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== ''<span style="color:DarkMagenta"><p><font size="5">Purple News</font></p></span>'' ==
 
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The March Violets' lovely '''''Made Glorious Tour''''' is over and it worked out fine. <br/>
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The [http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/mortality ‘Mortality Tour and Album’ is the new Pledge from the March Violets]. <br/>
 
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Throughout October pledgers get to experience a month of touring around the East Coast, with Backstage Action, Road Movie high jinx and other Purple nonsense. The Violets will be playing classic tracks live, then recording them in November in Chicago. With exclusive daily footage and a virtual Access Pass pledgers will be able to participate in the highs and lows of the entire Tour and Studio Saga. The involvement continues right up to Xmas, with an Advent Calendar with interesting Violet goodies behind each door, culminating in the Album download on Xmas day!<br/>
Meanwhile, we've traced an extensive interview conducted by [http://plunderthetombs.blogspot.de/ Plunder the Tombs] with [[Simon Denbigh|Si Denbigh]] ... <br/>
 
 
 
talking about his resumee of the tour, the band and the "genre", some future plans <br/>
 
 
 
and gigs envisaged for 2014 ... enjoy reading it here:<br/>
 
 
 
[http://plunderthetombs.blogspot.de/2013/12/an-interview-with-march-violets-si.html An Interview With The March Violets, Si Denbigh, 15 Decmber 2013]! <br/>
 
 
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== ''<span style="color:DarkMagenta"><p><font size="5">Touring</font></p></span>'' ==
 
== ''<span style="color:DarkMagenta"><p><font size="5">Touring</font></p></span>'' ==
In April 2014, The March Violets did gigs on the following dates:<br/>
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The above mentioned tour is almost done (see tour announcement on the right),<br/>
 
 
* Saturday, 5th April 2014 – Fulford Arms – York, England, UK
 
 
 
* Thursday, 10th April 2014 – Poppodium Nieuwe NOR – Heeren, The Netherlands
 
 
 
* Saturday, 12th April 2014 – Resurrection – Kaiserslautern, Germany
 
 
 
* Saturday, 26th April 2014 – Convergence – Chicago, USA
 
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'''For June 2014, a tour of the US is confirmed '''(see the announcement here on the right).<br/>
 
  
The March Violets are also playing at Alt-Fest, Boughton Estate, Kettering, Northamptonshire on August 16th, 2014<br/>
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yet pledgers for the new ''Mortality'' Album are still welcome.<br/>
 
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To order tickets online directly and for loads of additional information about the gigs <br/>
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For further live news, please keep an eye on:<br/>
 
 
and about the according Facebook events, please check <br/>
 
 
 
 
[http://uberviolet.co.uk/violets%20live.htm '''''The Violets Live Page...'''''] and '''[http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-March-Violets/7570831190?v=info The March Violets on Facebook]'''
 
[http://uberviolet.co.uk/violets%20live.htm '''''The Violets Live Page...'''''] and '''[http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-March-Violets/7570831190?v=info The March Violets on Facebook]'''
 
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* [http://louderthanwar.com/march-violets-manchester-academy-live-review/ Louder Than War - Review of the March Violets gig at Manchester Academy June 9th 2012]
 
* [http://louderthanwar.com/march-violets-manchester-academy-live-review/ Louder Than War - Review of the March Violets gig at Manchester Academy June 9th 2012]
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* an extensive interview conducted by [http://plunderthetombs.blogspot.de/ Plunder the Tombs] with [[Simon Denbigh|Si Denbigh]] ...
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: talking about his resumee of the tour, the band and the "genre", some future plans ...
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: [http://plunderthetombs.blogspot.de/2013/12/an-interview-with-march-violets-si.html An Interview With The March Violets, Si Denbigh, 15 Decmber 2013]!
 
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Revision as of 16:50, 28 October 2015

The March Violets - Current version of the band logo


A Leeds-based band, started in 1981 by (among others) Si Denbigh,
the long-time Nurse to The Sisters' Doktor Avalanche.

Their first two 7" singles Religious As Hell and Grooving In Green
were released through The Sisters of Mercy's label Merciful Release.

Nowadays, they describe themselves as:

  Original Post Punk Drum Machine Band From Leeds.

  Started at the Beginning, Imploded, Reborn for the 21st Century.


For additional information about The March Violets history, please check The March Violets - Biography or the official links at the bottom of this page.

Recent Developments

The March Violets Today are:

Si Denbigh - vocals
Rosie Garland - vocals
Tom Ashton - guitars
Jo Violet - bass
Love Will Kill You - EP Cover


In November 2010, The March Violets decided to undertake the project of their first full album

along Pledge Music. Over 600 fans pledged their support and had The March Violets raise

196% of the money required. In the course of this pledge project, the band provided funds to

the charity organisations of Friends of the Earth, Cloth Cat, Leeds Music Charity, and

Macmillan Cancer Support.

In mid-2011, the limited edition EP Love Will Kill You was issued for sale at the gigs and

offered for free as a pre-release to people who had pledged toward the new album.

Check this link for an audio stream of "Road Of Bones", the first track of the EP.

A promo video of the song "Dandelion King!" from the 5-track EP was also produced including

the participation of pledgers and can be watched here on YT.

Made Glorious - Listening Party Invitation


Made Glorious - Download Cover

In between recording and production in 2012, The March Violets played

a short tour of the UK, some festival gigs at the WGT in Leipzig,

Germany and at the DV8 Fest in York as well as a support act with

the Psychedelic Furs in Leeds.

In April 2013 the new album Made Glorious was finally ready

for release and made available to the pledgers for a live listening party

at The March Violets' Facebook page on April 7, 2013.

Meanwhile all pledgers have received their items and an according

Made Glorious Tour started on October 26th and

ended on November 23rd, 2013.

The lyrics to all songs of the new Made Glorious album are now

available on The March Violets' Website.



Mortality Tour Announcement 2015

Purple News

The ‘Mortality Tour and Album’ is the new Pledge from the March Violets.
Throughout October pledgers get to experience a month of touring around the East Coast, with Backstage Action, Road Movie high jinx and other Purple nonsense. The Violets will be playing classic tracks live, then recording them in November in Chicago. With exclusive daily footage and a virtual Access Pass pledgers will be able to participate in the highs and lows of the entire Tour and Studio Saga. The involvement continues right up to Xmas, with an Advent Calendar with interesting Violet goodies behind each door, culminating in the Album download on Xmas day!

Touring

The above mentioned tour is almost done (see tour announcement on the right),

yet pledgers for the new Mortality Album are still welcome.

For further live news, please keep an eye on:
The Violets Live Page... and The March Violets on Facebook


External Links

For various further information, please see any of the pages listed here below

- pretty and interesting, though not updated since early 2012
talking about his resumee of the tour, the band and the "genre", some future plans ...
An Interview With The March Violets, Si Denbigh, 15 Decmber 2013!