Looking forward to The False Dots at the Dublin Castle on Friday evening

So what are you doing on Friday night? If you've nothing planned, come down to The Dublin Castle in Camden Town for a night of amazing music at Londons finest grassroots venue. My band, The False Dots will be playing and we have three absolutely cracking support bands with us. For me, there is always an amazing buzz seeing the bands name up outside an iconic venue such as the Dublin Castle. As a musician and a band member, it's why you put all those hours of hard practice in. Full details here 

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The gig was originally scheduled for Wednesday the 15th March, but had to be rescheduled as the pub was being used as a location for filming of an Amy Winehouse film. Given our links with Amy, it is good to hear that her memory is being kept alive. She was a long time customer of our studios and Fil our bassplayer engineered on demo's for her. She really was a very special person and we miss her. 

It is an honour to have a regular gig at the Dublin Castle. It is a really good place to play, the sound engineers are top notch and the crowd is always up for a good time. Live music has made a resurgance in London over the last five years. 

As to The False Dots. If you've seen us since lockdown, you'll notice a bit of a change in direction. We have embraced our Ska and punk roots and added some music hall, keeping alive the spirit of Mr Ian Dury, who the Irish Times said of, in his obituary "only man to successfully combine the energy and excitement of rock and roll and punk with the bawdy humour, wit and homespun philosophy of music hall and of his native Essex." 

For us it is a mission to keep such music alive. We are not a covers band, but numbers such as "Channelling Ian Dury" reference the work and the memory of the great man, recalling a chance encounter back in 1977 in a cafe in Camden Town.

We made a little video called London's finest castle to celebrate the venue. This will be just one of the numbers we are performing!

Our previous gigs at The Dublin Castle have been a real blast and we are delighted to have been joined at all of them by The Shoals, who are once more playing with us. Have a listen to them here

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Also appearing will be The Slender Pins, who I've not come across before, but who look pretty lively and should put on a good show.

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 Purple Implosion will also be playing. I rather enjoyed this rendition from their Youtube channel. The Dickies did a rocking version of this back in the 1970's, so it put a smile on my face.

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