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| October 2007 November 2007 |
Bolton Christmas Lights
On Sunday 18th November at 5.50pm Orson will deliver their catchy power pop and provide the soundtrack to the switch-on celebrations in Victoria Square Bolton.
Extra Appearances
Two more chances to see the guys play before the UK tour starts, have been announced.
16th November - Playing on the CHILDREN IN NEED show.
18th November - Switching on the lights in Bolton, Lancashire. Only info we can find is that the festivities start at 4pm.
2nd Nov '07
Free Track Download
This Saturday members of BEBO can download a FREE a track from
Orson’s brand new album Culture Vultures!
To download ‘Northern Girl’
from the album, just go to www.bebo.com on Saturday and follow the links for Free Single Saturday. It’s a free taster of the masterpiece that is Orson’s new album.
Enjoy!
27th Oct '07
Orson Play Trafalgar Square
See Orson live in Trafalgar Square tomorrow!
Orson are joining in a two day carnival of gaming in Trafalgar Square, as part of the ‘Be The One’ EA London Games Festival.
If you’re into video games in a big way pop down and show off your skills in front of thousands…
Orson will be performing at the foot of nelsons column just before 1pm tomorrow (Thursday). See you then!http://www.londongamesfestival.co.uk/Home.aspx
Troon Gig On Clyde1 FM Radio
Clyde1 Radio on 102.5 FM will be broadcasting the Up Close gig when Orson played the Walker Halls in Troon, on Sunday 28th Oct 3pm.
24th Oct '07
Orson Announce Support Group
Last night at the Borderline gig, Orson announced who would be supporting them on the forthcoming tour of the UK.
The guys have chosen a great band called ELECTRIC CITY.
Electric city is a group of 4 friends, Andrew Taylor, James Cantone, Dan Laithwaite and Jonny Bullit. They have a raw electric energy that escapes through their music and stage act, to the point where James (guitarist) plays so hard his fingers bleed.
Orson and especially Johnny are big fans of Electric City, who supported THE WHO earlier this year, so the UK tour is gearing up to be a massive hit with more talent you can shake a stick at. Better get your tickets ordered asap ;)
More information about Electric City can be found on their myspace site, http://www.myspace.com/electriccitymusic and also on their website http://www.theelectriccity.co.uk/
23rd Oct '07
Culture Vultures Out Today
The long awaited new album from Orson, Culture Vultures was released today much to the relief of the fans all over the country and in fact throughout europe as we have had messages from Greece praising the album. This could well be a bigger hit than Bright Idea and lets hope it is.
22nd Oct '07
Win An IPod and a HOUSE
Oops we're a bit late posting this news what with eveything else going on but better late than never. Click above to enter, You will need to register with the official forum to enter and also to the mailing list. Better hurry there's only 10 days left.
Live Session
Live session today Saturday 20th October 2007 by Orson on Dermot O'leary's radio show on BBC radio 2 at 2pm
20th Oct '07
BT Digital Music Awards
Thanks to Patricia from the German Orson Forum for making us aware that, thanks to everyone who voted this year for our site in the ''Best unofficial music site'' category we reached 57th in the top 200 unofficial sites from all over the world.
We were blown away when we found out so thanks again to everyone who voted. Orson fans are the best !!!
17th Oct '07
Single Released Tomorrow
Get on down to the shops tomorrow cause the long awaited new single Aint No Party is officially released tomorrow 15th Oct, while you're there why not buy an extra copy for a friend. Let's make this another Number 1 for the guys.
14th Oct '07
Bebo VIP Guests
Orson and Bebo are throwing a party. The party is happening in London in mid October for Bebo fans and its VERY exclusive but for OVER 18's ONLY. To be in with a chance to get in go to www.bebo.com/orson and leave a comment on Orson's page explaining why you should be there. The band will personally choose the winners based on the comments left for them.
TV Appearances
Wed 10th Oct - ITV This Morning
Sat 13th Oct - Channel 4 T4
Sun 14th Oct - BBC2 10am Something for the weekend
I Tunes
I-Tunes are now making Ain't No Party available to buy and download from their site. If you have I-Tunes the direct link to the song is here. So get your dancing shoes on and head on over.
9th Oct '07
Top Secret Gigs
Update 25 Sept '07 : For a chance to win tickets to one of the intimate gigs around the country follow this link to UP CLOSE click on your local radio station and fill in the details asked for. GOOD LUCK everyone.
Orson are gearing up for a tour of intimate gigs around the country. So far we know of 2 such gigs, 1 in Scotland (reported in the Sunday Mail) and the other in Sheffield. These gigs will be limited to 250 tickets only. There will be competitions to win tickets but no news until Thursday 27th on how to enter. More details when we hear any.
24 Sept '07
Aint No Party Video Release
On 1st October, Orson's music video for their new single will be released for our enjoyment on Yahoo's Music Site.
As we speak the video is going through the post-production stages to iron out all the rough edges but, we at Unofficialorson have been assured that what has been done so far is looking HOT!!
If anyone wants to see how a potential number 1 hit album is made, you can head over to Chris Cano's You Tube page where you can find a short movie on the making of Culture Vultures.
21st Sept '07
Vodafone and Orson
Vodafone will form an integral part of the launch
platform for Orson’s second album, with Mercury to target the mobile
provider’s vast UK network with an advance sampler of the set next
month.
Culture Vulture is issued physically on October 22 but
fans who download lead single Ain’t No Party via Vodafone on October 15
will receive an album sampler featuring snippets of the entire release.
Mercury
senior product manager Clive Cawley says it was an opportunity to
generate excitement ahead of the album’s release. “It’s a valuable
promotion because, all going well, it will drive people toward the
album release,” he says. “It creates an instant awareness.”
The major is also planning a global listening session via a leading UK newspaper, details of which are still being confirmed.
“This is a massive priority,” says Cawley. “We’re hoping to shift significant copies by Christmas.”
Lead single Ain’t No Party has got off to a strong start with radio in the UK, where it has been playlisted by Capital and Virgin.
Leave your comments on Music Weeks website where we heard about the offer.
12th Sept '07
EXCLUSIVE: Intimate gig for lucky Londoner's
Orson will play their first gig ahead of the release next month of
single 'Ain't No Party' and much anticipated album 'Culture Vultures'
It will be at the Barfly, Camden, on Wednesday 26 September.
Ticket price will be around £12.50.
Tickets will probably sell out quickly, so HURRY HURRY HURRY!!!
10th Sept '07
Release Dates
Hey hey everyone, good news, we can finally tell you the release dates for the single and album. Crown Music have given us provisional release dates. These could of course change, but up to now, these are the dates:
Ain't No Party released 15th October
Album 'Culture Vultures', released 22nd October
The album name has now been confirmed by the band. Also, they are hoping to launch the official site with the album. But again, this isn't confirmed.No more speculation now folks.
22nd Aug '07
New Single Released
The first single "Ain't No Party" from the long awaited new album was finished just a couple of days ago and was due to be played on the 10th of August on Radio 1's Scott Mills show at 5:15pm, but it seems that the Scott Mills team liked the record so much that they jumped the gun a little and played the record a day early which is great news for us fans. you can hear the new single on
the bands MySpace and join in the conversation about it in our forum.
10 Aug '07
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The Royal Seal Of Approval
The guys looked to have had a great after show party with Prince William and Prince Harry after a fantastic set they performed on Sunday at the Diana tribute concert. This must have been an all time high for the guys in Orson meeting up with some of the most influential people in music.
But its back to business already as they get back into the studio to put the finishing touches to their widely anticipated new album hinted at being released by the end of summer/early autumn.
04 July '07
Diana Concert Orson Appearance
Orson paid a fitting tribute to Princess Diana at Wembley Stadium today.
TV presenter Ferne Cotton gave them a fantastic introduction, and they took to the stage looking every bit at home up there, not only infront of the 63, 000 people in Wembley, but the millions of people world wide watching them on TV. Later reported that there was an estimated 1 billion people watching the concert around the globe !!!!! 14.8 Million in the U.K. alone
Their performance was faultless. And making sure the people at the back could hear them, THEY ROCKED LOUD!
They played Happiness and No Tomorrow, and had the more enthusiastic of the crowd bouncing along.
Even Princess Beatrice was up out of seat and dancing her royal bottom off!
Again, Orson, you make us very proud.
Orson played to a packed wembley stadium today much to the enjoyment of the crowd. The whole band seemed regenerated and full of energy. Great to see them back on stage after so long from the public eye.and entertaining their fans on a stage that was the perfect size for Johnny to run around on.
01 July '07
Diana Concert Tickets On Sale NOW
Tickets are available NOW, but hurry as they are very limited and sought after. Anyone wishing to see their favourite band play at one of the most prestigious gigs of the year you'd better get your skates on. Full details on purchasing tickets can be found at this website :-
http://www.concertfordiana.com/tickets/
15th June '07
Orsonband.com
The management team for Orson will be releasing a new and updated website very shortly and in the meantime are making use of our own website to keep the fans informed of any breaking news that the boys will be up to.
You can check it out at www.orsonband.com
Unofficialorson.co.uk
This site is officially one year old today and has come a long way from our humble single page flash website 52 weeks ago. It has grown to become one of the leading places to keep all you fans updated packed full of just about everything Orson related. Thanks to all our visitors, the fans and of course the band for giving us the drive and determination to compile a website which is worth coming back to time and time again.
2nd June '07
One Off Gigs Coming Up
For those of you who are missing the band performing and needing a quick fix. Although it's not Orson themselves a couple of band members will be performing with their old bands.
Johnny will be performing with his old band LIQUID JESUS at the Whisky A Go Go Club in Hollywood on the 5th of May for a one off gig.
Kevin meanwhile will be teaming up with his friend and Orson's producer Noah Shain for a PRAYING HANDS gig at The Barfly, Camden Town, London on the 30th May.
Alright Hollywood may be a little too far out of the way for us UK fans but if anyone has the chance to get down to the Barfly then you'll definitely see a great gig.
All the performers for the sellout event have been approved by Princes William and Harry.
They include James Blunt, hip hop megastar Kanye West, Keane, James Morrison, Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams.
William said: "We want it to represent exactly what our mother would have wanted.
"We wanted this big concert full of energy - full of fun and happiness."
Last night, an insider said: "They have put an immense amount of effort into the concert.
"They've personally selected acts they knew their mother loved in her lifetime and some newer ones they felt she'd have appreciated."
Take That offered their services when they heard what the princes were planning. Mark Owen said: "Diana was such an amazing woman. I think it's lovely they want to do something to remember her."
Orson and Meatloaf will also join previously announced stars Elton John, Joss Stone, Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran, Pharrell Williams, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the English National Ballet for the event on July 1.
Robbie Williams and George Michael, who attended her funeral, have also been invited.
A crowd of 90,000 will pack the new Wembley Stadium for the show. Millions will watch as it is broadcast live on BBC1.
Tickets sold out within 20 minutes of being made available in December.
Cash raised will go to the Diana Memorial Fund and other charities.
3rd Apr '07
A massive global concert aimed at raising awareness of climate change was announced on Thursday.
The
Live Earth concert will take place on July 7 2007, taking in all seven
continents in a 24-hour spectacular featuring more than 100 of the
world’s top musicians.
The concert is part of Save Our Selves
(SOS) a campaign which aims to trigger a mass movement to combat the
global climate crisis. SOS hopes to reach people in every corner of the
planet through television, film, radio, the internet and through the
Live Earth concert
Some of the performers who have already
signed up for the concerts include: Pharrell, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Paolo Nutini, Sheryl
Crow, AFI, Melissa Etheridge, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Corrine Bailey
Rae, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Akon,
Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, Mana, Keane, Kelly Clarkson, Korn,
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Ray LaMontagne, Robin Thicke, and Kenna.
Read The full story at http://news.uk.msn.com/live_earth_announcement.aspx
15th Feb '07
Orson picked up the award for the "BEST INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ACT" for their achievements over the past year. Johnny was the spokesman who was his usual bouncy self, only more so tonight !!! Great work guys, and roll on 2007
14th Feb '07
Voting For The Brit awards
Voting for the Brits nominations is soon to be closing so dont forget to vote as many times as you can between now and the 7th Feb every vote counts, we want them to win and so do you so go vote .....Link for voting can be found on the homepage.
4th Feb '07
OUR SPACE
Yet another new stage in our battle for Orson to get World Domination, unofficialorson now has a myspace page..
My Space Come visit us there :)
4th Feb '07
Win tickets to the Brits 2007
Viking FM radio are running a competition to win tickets to this years Brit awards. Full details can be found at Viking FM. Don't forget to vote for ORSON while you are there.
20th Jan '07
Orson Prepare For 2007
Orson are wrapping up their holidays in the U.S. and preparing themselves for a another year, which will see a brand new album, more gigs and hopefully a Brit award.
We are glad to see that their vacation in the states has recharged their batteries and are eager to get back over here to rock the U.K. once again.
20th Jan '07
Orson up for Brit Awards
This years Brit nominations have just been announced and the guys are up for Best International Breakthrough Act. Also up for the same award are....
Gnarls Barkley Warner Bros/Warner Music
Raconteurs XL Recordings/Beggars Group
Ray Lamontagne 14th Floor/Warner Music
Wolfmother Island/Modular/Universal Music
Check out the brit awards website on www.brits.co.uk
16th Jan '07