May 2003 - Glitterbug are taking a bit of a break until mid-summer due to other commitments which have gone a bit mental:-)
Richie's punky upstarts KITTY HUDSON are tearing up a storm - definitely worth checking out their live shows. (Oh, he's also the guitarist for Sinead "Fame Academy" Quinn in her new video)
Tim and ex-drummer Matt are playing with The Strokes producer Gordon Raphael.
Leighton's written a killer script about life on the road with a rock 'n' roll band (hope it's been edited to exclude some of gbug's more libelous episodes!)
Tom's well busy rocking with a couple of other bands - more news when they've got some gigs coming up.

March 2003 - New merchandise added on the shop page. If you missed the Bug Bar show, don't fret, as it was recorded by Fluff and his bitching minidisc machine. Also available is The Moon Studios sessions - 10 tracks of rawness recorded in a haunted ex-spiritualist church (spooky) featuring tons of stuff you won't have heard before.

Bug Bar Tracklisting: London's Burning (fade in), Have Guitar, will travel, Forgotten Friends, Skywalking, Brand New Gun, Today Tonight Tomorrow, The time is now, The Music saved us, Like a Prayer (and others... 12 tracks total).

Moon Studios Tracklisting: Have Guitar, This is War, Something to Someone, Jackie O, Moving, Kiss it Better, Everybody's Fine, Beautiful Ugly (and others... 10 tracks total)

March 2003 - Bulletin board added here.

February 2003 - glitterbug play The Monarch, Chalk Farm Rd, Camden on Saturday March 29th with a couple of The Strokes producers ...more.

February 2003 - "Not another bizzare gardening accident!" I hear you cry...
Well, no, but we have replaced drummer Matt with drummer Tom. Check out his profile here.
Oh, and you may have noticed the new site... (glitter)bugs are being ironed out this week and comments are welcome here.

November 2002 - Live pictures added from China here. The guys are back in the far east in March and April for a 5 week tour.

October 2002 - Back from Shanghai and feeling fine. The guys feel that the gigs were the best they've ever done (playing in front of 100,000 people helps I guess), the crowds were amazing, the representitives and translators were fantastic and the rest of the gang (BB & BS etc) were insane:).

September 2002 - Glitterbug off to China. The guys will be off at the end of September to Shanghai where they start their 10 day tour. They'll be back mid-October and then jet off again in February for a 7 week jaunt of the far east. Dates and venues will be posted on the live page as and when they're confirmed.

August 2002 - Live page updated

July 2002 - Glitterbug appeared on "The Saturday Show Extra" on BBC Choice, Saturday(natch) 3rd August at around 10.15am. They were on wth Darius from Pop Idle, Hear'Say and some other crap pop stars.

The Dublin Castle gig on the 2nd August has been pulled due to filming of The Saturday Show in Glasgow. It's being rescheduled as you read this...

July 2002 - The "Like a Prayer" Video is available for download HERE. See directly below for press release.

July 2002 - Glitterbug Keep Praying After Crashing Their Website!

You may have noticed the site was down for a week when over 70,000 users visited and 30,000 tried to download the "Like a Prayer" mp3 over two weeks. The amount of hits received exceeded the bands allowed bandwidth on the server by 2000%! When you think that it only takes 35,000 sales some weeks to get to number one in the official Gallup Chart and only 15,000 sales to chart top 40, 30,000 downloads is an incredible feat. The band have also recorded a tongue in cheek video (available HERE) which sees Vogue Madonna, Music Madonna, Gaultier Madonna and Virgin Madonna fighting with the band and between themselves for centre stage.

June 2002 - Back in the ring motherf**kers... :)

April 2002 - Review and Interview added from dot-bands

March 2002 - Download glitterbug's cover of Madonna's Like a Prayer HERE. Remember: THIS IS NOT A SECRET! - feel free to save, burn copies or even host the track on your own site. The video was shot on the 23rd and should be ready for download in a couple of weeks.

March 2002 - Live page updated with a last minute acoustic show on Sunday 10th March with The Darkness

February 2002 - Changes One, the north-east's premier rock music shop is stocking the glitterbug singles. Credit card ordering is available from their site. Free delivery in UK, £1 Europe, £2 R.O.W.

February 2002 - The competition to win London's Burning videos is now closed (winners to be announced shortly), but fear not - those lovely people at bulaka.co.uk are giving away 10 copies of the London's Burning CD single. Click HERE to enter.

January 2002 - Some live dates added. Keep an eye on the live page over the next few days - more gigs to come.

December 2001 - glitterbug Yahoo group is up and running. Get your grubby mits over to G-Bug_chat-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and sign up.

December 2001 - New photos added on the Promo Shots page courtesy of Emma Dalzell.

November 2001 - New live photos added courtesy of Sophie and Five Miles High's James.

November 2001 - Great night at The Borderline. Thanks to all at Five Miles High, Alex, Pepe and Sarah Merch, The Relatives for their backline and all the folks that came down - t'was much appreciated:)

November 2001 - The Borderline show will be the last gig of the year. glitterbug are on stage for 50 minutes at 9.45pm. Full-on electric rawwwkkk show has been promised - see you down the front!

September 2001 - A Borderline show has been announced on the 24th November. Support comes from The Relatives and Novo Keato and is in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust

August 2001 - glitterbug's guitarist Richie will be DJing at the Sound of the Suburbs club on the 6th September in Croydon. Check out their site for more details.

July 2001 - glitterbug are the band of the week on Liveclub.co.uk

July 2001 - glitterbug have lined up a show at The Garage on the 20th July with Ciccone. Doors 8pm. Club until 2am. Well worth the £3.50 entry fee with a flyer(micro$oft word).

July 2001 - glitterbug are "Band of the month" on Five Miles High and Music Tour Bus.

June 2001 - As requested by you lot out there... it's a message board! You know what to do.

May 2001 - New look glitterbug site goes online. New dates added to the live page, plus more photos and links.

May 2001 - If you didn't get in there, unlucky... The sale has ended and CD's etc are back up to normal price.

April 2001 - New Brit-Flick Movie "Couriers" previewing in Cannes and Leicester Square will be out soon. The Director has decided to use Happy 2B Happy as the soundtrack to one of the main scenes... more news as we get it...

April 2001 - Glitterbug release a 7 track CD Mini Album just in time for the sale on their online shop. CD singles down to £3, Mini Album out for £6.

Track Listing;
London's Burning
The Music Saved Us
All Love, No Money
Those We Left Behind
The Time is Now
Happy 2B Happy
Today, Tonight, Tomorrow

February 2001 - Online Mail Order Shop added to the site.

January 2001 - Photo Shoot with new line-up - Will be online in the next week.

December 2000 - Kings Cross WaterRats show goes down a storm and the guys end 2000 on a huge high.

December 2000 saw the revamped Glitterbug back on the stage, with a gig supporting Bubble(Faster Pussycat/Vixen/Dogs D'amour) and Sacktrick at The Underworld.

October 2000 - New drummer Matt Ingram joined Glitterbug. Photos shall be updated in the next couple of weeks, and they are rehearsing for shows in December.

September 2000 - Glitterbug sack drummer Steve. They are auditioning new drummers at the moment, and should be up and running by the end of October.

July 2000 - Glitterbug played at The Millenium Dome in Greenwich as part of "Where it's at", showcasing new talent for the 21st Century.

June 2000 - Leighton and Richie were interviewed and played a 2 song acoustic session on *London Live* radio ( previously GLR 94.9FM )

June 2000 - Played Sheffield Don Valley Bowl with Terrorvision, DumDums, Billie Piper! etc.

May 2000 - Interview and first play of "London's Burning" on "Beat 106FM" Radio in Glasgow.

May 2000 - Leighton and Richie play a live acoustic session on MinsterFM Radio in York

May 2000 - Video shoot for "London's Burning"

May 2000 - Start of the Bellatrix Tour

April 2000 - Recorded "London's Burning" at RAK Studios London

April 2000 - Appeared on pilot show for Cable TV. Interview and performed "The Music Saved Us"

March 2000 - Today, Tonight, Tomorrow reaches the Top Twenty in the N.M.E., BBC and Various Radio Charts

March 2000 - Today, Tonight, Tomorrow is released

March 2000 - Appeared on BBC1 Interview and Video for "Today, Tonight, Tomorrow"

March 2000 - Leighton and Richie recorded an acoustic live session for Metro Radio in Newcastle

March 2000 - Appeared on "Bedrock" ITV2 Interview and Video for "Today, Tonight, Tomorrow"

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