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Grenoside Beer Festival 2024
Read more: Grenoside Beer Festival 2024It was a familiar story as we played our 10th? Grenoside Beer Festival. Couldn’t find a sound guy for it this time so Ben and I resolved to do it ourselves. This went pretty well initially, not least because I’d bought an acoustic guitar sound hole plug. This solves the issues that this particular instrument…
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Summer Round Up
Read more: Summer Round UpIt’s been a comfortably busy summer of live music. Not too hectic, but with just enough gigs to prevent the cobwebs from forming and the fingers seizing up. We’ve played as a trio, tried out a new guitarist, added some songs to the repertoire and experienced some exotic dancing from some very drunk bridesmaids. Yes…
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A Wedding at Barlow Woodseats Hall
Read more: A Wedding at Barlow Woodseats HallWe played and Ellie and Lizzie’s wedding in May at Barlow Woodseats Hall. Access to the hall is up a long, deeply potholed drive and I’d stopped halfway along as I wasn’t entirely sure I was in the right place. Ben pulling up along side me put my fears to rest and we proceeded up…
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GAS Bar & Bites
Read more: GAS Bar & BitesThis is our first gig in Chesterfield since TOAST popped back in 2015. We made our first foray into the world of the trio with this gig too and it seemed to go down rather well. Obviously and change in line up creates the potential for snags and snafus but our trepidation meant we had…
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Katie O’Brien’s Sheffield
Read more: Katie O’Brien’s SheffieldWe found ourselves back at Katie O’Brien’s in Sheffield in March for another 90 minutes of 90s and 00s guitar hits. The “green room” is becoming more habitable. The tool boxes and plasterboard have gone and there are some lights, which is nice. We’d hoped to chuck in a few new tunes to the set…
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Katie O’Brien’s Sheffield
Read more: Katie O’Brien’s SheffieldToast were invited to play at the opening weekend of Katie O’Brien’s Sheffield, an Irish Tavern just off West Street. It has been a long time since we played at a bar in Sheffield. Indeed let the record show that our last performance at a bar was at West Street Live back in 2017. I wouldn’t go…
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Live Music for a Ball
Read more: Live Music for a BallIt was November 2023 when I received a Facebook message asking about our availability for an event at Aston Hall in Sheffield in January. I arrived with a car full of gear at 6pm and was directed around the back of the hall to a function room. I was able to park very close to…
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Live Music for a 21st Birthday
Read more: Live Music for a 21st BirthdayWe were invited to provide live music for a 21st birthday party, at Halifax Hall in Sheffield. Connoisseurs of this blog (a gruesome oxymoron), will know that we’ve not played Halifax Hall since the 16th of June 2016. In truth, I didn’t know that until I went trawling back though several years of listless verbosity that some…
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Our First Stadium Gig
Read more: Our First Stadium GigWe were invited to provide the entertainment for the celebration of Mattresses Online 20th birthday at the New York Stadium in Rotherham. Road closures hampered our initial to access the car park and upon arrival the place seem deserted. After a bit of wondering around I located some activity and an entrance. Unfortunately the closest…
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A Wedding at Hideaway
Read more: A Wedding at HideawayPhoto by Beck Payne Photography I was completely unaware of Hideaway tucked away on Eyre Lane in the backstreets of Sheffield city centre. I suppose it’s clear from the name that this should surprise no one. We were delighted to be invited to play at Lynsey & Kev’s wedding reception. A very easy going couple whose…
















