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November 10, 2007
Full UK tour details
Fletch and Waiting Room arrive in the UK on November
24 to commence their fifth tour of the UK.
They will appear in Edinburgh, Belfast, Bangor, Bournemouth, Winchester,
Liverpool, London, Bath, Reading, Stoke on Trent, Durham, Manchester, Doncaster and St Andrews. Click
here for full details.
September 6th, 2007
Yorkshire gig announced
We are very pleased to be able to announce a
gig in Yorkshire as part of the next UK tour. Waiting Room will perform at Walkabout Doncaster, Cnr. Printing Office
St. and Priory Walk, Doncaster, DN1 1TS on Thursday 13th December 2007. There should be a few more gigs announced for the UK tour,
so keep checking back!
August 5th, 2007
Waiting Room play Sydney AT LAST!
Waiting Room will perform on Friday August 10th
at The Gaff, 16-18 Oxford Square, Cnr Oxford and Riley Streets, Darlinghurst. Bookings can be made by calling:
(02) 9212 2069 (Mention Backpackerking at the time of booking and get $5:00 off!)
July
18th, 2007
New Waiting Room gig date added to the tour
Waiting Room will perform at the Bath Pavilion on the 6th December. The band played to a
sell out crowd at Bath University on their last tour and are looking forward to returning to the city. The Pavilion, on
North Parade Road, has played host to bands such as Led Zepellin, The Beatles and The Who and, more recently,
Oasis and Blur. Tickets go on sale on August 1st from the Pavilion box office on 01225 330304 and from
www.pavillionshop.co.uk Tickets cost £15.
July
16th, 2007
National Television Awards
The nominations for the 2007 National Television Awards have been announced and Fletch is
nominated in the Most Popular Actor category. Other Neighbours related nominations are Jackie Woodburne for Most Popular
Actress and Neighbours for Most Popular Serial Drama. Voting closes on the 3rd August and the ceremony will be held in
London in October.To vote, click here
July
5th, 2007
Inside Soap Awards
Fletch has been nominated for Best Actor in the Inside Soap Awards 2007. Fans can also
vote for “Karl and Susan” as the Best On-Screen Couple. The voting closes on Friday August 17 and the
winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on the 24th September.
To vote for Fletch, click here
June
12th, 2007
Blog Update
Fletch’s latest blog is now online and gigs in Winchester, Reading, Liverpool and Staffordshire have been
confirmed. Click here for more details
June
5th, 2007
Another tour date announced
Waiting Room will visit the Manchester Academy
for a gig on December 12th. There will be a limited
number of non-NUS tickets available. Visit the official Waiting Room site and click on Gigs for more info.
May
21st, 2007
London gig announced
Waiting Room will play at
The Quad at The London School of Economics on December 4th as part of their November-December UK tour. This gig will
be open to the public as well as students. Visit the official
Waiting Room site and click on Gigs for more info. More tour dates to be announced soon so
keep checking back!
May
10th, 2007
Online Shop Launched
Waiting Room are very happy to announce that their brand new Official Online Store is now
operational and open for business! Visit the official Waiting Room site and click on the SHOP icon.
Madge Bishop at the Official Neighbours Night
Last Monday night Anne Charleston (Madge Bishop) join Fletch at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow
for the Official Neighbours Night - and the 290 fans that joined them were pretty thrilled to see her as well!
Anne had such a good time she’s going again next Monday night (14th May). She’ll join Kym Valentine, who will
perform her fantastic acoustic set with Tommy Rando, and Damien Bodie (Dylan Timmins)! Fletch will also be there and
WAITING ROOM also perform exclusively on this night.
Bookings can be made at the BackpackerKing site
May
6th, 2007
Tour News
Waiting Room’s fifth tour of the UK commences on November 24th, 2007.
Tickets are already on sale for the band's gig on November 27th , 2007 at Mandela Hall, Belfast. Visit the official
Waiting Room site for more info.
Want Waiting Room to play at your Uni in November/December? Guy Robinson from Hyper is taking bookings now for
the next tour. If you want to see Waiting Room at your Uni lobby your Student Union to contact Guy NOW!
Click here to email Guy
Visiting Melbourne?
Fletch is now appearing every week at the Official Famous Neighbours Trivia Extravaganza at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow
Hotel in St Kilda. If you are in Melbourne visit him and other Neighbours favourites like Damien Bodie (Dylan Timmins),
Kym Valentine (Libby Kennedy), Patrick Harvey ( Connor) and Nell Feeney (Janelle Timmins). It’s a fabulous night of
competitions, prizes and entertainment plus a chance to get up close and personal with Fletch and other Neighbours stars.
PLUS - WAITING ROOM performs exclusively on this night every Monday. For bookings visit
http://www.backpackerking.com.au
Fletch on Facebook and Myspace
Don’t forget that Fletch has a Myspace account - http://www.myspace.com/alanfletcher
and has just registered on Facebook - search for him on there and add him as a friend.
NEIGHBOURS NEWS
WARNING - POSSIBLE SPOILERS TO FOLLOW BELOW!
Neighbours has bid a tearful farewell to four favourite sons and daughters over the last month with Stephanie McIntosh (Sky),
Kyle Marsh (Boyd), Nell Feeney (Janelle) and Sianoa Smit-McPhee (Bree) departing Neighbours. Stephanie is off to the UK very soon to pursue her
music career, Kyle will be in the UK also and Sianoa is moving straight into another Fremantle Media programme for
Disney.
March
15th, 2007
Blog update
Check out the Blog section below to read Fletch's latest blog
March
1st, 2007
Fletch On Your Phone
Fletch has just signed a deal with Indie-Mobile in the UK to
distribute Waiting Room music through downloads to mobile phones. All the music from the
debut album will be available as well as a number of new tracks currently in production.
WIN WIN WIN
Fletch will also be recording a variety of voice messages for
download to your phone. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR HIM SAY?
Email your suggested voice messages by Clicking Here.
If we use your idea we will send you a signed Waiting Room CD or T-Shirt!!!
Soapstar Superstar
We have just learnt that Fletch's appearance on Soapstar Superstar
raised £15,000 for the Linda McCartney Centre in Liverpool. A huge thank you to everyone
who voted. The money from your calls has made a big difference to this wonderful organisation
that assists and treats Breast cancer patients.
Neighbours News
Karl and Susan's London episodes will air in the next few weeks in
Australia. Don't miss their adventures with a very pregnant Izzy Hoyland in these terrific
episodes. Michael Parkinson, Julian Clary, Emma Bunton, Neil Morrissey, Jonathon Coleman and
Jo Whiley also make guest appearances in these episodes!
JANUARY
27, 2007
New Blog! Alan is now back filming at Neighbours. Find out what he has been up to by reading
his latest update in the blog section. Don’t forget if you are in Melbourne this year that Waiting Room
play every Monday night and selected Thursday nights in St Kilda. For full information and how to get tickets
go to: http://www.backpackerking.com.au
JANUARY
16, 2007
Waiting Room (Alan, Tommy, Chris and Jeff) are
back at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow in St Kilda (Melbourne)
playing Monday nights and selected Thursday nights starting January
22nd! For full information and how to get tickets go to: http://www.backpackerking.com.au
JANUARY
11, 2007
After failing to win the public vote, Fletch was knocked out of
Soapstar Superstar last night, becoming the sixth star voted off the show. Fletch thanked all those who
have voted for him and later selected fellow Aussie Mark Furze as the soapstar safe from
the public vote.
JANUARY
10, 2007
Fletch is NOT SAFE! If you want to hear Fletch
sing again on the show then he needs your vote! To vote call 09011 33 33 04
or text Alan to 63334. Full voting information in the Soapstar Superstar
News section!
JANUARY
9, 2007
Tonight Alan performed the song "Don't Let the Sun Go Down
On Me ". To vote for him call 09011 33 33 04 and select the song choice She Moves In Her Own Way or text Alan 1to 63334.
For full details check the official ITV Soapstar Superstar page.
JANUARY
8, 2007
Alan needs your votes when lines open shortly. To vote call 09011 33 33 04
and select song choice Tainted Love or text Alan 1 to 63334. For full details check the official ITV Soapstar
Superstar page. Thanks.
JANUARY
8, 2007
Alan is
through to Round Four of "Soapstar Superstar"! Alan’s
going from strength to strength - doing a brilliant performance
of "Tears in Heaven" last night and now safely through
to sing "Can't Take My Eye's Off You" tonight! Make
sure you tune in tonight and give your support! Your vote is
important, so make sure you keep the calls and txt flooding in
for Alan.
HOW TO VOTE
Call 09011
33 33 04 and follow
the instructions to vote for Alan after his performance tonight!
We'll be posting the song of his choice on the site here after
the show, so don't forget to check back here once lines are open
to vote!
Want more? You can find out
all about the show at the official Soapstar Superstar site: http://soapstar.itv.com
- including exclusive videos, photos and profiles.
JANUARY 7,
2007
Alan is
through to Round Three of "Soapstar Superstar"! Alan’s
emotional rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
was given the thumbs up by all the judges. Billy said it gave
him "chills." Now that’s impressive! The voting
for his next song then commenced and the winner was "Tears
in Heaven". So make sure you tune in tonight and give your
support! Your vote is important, so make sure you keep the calls
and txt flooding in for Alan. (Numbers and voting information
will be given out at the end of his performance on the show). |
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