ONLY NEW YORK GOING ON
Dominic Beaumont
FRANCIS Dunnery will play his first dates in New York in over five years. Dunnery has an exciting new line up and will be performing at the Cutting Room on Thursday, October 9th. 		 
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Tall Blonde Helicopter
UK Tour 2008
  Oct 23rd - Oswestry
Oct 25th - Egremont
Oct 26th - Egremont
Oct 27th - Glasgow
Oct 28th - Bilston
Oct 29th - Cardiff
Oct 30th - Manchester
Nov 1st - London 		 
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The show will be a return to his much acclaimed Tall Blonde Helicopter CD which he recorded during 1996. The band features two founding members of the Progressive Rock outfit 'Echolyn' as well as New York resident bassist jamie Bishop and Erica Brilhart on keyboards. The show starts at 7.30pm and full details for tickets and directions are available on the Tour Page. When asked why he chose the to perform this particular CD Dunnery explained "I never got a chance to play the Tall Blonde Helicopter CD with a full band so I just want to hear it for my own sake and I'm sure those who have the CD will enjoy it also". Don't miss Francis Dunnery's Tall Blonde Helicopter show in New York City at the Cutting Room this Thursday.

 
       
  STILL GAME FOR PAUL RILEY
Dominic Beaumont
Actor, Comedian and TV Star Paul Riley will be attending the CKDCF charity weekend. Paul was awarded the prestigious 		 
BAFTA award for his role as Winston Ingram in the Scottish sitcom 'Still Game' and also picked up the "Best Entertainment" category for Deer Green Place. Francis says "I'm so happy Paul is coming to the event, he's a really great guy and a brilliant talent. If I can get him drunk enough I may even be able to coax him to sing Stairway to Heaven at the Friday night jam Session".  
       
  NEW DUNNERY DVD JUST RELEASED
Dominic Beaumont
FRANCIS Dunnery new DVD entitled 'In the Garden Of Mystic Lovers' is now available from this website. The DVD features full concert footage from Dunnery's 2001 Man Tour. 		 
The band features Matt Pegg on bass, John Dunnery on guitar, John Williams on keyboards, Dorie Jackson on backing vocals and Wayne Wilkinson on Computers. A full list of song credits will be available from the Shopping cart in the next day or so.  
       
  NARDELLI PLAYS CKDCF WEEKEND
Steve Nardelli is confirmed for the CKDCF event in Egremont Cumbria. Nardelli is the founding member of Progressive Rock pioneers 'The Syn' which he started in the 60s with 'Yes' bassist and Hell Raiser Chris Squire. Nardelli, who is currently in the process of recording the latest 'Syn' album
 

with Francis Dunnery, Tom Brislin and Echolynn drummer Paul Ramsey, is very keen to showcase some of the new tracks at the CKDCF event. Dunnery explains "Hanging out with Steve Nardelli is a blast because he's all over the place! He has so much Gemini energy it's hard even for me to keep up with him! One minute he's writing lyrics in my basement and two minutes later he's on the phone to UK Politician Boris Johnson talking about housing projects for the UK government. I'm delighted that he is going to support our event although you may have to be quick if you want to talk to him". Steve is currently in Dubai with Justin Fashnu?

  
       
  SONEFELD TO VISIT CKDCF WEEKEND
Dominic Beaumont
Hootie and the Blowfish drummer James Sonefeld will be making a special guest appearance at the CKDCF charity weekend in Egremont, Cumbria. James, known to his 		 
friends as 'Soni' is a big fan of John and Wayne and couldn't pass up the opportunity to hear them perform. Sonefeld explains "I first heard the John and Wayne CD about two years ago and I got their fantastic melodies and funny lyrics stuck in my head. If I can help to raise some money for the charity AND get to see John and Wayne then that's definitely worth a plane ticket from South Carolina". Sonefeld has just finished a Tour of the USA with Hootie and the Blowfish and is currently preparing to promote his debut solo album. All of us here at Francisdunnery.com are very excited and grateful for Soni's commitment to our fundraising weekend.  
       
  MOTORHEAD TO ST BEES HEAD
Dominic Beaumont
Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell will be performing with the Francis Dunnery Band at the CKDCF charity weekend in Egremont , Cumbria. Francis was delighted when Phil 		 
accepted his request and is really looking forward to performing with Phil at the event. Phil and Francis have been friends for over 16 years after meeting in Los Angeles yet amazingly this will actually be first time that they will appear onstage together. "Not only is Phil a great guitar player but he's also one of the coolest people I've ever met. Just don't try partying with him". Phil is currently on Tour in the USA with Motorhead.  
       
 

SQUEEZE MY MELON
Dominic Beaumont
Chris Difford will be performing a few acoustic songs at the CKDCF event. Difford was one of the first artists to record a CD for Aquarian Nation and has since been touring the world

  
with his old songwriting partner Glen Tilbrook and the other members of Squeeze. "I love Difford" said Dunnery "He's like one of those fantastic butterflies that you can't quite seem to keep hold of! Just when you think you can put him in your glass jar he flies away and leaves you depressed. Then, six months later, right out of the blue you receive an email that says something like "Meet me in Guatemala at 3.pm at the Nancy boys hotel" and then everything is back to normal, like he's never been away. I'm very, very happy that Difford is coming, I may even twist his arm and get him to sing Cool for Cats!"  
       
  CKDCF WEEKEND SELLING OUT FAST
Dominic Beaumont
WITH only 3 weeks remaining the CKDCF weekend is selling out fast. There are only 10 tickets left for the Friday Night 		 
dinner/ jam Session at the Summergrove Hotel and the CKDCF Saturday Night is already a virtual sell out. There are still tickets left for Sunday night but they are selling quickly so please make sure you book your tickets before it's too late. Dunnery explains "We know for a fact that the Friday and Saturday night CKDCF gig will sell out yet each year yet I still have an army of people calling, e mailing and texting me for tickets at the last minute and I can't do anything about it because there are fire restrictions on the Egremont Market Hall and they will not allow us to go over the legal limit".
Dunnery will be performing his Tall Blonde Helicopter with a full live band. Dorie Jackson will be performing songs from her debut CD 'The Courting Ground' with her new band and John and Wayne will be making a guest appearance at the Friday night dinner/ jam session as well as playing a 30 minute set on Sunday Night at the Egremont Market Hall. There will be special guest appearances throughout the evenings. Please click here for ticket sales and information.