N E O T O P I A | L A T E S T

Okay, so the chance is a billion to one. And that's despite the fact we're only up against about twenty other bands, as I type. You see, there's a competition on for up-and-coming bands to play at next year's big Somerset shindig: Glastonbury Festival (Click this text). You may have heard of it.

More bands are now latching onto this window of opportunity - so our chances are plummeting from one in a billion to one in a zing-quintillion. Hopefully it's all being judged on musical merit - but there is a visitor counter, so whether our page gets enough hits might also be a deciding factor. It'd probably be wise to visit that link hourly. All day. Every day. And tell your friends to tell their friends to do the same. Hmmm... Still, that page in the link looks impressive, doesn't it? Well, doesn't it? Come on, work with us, here.

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Chris has a new bass rig and has graduated to 5-string bass - and Stuart also has a new toy; a guitar synth. Nick's new tom-tom heads sound fantastic but being eBay bargains they don't really generate the collective excitement in quite the same way.

We thank everyone out there for your kind emails and comments. We do read them all.

In The Pipeline
We're speaking to promoters about more live appearances including some small Summer festivals. Things are in the pipeline to raise some optimism in these dull soggy times. Hopefully we can confirm a few soon. - We're also in touch with other top people involved in recording and broadcasting music. Getting our tunes heard by folk is what we enjoy most about being Neotopia, so for us to hear that radio stations actually want us to visit them - or to send copies of our recordings for broadcast is a very nice thing.

Those familiar with underground internet stations and podcasts may have already heard us popping up, here and there. We thank all these stations, big and small, for showing interest in us and for spreading the music of Neotopia. Respect due. We're very VERY excited to have been invited to the studios to play live on the BBC Hereford & Worcester programme 'The Friday Session' - and are already in debate over which songs to perform. Do you have any preferences?

A seasonal return visit to Shropshire's hidden delight The Horseshoe Inn is also on the cards, following a truly sublime evening which saw us performing two sets from our expanding repertoire of delicious grooves. The return date is set for Friday 18th December! Stick it on your calendar or diary immediately, as you'll only go and agree to some rubbish seasonal drinks thingy after work, with somebody from the boring accounts department. And then, when you realise your oversight, will feel guilty about trying to get out of it, as he doesn't have any other friends. - And don't think for a minute about bringing him along with you to see us!

And, just a few nights before that on Wednesday December 16th we make a return visit to The HIVE, in Shrewsbury. Other dates, as we confirm will be posted on the calendar thingy, above.

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We're always on the lookout for nice places to play. Indoors or out in the elements. Drop us a line if you'd like a bit of this sort of thing happening near you.