7 Avril 2012 - Bolt Fest - Londres

25 years of not splitting up!

Anniversaries are kind of easy to achieve. For a band, just don’t split up and you’ll reach one, whether it’s 10, 20 or 35 years. And in 2011 we reached ’25 years of not splitting up’!

We managed to stop others from making a big fuss about it, and didn’t give in to the numerous offers and suggestions on how we should cash in on it! But it has made us appreciate the opportunities we’ve been given since 1986, and that we’ve been able to do everything we wanted to do without compromising in any way. We’ve been lucky enough to have played a lot of killer shows with great bands and met a lot of very cool people over the years, and we think that’s the stuff that deserves some kind of celebration.

So, with the help of Jon Vyner at Tidal Concerts, we’re organizing a Bolty Birthday Bash - BOLTFEST, where we can reunite with some of these bands and invite you, the people who have supported us over the last 25 years.

We’ve chosen to hold it at the prestigious HMV Forum in London, on Saturday 7th April, 2012 (Easter Bank Holiday weekend). We realise you can’t charge people to come to your own birthday party, but we also wanted to use Boltfest as an opportunity to do some good, and turn it into something more than just another show. So we’ll be paying all the costs, but we’re asking everyone to donate £5.99 to charity if they want to come to the party. This way, with your help, we hope Boltfest will raise £10,000 for a good cause!

The charity we’ve chosen is Teenage Cancer Trust*. We’re sadly among the millions whose lives have been affected by this devastating illness, and have seen first-hand the work charities like Teenage Cancer Trust do, and the difference it makes in those difficult times, so we’re very happy to be able to support this deserving charity. So, hope you can join us to celebrate reaching our 26th year of not splitting up, catch some killer bands, have a great time, and help raise a lot of money for charity!

So, hope you can join us to help celebrate reaching our 26th year of not splitting up, catch some killer bands, have a great time, and help raise a lot of money for charity!

Cheers, Karl, Jo, Baz, Gav and Kiddie

* Teenage Cancer Trust is a registered charity, no. 1062559 (England and Wales) and SCO39757 (Scotland).