'N'Daze onto the stage was local singer songwriter Seamus McLoughlin, well established in these circles, this being the third Alarm related act he has supported. Seamus had brought a sizable contingent of his own fans along to add to the atmosphere and did not disappoint with his performance. A different kind of singer songwriter performance to the laid back Dave Sharp style, Seamus delivers his heartfelt & passionate songs standing tall and uncompromising.

The influence of Woody Guthrie in Dave Sharp's musical career is well documented, but recently Dave has been rediscovering his love of the songs themselves and gaining new inspiration from them.

It was therefore appropriate that a short selection from the Guthrie catalogue should precede a relaxed & cheerful Dave Sharp climbing aboard his trusty bar stool with his well travelled Martin acoustic on his knee around 10:30pm. From the opening bars of Guthrie's Hard Travelin', the audience were enthralled.

Across two extended sets, Dave delivered one of the most perfect solo shows he has done for many years. It was obvious from the outset that he was at ease with himself & with his music and feeling comfortable among friends. With nothing to prove, he was able to immerse himself completely into the playing and draw everybody in the room into his world.

The set list mixed some of the most loved of Dave's own compositions with Dave's very favourite folks songs from his peers. As the hour drew toward 1am, Dave wrapped up with his own homage to Woody Guthrie's My Land Your Land before leading the still packed room in a sing-along of fellow Salfordian Ewan MacColl's Dirty Old Town.

Set List:
Set 1
Hard Travelin' (Woody Guthrie)
Lookin' This World Over
Willin'
Big Road Blue
Drivin' Hard Rain
Lonesome Road Blues
To Feel You Again
Mystery Train

Set 2
The Road To Mexico
Dead Of The Night
Vigilante Man
Hard Travelin'
House Of The Rising Sun
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
My Land Your Land
Twistin' Wind
Dirty Old Town

Round up of day two to follow.....

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Hi Folks

The 2007 Mash was amazing!!! I'd like to thank everyone who attended and traveled from far and wide to be there and all who volenteered over the weekend to help out with gear and such-like. It was great to see all the singers songwriters and bands who all delivered amazing spirit and music throughout the weekend.

I'd like to make a very special mention in dispatches with a message of gratitude to Intrak Sound - John Foyle, Ian and Steve without who's monumental effort the Saturday show simply would not have happened - Thank you guys from myself and all here at Dave Sharp.Org!!!

It was wonderful to be up there with a new line-up of musicians this year and I'd like to thank all the chaps from Ernies Rhythm Section for efforts way beyond the call of duty in preparing for the show...it was a grueling week of rehersals leading up to the event and the show itself was a truley wonderful experience for myself and the audience alike.

All I can say in closing is that I feel blessed to have the support of such a great and wonderful audience-you are all truley amazing, your support leaves me speachless and forever greatful, you make the music happen!!

Next stop for the Hard Traveling Express is Strummercamp at the end of May, so here's to Joe and another great weekend!!!

God-Bless you all

Dave Sharp

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Decaturville Mash #2 was an incredible weekend. A full review will follow shortly, but in the meantime, here are a selection of photographs from over the weekend.

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Dave Sharp & The Hard Travellers 2007 are well into rehearsals for Decaturville Mash #2.

Rehearsing at Manchester's Pleasure Bar, they have already run through full band versions of American Sky, Ghost Of Preacher Casey, Mean Mean Hand, Back on the Right alongside rarely played classics such as Hard Rain & Stranger Blues.

Dave will be playing a newly acquired Gretsch 'Les-Paul' style electric guitar with a Bigsby Tremolo. Dave told davesharp.org ''I am very exited about the Gretsch. It is giving my playing a quality which allows me to stretch across styles and time to connect the Alarm's Strength era playing with the acoustic playing from the Summer of Love and New Orleans. It's taking things into a totally new and exiting area of music that I have been developing since last summer's festivals.''

''This will be the one and only chance to see this incarnation of The Hard Travellers in such an intimate environment - I am thrilled to be presenting them to everyone at the Mash for the very first time.''

''I am very exited to be unleashing this stuff on an unsuspecting audience to commemorate 180th anniversary of the first New Orleans Mardis Gras Parade.....one can only imagine where this is going to lead..............I'd encourage everyone to bring chicken bones and voodoo dolls and prepare to be spiritually transported to the 5th dimension!!!!''

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Decaturville Mash #2 takes place on the weekend of 20th & 21st April at The Adelphi, Fylde Road, Preston. It's going to be an extravaganza of live music with 9 sets of over two days covering a wide range of styles. There will also be ample opportunity to socialise with fellow fans and to meet and chat to Dave himself. If you have any items you would like signing, please feel free to bring them along.

Both weekend and single day tickets are still available at www.decaturville.co.uk. Tickets will be held for collection on the door.

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Davesharp.org are pleased to confirm the most important addition to the line up of Decaturville Mash #2. The Saturday night headliners will be

Dave Sharp & The Hard Travellers

Since the first Hard Travellers played with Dave in 1991 there have been many line ups on both sides of the Atlantic, with the most recent joining Dave at his last New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations in 2001. While the latest incarnation will be the youngest ever Travellers, it is appropriate that the 2007 Travellers will pick up where the last left off in the New Orleans style.

When Erin Sharp popped out of her office for lunch one day, the last thing she expected was to discover a new line up for The Hard Travellers. But there busking in Manchester's St Annes Square, she found Ernie's Rhythm Section, four young guys from the small Cheshire town of Marple. So impressed by what she heard, she immediately phoned Dave to tell him she'd seen this band that would have gone down a storm in the blues bars of New Orleans (where Dave & she lived up to 2002).

As soon as Dave heard them play once, he was convinced he wanted to work with them. With 2007 being the 180th Anniversary of the first New Orleans Mardi Gras parade, Dave had been searching for a musicians who could inject his music with some of the New Orleans vibe, but he had never imagined he would find a ready made band who could do this so well and just down the road from him in Manchester. Ernie's Rhythm Section play blues so authentic and so you can't believe these guys are only in their early 20s.

Although their own gigs can have a fluid line up of anywhere up 10 players, the core of the band is singer / guitarist (and sometime drummer) Mike, Rik on guitar & harmonica, Sam on stand up bass and Garth on piano & Hammond organ. These are the players who have become the latest to hold the title 'The Hard Travellers' and will make their full Dave Sharp debut at Decaturville Mash #2. Dave Sharp & The Hard Travellers (featuring Ernie's Rhythm Section) will be reminiscent of the USA versions of the Hard Travellers who performed with Dave in New Orleans and across the USA in the mid 90s and backed him on many demos recorded at New Orleans Edenfield studios.

Dave and the band commenced rehearsals today, exactly one month before they will take to the stage in Preston on April 21st as Dave Sharp And The Hard Travellers.

In addition to Dave Sharp & The Hard Travellers, the Decaturville weekend is packed with live music, with four more bands, including rising new Scottish four piece Rocketfox, plus acoustic shows from Dave Sharp, recent Dead Men Walking support act Seamus McLoughlin and more.

More details & tickets for the Decaturville Weekend are on sale now at www.decaturville.co.uk.
Individual day tickets are also available.

To hear some of Ernie's Rhythm Section (without Dave Sharp) check out their MySpace site:
www.myspace.com/onlyforthepleasure

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The second ever Official Dave Sharp Weekend is being held on 20th & 21st
April and is already certain to eclipse last year's event in Glasgow.

On top of two shows from Dave Sharp, the weekend will feature live music
from 7 other acts (not including the Saturday 'open mic' slots) over the
three sessions. 6 acts are now confirmed, with one more to come.

Some fans will already have caught Seamus Mcloughlin in 2005 & 2006 when he
supported Dave's former band mate Mike Peters (in the UK & New York) and
later supported Dead Mean Walking on their UK tour. Glaswegian band
Rocketfox have been building their reputation with hard working gigs round
Scotland for the past year and are gaining real interest from the UK music
industry.

The weekend promises to be great value. Decaturville #2 will commence at 7pm
on Friday 20th, with a laid back acoustic weighted night concluding with a 2
set acoustic show from Dave Sharp until around 1am. The Saturday daytime
session from midday to 5pm will feature more music both on the big screen &
live. Saturday night is electric night from 7pm concluding with an ''at the
show aftershow'' until 1am. The bar will be open at all sessions, with no
queues and no long waits for service.

Tickets are now on sale at £25 for the weekend, with no booking fees,
delivery charges or other hidden costs. With 10 sets of live music lined up,
the weekend ticket works out at less than £3 per act. To purchase visit www.decaturville.co.uk
Single day tickets are also available at £15.

For information on the other acts appearing, the venue & accommodation
options in Preston, read on.

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Supporting Artists

Seamus Mcloughlin
Seamus McLoughlin is a product of the Preston music scene, but one who may
be a familiar name to Alarm fans across the UK, having supported both former
lead singer Mike Peters and his offshoot band Dead Men Walking in recent
years, including playing the legendary Shepherd's Bush Empire in October
2006.

Starting off busking around Ireland, guitar in hand, as an enthusiastic 18
year old, Seamus has slowly built a loyal following both in the UK and over
the sea in the USA through support slots with Mike Peters, David Garza,
Ocean Colour Scene & Reef and solo shows in coffee bars & pubs.

Recently he took part in the ''Britbus Tour'' of America. The tour took in
several major cities right across the country, from LA to New York City. The
use of the tour is to highlight British talent in the U.S. It seems to have
paid off for him and 2007 looks like being the year Seamus ''makes it big'',
having earned an invite to play at the music industry's biggest showcase
event, the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Seamus will play 5
shows at SXSW in March 2007 which will bring his music to the attention of
some of the biggest record companies, producers and agents in the world. And
less than one month later, he'll be in Preston at Decaturville.
www.seamusmcloughlin.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/seamusmcloughlin

Rocketfox
Rocketfox are Gary Johnstone (Gtr/Vox), Fiona Crawford (Bass/Vox) & Neil
MacDougall (Drums).

The Glasgow 3 piece have only been together since Feb 06 and have already
played over 70 shows up and down Scotland that have gained them a reputation
for unbeatable live performances and ever growing interest from the Scottish
music press. They are also making a stir in the MySpace community, with over
5000 friends and growing.

Their infectious hooklines and massive choruses with stadium-singalong
potential join forces on the live stage with the free and outrageously
untameable spirits of the three 22 year olds.

Under influences, they've been known to scribble words like Foo Fighters,
The Subways, Fall Out Boy, The Killers, New Found Glory, Avril Lavigne,
Fightstar, Kelly Clarkson, Biffy Clyro, McFly, Thin Lizzy, Busted, Funeral
For A Friend, Rage Against the Machine and Blink 182.

Rocketfox appear at Decaturville at the end of a full UK tour in support of
their single ''Start All Over'' which is now available from all live shows,
Glasgow's Fopp record shops and as digital download from Itunes, Napster,
MTV, CD WOW and all good music download sites.
http://www.rocketfoxrock.net
http://www.myspace.com/rocketfoxrock

Silicon Talent
Silcon Talent are a young band from Leyland, Lancashire, a small town just
outside of Preston. The four piece formed in early 2006 include amongst
their influences as Joy Division, Bloc Party, Radiohead, Explosions in the
Sky, Bright Eyes, Mogwai amongst others.
http://www.myspace.com/silicontalent

Booze'n'Daze
Formed from the long overdue death of two wedding bands, John Ramsay met
John Galbraith and formed Booze 'n' Daze.

Blessed with accordion skills that he'd trade in a second to be a guitarist,
JR decided to make the best of what he had and went MIDI years ago, leaving
behind the traditional accordion sound and all the shortbread tin nonsense
that`s associated with it in our part of the world (that's Perth, Scotland
to the unaware)!

''I`m a punk rocker trapped in an accordionists body!''

JG has spent the last 50 years playing everything from rock to bluegrass,
bass guitars, mandolin but has now settled into the role of oldest rocker in
Perth as Booze'n' Daze trail the pub circuits of the fair city and beyond!

Booze'N'Daze are Dave Sharp fans through and through, with sets regularly
include a Sharp or Alarm track or two. Their Saturday afternoon slot at
Decaturville #1 was one of the highlights of the weekend, once their
unsuspecting audience got used to that just because it looks like an
accordion doesn't mean it has to sound like one! Booze'N'Daze want all their
shows to be relaxed & funny occasions. Moving up to an evening slot at
Decatuville #2 will bring them a little closer to their ideal audience. JR
says ''Come and check us out, throw things, buy us drink, and generally just
end up in the same drunken mess as everyone else who is associated with our
quiet little band!''
http://www.myspace.com/boozendaze

Paul Heaton
Sadly the Decaturville team couldn't secure a performance from The Beautiful
South's Paul Heaton, but in place of Paul from Hull, we have Paul From
Preston. Quite convenient really, as he's also one of the organisers of this
year's Decaturville event!

Don't be misled into thinking that appearing at his own event is some kind
of filler, Paul is a talented guitarist & singer. Many Sharp fans who have
seen him in the audience of shows for many years were pleasantly surprised
when he took to the stage at Decaturville in 2006 and delivered a
professional & polished set. While he has no ambitions to be an
international rock star, Paul takes his music seriously with Dave Sharp an
obvious influence on his choice of material and style alongside The Alarm's
post-punk contemporaries like Still Little Fingers & The Clash.

Also appearing are local band The Surge, details to follow.

(As with all events of this nature, artist line up and schedule subject to
change)

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Accommodation

Preston has a limited choice of large hotels in the city centre which
unfortunately means that Decaturville were unable to secure their desired
group rate for Decaturville visitors.

The Travelodge Preston Central is a recently opened budget option offering
standard 'no frills' rooms at £50 per room per night. The Travelodge is
situated approximately 1.5 miles from The Adelphi. In addition to standard
room facilities (King-sized bed, En-suite bathroom, Remote control colour
TV, Tea and coffee-making facilities), this hotel also features a Bar Cafe
offering a licensed bar, breakfast buffet (additional cost), snacks &
evening meals. Further info about this hotel can be found at
www.travelodge.co.uk.

For proximity to the Adelphi, we recommend the Holiday Inn, Preston which
is a short walk away (approx 600m) and also close to shops, restaurants and
other attractions. The hotel has 133 bedrooms, full bar and restaurant
facilities and a mini gym that is free to guests.
The hotel follows Holiday Inn pricing structures which means that room costs
are not fixed and vary with availability. At time of writing, the best rate
available is £70 per room, per night.
To book the Holiday Inn, Preston visit http://www.hipreston.co.uk/.

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Venue - Upstairs @ The Adelphi

The Adephi is one of Preston's longest standing supporters of live music,
with a good tradition of showcasing and promoting North - West bands.
Downstairs is a busy pub popular with students from the nearby University,
while upstairs is an intimate room (capacity 150) that produces a great
atmosphere for gigs, whether they be from upcoming bands or established
performers looking for that more intimate gig.

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On Sunday 4th March, the public services union UNISON (in association with the Royal College Of Nurses) are to stage a Rock 2 Save The NHS concert.

Dave Sharp is pleased to confirm his participation in this show, which will feature a mixture of signed & unsigned bands. Dave has recently been taking an active interest in the activities of UNISON and this show is likely to be the first of many appearances that Dave will make in support of their work.

The show is being arranged to promote the NHS Together campaign (www.nhstogether.org.uk), which brings together all the health service unions and staff associations together with the TUC in a new campaign alliance of health staff. NHS Together wants to raise the alarm at what is happening to the NHS and to press the government for honest and open discussion about its reform agenda.
A NHS Together National Day of Action is being organised nationwide on Saturday 3rd March with events being held up and down the country.

The Rock 2 Save The NHS concert is to be held at the H.G. Wells Conference and Events Centre in Woking, Surrey. Doors will open at 2pm with the show scheduled to run until 10pm. In addition to Dave Sharp, already confirmed on the bill are Sham 69, Eric Faulkner, Neck, Hearts Under Fire & Teasing Lulu. Further acts will be confirmed over the next couple of weeks. Entry to the show will cost just £5, payable on the door.

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As a warm up for the NHS show, on Saturday 3rd March, Dave Sharp & Eric Faulkener will play a show in nearby Esher at the War Memorial Club.

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