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 Ends Up In Hospital

Andy Hopkins ended up in hospital just a few days before The Enemy take to the stage at the V Festival, reports The Sun newspaper. Here is the story from Gordon Smart's Bizarre column explaining what happened:

I HAVE a confession to make.

When ANDY HOPKINS from The Enemy hops on to play the V Festival on crutches this weekend, it's partly my fault.

The poor lad smashed his heel in a drinking game which got out of hand at the inaugural Bizarre golf tournament.

He was down at A&E yesterday morning, being fitted out with a pot. I just hope he's well enough to perform.

The 19th hole festivities for the EA Sports Bizarre Masters kicked in after the presentations - and things spiralled out of control.

Andy had kindly travelled down from Coventry for the tourney at The Grove in Hertfordshire when the accident happened - apologies to frontman TOM CLARKE and the loyal Enemy faithful.

It all started with a putting competition in the dark with the sprinklers soaking everyone on the green.

If you took more than two shots to get the ball in the hole, you had to down half your drink. More than four and the whole drink had to go.

Some terrible putting and a few rounds of rum and ginger and Andy found himself doing his best JURGEN KLINSMANN impression along a slippery outdoor bar.

It seemed a good idea at the time.

But seeing Andy limping off in the wee small hours, only a few days before the band play Chelmsford and Staffordshire, made me think it would have been better if I had suggested dominoes instead.

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Tom Clarke DJ's on XFM - Part 3

Tom Clarke was back on XFM radio for part three of his Sunday residency between 9pm and 10pm, kicking off with 'Away From Here'.

The Enemy frontman played a whole host of his favourite tunes from 10CC to Manic Street Preachers - you can listen to the broadcast HERE.

Tom shared some stories behind his choices throughout the hour on Sunday evening on XFM, including glowing words for up and coming Manchester band Twisted Wheel.

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

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Meet The Enemy Backstage With Pepsi Max

Want to meet The Enemy backstage on their tour later this year?
Then hurry over to PepsiMaxCast and enter the FREE competition, entries MUST be in by 11:59pm TODAY (18/08/09).

Pepsi Max are giving you the chance with 3 of your mates to meet The Enemy backstage as part of their Autumn tour! Pepsi are going to make it an amazing day!

What do you have to do? Pepsi want you to share your summer photos. Your best photos of the summer so far, even post us a link of your Max It Videos, whatever you like. Pepsi also want you to write a comment about the entry, and why it was a great time for you and your friends.

The Enemy will be choosing the winners so make them good! The best ones will be posted up on the Pepsi Max blog in the next few days, entries will close at 11.59pm on Tuesday 18th August to give us time to contact the winners.

Hurry Hurry!

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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 Ibiza Rocks - Spanish Review

The following review of The Enemy at Ibiza Rocks comes from Diario de Verano and is in Spanish:

SANT ANTONI A. F. F. Tom Clarke, Liam Watts y Andy Hopkins empezaron su recital del martes en Ibiza Rocks soltando lastre: ´Had enough´ es el tema más conocido de su primer disco y el que más arriba les ha llevado en las todopoderosas listas de ventas de singles del Reino Unido. Con él calentaron de golpe a la afición y se quitaron de en medio la obligación de tocarla para que el público estuviera atento al resto de su repertorio, aunque ya hace tiempo que ahuyentaron el peligro de convertirse en banda de un solo éxito para consolidarse como una de las nuevas formaciones más prometedoras del panorama británico.

The Enemy volvieron después de un año para mostrarse menos endiosados que en su anterior visita, para clausurar el Ibiza Rocks, sobre todo el líder del grupo. A Clarke todavía le cuesta dirigirse al público aunque se va soltando y su maestría con la Telecaster más el gancho de sus temas hacen que no se les pueda echar nada en cara de su directo.

Si acaso, que a la música le faltó volumen, por eso el bajo apareció deslucido en un tercer plano del repertorio. Sólo el rasgar y puntear de Clarke y los rítmicos mazazos de Watts a la batería dejaban intuir la calidad de estos tres jóvenes intérpretes –21 años tienen los tres, aunque aparenten una incipiente pubertad– y a Hopkins, poco audible, se le vio entregado a lo suyo y el más animado de los tres. Tanto que acabó saltando al público –¡dos veces!– al final del concierto, para locura de seguidores y pánico de la seguridad.

En el escenario aportaron un repertorio de rock convencional, algo punk, simple en las entregas correspondientes a su trabajo de debut, ´We´ll live and die in these towns´, en el que recuperan la conciencia del rock de clase obrera con un virtuosismo digno de músicos veteranos. No en vano fue el aburrimiento de una ciudad industrial en crisis el que les forzó a elegir entre el pub y los instrumentos. Afortunadamente, optaron por lo último.

Lejos de limitarse a hacer lo mismo en su reciente segundo trabajo, en los dos singles de ´Music for the people´ que tocaron se aprecia un intento por avanzar y complicar sus melodías, sobre todo en la única balada de la noche, ´Sing when you´re in love´, un himno contenido. Incluso han incorporado un instrumento más a su arsenal: un sintetizador que toca Tom Boddy.

De todos modos, la banda no descuidó ninguno de los temas que se esperaban de ellos: ´This song is about you´ –que los congregados usaron de cantinela para pedirles un bis– y ´Away from here´ –muy coreada–. Un incontable número de cervezas volaron sobre las cabezas del público entregado a los mensajes revolucionarios del trío, elegido para telonear a Oasis en su último retorno a los escenarios.

Los Reverend and The Makers, los teloneros, demostraron que son uno de los grupos más en forma de la escena británica, con un sonido entre lo electrónico y lo rockero totalmente personal e intransferible. La banda se lo pasa en grande en escena, con temas que acumulan influencias desde el groove a lo oriental, como con su ´Professor Pickles´, el primer single de su segundo disco, ´French kiss in the chaos´.

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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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* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

PICTURE: The Enemy Clash Magazine #7

Tom Clarke, Liam Watts and Andy Hopkins were in a recent issue of Clash magazine with an interview and lots of pictures. These are the final two pictures we've uploaded from that photoshoot. Hope you enjoyed The Enemy pictures!

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Tom Clarke XFM Radio Residency

Tom Clarke is back on XFM radio as he takes up residence every Sunday evening between 9pm and 10pm during the month of August. The Enemy frontman will be playing a whole host of his favourite tunes from Blur to Blondie and you can listen to the broadcast HERE. Tom will be sharing some stories behind his choices and chin wagging throughout the hour each Sunday evening on XFM.

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

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* OFFICIAL Enemy website: http://theenemy.com

PICTURE: The Enemy In Clash Magazine #6

Forming a black and white collection, Clash magazine took a selection of pictures featuring Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts from The Enemy. The picture above features the Coventry lads on a zebra print sofa.

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The Enemy: Ibiza Rocks Review

The Enemy have not only been soaking up the sun in Ibiza, they have been rocking the island according to the report on Ibiza Rocks:

Last Tuesday night (04/08/09) was an all-out display of classic Ibiza Rocks talent.

John McClure's electro-funk dynamos, Reverend And The Makers, opened the night with a dazzling set showcasing their awesome new album, 'A French Kiss In The Chaos'. Politics, passion and massive tunes - it all comes naturally to The Rev, and McClure was on top form.

And then The Enemy...

Can any band be said to better embody the spirit of Ibiza Rocks? For the third year in a row Coventry's post punk renaissance men have brought their anthemic take on UK indie to the White Island - last year they played the opening gig at the Ibiza Rocks hotel and very nearly brought the house down.

This year was no less momentous; a beer-soaked journey though heartbreak and hardship and out the other side, all culminating in a mind-blowing finale and bassist Andy repeatedly throwing himself into the gleeful audience.

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PICTURE: The Enemy In Clash Magazine #5

Here are The Enemy during their Clash Magazine photoshoot, the magazine also featured an in dept interview and the pictures are being uploaded here all week for your enjoyment!

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PICTURE: The Enemy in Clash Magazine #4

The Enemy were on a recent cover of Clash magazine and were interviewed - this week on the blog, pictures from the article are being uploaded for your viewing pleasure!

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PICTURE: Liam Watts In Clash Magazine

Here is The Enemy's Liam Watts as seen in the Clash magazine photo shoot recently, this picture forms part of a black and white set which was featured in the magazine.

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PICTURE: Andy Hopkins In Clash Magazine

Looking as cheeky as ever, here is a picture of The Enemy's Andy Hopkins from the recent photo shoot in the Clash magazine.

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PICTURE: Tom Clarke In Clash Magazine

Everyday this week a picture from the Clash magazine photo shoot will be published here, the first picture shows Tom Clarke looking very rock 'n' roll with the collar up on his jacket.

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VIDEO: The Enemy Interview @ Rockcorp

The Enemy appear in this video uploaded by shinedmdigitaltv as part of the Orange Rockcorp line-up in Manchester, you can watch The Enemy performing 'No Time For Tears' and talking about how good Rockcorp is during the interview. (The Enemy appear 5 mins into the video)

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The Enemy - Sing When You're In Love @ Coventry RICOH

Hard to believe it has been a whole month since The Enemy returned to Coventry supporting Oasis and the video below was recorded by thisisCOV. It is a good quality video from the Ricoh Arena and features the song 'Sing When You're In Love', taken from the second album 'Music For The People'.

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