In September the band head off into Europe again to play a number of gigs in Austria for Harley Davidson. Before these shows they will play a series of warm ups in the North West including a special home-coming gig in at the Flixton Festival.
The Flixton Festival is an annual family event hosted by Flixton Cricket Club. Tickets can be purchased online through skiddle at the following link.
We’re delighted to announce we will play the Puerto Sherry Festival main stage in Southern Spain on Saturday June 20th. The festival is in association with Harley Davidson and celebrates the world’s best motorcycles during one of the biggest events in Europe.
Tickets are priced at €22.50 and can be purchased from the following link www.hogeuropegallery.com/european-hog-rally/
Amanda Cook is the winner of two full festival camping passes!!!! Congratulations, we’ll see you there.
We have two more to give away so keep checking back on this site. More details to follow.
Liam Bradford interviews Rainband guitarist Phil Rainey live on BBC Radio Manchester on Easter Monday. Everything from the Isle Of Wight Festival, BL9weekender, Mugello MotoGP, Paolo Nutini tour and new album discussed including exclusive first ever play of new track ‘Ghost’
We’d really pleased to welcome our new drummer James Cowell to The Rainband.
After five years of dedication our original drummer Steve decided to leave. He had this message for everyone.
“I would like to thank all of you who took the time and effort to support The Rainband; from those of you who were there at the beginning, right through to the lovely people we met in Italy on the Paolo Nutini tours. My fondest memories of The Rainband will always be those of the friends we made along the way. You’re all fantastic and it’s because of you that I enjoyed my time with the band so much. As for the lads, Joe, Sam, Phil and Martin, I know I have made friends for life in them and will continue to support them in all their future endeavours. Thanks for the adventure lads! It’s been a blast!”
Steve has plans to start a new musical project over the summer and we will bring you news of that as it develops. We wish him all the best for his future musical projects.
The BL9weekender festival will be the first music event to take place at the JD Stadium, Gigg Lane Bury. Acts confirmed so far are The Rainband, Razorlight, The Happy Mondays and Echo & The Bunnymen. Playing on the hallowed Gigg Lane turf will be extra special for Rainband co-founder and guitarist Phil Rainey who is a lifelong Bury FC fan. Phil had this to say…
“We’ve played City Square at The Etihad Stadium and some monumental outdoor festivals with Paolo Nutini and Simple Minds but this will be our first football stadium gig inside the ground. I’ve had some great times and some shockers in the stadium over the years so I’m looking forward to a good one, hopefully celebrating promotion to League One at the same time. It really does mean a lot to play this festival, my Grandad introduced me to the club as a small child, he passed away two years ago and his ashes were scattered on the pitch. This ones for him too.”
We are delighted to announce we play the Isle Of Wight Festival main stage with Fleetwood Mac on Sunday June 14th 2015. To say thank you to you for the support, we have a handful of full weekend camping passes for £150 (25% off). Only available from the following email address tickets@therainband.co.uk
To celebrate the festive season we’re giving away our live recording of Christmas classic ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’. The track was a special request by Virgin Radio Milan. We hope you enjoy. Merry Christmas from all The Rainband!