This Town Needs Guns

Tickets are here: alt-tickets.co.uk TTNG page!

Massive thanks to Charlotte for filming, editing and uploading this. Got something to show Egg when she’s all grown up!

First recording with Henry. Just a demo…but still…pretty awesome.

No sooner have we left, and they’re heading back to Oz. This time the boys will be playing as part of the Harvest Festival! The line-up is incredible so make sure you click the link to check it out. Details below:

Harvest Dates and Tickets
Saturday November 12 - Harvest Presents “The Gathering”, Melbourne, Werribee Park
Sunday November 13 - Harvest – A Civilised Gathering, Sydney, Parramatta Park
Saturday November 19 - Harvest – A Civilised Gathering, Brisbane, Botanical Gardens

Very Limited Early Bird pre-sale via www.harvestfestival.com.au
Tuesday 26 July at noon til sell-out or Friday 29 July at 5:00pm
$135 inc GST + Booking fees

General Public tickets go on sale via www.harvestfestival.com.au,
Oztix www.oztix.com.au & Ticketek www.ticketek.com.au
Thursday August 4 at 9:00am $150 incl GST + Booking Fees

We are excited to announce a special one-off show in London town!

This will be the last show we play with Stu before he moves on with paternal duties and the introduction to the world of his newborn baby! Though I am sure he will still get involved in shows here and there afterwards, this is the last show we will play with Stu start to finish!

It promises to be a great evening!

This Town Needs Guns
London - Borderline
Friday 16 Sep 2011
Doors at 19:00
14+
£10 adv

Tickets are available HERE.

More details to follow/support TBA

We hope you can all join us.

TTNG
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Hey,

So since I’ve now left the band and I was pretty much the only one who ever updated this site, the other guys have started a new blog. There will probably be a small overlap on stuff until the 7″ is released, but for future reference go here for merch and news relating to TTNG:

thistownneedsgunsuk.blogspot.com

Stu

Hello everyone!

So as you are aware, Stu is leaving us, which has been a very difficult decision to arrive at and not one taken lightly by any one of us. He has been a great bandmate and more importantly an awesome friend and will continue to be - he has great qualities in getting things done as well as being a great singer and a colossally helpful and understanding human. From the very start of myself (Jamie) having joined the band, I have found Stu a compassionate and focused man, which makes me know he will be an exemplary Father. As you can imagine, it is a step for him and his wife into the unknown with parenthood, but I am 100% certain that he and his wife, Becky, will be incredible parents; the young Smith will be incredibly lucky to have such people as parents.

Seeing the response to the news of him leaving has made me feel proud of what he has achieved both as a band member and a devoted husband, and we are sure he will come and do a few songs with us here and there when we get back to touring in the future. But as we grow older and new responsibilities are attributed to us, we find ourselves taking different paths; paths which can run parallel or paths which mean that it gets harder to commit to certain activities, for example the requirements of a band and how it functions. And as tough as it is to have a band member leave, it is in the most positive circumstances and we feel that it will only strengthen and cement everything we as individuals are committing to, not only within the band, but outside also.

It is with the utmost respect between all of us and our understandings of what each of us need, that we end this chapter to all commence new stages in our lives, and that is how life is: it is never simple, but it is developing the strength to overcome obstacles and finding the solutions to circumstances we find ourselves in that make life so inspiring, and it is usually the unexpected difficulties that make us stronger people and better equipped to cope with the future implications we never quite account for.

So where does this leave us as a band? Well, our replacement Henry, is an incredible guitarist, vocalist and friend who we have known for a long time. His work in Pennines meant that really he was the only replacement we wanted and if he wasn’t available, who knows what would have happened, but it could’ve spelt the end of us entirely as a band. So we are incredibly grateful that Henry has agreed to join us and we are excited to work with him and would like to iterate our intent is to progress and develop as a band and hope that the immense support you (our fans) have given us over the years continues to grow.

In the not-so-distant future, we will be releasing a 7” vinyl with two tracks featuring Stu, followed by an album with the new line-up. Watch this space for more information and hopefully we’ll see as many of you as we can physically manage to in 2012.

And I just want to say a huge congratulations to Stu and Becky and that we will be there for them every step of the way!

All the best,

TTNG

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So this is a post I never thought I’d have to write. First up, the happy news. In October this year (so long as everything goes to plan) I’ll be welcoming my first born child into the world. It’s one of the best things that has ever happened to me and I couldn’t be happier.

Now for the sad bit…unfortunately this means I can’t commit the same amount of time to the band that the others would like to. This has not been an easy decision. My life has taken a different path and it just doesn’t seem right for me to hold back the rest of the band.

I hope that we’ll be able to record some of the songs we have already been playing live and do some sort of release soon. That being said, plans will continue for the band to go on and record an album with possibly the best replacement I could imagine. Many of you will already know Henry Tremain from ‘Pennines’. We have all been long time fans and were all delighted when he said he would pick up the mantle and help TTNG carry on. He is a fantastic musician and all-round great dude. His inclusion in TTNG can only help improve their sound.

I would dearly love to play a few more shows with the band and would forever regret it if the opportunity didn’t arise where I could play at least once more, but we’ll have to wait and see how things work out. Like a plaster it might be better to be ripped off quickly rather than prolong the agony I’ll just have to keep my fingers crossed.

This band has been a huge part of my life for the last 10 years and I’ve loved (almost) every second. I feel confident that the years I’ve spent in the band will stand out as some of the best in my life. I can’t believe I’ve been privileged enough to play gigs all over the world; America, Canada, Australia, Japan, the UK and most of Europe.

I feel really proud to have played with the other guys in the band and through the years I’ve been pretty vocal about what great musicians I think they all are. We’ve always stuck to our principles and been fairly uncompromising about writing music we liked whether it was popular or not. It didn’t please everyone, but that has never been the point. I hope they continue in the same vein and write music that delights them. Hopefully you’ll like it too.

Not sure what I’ll be doing, but hopefully it won’t be too long before I start something else up.

Lastly, I just want to say a massive thanks to Tim, Chris, Jamie, Dan, Matt and Jody. Thanks to my family and amazing wife for their support. Thanks to Kev (BSM), Cathy, Marc, Chase and Brittanie (Sargent House), Kotaro and Kono (Zankyo), TJ (Yellow Ghost), Fumi (Rallye), Jason (13 Artists) and Isla. Without them you probably would never have hear us. Thank you to anyone who ever came to a gig, bought a record, t-shirt or tab book. Thank you to anyone whoever sent a message of support to us, or just dropped a line to say thank you. It means a lot to us all. I hope you continue to follow the guys and enjoy it as much as you ever have.

Thank you.

Stu x

…and filmed it

Those good old boys from Derby Crash of Rhinos have finally released their album Distal. You can pay what you like right now over at bandcamp and I believe plans are in place to get the record released on 12″ at some point in the future as well. Woo!