It's not often we'll put a press release up without changing things in it to make it web friendly, but on this occasion, we'll make an exception... “That well-known double-act Henrit & Constable are very much looking forward to the pleasure of your company on Saturday 30th September in Coventry at Simon John’s Vintage Drum
Active Music is delighted to announce that one of the first highly sought-after Alex Van Halen snare drums will be on show at The UK Drum Show in Manchester on the 23rd – 24th September. www.theukdrumshow.com Only 200 snares worldwide are available to honour Ludwig’s first ever Signature Series Supraphonic Snare. These are replicas of
Active Music is delighted to announce that as of September 1st they are the exclusive distributors for Code Drumheads in the UK and Eire. Designed in the UK, Code drumheads offer the cost conscious player or weekend warrior a great alternative to other higher priced brands. Launched only a few years ago Code have grown
Remo present DrummerNight, in association with the major drum and cymbal companies, a benefit show in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. It will be held at Manchester Central on the 23rd September 2017 as part of The UK Drum Show. DrummerNight will gather together legendary and amazing drummers to support Teenage Cancer Trust for one
In the next episode of the ‘Backstage with…’ series, Mike talks to Steve Barney, drummer with Anastacia (since 2009) and currently out with Mike and The Mechanics. In this episode, Mike travelled to the BIC in Bournemouth to catch up with Steve when he was recently touring with Anastacia on date 13 of the 14
To celebrate the A Custom’s 25th anniversary, and in association with Zildjian, mikedolbear.com and Headstock, visitors to The UK Drum Show can be in with a chance to win a 20” ride. All you need to do is find your way to the Zildjian stand at The UK Drum Show on the 23rd/24th September and
The Avedis Zildjian Company has announced that it will celebrate its 25th Anniversary of its “A Custom” cymbals, beginning in September of 2017. In 1992, the A Custom Series broke new ground in Zildjian's cymbal manufacturing techniques and is now considered one of the most iconic and popular cymbals in the world. A Custom is
As part of the 2017 Absolute Music Superstore Anniversary celebrations, the music retailer (based near Poole and Bournemouth in Dorset) has teamed up with iconic UK drum brand Premier, to give you the chance to win a Premier Modern Classic Snare while showing off what you can do around a drum kit. All you have
Giovanni Evening of Performances from UK’s Top Percussionists and Online Fundraising Auction Sponsored by Latin Percussion and GEWA Music A benefit event for Grammy™ Award-winning conga player, Giovanni Hidalgo is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4th at London’s Jazz Café. Hosted by Jamiroquai percussionist, Sola Akingbola, the evening will feature some of the UK’s
Does this leave you cold...? Welcome to the first 'Seriously Wired' Blog for mikedolbear.com. In this series I want to look at electronics, how they can be used, and most importantly how they can help you! For most drummers, electronics are a bit of a (as we say in the UK) 'Marmite' situation
