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The Stranglers to headline Triumph LIVE
Iconic British rockers to celebrate Triumph’s 20th anniversary

Classic British rock band The Stranglers have been confirmed as the musical headliners at Triumph LIVE, a day-long festival for Triumph customers and motorcycle enthusiasts taking place on September 18th at Mallory Park in Leicestershire.

Best known for the songs Golden Brown, Always the Sun and No More Heroes, The Stranglers remain an enduring act on the live music scene, regularly appearing at the country’s biggest music festivals and having recently performed a sell out UK tour themselves. Last month the band released their new album ‘Decades Apart’ featuring tracks from their inception in 1974 through to the present day.

The Triumph LIVE date has particular significance for bassist JJ Burnel, who is a lifelong Triumph enthusiast, he said: “I have the T-shirt, I have the bikes and now I have the gig at the 20th anniversary event of Hinckley’s finest. It really is a great pleasure and honour to have been asked by Triumph to participate at this celebration of a truly great British motorcycle marque.”

Paul Stroud, Triumph’s Global Sales & Marketing Director, commented: “There has been a long association between music and motorcycles and in The Stranglers we are delighted to have secured our first choice act for Triumph Live. Like Triumph, The Stranglers are a British institution with a classic sound and devoted following. The fact that they are big fans of our motorcycles makes their appearance at Triumph LIVE even more fitting.”

With a total of five acts on the bill Triumph is expected to announce the main support act for The Stranglers later in May, with the remaining three chosen by Triumph fans in a unique online ‘Triumph Chart’ competition. Performers interested in playing at the event can upload a selection of their best tracks at www.triumph-live.com where fans can listen to and vote for their favourite acts.

The most popular acts in this contemporary battle of the bands will then be invited to a live showcase to play for the opportunity to support The Stranglers at Triumph LIVE and to work with the Triumph on several other exciting projects over the coming year. The Triumph Chart will be launched later this month via the Triumph LIVE website.

Triumph LIVE is a day-long event for all motorcyclists, not just Triumph fans, and families are welcome too. Since the company’s revival in late 1990, Triumph has gone from strength to strength, single-handedly putting the British motorcycle industry back on the map with a range of class-leading motorcycles that are sold around the world. Naturally visitors to Triumph LIVE will be able to see the motorcycles that put the company back on the map, as well as arrange test rides on the 2010 range and watch a packed programme of on-track activity that includes races and spectacular stunts. Off-track, there will be a wide range of activities and workshops set to cater for hardcore and casual motorcycle fans alike.

Visitors pre-booking their tickets, available at just £24 from www.triumph-live.com, will also have included in this ticket price the opportunity to visit Triumph’s state-of-the-art factory in Hinckley, just 20 minutes from Mallory Park.

Churchy · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:49 am Post subject:

Dont really miss the UK much. But 18th September is one day I would love to be there. Seen the Stranglers both in UK and here and though they dont look quite like the " Men in black" I saw.

I reckon they would still rock. Mumford and Sons are pretty good to!
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admin · Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:38 am Post subject:

JJ Burnell in his hey day on a Trumpy

More celebs can be seen here http://www.musicswapshoppe.com/celebrities-on-triumph-motorbikes.html (you will recognise one picture I have just added Bongo Smile

Also on the theme of Music (Buddy Holly & the Crickets) and Bikes (Triumphs)

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Churchy · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:13 am Post subject:

REVIEW COPIED FROM E Festivals

As a Triumph owner of long-standing, I'm more than happy to give my account of this show. The event was held at the Mallory Park race circuit in Leicestershire. Triumph Motorcycles based in Hinckley have reached a 20 year milestone in their reincarnated history, and as such hired the race track to celebrate their success with the fans and owners of their bikes. Camping for the hardcore was available and it was great to see plenty of Triumphs (and other bikes) parked up for the night next to their tents.

The show itself was set out so that you always had something of interest to see or do. Whether it was the racing on track or the organised bus tours to the Triumph factory. As we didn't take the tour I'll have to skip that bit -we did however take a walk around the largest marquee that had been set up by Triumph in the paddock area. This was an exhibition that gave you an insight into the history of the 20 years since the brand was resurrected with examples of various triumph models and footage on tv providing the narrative to developments for each year. All in all this was very interesting. Elsewhere the latest offerings from the factory were set up for people to sit on and admire and tempt prospective buyers, or just to dream...and there were even test rides available for a few who booked early enough.

The racing that we came to see, was as you'd expect, with practice, qualifying and then the actual race. The bikes were all based around the 675 Daytona - this model has sold in bucket loads all over the world. The riders and machines provided very enjoyable racing, but it was definitely the warm-up to the main event. That came from the "Street Triple R"...the stripped down version of the Daytona. I don't think I will ever see that Streetfighter style bike being ridden with such gusto and skill and sometimes in a manner that left you thinking some brains had been left behind in the paddock area. Absolute nutters, but what an awesome spectacle though - and great fun to watch.

In between the races they had two stunt riders (one of them the legendary Kevin Carmichael) going through their tricksy routines (riding Triumphs naturally). These included stoppies, wheelies, rolling burnouts, do-nuts and drag racing on one wheel! These are skilful riders - man and machine as one...

After the last stunt show finished on the Mallory start/finish straight bringing the track-based entertainments to an end the first band of the evening kicked off on the outdoor stage.

(At this point I must confess that I'm a 100% metalhead, and make no apologise for that!)

The first band then:- Burning Shapes... They were more rock & roll than most of the other acts. They went down well but there was not much of an audience at the time due to the rain that had started to fall. Bummer...

The band that followed:- Diego... I thought this act were pretty good. A more uplifting happy beat, sort of folk/rock style. I would go to see these again if it was a local gig....

Next band:- The Dunwell Brothers Band... A more thoughtful band, with harmony vocals and acoustic guitars. The songs were "telling a story"..They reminded me of Crowded House, in a mellow mood...

Next up:- Cats And Criminals (battle of the band competition winners). This band played a more funky set with the added horns and upbeat rhythms. They went down well with the crowd and it was just as well because the rain had started again.

By now the standing area around the stage was packed and all of them were waiting for this one act....

Mumford & Sons... I must admit to knowing nothing of this band, other than what my friends were telling me on the day - I'm a metalhead remember - but the crowd certainly knew the songs off their best-selling debut album because they were singing along to most of them. The rain obviously didn't bother them and M &S also played the first encore of the night. It was funny to watch the younger kids leave the front of the stage after M & S had finished their set, and the older guys (like me!) and gals took over...

The Stranglers need no introduction. They've been around for what seems like a hundred years and though I've not seen them that often I'm reliably informed that they rarely do a bad set. They played for an hour and a half, running through hits and the occasional more obscure track from their back catalogue. I only remember their hits but they were played spot on - an over heavy bass for my tastes perhaps, but that's The Stranglers. The encore was the classic 'No More Heroes' which finished off the night's entertainment to a T...

The whole days event was finished off, as it should be, with one more beer in the well stocked beer tent. Then it was goodnight Mallory Park and hello bed...I was knackered...Ciao.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7JXUlZWjSA

NO MORE HEROES THE STRANGLERS >>> AWESOME!!!

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Davros · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:41 pm Post subject: Watch Out!!

Better Watch Out For The Skin Deep!!!
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admin · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:32 am Post subject:

"watch out
Better Watch Out For The Skin Deep!!!"

They certainly had a fascination with this subject. My ring tone and i guess favourite song by them is "Golden brown" Ok is about smack but at first I thought was about a girl with golden brown skin.
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