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Users of Myspace and Facebook might've noticed that there are one or two 'Chas & Dave' profiles on there. Chas & Dave do not have official Myspace/Facebook profiles so don't message the boys via any of these 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!

18/02/10 - Chas on the One Show

27/11/09 - New Chas & Dave boxset

2/11/09 - At last..a Chas & Dave musical!

28/9/09 : Important Warning

It's come to our attention that the Sunday Express were giving away a 'Chas & Dave Greatest Hits' CD in yesterday's (27th) paper. This CD does not contain original recordings and appears to be a live recording. Neither the CD or the promotion has been authorised by Chas & Dave or their record label at this stage and investigations are underway. Although the CD appears to be free it does carry a cost for delivery so beware.

22/9/09 : IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Following the death of his wife. Dave has decided to call time on touring. All dates already booked and those going forward will be fulfilled by Chas & his band (details here). Dave has been overwhelmed by the huge number of messages of support for him at this difficult time and we say a big thank you to all who got in touch and posted their regards on the web.

To quote Chas; 'It's sad but Rockney will roll on with 'Chas & his band'. - details here.

7/9/09 : Chas to appear on Ken Bruce's 'Tracks Of My Years'

Chas will be in the spotlight for the week on Ken Bruce's 'Tracks Of My Years' section on Radio 2 next week. Starting on Monday (14th) Chas will be selecting two songs each day up to Friday

26/8/09: Chas to appear on Radio 2

Chas will be chatting and playing on the Steve Wright show on Radio 2 this Friday afternoon (28/8).

Sue Peacock 1946 - 2009

It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of Sue Peacock - Dave's wife of 36 years. Please read more about this remarkable woman here.

19/6/09: Chas to appear on Jools Holland

Chas will be chatting and playing on the Jools Holland show on BBC Radio 2 this monday (22/6). The show airs at 10.30 pm.

15/6/09: Telstar...

..the Joe Meek biopic finally hits the cinemas on June 19th. Ralf Little does a fantastic job of portraying a young Chas and Chas himself has a cameo role in the film alongside a star-studded cast including Kevin Spacey, Carl Barat, Nigel Harman, and Chas' actress wife Joan Hodges who plays Joe Meek's mother. There are currently interviews running with Chas in various publications as well as an in-depth article on the film and Chas' involvement in July's Word magazine.

7/5/09

During the boys' (rare) days off, Chas has been busy writing his new album. The self-titled CD includes 13 brand new tracks plus a version of the C&D live favourite 'Hungarian Rhapsody'. 'Chas Hodges' is in shops NOW, you can order it now here

You can get full details and track listing of the album at chashodges.com

5/2/09

Chas will be on Mark Lamarr's show on BBC Radio 2 tomorrow night (6th) talking about his planned new album among other things.

29/1/09

Look out for an interview with Chas in tomorrow's (30th) edition of The Times

15/12/08

Pete Doherty will again be joining the boys at the Tap'n'Tin, Chatham gig on December 20th. Last year's Tap.. gig was a riot - check out the Youtube clips - so don't miss this one!

27/11/08

A new arts show goes on in Shorditch in December which might be of interest to C&D fans. Details here: www.theonetonshow.com

17/11/08

14/10/08

13/10/08

Chas & Dave - All About Us
As previously mentioned this book tells the full C&D story from Chas' point of view plus includes his previous book '....Chas Before Dave' in it's entirety. Published by John Blake, The book is now in stores priced £18.99, But visitors to this site can order a signed copy directly from the publishers at the discount price of £14.99. Full details here.

23/7/08

All About Chas & Dave....Chas has now finished writing the follow up to 'The Rock'n'Roll Years of Chas Before Dave'. Entitled 'Chas & Dave - All About Us', this book follows on from where the previous one left off and tells the complete C&D story right up to the present day. Plus, in case you've never read '..Chas before Dave', it will be incorporated in it's entirety into this new book, so you'll be getting two books in one!! A December release is planned.

8/7/08

New dates added - including gigs in Harlow, Southend, and the re-scheduled Harlequin Theatre, Redhill gig. Check the Tour dates page.

11/6/08

The boys (including a now fully-recovered Chas!) will be appearing at the first London International Music Show at the EXcel centre , docklands this Friday - 13th - as part of the promotion for the new songbook. They will be playing a scaled-down set at the Guitar Show stand (D34) at 1.50pm and will be signing and chatting at the Faber music stand at 3pm. You can also hear Chas on the Robert Elms show on BBC radio London talking about the show (among other things) on Thursday - 12th - at 2.30 pm.

6/6/08

A newly packaged Chas & Dave collection is being released by Demon on their Red Box imprint on the 23rd of June. This collection will have a limited availability and consists of the boys' mid-nineties output such as the V.E. Day album. The material on this collection has previously been available on numerous unofficial releases (see the About us page) but the legal issues regarding this material have now been cleared up, Therefore this is an official release although we ourselves have not been involved with the compiling or packaging of it. You can pre-order here

30/5/08

In addition to the Redhill gig, The boys have had to cancel two more shows this weekend. One a private function, and the other the Show at the Kenneth More theatre in Ilford. Chas has gone down with a bad case of suspected food poisoning and the cancellations are on medical advice. As stated below, Details of re-scheduled dates to follow.

30/5/08

We regret that Chas & Dave have been forced to cancel tonight's show at The Harlequin Theatre, Redhill due to illness. Our sincere apologies to fans planning to attend and we'll give you info regarding re-scheduling as soon as we have it.

29/5/08

Look out for the boys on ITV's 'Britain's Got Talent' tonight.

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!

Out now!

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.

OUT 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.

OUT 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.