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	News Archive 2007
		28 December 2007
	Festive Show Is Wizzard!
	ROY WOOD ROCK & ROLL BAND Town Hall, Birmingham Birmingham Mail; Birmingham (UK) December 24, 2007 by Andy Coleman Festive cheer arrived early from a familiar source as Roy Wood played a rare hometown gig. The show covered the the psychedelic Move years, the Glam Rock Wizzard era and some new songs from a forthcoming Rock & Roll album. An initial muddy sound marred the opening of California Man and Ball Park Incident, with the vocals of female singer Shell Naylor particularly lost in the mix. And the sold out crowd was slow to respond, prompting Roy to remark "How polite - we're used to gigs where people are jumping about on pogo sticks. "Well, that was never going to happen at the posh new Town Hall but respect to Roy for persevering until everyone was on their feet and singing by the time set closer I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday came along an hour later. VERDICT: ***** Copyright © 2007 Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd.

		23 December 2007
	New Year's Day Radio for Roy
	Ed Doolan, BBC WM presenter for 25 years, has resurrected some Christmas treats this year on BBC WM 95.6FM. On New Year's Day at 11am Roy Wood introduces a Beach Boys private recording of his huge Christmas hit. Thanks to Birmingham Post and Mail

		23 December 2007
	Town Hall Gig Success
	A full house saw The Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band really rock the Town Hall on Saturday. They played an absolute belter, with Roy in very fine voice - probably the best we've ever heard him. Danny had the pleasure of playing a grand piano and blimey, did it sound great. It was bloody big as well, especially if you were trying to take photographs around it! Roy performed so very well and entertained his audience like a true star. The Town Hall has recently been renovated & looks magnificent - the perfect venue for a magnificent musician and his band.

		21 December 2007
	Wizzard Climb The Charts
	Roy has made it into the Top 20 for the first time in... well... ages! Wizzard are currently at No. 16 so let's try to push it into the Top 10 for that all important Christmas Chart! Wizzard are doing even better in the BBC Download Chart, holding 13th place this week. To download "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" from iTunes CLICK HERE (iTunes software required) also available from other chart download sites.

		17 December 2007
	Flippin Eck, Another One!
	It would be easier for Roy just to take over the entire BBC Radio Network, then you'd know to listen all the time! However, just to make us Web Wizzards work even harder, Roy appeared on BBC Radio 6 this evening (Mon 17th Dec) when Steve Lamacq invited him to choose songs on the 'Good Day, Bad Day' feature. Once again, you can hear it on BBC Radio's Listen Again facility... which is becoming increasingly handy! http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/steve_lamacq/

		17 December 2007
	Roy on Radcliffe n Maconie Again!
	Well, that's it really! Roy will be on tonight, Monday 17th 8 pm onwards. Bye Then...! http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/radcliffemaconie/

		14 December 2007
	Chris Miss Time!
	Did you miss Roy on The Chris Evans Show? So did we, 'cos he forget to tell us in advance! Go here... Wed 12th Chris Evans Show http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/evans/?focuswin

		9 December 2007
	Wizzard Charts!
	Roy has done it again with the greatest Christmas song ever! Wizzard hit the Top 40 at No. 27 with I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday. The UK chart system has recently changed & now includes Download Sales. Therefore, although no actual CD has been re-released, the song has been extremely popular as an Internet Download. Anyway, less of the technical bits. We don't care, do we boys & girls?!!! Celebrate! Here's a BBC news page, with a lovely picture of Wizzard! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7135436.stm

		8 December 2007
	Big Cameras at B'ham Town Hall
	Anyone who is still contemplating turning up for the Birmingham Town Hall gig on 22nd Dec - get yer skates on, its almost sold out! Added interest...this gig will be filmed for a DVD so Roy wants you all to take the opportunity to get your faces on the screen & your voices on the soundtrack! Should be fab!

		8 December 2007
	GMTV Grab Roy
	GMTV have once again beaten all contenders for the pleasure of Roy's company on Christmas Eve. The Roy Wood Rock & Roll Band will star in a 'musical role' on the early morning show but... Can you guess what it will be???

		8 December 2007
	KAISER CHIEFS MEET ROY WOOD
	Photo by Roy Smiljanic for the Birmingham Mail from the Birmingham Mail 27 November 2007 by Andy Coleman Indie band the Kaiser Chiefs met one of their musical heroes before their sold-out show at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. The band has recorded Roy Wood's Flowers In The Rain for a Radio 1 tribute album and asked the Birmingham Mail to set up a meeting with the former Wizzard frontman. So Roy, along with Danny McCormack and John 'Boysey' Battrum from his new Rock & Roll Band, went along to last night's show to give their verdict on the Kaisers' version of the Move hit, the first song played on Radio 1, 40 years ago. "I told them I expected it to be totally different to the one I recorded with The Move but it's really not that far removed," said Roy. "I liked the bit they've put in the middle, which is similar to something off the Beatles' Sgt Pepper album." Roy said he was a fan of the Kaiser Chiefs, his favourite song being Ruby. "They asked me about my new band and when we would be playing, so I told them next Thursday at the Jam House, then December 21 at Bilston's Robin 2 and December 22 at Birmingham Town Hall." The Kaisers' vocalist Ricky Wilson, drummer Nick Hodgson, guitarist Andrew White, keyboardist Nick Barnes and bassist Simon Rix were delighted to chat with Roy. Ricky, 29, said: "On Radio 2 the other day, somebody called in to say forget about the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, play a Move song. Lots of callers agreed with him. I didn't realise how important The Move were." Copyright © 2007 Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd. Kaiser Chiefs website: http://www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk Kaisers' 'Flowers In The Rain' on YouTube

		O19 October 2007
	Woody Does Argos Ad!
	Argos is the largest & most famous catalogue shopping facility in Britain. You can shop by store, by phone or online. Not only has Roy's Christmas song been chosen to feature in the TV ads, but Roy himself appears as a mad 'axe' man living next door to the nice lady who cannot hear herself think, let alone place an order by phone etc. This advert will be shown in almost every commercial break from now until Christmas. Cover you ears, children! Or should that be, 'Cover your children's ears, parents'. Whatever we cover, we'll all be mad by Christmas.

5 October 2007

Roy will be performing with his Rock & Roll Band at the Town Hall on Dec 22nd.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!!

		3 October 2007

	Woody Conquers The Airways!	September 2007

After a brilliant show & just before the curry...! L to R: Mark, Roy & Stuart.
Photo courtesy Radcliffe n Maconie, BBC Radio 2

Woody Gets His Boulders On the Radio!

September 2007

Roy has been ultra busy promoting Boulders & has done so many interviews we couldn't keep up with him! As Roy said "I've done loads of interviews, many of which I didn't even know who they were for until I got to the studios! There was one time when I did 23 interviews in one afternoon. Blimey! Boulders should be No. 1 with all that work I put in!"

Roy gave many press interviews, some of which we will be publishing here ASAP. If anyone out there has managed to collect Roy's interviews for Boulders, please could you scan them & send 'em to us for inclusion. woody.info@roywood.co.uk. Roy has done 3 shows for Radio 2: Steve Wright, Ken Bruce's Pop Quiz where he got stuck in the London traffic & had to do it by mobile phone! Nontheless, he beat Joe Pascquali hands down! Tonight, Roy is appearing on Radio 2's coolest & most respected show, Radcliffe & Maconie...

	Roy Wood Boulders EMI (CDSHVLR 803) Released 20th August 2007	August 2007
Roy Wood's classic debut solo album is magnificently remastered & issued here forthe first time on CD... & it's only taken over 30 years! Critically acclaimed as a masterpiece, this album reveals Roy at his creative zenith, playing every instrument (bar one!), writing every note & every word, arranging, producing & making the tea! He even painted the sleeve &, on this digital update, wrote the sleeve notes too. A rare thing indeed! The sound on the CD is absolutely sparkling with clarity whilst retaining the warmth of the original recording & is much closer to the way Roy intended it to be heard. However, in those days, technology was limited & what was actually heard in the studio was never quite matched on vinyl thus, the public were bereft of the artists' intentions. You can now hear Boulders as it was meant to be, PLUS the added bonus of a previously unreleased version of a track in working progress. The full colour booklet features scene-setting sleeve notes by two of Woody's long time aficionados, along with a chapter from the man himself revealing for the first time ever, true tales from the making of Boulders! Roy picks out his surprise favourite track & gives us an insight into why he entitled his album so! This collection of songs is the most eclectic, endearing & of course, eccentric as the man himself, exploring many different areas of popular music. From the simplistic yet ingenious 'Wake Up' to the classic rocking 'Locomotive', we are afforded a fascinating journey through the influences & inspirations of the amazing Mr. Roy Wood! More About Boulders

ROY WOOD AT THE PALACE Tickets £10 in advance, £12 on the door. Doors open from 7pm This is a 14+ event.		March 2007
OK all you Woody fans from the Midlands! It's time to show your support for Roy's gig at The Palace, Tamworth, a local venue for local folk! Everyone knows how people moan if there's no decent gig venue in their town - but that's probably because when there was a venue, no one supported it, so it had to close down. The Palace is a great venue, attempting to book the very best bands around, just for YOU! The venue has landed its first major act in booking The One, The Only, The Mega. etc! Yer very own ROY WOOD ROCK AND ROLL BAND. so get yerself off that squashy sofa and get on down to The Palace in Tamworth for the greatest, grooviest night you've had in ages. And. if you book in advance, its only £10. You can even take your teenage kids, the ones you've been brainwashing with Woody Music ever since they were born! Phone up on 01827 709618 and book now. Roy was really inspired by his fantastic run of major gigs at Christmas, when he played four nights at the NEC as a special guest of Jasper Carrot. THE ROY WOOD ROCK AND ROLL BAND are certainly on a roll now, so don't miss your chance to see them at their rockin' best! BACK TO ARCHIVES INDEX

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