News

18/07/2008
POETS SPOTLIGHTED ON CMJ.COM

The Beat Poets have just been spotlighted by the legendary New York Music Festival CMJ. The band will be highlighted on the main CMJ page as well as inclusion in the CMJ Blast, Monthly report and magazine.

See www.cmj.com

POETS TO REPRESENT SONICBIDS WORLDWIDE FOR NEXT 12 MONTHS!

The poets will have their faces, names and EPK URLs distributed liberally at the biggest and most important festivals, conferences and events in music for 9-12 months. These events include (but are by no means limited to): SXSW, MIDEM, CMJ Music Fest, Canadian Music Week, Eurosonic, WOMEX, Popkomm, Bumbershoot, and lots more! So keep an eye out!

www.sonicbids.com

MORE DATES ADDED

24th August - Lavery's Bunker (Aid For Burma), Belfast, N.Ireland

4th Novemeber - The Junction, Leeds - UK

7th November - Whistle Blinkies, Edinburgh -Scotland


11/07/2008
New Band Website Coming in August
In preparation for the bands forthcoming releases a new poets web-site will be launched in August 2008, expect to see all new media contect, online store and much more to keep poets fans occupied!

New live clips will also be added to the band's you tube site

More Gig Dates Added

27th September - The City of Song Festival (Bound for Boston) - Derry, N.Ireland

4th November - The Junction, York, UK

7th November - Whistle Blinkies, Scotland

Live Webstars and The Beat Poets

livewebstars.com will be featuring the band live from The Spirit Store, Dundalk, Ireland on Friday July 18th. The band will also be interviewed live on line from the Spirit Store around between 7:30 and 8:30pm on the night. So please tune into www.livewebstars.com

First Review of Poets Double A-side G.I (Generation Innocence) on TSM Radio

Please check:
www.tsmradio.net/review-the-beat-poets-g.i.html

Road Crew Comics Featured Band:

Please check: www.roadcrewcomic.com/?p=115





30/06/2008
GIG UPDATE

5th JULY - The Square Peg, Warrenpoint - N.Ireland

18th JULY - The Spirit Store, Dundalk - Ireland

26th JULY - Glasgowbury Festival (With Ash) - Sperrin Mountains - N.Ireland

16th AUG - Element Festival, Waterford - Ireland

4th Oct - Ganrox Festival, Dungannon - N.Ireland

30th Oct - The Metro Club (Oxford Street), London - England



DUNDALK 100FM Interview 14th July


Lead guitarist Keith Doran will be on the Mixtape show, Monday 14th July between 6 and 7pm chatting about the band and the upcoming Spirit Store show that will be broadcast live on line via www.livewebstars.com The band will also be featured in The Newry Democrat this week leading up to their Square Peg gig this coming Friday!