Nick - US - September

[HarperPR]

Provisional dates September:

10 - Philadelphia
11 - Pittsburgh
12 - New Jersey
13 - New York

[scotpaulabear]

Still waiting for news on Pittsburgh and Philly, though Mike Peters has mentioned a Philly Rocks gig on the 10th which may be it:
http://thealarm.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8651007381/m/650103801

But there is more info on two of the gigs - I am almost beside myself with excitement, first time I will see Nick in the old country! :m3:

Ocean County Music Fest
Saturday 12 Sept - Oak Ridge Park, Clark, NJ
http://www.ucmusicfest.com/news.html
Cy Curnin, the Alarm and Fastball are also appearing on the Saturday - now there's a lineup :) Sadly Glenn Tilbrook is playing Sunday, and I think the next gig wins for me, sorry Glenn ;)

Ulysses Folk House
Sunday 13 Sept - 95 Pearl St., NYC
http://www.ulyssesfolkhouse.com/main.html

[HarperPR]

Details also on Nick's site.
http://www.harperspace.com/nick-harper-news.html

[scotpaulabear]

Gosh, what an idiot I am forgetting to say that, like I meant to... I blame sleep deprivation and leaving my brain in Norway!

Don't know what I'd do without you correcting me, Linn...

[katrina]

There is the Philly Rocks event details here:

http://thealarm.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8651007381/m/650103801

[scotpaulabear]

There is the Philly Rocks event details here:

http://thealarm.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8651007381/m/650103801

Thanks Kat! See above, hee hee... great minds think alike link-wise :wink:
If there's more info up, do let us know okay?

[Rubel]

Head further west, Nick! California needs you.

[NoCelebrity]

After, or on the way to CHI-town, of course!

[scotpaulabear]

Fingers crossed this trip goes really well, so the next one seems like a given ;)

[Travellerman]

Head further west, Nick! California needs you.

You're not alone over the Bay Bridge, there's a few converts that side too :wink: I do wish Nick had popped over to Cali years ago, there are so many cool little venues to play and so many there who would appreciate him. I think he'd go down a storm in Marin, Health and Harmony, Reggae by the River festival, etc, etc...

[scotpaulabear]

Thanks to Owen (and carried over from another link), here's the Philly Rocks info - off to buy my VIP ticket now! :m3:

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http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/philly-rocks/
http://thealarm.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3491080152/m/974104121

We are very pleased to announce that on Thursday, September 10, 2009. The Love Hope Strength Foundation brings the fight against cancer to the city of brotherly love.

Legends of rock-n-roll will come together for a never seen before all star celebration. Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Robin Wilson (The Gin Blossoms), Mike Peters (The Alarm), Cy Curnin (The Fixx), James Stevenson (Gene Loves Jezebel) and Nick Harper will perform to raise money for cancer care.
Join them for this incredible evening and sign the ‘prayer flags’ that they will carry with them to the top of Kilimanjaro later this year as they raise money to support the first of its kind cancer program in sub-saharan Africa.
This is gonna be the party of the century – do not miss out on…PHILLY ROCKS!!!!!!

FOR TICKETS:http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/philly-rocks/

VIP: mingle with the musicians and open bar: $125 (limited availability)
General Admission: cash bar: $50

Bus from NYC: A tour bus will be available for transport from New York to Philadelphia, returning at 1AM just after the party.
Private performance en route by Mike Peters on the tour bus. Includes 1 General Admission Ticket.
This ticket is for pre-approved buyers only.
Please contact info@lovehopestrength.org for additional information before purchasing.

Thursday, September 10, 2009
Doors open at 8:00pm

The Field House
1150 Filbert Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-629-1520
For more information on this event please contact: woolsey@lovehopestrength.org

***All those who purchase advanced tickets will receive a receipt from PayPal. Please print your receipt and bring the evening of the event along with a photo id. Advanced ticket purchase highly recommended.

[HarperPR]

Last of the batch:

September 11

Club Cafe
56-58 South 12th Street
Pittsburgh
PA 15203

http://www.clubcafelive.com

Hope to have some interesting stuff to add at later date.:wink:

[NoCelebrity]

Here's hoping I can make it to at least Pittsburgh. Don't know if any college buddies are still in the Pittsburgh area. Interesting date...

It'd be nice to put faces to some of the rest of you. How hard core is the fan base in Pittsburgh? (Why do they rate, and not Chicago? Am I simply not doing my job?)

[scotpaulabear]

NC, it looks like Nick's playing with Cy Curnin from the Fixx on that date, they are Love Hope Strength trek friends and have been doing lots of shows together over here (will also both be doing Philly Rocks the night before and Ocean County Fest the day after) - it's all good :biggrin:

It'll be a first for me, going to Pittsburgh... no hostels I can find there though, methinks this road trip is getting a wee tad expensive but oh well I'll just go very austere for the rest of '09 :blushing: it's worth it :biggrin:

[NoCelebrity]

SPB- Think I missed the Fixx before the Police at Comiskey Park (Go White Sox!) around 1984. My Date didn't want to see The Fixx or Ministry (I did), but wanted to see Joan Jett (followed by Flock of Seagulls) before the "early, good" Police (when they were a "tight" act).

Would be good, if I can manage. Probably won't know 'til the last moment. Then I'll have to figure out logistics, etc. Don't count on me.

AIN'T I A PAIN?!

[scotpaulabear]

Not a pain at all! But hope I see you there :D

[NoCelebrity]

If my Mom and Sis visit Door County, WI at the same time Nick's in P'burg, I'll have one less excuse. They still haven't figured out when, but now my Mom wants to go with me the end of August (Mom is 88!).

How's that part of town? Where are the hotels? Can I get a group rate if a stay the same place as the Band? (and don't mind driving home without any sleep?):D

[aspwatterson]

..but have fun and you know you are walking into Linn's spider's web where a compulsory review and full set listing required. Am saving my money for Clon in September...weather & car permitting...

chrs
andi

[scotpaulabear]

If my Mom and Sis visit Door County, WI at the same time Nick's in P'burg, I'll have one less excuse. They still haven't figured out when, but now my Mom wants to go with me the end of August (Mom is 88!).

How's that part of town? Where are the hotels? Can I get a group rate if a stay the same place as the Band? (and don't mind driving home without any sleep?):D

Dunno much about Pittsburgh, I think I'm staying east of there maybe over an hour away, haven't decided yet) so I save money and I don't have a full 5 hour drive back to Union County in the morning! :bored:

And I'll certainly post reviews for you guys but I bet they won't get used for anything else :wink:

[scotpaulabear]

Ooooh lookee! Nick and Cy are playing the NYC gig together as well! :biggrin:

http://www.ulyssesfolkhouse.com/events/upcomingevents/curninharper.html

http://www.ulyssesfolkhouse.com/events/upcomingevents/nick-cy.poster.jpg

[scotpaulabear]

Bloody showoff, now Nick's gonna be Rocky and everything!
*wondering what kind of stupid'o'clock I'd have to leave Massachusetts to see this* :wink:

http://www.wilmington.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=189598&type_news=latest

The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), an international foundation that harnesses the power of music to make a difference in global cancer care, is taking its fight against cancer to the streets of Philadelphia in a symbolic walk that retraces the final steps of Rocky Balboa’s famous fist pumping run. Dubbed “Rocky’s Run”, participants will ascend the “Rocky Stairs” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art while being led by LHS Co-Founder and 2-time Leukemia survivor Mike Peters of The Alarm, Cy Curnin of the Fixx, and singer/songwriter Nick Harper. Prayer flags bearing 5,000+ names of cancer survivors, patients, lost loved ones will be carried along the way, and a special acoustic performance by Mike Peters will take place at the top. The prayer flags will be held high for the last time in the United States before they depart to the top of Kilimanjaro in Africa for Kilimanjaro Rocks, the Love Hope Strength Foundation’s latest musical journey to the roof of Africa.

The LHS “Rocky’s Run”, which is being sponsored by Baird Financial, Hahnemann Hospital, Cashman and Associates and The Field House, takes place Thursday, September 10 at 11:00 AM at the Philadelphia Art Museum on 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy in Philadelphia. Participants will begin at the bottom of the museum’s 72 stairs and climb their way to the top with thousands of prayer flags that are making their way across the world. A $1 donation per stair is recommended (but not mandatory), and there will be a sign up sheet online for participants interested in taking a pledge to help raise the money.

“The stairs made famous by Rocky Balboa are a powerful symbol of fighting back and gaining inspiration by overcoming adversity,” said LHS co-founder and cancer survivor, James Chippendale. “We have led music expeditions to the top of some of the world’s highest mountains and used those treks to provide millions with inspiration and many with the cancer treatment they wouldn’t have otherwise, so this is an ideal location to symbolize the fight we are waging against cancer. From the people at the local Oncology wards, to cancer survivors, to musicians, this will be a day for everyone to come together to for a real tangible cause.”



The event will be followed that night by Philly Rocks, an unprecedented charity concert at The Field House in Philadelphia featuring members of The Gin Blossoms, Squeeze, The Alarm, The Fixx, Gene Loves Jezebel and Nick Harper who will perform to raise money for cancer care.

For more information about the LHS “Rocky’s Run” and “Philly Rocks” visit http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/philly-rocks/

To pledge $1 per step, go to http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/stepathon/

To add a name to one of the thousands of prayer flags being hiked to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, go to www.lovehopestrength.org/site/prayer-flag-post/

About the Love Hope Strength Foundation

With headquarters in Denver and chapters in Texas, the United Kingdom, Peru, and Australia, LHS brings critical funding, material support and awareness to cancer initiatives worldwide. LHS has traveled the globe to Mt. Everest, the Empire State Building, Mt. Snowdon, and Machu Picchu, Peru, using the universal language of music to purchase life saving equipment, spread awareness, promote early detection, and register people to the international bone marrow database. Co-founded by cancer survivors James Chippendale, CEO of CSI Entertainment Insurance, and Mike Peters, front man of The Alarm; and with the support from legends in rock n' roll and passionate volunteers from around the globe, LHS is making a tangible difference in the fight against cancer.

* Join the Love Hope Strength Army to receive advanced event details and pre-enrollment opportunities: http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/join-the-army/
* For more information on LHS and how you can get involved, visit: www.lovehopestrength.org

[scotpaulabear]

Anyone else going to any of these gigs? :biggrin:

[scotpaulabear]

Stage times for Union County - Nick's on the Walmart (ewwww!) Presents Crossroads Stage at 6:30pm next Saturday (one week! yay! :)...
http://www.ucmusicfest.com./stagetimes.html

[scotpaulabear]

Just got a message from the Philly Rocks organizers that the tix for Philly Rocks are $30 rather than $50, so if price was keeping any of you US-ians away, this is a help! :biggrin:
http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/philly-rocks/

[NoCelebrity]

Hope I'm not too late to wish you a happy visit, SPB!

Why don't you come to Chicago in November? You're taking the whole Harpic tour anyway, right?

XXXOOO :D(forgive me if I'm too late)

[scotpaulabear]

After September, NC, I think sadly I'll be passing on November :bored: but with days like today I won't complain!

Check out my pics of the Rocky's Run here - will let everyone know when I add Philly Rocks pics. Let me tell you, you haven't lived til you've heard Nick collaborate on Fixx tunes and a rollicking cover of "Eye of the Tiger" :D

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146159&id=629582931&l=dd89665ff9

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs210.snc1/7723_155929062931_629582931_3646473_4374990_n.jpg

[scotpaulabear]

Hulloooooooooooo from a rockin' hotel in Clark, NJ :biggrin: Nick and Cy have rocked the houses in Philly, Pittsburgh (though sadly the house was rather small - NC, wish you had been - but someone shouted for Riverside, made Nick's night :D ) and MusicFest in Joisey... the way they perform together is amazing, I can't recommend them enough. And Nick's solo set today definitely made a few rabid converts immediately - including the girls on the ferris wheel who kept shouting encouragement to him just before his set started :wink:

Bit stalled posting pics due to poor net availability - boo! - but more to come soon...

OH! and if you're coming to NYC, make sure to be there earlier than 9 (or 10 as one Faceache page says), Nick could go on any time between 8 and 10 so better to be safe than sorry!

[scotpaulabear]

Oh. My. GOD. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: Enough to send even me speechless...

HrMZUhwJqRA

[aspwatterson]

Wicked, real and wonderful!

andi:biggrin:

[WrexTheDragon]

Cy and Nick. Remember Me When I'm Gone

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Also Saved by Zero

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[SHAUN I]

Top Cy & Nick tunes..Cheers!

[HarperPR]

Pics from Philly Rocks and Union County Fest.

http://bit.ly/YxS3Z
http://bit.ly/3QICBQ

[NoCelebrity]

Great footage and photos. "Saved By Zero" wouldn't play (the song I knew already) so I couldn't compare the Live v. Studio. Actually, got it now... Love to hear how the ARTISTE strip down, build up, or change their songs around. If NICK is going to be in Chicago w/ Cy I'll have to order more Harpic to truly appreciate the EVENT!

[scotpaulabear]

Am loving Nick's US tour diary on his news page (http://http://www.harperspace.com/nick-harper-news.html) :biggrin: Will post it here (sans links) if you all don't mind - a little on-topic never hurt eh? :wink:

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From across the pond.

The first visit stateside for a while and what a great time we had. It seems anything hosted by the LoveHopeStrength foundation is invested with extra goodness that, to coin a phrase seeps out all over the place. I had such a great time in Philadelphia that I can't tell you because you would be sick. It was that good. The LHS band (Peters,Tilbrook,Curnin,Stevenson,Wilson and Harper) delivered some rousing versions of old favourites and some old versions of favourite rousers, but the cause cemented the vibe long into the night. This was after the historic reenactment of 'Rocky's run' to the top of the Art Museum steps where we shadow boxed with 'The Eye of the Tiger' Hahahahahah. We carried 6000 prayer flags with us that will be flown at the summit of Kilimanjaro in honour of people lost and people still in the fight. I was also cheerfully surprised to see not only a plaque in honour of the architect of this impressive building dedicated to the arts, but, only in America, a 10 foot bronze statue of Rocky himself. Well, Sylvester Stallone as the fictional character in that landmark film.

Pittsburgh was the first toe in the water with my good friend Cy Curnin in the USA. Cy's view is at once personal, but at the same time epic and far - reaching, but always with huge dollops of genuine passion, a bit like my old man in that respect. We've got a good thing going that will hopefully mean I'll go back to this incredible country more often in the future.. In fact we have a tour planned for November - news at 11.

The second LHS day was in Jersey at the Union County Music Fest which is hosted by 'One of the 38' George Devanney. It was a bit of a murky day , but I played two sets, one with Cy and one on me tod - jolly good fun they were too. That night I travelled into one of my favourite places on earth - New York City. I was genuinely excited as I 'hit town' and we used it up and wore it out in fine style.

This was all excellent preparation for the last gig in a great bar called 'Ulysses' near Wall Street right at the Southern tip of Manhattan. Glenn made it as well as Cy so the three amigos were in full effect until the fat lady finally sang.

Yes i did have reservations beforehand, but despite it being a long way from home and too big and separated from us by a common language etc. I'm looking forward to going back in November. I was also really pleased to see some old friends that made me think there's life in the old dog yet!

[scotpaulabear]

Just found this pic on the LHS Facebook page and it cracked my shiz right up :D

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs254.snc1/10122_133851025969_87927280969_2450993_4773151_n.j pg

[scotpaulabear]

And the next! :rofl:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs274.snc1/10122_133851045969_87927280969_2450994_6746904_n.j pg

Album can be found here on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=108845&id=87927280969

[scotpaulabear]

More great photos from Philly Rocks can be found here:
http://metrophillyphoto.zenfolio.com/p738623605