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Friday, May 03, 2013

Reef Summer Festival dates added

Summer is finally on its way and Reef have added two more dates to their summer festivals run.  First hitting Galtres Parklands Festival on Friday 23rd August in Helmsley, North Yorkshire.  Then heading South to Looe in Cornwall for the Looe Music festival on Saturday 28th September.  Check the events listings on the right for tickets links.. YEAH MAN !!!

http://www.galtresfestival.org.uk/ticket-outlets.cfm
http://www.looemusic.co.uk/looe-music-festival-tickets/

Sunday, March 17, 2013

REEF 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2013 !!

REEF are stoked to announce a UK tour this November to help celebrate the bands 20th anniversary.
Tickets are up for pre-sale right here at http://www.reefband.com/ from Monday 18th March and are released for general sale nationwide from Friday 22nd .
BOOM !

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

CARFEST 2013

Hey Guys we are happy to announce that we will playing both Carfest North on 4th August and Carfest South on 24th Aug.  Bring on the Summer festival…YEAH MAN…...

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

LET THE ROCK RETURN ***** 2 new live shows in July 2012

REEF return to playing live this July with 2 shows in the UK . firstly the band proudly play a small West country gig at the FROME FESTIVAL on Friday July 6th and then the band nip over the border into Wales for the STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL on Sunday July 29th . LET THE ROCK RETURN ! 

Monday, May 21, 2012

Reef tour of Australia cancelled

REEF - Australian Tour Cancelled

Due to a bereavement in the Reef family, it is with great regret that the tour of Australia, that was due to start on June 1st, has to be cancelled.

The band would like to send their apologies to all their Australian fans and, also, would like to thank promoter Select Touring for their help & understanding at this time. There are currently no plans to re-schedule the tour, ticket holders can get a full refund at their point of purchase.

Friday 01 June FREMANTLE, WA: Metropolis CANCELLED

Thursday 07 June BRISBANE, QLD: The Hi-Fi CANCELLED

Friday 08 June MELBOURNE, VIC: The Billboard CANCELLED

Saturday 09 June SYDNEY, NSW: The Metro CANCELLED

Monday, March 26, 2012

93/03 - Out Now!    Australian tickets on sale now!

‘93/03’ - The Complete Recorded Works is Out Now!

After 2 incredible nights at Metropolis Studios last weekend, our career spanning boxset, ‘93/03’ is out now. To pick up a copy of the boxset, head over to

http://bit.ly/buyreefboxset
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/reef

For all those down under, in association with Select Touring, REEF are beyond stoked to announce their first Australian tour in over a decade!

Due to other festival commitments, the band will be making a far too brief trip to the land down under to play the following four shows:

REEF Australia 2012

Friday 01 June
FREMANTLE, WA: Metropolis
Tickets from oztix.com.au, moshtix.com.au & heatseeker.com.au

Thursday 07 June
BRISBANE, QLD: The Hi-Fi
Tickets from thehifi.com.au

Friday 08 June
MELBOURNE, VIC: The Billboard
Tickets from thebillboard.com.au & moshtix.com.au

Saturday 09 June
SYDNEY, NSW: The Metro
Tickets from metrotheatre.com.au & ticketek.com.au

Tickets are on sale now!

Friday, March 23, 2012

REEF AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2012

It’s been 12 long years since Reef last played in Australia but they return in JUNE of this year for a four show national tour!

Starting June 1 at the Metropolis in Fremantle, the band will then fly to the east coast where the tour continues on June 7 at The Hi Fi, Brisbane, June 8 at the Billboard, Melbourne before finishing up with a Saturday night in Sydney at the Metro Theatre.

Gary is “beyond stoked” to be returning to live shows down under and is especially looking forward to trying to bump into Daryl Somers! For those that don’t know the story, back in the twilight years of the show he presented (the entirely crap “Hey Hey It’s Saturday”) REEF were booked to perform two songs, Place Your Hands and Consideration only they didn’t play the latter - reacting to Daryl and friends cruel review of two young kids in the embarrassing segment “Red Faces” - they switched songs at the last moment, live on TV, ram raided through Yer Old and smashed shit up before tearing off stage and into the nearest pub to avoid the rage of the record company! Somers memorably said as they disappeared, “They’ll never work in this town again.” Yer Wrong.

Sadly, the footage appears to be ‘missing’ - although many, many, many other performances from the same era appear all over the web..

This tour is bought to you by the fine people at Select Touring and tickets are now available, check out the live events section!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

REEF TO PLAY AUSTRALIAN SHOWS IN JUNE 2012

REEF are very, very excited to be announcing their first AUSTRALIAN tour in over a decade on Thursday 22 March! 

The brief four show tour will be on sale from 13:00 AEST and will be a chance for our fans in Oz to hear all the hits once again!

Stay tuned!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Last Few Tickets Available For Metropolis Gigs

Hey guys,

Hope you’re all well!

If you’re coming to one of the Metropolis shows next weekend, here is the info you need.

Dates:
Friday 23 & Saturday 24 March

Venue: Metropolis Studios
The Powerhouse
70 Chiswick High Road
London W4 1SY

Times:
7.00 - doors
8.00 - show starts
9.45 - meet & greet / signing in the bar
11.00 - curfew / close

Please bring: Photo ID

If you have pledged on a box set as well as your ticket you will be able to collect it at the show.

If you have any questions about the shows or your individual pledge please hit through to your dashboard (http://www.pledgemusic.com/dashboard) and use the ‘contact us about this pledge’ link next to Reef. Questions entered there are sent straight to the team who can look at your pledge and respond to you directly via email.

There are still a handful of tickets left for each night so if you haven’t already pledged you want to be quick. http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/reef.

Thank you and see you there.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

New Reef 93/03 T-Shirt NOW AVAILABLE

REEF are pleased to unveil their new t-shirt design for the 93-03 boxset campaign (seen above).

The t-shirt, exclusive to Pledge Music and designed & made by Sutsu, is manufactured from organic cotton and continues REEF‘s longstanding relationship with the clothing company. For more information on Sutsu, CLICK HERE.

To buy the t-shirt (and a host of other exclusive 93/03 items), head to the REEF campaign page on Pledge Music HERE, and to order the standard box set click HERE. (1) Comments

Friday, November 18, 2011

Reef: 93/03 - The Ultimate Boxset - PRE ORDER NOW!

London , November 18th – Celebrated Brit rockers, REEF, announce details of an exceptional and innovative box set and two exclusive gigs in a world class recording studio.

PledgeMusic has teamed up with the Metropolis Group to release a very special Ultimate Collectors box set for the band, which will be made available for pre-order on November 18th 2011.

This new partnership will provide a direct-to-fan project giving REEF followers the chance to get first access and exclusive bonus content with the release of this new product.

In addition, REEF are making available a range of unique ‘pledger only’ items to their fans via be http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/reef which include:

• Signed REEF photographs
• Signed drumskins and sticks
• Limited edition T-Shirts
• Boxset & gig ticket bundles

On 26th March 2012 REEF release their complete recorded works in this all-encompassing box set. Spanning across their ten year career, the 9 CD and 1 DVD package features every commercial song recorded, including their very first demo ‘The Purple Tape’ – which lead to the band being signed to Sony - as well as b-sides, demos, live tracks, rarities and previously un-released and un-heard material. The DVD includes all music promo videos, TV appearances and interviews and some home movie footage capturing the story of this iconic ‘90’s band. Beautifully packaged the box set also contains a 64-page booklet featuring never-before-seen pictures of the band, a 12” vinyl of their newly arranged 5th album (Lucky #5), a vintage poster and a replica demo of their ‘Purple Tape’ sessions.

Gary Stringer, lead singer of REEF says: “We are properly stoked to finally have all the REEF music in one place ...... we’ve enjoyed looking back at our original 10 year blast from a fresh perspective and now fans and new friends alike can do the same with this great box set.”

To coincide with the release, the band will be playing two exclusive shows for 100 people at West London’s Metropolis Studios on 16th and 17th March 2012. To gain tickets, fans will need to pre-order the box set (priced at £200 inc. ticket, or £125 without) http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/reef. Further exclusives will be available via Pledge Music.

REEF formed in 1993, signing to Sony imprint S2 Records the following year. Their debut 1995 album ‘Replenish’ achieved Gold status and saw the band play shows with the Rolling Stones, Paul Weller and Soundgarden.

The follow up to Replenish, 1997’s ‘Glow’ stormed the UK Charts at Number 1 and included the single ‘Place Your Hands’. In 1999 the band released ‘Rides’ (George Drakoulias) and in the same year the band saw off the likes of Oasis and Pulp to win the Music Industry’s Soccer Six competition.  Rides was followed by the poppier sounding ‘Getaway’ produced by Al Clay (Pixies, Stereophonics) in 2000 which was most notable for the single ‘Set The Record Straight’.  Always a favourite at shows and Festivals alike, the band made many high profile appearances during this period, including Glastonbury and Reading festivals.

This incredible box set compiles all these phenomenal successes and lovingly documents the story of how West Country’s finest sons went from fledgling band to one of the best loved rock acts of the nineties.

To pre order the standard box set, CLICK HERE. To pre order the box set with an gig tickets and other exclusive items, CLICK HERE.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Coming Soon…

Thursday, July 28, 2011

REEF KICK OFF THE FOOTBALL SEASON

REEF have been asked by the FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION to kick start the premier league season with a performance of ‘place your hands’ ahead of the community shield match between Manchester City and Manchester United and are STOKED about it ! “Any chance of a kick-around??!” asks Kenwyn ,  “I’ve always dreamt of playing wembley stadium since seeing queen in 1986. This isn’t quite what I had in mind, but hey, I’ll take it and I’m very much looking forward to it!” added Dom . Seems Gary is bringing more than his microphone…. “it’s great to be asked to play Wembley at the kick off of the football season, I’ve got my boots…”

Friday, July 08, 2011

TEE FOR GODNEY GATHERING 2011 designed by Paul Mcdermid

Paul Mcdermid from NEWBORN DESIGN has come up with this great tee for the Godney knee’s up this SATURDAY 16th July ..... what a top man. These wil be onsale at Godney but if you get so drunk on Wilkins cider that you don’t know who you are and wake up wishing you had bought one, pester the folks at our BRAND NEW FACEBOOK PAGE and maybe we can sell a few online…. THANKS PAUL

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

THE SUMMER LIVES ON !!!!!! more REEF in 2011 at MUSICOSITY & IVYLIVE *****

wow. what a year so far….. speaking for myself (me) i’ve had 2 of the best gig experiences with REEF this year . firstly , we played down at LUSTY GLAZE BEACH . it was ACE. then we went to JAMROCK in the Czech republic and had just about the best time legally allowed…... so we thought we’d sign up for some more. namely MUSICOSITY FESTIVAL in Bournemouth on Sept 3rd & IVYLIVE in Devon on Sept 9th   ***** next up though is .... JULY 16th at THE GODNEY GATHERING  nr Glastonbury , in Somerset . with Wilkins cider . spot on ......