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Users of Myspace might've noticed
that there are one or two 'Chas & Dave' profiles on there.
Chas & Dave do not have an official Myspace profile so
don't send emails to the boys via any of the Myspace sites
as they won't get them. This is the only place on the net
where you can get in contact with the boys so keep 'em coming!
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now!
13/5/08
Win tickets to see Chas & Dave at the legendary Cavern Club! click here for details.
16/4/08
Listen out for Chas & Dave on the current TV ad campaign
for a certain rabbit based Nintendo Wii
game. No prizes for guessing which song!
2/4/08
The Chas & Dave songbook is out now!
Available in all good music shops and available online here
5/3/08
One of the new Chas & Dave t-shirts - the 'braces' design
- is featured in this month's Loaded magazine.
This shirt is also available in HMV stores
and Play.com
2/3/08
Chas is busy writing the follow-up to his book 'The Rock'n'Roll
Years Of Chas Before Dave'. The new book picks up where the
other left off and tells the entire Chas & Dave story
up to the present day. The original book will form part of
this new one for anyone who never read ..Chas Before Dave.
A Christmas release is planned.
20/2/08
The new Chas & Dave songbook is now available
to pre-order. The book hits the shops in early April.
The full track listing is: Ain’t No Pleasing You; Beer
Belly; The Diddlum Song; Flying; Gertcha (recently heard on
Ashes To Ashes); Harry Was A Champion; I
Wonder In Whose Arms; In Sickness And In Health; London Girls;
Margate; Mustn’t Grumble; One Of Them Days; Poor Old
Mr Woogie; Rabbit; The Sideboard Song; Snooker Loopy; That
Old Piano; That’s What I Like; Wallop; Wish I Could
Write A Love Song. Pre-order it here
11/2/08
New 2008 C&D t-shirts!....are now available
online. Some brand new - and rather good! - designs have been
added to the range including - by very popular demand - men's
'Gertcha' shirts. Check 'em out here
2/2/08
Sky News did a feature on Chas & Dave recently. See it
here
18/12/07
There's a great Chas & Dave special in tomorrow's (19th
Dec) edition of The Independent with interviews
and a review of the Christmas Beano. Have a butcher's
here
16/12/07
The boys were joined on stage by Pete Doherty last night
for an Impromptu version of 'Aint No Pleasing You'. The gig
at the Tap'n'Tin in Chatham was opened by Pete with an acoustic
set, and a great time was had by all. Various clips from the
gig can be found on Youtube.
9/12/07
Chas will be playing and chatting on the Robert Elms show
on BBC London radio 94.9 this Thursday (13th) at 2.30 PM.
30/10/07
New Chas & Dave songbook. By popular
demand!!, An all new Chas & Dave songbook is being produced
by Faber. Featuring twenty C&D classics transcribed for
full piano, vocal, and guitar parts. It will be the first
available Chas & Dave sheet music for over twenty years.
The book is currently in production so all tracklisting and
release details will appear here in due course.
5/10/07
'Country Pies, Black Claws, & Oily Rags is
out this Monday. You can order it HERE
1/10/07
Chas will be on the Danny Baker show on BBC London Live radio
today from 3pm.
20/9/07
You can hear Chas on the Del Richardson show on Radio Caroline
(digital) this Tuesday 25th of Sept. Chas will be playing
live between 6-9 PM
3/9/07
Another top interview with Dave is in the current Bass
Guitar magazine where Dave talks about all thing
C&D, plus an insight into the gear he uses.
14/8/07
Oily Rags/Country Pie re-issue. The last
unreleased part of Chas & Dave's recording career is finally
released next month. Country Pies, Black Claws, &
Oily Rags collects the early work of Chas & Dave
before they were known as such. Including the full Oily Rags
album, plus the rare Country Pie album as well as early demos.
Full details to follow but you can pre-order it HERE
12/7/07
Chas in the movies!!! Chas will be appearing
in a new film currently in production about the life of legendary
record producer Joe Meek. Telstar is the
big screen version of 2005's hugely successful stage play
of the same name. Written by Nick Moran & James Hicks
- with Moran directing - , Chas has a cameo role in the film
alongside a star-studded cast including Kevin Spacey, Carl
Barat, Nigel Harman, Ralf Little (playing a young Chas!) and
Chas' actress wife Joan
Hodges who plays Joe Meek's mother. More details
as we get them...
1/6/07
We were saddened to hear of the recent death of drummer Ian
Wallace. Ian played on most of the songs on Chas
& Dave's debut album 'One Fing 'n' Annuvver' in 1975,
and worked with the likes of King Crimson, Bob Dylan, Crosby,
Stills, & Nash, Procal Harem, and Jackson Browne during
a prolific career. Ian was also the drummer on the Labi Siffre
track sampled by Eminem on 'My Name Is', which of course,
Chas & Dave also played on.
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NOW!
1/6/07
Great interview with Dave in this month's Guitar
& Bass magazine.
20/5/07
Chas & J.I.'s CD now available. Order it here
25/4/07
Have a butcher's at the press release for the Chas &
J.I. album here
13/4/07
'Before We Grow Too Old', Chas's new album with J.I. Allison,
is released on May 14th on Sanctuary Records. Further release
and pre order details to follow.
7/4/07
Chas & Dave have been booked to play a second slot at
this year's Glastonbury festival. Details to follow.
30/3/07
Chas & Dave performed 'Aint No Pleasing You' with full
orchestra and string section at the Guilty Pleasures Live
show at The Hackney Empire last week. Also on the bill were
The Magic Numbers, Suggs, Ed Harcourt, and Cerys Matthews
among others. The show was recorded for BBC Radio London 94.9
and will be broadcast at midday on Easter Monday.
28/2/07
The boys are back at Glastonbury!! - After
Chas & Dave's highly successful Glastonbury debut at the
last festival in 2005, the boys have been asked back to play
on the opening dear at this year's Glastonbury on the 22nd
of June. More details to follow.
30/1/07
It's Chas & J.I.!! - Just before Christmas
Chas spent a week in Nashville recording an album with J.I.
Allison, legendary drummer with Buddy Holly
& The Crickets. That album is now complete and
is being released in May on Sanctuary Records. The set is
a mix of originals and unusual covers with Chas handling vocals,
piano, bass, and guitar and J.I. on drums and vocals. Jack
Clement also features on a couple of numbers. More
info to follow.
13/12/06
Win a signed copy of the new DVD and the Greatest Hits CD
by clicking HERE
24/12/06
Chas & Dave would like to wish all their fans a very
merry christmas and a happy new year.
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NOW!
This is the first and only official Chas & Dave
DVD on the market. We are aware of two other DVDs which some
retailers are selling, namely: 'Greatest Hits Live', and 'Street
Party' but these are unofficial and are to be avoided. See
the About Us link for further details.
24/11/06
Don't miss the boys on Steve
Wright In The Afternoon on BBC Radio
2 this monday (27th Nov) from 2pm.
13/11/06
Hear Chas chatting and playing on the Robert Elms show on
BBC Radio London 94.9FM today at around 2pm.
06/11/06
'Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire' out today. Order online
here
04/10/06
Double announcement of news today as the release of Chas
& Dave's first official DVD is announced. 'Live At Shepherd's
Bush Empire' catches the boys in full flow at last Christmas's
already legendary 'Beano'. Check out the press release
here
And if that's not enough, The brand new range of official
Chas & Dave T-shirts is now available. Have a butcher's
here
10/08/06
Chas & Dave (not!) on Myspace - Users
of Myspace might've noticed there are one or two 'Chas &
Dave' profiles on there. Chas & Dave do not have an official
Myspace profile so don't send emails to the boys via any of
the Myspace sites as they won't get them. This is the only
place on the net where you can get in contact with the boys
so keep 'em coming!
26/07/06
Chas will be on the Jonathan Ross Show on Radio 2 this Saturday
(29th). He'll actually be talking to Mark Lamarr about the
forthcoming Jerry Lee Lewis show among other things. The show
airs between 10am and 1pm.
22/06/06
Chas & Dave will be on supporting the legendary Jerry
Lee Lewis at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on August
the 12th.
22/06/06
Jay will be away for two weeks from the 26th of June. All
emails and enquiries will be dealt with asap.
13/06/06
The release date for the 'Live at Shepherd's Bush' DVD has
been pushed back to the autumn. Full release date details
will appear here as soon as we have them.
31/05/06
Chas has been laid low with a severe throat infection and
has been given doctors orders to rest his voice for the next
week. Consequently any gigs from now - 31st of May - until
the 7th of June have been cancelled and will be rescheduled.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
31/05/06
We've been informed that a certain newspaper has today reported
that Chas & Dave have recorded a world cup song. As we've
stated before, the boys no longer record football related
songs - or any sport related songs for that matter! - so this
story is completely untrue.
8/05/06
The new album 'From Tottenham To Tennesee' hits the shops
on May the 29th. This 2 CD set is released by Demon and the
catalogue number for pre-ordering is MCDLX027. The
track listing will appear here shortly.
15/03/06
Chas & Dave were back at Abbey Road this week mixing
the sound for the forthcoming 'live at Shepherd's Bush Empire'
DVD. The release is scheduled for June and will be issued
by EMI. This is Chas & Dave's first official DVD release
so if you see any others - ignore 'em!
17/02/06
By popular demand the Well Pleased and Flying
albums are to be re issued by Demon records
this spring. They will be released as a two CD set along with
Rarities and b sides from the era. It will be the first time
'Well Pleased' plus the rarities have been available on CD.
This set follows on chronologically from the excellent Mustn't
Grumble/Joblot set Demon released last year. It will also
mean that all of Chas & Dave's studio album back catalogue
will be available to buy. Watch this space for release details.
15/01/06
Chas & Dave appear this week in The Guardian's
'Seven Ages Of Pop' feature along with the likes of Sway,
and members od The Subways and The Go! Team. click here
to have a look.
21/12/05
Chas & Dave will be playing live on the National
Lottery on BBC 1 this saturday evening
(christmas eve). We've also been told that one of the classic
Two Ronnies Chas & Dave sketches, which was apparently
one of the late Ronnie Barker's favourites, is being replayed
on the Two Ronnies Christmas special on BBC
1, Christmas day.
19/12/05
Look out for the lads making a guest appearance on the Catherine
Tate christmas special tomorrow night (20th) on BBC2
at 9pm. And don't forget to catch them tonight Jools
Holland's show on Radio 2 at 9pm
17/12/05
Catch the boys live on the James Whale Show - Talk Sport
- at 2pm this sunday (18th). They're also appearing on the
James O'Brian show - LBC - this monday at 11.30am. And if
you miss any of those than you can hear them on Jools Holland's
Radio 2 show at 9pm monday night.
16/12/05
The boys would like to thank all the fans who came down and
made the Christmas Beano at the Shepherds Bush Empire such
a great night. The resulting DVD should be a cracker!
02/12/05
False Chas & Dave Story in The Sun Shocker!!
Today's edition of The Sun carries a story headed 'Not Rabbiting'
which goes on to reveal how Chas & Dave have fallen out
and don't talk to each other anymore. This revelation is supplied
by a 'source' at the BBC who apparently witnessed the boys
'not talking' at the recent filming of the Catherine Tate
Christmas special. Now if the tabloids want to create some
sort of 'Gallagher brothers' style rift to spice things up
then that could be an interesting angle, but for the record,
Chas & Dave have definitely not fallen
out and to quote Chas directly: 'This story is complete b*llocks'.
01/12/05
The boys will be making a guest appearance at XFM's
Winter Wonderland gig at Brixton Academy on December the 11th.
the gig is in aid of the Shelter charity
and features Kaiser Chiefs, Hard-Fi, and Maximo Park among
others. Click here
for more info.
29/11/05
Chas & Dave will be appearing on the Catherine
Tate Christmas special. We'll bring you broadcast
details when we get them.
23/11/05
Look out for the boys on Today With Des & Mel
on ITV this monday (28th) 1.30 - 2.30pm. You can
also catch the boys playing live on London Live Radio
with Danny Baker at 4pm on the same day.
16/11/05
Chas & Dave will be appearing on BBC Children
In Need on BBC 1 this Friday (18th). They'll be playing
live between 1 & 2 AM (so they're actually on this Saturday!)
just before the anouncement of the final total.
06/11/05
Look out for Chas on BBC 2's Never Mind The Buzzcocks
on Monday the 14th of November.
03/11/05
As you can see above, the details of the new album are now
available. The TV ad for the album (voiced by the brilliant
Phill Jupitus) will be aired in the coming
weeks so keep an eye out for it. As mentioned before, this
collection is in response to the many unofficial 'Greatest
Hits' CDs that are available which are now subject to legal
proceedings. Again we stress, do not buy any Chas & Dave
CD which is not released on the EMI, Demon (Edsel), Sanctuary,
or Cleveland International labels. Please email us with any
queries.
02/11/05
Chas & Dave's Christmas Beano at the Shepherds Bush Empire
on December the 15th is being filmed for a live DVD release.
01/11/05
There's a great feature with the boys in the Guardian
newspaper's 'We're Jammin' section this week. Click here
to have a look.
17/10/05
Chas & Dave were forced to cancel their gig at the Wolverhampton
Wulfren Hall on Sunday 16 October at the last minute due to
Chas going down with laryngitis. The boys regret any inconvenience
caused and a re-scheduled date will be confirmed this week.
05/10/05
Chas & Dave Greatest Hits on EMI
In a response to the various unofficial 'Greatest Hits' CDs
floating around, Chas & Dave & EMI are releasing a
major TV advertised C&D collection in November. This album
will feature all the original hits for the first time on one
CD, including Gertcha, The Sideboard Song, Rabbit, Ain’t
No Pleasing You, Margate and Snooker Loopy, plus brand new
Abbey Road studio recordings of live favourites. The boys
went into Abbey Road studios in August - the first time they'd
recorded there since the classic live album - and laid down
around 8 tracks for the album. Full track listing and release
details to follow.
11/08/05
It has come to our attention that an unauthorized Chas &
Dave CD is to be re-released later this month. The CD entitled
'Greatest Hits' (Pegusus PEG CD229) is a repackaged version
of a live album recorded in 1994 which has already been released
under several different titles. Chas & Dave currently
have no agreement with the company who are releasing this
CD so do not buy it until further notice.
As mentioned elsewhere on the site Chas & Dave have had
problems with unauthorized products hitting the shops. The
safest bet is to only buy CDs and DVDs that are either endorsed
on this site, sold at gigs, or released by Demon, EMI, Cleveland
intl, or Sanctuary Records. Email us if you have any questions.
30/07/05
Mustn't Grumble/Joblot CD release
Demon records are to release the 'Mustn't Grumble' & 'Joblot'
albums on one CD. It's the first time they've been made available
on CD in the UK. These two albums spawned the hits 'Aint No
Pleasing You', 'Margate', & 'London Girls' as well as
live favourites such as 'Beer Belly', 'Wallop', and 'Wish
I Could Write A Love Song'. The release date is August
15 and the catalogue number if you wish to pre-order
is DIAB 8073.
22/07/05
There's an interview with the boys in the August edition
of Record Collector magazine.
4/07/05
Chas & Dave are the cover stars of July's edition of
Music Mart magazine which contains an extensive
four page interview.
4/07/05
There'll be no updates or email replies for the next week
or so as the webmaster is away. Normal service will be resumed
asap.
3/07/05
The boys will be on the Ian Wright Show
on Radio 5 Live this Saturday (9th).
27/06/05
The lads had a great time at Glastonbury over the weekend
and would like to say a big 'cheers!' to all who sang, jumped
around, and generally enjoyed themselves.
26/06/05
All the numerous C&D press reviews and articles from
the last few weeks will appear on the Tributes page soon.
25/05/05
Catch the boys on the Johnny Walker Drive Time Show
on Radio 2 on 27 June (5-7 pm).
12/05/05
The boys will be on the Paul O'Grady show
on ITV on Friday 27 May (5pm) and GLR
London radio on Saturday the 21st
of May promoting the new album.
6/05/05
Chas & Dave will be on GMTV on Wednesday
18 May playing live and chatting about the
new album. You can also catch them on the
XFM breakfast show on Tuesday 31st
of May. Watch this space for details of more TV,
radio, and press appearances coming up.
1/04/05
The new EMI Chas & Dave album has been
scheduled for release on Monday 30 May. The
boys will be on the Jonathan Ross Show on
Radio 2 on Saturday 28 May so make sure you
tune in.
27/03/05
Rock & Roll legend Jack Clement (see
'Tributes' page) is in London and will be joining the boys
on stage for a couple of numbers at their Edmonton Millfileld
Theatre gig on 15 April.
17/03/05
Chas & Dave are playing Glastonbury
on Saturday 25 June on the acoustic stage.
15/03/05
New EMI Chas & Dave collection
EMI are to release a collection of C&D material including
the 'Rockney', 'Don't Give A Monkey's', and 'Live At Abbey
Road' albums plus all the singles, B sides, unreleased tracks,
outtakes, and various other rarities from the EMI years all
in one 2 CD package. Release is scheduled for May. This will
be the first authorized release in the UK
for over 10 years.
30/02/05
Chas has just finished mixing an album for Mike Berry
and The Crickets (Buddy Holly's
band). The album was recorded just before Christmas in Nashville
with Chas producing and playing piano on the record. It's
the first time Chas has worked with Mike as producer since
the 'Sunshine Of Your Smile' single which reached No. 9 in
the charts in 1980. And of course Chas backed Mike in the
sixties with The Outlaws. |
