People signed up on the mailing lists of the Mott The Hoople 'family of bands' are a loyal group of fans and give the band members the joy of true support! It is a great pleasure to offer something back to the people who have been so constant in their support of the band over the years.
The band have teamed up with the organisers of Cambridge Rock Festival's Spring Edition and are able to offer a free ticket to the event! Yes free gratis entry is on offer, (normally £28 for Saturday or Sunday or between £49-£69 for all 3 days) here is a chance for the band to give something back to you our gratest asset - our fans! Just use the email address below to make your claim, state your name and address + contact phone no. and which tickets you require IE 2 x Sat or 2 x full festival etc. Maximum of 4 tickets per email address, though special cases will be considered on application.
Tickets will be sent out as soon as we can turn around the email and post on a first come first served basis, with a limit of 500 tickets overall. Email versions of tickets may be supplied nearer the festival, but for now printed ones will be used. Please respect this unique gesture and do not offer for resale on Ebay and such sites.
To request free tickets email offertkt @ cambridgerockfestival.co.uk with your request.
(24 Feb 2012) Verden Allen and Soft Ground *and* The Mick Ralphs Blues Band will both appear at the Spring Edition of the Cambridge Rock Festival on the weekend of 27-29 April 2012.
Discover why the readers of Classic Rock presents Prog voted the Cambridge Rock Festival 7th best event of 2011 (just behind Roger Waters tour of "The Wall"). The festival incorporates the Rockinbeerfest with around 20 real ales and several farmhouse ciders on cask so please consider camping overnight. The camping and caravan pitches are available and entirely optional, but have to be purchased in advance if required at £25 per tent (any size) for the full three days.
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(02 Jan 2012) These four gigs by the Mick Ralphs Blues Band have now been confirmed by Jerkin' Crocus. Tickets for most gigs are on sale now!
25 Feb: Met Theatre, Bury (Tix: Gig Cartel)
02 Mar: Stables, Milton Keynes (Tix: Tickets.com)
03 Mar: Long Street Blues Club, Devizes (Tix: Venue)
17 Mar: Green Hotel, Kinross (Tix: All Gigs or We Got Tickets)
More ---> MICK RALPHS
(02 Jan 2012) Exciting times for Verden Allen and his band Soft Ground as they go into 2012, starting with a 'Whispering' Bob Harris Radio 2 session to be aired on 22 January 2012. Afterward, they will play live dates at The Half Moon, Putney on 11 Feb 2012 and then closer to home on 14 April 2012 at Worcester's Huntingdon Hall for another night of Mott classics and Verden's own solo material. Tickets from Ticketweb or from the venue websites.
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(01 Jan 2012) Mott The Hoople are featured on the cover to Shindig! Quarterly Magazine #4, with a 14 page article by Kris Needs. The magazine also has a vey positive review of the Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary.
(22 Aug 2011) The Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary from Start Productions has been issued on DVD in the USA and UK. The DVD set contains a 12-page booklet with sleeve notes by Morrissey, a number of DVD bonus features and extras, as well as a limited edition set of five postcards.
More ---> DOCUMENTARY DVD
(01 Aug 2011) Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will be on tour this fall:
08 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY
09 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY
15 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY
16 Sep 2011 The City Winery, New York NY
17 Sep 2011 The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville PA
23 Sep 2011 (Acoustic) South Milwaukee Performance Arts Center, Milwaukee WI
24 Sep 2011 (Acoustic) Old Town School of Folk, Chicago IL
25 Sep 2011 (Acoustic) Old Town School of Folk, Chicago IL
15 Oct 2011 Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown NY
27 Oct 2011 Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh PA
28 Oct 2011 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
29 Oct 2011 Magic Bag, Ferndale MI
03 Nov 2011 Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton MA
04 Nov 2011 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA
05 Nov 2011 Flying Monkey, Plymouth NH
18 Nov 2011 Havana, New Hope PA
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(07 Jul 2011) A blues rock legend keeping great company. Mick Ralphs, a founder of two iconic rock bands and still touring with both, takes time out to explore his blues, soul and funk roots. The Bad Company and Mott The Hoople guitarist is joined by some of the best-known names on the current blues scene to play blues and R'n'B favourites - from B.B. King and Otis Rush to Robert Johnson and Sonny Boy Williamson - alongside fresh interpretations of some of Mick's own classic songs. Check out the Blues Band Website.
25 Aug 2011 - Frazer Theatre, Knaresborough England
08 Nov 2011 - The Robin Hood 2, Bilston England
11 Nov 2011 - The Musician, Leicester England
17 Nov 2011 - The Old Vic, Swindon England
26 Nov 2011 - Jazz Cafe, London England
More ---> MICK RALPHS
(22 May 2011) Verden allen and his band Soft Ground will play The Lads Club, Widemarsh Common, Hereford UK on 25 June 2011. Click Here For Tickets
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(15 May 2011) Joe Elliott and his side project The Down 'n' Outz have issued a live DVD of their set supporting Mott The Hooople at the Hammersmith in October 2009. It features the live set, a short behind the scenes documentary, plus three promotional videos from their studio album. For those unfamiliar, Joe's band plays a set heavy with cover versions of lesser-known Ian Hunter, Mott The Hoople, Mott, and British Lions songs. See the Down 'n' Outz Website for information about ordering the CD and DVD.
(18 Apr 2011) Luther Grosvenor, a.k.a. Ariel Bender, will issue a new album called If You Dare on 20 June 2011. See the Angel Air Records website for more information.
(07 Apr 2011) The Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary will be screened at the Southend On Sea Film Festival on 29 April 2011 at 8:30 PM in the Palace Theatre. Tickets are just £3. The screening will be introduced by co-director Chris Hall and local music writer and DJ Daryl Easlea. This remarkable documentary presents the story of this iconic band’s 2009 reunion concerts with passion and affection. Archive footage shows the band in their 70s pomp, with hits such as ‘All the Young Dudes’, ‘Roll Away the Stone’ and ‘All the Way to Memphis’ showing what a singular band they were.
(12 Mar 2011) The Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary will be show at the Chicago International Music & Movies Festival (CIMM) in April 2011. It will be screened only once, on 16 April at Heaven, 1550 North Milwaukee at 4 PM. Tickets are $10 and available from Brown Paper Tickets.
The BFI London Film Festival crowd-pleaser makes its US debut, documenting the celebrated reunion after 35 years of the band most famous for “All the Young Dudes.” Of course there’s more to them than one hit: their story parallels the story of British glam rock, and Ian Hunter remembers every moment of those glory days, with the help of amazing archival footage and interviews with such luminaries as Queen’s Roger Taylor and The Clash’s Mick Jones.
(18 Feb 2011) The Ballad of Mott The Hoople documentary will be show at the Borderlines Film Festival in Hereford, England in March 2011. It will be screened twice, once on 25 March and again on 28 March at the Main House of the Courtyard Centre for the Arts.
‘The rock’n’roll circus is in town...’, but no other rock doc starts with pictures of High Town and Hereford United’s dressing room in the 60s! The story of the rise and fall of Hereford’s most famous rock band is enlivened by dazzling raconteur, Ian Hunter’s sharp insights into the ups and downs of rock stardom, and some great 70s footage of Mott in their pomp that shows what a fabulous live band they were. There’s also a young, starry-eyed David Bowie generously giving them All The Young Dudes to record so giving a new lease of life to a band on the point of collapse. All the interviewees here are open and fascinating, and directors, Chris Hall and Mike Kerry, present their story with the passion and affection of genuine fans.
For more information, check the Courtyard Centre For The Arts website HERE.
(9 Sep 2010) The Ballad of Mott The Hoople, the long awaited documentary film from Start Productions, will premier at the London Film Festival in October 2010. It will be screened on three dates at the British Film Institute, Southbank, London: Sat 16 Oct 21:00 (NFT1), Mon 18 Oct 15:30 (NFT1), and Tue 19 Oct 19:00 (Studio). Festival tickets are available from the BFI: British Film Institute.
(25 Aug 2010) A new British Lions CD has been issued by Angel Air in the UK, this time capturing the band's live set at the Old Waldorf in San Fancisco in 1978. The three bonus tracks are studio demos of three British Lions songs. It is available at all fine retailers, as well as from the Angel Air website.
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(1 Sep 2010) Dale's BBC radio interview was broadcast on Saturday morning, 4 September 2010, on BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live at 9am GMT. Here is the link to BBC Radio 4.
(5 Jul 2010) Dale Griffin was the subject of a Wales Online Health News story, in which he spoke about Altzheimers during Dementia Awareness Week. You can read the complete article at the Wales Online Website.
(5 Aug 2010) In August 2010, Dale Griffin gave an interview to The Express in an effort to raise awareness about Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, and to promote Memory Walk, the Alzheimer’s Society’s flagship fundraising event for people with dementia and their carers. Click This Link to read the article.
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(27 Nov 2009) Mott The Hoople were recognized by Nordoff Robbins with the Tartan Clef Legend Award, in a ceremony on 27 Nov 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Verden Allen, and Martin Chambers were there to receive the award, and performed two songs with Joe Elliott's Down n' Outz (and special guest oor Wullie on kazoo.)
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(02 Nov 2009) Mott The Hoople were recognized by Classic Rock magazine with the 2009 Comeback of the Year award. Mick Ralphs and Martin Chambers were in attendance at the event, and Ian Hunter made an appearance through a videotaped segment.
More ---> CLASSIC ROCK AWARDS
(18 Sep 2009) This is your exclusive opportunity to order the live CD of the reunion gig of the year! This limited edition live CD is the ONLY recording of the Mott The Hoople reunion show. Presented in bespoke artwork, this is an exclusive 3 CD set featuring songs from their classic albums. Order now to avoid disappointment!
More ---> 2009 LIVE CD
(12 Sep 2009) Mott The Hoople are featured with a 6-page 'Comeback Special' cover story in the latest issue of Classic Rock magazine (UK), which is available on newstands now. 'One Of The Boys' appears on the free CD that comes with the issue.
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(06 Oct 2009) Mott The Hoople returned to The Hammersmith Apollo for five nights in October 2009. The reunion of one of the best loved rock and roll bands of the Seventies marked the first time the original line-up had played together for over 35 years.
More ---> 2009 REUNION
(11 Jun 2009) Mott The Hoople were added to the Mojo Magazine Hall of Fame at the 2009 ceremony unveiling the Mojo Honours List, held at the Brewery in London on 11 June 2009. The band were inducted by Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott, one of the group's most prominent fans.
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(May 2009) Mott The Hoople were featured in a twelve-page article in the May, 2009 issue of Mojo Magazine in the UK. They also have a track on the bonus CD included with the magazine. MOJO’s Kris Needs, the band’s former fanclub chairman, penned the article.