Aladdinsane

Legends Of Rock, (Vauxhall Holiday Park) Great Yarmouth 09/03/12

aladdinsane-admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:48:59 +0000

This was one event we were really looking forward to long before arriving there. Sponsored by Planet Rock with many of the UK’s top rock tribute bands (as well as a handful of original acts) playing there over three days in front of over 1200 people each night. People had travelled from all parts of the Uk and beyond to be in attendance.
This must be one of the best organised events that I have ever been to considering the time slots and set up time between the artists performing.
We played on the Friday evening and must say I was a little nervous beforehand knowing I would be playing to many heavy metal fans as well as those who generally liked their rock/glam rock music.
It felt like something magical happened on the stage that evening and we could do no wrong for the 1hr 20 min set we played.
Audience feedback blew me away by the time we finished our second number. The atmosphere was electric with many people right up to the front of the stage really enjoying themselves. We could not have wished for anymore that night.
The rest of the guys stayed for a while to catch a couple of acts, before heading back home, while Mark, Tracey and me stayed overnight and grabbed maybe 4hrs sleep. Was it worth it?
! You bet your life it was!
Great to see some really good acts that followed later that night till after 3 in the morning I believe. This is one event I recommend for any real music fan who likes their rock music. Thanks to all of you for the support you gave us and all the wonderful comments from everyone I met afterwards.

On a different note, just gotta say we have had many requests for particular songs that we have not added in the shows yet, but I can assure you all this is taken on board and we will continue to work on new material. So there will be many a surprise in the near future.

Best wishes
Paul x

The Mechanics, Burnley 02/03/12

aladdinsane-admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:48:20 +0000

The first time for us performing at the Mechanics Theatre certainly did not disappoint and
I have gotta say a big thanks to all the theatre staff for their help and hospitality.
This was the first show where they projected our image onto a big screen behind us throughout the performance which made the stage look even bigger than it was. It was quite easy to get lost amongst the vast amount of corridors until we slowly got used to the layout of the place. It’s a wonderful old building that has been graced with many legendary names from the early 20th century to present day.
For some reason every time we head North up the A1 we always end up stopping at Blyth services, where you certainly attack the bank balance for a sandwich and coffee.
Audience participation was not short in supply for this show. We thoroughly enjoyed playing the two set show with the audience up dancing and giving plenty of feedback between the songs. Great to hear them singing back at me during an impromptu solo performance of Kooks. Good to see that Paul and Nick who were at the Bedford convention were also in attendance and it was lovely to meet people after the show as well. Many thanks to you all for making the Burnley show such a wonderful night for us.

Bowie convention, Bedford 25/02/12

aladdinsane-admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:47:14 +0000

At first I was not sure if I would be able to attend this convention and as it was the first one for many years, I really wanted to go. Luckily plans had worked out well and it was a great opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new people.
Live music and videos were shown throughout the day and everyone had a really good time. I was very impressed with a young girl called Funmi who did a wonderful cover of David’s song ‘Can You Hear Me’ from the ‘Young Americans’ album. She sang it beautifully with a really soulful voice and had only a guitar as backing.
It was good to see Lipstick Torpedo play a set of glamrock favourites again and to be invited onstage for a cover of the Velvets ‘White Light, White Heat’ (Bowie style of course). Last time I saw them was when we were on the same bill about 9 years ago. Finally, myself and the other performers shared vocals on ‘All The Young Dudes’ to finish the evening off.
It was really nice chatting to the many people I already knew there and to be introduced to many more.

Southend 27/1/12

aladdinsane-admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:53:15 +0000

It was a great welcoming return to the Palace theatre in Southend.
Fantastic ticket sales with a few walk ups as well.
Quite a few of the audience members who were there last time commented
on how the show had improved, some with the choice of material we
played and the stage show itself.
Great to hear plenty of positive feedback reference the sound. We’ve
got Jon to thank for that!
Really pleased to meet quite a few audience members afterwards and
saying they look forward to next time.
Many thanks to all of you who were there for making it a great night
for us.

What I did do was read up on the venue itself and discovered that, it
is apparently the second most haunted theatre in the country. The only
scare I got was when one of my acoustic guitars decided not to function
during the soundcheck. However’ I am open minded to it.

Well being as it was David’s 65th Birthday recently. It was a pleasure
to be asked to submit some recordings for the Ramoana internet radio
show plus a Birthday message for David. I did a couple of David’s songs
and submitted one of my own recordings. It’s always nice to hear one of
your own compositions played on the radio. For those of you who are
hardcore fans, you would love this show, as Ramoana tends to play more
obscure and live tracks from Bowie’s vast repertoire. Check it out at
www.lg73.ca/
It’s usually broadcast on Tuesday 7pm to 10pm UK time and repeated
Thursday and Friday evenings. I highly recommend it if you want hear
classic lalbum and live tracks you never hear on National radio.

I have had many people asking when are we playing somewhere nearby
them.
We are hoping to cover more areas in the UK and more so in the near
future, especially areas that we have not covered yet.
This is currently all work in progress and I can only say – please
keep checking the gig list.

Best wishes
Paul

Stamford Corn Exchange 9/9/11

aladdinsane-admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:37:57 +0000

This is the shortest trip we have had to take to a theatre show, as it’s only a 15 minute drive, so we felt really refreshed whilst going through the sound checks in the late afternoon.
Stamford is a lovely, romantic old town that has never been spoilt by modern day architecture and the old theatre itself had a wonderful kind of vibe to it.
The theatre staff were very welcoming and wonderful to work with. I can’t believe what amazing work has gone in to the re-modernising of this building and the staffing of the theatre, all done by volunteers, incredible!
The audience were fantastic and behind us from the start of the show.
It was great to see many audience members coming up to the front and really enjoying themselves. There were quite a few familiar faces from Peterborough giving their support which we really appreciated, as well as the many new faces we were pleased to welcome.
As some of you will know, we have been finishing our encore numbers with Rebel Rebel and this was one occasion where I felt the audience lifted the roof.
We certainly look forward to returning there again in the future. Stamford rocks!
Paul x

Hello world!

aladdinsane-admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:54:28 +0000

Welcome to the new Aladdinsane website 2011
created by Paul Shotan at www.artworks-unlimited.co.uk

This is to be our main website with links to our sister fan based website and to all social media pages. We have deliberately honed down the content of this new site to make it fast loading and purely informative for those wishing to see and hear what we are all,about and for venues and agents wishing to book Aladdinsane.

If there is any additional information you feel would be useful please do let us know and we will include it here. Please feel free to respond to this our new blog and we all look forward to meeting you at a show very soon.

Best wishes from all at Aladdinsane.