Milky’s Music Matters

MILKYS MUSIC MATTERS MATTERS

STEVE MASON Sat 7th December – Esquires, 7.30pm

Mason started his music career as the lead singer and one of the founding members of The Beta Band. According to Q magazine, after leaving the band Mason was so deep in debt at one point that he was forced to take a second job on a building site. Apart from the genre breaking Beta Band, he has also fronted King Biscuit Time and Black A air and now concentrates on his majorly successful solo career. He undertakes his fi rst tour in over a year after a 2021 run of ‘low key village hall dates’ and this, his fi rst proper towns and cities tour since 2019 has been met with much excitement. With 4 classic albums including ‘Boys Outside’ ‘Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time’ ,’Meet The Humans’ & ’About the Light’ as well as a vast back catalogue from his former bands to draw from, this should be a special show from an artist that usually plays bigger venues than Esquires.

Tickets priced £20 are on sale from Seetickets or can be bought in person from Slide Record Store or from Esquires Bar.

SPEAR OF DESTINY Fri 9th December – Esquires, 7.30pm

Fresh from a UK tour which saw a sell-out show at the 100 Club and a packed-out arena at Rebellion in Blackpool Kirk and co are back with a new album ‘Ghost Population’ to coincide with the dates.

Spear Of Destiny fi rst appeared on the scene back in 1983 fronted by Kirk Brandon after the break-up of his previous band, Theatre Of Hate. Their debut album ‘Grapes of Wrath’ from 1983 featured the anthemic single ‘The Wheel’. 1984’s follow-up LP ‘One Eyed Jacks’ featured the classic singles ‘Prisoner of Love’ and ‘Liberator’ which are live favourites to this day. 1985’s ‘World Service’ cemented the band’s reputation and was swiftly followed by 1987’s ‘Outland’ album featuring the top 20 single ‘Never Take Me Alive’. Spear of Destiny have always been known for their dynamic live shows and show no sign of slowing down.

Expect to hear some new tracks alongside the classics from the vast back catalogue. Tickets are on sale now from from Seetickets priced £20 or available in person from Esquires Bar and Slide Record Shop

ESQUIRES

Fri 2nd Dec Big Country Sat 3rd Dec UK Subs + Special Duties + The Tendons Wed 7th Dec Steve Mason (ex-Beta Band Thur 8th Dec Cam Cole Fri 9th Dec Spear of Destiny Sat 10th Dec Henry & the Bleeders + Surfi n WomBatz Thur 15th Dec The Chameleons + The Membranes Fri 16th Dec The Ramonas Fri 16th Dec Room 2 – Elijah Miller + Hutch Wed 28th Dec The Dekkertones + Dr Ska

+ many more, check listings at bedfordesquires.com for details or facebook.com/bedfordesquires Tickets available from Esquires, Slide Record Shop and online at seetickets.com

THE CHAMELEONS + MEMBRANES – Thur 15th November – Esquires

The Chameleons are back for a “What Does Anything Mean? Basically” 35th Anniversary Tour and head to Bedford once again with original members Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies. The band released their debut album, Script of the Bridge, in 1983. They followed it with What Does Anything Mean? Basically and Strange Times in 1985 and 1986, respectively, before abruptly disbanding in 1987 due to the sudden death of the band’s manager. After the split, Burgess and Lever formed The Sun and The Moon, while Fielding and Smithies formed the Reegs. Burgess also had a short solo career with backing band the Sons of God.

The Chameleons reformed in 2000, releasing their fourth studio album Why Call It Anything (2001) as well as the acoustic albums Strip (2000) and This Never Ending Now (2002). Renewed tensions caused the group to separate again in 2003. Burgess and Lever continued to play Chameleons songs live with their new project ChameleonsVox, although Lever later left that group and died in 2017. Burgess and Smithies reformed the Chameleons in 2021 with two members of Burgess’ ChameleonsVox group.

Known for their atmospheric, guitar-based sound, the Chameleons are regarded as one of the most underrated Manchester bands of the 1980s.[3] [4] They did not attain the commercial success of other groups from the Manchester scene but developed a cult following. Special guest support comes from The Membranes featuring acclaimed journalist John Robb.

COMING UP, COMING UP

Catch them before they move to bigger venues

Francis of Delirium, The Rills, Sprints Lucky to see them still in smaller venue – Steve Mason, Big Country Legends – Spear of Destiny, The Chameleons New Age Nomad Rock – Cam Cole Punk – UK Subs Locals – Henry & the Bleeders, Elijah Miller

Keep music live, Milky

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