The Lord Protector
68 Mayfield Road
Hartford
Huntingdon
PE29 1NH

Tel: 01480 454720.

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Other Notes:
On Stage 2pm - 4pm - please call venue in advance to check stage times.

56 Cromwell Road
Eastney
Southsea
PO4 9PN

Phone: 02392 826249

www.alimartin.com/thecellars.co.uk/

E-mail: info@thecellars.co.uk

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Other Notes:
The Hard Travelers first official gig!

Doors 8pm
Stage 9pm

Butlins Resort
Skegness
Lincolnshire
PE25 1NJ

bigweekends.butlinsonline.co.uk/microsites/bigweekends/index.cfm?page=10909&productid=Skegness-2008-01-25-3

Directions:
Follow the A52 from Skegness to Mablethorpe. You can’t miss it, it’s just 3 miles from the town centre and well signposted. The main entrance is situated on the right on the A52 Ingoldmells, Chapel St Leonards Road. Just look for the brown signs to help you find your way. Parking on Resorts is free.

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Tickets / Entry:
Weekend breaks available from £55

Also appearing:
Othe bands appearing over the weekend include:
The Blues Band
Dr Feelgood
The Hamsters
John Otway
Stray
Zoot Money
Gary Fletcher Band

Other Notes:
Dave will appear for a solo accoustic set Sunday at approximately 12.30.

Hard Travelers Zoot Money & Gary Fletcher will also make separate performances with their solo bands.

Rockers
14 Midland Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G1 4PR

www.rockersglasgow.co.uk

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Also appearing:
The Red Eyes, The Fakes

Other Notes:
Doors 7.30

Over 18's only

AOR are:
Dave Sharp (Lead Guitar)
Simon Smith (Drums)
Wayne Parry (Lead Vocals)
Dave Black (Bass)
Tom Szakarly (Keyboards)

Turf Inn
11 Courthill Street
Dalry
Ayrshire
KA24 5BN

01294 832502

Directions:
Train: Dalry (9 mins)

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Also appearing:
Dave will be appearing as guest to The Junkyard Dawgs (MySpace)

Other Notes:
The set will feature a selection of Woody Guthrie songs commemorating 40 years of the spirit of Woody Guthrie ahead of his tour with The Hard Travelers in May.

Please note - this gig has been postponed.

Komedia Brighton
44 Gardner Street
Brighton
BN1 1UN

www.komedia.co.uk/index.php?venue=brighton

E-mail: tickets@komedia.co.uk

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Other Notes:
Standing gig.
Doors 7.45
Stage time 8.30

Please note - this gig has been postponed.

The Tivoli Theatre
West Borough
Wimborne Minster
Dorset
BH21 1LT

www.tivoliwimborne.co.uk/

E-mail: boxoffice@tivoliwimborne.co.uk

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Please note - this gig has been postponed.

Market Place
Newbury
RG14 5BD

Phone: 01635 522733

www.cornexchangenew.com

Directions:
The Corn Exchange is in Newbury town centre.

By train or bus
A five minute walk from both the train and bus stations. Regular services run from Reading, Windsor, Basingstoke, Winchester, Oxford and London.

By car
10 mins from M4 Junction 13.

The Corn Exchange is surrounded by car parks, free after 6pm

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Other Notes:
Stage time 7.45

Please note - this gig has been postponed.

The Hayes
Cardiff
CF10 1SH

Phone: 029 2087 8444

www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

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The Black Horse
Telham on the A2100 between Hastings and Battle
East Sussex
TN33 0SH

www.blackhorsemusicfestival.org.uk

Directions:
A free bus runs to and from Battle train station and local camp sites.
There is free off road parking too.

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Also appearing:
Other bands appearing on Saturday include Neck and The D'Urbervilles from Yorkshire.

Other Notes:
The Hard Travelers will be headlining The Blackhorse Festival near Hastings to help celebrate their 20th anniversary.

Stage time 10pm

Abertillery Park
Abertillery
South Wales

www.blaenaugwentvenues.com/page.php?id=33&lang=1

Directions:
FROM THE SOUTH (M4):

Take junction 28 and follow the A467 and signs to Brynmawr / Abertillery. After 40 minutes you should be approaching Abertillery. On the right hand side, you will see Abertillery Tescos and then the Railway Inn on your left. Follow the yellow Abertillery Car Park signs to park and ride car park. A bus will transport you down to the Abertillery Park site.

FROM THE NORTH (Heads of the Valleys Road A465):

Take the turn-off at Brynmawr and follow the A467 and signs to Abertillery.

As you approach Abertillery, you will need to turn right at the Abertillery Traffic Lights. Follow the yellow Abertillery Car Park signs to park and ride car park. A bus will transport you down to the Abertillery Park site.

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Tickets / Entry:
Saturday only: £30
Both nights: £40

Box Office: 01495 355800

Box Office Telephone Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday, 12midday - 5pm.

Also appearing:
Headliner: Robert Cray Band
Also on bill: Tyler Brown Band, Samuel James, Jon Cleary

Other Notes:
The Abertillery Blues Festival 2007 proved to be a huge success again attracting visitors from around the UK to see some of the best acts in Welsh, British and international blues.

Over 800 visitors attended last year’s event, including a wedding party of 30 who had travelled from North of England to get married at Bedwellty House in Tredegar, with the evening party at the Abertillery Blues Festival!

The Abertillery Blues Festival is now in its fourth year and will be running over two days.

Friday 18th July 2008

One of the most exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the UK, Dr Feelgood will headline the Friday evening.

Also performing the 21st Century blues man with his harrowing guitar work - Ian Parker. Voted best UK female voice for 5 separate years by Blues in Britain - Connie Lush and last but not least the distinctive and exciting music by Storm Warning.

Saturday 19th July 2008

On the Saturday evening the Robert Cray Band headlines - this Americal Blues artist rocks and wails way down to the bottom of the blues well and is unlike anything you have heard before. He has won 5 Grammy's and has performed with the likes of Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones and BB King.

Supporting Robert Cray is a fantastic line up of international Blues artists. Opening the stage the Tyler Brown Band who have been playing their individual brand of blues for the past three years. The talented American blues artist Samuel James, The Hard Travellers and last but definately not least Jon Cleary's inspiring perfomances.

Old Town Hall
Town Centre
Buckingham
MK18 1BS

www.empty-rooms.com/

E-mail: enquiries@empty-rooms.com

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Tickets / Entry:
Tickets £16.00 in advance £18.00 on the door

In person from:
The Dukes Music
24 Market Hill
Buckingham
MK18 1JK

Tel: 01280 821771

Online from We've got Tickets website

Also appearing:
Dave Sharp supports Ian McLagan (Small Faces, The Faces, etc) & The Bump Band.

Other Notes:
Doors 7.00 pm

Stowford Manor Farm
Nr Trowbridge
BA14 9LH

Phone: 01225 769132

www.trowbridgefestival.co.uk

E-mail: enquiries@trowbridgefestival.co.uk

Directions:
Stowford Manor Farm (postcode BA14 9LH) is on the A366 between Wingfield and Farleigh Hungerford.

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Also appearing:
Other artist appearing on Sunday include Don McLean and Nick Harper

Other Notes:
This ia a 4 day festival with camping. The Hard Travelers will perform on Sunday.

Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff
Wales
CF10 6EB

Phone: 029 2046 0873

www.thepointcardiffbay.com/

E-mail: info@thepointcardiffbay.com

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Tickets / Entry:
Ticket price: £15.00

Also appearing:
Dave Sharp is supporting Mike Peters as part of his Guerilla Tactics UK Residency Tour The Alarm.com

Other Notes:
Doors 19:30

272A St. Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5RL

Phone: 0141 221 5279

www.kingtuts.co.uk/

E-mail: info@kingtuts.co.uk

Directions:
Travel Information
King Tuts is situated on St Vincent Street, very close to the city centre, and within walking distance of major transport facilities.

The closest mainline railway station is Glasgow Central, low level trains stop at nearby Charing Cross and Anderston and subway trains at St George's Cross or Cowcaddens, both about a ten minute walk.

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Tickets / Entry:
Ticket price: £15.00

Also appearing:
Dave Sharp is supporting Mike Peters as part of his Guerilla Tactics UK Residency Tour The Alarm.com

Other Notes:
Doors 19:30

Manchester University Union
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PQ

Phone: 0161 275 2930

www.manchesteracademy.net/

Directions:
Travel Information

Arriving by coach at Manchester Central Coach Station

Leave the bus station on Chorlton Street turn left and walk the short distance up to Portland Street. Turn left onto Portland Street and find the bus stop outside the big insurance building set back from the road. Look out for buses in the 40s and ask the driver for the University. Get off at Dover Street near Holy Name Church or ask the driver when you think you are in the University area. Cross Oxford Road to the Union which is the large, three-storey building with red banners draped outside it.

Arriving by rail

Arriving at Victoria Station:

* Take a cab
* You could catch the link bus to Piccadilly Station and a train to Oxford Road Station

Arriving at Piccadilly Station:

* Take a cab
* Catch another train to Oxford Road Station
* Catch the tram into Piccadilly Gardens and then a bus in the 40s to the Union
* Catch a number 147 Oxford Link bus to Manchester University (operates until 6.45pm)

Arriving at Oxford Road Station:

* Walk out of the station taking steps on right or following the road, turn right onto Oxford Road and walk for ten minutes to the Union
* Find your way to Oxford Road as above, cross over and take a bus in front of the big hotel there to the Union

Car parking

Official car parking for the Union and its venues is in the Contact Theatre next to the Academy. Access to Theatre Car Park is via Denmark Street off Oxford Road. Turn right on to Acomb Street and right at end (onto Dilworth Street), over the humps to the car park entrance two hundred metres up on the left. You need pound coins to operate the barrier.

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Tickets / Entry:
Ticket price: £15.00

Also appearing:
Dave Sharp is supporting Mike Peters as part of his Guerilla Tactics UK Residency Tour The Alarm.com

Other Notes:
Doors 19:30

16 Parkfield Street
London
N1 0PS

Phone: 020 7288 4400

www.islington-academy.co.uk/

Directions:
Travel Information

Nearest Car Park
N1 Centre Car Park
Sunday-Thursday 7.30am - 12.30am
Friday-Saturday 7.30am - 2.30am
Special Discount Rate 6pm-12.30am £2.50
Up to 1 hr: £2.00
Up to 2 hours: £4.00
Up to 3 hours: £6.00
Up to 4 hours: £9.00
And £3.00 per hour thereafter
After 6.30pm Monday-Friday, after 1.30pm on Saturday and all day Sunday, £2.00 flat rate applies regardless of length of stay. Flat rates also apply on Bank Holidays.
£50 charge each night for vehicles left overnight. Tariff rates are subject to change.

Nearest Tube
Angel (Northern Line Bank Branch)

Nearest Buses To Venue
38 / 73 / 341 / 4 / 274 / 153 / 56 / 19 / 30 / 43 / 214
N38 / N73 / N19 / N43

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Tickets / Entry:
Ticket price: £15.00

Also appearing:
Dave Sharp is supporting Mike Peters as part of his Guerilla Tactics UK Residency Tour The Alarm.com

Other Notes:
Doors 19:30

Heywood Civic Centre
Church Street
Heywood
OL10 1LW

http://www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie

www.link4life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=267

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Tickets / Entry:
Tickets are £16 each available by calling the venue on 01706 368130.

Please book them early as they are limited to 500.

Also appearing:
Headliners: The Damned.
Support from Ded Mole Crikit and Eustacia Vye, two bands who feature friends of Sophie Lancaster.

Other Notes:

7.30 - 12pm.

http://www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie

A benefit in aid of the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. Sophie was murdered while walking through Stubbylee Park in Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire on 11th August 2007. Sophie & her boyfriend Robert Maltby were attacked because they were dressed in Goth style.

The event is being organised by Sophie's mother Sylvia, so that Sophie's family and friends can celebrate her life and others can come along to join them.

It's going to be a night to remember and like "Make A Noise 1", it will end at midnight with a minutes NOISE, to show we will not stay quiet about the death of Sophie and the violence that damages so many lives.

Please note - this gig has been postponed.

3 St Helen's Street
Ipswich
IP4 1HE

www.ipswichregent.com

Directions:
Details on the venue's directions page

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Also appearing:
AOR is supporting Mick Ralph's Bad Company 2008 alongside Ten Years After - Now.

Other Notes:
Show start 19.30

The AOR Official MySpace page

320 Portswood Road
Portswood
Southampton
SO17 2TD

Phone: 023 80678446

www.thetalkingheads.co.uk

E-mail: info@thetalkingheads.co.uk

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125 Albany Road
Roath
Cardiff
CF24 3NS

Phone: 07738 983947

www.theglobecardiff.com

E-mail: info@theglobecardiff.com

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Tickets / Entry:
Ticket Enquiries: Tel 02920 230130

Tickets are availiable at:

Spillers Records
36 The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1AJ.
9.30 - 5.45 Monday to Saturday.
Tel: +44(0)29 20224905.

TicketlineUK
47 Westgate St
Cardiff, CF10 1TL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)29 20230130

Or online at Ticketline or SeeTickets

Other Notes:
Doors: 19.30
Stage time: 20.30