2 MUSIC Centre Stage...


Fundraiser for charity


IEUANThe LionMemorial Fund presents Guns2Roses Metallica Reloaded Baby Gaga Blind Ambition at afundraising night in Six Feet Under tomorrow (May19). Tickets are priced £6 in advance


£7 on the door forthe showwhich starts at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased from


Wayne on 07584 133198 or at Diverse Music,Charles Street,or Kriminal Records,Newport Market.


Van Morrison tribute show


THEMANis the premier tribute to the music of the UK’s finest ever soul andR&Bartist, VanMorrison. And he will take the stage at


Ebbw Vale’s Beaufort Theatre on May26. The showconcentrates on VanMorrison’s golden era and includes all his greatsongs suchas Brown Eyed Girl andmanymore. Tickets costing £15 are available on 01495 355800.


CONTACTUS


EDITOR:NicoleGarnon 01633777203 nicole.garnon@sgwent-wales.co.uk


EDITORIAL:IwanDavies 01633777225 iwan.davies@gwent-wales.co.uk


ADVERTISING:Andrea Hall 01633777145 andrea.hall@gwent-wales.co.uk


DESIGN:AndyHowells 01633777221 andrew.howells@gwent-wales.co.uk


ONLINE: www.southwalesargus.co.uk/leisure www.twitter.com/argus_theguide


ThisweekANDYHOWELLS chats to SouthWales rock band THEHOTEL AMBUSH


Who are youand where do you originate from? Wellmyname is Lee and I’m fromthe backend of nowhere called Abertridwr,also knownas Mordor. Wehave Adam, he is fromthe North


he doesn’t belong in aband but belongs in abank or other boring type job,Kieron came fromazoo andMatt is well..........Matt.


Pole,very strange man.........don’t pry too much, you’ll regret it Then we have Jamie,helooks like


Howlong have youbeen together as aband? Howlong is apiece of string? This current lineup onlyabout twoor three years butbefore thataltogether Iwould saybordering six years


Howwould youdescribe your style of music? Colombian Goth-core,ofcourse that isamade up genre and I’ve just copy- righted it (thieves everywhere), the best I’ve heard us described is as party metal, kinda fits Iguess :)


What’s your best live experience so far? Up till now?Iwould have to sayplay-


ing Merthyr Rock last year,thatwas the first time we have experienced a festivalasaband and it wasAMAZ- ING.IfIcouldIwould relive that dayover and over and over again forall time and do reallyrandom stuffevery time so it wasalittle dif- ferent.


MEET THE BAND


Friday, May 18, 2012 Followusontwitter @Argus_TheGuide TheHotelAmbush


Folky start to music fest


THETHIRD Devauden Music Fest will be held atDevauden Village Hall tonightand tomorrow. This


TOP ACT: 4th Street Traffic


evening’s FridayFolk programmegets under wayat6pmand lasts until10pm with an after-party with music going on foranother hour.Acts include RustlyShackle,Stew Simpson, Blue Horyzon, Don’t Tell Johnny,Bateleurs andCatrin O’Neill. Tomorrowthe live music starts at 1.30pm and goes on until 10pm.Again there is an after-party with music foranother hour. Performing are 4th Street Traffic,


Keep in touch with


The Hotel Ambush online


Facebook:


www.facebook.com/ thehotelambush


Twitter: @TheHotelAmbush2


Whatare youworking on at the moment? Weare just putting the finishing touches to our albumwhichweWILL release some time this year and thatisapromise.


Where can we catchyou live? (Confirmed gigs or other appearances) Well all of our gig listings can be found on our Facebook page butwedohaveaMASSIVE showinJulyplaying afestival in Spain with the mighty Guns n’ Roses,Marilyn Manson, In Flames,Opeth, Nightwish, Architects,Cancer bats, Lacuna coil andLOADSof other amazing bands,the best part is thatthere are still bands being confirmed forthis show.


Bonfire,TwoToned, Liza Finn, TheAvisi, Eric Unseen, Futuretown,OCD,Without Alex, Holika, Toypop and Maharaja Blues.


Tributeto sixties stars


THEGUIDE IN ABAND?


wants to hearaboutyou, your gigsandyour releases


ContactIwanDavieson 01633 777225 or e-mail


iwan.davies@gwent-wales.co.uk


THEHOLLYWOODBees bring their acclaimed tribute showThe Music ofTheHollies to the Borough Theatre in Abergavenny tonight (7.30pm). Theperformance will payhom-


agetothe greatband’s distinctive harmonies of the 1960s and 1970s, whichsawthemrecord huge hits withnumbers like JustOneLook; HeAin’t Heavy,He’sMyBrother; and The Air ThatIBreathe. Alongside the well-loved hits of


TheHollies,The Hollywood Bees showcase the influence ofThe Everly Brothers andBuddyHolly, together with songs byBobDylan, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Bruce Springsteen andEmmylou Harris. Tickets,whichcost £15 (conces- sions £13) are availablefromthe boxoffice on 01873 850805 orwww. boroughtheatreabergavenny.co.uk


NOTASFULL AS YOUWOULD LIKE? PEOPLE


MUSIC NIGHTCLUB PARTY


ContactThe Guideteam to findout more aboutadvertisinghere: 01633 777285 or email andrea.hall@gwent-wales.co.uk


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