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19th August 2023

Gig at HMV The Vault, Birmingham

The first live show featuring all the band members in. . . well, a long time!

1912 performed a well-received set of old and new songs (with some songs getting their first live outing) at HMV's huge flagship store in Dale End Birmingham. The band would like to thank everyone at HMV for making us feel so welcome. It's a great venue, and highly recommended to other performers!

(Photos by Dre Pritchard and Tanweer Dar)

31st March 2023

Acoustic set at The Old Contemptibles

Alex, Doug and Gavin played as an acoustic trio version of 1912 for this evening of live music at The Old Contemptibles. (There isn't room at this venue for the whole band.) They performed 1912 songs old and new, plus some covers.

 

25th February 2023 - HMV, Solihull

A long-overdue return to live shows!

1912 played a set that included songs from both the new album "No Place Like Home" AND the upcoming 5th album (as yet untitled - hopefully to be released later this year).
Due to a serious family illness, John was not able to commit to performing this time, but Gavin's multi-instrumentalist son Charlie stepped in at short notice to fill the bass duties.We'd like to thank Charlie for doing such a great job!

Many thanks to Kirsty for taking the new group photo - featuring both John and Charlie in the line-up.

17th September 2022

Official launch of "No Place Like Home"

We officially launched our new album "No Place Like Home" in an event at The Old Contemptibles pub in Snow Hill, Birmingham on 17th September. We met old friends and made some new ones. There was Prosecco for guests, albums for sale (proceeds going to charity), a raffle (with one prize being a T-shirt sporting the new 1912 device - as worn by the band in the picture below) and a full playthrough of the new album. The event was well attended. During the event, we raised over £140 for McMillan Nurses!

August 2022

A new album - at last!

Our long-awaited 4th album, "No Place Like Home" is finally complete! We've been working on this, on and off, since 2017. A lot has happened over that time, and we've had to hustle to keep up the momentum, what with a pandemic, lockdown and various other disasters getting in the way.
But it's now all recorded and mastered. The cover art has been done (featuring both Lee Potts's elegant band logo and a new 1912 device designed by John). Last week we received the first batch of CDs!

There will be an official album launch event on the 17th of September, at The Old Contemptibles pub, 176 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2HB. Please come along if you are able to.

We also have a video for "Life Changing Gear" - one of the new songs - almost ready to release. Check back soon for more news.

And we should also mention. . .

. . . we've already started recording album #5! We've got so many great new songs that one album isn't enough to hold them all. So as soon as we'd completed recordingfor album #4, we carried right on laying down tracks for its successor, which hopefully will be along very soon!

See our News Archive page for older articles about the band.

Upcoming shows

Now we're able to play live shows again, we can't wait to get back out there!
Check back soon for news of our next show.

If you run a venue or organise a festival in the MIdlands and would like us to come and play, please contact us!

E-mail: 1912@nineteentwelve.com

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YouTube videos

During lockdown, we were busy creating a few music videos (including the famous "lockdown" video for "Nothing Again"). These are now available on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/user/1912Gavin

Over the years, Dave has created some interesting video confections featuring 1912 music, which are available on his YouTube channel at:
www.youtube.com/user/djs1912

Also check out "Life On Film", featuring live footage taken at the 23rd October 2011 show at The Roadhouse.

Visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/1912music to see the "Vlog" videos we've made during lockdown.