For the first time in 13 years, Dave Sharp will once again line up alongside Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald & Nigel Twist for a one off TV special performance.

The performance will take place at Scala, Kings Cross, London (see here for details) from 7pm on the evening of Tuesday 28th October.

Entry will be free & open to the public on Tuesday evening. DaveSharp.org still has a limited number of VIP places for Dave Sharp & Alarm fans on a first come first served basis.
If you would like to attend, please forward your name & number of places required to info@davesharp.org, including e-mail address to which confirmation should be sent.

You will be contacted by e-mail as soon as possible to confirm your VIP place.

Please note: This event is being organised by a TV company & while www.davesharp.org is acting as an agent to allow Alarm fans to attend, neither Dave nor any other member of The Alarm has control over this event. The primary purpose of the event is a television recording & it will therefore not take the format of a traditional gig. The nature and duration of the performance & the number of songs performed is out of the band's control.

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After a couple of months away from live gigs while working on the Soul Co project, Dave Sharp unexpectedly ended up playing two shows in two days.

Saturday night (20th September) he was in Preston at the re-opening of The Mill Club. One of the finest venues in the country, The Mill played host to a stream of top bands in the late 80s & early 90s. In the live music drought of the late 90s, the venue went through a couple of ill fated incarnations, but now the team behind Leed's The Cockpit have given the club a new lease of life under it's original name.

Dave was asked to perform on the opening night of the new club after being one of the last to play it's predecessor The Marquee. Providing the experience alongside a couple of young local bands, Dave's 40 minute set was relatively short by his standards, but packed with quality as usual. Old classics like Hard Travellin' lined up alongside more recent standards such as Lookin' This World Over and even found time for a rare outing for Criss Cross Affair Of The Heart. Dedicated Sharp Troopers from up and down the county (and even one American fan) joined occasional # fans (one couple had discovered Sharp playing in a local bar while holidaying in the United States), young fans of the other bands and the clubbers who had arrived early for the later club night featuring guest DJ Shaun Ryder.

While The Mill show was a long standing commitment, the previous evening Dave found himself on stage at The Sands Centre in Carlisle when he'd woken up expecting to be at home in Salford. When Sir Bob Geldof was let down by his opening act, Dave came to the rescue at short notice. Taking a call from Bob's promoter at 2pm, by 3pm Dave was on route to Carlisle, arriving just in time for sound check & then straight on stage for his opening performance.

Apologies to any fans in Cumbria, but the arrangements were made at such short notice there just wasn't time to make an announcement.

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Dave takes a break from band rehersals to team up with Lancashire band Treehouse 3, on a double bill with DJ Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays & Black Grape) at the controls.

The gig is being held to support the re-opening of Preston's premiere rock club ''The Mill'' on Saturday 20th of September.

Formerly The Marquee, ''The Mill'' is holding a weekend of activities to celebrate reopening.

''I played The Marquee earlier in the year, and was disappointed to see it shut down'', says Sharp. ''It is one of the best venues in the country so I was excited to see it re-open so soon. Clubs like this are the breeding ground for new talent, I'm glad to be lending a hand.''

The live music including Dave's acoustic set will be on until 10.00pm, followed by Shaun Ryder's DJ Set, so get there early to see Dave.

Tickets are only £3 on the door so please get down there to show your support.

Full details are on the Tourdates Page.

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Following a successful couple of gigs in the midlands earlier in the year, Dave has just been asked to stand in for JJ Burnell in the Three Men and Black line up once again.

Dave will join Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers) and Pauline Black (The Selector) on the seafront in Southsea on Sunday 29th June 2003.

The venue is an unusual one - the Bandstand in the town's West Battery Gardens. The show forms part of Portsmouth's Live At The Bandstand season of summer concerts, a season of live eclectic music held on Sunday afternoons during the summer months.

The best bit is that Live at the Bandstand is completely FREE.

They will be on stage at 2pm.

For more details see the tour dates page or www.liveatthebandstand.co.uk

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We are proud to announce a new Sharp internet radio station. Set up by Ole Johansen, Dave Sharp Radio broadcasts Sharp songs old and new - as well as occasional interviews and surprises - 24 hours a day
across the internet. Click on the logo to be taken to the top of the dial - The Dave Sharp Internet Radio Station:



or go to:

www.live365.com/stations/303833

Many thanks to Ole for setting this up!

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OK, folks. It's time to put on your travellin' clothes and make a weekend trip to Derby and/or Wolverhampton. You wanted Dave Sharp back in the U.K., he's here!!!--and in fine form after his opening for 3 Men & Black in Liverpool on Wednesday. He blew the audience, the 3M&B, and their tour manager away with his opening. He was invited back onstage for harmonica backup/solo for one of Pauline's songs. Most of the audience didn't know who he was when he stepped onstage, but they certainly know now! They couldn't get enough of his music or his CDs.

Friday (14th Feb) Dave will be appearing as one of the 3 Men in Derby and again Saturday (15th) at Wolverhampton (as JJ Burnell will be unable to make those two gigs). Jake, JJ, Pauline and Nick were all extremely impressed by Dave's performance last night, and Jake, Pauline and Nick are looking forward to Dave's joining them onstage to represent The Alarm. So let's get out there and show them what our supporters are made of!
Come on, guys! Let's get out there and show all what The Alarm means to you.

Dave makes a personal promise that you will receive ''more tone for your dollar'' at these gigs. All who can make it to one or both of these gigs, please call NOW to book your tickets!

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Dave will be appearing on Blast 1386AM Radio, prior to his gig at Reading's Plug & Play club this Saturday.(8th Feb)

Dave will be appearing on the Mark Watkins show between 12.00 & 1:00pm (GMT).

We've not got full details of what format the show will take, but will include an extensive interview with Dave and some of his music.

Blast 1386 can be heard around the world on the internet.

Paste this link direct into your MP3 player (e.g. RealPlayer, Winamp):

http://www.live365.com/play/294099
Or visit http://www.reading-college.ac.uk/ReadingCollegeRadio/

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On Friday 24th January 2003, to coincide with the start of his ''UK Live 03'' tour, Dave will release ''Time Travlin' - Demos 1996-2002'', a 2 CD set of never-heard-before full electric band recordings

Between the completion of Downtown America in 1996 & the beginning of 2002's Summer Of Love tour, Dave was living, performing & recording in New Orleans, Louisiana.

During that time, he wrote countless songs, and often headed into the studio with ''some of the finest musicians he ever had the pleasure of working with'' to make demo recordings of some of these songs. Now these ''lost'' ELECTRIC full band demos are to be made available on two chronologically split CDs.

The first disc covers the period up to 1998's ''Guts & Glory Tour'' (when some of the tracks got their full electric debut), with the second covering the period from then until The Summer Of Love.

	Time Travlin' - Demos 1996-1998 Sure High (3:55) Heartbeat (4:27) Enlightenment (4.00) Misunderstood (3:27) Holy Walkin' (4:15) Shine On (3:07) Love Understanding (5:08) Let the Deal Go Down (4:16) Back on the Right Side (4:40) Endless Road (4:02)
	Time Travlin' - Demos 1999-2002 Breakdown (3:01) Soul Devotion (3:18) Sugarland (3:02) Love Magic (3:12) The Traveller (3:31) Just Like Joanne (5:01) American Sky (3:26) Soul to Soul (3:03) The Freedom Drive (4:01) Glory Glory (4:48)

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Dave will be OPENING for Three Men and Black on:

Wednesday 12th February, at the Neptune Theatre in Liverpool.

Dave will be PERFORMING as a member of Three Men and Black (standing in for J.J. Burnel) on:

Friday 14th February, at The Flowerpot in Derby

Saturday 15th February, at The Robin 2 in Wolverhampton.

Three Men and Black: Four punk greats - Jake Burns (SLF), Jean-Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers), Nick Welsh (The Selector) and Pauline Black (The Selector)

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Following on from a question & answer session which took place during the early weeks of The Summer Of Love tour, as the second leg gets under way, as promised at the time, Dave is going to take part in a second session.

Dave will be answering questions via the Dave Sharp discussion list, hosted by Yahoogroups, during the week of 28th October to 3rd November.

Questions can be posted direct to the list or direct to
question@thesummeroflovetour.com

Dave's responses will be posted daily during the Q&A week to both the discussion group & the Dave Sharp Info Service list.

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