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  • Plain & Steel 1st time in Italy!

    Honest John Plain & Casino Steel are to make their debut in Italy as a duo playing three acoustic dates this week. Confirmed dates are as follows:

    12 April - Wine Bar Moreali, Modena
    13 April - Grindhouse, Padova
    14 April - Strada del Taglio, Parma

    Following their Italian dates they will hook up with Matt Dangerfield for further European dates with THE BOYS:

    20 April - Gruta 77, Madrid, Spain
    21 April - Sala Moon, Santiago, Spain
    31 May - Zentralcafe, Nuremberg, Germany
    1 June - Kaktus Farm, Dortmund, Germany
    2 June - Atomsmasher Festival, Dresden, Germany
    3 August - Rebellion Festival, Blackpool, UK
    20 October - Melodka, Brno, Czech Republic





  • Honest John Plain's Italian Job!

    Honest John Plain's ITALIAN JOB tour will take place in January 2012 as below:

    18th Parma (bandit)
    20th Torino (United)
    21th Carrara (Swamp Massa)
    22th Berganito (Ungawa)
    23th Bologna (Honky Tonk)
    24th Modena (Vecchio Fiume)
    27th Vicenza (Magazzino)
    28th Rolo (Sinners Reunion Club)
    29th Bresso, Milan (Blue Rose Club)

    Further gigs may be arranged on 19, 25 & 26
    January.

    John will be backed by Italian band Lester & The
    Landslide Ladies and the full line up will be:

    Honest John Plain (vocals/guitar)
    Lester (bass/backing vocals)
    Vinny (guitar/backing vocals)
    Dave (drums/backing vocals)





  • Honest John Plain Acoustic Shows 2011

    Following his successful appearance at Rebellion Honest John Plain will be playing numerous European acoustic shows through the autumn of 2011.

    Confirmed shows so far are:

    6/8 Rebellion Festival (6:15 Almost Acoustic Stage), Blackpool
    12/8 Lillehamme, Norway (with Petter Baarli)
    13/8 Lillehammer, Norway (with Petter Baarli)
    20/8 Oslo, Norway (with Petter Baarli)
    3/9 Milan, Italy -TNT Club (supporting TV Smith)
    4/9 Asolo (Treviso), Italy - Barracuda
    5/9 Bologna, Italy - Honky Tonk Bar
    6/9 Reggio Emilio, Italy - Sinners Club
    7/9 Di Pontenza Picena, Italy - Bar Del Pincio
    8/9 Rome, Italy - Big Star
    16/10 Oslo, Norway - Bonanza (with Petter Baarli)
    17/10 Oslo, Norway - Bonanza (with Petter Baarli)
    24/11 Burnley, England - The Talbot (with Complete Control)
    1/12 Düsseldorf, Germany - Tube Club (with Pascal Briggs +The Stokers)
    2/12 Nijmegen, Holland – De Bijstand (with Pascal Briggs)
    3/12 The Hague, Holland - De Vinger (with Pascal Briggs)
    4/12 Bochum, Germany- Wageni (with Pascal Briggs)
    5/12 Billerbeck, Germany - Forum Billerbeck (with Pascal Briggs)
    6/12 Mainz, Germany – Kulturcafé (with Pascal Briggs)
    7/12 Heidelberg, Germany - Café Gegendruck (with Pascal Briggs)
    8/12 Karlsruhe, Germany – Neue Hackerei (with Pascal Briggs)
    9/12 Lucern, Switzerland - Sedel (with Pascal Briggs)
    10/12 Augsberg, Germany (with Pascal Briggs)
    11/12 Nürenberg, Germany – Der Wilderer (with Pascal Briggs)
    12/12 Weiden, Germany - Touchan (with Pascal Briggs)
    13/12 Prague, Czech Republic (with Pascal Briggs)
    14/12 Cottbus, Germany – Glad House (with Pascal Briggs)
    15/12 Leipzig, Germany - Raum Der Kulteren
    16/12 Dresden, Germany - Chemiefabrik (with Pascal Briggs +The Stokers)
    17/12 Potsdam, Germany- Archiv (with Pascal Briggs +The Stokers)

    More dates to be confirmed soon





  • New Honest John Plain Recordings

    Honest John Plain will be returning to Rockfield Studios in Wales later this month to record a new album.

    Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Martin Chambers (The Pretenders), Sami Yaffa (New York Dolls/Hanoi Rocks) and Casino Steel will be recording with him.
    Die Toten Hosen have also agreed to provide backing for one of the songs, with more special guests expected to follow shortly.

    Watch this space for further news....



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