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EXTC

Following 80 successful dates across North America between 2022 and 2024, legendary drummer Terry Chambers and his band EXTC are returning to the United States and Canada for two extended North American tours: a 10-week run in April/May/June on the East Coast and an 8-week run in September/October 2024 on the West Coast

For almost four decades XTC fans could only dream of witnessing the sensational XTC classic songbook played live. That dream has now become a reality. XTC’s legendary drummer Terry Chambers is back on the road with his band EXTC (named and approved by XTC frontman, Andy Partridge).

Emerging out of the post-punk and new-wave explosion of the late 70s XTC experienced global success touring with the likes of The Police and Talking Heads. The band put their hometown of Swindon UK on the map. They achieved huge success in North America and Japan. Sadly their legions of loyal fans would be left in limbo when in 1982 XTC stopped touring becoming a studio-based entity.Fast forward to 2017 Terry returned to the UK from Australia and reconnected with XTC bandmate Colin Moulding. The two would go on to collaborate on new venture TC&I releasing an EP and live album.

Sadly the project was short-lived with TC&I disbanding in early 2019. By now the flame inside Terry had been reignited. His time with TC&I made him realise he wanted to continue doing what he does best. His love and passion for playing music and performing live gave him the idea for his new project EXTC.

Born in early 2019 EXTC would set out to achieve its goals of performing to audiences who had waited so long to hear the EXTC back catalogue performed live only to be bought to a standstill in 2020 due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.Terry was keen to get on the road with EXTC with a tour of the United States scheduled for autumn 2020. Unfortunately this would be postponed due to covid restrictions still in place the tour being rescheduled for the following year.

The band eventually began gigging again in 2021 with sold-out dates around the UK. This would include the Isle of Wight Festival and gigs in Terry Chambers and XTC’s hometown of Swindon. The band would go on to do further successful tours of the United States and Canada with EXTC also heading to Japan in early 2023.EXTC has kept much of the original fan base from XTC’s glory days of the late 70s and early 80s as well as gaining a new following of fans in their own right. Enthusiastic fans have lapped up the chance to see Terry and EXTC perform all those classics live once more.Alongside Terry the EXTC line-up features frontman Steve Hampton (lead vocals & guitar - Joe Jackson, The Vapors and Dead Crow Road) and Terry Lines (bass & vocals - The Rams and Dead Crow Road).

Originally a four-piece EXTC band members have changed frequently over recent years. EXTC announced in November 2022 that they are now moving forward as a three-piece. Terry Steve and Terry will bring you the full EXTC experience with their mesmerising and engaging live performances as you relive the heyday of XTC. With new material already in the works EXTC is a band on an upward trajectory. With their popularity gaining momentum and international tour schedules increasing it is clear the sky is the limit for Terry Chambers and EXTC!

A brand new live album will be released by a US-based record label on Friday, April 4, 2025. Full release information will be announced in the first week of December this year.

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BUD COLLINS TRIO

The Bud Collins Trio make strange and beautiful pop music. They do not fall squarely into any one genre, but yet fit uncomfortably into many. They mix eras and influences that include pop, indie-pop, psych pop, jazz, progressive rock, electronic music, lounge and other sounds.Comparisons include XTC, MGMT, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, to Robyn Hitchcock, Brian Wilson, Camper Van Beethoven, the Beatles, Elvis Costello, and Todd Rundgren, among others.From the mid 1980s through the present, The Bud Collins Trio have played throughout New England and across the US at indie clubs, colleges, big stages, galleries and other venues.Always impossible to pin to a genre, the Bud Collins Trio have frequently been spoken of as an “alternative to the alternative”.Their musical journeys have included appearing on MTV’s basement tapes (Fisticuffs, 1990), and playing on the grass courts at the Tennis Hall of fame in Newport RI at the induction of their namesake, tennis great and TV and print journalist Bud Collins.They have shared the stage with many name acts of all kinds, from Bob Mould to Maceo Parker, from Monks of Doom (Camper Van Beethoven side project) to Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler and Sleepy LaBeef.In 2018 they played several sets at SXSW in Austin TX for Red Gorilla Stages, and their EP "N0 Such Thing" charted at 92 on US college radio, receiving heavy airplay on some notable stations (Muzooka, May 2018)Working odd hours in a dark laboratory in the woods, and enlisting members from all phases of the band’s existence, they have continued developing a fresh catalog of all new music that showcases exciting new avenues of writing and playing including new tracks like "Do Not Reply" and "Uncharted Waters".

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