STOCKTON Waiting Room (Joe solo).

LONDON Windmill, Brixton
Supporting Major Matt Mason USA.

LONDON Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon
'Here Come The Popes Part 3' single launch.

SThe new Sergeant Buzfuz single “Here Come The Popes Part 3” is released today. The limited edition 7” purple vinyl single is available form all good record shops and from www.normanrecords.com
Also available as a download from i-Tunes, www.finetunes.net and all other download stores. B side is “Dentist To The Stars”

”like the Pogues beating up My Life Story....Single of the month by a mile” (Playlouder)
“a bizarre string-driven song about those popes of the middle ages that’s kind of XTCish” (Organ)
“Like the Soft Boys, this is unselfconsciously smart-pop, with a noir-psychedelic twist” (Sounds XP)
“One of my favourite songs for some time... I love its spirit, I love the idea behind it, I love the fact that it’s like nothing else I’ve ever heard” (Mark Lamarr, Radio 2)
“Absolutely brilliant” (Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music)
“they have taken the Sixties back catalogue and asked Gorky's Zygotic Mynci to give it a remix” (bbc.co.uk London Calling site)

SINGLE LAUNCH AT BETSEY TROTWOOD FRIDAY SEP 26
SKU Events presents: Sergeant Buzfuz Here Come The Popes Part 3 single launch
Friday September 26th
Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL

10 Sergeant Buzfuz
9 15 Kinkajou
8 30 Michael Eden
£5 entry (no concessions).
Tickets available from Ticketweb

Nearest tube Farringdon
Map

LONDON 12 Bar Club
Band play a 4 song set of Teardrop Explodes songs at launch for ‘We Are Not Other People’ album by Paul Hawkins and Thee Awkward Silences.

LIVE SESSION ON BBC 6 THIS FRIDAY
Buzfuz play a live session for Tom Robinson's show on BBC 6 Music this Friday 5th. They play 3 songs between 7 and 8.30.

POPES 3 SINGLE RELEASED ON 22ND
'Here Come The Popes Part 3' b/w 'Dentist To The Stars' comes out on Blang on Monday 26th on naughty papal see-through purple vinyl and invisible download.It's been played on the radio by Gary Crowley, Tom Robinson and Mark Lamarr. The first 2 reviews can be read at the Reviews page.

BIRMINGHAM Moseley Folk festival.

LONDON Betsey Trotwood, Farringdon
‘The Battle Is Over’: Paul Hawkins and Thee Awkward Silences single launch.

NEW BUZFUZ DRUMMER
Rich Keeble, who also plays in Goodbye Sergeants, has been confirmed as the band’s new drummer. He only plays for bands with Sergeant in the name.

MOSELEY FOLK FEST
The band have been confirmed for the Moseley Folk Festival in Birmingham on Sat August 30th. More details at www.moseleyfolk.co.uk.

PAUL HAWKINS AND THEE AWKWARD SILENCES/WAR SONGS/TEARDROP EXPLODES
Buzfuz have several links with Thee Awkward Silences. Kate sometimes plays violin with them, Joe has guested live on guitar and keyboards with them and Silences drummer Ian Button helped on the new album after Buzfuz split with ex-drummer Martin Parker.
Joe is playing a gig, partly solo, partly with Polly MacLean, at the launch of the new Silences single ‘The Battle Is Over’ at the Betsy Trotwood on Saturday August 9th. They’ll be playing a set of war-related covers songs.
Then on Saturday September 12th the band are playing at the launch gig for the Silences album ‘We Are Not Other People’ at the 12 Bar Club where all the guest acts are playing sets by other people. Buzfuz are playing a 4 song Teardrop Explodes set. Thee Awkward Silences are rumoured to be doing a Pet Shop Boys set. Kinkajou are doing The Fatima Mansions. Other sets include The Doors and Motley Crue.

HERE COME THE POPES SINGLE DUE SEPTEMBER
Here Come The Popes Part 3 is released as a 7 inch single on purple vinyl on Blang on September 22nd. More news soon.

LONDON 12 Bar Club.

LONDON 12 Bar Club
With Michael Eden, The Boycott Coca-Cola Experience, Head And Shoulders.

Sgt Buzfuz play their first live gig of the year at Blang at the 12 Bar Club on Wednesday June 11th, see Blang site. Also on the bill are Head and Shoulders (featuring Jowe Head ex-TVPs/Swell Maps), Sheffield's ethereal balladeer Michael Eden and lo-fi psychotic folk man The Boycott Coca-Cola Experience.

New single Here Come The Popes (Part 3) is now expected in September followed by album High Slang either in Autumn or New Year. Early mixes from the album are currently on MySpace.