Tom Clarke In Charity Car Race

Tom Clarke will be in Milton Keynes next Saturday (February 27) car racing for chairty as the Milton Keynes Today newspaper reports:

Fancy rubbing shoulders with Boyzone's Shane Lynch, getting close to karting action AND supporting a charity at the same time?

Milton Keynes has been selected for the first Race for Heroes and you can be a part of the day.

Stars from British motorsport will gather at the Daytona centre on Dansteed Way next Saturday, February 27, to raise money and awareness for the Help For Heroes charity.

They will be joined by Boyzone's Shane Lynch, Tom Clarke from The Enemy, the lads from TV's Dirty Sanchez and a soldiers team fronted by George Cross and Pride of Britain winner Matt Croucher.

Taking on all of these will be a team of top Girl racers, compromising 2009 Ginetta Junior Champion Sarah Moore, 2009 Formula Renault Star Alice Powell, Dunlop Sport Maxx class B Champion Abbie Eaton, VW cup driver Anna Walewska and top karter Sophie Fisher.

As well as the fast-paced action there will be other entertainment during the six-hour endurance race, prize giving, auction and dinner.

Just 300 general public tickets will be available for sale at £30 each.

The all-day event opens to the public at 10am; parking on site is extremely limited and will have to be reserved in advance on a first come first served basis.

There will be other parking available nearby for people who can't be accommodated at Daytona itself.

Companies interested in sponsoring via branding at the event or on the karts are also urged to get in touch.

>> For public ticket availability please contact Jenny Hurford on 01722 329226.

>> And for general information about Race4Heroes please email Angie Taylor or Carolyn Mooney at race4heroes@live.co.uk, while more information is available by visiting www.race4heroes.co.uk

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Tom Clarke @ Brits Award Party

Tom Clarke showed up for an after party following this weeks Brit Awards in London. Warner Music held a party in central London and Tom was spotted enjoying the free bar, according to BBC Newsbeat.

Also making the music bash were Jay-Z, Foals, Friendly Fires' Ed MacFarlane and Mike Bailey (Sid from Skins).

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Tom Clarke XFM New Music Award Interview

The XFM New Music Award winner was revealed this week and Tom Clarke was one of the judges who selected the winner. Check out the XFM interview with Tom and find out who won the Award.

Tom Clarke told XFM, "I came down here to go all out for Florence, because she owned 2009. But I think the right decision was probably reached. It's not the obvious one.

That was the bit that swung it for me, the moment that John Leckie mentioned the record had soul. Because most people in the room and most people that buy music would want their record to be real. Florence is amazing and has had so many big tunes this year, but she'll probably win absolutely everything else anyway."

More on the XFM website: HERE

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The Enemy Set For Childline Gig

The Enemy will be performing a rare gig as the band are enjoying a well deserved rest. Tom, Andy and Liam are always happy to offer their support when it comes to good causes and as NME reports......

The Enemy, Carl Barat and Reverend And The Makers are set to play a gig in London for the Childline charity on Thursday April 1.

The acts will play at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire venue.

Tickets are on sale now and available from SeeTickets.com

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Old School Enemy Planned

The BBC have reported The Enemy are taking time out, but for fans of the Coventry band the news is still good. While the lads enjoy their first break in years, they will be returning with 'old school' tunes that made The Enemy famous.

Here is the BBC website article in full:

The Enemy's lead singer Tom Clarke has said the band are taking some time off from recording and touring.

The Coventry band released their second album Music For The People last year but are taking a break for the first time since their releasing their debut LP in July 2007.

Speaking to Newsbeat he said: "We're just taking it easy, taking our time. I've bought this ridiculous farm and I'm trying to decorate it so I can move in."

But he's still writing new material: "We've not got a tour for a few months and you go, 'Oh, I'll put my feet up'. But instead of that you get home and you write more songs than you've ever written in your life."

He added: "We're being a bit prolific at the moment but there's a lot of really exciting stuff happening.

"We're going back to rehearsing how we used to because we can't not rehearse, we'd miss it too much.

"A lot of the tunes we're writing are pretty old-school Enemy and it's pretty exciting."

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Tom Clarke Discusses XFM New Music Award Nominations

The Enemy man has his say on the Xfm New Music Award nominees and here is the XFM article, click the link below and listen to Tom Clarke talking to Dave Berry on XFM radio.

The shortlist for the Xfm New Music Award was announced on January 18 and Tom Clarke of 2008 winners The Enemy - who is one of this year's celebrity judges - came to Xfm to discuss the nominees.

Speaking to Xfm London's Dave Berry, Clarke gave a thumbs up to Band Of Skulls, who were nominated for their album 'Baby Darling Doll Face Honey', saying they were "Mint - They're White Stripes meets Franz Ferdinand. While I don't particularly like Franz, The White Stripes are one of the best bands ever. I can't wait to see Band Of Skulls live."

He also gave backing to Florence And The Machine, claiming: "I love Florence, quite literally, Everything's a tune, everything's been amazing, they've not slipped up once."

However, Clarke was less than enthusiastic for Mumford And Sons' 'Sigh No More', saying the folk-rockers were a "poor man's Elbow. Is there room in the world for Mumford, when you've got Elbow? The vibe is pretty similar."

Listen to the full interview: HERE

The judging for the New Music Award take place on Monday February 1 and the result is announced on Xfm the following day. For more on the nominees, see www.xfm.co.uk/nma

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British Indie Music Dead?

A gloomy short-term forecast ahead then after a challenging year for British indie guitar music, reports the BBC Newsbeat website.

Kaiser Chiefs admitted after their final gig of the year, "I think all the bands that were all our period of bands need to take a little break," said drummer Nick Hodgson to NME. "All the kids can come around to us again."

That's exactly what Coventry band The Enemy are planning on doing.

They released their second album Music For The People last year. After an initial charting at number two their presence in the charts dried up with sales not replicating that of their debut two years before.

"Anyone in guitar bands has to accept that last year was tough," says lead singer Tom Clarke. "You look at the charts and there just isn't the plethora of guitar bands that should be there.

"The cycle is there to weed out the rubbish bands. Last year the weak were weeded out."

Kasabian were one of a handful of British guitar bands to buck that trend and have an enduring commercial hit.

"Whilst radio stations were chickening out of playing guitar music - Kasabian just came out and said, 'Hang on a sec, guitar is great and always will be and here's a record to prove it'," says Clarke.

"Picking when you release a record is key to how the record does - we were really lucky that the timing on the first record was beautiful.

"The timing on the second record, I think we just got it in there before guitar music died a death in 2009.

"As with the Kaiser Chiefs and as with a lot of guitar bands, we'll sit out releasing a record until the time is right again."

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