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ANDYHOWELLS chats to Vox Rox star Katie Paine ahead of their Blackwood Miners Institute this Saturday


Rock classics, lights and a backing band


Single release for Bear’s Den


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NEW SINGLE: Bear’s Den


Bear’s Den will release their Ivor Novello nominated single Above The Clouds Of Pompeii on July 27th. Above The Clouds Of Pompeii


is taken from Bear’s Den’s de- but album Islands which is out now on Communion Records / Caroline International, and was written by the band’s An- drew Davie. Speaking of the song, Davie


ROCKING THE ‘STUTE: Katie and the Vox Rox girls


HI-ENERGY show Rox Vox comes to Blackwood Miners Institute this Saturday. Featuring some of the strongest male and female rock voices performing in the UK today, together with an amazing band, the show will deliver earthy solos, immense harmonies and virtuoso musicianship. Including classics by Queen, Led Zeppelin, Survivor, Guns & Roses, Status Quo and The Roll- ing Stones, the show also features exhilarating staging, wicked cos- tumes and a spectacular laser light show. Andy Howells recently discussed the show with Rox Vox vocalist Ka- tie Paine.


What was the idea behind the Interview


Rox Vox show? It’s a show that brings some of the best rock songs to the audience, with an incredible live band and exciting vocals.


How many singers and musi- cians are in the band and how did you all come together? There are four vocalists and a fe- male band of six members called Joan of Arc. We auditioned for the show and started rehearsals in January to put the show together.


There’s quite a repertoire including music from Queen, Led Zeppelin, Survivor, Guns &


Celebrate the ‘King’


AS A fitting celebration to mark eight decades of the ‘King’ of rock and roll, The Elvis Years has extended its tour of the highly acclaimed West End musical Jailhouse Rock to include 80 unmissable dates, arriving at Newport’s Riverfront Theatre on Satur- day, June 20, at 7.30pm. Join thousands of Elvis fans around the UK in 2015 and book one of the 80 special tour dates of The Elvis Years to cel- ebrate 80 years of Elvis Pres- ley, one of the biggest cultural icons of the twentieth century. The Elvis Years is a musical


concert production telling the story of Elvis. The show fea- tures original Elvis star Mario Kombou and his incredible band, led by legendary produc- er, musical director and Ivor Novello award-winner David Mackay. As part of the celebrations,


The Riverfront will also have a live rock’n’ roll DJ in the café/ bar before and after the show, and a very special cocktail bar selling Elvis-themed cocktail concoctions. For tickets and informa-


tion please visit tickets.new portlive.co.uk.


CELEBRATION: The Elvis Years


Roses, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones, how do you go about choosing your favourites? It was difficult to choose as there are so many great classics, but the songs we’ve chosen all fit in the set list well together, so the band can play one song into an- other.


What can rock fans expect from the forthcoming show? It’s a lively show with brilliant vo- cals and a superb band playing live rock music. And I guarantee you’ll be singing along and up dancing by then end!


Which tracks are you looking forward to performing?


I love the opening number Whole Lotta Love – it’s such a fab track and really sets up the show.


Is it a show suitable for all the family? Absolutely! It’s suitable for anyone who loves music!


Finally what’s your all time favourite rock track and why? Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. I’ve always loved this song and am lucky enough to sing it in this show!


Tickets for the Blackwoodshow on June 20 are available from Box Of- fice on 01495 227206 or by visit- ing http://your.caerphilly.gov.uk/ bmi/whatson/eventlist/4#Big


says, “It’s an amalgamation of many of my feelings grow- ing up. Trying to connect with people and also my first times dealing with loss. My Dad and I went on a trip to Pompeii when I was really young and I was thinking about it one day, nostalgically and also kinda painfully remembering stuff from when I was a kid and try- ing to communicate how I felt back then. That Pompeii trip made a huge impression on


me and seemed to be the right place and time in my child- hood for me to try and articu- late all those things. “I wrote Above The Clouds


Of Pompeii a few years ago, in the back of a VW camper van, on Bear’s Den’s first ever tour in America. Ben Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Staves were also on that tour and it was hugely inspiring to be surrounded by so many tal- ented songwriters night after night.” A feature-length music docu- mentary of this tour, Austin To Boston, will get its global re- lease on 12th June via Netflix and iTunes, fresh from a suc- cessful run of screenings at in- ternational film festivals. The film was directed by James Marcus Haney, produced by Ben Lovett and Ty Johnson, and narrated by Gill Landry.


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