Thank you United Kingdom! The Bills are back. And it was a helluva good time!
Van mishaps, crazy hotels, great gigs and excellent people everywhere (many of whom we unfortunately couldn’t understand, we’re embarrassed to say!). Can’t wait to make it happen again. Check the Facebook page to get a little more insight into our madness.
Looking forward to our summer adventures back in Canada. Keep in touch everyone, and look out for The Bills in your ‘hood!
Yes, The Bills are coming back to the UK. Fifteen shows over a fantastic seventeen days, May 23 – June 7, far and wide, north and south (quite a bit of north!) hope to see you if you’re anywhere near. Check out the shows page to track our winding route. We promise acoustic pleasure, mushy peas and pints will be the order of the day!
Time for Richard to drive
Winter in the Midwestern US really is cold! But the people are oh so warm, and the crowds showed us a very very good time. A couple of shows with the fabulous Ruth Moody, and a swing up into St. Boniface were other highlights. The freeways in Minnesota left something to be desired, but the scenery and skating rinks were world class.
Look out in May for two weeks of roots folk ambassadorship around England and Scotland. The Bills return to the UK for a blast of festivals and concerts that are sure to help Spring turn to Summer in fine and funky folk fashion.
See the Shows page and see you soon!
Hey all. Happy 2014 from The Bills.
We’re carrying on a long-standing roots/folk/rock tradition this February as we pile in the tour bus and take on the the true test of any band worth their road salt: The Three M’s of Winter. Minnesota, Manitoba and a dip for kicks down to Missouri, too! Check the shows page for a Bills winter appearance in your neighbourhood. We’re bringing our instruments and ice skates (Richard will probably have a hockey stick, too), ready to celebrate with all comers.
Yes Please, winter tour 2014!
See you all soon.
Thanks BC and Alberta. Such good times over the past two weeks! To all the presenters from Tofino to Spruce Grove, the techs, the volunteers and the fine, music-loving audiences, we look forward to rockin the day away with you all again sometime soon.
Minnesota and Manitoba, we’ll see you in February. And May/June will see the British Columbia invasion of the UK!
Happy upcoming holiday season everyone!
Cheers, from The Bills
Here we go – nine great dates in ten rollicking days. For the first time in all of these towns, The Bills will unveil the rocking live arrangements we’ve developed for the new tunes from Yes Please. Please check out the Shows page for details. We start on the 8th of November out in Tofino and roll from there toward some islands, across BC, over the mountains and finish with three shows in Alberta.
Tell all your friends and come down for a little Bills-style November sunshine!
Here’s a nice clip from the Arcata Playhouse in Arcata, CA – a great two-night stop on our recent tour. We’re so happy to have Scott White back with the band! Enjoy this double bass bonanza into Gale In My Sail!
Well that was fun!
The Bills just had a ball, from Humboldt to Ventura counties and all points in between. Thanks again to Dick Brundle, Red House Records, the promoters and radio hosts (Sedge Thompson, we swear Chris will never desert you on stage again!) and, of course, all the great lovers of music that came to the shows. Together we all shook it, Bills style.
And the band managed to keep the Mexican food and the gambling under control!
Marc will be back in California next May with his Trio, so keep your eyes open for that. And The Bills are busy booking for next Fall again, hoping to hit some great venues and festivals in October, 2014. Tell all your favourite festival directors that the band is ready to roots and rock.
Until next time! We’ll see a bunch of you in November in Western Canada, February in the US Midwest and May/June in the UK!
Lookout folks! The Bills are converging on Winters, CA at the fabled Palms Playhouse this Friday, Sept 20th, to kick off an action-packed ten day tour of the Golden State, celebrating the 2013 release of our new album, Yes Please on Red House Records. Festivals, theatres, great clubs and live radio appearances, you can find all the info on the Shows page.
Drop us a line on Facebook and give us some hints about great eatin’ spots or places for your favourite pint or glass of red. We’ll be carving up the state’s highways and biways, through the Sierra Nevada, up and down the coast, and all around San Francisco Bay!
Hope to see you all at a show.
Huge thanks to our pals at Red House and to Dick Brundle, the Sultan of Soquel, for helping make it all happen!
Hey folks. Look for The Bills at the fabulous Mission Folk Fest (BC), Summerfolk in Owen Sound, ON, Harvest Sun in Kelwood, MB and even an appearance in the home country, Butchart Gardens in August!
Followed by a triumphant end-of-summer return to Northern Californian, where the band will spend ten days between September 20 and 30, playing here there an everywhere (see the schedule).
We look forward to seeing you all out there. You can also come out and roots/rock (even swing if you feel so inclined) during the Fall, Winter and Spring tours from BC to Alberta to Minnesota to the UK and beyond! Keep in touch!
And here’s a nice new review of Yes Please from the UK’s R2 magazine: