Edinburgh Hogmanay Set To Rock New Year With The Enemy

The Enemy will be celebrating New Year in style as they perform in front around 80,000 revellers in Edinburgh. The annual hogmanay celebrations will go ahead tonight despite Inverness having to cancel their celebrations due to appalling weather conditions. Edinburgh is expected to be a chilly -2C but that won't stop the party or the impressive firework display as the clock strikes twelve.

Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts will rock the New Year in with hits from their We'll Live And Die In The Towns and Music For The People albums and fans will be able to watch the performance because BBC Scotland's annual Hogmanay Live show is being streamed live on the internet . The programme runs from 2345 GMT to 0045 GMT on BBC One Scotland.

BBC Alba's Bliadhna Mhath Ur, which is being screened between 2330 GMT and 0100 GMT, is also being streamed live on the same website.

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The Enemy In XFM Song of the Decade Countdown

*pic: Norman Records

The Enemy were voted 70th in XFM's 'Song of the Decade' with the smash  hit, 'Away From Here'. The band's second single appeared on their debut album 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns', which won Xfm's New Music Award in 2008 as the best debut album of the year.

The single entered the UK charts at #8 in April 2007 and became a firm favourite with the fans.

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The Enemy Signed T-Shirt Up For Grabs

The Enemy have signed a special t-shirt for the Music Beats Mines online auction, which ends on December 6th, so hurry and bid for this extra special piece of memrobilia. The Enemy t-shirt is signed by Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts and will also help a worthwhile cause.
MAG is one of the world's leading landmine clearance organisations, currently working in 17 countries worldwide including Sudan, Angola, Lebanon, Iraq and Vietnam. They recruit and train local staff, create multi-skilled teams, provide emergency response, promote mine risk education and are one of the few mine action organisations in the world to recruit women and mine survivors as deminers.

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The Enemy Sign Guitar For CALM

The Enemy have added their signatures on a electric guitar to raise money  for the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

To enter, head on over to the CALM website and buy as many tickets as you like via the secure PayPal "Buy Now" option, closes Monday 7th December. Prize draw takes place on Friday 11th December 2009:

1st Prize

A beautiful electric guitar signed by Kasabian, Reverend & the Makers, The Enemy and the Holloways, made by independently owned UK-based guitar company Hutchins, worth over £250!!!

2nd Prize


A TOPMAN giftcard worth £150 - get styled up for Christmas!
3rd Prize

A Voodou giftcard worth £100 - haircuts, styling, waxing, hot shaves, massage - get yourself looking good and feeling great @ Voodou...

Tickets cost £1 each and need to be bought by Monday December 7th. The draw takes place on Friday 11th December so you'll get your prize before Christmas!

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (C.A.L.M) was launched as a charity in March 2006. CALM is aimed at men aged between 15 and 35. They offer young men a website, with information about a range of issues including drugs, relationships and debt. CALM also offers information and advice via a phone and web chat where you can talk confidentially and anonymously to an adviser. Anyone, regardless of age, gender or geographic location can call the line and visit the website. They are happy to help anyone and do not turn people away. Their website can be seen at http://www.thecalmzone.net/
 

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The Enemy Tour Kicks Off

*pic by Huffee

The Enemy have already kicked off their latest tour of the UK with two crowd pleasing performances up north (Preston and Liverpool) ahead of the two dates in Scotland. The lads will then return south of the border for more northern dates.

Fans may be surprised to learn that the setlist is heavily weighted with songs from the first album, 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns'. Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts belted out the latest tunes ('Be Somebody', 'No Time For Tears' and 'Sing When You're In Love'). There was also a surprise new song performed ('In The City'), written by Tom while in Preston.

Andy Hopkins even returned to his crowd surfing ways in Liverpool....................

Setlist (variations):

Aggro



Had Enough


No Time For Tears


40 Days And 40 Nights


Away From Here


Technodanceaphobic


Sing When In Love


We'll Live And Die In These Towns


Be Somebody


It's Not Ok


This Song Is About You


Elephant Song

Happy Birthday Jane


You're Not Alone

 

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The Enemy Edinburgh Gig Cancelled

The Enemy have sadly had to cancel tonight's Edinburgh gig after Tom Clarke went down with a sore throat. The gig will be rescheduled for Tues 1st December 2009.

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Who Are Supporting The Enemy On Tour November 2009?

The Enemy are touring the UK during November 2009 and listed below are the support acts that will be performing on stage during those gigs.

Lowline : http://www.myspace.com/thisislowline

17 Nov 2009 - Lincoln Engine Shed – Lincoln
19 Nov 2009 - London HMV Forum – London
22 Nov 2009 - Folkestone Leas Cliff – Folkestone
24 Nov 2009 - Portsmouth Guildhall – Portsmouth
26 Nov 2009 - Birmingham O2 Academy – Birmingham
27 Nov 2009 - Leamington Assembly – Leamington
29 Nov 2009 - Manchester Apollo – Manchester


General Fiasco : http://www.myspace.com/generalfiasco


8 Nov 2009 - Liverpool – University-Liverpool
10 Nov 2009 - Edinburgh - Corn Exchange- Edinburgh
11 Nov 2009 - Glasgow Academy - Glasgow
12 Nov 2009 - Sheffield Academy - Sheffield
15 Nov 2009 - Newcastle Academy - Newcastle
16 Nov 2009 - Leeds Academy - Leeds Academy
17 Nov 2009 - Lincoln Engine Shed – Lincoln
19 Nov 2009 - London HMV Forum – London
22 Nov 2009 - Folkestone Leas Cliff – Folkestone
24 Nov 2009 - Portsmouth Guildhall – Portsmouth
26 Nov 2009 - Birmingham O2 Academy – Birmingham
27 Nov 2009 - Leamington Assembly – Leamington
29 Nov 2009 - Manchester Apollo – Manchester

Akeal : http://www.myspace.com/akeal

7 Nov 2009 - 53 Degrees - PRESTON
8 Nov 2009 - Mountford Hall - LIVERPOOL
10 Nov 2009 - Corn Exchange - EDINBURGH
11 Nov 2009 - O2 Academy - GLASGOW
12 Nov 2009 - O2 Academy - SHEFFIELD
15 Nov 2009 - O2 Academy - NEWCASTLE
16 Nov 2009 - O2 Academy - LEEDS

The Enemy full UK tour is:

Sat 07 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ 53 Degrees Preston Buy Tickets

Sun 08 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Liverpool University Buy Tickets

Tue 10 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Edinburgh Corn Exchange Buy Tickets

Wed 11 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Glasgow O2 Academy Buy Tickets

Thu 12 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Sheffield O2 Academy Buy Tickets

Sun 15 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Newcastle O2 Academy SOLD OUT

Mon 16 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Leeds O2 Academy Buy Tickets

Tue 17 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Lincoln Engine Shed Buy Tickets

Thu 19 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ London HMV Forum Buy Tickets

Fri 20 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Norwich UEA Buy Tickets

Sat 21 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Folkestone Leas Cliff Buy Tickets

Tue 24 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Portsmouth Guildhall Buy Tickets

Thu 26 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Birmingham O2 Academy Buy Tickets

Fri 27 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Leamington Assembly SOLD OUT

Sun 29 Nov 2009
The Enemy @ Manchester Apollo Buy Tickets

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The Enemy Booked For Snowbombing Festival 2010

The Enemy are set to rock the Snowbombing Festival in the mountainous Mayrhofen region of Austria. The location will offer a combination of live music and extreme sports from 5 - 10 April 2010 with the Editors, Doves, Friendly Fires, De La Soul and Vitalic all confirmed as performers.

Dizzee Rascal has described the festival, "It's like Ibiza in the snow." Full details can be found on the official website HERE

*PIC: Ed Mills/NME
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The Enemy To Perform Charity Gig

The Enemy will be performing a gig as part of Youth Music Week at London's Phillips de Pury Gallery in London on Friday 13th November. The gigs are part of a project by top photographer Rankin for Youth Music, a charity for children.

Little Boots will be performing at the same venue on the 12th and tickets for the events can be bought HERE for £20 (plus 12.5% booking fee). Various musicians were asked by Rankin to customise a picture of themselves as part of the week long events and include REM's Michael Stripe, Blur's Alex James, Jarvis Cocker, Carl Baret and Kasabian.


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Tom Clarke To Become A Dad

The Sun reports that Tom Clarke and his long-term partner Rachel are expecting their first child together............

TOM CLARKE from THE ENEMY is going to be a busy boy next summer.
If he has his way, the three piece will be singing the England footie team's World Cup anthem in 2010.

But he might not have enough free time to go to the games in South Africa as his missus, Rachel, is Keith Cheggers with his first child. Congrats to the wee rocker.

The pair were celebrating the good news with pals including JODY LATHAM, who plays Lip in Shameless, in a Dublin bar on Thursday.

The band played a storming set at the city's Arthur's Day celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Guinness.

A source said: "Tom sank a few jars of the black stuff to celebrate. He's over the moon."

Goodbye rock 'n' roll, hello rusks.

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Tom Clarke In Car Crash

Above is the picture of Tom Clarke's wrecked car after he was involved in an accident. The story and picture are from The Sun newspaper:

THE ENEMY frontman TOM CLARKE has totalled his new sports car days after getting it.
The frontman careered off a busy road and smashed his TVR 350c into a parking sign.

Luckily, no one was hurt. But Tom has released this snap of the wreck as a warning.

He wants festival-goers, especially you lot in Leeds and Reading this weekend, to go easy on the drive home. He said: "I'd only had the car four days!

"I lost it in the outside lane of the A90 on my way to Aberdeen. The car spun four times before hitting a barrier, then it left the road and went over a bollard before wrapping around a parking sign.

"Amazingly, there were no injuries. The crash felt like when you fall over trying to put your boxers on!"

It's not been a good couple of weeks for the band. Bassist ANDY HOPKINS is still struggling to walk after his Bizarre Masters shenanigans.

He only just managed to play V after busting his heel during a drinking game at my golf event.

Relaxing with mates at Reading yesterday, he said: "I had to stand on my toes for the whole gig. The crowd were going wild and I really wanted to join in, but I just couldn't.

"The pain was too intense. I'm alright as long as I've got painkillers. And a few beers help."

*Source: The Sun

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Music For The People In Summer Sale

The Enemy 'Music For The People' has been added to the HMV Summer Sale and can now be purchased for just £3.99.
Why not treat a friend to a copy of the much talked about second album by Coventry's most successful band of the millennium.

Buy from HMV: HERE

(*hurry offer is limited)

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The Enemy @ V Festival

Don't forget to check out The Enemy at this weekend's V Festival, hopefully Andy won't be limping too much!

Coverage can be seen on Channel 4 and 4Music, with NME magazine offering plenty of coverage from the V Festival weekend.

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The Enemy: Be Somebody - Release Date

The Enemy will be releasing 'Be Somebody', the third single from 'Music For The People' on Monday 28th September. Video and format details will follow and the single will ignite interest before the lads take to the road for their autumn tour.

The track was written by The Enemy bassist, Andy Hopkins in contrast to the usual tracks written by Tom Clarke. The Enemy wrote both albums, 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' and 'Music For The People'.

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Andy Hopkins Passport Drama

According to The Sun newspaper, THE ENEMY's bassist ANDY HOPKINS cost the rockers thousands when he lost his passport while skinny dipping in Ibiza.
The plucker peeled off for a moonlight swim with a female companion after a sweaty shift at Ibiza Rocks.

Then Andy and his pal returned to the beach to find all their belongings, including his passport, had gone.

The boys had been due to fly to Japan at 10am next day.

They had to cancel the flight while management made frantic efforts to get the lad replacement paperwork. I'm told: "Andy wasn't in the sea for very long at all.

"Clearly some joker had seen him go in and thought it would be hilarious to pinch his clobber.

"Andy had to visit the British consulate to obtain documents so he could return to London.

"Then he had to leg it to the passport office in Peterborough where he was issued with an emergency passport. Let's just say management weren't best pleased.

"They had to book a new load of flights. It set them back thousands."

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The Enemy Sell Out Leamington

The Coventry Telegraph has reported that EXTRA tickets for The Enemy have been snapped up by eager fans for an intimate gig in Leamington.

The 140 sought-after tickets sold out over the phone yesterday for the band’s highly-anticipated show at The Assembly, in Spencer Street, on November 27.

The gig will see 1,000 revellers crammed into the trendy venue – with room for standing room only – after the initial ticket allocation sold out in less than a day.

A spokesman for The Assembly said: “Demand for the Enemy show has been very high.

"This show is likely to be massive, it’s also the first show on their national tour to sell out.”

Details of tour dates for The Enemy can be found: HERE

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Tom Clarke DJ's On XFM - Part Two

Tom Clarke was back on XFM radio for part two of his Sunday residency between 9pm and 10pm, kicking off with 'No Time For Tears'.
The Enemy frontman played a whole host of his favourite tunes from The Last Shadow Puppets to Kim Wilde and you can listen to the broadcast HERE. Tom shared some stories behind his choices throughout the hour on Sunday evening on XFM.

Visit XFM radio for some great tunes, interviews and competitions.

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The Enemy To Record New Album In Summer 2010

Tom Clarke has told fans that The Enemy will return to record a third album next summer and it will be a return to form with 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' anthem style songs. Tom said he has already penned a few songs for the new album,but will take a deserved break before going back into the studio.

The Coventry band will be touring around the UK in November for the last time before they spend the early part of 2010 touring worldwide. Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts will finally get to rest after spending several years touring and promoting their two albums.

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The Enemy iTunes Festival

The Enemy supported the mighty Oasis at the iTunes Festival in London tonight (21/07/09). The event was being held at the Roundhouse in Camden and Tom Clarke encouraged fans to get involved saying, "This is a rock 'n' roll gig, not a tea party!" The iTunes crowd responded by singing along to 'Away From Here' and Tom was clearly enjoying the atmosphere as he said, "That is a bit more f**king like it London."

Tom later asked fans if they were looking forward to Oasis to which he said in response, "You sound half asleep, you need to get some f**king beer down ya!" The crowds cheered louder and were in fine voice during 'We'll Live And die in These Towns'.

There was a special shout-out to XFM radio as Tom dedicated 'Happy Birthday Jane' to them saying, "Thanks to XFM, who backed us from the very early days." Another loud cheer went up as Tom thanked Oasis for having them as support, with that the final track was performed and Oasis took over as the next performers at the iTunes Festival.

Noel Gallagher told XFM that The Enemy went down a storm on their recent tour and he enjoyed their music, having bought the first album. When asked about the press reports about the 'fallout' between Liam and Tom Clarke, he said that "Liam had nothing to Twitter about", showing that there was nothing to 'fallout' about with The Enemy.

The Enemy performed:

Had Enough
Aggro
Away From Here
No Time For Tears
Sing When You're In Love
This Song
Be Somebody
We'll Live And Die In These Towns
Happy Birthday Jane
You're Not Alone

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The Enemy Perform at T4 On The Beach

The Enemy are performing on T4's On The Beach at 5 pm, the programme will be shown throughout the week on 4Music at:

19th July at 17.45
20th July at 1900
22nd July at 0930
25th July at 1105

Pictures and videos from T4 On The Beach can be seen on the T4 website.

The Enemy will also be performing their new single 'Be Somebody' on Alan Carr Chatty Man on Sunday 26 June at 22:00

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