First up: June 21 - Seattle – El Corazon.
June 22 - Portland - The Hive @ Star Theater.
June 25 - San Francisco - Death Guild @ DNA Lounge.
June 27 - Vegas - Scarlet @ LVCS.
June 28 - San Diego @ The Soda Bar.
June 29 - Los Angeles - Part Time Punks @ The Echo
Please see the Gig List page for full details!
These gigs are confirmed, more to be announced, so, diaries at the ready...
Saturday October 26th
The Trades Club
Holme St Town Centre, Hebden Bridge HX7 8EETickets on sale soon
Supports TBC
Sunday October 27th
The Continental,
South Meadow Lane, Preston, Lancashire PR1 8JPTickets on sale soon
Special Guests: Flesh For Lulu, John Hyatt (Three Johns), The Inca Babies.
That is correct.
https://www.facebook.com/events/406821436094484/
Sunday 3rd November
The Coliseum
Victoria Place, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 1EZTickets on sale soon
Special Guests Partly Faithful
Sunday 10th November
Trillians
Princess Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8DETickets on sale soon
Supports TBC
Friday 22nd November
N1 Centre 16 Parkfield St, Islington N1 0PSTickets on sale soon
Supports TBC
Saturday 23rd November
33 Queen's Rd Leeds LS6 1NYTickets on sale soon
Supports TBC
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Tickets $15 ($17 on the night)
Ages 21+
+1 206-381-3094
Live: The March Violets - support Vidi Aquam (Italy), Arts of Erebus (DE/FR)
Plus After party "Dance Dead Rhythms" (Gothic - Post Punk - Batcave - Death Rock - Wave: DJ Iconoclast - Resurrection - DJ Wahni - Gotham Sounds)
Kosten: 18 Euro
FACEBOOK EVENT: Click for Facebook event page
ADVANCE TICKETS: click to buy advance tickets
United Kingdom
7pm till late
A little purple do... Convivial and intimate. We decided to do a thing where we rehearsed, maybe a new Song, definitely a full set, then screened the Dan E Falicki film 'An Anti American' that Tom did the score for. With Free Popcorn!
We will be providing general chitchat, and some other stuff. Unholy Racket will have an exhibition of his prints. There'll be a raffle for something good, some Psydwr, Si's Caipirinha Cocktails, probably some gourmet food available from the chefs. A bit of a disco afterwards. Who knows what may turn up.
Limited Numbers, Late Licence, Lots of Lounging around.
Tickets will be £12, available from the Fulford Arms, or online at
Click to go to The March Violets website
Bring your Paypal receipt as a ticket, and as entry into the raffle.
I’m honoured – my essay ‘Don’t Fence Me In’ is included in this wonderful collection! (Nine Arches Press, ed Ian Humphreys)
‘What motivates poets in the 21st century? How do they find their voice? What themes and subject matters inspire them? How do they cope with set-backs and deal with success? What keeps them writing?
In Why I Write Poetry twenty-five contemporary poets reflect with insight, wit and wisdom on the writing life, each offering their distinctive take on what inspires and spurs them on to write poetry. Also - individual writing prompts to help you create your own new poetry.’
https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/why-i-write-poetry.html
A wonderful way to end a difficult year – ‘What Girls Do in the Dark’ selected by Pippa Hennessy as a Poetry Society Best Book of the Year!
https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poetry-news-best-books-of-the-year/
“Finally, Rosie Garland’s What Girls Do in the Dark (Nine Arches) – Garland is a true gothic polymath. This is reflected in her poetry, which roams through astrophysics, war zones, quantum theory, human biology, history, relationships and non-relationships, and more. The poems in What Girls Do in the Dark take this variety to extremes, yet somehow manage to bring concrete details and abstract ideas from all these areas together into a coherent, explosive, dazzling, gorgeous whole.”
– Pippa Hennessy is a bookseller at Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham.
Thank you Henry Normal for selecting What Girls Do in the Dark for Northern Soul’s Best Reads of 2021!
Books: Northern Soul’s Best Reads of 2021
Henry Normal, poet and writer
What Girls do in the Dark (Nine Arches Press) by Rosie Garland is my favourite poetry book of the year. Garland was a singer in the 1980s post-punk/goth band The March Violets. More recently, she’s established herself as a poet and novelist with several titles. I had the honour to read with her in Birmingham a while back, so when her new collection was released I was already interested. From the first poem I was captivated. She has a way of keeping one foot tentatively in the world we know with the other searching for a foothold in an unseen or imaginary world. I was inspired and transported by these poems in a way I’ve not experienced since first getting excited by the possibilities of poetry in my teens. I suspect it would not be good form to choose one of my poetry books for this feature but even if it was, I would choose Garland’s What Girls do in the Dark.
https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/books-northern-souls-best-reads-of-2021/
Thank you Vive le Rock magazine, for the great feature on The March Violets!
https://vivelerock.net/product/vive-le-rock-84-motorhead-girlschool-preorder/
Well, look at what happened on Record Store Day UK on July 17th 2021!
The March Violets ‘Big Soul Kiss’ - all the 1980s BBC Sessions in one place.
And PURPLE vinyl too #RSD21 #rsddrops
UPDATE – the entire pressing sold out in 24 hours. Jungle Records are releasing a CD version in 2022… plus more releases planned. Watch this space!
https://www.facebook.com/JungleRecords/