The Waterboys

We’ve been advised that the Celtic Roots festival on Sept 14th at Catton Hall, South Derbyshire has been cancelled. According to the festival website this is due to the continuous bad weather conditions of the past few weeks and the prospect of further heavy rainfall leading up to the show date. Further details including ticket refund information are available from: www.celticroots.tv

ENGLISH ‘CELTIC ROOTS’ FESTIVAL ADDED - 14TH SEPT   The Waterboys will play the Celtic Roots Festival at Catton Hall, Walton On Trent, South Derbyshire on Sunday September 14th.  This looks like being the only full-band Waterboys show in England this year.  Support acts are Hothouse Flowers and Biblecode Sundays.  Saturday’s bill features Van Morrison, Amy MacDonald and Seth Lakeman.   Tickets priced £35.00 (one day) or £70 (both days) are available at:    http://www.... MORE

WATERBOYS PLAY SHOW WITH NEIL YOUNG IN HOLLAND The Waterboys have been invited to join Neil Young’s bill at BosPop in the Netherlands on Friday 11th July. The band will play for an hour on the main stage at 20.45 - 21.45, immediately before Neil. The last time The Waterboys played with Neil was at the Fleadh in London, 2001. “It was an honour then and it’s an honour now,” commented Mike Scott, “Neil brings with him a sense of meaning, a cocktail of ethical authority a... MORE

Yeah well I tried to put this in a comment box after hearing that the Waterboys had been rained off due this continuous wet weather we are having. its a struggle trying to stay upbeat with all this dampness about. The mice have decided to come into my house for refuge as well. I am not happy! My satelite keeps losing reception and I think my roof is leaking.

The Pickering Festival, at which The Waterboys were due to play tomorrow has been cancelled due to bad weather. The Health and Safety Office have closed it. Sorry to disappoint anyone who'd planned to go.

AUSTRIAN SHOW WITH NEIL YOUNG, 17th AUGUST    The Waterboys have been added to the bill for Neil Young’s show at the Lovely Days Festival, Festivalgelanda, Wiesen, Burgenland, Austria on August 17 (Sunday).  It’s the Waterboys’ first Austrian show in eight years, and second gig with Neil this summer.  Tickets are available from 0043 196096 or online from: www.musicticket.at  Tickets €52 for the day.  Other bands playing include Adam Green and Wishbone Ash.  Further info:... MORE

The name of the band and the title of the song say it all From their latest

ROOM TO ROAM - REMASTER IS OUT 11TH AUGUST The remastered 2CD version of Room To Roam will be released by EMI on 11th August.  The beautiful package includes new sleevenotes by Mike Scott, extended track-by-track musician credits and previously unseen photographs as well as 17 bonus songs.  CD1 is the original album featuring the Celtic line-up of the band: Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anto Thistlethwaite, Sharon Shannon, Trevor Hutchinson, Colin Blakey and Noel Bridgeman. ... MORE

NORWEGIAN FESTIVAL BONANZA! The Waterboys have been confirmed for three more Norwegian festivals, and the date of their show at the Parkenfestivalen in Bodo has been changed. Here are the details: Sat 5 July 5: Skiippagura Festival, TANA, Lapland, Norway. Tickets: http://www.skiippagurra.no Sat 2 Aug: Lost Weekend Festival, BERGEN, Norway. Tickets: (tel) +47 815 33133 or: www.billettservice.no Further info from: www.lost-weekend.net Fri 22 Aug: Dampskibsbrygga,... MORE

so i was djing for my friends wedding a couple weeks ago, the unorganized mess that it was, and decided to play more tasteful than "dance" music in respect to the parents of the young couple. well, as the older guest slowly drove their tractors and john deere’s home (seriously, farm town), i decided to switch gears to more beat oriented songs to give the boozed up kids something to get retarded to. a girl with pink and black hair wonders over to my quarters and asks if i h... MORE

WATERBOYS WILL NOT NOW PLAY AT ELECTRIC PICNIC   The Waterboys are sorry to announce they will no longer be playing the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland on Friday 29 August due to contractual problems.  The band agreed a deal in good faith with POD, the festival promoters.  However, after having made press announcements and advertising The Waterboys on their festival website, the promoters substantially reduced the agreed fee to a figure that didn’t make economic sens... MORE

Superficially, not a chant at all. But that's exactly what it is.

THE WATERBOYS – BOOK OF LIGHTNING (2007) RATING Mike Scott is in rude health. He may have been off the radar for a while but he’s back with a new record, a chance to rediscover his distinctive voice, adept lyrics, and whimsical Celtic verve, and a reminder that in the decade of vast musical statements (the 80s) his collective were a justified competitor with the likes of U2 and Simple Minds. At the turn of the decade Scott’s releases became more ‘selective’, taking in... MORE