As it's the day before Christmas Eve and I have a lot to do tomorrow I thought I'd post my Christmas/New Year blog post this evening, instead of forgetting to do it tomorrow.
In May I saw EofE support McBusted and decided there and then that I actually quite liked them, so much so that I remembered their name, came home, followed them online and then a few weeks later went back to meet them. Since then I've taken part in their video shoot, had a BBQ with them, watched them at Soccer Six, seen them twice on their own headline tour and do a few festive things. It's been a massive year for the band. They've joined both McBusted and The Vamps on their tours, they've completed their own headline tour, released some really good tunes, been featured in Kerrang and gained a member all in the space of a year. I've watched EofE go from strength to strength in the past year and I can't wait to see what 2015 brings for them and us (already some more amazing tunes by the looks of it and another support slot). I've made some super amazing new friends, maybe 2015 will bring me some more at the shows.
I'd like to use this post to just thank the lads really for a fun year. Since day one you've all been chatty and lovely and I've had a great time supporting you, and Reece since he joined. I think you're all really brilliant musicians and you deserve all of the great things that have happened so far. The new stuff sounded great on tour and I'm really looking forward to hearing how your hard work has paid off. You've come a long way this year, but I'm sure 2015 will bring lots of new adventures and success and I really hope it does. I'd also like to thank Mark for being the most helpful and caring band manager I have ever come across. It's always nice when you're on hand to help with any issues at venues or when you just stop to have a chat and are genuinely interested in chatting with us. I hope you all have a Christmas and New Year full of alcohol and smiles and I'll see you next year x
Tuesday, 23 December 2014
Sunday, 16 November 2014
Unleashed Tour Review - The Institute
On Saturday the 15th November EofE played The Temple room of The Institute in Birmingham as part of their Unleashed Tour. The venue holds 300 people, giving the whole gig itself an intimate feel. The fact that there was about a meter max between us at the front and the band on stage gave it an even more intimate feel. Since supporting McBusted in May, EofE have gone on to support The Vamps so it was brilliant to see that they had sold out this gig in Birmingham on their first ever headline tour.
As the support acts played and the venue began to fill up it was obvious that there a lot of positive energy in the room. There was the constant sound of voices chatting and laughing in the background as we waited for EofE to hit the stage; before the set had even began the room was buzzing. At around quarter to nine EofE attacked the stage, in full force. It was the first time I had seen Reece with the band and I wasn't sure about how he would fit in with the group, however instantly I could see that he has slotted in just fine with the others, and looked like he belonged there. Being a 5 piece band on only a small stage, it goes without saying that they owned the stage, however as they opened with their single "Lust" they demonstrated that they were going to own the stage all night, and not just because they could only just fit on it. The lighting of the stage was simple yet in line with the style of the band, not over the top, yet striking and effective. Constant flashes of white light filled the stage, sometimes creating a strobe effect, as the band powered through their set.
From the very start of the set it was obvious how pleased they were with the fact that they had filled the venue with their fans, family and friends. This mood radiated across the audience who sang, danced and just had a great time with them. Tom frequently jumped up onto a box which allowed him to engage the back of the room, and jumped down to allow members of the audience to be right next to him, and rock along with him. The other members stepped forward to take their place on the very edge of the stage, clearly showing that they wanted us to be just as involved in their show as they were. However, what stood out to me was not only how well they interacted with the audience, but also how well they interacted with each other during their performance. In my opinion communication between players is key to a good performance, therefore the fact that they were able to run around and give each other little looks and pose with each other on stage not only added to their tight playing but also showed again how much they were enjoying themselves together, which generally makes for a more positive atmosphere.
The setlist consisted of both previously released singles, new songs and covers making it exciting and interesting throughout. The new songs were scattered throughout the setlist keeping us on the ball as we were constantly thrown between knowing all the words and belting them out and not knowing the words but being keen to hear the new music. The covers consisted of Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down, Adele's Rolling In The Deep, everyones favourite mash up of Billie Jean and Smells Like Teen Spirit and Buck Rogers. These covers mostly provided a lot of singing along to familiar songs and dancing, but the addition of the Adele covered brought the tempo down. Rolling In The Deep was performed just by Dan and Tom as the others left the stage. This allowed lead singer Tom to demonstrate his vocal range while Dan accompanied him.
All in all the show was an amazing one, and I really really did have a good time, sometimes I find the best gigs come from the smallest venues. The show demonstrated that EofE are capable of owning their own crowd, and that they have the potential to go on to do more and more successful shows.
As the support acts played and the venue began to fill up it was obvious that there a lot of positive energy in the room. There was the constant sound of voices chatting and laughing in the background as we waited for EofE to hit the stage; before the set had even began the room was buzzing. At around quarter to nine EofE attacked the stage, in full force. It was the first time I had seen Reece with the band and I wasn't sure about how he would fit in with the group, however instantly I could see that he has slotted in just fine with the others, and looked like he belonged there. Being a 5 piece band on only a small stage, it goes without saying that they owned the stage, however as they opened with their single "Lust" they demonstrated that they were going to own the stage all night, and not just because they could only just fit on it. The lighting of the stage was simple yet in line with the style of the band, not over the top, yet striking and effective. Constant flashes of white light filled the stage, sometimes creating a strobe effect, as the band powered through their set.
From the very start of the set it was obvious how pleased they were with the fact that they had filled the venue with their fans, family and friends. This mood radiated across the audience who sang, danced and just had a great time with them. Tom frequently jumped up onto a box which allowed him to engage the back of the room, and jumped down to allow members of the audience to be right next to him, and rock along with him. The other members stepped forward to take their place on the very edge of the stage, clearly showing that they wanted us to be just as involved in their show as they were. However, what stood out to me was not only how well they interacted with the audience, but also how well they interacted with each other during their performance. In my opinion communication between players is key to a good performance, therefore the fact that they were able to run around and give each other little looks and pose with each other on stage not only added to their tight playing but also showed again how much they were enjoying themselves together, which generally makes for a more positive atmosphere.
The setlist consisted of both previously released singles, new songs and covers making it exciting and interesting throughout. The new songs were scattered throughout the setlist keeping us on the ball as we were constantly thrown between knowing all the words and belting them out and not knowing the words but being keen to hear the new music. The covers consisted of Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down, Adele's Rolling In The Deep, everyones favourite mash up of Billie Jean and Smells Like Teen Spirit and Buck Rogers. These covers mostly provided a lot of singing along to familiar songs and dancing, but the addition of the Adele covered brought the tempo down. Rolling In The Deep was performed just by Dan and Tom as the others left the stage. This allowed lead singer Tom to demonstrate his vocal range while Dan accompanied him.
All in all the show was an amazing one, and I really really did have a good time, sometimes I find the best gigs come from the smallest venues. The show demonstrated that EofE are capable of owning their own crowd, and that they have the potential to go on to do more and more successful shows.
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
EofE With the Vamps: Guest Blogger Lauren
Meet Lauren (@_laurenvma on twitter) Lauren is 18 and currently goes to uni to "study". When I asked her for three facts about herself she said she's lazy, she likes alcohol and she only owns one pair of shoes. Hope that gives you a bit more of an introduction to Lauren than before;)
Okay, this is super duper late, which is 100% my fault and not Lauren's, however you may remember a few little gigs that EofE did with a band called The Vamps. Not being a fan of the Vamps myself I didn't go to the tour, however Lauren did and wrote me a nice little blog post to be featured on EofE Unofficial, so here it is:
"It's a little sad that the Vamps tour is over because I'm gonna miss watching my little sunshines play...(until the unleashed tour anyways)...But what can I say, they were absolutely smashing! Seeing them live in Brighton as well as Bournemouth on the last night made me feel so proud of them because of how far they've come in the last few months! They totally stole the show in my opinion, they got the whole crowd going throughout their whole performance.Their whole set was just complete perfection (as always duh) and I couldn't be happier for them! I tried to get some good pictures but it was tough with the security telling me to put my phone away every time i got it out...But I guess you gotta break some rules to get what you want!"
I'm off to see EofE in Birmingham on their unleashed tour on Saturday, which I hear has been going well, so I'll bring you photos, videos and a review of the gig next week hopefully. In the meantime if you haven't already check out the new singly Bridges:
If you enjoy it you can grab yourself a free download here
"It's a little sad that the Vamps tour is over because I'm gonna miss watching my little sunshines play...(until the unleashed tour anyways)...But what can I say, they were absolutely smashing! Seeing them live in Brighton as well as Bournemouth on the last night made me feel so proud of them because of how far they've come in the last few months! They totally stole the show in my opinion, they got the whole crowd going throughout their whole performance.Their whole set was just complete perfection (as always duh) and I couldn't be happier for them! I tried to get some good pictures but it was tough with the security telling me to put my phone away every time i got it out...But I guess you gotta break some rules to get what you want!"
I'm off to see EofE in Birmingham on their unleashed tour on Saturday, which I hear has been going well, so I'll bring you photos, videos and a review of the gig next week hopefully. In the meantime if you haven't already check out the new singly Bridges:
If you enjoy it you can grab yourself a free download here
Thursday, 25 September 2014
EofE Weekly Roundup, Number 2
Hello lovely members of the EofE Army, here we are, a blog post as promised bringing you all of the new information from EofE Land this week, all in one convenient blog post.
First things first, there has been NO cover Wednesday this week, so instead of writing about it I'm going to have to write about the lack of it (I suppose EofE can be forgiven due to the whole little tour thing). Seeing as there's nothing we can do about the lack of covah wednesday I suggest we put together a list of suggestions so that when the boys are back (Tom will appreciate that High School Musical reference) we can throw it at them and there will be no excuses. I'll start the list:
1) ANYTHING BY ALL TIME LOW please I'm not even fussed which song ANYTHING.
If you'd like to add to the list, tweet me your suggestions and we can write a list in order of popularity and take over the world: @dougies_pointer
Secondly, REECE.
This week saw the addition of Reece into EofE officially! (Follow him on twitter @EofEReece ) Reece is the new guitarist in EofE we found out in the twitcam. I'm yet to see him in action with the rest of the lads but I have found a couple of guest bloggers who will write about EofE supporting the Vamps (and therefore comment on Reece)
As I haven't met Reece yet there is no Meet Reece in this weeks blog, and there won't be next week either but hopefully next weekend I will finally meet this Reece bloke in brum and I'll bring you exclusive goss.
Number 3, EOFE TOUR
EofE announced this week that Vicky Jones (sister of Danny Jones of McFly) will be joining them for some of their tour dates as support (@Vix_Official)
And that's about it, just a reminder you can subscribe to my Spotify form of the "What EofE are listening to" playlist here:
What EofE are listening to
There have only been 2 nights of the Vamps tour so far, therefore no pictures or news or anything as of yet, however I'm sure I'll have a nice collection by next week.
Laters x
First things first, there has been NO cover Wednesday this week, so instead of writing about it I'm going to have to write about the lack of it (I suppose EofE can be forgiven due to the whole little tour thing). Seeing as there's nothing we can do about the lack of covah wednesday I suggest we put together a list of suggestions so that when the boys are back (Tom will appreciate that High School Musical reference) we can throw it at them and there will be no excuses. I'll start the list:
1) ANYTHING BY ALL TIME LOW please I'm not even fussed which song ANYTHING.
If you'd like to add to the list, tweet me your suggestions and we can write a list in order of popularity and take over the world: @dougies_pointer
Secondly, REECE.
This week saw the addition of Reece into EofE officially! (Follow him on twitter @EofEReece ) Reece is the new guitarist in EofE we found out in the twitcam. I'm yet to see him in action with the rest of the lads but I have found a couple of guest bloggers who will write about EofE supporting the Vamps (and therefore comment on Reece)
As I haven't met Reece yet there is no Meet Reece in this weeks blog, and there won't be next week either but hopefully next weekend I will finally meet this Reece bloke in brum and I'll bring you exclusive goss.
Number 3, EOFE TOUR
EofE announced this week that Vicky Jones (sister of Danny Jones of McFly) will be joining them for some of their tour dates as support (@Vix_Official)
And that's about it, just a reminder you can subscribe to my Spotify form of the "What EofE are listening to" playlist here:
What EofE are listening to
There have only been 2 nights of the Vamps tour so far, therefore no pictures or news or anything as of yet, however I'm sure I'll have a nice collection by next week.
Laters x
Thursday, 18 September 2014
EofE Weekly Roundup
Right, so I haven't posted on here in a while, and I was wondering what the best way to tackle this whole posting schedule would be. I've decided that seeing as Wednesday is Covah Wednesday I could use Thursday to be my posting day, as then, even if EofE have done nothing all week I can at least write about the most recent Cover Wednesday. (And if EofE don't do a cover wednesday you can all join me in complaining about the lack of Cover Wednesday and we can compile a list of what we want them to cover instead)
So, what have we seen in the EofE world this week then?
1) Reece. Who is Reece, what is a Reece, where is this Reece, why is there a Reece, HOW is there Reece? There's a mysterious guy called Reece and no one really knows anything, hmm
2) EofE got their hair done and a load of new clothes ahead of touring with the Vamps, gotta look like ROCK stars (I spy a lot of leather, the real question is though will Tom's jeans be more or less tight that before)
3) Cover Wednesday and a chance to be EofE's star guest - EofE did a cover of Can We Dance and even used the swear words because they are rock and not pop. I'll leave the video here for you where you can also find details of the competition:
(click here to see the video)
4) What EofE are listening to - EofE Updated their Youtube with another playlist of what they're listening to, however if you're anything like me you lack patience in waiting around for youtube videos to load, or want to listen to your songs in alphabetical order or I don't know, SO I've asked EofE if they can make a Spotify Playlist for us all, hence we will also see when it has been updated and it will be updated for us lazy music listeners automatically, however until then I've made a Spotify playlist for you all to sub to:
What EofE are listening to
5) Although this is OLD(ish) news some of you might not know that EofE now have a SNAPCHAT, despite not being that regular posters they do post the odd story and they are getting better and posting more, and will accept you if you add them, their username is eofeofficial
AND I think that is all for this week. Also as I'm not going to attend the Vamps tour I'm looking for anyone who is willing to take pictures and feature as a guest blogger and post their review of EofE supporting the Vamps with their pics and videos and whatever else they want to write so send me a tweet or something if you'd be willing!
Until next week,
Laters x
So, what have we seen in the EofE world this week then?
1) Reece. Who is Reece, what is a Reece, where is this Reece, why is there a Reece, HOW is there Reece? There's a mysterious guy called Reece and no one really knows anything, hmm
2) EofE got their hair done and a load of new clothes ahead of touring with the Vamps, gotta look like ROCK stars (I spy a lot of leather, the real question is though will Tom's jeans be more or less tight that before)
3) Cover Wednesday and a chance to be EofE's star guest - EofE did a cover of Can We Dance and even used the swear words because they are rock and not pop. I'll leave the video here for you where you can also find details of the competition:
(click here to see the video)
4) What EofE are listening to - EofE Updated their Youtube with another playlist of what they're listening to, however if you're anything like me you lack patience in waiting around for youtube videos to load, or want to listen to your songs in alphabetical order or I don't know, SO I've asked EofE if they can make a Spotify Playlist for us all, hence we will also see when it has been updated and it will be updated for us lazy music listeners automatically, however until then I've made a Spotify playlist for you all to sub to:
What EofE are listening to
5) Although this is OLD(ish) news some of you might not know that EofE now have a SNAPCHAT, despite not being that regular posters they do post the odd story and they are getting better and posting more, and will accept you if you add them, their username is eofeofficial
AND I think that is all for this week. Also as I'm not going to attend the Vamps tour I'm looking for anyone who is willing to take pictures and feature as a guest blogger and post their review of EofE supporting the Vamps with their pics and videos and whatever else they want to write so send me a tweet or something if you'd be willing!
Until next week,
Laters x
Monday, 1 September 2014
SoccerSix Fest
So, as promised here is my blog post on SoccerSix featuring exclusive photos of the lads demonstrating their finest football 'skills' (or not as the pictures will later reveal) however first I think it's my duty to tell you all why you should NOT go to Soccersix in the future. (Just so they don't try and sue me or something these are all my opinions and you can't take anything as pure fact therefore I'm not lying I'm just saying how I felt about the day)
SoccerSix apparently is a charity football game full of your fav celebs, yet not once have I ever seen where any of the money goes, or even seen the mention of any form of charity. As for the celebs, if you're lucky enough to actually get near any of them, you then have to contend with hundreds of others in order to stand a chance of actually getting a picture with them or a word in. To add to that there were games happening on pitches people didn't even know existed, and were pretty difficult to get to and there weren't enough food and drink places.
The 'VIP' tickets, at about 48 pounds each, were a complete rip off. To say I felt mugged off would be an understatement. This is how they were advertised:
"Any of you lucky enough to get your hands on "VIP Festival Tickets" will be able to skip the standard queues and enter the stadium through the special VIP entrance. You'll also have access to the exclusive VIP areas ON THE PITCH before, during and after the tournament - which means even more chance to meet your favourite stars! VIPs also get to watch EXCLUSIVE VIP ONLY PERFORMANCES!"
Ok, so lets point out the lies in this rather appealing looking statement,
SoccerSix apparently is a charity football game full of your fav celebs, yet not once have I ever seen where any of the money goes, or even seen the mention of any form of charity. As for the celebs, if you're lucky enough to actually get near any of them, you then have to contend with hundreds of others in order to stand a chance of actually getting a picture with them or a word in. To add to that there were games happening on pitches people didn't even know existed, and were pretty difficult to get to and there weren't enough food and drink places.
The 'VIP' tickets, at about 48 pounds each, were a complete rip off. To say I felt mugged off would be an understatement. This is how they were advertised:
"Any of you lucky enough to get your hands on "VIP Festival Tickets" will be able to skip the standard queues and enter the stadium through the special VIP entrance. You'll also have access to the exclusive VIP areas ON THE PITCH before, during and after the tournament - which means even more chance to meet your favourite stars! VIPs also get to watch EXCLUSIVE VIP ONLY PERFORMANCES!"
Ok, so lets point out the lies in this rather appealing looking statement,
- Skip the queues - The size of the VIP queue itself seemed a joke when we arrived, but okay we didn't get there early so you know you have to deal with things like that, however the STANDARD queue was moving a lot quicker than the VIP one, therefore the standard queues were skipping us...
- VIP areas on the pitch - Oh that sounds good doesn't it? On the pitch with your fav celebs?! Wrong. These areas can hardly be called 'on the pitch' when all the pitches are surrounded by barriers and fences
- Chances to meet your favourite stars - Oh yes this is what I'm paying for. Nope, there are hardly any chances to meet your favourite stars, with the VIP tickets being WAY oversold there are just far too many people everywhere to stand a chance of meeting your favourite stars
I've been to small charity football games, such as Les Mis V Phantom, which have been much better run, much more fun, for a much better cause and just a much more pleasant experience. So, the moral of this story is don't get mugged off by the massive games, support small charity football games, because trust me you'll enjoy it much more.
Now that I've done my good deed and warned you all about the evils of false advertising, we can get down to why bad organisation wasn't going to ruin my day, and why I still had a day full of smiles and banta and a little bit of football.
EofE not only did an AMAZING job in coming third at the football, but also did a fantastic job of keeping the 'EofE army' thoroughly entertained throughout the day by talking to us and taking pictures and joking around and taking our constructive criticism. I'll give you individual reports on each player, then we can go to the photos which is what most people want.
Player: Tom J Harris
Report: Yeah Tom actually played alright, he scored goals so I suppose that makes him good at football. He was seen running a few times and went after the ball. He let himself down though through his lack of goal celebrations. That was his time to shine and he just didn't take it.
Player: Dan Bremner
Report: I was already expecting Dan to be good at football because he used to play and he didn't disappoint us. Dan was really good and put a lot of effort in and was constantly chasing the ball and really going for it and doing a lot of the work. Go Dan, you win joint man of the match with Nicky from me.
Player: Nicky Waters
Report: Nicky was in goal and was saving some of the goals so that makes him good as well. He actually saved a lot of the shots I was watching. He even played an extra game for a team that wasn't his which makes him extra manly. Congrats on getting the EofEUnofficial joint man of the match with Dan!
Player: Luke Bradley
Report: Luke was 'defending' but he wasn't really. Despite all his talk of playing dirty he spent more time avoiding the ball than going for it. You're supposed to get the ball not dodge it, I think he thought he was in a dodgeball tournament. I was disappointed because I was hoping to see some slide tackles but they never happened. Also Luke was the only player to embrace the shirt tucked into shorts look.
Photos from the day:
Above: Tom dancing instead of kicking the ball
Above: The defence team
Above: Team action shot
Umm...
Star goalie
HASHTAG DAN DANCE, because dancing appears to be the new way to beat your opposition
Team EofE
Idk this is just a random mugshot.
Luke striking a pose because he's VOGUE
So that concludes my EofE match report however ALSO at SoccerSix I was given an EXCLUSIVE preview of some new EofE music, it's the EofE we love and know, and it's definitely not pop music (I don't know about you lot but I was a little bit worried in case they decided to abort mission and write to please the vamps fans but they haven't and the music is already sounding epic and like my kinda jam and I hear lots of guitar and it makes me happy) so YES we have some star footballers and some tour dates and some pretty promisingly good new music to look forward to! x
Monday, 18 August 2014
Piece of You
It's release day for EofE, Piece of You is officially out there for your listening and downloading, which means you can all go and grab yourself a copy from itunes (OR amazon music everyone always forgets that, but being a samsung owner I know of the pains of not having itunes). It is also on the EofE Spotify (another fab thing about EofE, they have a Spotify page)
Another reason to buy the single is so that we can see EofE celebrating when they are successful in the charts, because we all know that would be entertaining.
Here is the video for Piece of You (ft Me, Katie and Kirstie and some other lovely people)
Another reason to buy the single is so that we can see EofE celebrating when they are successful in the charts, because we all know that would be entertaining.
Here is the video for Piece of You (ft Me, Katie and Kirstie and some other lovely people)
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