Indigo Charlie

5th July 2008 - Press clipping from 'The Cornishman' newspaper

The consensus is that there is something a bit 'Ron Jeremy' about Nigel in this photo...

10th June 2008 - Interview Uploaded

For those of you who weren't able to catch us live when we went into the Palm FM studios for an hour long special last month, we've now managed to upload the entire session onto the web site for you. To access the interview just click here.

We've also made the acoustic version of Under The Bridge available too on our sounds page. Plus we've update the whole sounds section so that it will stream for you rather than having to download the track (though you can still do that too).

9th June 2008 - We're all going on a summer holiday

Well we've finally come to the end of our manic run of constant gigging with our first trip to the Bullers Arms in Brixham. Right on the harbour-side this will be a great place to play in the summer. It was quiet as you'd expect for a Sunday night but we kept the locals happy with a long set including some new numbers. Next time we play there it will be a Saturday in August so we'll look forward to that.

We're now going to take a few weeks break before coming back with some great gigs next month. Our first trip to Cornwall at the Lifeboat Inn in St Ives (another harbour venue - we should tour by yacht!), then the Parklife Festival and then our first visit to Exeter's newest, and already the best apparently, music venue - The Zephyr Bar.

25th May 2008 - Parklife 3 Festival (they love a bit of it)

As we exclusively revealed live on the radio last Friday we have been selected to play at the Parklife 3 one-day festival in Tavistock on Sunday 6th July. There are some great bands in the line-up so we're well chuffed to be there.

There are a varied selection of music acts lined up for the main stage as well as workshops, stalls, circus performers and much more. It's a really family friendly festival so put the date in your diary and come down for a great day out.

Tickets are £5 for an individual or £15 for a group of 4. See www.taviparklife.co.uk for more details.

24th May 2008 - Indigo Charlie Interview on Palm FM

Last night we went in to Palm FM in Torquay for an hour long special. It's the first time that we've done something like that and we had a great time. Thanks to Dom, the evening show presenter, and the rest of the Palm FM crew for making us feel so welcome.

Thanks also to everyone from the mailing list and our Facebook group who tuned in to listen. We've had lots of positive feedback and even a booking as well. It seems that you liked the acoustic version of 'Under The Bridge' that we played. We haven't done anything acoustic before and we only knew about it 20 minutes beforehand so top marks to Richie, Steve and Ian for pulling it off without any rehearsal!

If you didn't catch the broadcast then we should have it up on the web site in the next few days.

21st April 2008 - May Mayhem

We know it's been a couple of months since our last update but things have been so hectic recently with gigs every weekend. When we played our first gig almost a year ago we never expected that we would get so busy so quickly - so a big thanks to all of you for supporting us over the past 12 months.

To celebrate one year of Indigo Charlie we have our busiest ever month planned for May with 7 gigs crammed in to just 4 weeks, so please come along and help us celebrate our first anniversary. The gigs nearest the actual date are at the Creek's End Inn in Kingsbridge (which is always a great night out - those guys just love a party!) and our first visit to Nick's local the Lamb Inn in Silverton, which we're hoping is going to be a bit special too.

After May we take a well earned break for a few weeks whilst various band members go off on holiday, to festivals, even do some proper work! But we'll be back in July with some extra special gigs...

21st February 2008 - Indigo Charlie on Facebook

People have been asking us at gigs recently why we aren't on Facebook. We didn't have any good reason why we shouldn't be so now we are! Please click here to join our Facebook group.

28th January 2008 - Creek's End Inn

We were curious how our first gig at the Creeks End Inn in Kingsbridge was going to go. Kingsbridge is a nice town, the Creeks End is a nice pub, they haven't really had a 'rock' band play there before...

We needn't have worried. In true Indigo Charlie style we went straight at it from the first song to the last, well you'd expect nothing less from us! The pub filled up and stayed full with quite a young crowd in. They were dancing and singing and as the night wore on the place was just buzzing, in fact I think they were having almost a good a time as we were!

Great pub in a fantastic location with a top landlord. And the good news if you missed us is that we're booked in for a few more gigs there this year so keep an eye on our gig list and put it in your diary.

18th November 2007 - Indigo Charlie For Sale!

Have you ever wanted to own Indigo Charlie? Well now you can. Just visit this web site and scroll down to the bottom. We were pleased to learn that we were "well handled, regularly wormed and vaccinated" but were more than a little concerned that we had been gelded last month. Ouch! Many thanks to one of the guys on our mailing list for sending us this little snippet of info.

Although you may not be able to buy the band, you could always do the next best thing and hire us for your party or special occassion.

25th September 2007 - Need the latest gig info?

We know how worried you are that there might be an Indigo Charlie gig in your home town and you're not the first to know. Well now you can find out as soon as a gig is announced (often before half the band know about it!) by using the Gig Alert function on our favourite listing site, Lemonrock.

Just go to lemonrock.com/indigocharlie and click on 'Alert Me' at the bottom of the page. You can then have alerts sent direct to your email or even your mobile - pretty nifty! You do need to register with lemonrock for this feature but no worries because it's free.

We've got a lot of new bookings coming up so this is an ideal way to keep up to date.

29th August 2007 - And the award goes to...

We've been made 'Artist of the Week' by lemonrock.com!!

Okay, so we know it's not a Brit Award or anything but it's the first time anyone has given us anything (except maybe a free pint) so we're secretly quite chuffed about it.

15th August 2007 - Put The Needle On The Record

We have finally, finally got around to recording a couple of tracks for the web site. It's very much a 'home' recording but you never know, we might get into a studio one of these days...

Please go over to our Sounds page and have a listen. Don't forget to let us know what you think!

2nd August 2007 - In the Summertime

Well it has finally stopped raining so that means that it must be summer! Assorted band members are away on holiday throughout August and September but the diary is already starting to fill up nicely for the rest of the year with bookings in some new venues. Check out the gigs page for details.

We're planning on making good use of the summer months though to add some more songs to our set. We've had a few requests at gigs and we've put in some suggestions of our own to come up with the list below. What do you think? Let us know your thoughts and help us to pick ten new songs from this list:

Lil' Devil	Killing in the Name	Celebrity Skin	Ruby	Just
Shoot the Runner	Are You Gonna Go My Way	When You Were Young	Teenage Kicks	Rocks
Higher Ground	Ever Fallen In Love	Queen Bitch	Do It Clean	Monkey Wrench
Show Me How to Live	Bullet with Butterfly Wings	Monkey Gone to Heaven	A Girl Like You	Rock and Roll

(In case you don't know them, we've linked them to YouTube videos)

3rd July 2007 - Bowled Out

We're sorry to say that our upcoming gig at The Bowling Green has been cancelled. The pub will not be hosting bands through the summer but will be starting up again when the students return for the autumn term. We know that lots of people have been waiting for us to play in Exeter so we're busy trying to get an alternative gig sorted out.

2nd July 2007 - Monkey See, Monkey Do

Last night was the first night of the smoking ban so it was nice to get home stinking of nothing more than sweat and beer (how appealing)! It was also our first night at The Brass Monkey in Teignmouth. A warm welcome from landlords Bob and Jan and an enthusiastic welcome from the locals was a good way to kick off the start of live music at this great little pub. I'm sure it will soon be a firm fixture on the local live circuit.

When you play a venue for the first time you hope that the management like what you do and invite you back at some point in the future. We must have done something right because were going back there again this Sunday!

17th June 2007 - Pant Throwing in Exmouth

We've just played our first gig in Exmouth at the Famous Old Barrel. This was a good venue and we even had the benefit of a stage - albeit only 6 inches high. The first set was well received but it was after the break that things really got moving with some of the most mental dancing that we've yet to witness!

Some other firsts included our first travelling fans, although I suppose if you lived in Basingstoke it wouldn't take much to get you down to Devon... We also witnessed what we hope will be something of an Indigo Charlie trademark - pant throwing. Richie was the lucky recipient of pair of ladies smalls that were anything but! He thinks its because he's the youngest and best looking, the rest of us think it's just because he's at the front and is easier to reach! So if you're coming to see us in the future, be sure to pack a spare pair...

All in all another good night and we'll definitely be back here again.

28th May 2007 - Singing in the Rain

What a night we had last night! Booked to play at a 40th birthday party, we were all set for our first open-air gig. There was a sizeable marquee complete with heaters, lights, glitterball and smoke machine - the poshest tent we've ever been in. Then there was the rain - gallons of the stuff, all night long. Not to worry though, the marquee held up and, with the additon of a few plastic sheets to our usual gig rig, the show went ahead as planned.

The dancing started with the first song and never let up. The 'dancefloor' slowly turned to mud but nobody cared. It was like a little bit of Glastonbury come to Exeter! We had a great night and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, as did all the guests. We don't know how we managed to play for so long and so loud without any of the neighbours phoning the police but we'd like to think that they were enjoying it too!

23rd May 2007 - Up and Running

A big thank you to everyone who came down to The Yacht Club in Teignmouth on Saturday to support us in our first performance. It was a nice little venue and it was good to see so many people enjoying themselves. We were pleased with how it went and have been very flattered by the feedback we've received. We hope you'll come back and see us regularly over the coming months and years.

We must have been doing something right because we've already picked up a couple of further bookings from people who were in the audience and have had some positive reviews posted on the Lemonrock web site. You can read them here.

If you were at the gig and would like to write a review, click here.

13th May 2007 - The Final Countdown (no we don't play it!)

Preparations for our debut gig at The Yacht Club, Teignmouth are well advanced. After months of rehearsal and the hard slog of learning almost 30 of the best rock and indie tracks we just want to get out there now and play.

This is a closed gig to a specially invited audience but if you talk to us nicely I'm sure one of the guys can slip you an invite.