To date the Poets can announce they will performing at least 5 shows at this years SXSW, these are:
17th March – Mother Megans Irish Party – 4pm
17th March - Keep Austin Green Party – The Hub – 7pm
19th March - NIMIC Showcase, Latitude 30 – 2:20pm
19th March - Obsure Magpies 14 Hour Party – 4pm
20th March – Sonicbids Party, Maggie Mae’s 323 E.Sixth – 11:30am
20th March - Lamberts 401 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701 – 1am
The band will be announcing more US and SXSW updates over the next few weeks!
NYC shows to be announced before SXSW!
‘Bloodline’ used on Episode 6 of The Girls of Hedsor Hall on MTV US
Anthemic Poets track ‘Bloodline’ is to be used on Episode 6 of new MTV series The Girls of Hedsor Hall. The Episode will hit screens in the US in 4 weeks time, with the series to come to Europe and abroad in the coming months.
TWO N.IRISH SHOWS NEXT WEEK!
6th March – The Black Box – Belfast with Skruff and Pocket Promise
Doors Open: 8pm Admission £5
7TH March – The Square Peg – Warrenpoint
Doors Open: 9pm Admission £5
THE POETS ON TWITTER
QUICKIE Q&A With John!
Check out a quick rapid fire interview that John did with Ruth Harrison at Female First recently:
Posted on Thursday 26th February | 0 Comments
The Beat Poets News Update
MONDAY 16TH FEB – POETS CO-HOST BBC RADIO 1 N.I ATL SHOW
This coming Monday the band will be in the BBC HQ in Belfast with Rigsy co-hosting the ATL show that evening. The show kicks off at 7:30pm and the band will join Rigsy from around 8:30pm onwards. Please check the following link for more details:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/
POETS MENTIONED IN NME ON RISE OF THE N.IRELAND
The Band have been mentioned in an NME article this month looking at the resurrgance of the N.Ireland music scene…p21…check it out!
SXSW 2009 UPDATE:
Finally the Poets can announce they will performing at least 2 shows at this years SXSW, these are:
19th March - NIMIC Showcase, Latitude 30 - 2pm
20th March - Lamberts 401 W 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701 - 8:30pm
The band will be announcing more US and SXSW updates over the next few weeks!
POETS TRACKS DIRECT TO YOUR MOBILE PHONE!
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UTV LIVE AT THE LIMELIGHT
The Poets will perform on UTV Live at the Limelight on March 11th 2008 on Ulster Television. The show is the last of the series and kicks off at 10:35pm
http://www3.u.tv/ for more details.
POETS IN THE STUDIO
Presently the band is in the studio recording their next release. The release is scheduled for May 2008 after coming back from the US.
DOWNLOAD ‘SHADOWLANDS’ FREE ON TWESTIVAL.FM FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY
For a limited time only The Beat Poets have released ‘Shadowlands’ to the nice Twestival people for free download. The track can be found at www.twestival.fm
POETS HOME SHOW BEFORE THE US
The Band can confirm they will be playing The Square Peg in Warrenpoint on Saturday 7th of March. Doors open at 9pm!
The band have also confirmed they will be playing the 4M nightclub in Omagh on May 22nd 2009.
Pic of the Day:

Keith Rocking it onstage!
Posted on Monday 16th February | 0 Comments