tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42392343075430140942008-04-19T09:37:43.548-07:00BillyBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-47356014704424194842008-04-19T09:33:00.000-07:002008-04-19T09:37:43.806-07:00Hi Guys,<br /><br />Once again I need your help! I need you to spend 1 minute voting for me so I can get a slot on the main stage at Sunrise Celebration. All you gotta do is enter your email, it's that simple! Click the image below to vote:<br /><br /><a href='http://www.sunrisecelebration.com/rising-stars/vote.php?voteFor=1976'><img src='http://www.sunrisecelebration.com/graphics/vote-for-us.gif' alt='Vote For Vote For The Undercover Hippy' title='Vote for The Undercover Hippy' border='0' width='350px'/></a>Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-27799554837090823052008-04-04T02:53:00.001-07:002008-04-04T02:55:34.471-07:00Hi Guys!<br /><br />Thanks to your fantastic response, the Inn on the Green gig is now confirmed! The flyer is below. Print it out and bring along for £5 entry, or click it to buy tickets from www.wegottickets.com<br /><br />See you there!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/29393"><img src="http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8485/fusedmaymskq3.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" width="375px"/></a>Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-61708265620601001492008-03-20T10:00:00.000-07:002008-03-20T10:01:29.030-07:00Hi guys!<br /><br />If you're a londoner, you'll probably know that I pretty much never come and play there. Well now I've been offered a headline slot at the Inn on the Green, Ladbroke grove, on May 3rd... but there's a catch... I need to show that i'm gonna pull a crowd, seeing as I never gig london and don't have a "following" there... so please say you'll come, tell all your friends, and go to the event below and sign yourself up, leave comments saying you'll be there with bells on, say how many mates you'll bring etc! let's make it happen! :)<br /><br />Billy.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10279104754">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10279104754</a>Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-37357199286243759382008-03-06T02:03:00.000-08:002008-03-06T02:12:51.347-08:00Hey guys,<br /><br />just thought I'd give you all a general update of all things undercover hippy! There have been loads of fantastic gigs recently... have to say a huge thankyou to the lovely people of Newquay, Plymouth and Nottingham, who all gave me a fantastic reception! Looking forward to coming back soon. I would also like to state for the record that while both newquay and plymouth residents are both rather sexually obsessed, as evidenced in their choice of words during the traditional "throw me a word" game, plymouth has to take the title for most twisted and imaginative derangement. "Anal birth" and "baggy nun"??!! What do you guys do in your spare time??<br /><br />In other news, I've now confirmed a few festivals for the summer... I'll be playing at Glastonbury, Croissant Neuf Summer Party, Secret Garden Party, Small World Spring Gathering, Nozstock... and hopefully many more...<br /><br />If you're a bristolite, don't miss the Croissant Neuf Summer Festival pre Party at Tao Bar on April 24th. I'll be playing, plus two other great bands.<br /><br />That's all for now!Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-68331072196375040082008-03-03T06:11:00.000-08:002008-03-03T06:13:18.727-08:00Sorry guys, I've just been told that the gig planned for 19th March at the Litten Tree in Hereford has been cancelled due to problems with the venue.Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-51079142472527893772008-02-06T03:29:00.000-08:002008-02-06T03:33:04.148-08:00Hey guys,<br /><br />just wanted to let you know that the Musicgoat.com podcast this week is a one off special featuring... well, me! <br /><br />You can listen to it online at <a href="http://musicgoat.com/2008/02/01/melting-pot-podcast-012-meet-the-undercover-hippy/">Musicgoat.com</a><br /><br />Enjoy!Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-29698016619306340832008-02-04T14:55:00.000-08:002008-02-04T15:13:55.468-08:00Yeah yeah, I know I've been a bit quiet for a while, but I've been busy, alright? Managed to get a few nice gigs lined up though, so hopefully some of you can make it to those, and also been getting on the case with booking up my summer of festivals. I have a feeling this summer is going to be beginning of a new era of English weather. One that is characterized not by the feel of freezing rain being driven into your face like icy bullets of despair, but by the feel of the sun caressing your skin as you lie in a state of semi-conscious bliss in a field full of happy people, listening to Bad Science playing on a distant stage and contemplating the fact that you have no work on monday. A new era in which budget air travel becomes obsolete, and the word "tanned" is finally translated into Welsh. In this new England, stress will become a distant memory, the working week will be reduced to 3 days, and real dairy ice cream will be dispensed free of charge to the weak and needy. Then again it might be shit like last year. :)Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-81379257203309150992007-11-05T08:36:00.001-08:002007-11-05T08:46:45.298-08:00Hi guys,<br /><br />I recieved a little gift in the post the other day. A recording of my set at Shambala festival! The quality's not great, but I've tidied up a couple of tracks for you to enjoy. The first is "Mosquito blues", a song I've been playing for ages, but never got round to recording. The second is a freestyle, which is something I do at pretty much every gig I play. People throw words, I make a song. Simple really :). But never before has this little game been recorded, so I'm quite happy to finally have a recording, even if it was the most hungover gig I've ever played! Anyway, without further ado, I present you with the first installment of "Shambala 07". Keep checking back for more tracks!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.undercoverhippy.com/music/Mosquito_Blues.mp3" target="_blank">Mosquito blues</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.undercoverhippy.com/music/Freestyle.mp3" target="_blank">Freestyle</a>Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-3350357549802514802007-10-28T12:54:00.003-07:002007-10-28T12:58:43.385-07:00Hi guys,<br /><br />well, thanks to those that came to the Tao Bar gig and the open mic at the seven stars, especially all those lovely people who bought my CD! In fact a special hello has to go to the girls who bought one CD between them, and then, instead of making a few copies, actually went to the cashpoint to get more money to buy a copy each! Now that's what I'm talking about! Thankyou girls!<br /><br />Got a couple more gigs booked in december. see gigs section. Also getting some gigs in cornwall booked, so see you guys soon! Just got hold of a copy of my Shambala set, so I'll put some songs from that up on here soon, espceially the improv stuff, which I've never managed to get a recording of before... watch this space!<br /><br />that's all for now... seeya! :)Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-33719304733837601132007-10-05T14:58:00.000-07:002007-10-05T15:10:09.846-07:00Hello my dears, sorry for the long absence! I'm still here, in fact I'm moving to Bristol tomorrow where I will be living for the foreseeable future. I'm going to start booking gigs right away and will post them up as soon as I can. I'm also going to start booking festivals for next year, as last year I left it too late for most of them! Mind you, I still just about managed to play a different festival every weekend.. thankyou to all those who made it possible! :)<br /><br />In other news, I'm discussing a record deal to release Money Money Money as a 7" single, so hopefully that will eventually come to fruition and you'll be able to spin my songs on your wheels of steel!<br /><br />If anyone knows of any nights you think I should come and play at, or you want to book me, or you just want to say hello, feel free to get in touch. I should be playing pretty much everywhere, from Cornwall to London to Leeds and beyond!<br /><br />Seeya!Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-44235785425996338772007-08-09T08:33:00.001-07:002007-08-09T08:38:28.324-07:00Hi guys,<br /><br />well, my festival summer is nearly at an end! Just got Gocstock this weekend, then Shambala, and it's all over! Then, if no one offers me a major record deal, I shall have to get a job and earn some cash. Anyway, I'll keep on gigging regardless. Got quite a few gigs in the pipeline for this autumn/winter... keep checking this site, get my RSS feed, or join my mailing list.<br /><br />I'll be hosting the first of a new open mic night starting at The Courtyard in Hereford on 4th Sept. It's a great space, drinks are gonna be on offer, and if you don't come with your instruments, I'm going to be playing with myself, to myself, all night... :)<br /><br />Seeyou there!Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-80168479137839291122007-07-24T07:44:00.000-07:002007-07-24T07:49:44.084-07:00My slot at Shambala is no loner on Sat, but on Sunday, Bedouin Stage, 7pm-8pm. Hopefully that is the last change!<br /><br />I'm playing with my band at the Secret Garden Party on Sunday in the Small world Stage, not sure what time. I'll also be doing a couple of solo appearances on the same stage on Thurs (not sure what time) and Fri at 5:30pm.<br /><br />Sheepmusic was the muddiest festival yet, but I've decided not to bother demudding myself this time, as I'm starting to accept that rain is the new sun.<br /><br />seeyou there!Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-59569280831277642482007-07-13T06:19:00.000-07:002007-07-13T06:25:18.657-07:00Right, now I am officially pissed off. It has rained consistently for just about every festival so far this "summer", and quite frankly enough is enough. I'm playing tonight at Nozstock, and I should really leave, but I just can't face going out in this rain. It's not even warm rain, it's freeze your bollox off cold rain! Okay, moan over.<br /><br />My Shambala slot is now confirmed as being Sat night, 23:00 - 00:00 in the Bedouin Tent. Be there!Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-33223551732174443112007-07-03T11:42:00.000-07:002007-07-03T11:46:13.044-07:00Hooray! I've been wanting to go to this festival for years, as everyone always says it's one of the best. I'll be playing there this year on the Small World stage, but not sure which day yet... will keep you posted! If you've not heard of the festival before, check out their website <a href="http://www.secretgardenparty.com" target="_blank">www.secretgardenparty.com</a><br /><br />Hope to see you there! :)Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-20395077325204193022007-06-28T05:21:00.000-07:002007-06-28T06:20:09.738-07:00The venue for the night I'm playing in London on 7th July has changed. The new Venue is:<br /><br />Barden's Boudoir<br />36-44 Stoke Newington Road<br />London N16 7XJ<br />8pm - 2am<br />£8 entry, all proceeds to charity.<br /><br />Check the website <a href="http://www.iwannagiveitup.com" target="_blank">www.iwannagiveitup.com</a> for more details.<br /><br />On a brighter note, the sunshine and warm breeze I predicted for this weekends workhouse festival looks set to be on it's way. For those of you who chose glastonbury instead... ha!<br /><br />Also I've confirmed a new gig in Bournemouth on the 6th July. It's a small 2 day festival on Horseshoe Common, wherever that is. I would give you more details, but I don't have them!Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-16640671075863576812007-06-22T03:30:00.000-07:002007-06-22T04:27:58.921-07:00For weeks people have been taunting me, waving their glasto tickets in my face and boasting about what an amazing time they're going to have... well guess what? It's raining! In ya face! I can't wait to watch you all on tv being washed away down the valley in a river of portaloo flavoured mud! Ok, enough, I'm sure you'll all take a sufficient amount of warm clothing, or drugs, to allow you to enjoy the freezing wind and rain and even think that it's actually fun! Good luck to you all!<br /><br />I, on the other hand, am going to wait until next weekend when I'm playing at the Workhouse Festival in Wales. I predict glorious sunshine with light showers of petals forming in the afternoon. If you've got tickets, I'm playing on the Friday night at 23:40 on the acoustic stage. If you haven't got tickets, tough, they've sold out!<br /><br />Thanks to all the people who came to see me at Beach Breaks Live Festival, Dartington Uni and The Opera House! Hope to see you all again soon. :)Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-1726694912852215612007-06-05T02:21:00.000-07:002007-06-05T02:41:45.164-07:00Just got back from Sunrise Celebration last night. Still not quite with it. In fact, I'm totally mashed to be fair! Anyway, Sunrise was awesome. If you didn't make it, be sure to come next year. :)<br /><br />A couple of quick announcements:<br /><br />Fish Seeks Bicycle event at The Opera House in Bournemouth has changed from the 16th to Friday the 15th June! It looks to be a great event, and according the the flyer I'm actually one of the headline acts... first I heard about it actually!<br /><br />Workhouse Festival confirmed! If you're in Wales, come along to the Workhouse festival (see gigs section) and see me play on sat night at midnightish.<br /><br />New gig just being confirmed at Dartington Uni on Tues 12th June. I'll put details up as soon as I have them.Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-7764920570949153402007-05-29T17:53:00.000-07:002007-05-29T17:58:14.138-07:00I've just got back from the Small World Festival in Kent. It was a blinder! Needless to say the Undercover Hippy went down a treat, but my highlights were Samsara, King Porter Stomp, and lots of other acts whose names i can't remember! Sunday was a washout, but it did stop long enough on monday to get the tent down! Let's all pray for sunshine for the Sunrise Celebration this weekend. If your not coming, shame on you! :)Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-10310348225489279512007-05-05T04:24:00.000-07:002007-05-06T14:07:57.432-07:00I've just confirmed I'll be playing at "Give it up", a charity event at "The Village Underground", Shoreditch, London, on July 7th. The event runs from midday to midnight, and is already shaping up to be a stormer! Bands confirmed so far include:<br /><br />Devils Gun<br />The Penetrators<br />Schwab<br />FC Kahuna (DJ set)<br />New Volunteer<br />The Undercover Hippy!<br />Pedigree Funk DJ Ben Logue hosting the Acoustic Stage<br /><br />All proceeds go to <a href="http://www.Ryico.org" target="_blank">www.Ryico.org</a><br /><br />Seeyou there! :)Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-44014400071834572782007-04-24T11:45:00.000-07:002007-04-28T15:13:57.044-07:00My blog has now been relocated from it's old home at <a href="http://www.billysalisbury.com" target="_blank">www.billysalisbury.com</a> and is available for your viewing pleasure <a href="http://www.undercoverhippy.com/new_site/blog.php">here</a>. I've been writing my blog for about five years now, so feel free to have a look through the archives. My favourite bits are from my travels.. just click randomly, you're bound to find one trip or another! Enjoy<br /><br /><span class="news_headings">Nozstock confirmed</span><br /><br />Another festival confirmed! This one next to my hometown of Hereford, so all my family will be able to come! Check the <a href="new_site/gigs.php">gigs</a> section for details.Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-41374664186997503562007-04-19T12:21:00.000-07:002007-04-28T12:22:11.798-07:00I'll definitely be playing at <a href="http://www.shambalafestival.org/" target="_blank">Shambala festival</a> this year! Check the <a href="new_site/gigs.php">gigs</a> section to see what other festivals have already been confirmed.Billytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239234307543014094.post-84911694209537434022007-04-14T12:42:00.000-07:002007-04-28T12:46:33.563-07:00New site up and running! After many hours spent staring at a screen when I should be writing music, I have finally pieced together this new and improved website for your browsing pleasure! Please do take a look around and report any bugs or improvements you think i could make. Enjoy!<br /><br /><span class="news_headings" align="left">Summer Tour</span><br /><br />I'm getting more and more dates confirmed for my summer tour of the UK. I'll be updating the <a href="new_site/gigs.php">gigs</a> section soon. It's also worth checking my <a href="http://www.myspace.com/undercoverhippy" target="_blank">Myspace profile</a> for gig updates, as I may be unable to update this site whilst living in the back of a van and driving round England!Billy