Plans for and english tour.

I know the guys are working to their limit already but are there any plans for the band to widen their appeal in Englandshire. I would love to get them up here in Bristol.

you'll have to do some ground work for them/Iain Tiz. Check out venues etc and let Iain know. His email is on the Coast website

What sort of venues would the Band and Iain be looking for? There are a number of small (200-250) seat venues in the Gloucestershire/Wiltshire/Worcestershire general area which might be worth a look - the sort of local theatres where we have seen Julie Fowlis and Dochas perform for example - and I believe the Gloucester Guildhall does all standing events as well as seated ones. If those sorts of places are what is required I can look out some web links. They aren't pubs by any means but most do have bars in the foyer...!

Puffin wrote:What sort of venues would the Band and Iain be looking for? There are a number of small (200-250) seat venues in the Gloucestershire/Wiltshire/Worcestershire general area which might be worth a look - the sort of local theatres where we have seen Julie Fowlis and Dochas perform for example - and I believe the Gloucester Guildhall does all standing events as well as seated ones. If those sorts of places are what is required I can look out some web links. They aren't pubs by any means but most do have bars in the foyer...!

...and there's a lovely bouncy floor in Gloucester Guildhall

Yes, I remember it bouncing when we were all sat down and Julie Fowlis was playing - made my photos alll blurry!

Still - if Coast play there we could look at it as something of a challenge - see if we couldn't perhaps bounce so much we break the bouncy floor!

In fairness as well a Gloucester gig would be in the middle of some die hard fans as well.

how about here

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there are these but might a bit big at the moment

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the last one is good for laurel and hardy fans as well with i think the only museum to them at the back and statue at the front

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This is a great venue for bands and exactly the sort of place that Coast rock.

The Duchess in York is in the city centre (near Jorvik Cafe, Shambles etc). There is a panoramic viewer on the website, it looks and ideal place for a rock band - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

The Leopard is Doncaster's live music venue and would be a good place for the band (it's a pub with live music upstairs on a Friday) - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

In Sheffield, there are a number of places. The top spot for live music has to be The Leadmill - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

There is also The Boardwalk which has live music 5/6 nights a week (and looks to be a hotspot for uni students) - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Sheffield Uni has The Octagon Centre, Runrig have previously played here whilst the City Hall was closed. It is a bit out of the way though - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

They are the 3 main cities (apart from Doncaster which is a town) that I can think of ideal places around Yorkshire. I don't know much about places in Leeds, Bradford etc. Maybe someone can suggest places in other areas around Yorkshire so you can build up a database of venues.

I would suggest sticking to large towns or cities as transport would be better, there is more chance of getting accommodation and it would be easier for people to travel too.