2020

March

due to the covid-19 outbreak we expect all dates up to, and possibly including, june 2020 to be postponed.
please check this page for updates

only the one live date in March but April has plenty of live shows,
hope to see you at one:

April 10th - Railway, Greenfield
April 15th - Welcome, Whitefield
April 17th - Bowling Green, Horwich
April 18th - Arden Arms, Stockport
April 25th - The Brook, Ramsbottom

February

live date this month:
February 12th - Eagle & Child, Whitefield
February 15th in Bolton has been cancelled as the venue has cut funding for live music

January

Happy New Year to you all!!

only one live date this month:
hosting Whittles jam at 6pm on Sunday,Jjanuary 12th.
7 Roscoe St
Oldham
OL1 1EA

bring your guitars and have a play with the band!

2019

December

Happy Christmas everyone and see you in 2020!!

only one live date in December:
December 5th at The Railway, Greenfield
starting at 9pm.

November

dates for November:
November 22nd - The Anchor, Hutton, Preston
November 16th - The Owl at Rodley, Leeds has been postponed

October

October 5th date in Ramsbottom postponed,
no further gigs in October but new music coming soon

September

this month's gigs:
september 4th - welcome whitefield
september 8th - railway greenfield 4pm

August



USA tour completed and only one live date in August:
The Owl, Rodley, Leeds Beer Festival on August 23rd at 9pm

July

to commemorate the incredible achievement of Nasa in July 1969
here's "Man In The Moon" by Nick Bold & The Raging Sea

this date has been cancelled - no more live dates in July
july 12th - cocos, altrincham

June

No more live dates this month, so, here's a video to entertain you taken during the recording sessions for EP1.
EP1 Recording

What a start to June gigs - Diggle Blues Festival - fantastic festival and crowd.
this month's live dates:
june 14th - arden arms, stockport
june 16th - whittles jam, oldham - 4pm - bring your guitar/sticks and have a play!

May

this month's live dates:
may 3rd- admiral lord rodney, colne
may 12th - railway greenfield 4pm


April

Rehearsals, holidays and a single gig on
Saturday April 27th at The Owl Inn, Rodley, Leeds

March

March gigs:
March 29th - Steamer, Fleetwood
March 30th - Dungeon Inn , Tottington

new EP CD available from Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc

an enormous THANK YOU to all our wonderful friends who came along to the 'Both Sides Now' show tonight at Bury Met.
You all made it a magical evening. we hope to share audio and video recordings soon.

tickets have been selling well for the show at Bury Met tomorrow - you can turn up and pay in the door too.
going to be a truly unique night. New CD and T shirts will be available too.


February

new CD mixed and sounding good.
three new tracks - available at Bury Met gig on March 9th.


final recording and then mixing for the new CD featuring three new tracks.

February gigs:
february 8th - whittles, oldham
february 15th - admiral lord rodney, colne
february 23rd - the brook, ramsbottom

recording for the acoustic project to be released at the Bury Met event is well underway.
drums, acoustic and electric guitars finished this week.

ok people, we have been nominated for an award for "Best Original Band".
please click the link and cast your vote for us,
thank you.
https://www.monkeygigslist.com/bestoriginalband

tickets are now on sale for the evening at Bury Met on March 9th and the band are recording a new acoustic based mini album that will be available on the night.

January gigs:
january 16th - eagle and child, whitefield
january 27th - the railway greenfield 4pm

2018

December

just confirmed 2019 appearances at Diggle Blues festival on June 2nd
and Colne Blues festival in August - date and venue tbc.

next gig January 16th at Eagle & Child, Whitefield.
wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year



New CD "II" has been greatly received - pick one up at the band's final gig of 2018:
the band are hosting the Whittles Jam on
Sunday December 2nd from 6pm.
So, bring your guitars, sticks etc and join us onstage!!

Whittles,
27 King Street,
Oldham,
OL8 1DP

November

copies of the new CD "2" will be available from Bandcamp
from November 23rd and from the band at gigs.
the album is also available as a digital download from itunes and spotify etc .

nice review of the album:


November dates:
november 23rd - spinning top, stockport
november 24th - musketeer, leigh

the new album master has been sent for duplication and we should have copies soon.
it will also be available online soon.

October

Salford City Radio aired a one hour special with Nick on October 18th 2018
where Nick talked about his career, played live in the studio and played new tracks from the forthcoming album.
it's available to listen to here.

please note: october 27th at ashfield, huddersfield now cancelled

first UK radio play for new song "Happy Ever After"
Salford City Radio October 11th 2018

October dates:
october 6th - arden arms, stockport
october 27th - ashfield, huddersfield

September

mastering for album once Nick returns from USA

September gigs:
september 15th - three crowns, bolton
september 23rd -hosting whittles jam, oldham 6pm
september 28th - talbot arms, settle

August

last two songs now mixed for the new album

August dates:
august 1st - eagle & child, whitefield
august 10th - talbot, burnley
august 11th - same yet inn, prestwich

July

great gig at the Steamer in Fleetwood and we met the legend that is Syd Little


mixing of the new album continues
this month's only live date:
july 13th - the steamer, fleetwood

June

final dates for June:
june 29th - admiral lord rodney, colne
june 30th - doghouse, ramsbottom plus support from ashley's midnight blues band - 8pm start

a couple of september gigs moved to new dates
details on dates page.

live dates for june:
june 15th - blind pig, sowerby bridge
june 16th - the club, congleton
june 29th - admiral lord rodney, colne
june 30th - doghouse, ramsbottom

May

great performance by Nick in Salem, Oregon during the USA tour



no live dates in May as Nick is touring in the USA

April

final live UK date until june is:
april 15th - big house blues bar, darwen at 5pm
come see Nick's new guitar





mixing for the album now underway


live dates in april:
april 7th - the brook, ramsbottom
april 14th - talbot, burnley
april 15th - big house blues bar, darwen - 5pm

March
new album about ready for mixing & artwork being prepared.

live dates:
march 23rd - dime bar, bradford
march 24th - spinning top, stockport
march 25th - cross keys, siddal, halifax - 3pm

march 2nd - talbot arms, settle - postponed due to extreme weather conditions stranding Nick in Scotland.
re-arranged date september 28th

February
here's a video of a 'raging sea' song unplugged

great start to the month with a feature on Salford City Radio
listen here:

february's gigs are:
february 2nd - admiral lord rodney, colne
february 10th - arden arms, stockport
february 24th - birches, whitworth near rochdale

January
vocals and guitar recording finished - pixie dust percussion next!!
continuing with recording for the new album
and resuming live dates starting with:

january 13th - dungeon, tottington
january 27th - postponed to february 24th
january 31st - eagle & child, whitefield

2017

December
recording guitars this week.

Just in!
Extra gig put in at the Cross Keys in Siddal, Halifax on
Sunday December 10th starting at 3pm.

November

No band activity this month and no live dates planned until January 2018
as Nick is in the USA.
Recording of the second album is ongoing for release early next year.

October

Great gig at Cross Keys, Siddal to wind up our 2017 gigs.
More recording of the drums for the next album this week before we break
for a month whilst both Nick & Mike go to the USA (but not at the same time!!)
and Carl rummages for goodies in his joke closet!

recording basic drum tracks this week and
we will be at: cross keys, siddal near halifax on sunday october 15th - starting at 3pm

we begin recording for the next album this week and
the final raging sea gig will be at:
cross keys, siddal near halifax on sunday october 15th - starting at 3pm

here are the band gigs for october:
october 7th - birches, whitwworth, rochdale
october 15th - cross keys, siddal near halifax - 3pm

recording for the next album starts in late october and then
both mike and nick, but not together, spend time in the USA .


september gigs:
september 1st - the musketeer, leigh
september 2nd - the brook, ramsbottom
september 23rd - dungeon tottington

fantastic weekend at both colne and congleton festivals,
thanks for inviting us!

this weekend we'll be at colne blues festival on saturday
and congleton jazz & blues festival on sunday
and we'll have a new run of CDs with us



dates for August:
august 4th - admiral lord rodney, colne
august 5th - spinning top, stockport
august 9th - eagle & child, whitefield
august 11th - towler, tottington
august 12th - doghouse, ramsbottom
august 26th - colne blues festival - duke of lancaster 4pm
august 26th - colne blues festival - admiral lord rodney - 7.30pm
august 27th - congleton blues - the club 5pm

No dates in July as band members take vacations and Nick tours in the
USA with Reunion Beatles
meanwhile, here is a new video for the EP1 track "If You Got The Money"


Nick's response to the tragic event in Manchester....
You Cant Fight Love with new audio

June dates:
June 2nd - The Musketeer, Leigh
June 3rd - Spinning Top, Stockport
June 10th - Rose & Crown, Greetland

May 26th - Due to personal circumstances, tonight's gig at the Blind Pig
has had to be postponed to another date.

May 25th
Nick's response to the event in Manchester....You Cant Fight Love

we have uploaded a new video for the EP1 track "Supersonic" - view it here

May shows are as follows:
May 7th - Cross Keys, Siddal, Halifax- 3pm
May 14th - Kings Head, Huddersfield - 3pm
May 20th - Jolly Carter, Bolton
May 26th - Blind Pig, Sowerby Bridge

Just confirmed: two shows at Colne Blues Festival on August 26th -
Duke Of Lancaster - 4pm
Admiral Lord Rodney - 7.30pm

plus Congleton Jazz & Blues Festival on August 27th -
The Club - 5pm

April gigs:
Friday 21st at Admiral Lord Rodney cancelled
Final

Fantastic return to UK live shows at the Spinning Top in Stockport.

Nick is in the USA for the whole of March, live dates resume in April at the following venues:
april 8th - spinning top, stockport
april 21st - admiral lord rodney, colne
april 22nd - old white horse, ainsworth

Resumed live gigging after the Christmas break on January 7th to promote the new EP.
New EP featuring three tracks released january 12th - buy it here
also available on itunes, amazon, googleplay and spotify.

Continued to play gigs throughout North West England and West Yorkshire.
During the summer, Carl Mallison took over as the band's full time drummer.
Studio rehearsals in August were filmed for future promotional use.
In November the band recorded two new songs at Studio Studio in Whitworth, Lancashire.
The plan is to release an EP in January 2017.