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Monday, 15 October 2012

The Enemy Forced To Cancel Gig

A string of gigs left The Enemy front man voiceless at the weekend, forcing Tom Clarke to announce the band would not be able to play their final Scottish date at Fat Sam's in Dundee. The gig has been rescheduled for Sunday 28th October, meaning it will now be the final gig for the 'Streets In The Sky' tour.

Tom Clarke gave a personally written apology to fans via his blog saying, "We've been playing the longest sets we've ever done to try to give everyone the show they've always wanted, but I'm gutted to tell you that the strain has taken its toll on my voice, and I've got to rest it for a couple of days for it to come back. As a result, the show tonight in Dundee is having to be rescheduled. It's especially gutting for us because coming up to Scotland to play to what we consider the best crowds in the world, is always what we look forward to most on a tour."

Tom went on to say, "I know that you were all looking forward to it too, we're so frustrated but there's no quick fix for a broken voice." Tom went on Twitter to answer fans questions on Sunday afternoon, with most offering words of support and 'get well soon' wishes. He was hoping to throw in a few extra songs at the rescheduled gig at the end of the month.

The tour has been a hit with fans, even though bassist Andy Hopkins might need to stock up on footwear after stage diving each night has left him without his trainers on more than one occasion. It was left to fellow band mate Liam Watts to carry him on his back from one of the Scottish gigs after fans nabbed Andy's footwear during his crowd surfing.

Tom Clarke is heading to the doctors on Monday and the rest of the tour should continue as planned, with Newcastle on Tuesday night and a string of English dates for the rest of the week. Tom concluded, "I HATE rescheduling a show. I really hate it, but sometimes it's unavoidable" as he spoke about the Dundee date.


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Sunday, 30 September 2012

The Enemy Tour Hits The High Notes



The Enemy began their UK in the seaside town of Weston Super Mare on Friday 28th September 2012, with support from Dexters and The Antics. Songs from the new album 'Streets In The Sky' featured prominently during the packed gig.

Fans have been full of praise as The Enemy returned for their first full headline tour since November 2009. Nick Golledge said, "Great set last night, every song a belter. Whole crowd were right into the new songs. Good luck for the rest of the tour hope it's as mental as it was down the front last night." While Ashley Lapham wrote, "awesome set last night boys, smashed it. Guitars sounded top notch and I was surprised that the pier turned out to be a decent venue!"



The Enemy - "It's A Race" @ Weston Super Mare (filmed by Amy Langham)

Over on Twitter, Kev Coath said the Weston Super Mare performance was the best gig he have been to. Meanwhile Haydn Lewis ‏summed up his feelings by saying The Enemy "smashed it at Weston on Friday." In a review of the gig Rhys Buchanan described it as "punchy, aggressive and manic ..... Tom certainly knows how to stoke a crowd." It seems that The Enemy hit all the right notes with fans and the rest of the tour looks like being a winning formula for fans around the country.



The Enemy - "2 Kids" @ Weston Super Mare (filmed by Amy Langham)

The rest of The Enemy tour dates are:

03/10/12 OXFORD - ACADEMY
04/10/12 LEAMINGTON SPA - ASSEMBLEY
05/10/12 NORWICH - UEA
07/10/12 LINCOLN - ENGINE SHED
08/10/12 LEEDS - ACADEMY
11/10/12 STOKE - KEELE UNI
12/10/12 GLASGOW - 02 ACADEMY
13/10/12 DUNFERMLINE - ALHAMBRA THEATRE
14/10/12 DUNDEE - FAT SAM'S
16/10/12 NEWCASTLE - ACADEMY
17/10/12 MANCHESTER - APOLLO
18/10/12 CAMBRIDGE - CORN EXHANGE
20/10/12 PRESTON - 53 DEGREES
21/1012 SOUTHAMPTON - GUILDHALL
25/10/12 SHEFFIELD - ACADEMY
26/10/12 BIRMINGHAM - ACADEMY

*Top picture by:  Rob Gibbon


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Thursday, 27 September 2012

The Enemy Streets In The Sky Tour Setlist


It's been a busy summer for The Enemy with several festivals (including T In The Park and V), a roof top Wembley Stadium FA Cup Final performance and a house move for Tom Clarke just ahead of the UK 'Streets In The Sky' Tour.

The tour kicks off at The Pier in the seaside town Weston-Super-Mare this Friday (September 28th) and will be touring the UK throughout October (tickets available from Ticketmaster and See Tickets) including two Midland dates at Leamington Spa on October 4th and Birmingham on October 26th. Tom Clarke and Andy Hopkins revealed the longest tour setlist so far to fans this week, with seven tracks from the new album 'Streets In The Sky'. Firm favourites also feature on the setlist, with 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' and 'This Song' included.



Tom Clarke has spent this week in his new house after selling the farm, returning from the wilderness into a more normal surrounding. This didn't stop him popping along to Coventry's Godiva In The Square music festival on Sunday, as he showed his support for local music and also gave his mates from Dexters a lift up from London. The rain might have soaked those in attendance but it was good to know real guitar music is still alive and well in the UK.



Dexters @ Godiva Festival In The Square, Coventry.

Meanwhile Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts (top picture) have been keeping themselves busy before the tour begins - the pair have been getting the studio room project started and hopefully the tracks for the fourth album will be practiced in there over the coming months. The Enemy want to be able to help unsigned bands and the studio room could offer opportunities for up and coming bands. Midland band  The Antics will be supporting The Enemy throughout the 'Streets In The Sky' tour.


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Monday, 6 August 2012

The Enemy To Offer Free Download


Fans of The Enemy will be checking out the Coventry bands Facebook page with anticipation over the coming days after the lads promised they would give fans a free download once the page hits 100,000 'likes'.  The page has so far racked up an impressive 98,260 likes and the band want to top the 100,000 mark over the coming days.

The Enemy have treated fans with two free downloads over the past year with 'Gimme The Sign' ahead of the 'Streets In The Sky' album launch  and 'This Is Real', an early version of the song that later became a track on the album with the words changed to include the album title in the lyrics.

Once the Facebook page reached 100,000 then The Enemy will be offering all fans the chance to download something special from their page. Tom, Andy and Liam are also putting on a free gig at London's Hyde Park on Thursday 9th August 2012, taking to the stage at 9pm (performance changed from advertised 10pm). They told fans, "Team GB are smashing it this week, third in the Olympics leaderboard, and to show our support we're playing a free gig with for BT London Live. You can watch some of the days action on the big screen, then catch live tracks from us lot." For more details on the free gig, head over to the BT London Live website.

The Enemy will be performing at V and Belsonic festival later this month and then they will be touring the UK, full details on the links below.


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Saturday, 9 June 2012

The Enemy Promise More UK Tour Dates

Scottish and Welsh fans will get to enjoy The Enemy on tour later this year as more dates are set to be added to the autumn tour that was revealed yesterday (08/06/12).

English fans will have fifteen gigs to choose from the end of September but the band will not be solely touring in England, Tom Clarke told Scottish fans, "there will be dates, we just can't announce them yet."  Speaking on his twitter page, Tom wanted Welsh fans not to miss out - saying he had, "spent all evening discussing dates in Wales, so fear not!" Back in 2009, The Enemy performed a gig at Cardiff University during the 'Music For The People' tour.

While no mention has been made about Irish dates yet, The Enemy will visit Belfast (Northern Ireland) for Belsonic  on August 20th . Tom, Liam and Andy performed several gigs in Ireland during 2009 - including Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Belfast.


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Friday, 8 June 2012

The Enemy Announce Autumn Tour Dates

The Enemy have announced a string of dates for their autumn tour, giving fans the chance to buy thickets before anybody else via their Facebook page. Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts will be touring across the country for most of October as they return to some familiar venues.

The tour dates announced so far:

28/09/12 WESTON SUPER MARE - THE PIER
03/10/12 OXFORD - ACADEMY
04/10/12 LEAMINGTON SPA - ASSEMBLEY
05/10/12 NORWICH - UEA
07/10/12 LINCOLN - ENGINE SHED
08/10/12 LEEDS - ACADEMY
09/10/12 SHEFFIELD - ACADEMY
11/10/12 STOKE - KEELE UNI
16/10/12 NEWCASTLE - ACADEMY
17/10/12 MANCHESTER - APOLLO
18/10/12 CAMBRIDGE - CORN EXHANGE
20/10/12 PRESTON - 53 DEGREES
21/1012 SOUTHAMPTON - GUILDHALL
22/10/12 FOLKESTONE - LEAS CLIFF HALL
26/10/12 BIRMINGHAM - ACADEMY

The band will also be performing at V Festival in August and T in the Park on 8th July 2012.






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Thursday, 31 May 2012

The Enemy Planning Almighty Autumn Tour


As The Enemy celebrated 'Streets In The Sky' going Top 10 in the UK album charts on Sunday, Tom Clarke spoke about plans for an almighty autumn tour. Having just spent the week travelling up and down England and Scotland performing gigs and record signings, Tom was not aiming to rest up any time soon. "We'll be starting work on [album] number four soon, we're not going to keep you waiting around for Enemy albums again." The Enemy will be performing at several festivals during the summer months including T In The Park and V and other various events, such as Somerset House.

The mini tour last week and album launch has seen positive feedback from reviewers (read some reviews HERE) and The Enemy are inching for a tour to visit many more places throughout the UK. Details of the locations will be revealed over the coming months but Tom promises it will be "an almighty tour in the autumn." 

Tom was full of praise for fans as he spoke on his blog about the album saying it, "wasn't done with mass marketing and huge major label budgets, it wasn't done by being played on radio one every minute, it was done the old fashioned way, pure fan power." Fans will be able to watch The Enemy performing during the closing sets for the Whitehaven Festival on Sunday 3rd June 2012.


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Sunday, 27 May 2012

Streets In The Sky Enters UK Album Chart

The Enemy stormed the UK official album chart this week with their third album 'Streets In The Sky'. The Coventry band entered the chart at number 9 , having signed to Cooking Vinyl  - the home of Reverend And The Makers and The Prodigy.

The Enemy spoke earlier saying,"we just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's bought the new record and done such an incredible job supporting us and helping put independent guitar music back in the charts."  Tom, Andy and Liam met fans during the week at album signings in Coventry, Manchester, London and Glasgow. Amazon also had 'Streets In The Sky' as their album of the week and helped increase sales as the midweek chart had The Enemy at number 4. There were twelve new entries on the official UK charts this week.

Speaking about the album chart position, Tom Clarke said, "we always knew this album would be a struggle, and to be honest we always hoped it would get in the top ten." He thanked fans for buying the album and supporting the band.



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Tom Clarke Shares Thoughts On Past Week

It has been a hectic week for Tom, Andy and Liam as The Enemy launched their new album 'Streets In The Sky'. Tom Clarke has updated his official blog and shared his thoughts with fans saying,"It's been a hell of a week, Coventry shows were awesome, Manchester was my favourite crowd I've ever seen! London was better than I have EVER seen it, and Glasgow almost bought a tear to my eye hearing you all singing on the way out of the Barrowlands."

The reviews and news about 'Streets In The Sky' has been positive, with the midweek chart predicting the album would enter at #4, then news came that the album was just 3,000 copies behind the #1 spot. Tom is keeping his feet on the ground about chart predictions with these wise words, "Whatever happens in the charts tomorrow, I really don't care! If it goes to number one, the feeling won't be a patch on the feeling you all gave us over the last few days. We always knew this album would be a struggle, and to be honest we always hoped it would get in the top ten, and if it does that then frankly the way the charts are now day, I'll still be well pleased."

Tom was full of praise for the fans who have been out and bought the album and for those who took the time to review the album he wrote, "More than anything, I'm just proud. Read pretty much every review on iTunes. Makes me feel warm inside knowing we've made an album you all like. That's all I give a shit about. You guys are all that matter. If you're happy...I'm ecstatic!!" The Enemy have a loyal following and Tom, Liam and Andy have always appreciated that support, which has been seen clearly by fans throughout the year. The lads have taken time to interact with followers on Twitter, Facebook and out on the streets. Now the hard work of producing an album to be proud of, Tom had these closing remarks, "This album really is for you, it's yours, not ours. Enjoy it, and we'll see you in the academy's and venues up and down the country! Liverpool, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle, Aberdeen, Cardiff... Everywhere... Anywhere you want us... Thanks for buying the album, thanks for your unwavering support people. Quite simply, we love you."

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Saturday, 26 May 2012

The Enemy Edge Closer To Album Chart Top Spot


With the final sales day before the new UK album chart is released, The Enemy have been working flat out in a bid for the #1 spot. Tom Clarke was left virtually speechless after five nights performing around the UK, taking to the Fighting Talk, Big Day Out, Britannia Stadium in Stoke, he had to call on fans to help him out with the singing.

Fans have been buying 'Streets In The Sky' during the week, partly helped by Amazon doing the album for just £3.99 this week and HMV having the album displayed as you enter the store. Sales continued to rise during the week, giving The Enemy a midweek chart position #4.

Tom Clarke then tweeted yesterday (25/05/12) saying, "I've just been told the album is somewhere in the top ten at the moment! (amazing) BUT it's also on 3000 COPIES of being NUMBER ONE!!!!!..." Urging fans to tell their mates to buy a copy of the album, "Go and buy another copy and I'll come round and press play on your cd player personally!!! It's incredible that you lot have got the album so close!!! Just that final push if you wanna show."

Find out Sunday evening what chart position The Enemy's 'Streets In The Sky' achieves - whatever number, everyone will be proud to see a Coventry band back in the album charts. Fans have even set up a 'Let's Get The Enemy To Number' page on Facebook in an effort to spread the news.

The story has been covered on several websites, including NME.COM.

(PIC: Shirlaine Forrest / HMV Manchester)



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Thursday, 24 May 2012

The Enemy To Debut High In Album Charts

It's been a busy week for The Enemy as they launched their third album 'Streets In The Sky' at two sell-out home coming gigs in Coventry. Tom, Liam and Andy have been signing copies of the album in Manchester and London before finally heading to Glasgow on Friday, while performing lively gigs at each of those cities. The midweek album chart has The Enemy at #4, as guitar music looks set to return to the UK album charts this week. Amazon have made it their album of the week and fans can now download 'Streets In The Sky' for just £3.99 for a limited time.

Reviews for 'Streets in The Sky' are coming in thick and fast, we've reprinted some of them on the website and have been constantly updating the website with news, pictures and videos of The Enemy. If you have any pictures, videos or stories we can use on the UNOFFICIAL blog or website, please contact via email.

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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Andy Hopkins Lined Up For Coventry After Show DJ Set



It looks like Andy Hopkins could be partying into the night after Monday's Coventry gig next week as he takes up a DJ slot with his good friend John Dawkins at S7ven nightclub. The popular Coventry venue was the location for The Enemy video Gimme The Sign shoot in February and will be hosting a free night of live entertainment, including local band This Modern Youth. Fans will have already been treated to music from The Enemy, Reverend And The Makers and local band The Antics earlier in the evening at the Coventry gig.

The Enemy were forced to change gig venues at the last minute, "because of noise restrictions imposed by Coventry Council and certain health and safety aspects" and switched indoors to local entertainment spot Kasbah. The band have performed at Kasbah several times and the venue will also be hosting after parties.

S7ven released this statement today (15/05/12): "S7VEN Coventry and Panic have decided it would be unfair to charge people to our planned after parties, so instead we are host one big FREE after party on the Monday 21st. doors 10:15 pm directly after the gig. Live music from This Modern Youth to warm up then a massive DJ set from The Enemy themselves. £2.50 on selected bottles £1 on shots. If anyone had brought advance tickets to the after parties please bring you tickets to the after party and we will refund them."






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