NEWS - UPDATED 11/06/09

Some new news for you...

What a week! Having just returned from a fantastic voyage to Nordic lands, The Scaramanga Six can happily reveal that Denmark ROCKS. A real pleasure to get over there and a warm welcome to all our new Danish friends (and enemies).

Now, time for another instalment in the continuing saga of Huddersfield’s premiere evil pop group – read on for details of another imminent journey to Scandinavia, another high-class promo video for your eyeball-pleasure and a link to our very own Paul Morricone’s acoustic alter-ego Myspazz page…….

1. BRAND NEW ‘BACK TO SCHOOL’ VIDEO

You would think we wouldn’t have much time on our hands, what with the recent gigging frenzy – but we have found time to make not one, but TWO brand new promo videos in the last few months. We've finished a video for ‘Misadventure’ made by the amazing Greeeeig Johnson of Eclectic Schlock. You can see this on our video page.And now we proudly present a visual feast for another track off the ‘Songs of Prey’ album – BACK TO SCHOOL.

‘Back to School’ has been filmed, directed and edited by Ash Pears & Richy Lloyd for the incredibly busy ASH TV Production company – a top notch job they have done, I trust you’ll agree. Watch as a balls-out performance by The Six is transmitted via a mysterious DIY time machine to the dismay and ultimate pain of a garden shed inventor. Enjoy it here on YouTube and don’t forget to leave your comments as usual!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw82e-t-3Co

Skill Collins!

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2. PEACE & LOVE FESTIVAL/GIGS COMING UP

It gives us great pleasure to announce our return to the magnificent PEACE & LOVE Festival in Borlange, Sweden. In only a couple of weeks, we’ll be heading off again on a jet plane to Scandinavian shores to re-live the glory of two years ago where we did our very first ever gig abroad. We hope that this time we get the same wonderful welcome and also get stuffed full of herring and Swedish schnapps.

The Six will be playing the main beer tent near the camping area at 11pm on the opening night of the festival:

WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE – The Peace & Love festival, BORLANGE, SWEDEN

Go here for the full line-up and more details (don’t think we’re on the line-up page yet, but will be soon) – I’ve been told that the festival has doubled in size in the last couple of years, so this should be utterly mental:

http://www.peaceandlove.nu/festival/

Other gig news:

First up, our sincere apologies for anyone in the North-West this weekend – we have had to cancel our proposed show at The Mad Ferret in Preston on Saturday. Rest assured, we will be back to this marvellous venue at some point in the future.

Others coming up:

SATURDAY 20th JUNE – The Parish, HUDDERSFIELD – A very special hometown coupling of us and our bumchums Eureka Machines. This is going to be a BELTER.

See you there

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3. PAUL MORRICONE ON MYSPACE

Long time brother of Steven and joint head-honcho of The Scaramanga Six, Paul Morricone, has been doing a handful of solo acoustic gigs recently. Mainly to air some new songs, but partially to give an outlet to some older tunes that have never made it to the band, our Paul wields an acoustic guitar and a belting set of lungs which he uses to devastating effect. Don’t expect any lame renditions of ‘Hallelujah’ or any faux-folky childish mumblings that pervade most turgid acoustic nights from our Paul – No siree, this is full-on crooning in the Pitney/Walker/Jones vein with material as deep and stirring as the Marianas trench. He’s on the lookout for some gigs too, so please get in touch if you can help.

With a crap tape recorder, he’s only gone and recorded a bunch of these songs and put them up on Myspace – Enjoy:

http://www.myspace.com/paulmorricone

Could this be pointing to a new direction for The Six? Hmm…..

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4. T-SHIRTS AGAIN + PAYPAL NEWS

In the last missive, We announced our brand new T-shirts that depict the name of The Six under a festival of tentacles. They have been selling like the proverbial hot cakes – so much so that we’ve ordered another batch. Apologies to those of you still waiting – we will have them with you in the next week or so. As well as the blood-red variety, we have now added a jet-black variation to the range. Buy them from the front page NOW!

#### Myspace/Paypal Mystery ########:

In wisdom that is known only to the people who run Myspace, they have deemed it necessary to block all Paypal buttons and links from their members pages without much warning (well nothing I saw anyway). I think we do a fair bit of business from our Myspace page, but this has to change it seems. Thanks a bundle Myspace! For all future purchases direct from the band with Paypal for the foreseeable, please go to the products page here or that of our label alter-ego Wrath Records:

www.wrathrecords.co.uk

The bust of Steve, 2008.

The bust of Paul, 2008.