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29/04/04




'Made In Sheffield' Launch Party






Last night's DVD launch party at The Casbah in Sheffield attracted some very special guests including
Philip, Joanne and Susan.
Tony B
has uploaded all his pics from the event whilst the Secrets forum was temporarily offline due to maintenance for most of the day but is now back online.

Please click here to view all the images from the launch night.

(Image right: '
Shed Seven' fan KraftwerkDave gets to grips with a radiant Joanne last night at The Casbah).









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27/04/04

 


Bue Festival




Rob Puebla has very kindly sent in some more info on the Bue Festival that will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 29th. Other artists scheduled to appear include FC Kahuna, Massive Attack, Junior Sanchez and Client Manager Andy Fletcher.

The event is being sponsored by MTV and League fans in South America can obtain tickets from ticketek.com whilst a press article on the Bue Festival can be read here.

Click on the image opposite for a larger version of the festival's poster artwork.

The Santiago Urban Electronic Festival (SUE) on May 28th also features the same line-up and tickets can be obtained from
www.ticketmaster.cl whilst the official SUE website can be viewed via www.dgmedios.com

(With thanks to Fernanda Maquieira)





Congratulations to Julie Denton who wins the 'Made In Sheffield' DVD!
Your prize will be sent out to you this week.


The official V Festival website has been updated with a new design and info on all the bands appearing. To visit the site, please click here.




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23/04/04




Retro:Active2

 


North American record label Hi-Bias have contacted the site about their new CD Retro: Active 2 Rare And Remixed which includes the Extended Mix of US chart topper Human - the first time it has ever appeared on CD.

The compilation also includes other rare and classic mixes that have previously been unavailable on CD such as the dance remix of the Blancmange stomper 'Don't Tell Me' & Yazoo's superb B-side 'State Farm'. OMD's 'So In Love' is also represented with a brand new mix all for just $14.99.

For full details on the tracklisting and ordering, please visit the official Hi-Bias site here.






 


 



22/04/04


 

V Festival - Confirmed - Updated

 


David Beevers has confirmed that Human League will appear at the high profile V Festival this year in August along with a host of other acts including the likes of Dido, Primal Scream, the newly reformed Pixies, Massive Attack & The Divine Comedy.
This year's Brit Award winners
Basement Jaxx will also be playing on the same stage as the League along with RnB diva Jamelia in the Dance Tent and the events take place in Hylands Park, Chelmsford & Weston Park, Staffordshire on August 21st & 22nd.
For more information on this festival you can visit the official Virgin website here.





db was also able to confirm the following 2004 live dates with the exception of the Pili Pili Belgium Festival:

April 30th: Roma Night, Gothenburg, Sweden

May 28th: Festival, Santiago
May 29th: Bue Festival, Buenos Aires

June 4th: Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
June 12th: Water Festival, Newark (admission to this festival will be completely free!)
June 26th: BT Corporate, Alton Towers (private function)

July 11th: Pili Pili Festival, Belgium (TBC)
July 31st: Here & Now Outdoors, Bournemouth

(More dates may be added shortly)




For other Human League media mentions in relation to the
V Festival, click on BBCi Radio One and NME Online.






Stig Olsen has added a terrific assortment of animated League flavoured avatars for use in forums over at his site. All can be viewed and downloaded here.




Finally, a promising new League fansite from
Panzermensch has just this week gone online that includes an interesting article on meeting the band backstage at Brighton.
To view this new site, please click here.







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19/04/04




Win A DVD Copy of 'Made In Sheffield'





We have a spare review copy of 'Made In Sheffield' to give away on glorious DVD containg extra interviews containing insights from Philip, Martin, Ian, Joanne, Susan and Stephen Singleton of Vice Versa/ABC fame who all talk about the birth of electronic pop.
The DVD gets it's region 0 UK release on April 26th but because we still think it's Christmas here at Secrets Online, you could have a free copy next week.
A review of Eva Wood's documentary can be read in the
New Releases section here and if you would like to win a copy, please send your name to: webmaster@leagueonline.f2s.com
We will require you to enter even if you have sent entries to the previous three comps.
Closing date for our Made In Sheffy comp is
April 26th and the winner will be announced next Monday.

Thanks to those who have written in about websites confirming some of the League dates below. DB is hoping to have more news later this week (if not sooner) so we still advise that you wait before booking tickets.


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13/04/04

 


Win A Special Edition of 'The Very Best Of'!

 


Asian VBO
As promised, we have another great comp and the prize this month is the Asian CD edition of the VBO complete with the extra
Chinese Whispers remix of Human plus a bonus CD full of foot tapping remixes. And if that wasn't enough, the sleeve has been autographed by Philip, Joanne and Susan making this a very collectable and priceless Human League item.
Click on the image opposite to view a large jpg of this months prize.
If you haven't already entered the previous two comps then just send an email with your name and the header '
Asian VBO' to webmaster@leagueonline.f2s.com.


The closing date for this comp is 13/05/04.

 


Congratulations to the winner of last months 'Making Of Dare' promo comp:
Da'Ron Brown. Please supply me with your full postal address and the League will then ship out your promo prize.

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08/04/04

 


Provisional League Dates for 2004?

 


DB has imformed the site of some possible spring/summer dates for the UK and beyond though just two of the dates are confirmed so far including a private function for BT (so don't go booking tickets just yet for the others).
We hope to have more details shortly with ticket booking details for the ones that will go ahead.

In the email, db stresses that '
things are not 100% confirmed and I will try to confirm asap.'

Here are the provisional dates which have also been added to the Secrets forum:

April 30th: Romonight, Gothenburg PA (Confirmed)

May 28th: Festival, Santiago
May 29th: Festival, Buenos Aires
May 30th: TBC
May 31st: TBC

June 4th: Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
June 12th: Water Festival, Newick
June 26th: BT Corporate, Alton Towers (Confirmed)

July 11th: Pili Pili Festival, Belgium
July 31st: Here & Now Outdoors, Bournemouth

August 21st: V Festival, Chelmsford
August 22nd: V Festival, Stafford


 

Our current comp where the prize up for grabs is a signed promo containing the making of Dare closes on 12/04/04 and the new competition will be revealed shortly.



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