Last 5 news articles from our forum: (older news is here)
MARCH VIOLETS ON SKY TV'S 'SKY PLAYER'
sky tv's "sky player" currently has the john hughes film some kind of wonderful available for download.
the movie still they have chosen for the film's download page is one of the violets' "live" nightclub scenes:
clicky
and in situ:
more info here:
http://status.quiffboy.com/2008/08/12/march-violets-on-sky-tv/
MV MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE TO BUY ON-LINE
http://www.swagbrigade.co.uk/marchviolets/
E-TICKETS AND PRE-ORDERED CDS
We will be stopping selling E-tickets and pre-ordered CDs at midnight tonight.
Bit short notice I know but it's taking up a lot of time and we're pretty busy at the mo.
No need to panic if you haven't got a ticket yet. Tickets will continue to be on sale at the usual outlets and presumably on the door at the gig. CDs will be available in limited numbers at the merch stall, but when they are gone they are gone.
At about midnight the links to the e-ticket site will stop being valid.
UPLOADED FLYERS FOR THE 2007 HOMECOMING GIG
The back of the flyer has a promo for the "new release" (ltd to 1000).
Larger versions are also available by clicking on the thumbnails here:
http://www.marchviolets.co.uk/imagegallery/flyers.php
MARCHVIOLETS.CO.UK WEBSITE MAKEOVER
The front page & news sections have now been merged into a blog-style front page, with the most recent articles appearing on the homepage while the older news drops back to the News Archive, where you can view the complete history of news posts.
That should hopefully make it easier to follow all the breaking March Violets info that seems to be around these days!
I've also upgraded the forum to the latest revision of the software, which is phpBB 2.0.22.
There are no huge changes to the site content as such, but I've added large versions of the 7" single sleeves in the Discography section (Hint: click on the sleeve thumbnails) and I've made some subtle tweaks to overall the design & layout that I've been meaning to do for ages, which should make the site generally easier on the eye.
See y'all in Leeds in a couple of weeks
The March Violets were a great band...
...A really great band. They were labelmates with The Sisters of Mercy, yet darker and infinitely more messed up than them, and through constant gigging they became integral to the whole Leeds/M62 scene in the early/mid 1980s. We loved them, John Peel loved them, and we assume you loved them too. And now they're back!
Sadly, there are still very few websites about The March Violets. Which is where we come in. You and us.
Can you help?
We'd like your help in building this site into the largest resource for March Violets information & paraphernalia on the internet.
Do you have any news clippings, photos. memorabilia, or details about the band that we don't? If so, we'd like you to let us know here. You will be credited in full for anything we use on the site, and you will have our undying gratitude.
Thanks.
Play loud, play purple.