22 September 2008
Just thought we'd update you on the Facebook fan page.
Updates have been frantically happening on the old FB Fan Page.If you still haven't managed to check it out then CLICK HERE if you're a member of Facebook you can become a fan - if not you'll need to sign up. We hope to see you on there. If you're a member you're able to post pictures and video's of any gig you've come to and you could always comment on our wall about your night with the Dobbies! BD
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29 June 2008
Well the Dobbies got a sweat on last night, opening for our good friends (including ourselves!) Time To Breathe at the Fulbourn Center in Cambridge. It was hot up on stage and no sooner had we finished and changed our shirts then it was time to get cracking again, albeit at a slightly slower tempo.
Thanks to the Fulbourn Center, John for inviting us and the rest of Time To Breathe for the support. We're certainly feeling the effects of the spent energy today!
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23 June 2008
... Unfortunately due to the Euro 2008 Semi Finals our gig at The Rose & Crown has had to be moved to later in the year.
Apologies to any non football fans that were planning on attending - please keep an eye on our gigs page for updates.
BD
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07 June 2008
... Played at The Shire Horse at the weekend, what a great little pub this is. Beautiful garden as well.
The Evening started off well, and we learned we even had a reunion in the next room that wanted to come through and have a listen (what a crowd!) If any of you are reading this - make sure you send through some of those photos - and as your members of Facebook check out our Facebook fan page, you can upload your gig photos there.
We's also like to say thanks to Caron and the bar staff for their hospitality, we look forward to seeing you in October at the next gig.
BD
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29 May 2008
NEW GIG ANNOUNCED!
We're back in Bozeat on the 13th June at The Red Lion.
We hope to see all the faces from the last time we were there. For more info check out the gigs page here
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26 May 2008
Regretfully, the Golden Horse have ceased all their live music so our gigs booked for the 7th Sept and 2nd Nov have been cancelled. Keep watching this space for replacement gigs, we don't want to be sitting at home twiddling our thumbs!
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24 May 2008
What an experience we had here at The Everard Arms in Corby.
Not only was the sound equipment supplied by the venue, there was plenty of parking right by the door which, get this, was right next to the stage! an absolute pleasure.
which reminds me, a big thanks from BD to Will for the sound.The audience! - well, if we could take you all to every one of our gigs, we would! what a group you were.
From Eileen, showing the youngsters how it's done up at the front to everyone waving their hands at the back and not to mention Rich's fan Aide who had expressed an interest in sharing a cell with him!! The Bad Dobby badge stock took a hammering as we gave out handfulls, look out for them on the bar staff who each got one.
Well we hope that we'll see you all soon back at The Ev's and if you saw us this time - tell your friends about Bad Dobby so your all ready for the next gig.
BD
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16 May 2008
We had great fun at the sun last night! A little bit rushed to set up and we ended up just setting up and getting straight down to it. Some great feedback was received by everyone on the night and we even managed to carry on through some forgotten song parts...
One of the encores had our Tel taking a wander out into the garden and taking a quick 5 mins off as he left the guitar playing up to two members of the crowd. There was a record broken at The Sun, most encores asked for, you guys kept shouting for more, it was great. Hopefully we can come back and play some more tunes for you in the near future.
What a great crowd you all were - we hope to see you again soon back at The Sun.
Don't forget we're out tonight at The Foundry Tavern (The Foundrymens Arms), St James.
BD
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24 April 2008
Hi all, just to update you on BD's busy schedule...
Our Calendar now looks like this: -
May 2008
10th May - The Venue (Raven Hotel), Corby
16th May - The Sun, Hardingstone
17th May - The Foundry Tavern, Northampton
24th May - The Everard Arms, Corby
June 2008
7th June - The Shire Horse, Corby
July 2008
4th July - Private Party
August 2008
30th August - Private Party
September 2008
7th Sept - The Golden Horse, Northampton
14th Sept - The Romany, Northampton
October 2008
31st Oct - Private Party
November 2008
2nd Nov - The Golden Horse, Northampton
16th Nov - The Romany, Northampton
We hope to see you at as many of these as possible - as usual bring your friends and introduce them to the Dobby way of Live Music.
BD
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11 April 2008
June 29th at The Woughton Centre, MK, has been moved to later in the year. A very busy time for us so the Woughton Centre gig on the 29th June has had to be moved towards the end of the year. As soon as we have a new date we will be updating our calendar so stay tuned. BD
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10 April 2008
... Great fun was had by all at the Rose & Crown in Rushden last night. Didn't take many songs to get you all into the swing. But by the end of Basket Case you were all there. Thanks and good luck have to go to Simone who was there - dancing like mad in front of us... What we all have to say is good luck with your singing - We were lucky to hear a few of Simones songs WOW, does she have talent. So from Bad Dobby - good luck in your music, hope to see you playing soon. Anyway a busy week for us - If you fancy coming down we are at The Windmill Club celebrating it's relaunch and revamp on Saturday night (12th) and then over to Milton Keynes on Sunday at The Woughton Centre (13th). Hope you can make it.
BD
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18 February 2008
As our 2008 calendar grows rapidly - we have just confirmed a new gig at The King Billy, Northampton on the 21st March.
Other new dates added to the calendar are:
*CANCELLED* 20th April - The Golden Horse, Northampton
17th May - The Foundry, Northampton
7th Sept - The Golden Horse, Northampton
2nd Nov - The Golden Horse, Northampton
Hope to see you at this weeks gig, Sat 23rd Feb at The Romany.
BD
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09 February 2008
Bad Dobby's return to the Walnut was not un-noticed, from the very beginning we had the whole pub jumping up and down, dancing and singing along.
The Walnut also marked the debut of the new Muse song 'Plug in Baby, which by all accounts for a first play went great. The first set went flying by and before we knew it, we were half way through the second set.. the energy that was still in this room was amazing - we got to the end of the second set and we had screams for more, more and more.
**BD ENCORE ACHIEVEMENT
From The Red Lions endless and unsuccessful attempts by Terry to put Richard off during Chelsea Dagger. Terry managed, this time, to put Richard off. Let's see if Richard can keep his cool for the Romany...**
Back to the news and we had also heard we had the most encore's of any band - which was very encouraging.
A big thanks go to Donald for booking us from the 8 or so songs he heard at Christmas, a big thank you to Steve and the bar-staff for keeping everyone plied with alcohol... all we can say is thanks to everyone at the Walnut and thanks to our loyal Bedford Dobbies who came down, we hope to see all of you again soon.
If you have any pictures or video of the night - email them into us and we'll see if they can go up on the site.
Hope to see you all at The Romany on the 23rd.
BD
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19 January 2008
Another new venue for Bad Dobby, the Red Lion in Bozeat were our hosts last night. After some initial very annoying technical issues we got into our stride and had a brilliant night. With plenty of messing about, singalongs and jamming, it seems like everybody who was there had a good time. After a birthday request for Metallica, we did an impromptu performance of Enter Sandman for which we commandeered Neil Smith as an honorary Dobby. Well, he had a Dobby t-shirt on already so he didn't look out of place and he did a great job of the vocals for us, thanks Neil. Somehow Richard managed to continue through Chelsea Dagger, even with the concerted efforts of Terry trying to put him off and looking like he was having a fit in front of him.
All in all, we had a great time and look forward to going there again. Thanks to all those that came to see us, especially our regular little Dobby roadshow!
BD
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28 December 2007
We had a lovely time at The Walnut Inn, Blisworth - apart from a impromptu interval from FW Dob who nearly passed out between songs. Anyway, as they say the show must go on! We stormed through around 9 songs as we warmed up the audience for our friends Time to Breathe and then let them loose - armed with our very own Elder Dobby on the drums they were away for a stonking 2 sets. Even Tel Dobby got up and provided backing vocals.
All in all we loved our support slot so much we hope to have our own gig soon at the Walnut so watch this space.
**UPDATE**
We have just secured a gig at The Walnut Inn on the 9th February. We hope to see you there.
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25 December 2007
Bad Dobby wish you all a very merry Christmas. We hope Santa brought you everything you asked for. We hope to see you all in the new Year.
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25 November 2007
Thanks all to those that came to the Windmill club - it was a good night and great to see you all enjoying yourselves.
A big big thank you to Jim & Darren who without which we'd have had trouble being heard as our speaker seemed not to want to work! Thanks again guys.
Secondly a big thank you to the Windmill club, hope to see you again soon.
If you have any pictures or video of the night be sure to send them to us so we can put them on the site.
Cheers
BD
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23 November 2007
Unfortunatley due to a change in management the Sunnyside gig on the 15th December '07 has been cancelled - we hope this hasn't affected anyones plans for the evening and hope to have a replacement night arranged soon.
BD
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17 October 2007
Hello from Bad Dobby, just to let you know, if anyone is a member of Facebook you can search for us as a group and then come and join us - there you can keep up to date with all the usual facebook stuff plus it gives you an easier way to upload your own gig photos/videos and post comments/discussions.
Add us today...
Click Here for Bad Dobby Group on Facebook
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15 October 2007
It has been rumoured in the Bad Dobby camp that some new songs will be making an appearance at the next show on the 24th November at the Windmill club. Unfortunately we can't divulge the songs... suffice to say they should get the feet a tapping. You'll just have to make sure you're there to see/hear them.
BD
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23 September 2007
Well, after a good fun night at the Shark in Harlow, someone decided to run into Richard on the M11 on the way home. Glad to say that both Rich and Liz are fine but the car is probably a gonner! More news as when we get any....
*UPDATE* Well the kit is back in Wellingborough where it belongs, to be tested tomorrow night, fingers crossed.
Pictures of the car can be found here
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25 August 2007
.... Thanks to all at The Shark (very unfunny title I know!) What a great crowd you were. The songs went down a treat and some great reactions and feedback were received. We can't wait to get back there on the 22nd September. We didn't manage to get many photos but what we do have will soon be ready to view.
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18 August 2007
Just to say thanks to Lynn and the team at The Woughton Centre, MK. Always a pleasure to play on such a big stage (we felt lost to tell you the truth! a huge stage with only us three!?). We are even more pleased to announce that we have secured another gig with The Woughton Centre for the 25th November.
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17 August 2007
Thanks everyone that attended the Rose & Crown gig last night.
The First set was a bit slow but we picked up our pace and stormed through the second set. For only our second gig and our first pub gig I think you'll all agree it went well.
Hope to see you all again at another gig,
thanks again to Jean and the guys at the Rose & Crown - hope we'll be back there soon.
To see pictures from the gig click here
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15 August 2007
If you are planning on coming to one of our gigs and you're taking your camera or camera phone - we'd love to see your pictures - you can either email them in to us on media@baddobby.com or you can MMS them to us (07899806745) if they're all able to be put on the web you could well see your pics on either our main site or our myspace page.
So get sending!
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13 August 2007
Well Bad Dobby have a busy couple of weeks coming up. The 16th sees us at the Rose & Crown in Rushden (a first appearance there), it will also be the second gig for us - Elder has only just back from sunning himself on a beach somewhere (let's just hope he took his Mp3 player with him to listen to the sets!). The 18th sees us in Milton Keynes at the Woughton Centre. Finally the 25th of August sees us at The Shark in Harlow for a Saturday night gig. We'd love to see as many of you there as possible, if you do make your way to any of these remember to send us your photos, either by email or you can MMS them to us.
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28 July 2007
Well that's it all over with the first gig is done, all the nerves have been left behind and we're off... What an amazing response we had from everyone.
We'd all like to thank those who attended, it meant a lot to see so many friends and family and not to mention all the new faces we hope we keep seeing along the way. If you would like to see some photos of the night click here. If you would like to watch some footage of the night click here.
Once again let me thank those who turned up and we hope we've wetted your appetite for more Dobby fun - join us on the 16th at the Rose & Crown.
FW
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19 July 2007
Bad Dobby are thrilled to announce a collaboration with Commerce Windows for the upcoming gig at The Windmill in Rushden.
Commerce Windows are a Northamptonshire based company, offering a wide range of purpose built double glazed UPVC windows, doors, conservatories and roofline products with styles and designs to suit every budget and every home.
Visit their website at www.commercewindows.co.uk
For details of the gig click here
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13 July 2007
Just to update you on the fact that we have secured our first gig at the Rose & Crown in Rushden.
The gig is on the 16th August 2007 a busy week for us as we're at the Woughton Centre in MK on the 18th.
Check the gig page for more details.
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08 July 2007
Well the 2nd Dobby outing under our belt and I'm sure we're all still recovering from it. Yes Bad Dobby along with Craig (Elder's son) went to see Genesis - Turn it On Again @ Twickenham.
We got there to see the huge crown type backdrop of the stage reaching to almost the height of Twickers, the stage though was tiny compared to what you would imagine they would go out with but we weren't complaining with some hot footing of it we made it down to have a look at the stage and take some pictures, the two drum kits of Chester and Phil looked awesome and let's all give it up for the great Roland, as we noticed they are also using the technology.
Well to contained my rambling of which I could do for hours on this, the music was awesome the lights awesome the sound spectacular - all in all even though the rain tried to dampen our spirits, we loved the night, hopefully we might even be able to put some pictures up soon for you. A great experience and one that I hope Genesis will want to continue with.
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23 June 2007
Well, you'll all be pleased to hear that the official launch of Bad Dobby was a truly hilarious coming together of the Dobbies and Dobettes.
A huge thanks must go to Liz and Tel Dob for hosting the launch and for putting such a lovely spread on.
If you would like to check out the pictures for the night please click here.
It's also a big occasion as it's the first time the Dobettes have made an appearance on the site (little do they know that we have Pink Lady'esq jackets in mind for them with "Dobbettes" emblazoned on the back!!)
With the night being such a huge success we have decided to make it a regular thing, so watch this space for future embarrasing photos and tales of lovely home cooked feasts and flowing alcohol
(Bad Dobby ask that you drink responsibly, i.e. don't waste and/or spill it!)
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23 May 2007
Great news! Bad Dobby have booked their first gig. It is at The Windmill Club in Rushden on 28th July. Click here for full details
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16 May 2007
Well, Bad Dobby were offered their first gig today. It was at Party in the Park in Wellingborough but unfortunately the whole band are going to see Genesis on the same day at Twickenham so we've had to turn it down. Shame!
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26 April 2007
Unleashed to the world, Bad Dobby are here! Now the website is live our bid for global recognition is begun.
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26 April 2007
The first official Dobby outing occurred last night when we went to see the fantastic Porcupine Tree at The Junction in Cambridge. Porcupine Tree are, as is said, the best band you've never heard of. Go and see them, dammit! Buy their albums!
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