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FLY RECORDS NEWS w/c 17 Oct 2005:

For all of you who came along - and those that couldn't make it - to Rick's blazing "tiscali" showcase night at the Bar Academy Islington earlier this month, you can see and hear part of the show by clicking here.

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Rick Oliver's new single Recurring Song is the latest in a series of limited releases serving as both an introduction to, and a taster for, his forthcoming debut album Continual Battle of Thoughts. On top of the regular radio support including three weeks on Xfm's Evening Playlist, as well as 'Single of the Week' on thearrow.co.uk (DAB station)

Radio Sessions*

Rick Oliver also recorded a number of sessions to promote Recurring Song.

Here's the session broadcast run down - some may still be archived at the various stations :

Saturday 1st October 2005
BBC Nottingham -The Beat with Dean Jackson - which also went out on BBC local stations in Lincolnshire, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. Rick, with Tim in tow, performed an acoustic set.

Thursday 29th September 2005
XFM - X-Posure Part 1 with Claire Sturgess.
Rick and his band performed fierce 'live' versions of 'Recurring Song', 'Parachute Jump' and 'Love Is Cruel'.

Sunday 25th September
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Kerrang - the 'Raw' show with Emma Scott on both Kerrang 105.2 (West Midlands) and Kerrang Digital
Rick, with Tim still in tow, performed 'unplugged' versions of both the new single and 'Could It Be That Bad' (which was premiered on radio by Emma Scott back in June this year).

Rick Oliver's single Recurring Song has spent three consecutive weeks on the XFM evening playlist. Rick and his band have been busy recording sessions for various radio shows (full info on FLY homepage) Digital station www.thearrow.co.uk made it their single of the week and have had it playlisted for three weeks so far.

Could a 2 year old write that bad?

Check out Rick Oliver and his band's fire-brand rockin' on the 30th June at the Borderline. It's the band's last Central London show for a while, and with The Love Gods headlining the show - fresh from their Glasto onslaught!! - it's the show to catch next week. To download a flyer click here. DON'T MISS IT.

FLY Records' first release for 2005 is RICK OLIVER's single Could It Be That Bad? It's a double headed rockin' scorcher, backed with the furious Hope You're Happy Now plus as a bonus the instrumental version of "Stop!", the vocal cut of which will reside on Rick's debut eponymous album release in the summer. Both Could It Be That Bad? & "Stop!" are currently featured in the band's live set.

Could It Be That Bad? has spent three consecutive weeks on the XFM evening playlist and is available from Rough Trade and HMV. Digital station www.thearrow.co.uk made it their single of the week (for a week) and have had it playlisted for three weeks so far. Three being the magic number, Cool FM playlisted it too.... for 4 weeks, thus bringing the magic of the number three to rest - for now.

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15th May 2005 : First radio play for 'Could It Be That Bad'

Well the honourable EMMA SCOTT on PowerFM gets the FLYheart Award for being the first deejay to play the forthcoming single by Rick Oliver.

Listen out for more plays on her essential Sunday night 'Incoming' show from 10pm....

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