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14 June 2001

Casino Steel is set to appear at the special tribute concert to celebrate Kris Kristofferson's 65th birthday in Kvinasdal, Norway on 23 June 2001. He will be performing "Road Warriors Lament" from his new album "VSOP" as well as "For The Good Times". Ottar 'Big Hand' Johansen will also be appearing at the event which will be attended by Kristofferson himself. For more information go to http://www.casinosteel.com/info_tour.html

22 May 2001

The Yobs are to record their fourth album in London during August. The album provisionally titled "The Worst Of The Yobs" will be released in time for Christmas 2001. It will be the first Yobs album Casino Steel has recorded with his fellow Yobs (if he remembers to book his flight from Norway!). The album will include some re-recorded versions of classic tracks from their first two albums and perhaps some brand new Christmas crackers.

22 April 2001

Italian punk band The Twinkles are to support The Boys in Italy on Friday 28 & Saturday 29 September. Nick Mess, The Twinkles frontman, says "The Boys are the band of my life and it's a great honour for me to be playing on the same bill as them. I can't wait!" The Twinkles comprise: Nick Mess (vocals/guitars), True (drums/vocals), Wally Squad (bass/vocals). Their stunning, self titled debut album, has just been released on Kob Records (KOB 33) and is available for £8.50, $12.50, 26DM or 85FF (including postage and packing). To purchase the CD send an International Money Order or well concealed cash to Morosin Diego at: Via San Pietro, 17 31030 Castello Di Godego (TV), Italy For more information email Nick Mess at twinkles@libero.it or visit http://stage.vitaminic.it/the_twinkles/

29 March 2001

Drummer Vom, who is currently playing for The Boys and German band Die Toten Hosen, has been busy setting up some Boys dates. The first being an appearance on Friday 6th July at the 'Holidays In The Sun' Festival in Morecombe. Two dates in Italy are also confirmed, but there are no details as yet concerning venues etc. Watch this space! With regard to Die Toten Hosen, Vom has currently been in Ibiza with the band writing songs for their new album which is planned to be released next year. The band has also just finished recording an album with TV Smith titled "Useless: The Best Of TV Smith" which is due for release on 6 April in Europe. For more information on Vom go to http://totenhosen.de/en/vom.htm

24 March 2001

It has just been confirmed that The Boysare to play two dates in Italy in September. They will play on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 September at two venues to be confirmed. Their line up will once again be Matt Dangerfield: Gtr/vox Duncan Reid: Bass/vox Honest John Plain: Gtr/vox Casino Steel: Piano/vox Vom: Drums More details to follow shortly.......

14 March 2001

It has just been confirmed that The Boys are to play at the 'Holidays In The Sun' Festival on Friday 6 July 2001 instead of Saturday 7 July as previously arranged. They will be playing the same night as Stiff Little Fingers, The Business, Angelic Upstarts and UK Subs. It is anticipated that many Boys fans will be travelling from around the world to see The Boys historic first UK date for 20 years. For more information on Holidays In The Sun visit their official website at http://www.datarecords.com/holidays/UK2001.HTM

11 March 2001

The Gringo Starrs, Casino Steel’s current band,are due to go into the recording studio shortly to record their first album which is due for release next Christmas. The album will be recorded in Casino’s home town of Trondheim in Norway. The Gringo Starrs are a Scandanavian supergroup with members from The Backstreet Girls, TNT, The Bandits, Sterk Naken and Biltyvene, The Kids and Tin Drum.

26 February 2001

Casino Steel's new album "VSOP" has been released today. You can download it now from Vitiminic at http://stage.vitaminic.co.uk/casino_steel_v.s.o.p_lp/ or if you prefer you can buy the album from Akers Mic's at http://www.akersmic.no/akersmic/miniweb/misc.htm It consists of some old recordings as well as some new ones featuring numerous guest appearances including Gary Holton, Andrew Matheson, Mick Ronson and Ian Hunter amongst others. Full track listing is "Till The End Of The Day", "Brickfield Nights", "Real Rain", "My Revolution", "Dance Naked With Me", "Vaya Con Dios", "Crushing The Doll", "The World Famous Sound Of Courvoisier pt.24", "Broken Rose", "Ruby's Arms", "Heroine", "Road Warriors Lament."

24 February 2001

The Boys have been considering the possibility of recording a new album in light of the interest shown by several record labels and pressure from Boys fans for new material. However it is unlikely that they will return to Rockfield in the short term due to business commitments. If the demand is there from the fans an album of new material remains a possibility. Honest John Plain says 'I've loads of Boys songs waiting to be recorded and I'm sure that Matt and Cas have too. I'd love to record a new Boys album and if that's what the fans want then I'm sure it'll happen.'

For all the latest news, features and other information on Casino Steel and his various musical projects why not visit his brand new website at http://www.casinosteel.com/

16 February 2001

13 February 2001

The Boys have been confirmed to play their first UK date since 1981 when they appear in Morecambe at the 'Holidays In The Sun' Festival 6-8 July 2001. The line-up will be the same as Japan and Spain: Matt Dangerfield: Gtr/vox Duncan Reid: Bass/vox Honest John Plain: Gtr/vox Casino Steel: Piano/vox Vom: Drums There is a possibility that drummer Jack Black may make another guest appearance.

The Boys have achieved their first well-deserved Number 1 in the UK NME Charts 20 years after splitting up! Italian Boys fan Brina Francavilla nominated The Boys Reunion Gig in Spain, Bergara for the NME 'Event Of The Year' Chart and they polled over 54,000 votes (a little multiple voting is suspected!). To view the result of the poll go to http://www.nme.com/NME/External/Interact/Peoples Chart/Chart_Vote/1,1142,748,00.html

"Flash, Bang Wallop!", a new book by Ian Dickson was released at the end of October. It features photographs of the punk explosion first published in Sounds magazine back in the late 1970's. Almost everyone involved in the punk explosion are in the book and there's five Boys related photos as well as an amusing tale from Matt Dangerfield about the fans habit of 'gobbing' on punk bands of the time. There's two great photos of The Boys on stage at Reading Top Rank as well as one in NEMS offices. There's also a photo of Ken Mewis, The Boys manager and one of Duncan Reid with the Jam. To see more of Ian Dickson's photos go to http://www.late20thcenturyboy.com/flashbang.html

The Boys played their first European date for 18 years when they appeared at the 'Holidays In The Sun' Spanish Festival on Saturday 23 September 2000. Original Boys drummer Jack Black made a guest appearance playing drums on "Kamikaze". It was the first time that the five original band members had all been on stage together since February 1980. Jack Black also videod the gig which topped the NME 'Event Of The Year' Chart.

The Boys performing "You Better Move On" on the German TV show Musik Laden was repeated on German TV in September 2000. The show, which was originally recorded in May 1980, featured The Boys first appearance without Casino Steel. Although on the show the video was faded just as the solo was starting it provides great archive footage of The Boys at their peak.