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23/06/10 - The Fake Festival - Saturday 3rd July (1 pm ‘til 11 pm)The Fake Festival is coming to Farnborough but there will be nothing fake about THE FINS on a fun filled day of entertainment.
We promise it will be the real line up for The Fins playing alongside the not so real Kings of Leon, U2 and Guns n’ Roses tribute bands.
All LIVE music will be held inside the Fake Festivals marquee, with a licensed beer tent, food stalls and entertainment garden areas.
So don’t sit in front of the telly all day, get out and have some real enjoyment.
See you there!
Best wishes
The Fins
For more information about the event please go to the Fake Festivals website –
http://www.fakefestivals.co.uk/festival-details.html?festival_id=64
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18/04/10 - 7th May - The Fins/Young Knives. Don't miss out get your tickets NOW!
An exciting night is to be expected when we play with Young Knives at The Palace Aldershot on 7th May. Also in support are Race Horses, a very interesting upcoming band from Wales. We're looking forward to meeting you.
It's going to be a cracking night but you already guessed that eh?
To avoid disappointment click on the link below NOW and book your tickets for an unforgettable night!!!
Get your tickets here
15/04/10 SIMON the SIMULACRUM with THE FINS at Tommy Flynn's
Is Loro so pretentious that he now has his own finger double?
Quite possibly however the truth is Loro's fingers were stuck in Paris (actually Paris, not 'plaster of') on Wednesday. So a huge thank you goes to Simon Gerring for helping us out on the drums last night.
12/04/10 THE FINS PERFORMANCE AT THE SQUARE BAR
It was supposed to be a quiet little local gig to test drive Loro's recovering fingers. Well it turned out to be a full house in the Square Bar on Friday night and it was fantastic to see so many Fins Fans new and old turn up to support! Hello and thank you to those who rocked up to see The Fins for the first time. We want to hear from you! We want to know about the key moments of your night and the memories that you take home with you. Big thanks go out to 'the lads with no name yet' who put on an admirable support, considering they had such short rehearsal time with their new vocalist.
Keep an eye out for future gigs throughout the summer on our official website and Facebook pages.
18/03/10 - We are making changes!
18/12/09 - Seasons Greetings!
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02/12/09 - Christmas Shopping With The Fins!
We like to make your lives easy so you can spend more time going to Fins gigs or chilling out at home in front of a roaring fire with friends and family, listening to The Fins latest tracks.
The Fins gift shop is now open and online here. It’s getting near Secret Santa time again so for any you of stuck for ideas get across to the newly opened Fins shop.
It’s full of great ideas for stocking fillers and presents. Or why not treat yourself!
We can gift wrap your purchases for you too. Just state the occasion on the order (Christmas, Birthday etc.) and we will endeavour to wrap your gifts in an inappropriate style.
27/07/09 - A Day At The Races!
Hey, hey! Just a quick word or two to say a big thank you to everyone who came to see us at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday. It was a beautiful day full of sun and fun. We had a great time performing and then chilling out to watch the great Supergrass and we're sure you did too! Rock On!
13/07/09 - GO GO GO! Ok Peeps! Its your time to download a piece of history. Download our latest song "Concrete Shoes" for free here now!
23/06/09 - Festivals, Funs and The Fins!
Peeps! We've been busy, busy, busy.....
- Guilfest - Get Your tickets from us for less! :-)
- New Tunes on Myspace and Website!
- Download our latest track free after Guilfest!
- Gigs! - Where are we playing next?
Guilfest
So its that time of year again, Festival time! Not only are we playing Guilfest on Friday the 10th July but we've also got together with those nice people at Guilfest to give you a special deal. Get your Guilfest tickets from us for a reduced price! Details below:
| Ticket-type | Normal Price | Fins Value |
| Weekend with Camping | £ 110.00 | £100.00 |
| Weekend without Camping | £ 100.00 | £90.00 |
| Adult Saturday | £ 45.00 | £35.00 |
| Adult Sunday | £ 45.00 | £35.00 |
| Adult Friday | £ 40.00 | £35.00 |
| Child Age 12-15 Friday | £ 30.00 | £27.00 |
| Child Age 12-15 Saturday | £ 30.00 | £27.00 |
| Child Age 12-15 Sunday | £ 30.00 | £27.00 |
If you want to take advantage of this amazing deal you can either email us at info@thefins.co.uk or get in touch by phone by calling James on 07837 383 452
New Tunes!
We know you've been itching to hear some of our new material that will be on the album. Well, now you can! We've uploaded the new recordings to our website player and to the myspace. Go check them out now and let us know what you think!
Free Download
To celebrate the summer we are giving you all the chance to download a brand spanking new free track full of Fins goodness! It will be available on Monday 13th July from our website. We'll be reminding you about it nearer the time!
Gig Listings
Remember we asked where you wanted us to play? Well our Norwich fans have put the pressure on – we just couldn’t say no. If you fancy a day at the races – TBC we’ll be playing with Supergrass at Ascot racecourse after the racing Saturday 25/7(King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes a right royal gig). And check out Meshfest – Camberley’s music festival www.meshfest.co.uk. Wherever you come to see us you know you’ll get a great show. Come and say hello, we love the attention (except Rauf but he’ll take a whisky off you).
| 04/07/2009 | The Links | Fleet |
| 05/07/2009 | Boileroom | Guildford |
| 10/07/2009 | Guilfest | Guildford |
| 11/07/2009 | 93 Feet East | London |
| 16/07/2009 | MeshFest | Camberley |
| 24/07/2009 | Brickmakers | Norwich |
| 15/08/2009 | Oak | Burntwood |
That's all for now but we'll be back soon with more exciting news!
29/04/09 - So you've all been waiting for it!
The Winners - (oh those lucky people) of the 'Best Wishes' Tee Shirt competition - are:
Jamie Reeves - Norwich
Andrew Taylor - Morecambe
Nichola Pegg - Farnborough
Andi Ireland - USA
Emma Jones - Farnborough
Sorry to all of you who entered but didn't win. Catch us at a gig and you might negotiate a price for a Tee of your own. Or as Loro would say, "you can listen for free on Myspace! Do you have to be dressed for free as well?".
Actually if you turn up naked we'll probably give you one.
Best Wishes from The Fins!
10/04/09 - Well it’s chucking it down with rain here in The Fins’ home town. This is severely hampering Macca’s distribution plans, which is shame because he has the costumes and baskets all ready for Ryan and James. So just in case they don’t make it round to your house with an egg or two, Loro thought we’d give away something better for your health...
...a free Fins tee!
If you don’t know how Fins fans are getting free Fins tees, it’s because we don’t have your email address or you don’t read your emails! Sign up to the mailing list now so we can keep you up to date with all the inside news.
Have a great Easter break!
27/02/09 - So we've been a bit quiet recently, but all that is about to change. We have some great news! We are going on tour with The Rifles at the end of March for four dates. Check out the gigs page for details...or watch our latest little vid:
We have also uploaded a little vid of a poet we met in Liverpool whilst on tour who wrote us a poem of our very own! Check it out:
And finally we would like to tell you all about something really exciting! We are now halfway through the recording of our first album! It is sounding great and we think you will all be suitably impressed. Hopefully in the coming weeks we'll have some snippets for you to hear on the website/myspace and youtube but for now know this...it will ROCK!
20/01/09 - Want us to play a gig near you? Email us @ info@thefins.co.uk and we'll see what we can do!
15/01/09 - We would like to say a big THANK YOU!!!! to all of the lovely peeps that came to see us at Bar Four yesterday. We had a great time and know you all did too. Judging form your reaction the new tunes are going down a storm too. Soon you'll be able to carry them around with you all the time. Stay Rockin!
31/12/08 - So nearly the end of 2008. We thought we'd do a little something to say Happy New Year to you all!!! Its been a great year for us and we think 2009 could be even better. Check out our Happy New Year video below.
22/11/08 - Peeps! We will be played on "6 Music Introducing: Fresh On The Net" on Sunday night/Monday morning 23-24 November between 01.00 - 03.00. You can hear it afterwards via the Listen Again links at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6musicintroducing for 7 days after transmission.
ROCK ON!!
28/10/08 - Well, what a time we had on the road! Thank you to everyone we played with, talked with, and all those who rocked out with us! We had a great time on tour and we know that you all had a great time listening to and watching us play! Now its time for us to get on and start making the album! Stay Tuned!
In other news you should all check out our interview on www.subba-culture.com
Subba-Culture is a cool site for great music and interviews. Check it out!
14/10/08 - Just a quickie to say that the single is now back in stock in Amazon. Fins Rock!
13/10/08 - This is Madness, we could go On and On about how much we enjoyed Camden. In and Out, all things considered we think it was a fantastic night. Who Are You? You are the best bunch of Ninjas a band could ask for. We’re sorry we didn’t get to speak to everyone who came on Saturday; there was more than one familiar Face Behind the Wall in the corner that we didn’t get the chance to thank in person.
Where Did We Go Wrong? Well next time we won’t rely on the tube to get us back to Waterloo for the last train home. OK OK enough of the subliminal plugs.We hope to see you all at gig somewhere soon. Hello to our new Belgian fans.
Best Wishes,
The Fins
P.S. Anyone seen Ryan’s Adaptor?
06/10/08 - Amazon has sold out of the single!!!
But you can still order it from them as more are currently on the way to their warehouse and will be despatched as soon as they arrive! Rock On!
05/10/08 - The Single is now available!
Go here to get it iTunes or here to get to get it on CD from Amazon.co.uk!
04/10/08 - What a week! Adaptor in the Top 3 Amazon Hot Releases (even No1 briefly) and floating around in the top 20 Bestselling CD singles! All thanks to everyone who pre-ordered for the release date 6/10. Now we have to fight off the newcomers this weekend to the Amazon chart. You can still buy from Amazon and from Monday you can download Adaptor on iTunes too. The tour dates are nearly finalised for October, kicking off with the Launch Party in Camden. Today we've been up in London playing to new audiences in unusual locations and making new friends. Hello new friends! If they took a flyer, we hope they are visiting this page so - 'Hello Again!'
We're looking forward to seeing you all somewhere soon. Best wishes, The Fins
P.S. Yes you will be able to buy the CD from ASDA in Farnborough and Yes the T-shirts are on their way. You should be able to order them from the 8th October from the merch page or from us at a gig.
P.P.S. The first person who dares to post what they think might be on the front of the new T shirt and gets it right, gets one free!
24/09/08 - For those of you who would like to want to be sure of getting a copy of the CD version of the "Adaptor" single before it sells out can pre-order it at Amazon.co.uk. Go now, beat the rush!.
13/09/09 - The thirteenth! unlucky for some but not for us. The video for our single Adaptor that's released on the 6th of October is done and you can watch it below. Enjoy!
20/08/08 - So we said we'd do a cribs in one of the last videos and now we have! While we were filming for our video for Adaptor single we made the time to do a walkabout in James' Flat. You can see it on the YouTube channel or here below.
05/08/08 - Those of you who have been enjoying our new YouTube channel will be pleased to know that we've had a recent update. Our very own Lawrence has a few things to keep you amused. Check it out here or watch below.
25/07/08 - So we went to record an acoustic session at 96.4FM The Eagle in Guildford on Tuesday. We took some footage for our YouTube Channel. Watch it here or see below.
21/07/08 - So we now have a YouTube channel! Those of you who haven't seen the making of our "Another Piece Of The Pie" video should go check it out as its worth a watch! There will be more on there soon as we begin our video podcasts for the new single! Stay Tuned!
10/07/08 - Well, we certainly made an impression at Guilfest. There's another article on Guilfest and us. Get it here.
06/07/08 - We came, we saw, we ROCKED THE PLACE!!! Guilfest this year was awesome! Thanks to all of you who came and rocked out with us at the Surrey Advertiser Stage. There's an interview we did before the gig here.
A Massive thanks to the Fin Girls who did a cracking job!!!! We couldn't have done it with out you!!
19/06/08 - Need some excitement in your life? Well we have the answer!
Two new Fins Tracks... on myspace. One full band mix of the song "On and On" and one acoustic version of a brand new song called "Together=Alone" Get on to the myspace or the music page to hear them now!! You won't be disappointed!!
23/04/08 - The Fins want you! Do you think you have what it takes to be in our street team?
Do you want to get access to new tunes and publicity material before the rest of the world?
If the answer to these questions is "yes", or even "maybe" then please get in touch with us at info@thefins.co.uk
The Future is The Fins!!!
22/04/08 - So two days to go before we go to play the Heineken Festival in Dahab, Egypt. It should be a lot of fun. But never fear we will be back and will be playing in your area soon!
We also have decided to release a single which hopefully will be coming out in October. Watch this space and the myspace for details!
24/03/08 - Happy Easter! Little bit of news, we are playing the Dahab music festival in Egypt at the end of April, sun and sea here we come!
We are also working on some special projects which we'll let you in on soon! So watch this space!
04/03/08 - The gig at the Tumbledown has been moved to the West End Centre in Aldershot. If you want tickets you can get them here.
24/02/08 - Thanks for making the Clapham Grand a great night out, we had a lot of fun!
21/02/08 - Yo Yo Yo! We're headlining the Clapham Grand Tonight, hope to see you all there! It will be an awesome night!
07/02/08 - Hey hey! We've back from our dates with The Rifles. We had a lot of fun and met some cool new people. We've also posted some new recordings from our new release on the music page/myspace page. Let us know what you think!
31/01/08 - A belated "Happy New Year!!!" to all. Firstly we must apologise for being so crap about updating the website. However its all for a good reason. We have been recording our new E.P. Playing wicked gigs at many Barfly's around the country and other venues and also we are going to be playing with awesome band "The Rifles" for two dates, one in Glasgow (Tuesday) and one in Manchester (Wednesday) next week. Check the gigis page for more info.
So that said, 2008 is the year of the Fin! Watch out becasue its all coming your way...soon!!!
14/08/07 - Thanks to everyone who turned up to see us at The Fly yesterday. It was a cool gig and we really enjoyed ourselves!! Rock on!!
14/07/07 - Thank you all for making Guilfest a great day. It didn't rain either! There are some pics on the myspace. Thanks to Dave from LMI Photography and Pete Cole! . Enjoy!
03/04/07 - Please sponsor us!! Help us help those with Cystic Fibrosis!
