The Enemy Corby Secret Gig Is On!

28/02/09 - Corby Secret Gig ON

The Enemy will be performing at Corby for their final secret gig tonight after doctors ordered Tom Clarke to rest his wrist for 24 hours following a motorbike related incident, as reported her earlier today.
Tom, Liam and Andy spent Friday evening chatting with fans who had turned up for the Tunbridge Wells secret gig, while Oli put his skills to work by playing some tunes for the crowds while getting through as many bottles of lager as possible.

So although it was sad that Friday's gig couldn't happen the way it was planned, at least fans got to meet the people who bring them the music.

28/02/09 - Tom Hurts Hand - Gig Called Off

Tom Clarke hurt his hand in a motorbike related incident, causing the latest secret gig in Tunbridge Wells to be called off. Tom posted a video for fans on http://www.theenemyontour.com/gig/tunbridge-wells/P200/ and still turned up at the venue to meet winning fans and tracks from the new album were played. The final gig in Corby takes place Saturday night - check the website for the latest updates.

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Tom Clarke's Tour Diary - Day 3

XFM.COM - Tom Clarke's Tour Diary - Day 3
February 24 – Escobar, Wakefield

It’s pretty non-stop on tour, especially on little tours like this. We’ll get up, get in a car, travel to the gig, get to the gig, sound check, grab some food and then after that you’ve normally got five phone interviews to do.

After that, you play the gig. If you didn’t get time for the interviews beforehand, you get back on the phone after the show. Once that’s all done, you get back in the car and travel to the next gig.

After all that, playing the show is actually a bit of a relief. You can spend up to six hours in a car tapping your foot and going through every tune on your iPod. Once you get on stage, you buzz off it and let it all out.

Wakefield was quality, it’s been one of my favourites. It was totally mental. All the locals were bang into it and the new stuff went down really well, which is a great sign.

The difference between a good show and a great show is the crowd. We always have a good gig, we don’t really have bad gigs – we buzz off each other when we’re on stage. What makes a great gig, and a memorable gig, is when the crowd’s going mental. Those are the sorts of things you remember, that’s what sets it apart.

Wakefield was definitely one of those. It was a tiny little mental room full of mad-heads. It was the hottest gig ever as well. I’ve never sweated so much in my life.

We’ve got a few days off now, but it’s not really ‘days off’. We’re off to the NME awards tonight, which will be good. It’ll be nice to show our faces and see who’s winning stuff. After that, it’s a travel day and then we’ll be iTunbridge Wells. Bring it on.

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Interviews: Tom Clarke's Tour Diary

Those lovely people at XFM Radio have really shown their support for The Enemy once again, this time the XFM website is home to the 'Tom Clarke Tour Diary'. The lead singer will be jotting down some thoughts while out on the road in the UK.

Here is the first page from the diary (keep checking XFM.COM for more updates):

Basically, where we're from, you hardly ever get touring bands coming through and there's lots of places – Dundee,

Wakefield, York and Corby – that big touring bands never bother to visit. I think it's a bit unfair to forget that it’s the people in these towns that buy your music and put you where you are.

If we were sat in our local pub in Coventry and a band who’s albums we’d bought was playing, we’d be absolutely buzzing. That’s why we decided to do this tour of small venues – we didn’t let anyone stand in our way.

We've done the Ricoh Arena, massive arenas with the Stereophonics, the O2 with The Rolling Stones – we've done our fair share of massive places, but I always enjoy getting into a proper nitty-gritty venue. Last night in York, the only thing between me and the fans was my monitor, and that's a beautiful thing when you're there and in the same room, face-to-face with your fans.

The venue itself was quality. The clue’s in the title, but it was a shrine to The Stone Roses, among other greats. Legally the capacity was about 100-150, but how many people we had in there was another thing entirely.
We played a long set - we put in six tunes off the new album. The new stuff went down better than I ever imagined. I can never work it out, but whenever you write a new song, you play it at a gig for the first time and people start singing along immediately. How the hell does that happen?

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PRESS: The Enemy In 'Secret' Corby Gig

Northants Evening Telegraph - Chart Toppers The Enemy In 'Secret' Corby Gig

Last year the Coventry band played in front of tens of thousands at football stadiums and it announced five 'secret' shows across the UK earlier this month – with the Corby gig the final one.

The venue is not being announced until Saturday morning but it's certain to be one of the smallest shows the band will play this year.

Singer and guitarist Tom Clarke said: "Living in Coventry there's not many big bands that come through. That's true of Corby."

"People overlook it and it's not just about bands, how long has the town had to wait for a train station?"

Previous gigs at venues in York, Wakefield and Dundee have seen the band play in front of audiences of about 150 fans.

Clarke said: "I've got a few mates that live in Corby. We've chosen places where we feel we've got something in common with the people."

The Enemy's debut album released in 2007 sold more than 300,000 copies.

Tickets for Saturday's gig are free but will only be available from www.theenemyontour.com.

The gig will also be streamed live online.Read a full interview with Clarke in The Guide on Friday.

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PRESS: The Enemy Warm Up For Oasis Tour With Secret Dundee Gig

Glasgow Daily Record - The Enemy Warm Up For Oasis Tour With Secret Dundee Gig

By Laura Sutherland

INDIE rockers The Enemy played a top secret gig in Dundee's Dog House last night to preview tracks from their forthcoming second album.

Fans logged on to the Coventry band's website to win tickets to one of five intimate gigs across the country ahead of the release of Music For The People on April 27.

Songs No Time For Tears and Man With A Silver Spoon were anthemic, ensuring the band will keep up with Oasis when they support them this year.

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The Enemy: No Time For Tears - Video Teaser

The Enemy - No Time For Tears - Video Teaser

The Enemy are back and sounding bigger than ever! The Coventry lads will be releasing their first single 'No Time For Tears', from the new album mid April and they have just made this video teaser ahead of the official video launch.

Check out The Enemy on MySpace for more updates and news.

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Tom Clarke Speaks Out!

Video Finished For New Single:

It's all been turned up a notch in The Enemy camp as the lads get back into the hectic rock 'n' roll routine of gigs, promo and curry's!

Tom Clarke spoke about the video for 'No Time For Tears' saying, "We've collaborated with legend RANKIN to make something a bit different from anything we've done before." The video is now complete and will be up on The Enemy's official YouTube page very soon, ahead of it's UK release on April 13.

Tom told fans that the lads were "all buzzing off playing it along with some of the other new stuff." He went on to show his support for the workers at the BMW plant in Oxforshire saying, "the way in which business was conducted there last week was unforgivable. Big support to all who were affected and all who had something to say about it."

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The Enemy: ‘Second Album Was A Pleasure To Make’

Tom Clarke and co. reveal the ‘difficult second album’ was anything but. You can hear the new single ‘No Time For Tears’

on XFM Radio

Tom Clarke spoke to Steve Harris last night about making the band’s second album, ‘Music For The People’. Far from being a difficult process, the singer revealed it was an easier album to make than their debut.

“It was a lot easier than the first one. People refer to the second as a ‘difficult’ album, because for a lot of bands it’s make-or-break and they rush it. We’ve given it the proper time to mature... It’s been a pleasure to make, to be honest with you”.

With lead-off single ‘No Time For Tears’ sounding suitably huge, the album follows suit with a raft of classic-sounding rock and gigantic ballads.

“We’re all massively proud of it. We’ve obviously taken a bit longer than a lot of bands lately have taken to make records. And I think that’s right. If you look back at classic records and classic bands it’s always taken this amount of time to make a record”.

You can hear the first fruits of the album right now.

Listen to the band’s new single ‘No Time For Tears’.

And hear the full interview with Tom Clarke right now.

You can also win tickets to The Enemy's secret warm-up shows by heading here.

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Win Tickets To The Enemy's Intimate Shows

The Enemy are playing five tiny venues ahead of their mammoth March/April UK tour. XFM are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets for your chosen show! Can you guess the connection between the pictures..

The Enemy are embarking on a super-exclusive, warm-up tour of intimate venues. It’s ahead of their eagerly awaited second album ‘Music For The People’ and the mammoth UK tour that follows in March and April.

The dates and towns of these tiny shows are as follows:

February 2009:

20 – York
23 – Dundee
24 – Wakefield
27 – Tunbridge Wells
28 – Corby

XFM have got two pairs of tickets for each of the five gigs. All you’ve got to do is tell XFM the connection between the artists in the gallery, tell XFM which gig you’d like to attend and then keep it all crossed.

Launch the gallery now!

Go to the XFM website to to answer the question and enter to competition.

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The Enemy Announce Intimate Gigs

The Enemy have announced five intimate gigs ahead of their UK tour, the dates and venues are:

February 2009:

20 – York
23 – Dundee
24 – Wakefield
27 – Tunbridge Wells
28 – Corby

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The Enemy: No Time For Tears - Release Date

'No Time For Tears' Release Date

The Enemy release their new album, 'Music For The People', on April 27th 2009, while the first single from the album, 'No Time For Tears', is out on April 13th 2009.

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