Dave Giles

And onto the next....

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:34:23 +0100

Well, The Upload Tour 2 is over, and was easily the most amazing experience of my life so far as a musician! Massive thank you to all who came.

Just as that ends, I can announce my next one… The Insert Your Own Punchline Tour. Back out on the road in October with BriBry and Danny Gruff taking the format from The We’re Not That Moody Tour (all seated shows, two halves with an interval with each act performing in both halves). All the venues are tiny so we’re expecting most of them if not all to sell out, so please book up early to avoid disappointment!

I have also added a few other dates in the gig diary for August, so please have a look and hopefully I’ll see you there.

Thanks again for all your support. Its so overwhelming!

Love

Dave

"CALL OF DUTY EP" OUT NOW

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:50:00 +0100

These last few weeks i’ve been really busy trying to get things ready for this day.

My new EP is out now:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/call-of-duty-ep/id648027667

Would mean the world to me if you purchased it. Please let me know what your favourite song on it is.

“Call of Duty EP”

1. Call Of Duty
Written by Me and Nigel Pulsford
Produced and Arranged by Nigel Pulsford
Mixed by Seb Pecchia
Mastered by Stuart Bruce
Backing Vocals: Dodie Clarke and Jamie Bruce
Bass: Nick Kent
Drums: Martin Griffith
Cello: Alison Gilles
Flugal Horn: Jack Birchwood

2. Days Like These
Written by Me and Danny Gruff
Produced, mixed and mastered by me.
All instruments me apart from Electric Guitars by Luke McHugh

3. The Post Break Up Phone Call
Written by Me
Produced, mixed and mastered by me.
All instruments me apart from Electric Guitars by Luke McHugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEu5dybzQc

4. Days Like These
Written by Me and Danny Gruff
Produced, mixed and mastered by me.
All instruments me apart from Electric Guitars by Luke McHugh

Three weeks until Upload 2 Tour starts and NEW EP!

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:44:59 +0100

Hey.

So the next tour is only three weeks away. London, Glasgow and the two Dublin shows have sold out, and we recently upgraded the Leeds venue to Cockpit 2, having sold out Cockpit 3 so quickly!

Really hope many of you can come. Tickets for the remaining dates can be found here: http://www.uploadlive.co.uk

I’m also currently putting together some tracks for a new EP that will be out at the end of this month. It will be called the “Call Of Duty” EP and will feature “Call Of Duty” from my album from last year and three brand new unreleased tracks.

I’m only planning on doing this as an online release, but i might make a few copies if people want to have a CD. I’ll see what people say.

Really excited about what’s coming up and I hope you are too!

Much Love.

Dave

Ps. I’m playing two shows with FranKo for their farewell tour next week. Details here: www.davejgiles.com/gigs

The Upload Tour 2 - May 24th until June 1st

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:06:24 +0000

Following the success of Upload 1. We’re doing Upload 2.

Full details can be found here: www.uploadlive.co.uk

There’s a facebook event about it too: http://www.facebook.com/events/569219973097838

This tour will be Eddplant, BriBry and myself, hosted by Luke Cutforth and will go to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Portsmouth, Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast and Dublin

Tours Over

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:42:56 +0000

So the Upload Tour is finished. We had 6 sold out shows and over 1530 tickets purchased across the 10 days! Thanks a lot for coming.

For the first time in ages i don’t have any dates in my diary. I’m in the process of planning two tours, one for May and one for October. I also intend on doing heaps of living room gigs in August, so feel free to e-mail me about booking one! info@cheekychimprecords.com

It’s about time i started writing some new songs too. I think I might release a new EP in May.

Anyway. Thanks for the support and keep your eyes pealed for my tour dates.

Dave

The Happy Sad Song - Official Music Video

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:59:16 +0000

So today I release the second music video from the “Love, Life, Loss and Tea” album that i made last year.

Please give it a watch, and share it around if you like it. It’s a song I wrote about a girl that I knew who lived her whole life with severe illness before dying shortly before her 15th birthday. I wanted to write a tribute that seemed fitting.

Co-written with Chris Porter and Nigel Pulsford.

Video directed, edited and made by Anna Eijsbouts

The Upload Tour starts on Friday. Its quite amazing that six of the shows are sold out. Tickets are still available for Norwich, London, Birmingham and Nottingham. Details from here.

The Upload Tour - February 2013

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:46:21 +0000

So I’m back on tour in the middle of February. My biggest tour to date with three amazing other singer songwriters that I have met due to getting involved with the YouTube community: BriBry, Eddplant and Tom Law.

I really hope you can make it. Liverpool has already sold out, and the others are getting close. Tickets from here: http://dft.ba/-upload2013

The dates can be seen on the picture below:

2013

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:25:26 +0000

A big thank you for all your support in 2012! I look forward to seeing you all again this year. Starting with The Upload Tour in Feb!

So the album is finally out...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:58:16 +0000

And here is the first video from it:

You can order the album on CD from my merch store: www.davegiles.bigcartel.com

Its also available on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/love-life-loss-and-tea/id568936580

And you can listen to it on Spotify as well: Dave Giles – Love, Life, Loss and Tea

I really hope you enjoy it. It’s been over a years worth of writing, fundraising and production, so it would mean a lot to me if you purchased the album, or even just a track or two! Let me know what you think as well!

Dave

"Love, Life, Loss and Tea" - It's finished!

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:52:52 +0100

So, after announcing I was going to make it in April, I’ve finally finished my debut album “Love, Life, Loss and Tea”. Produced by the incredible Nigel Pulsford, and featuring performances from some amazing musicians! I couldn’t be happier with the outcome.

The presale has started and you can buy your copy by clicking here. There are some limited edition merch bundles that will only be available as part of the pre-sale, so have a look and see if you fancy something.

New videos will be coming soon :D

The front cover of the CD looks like this:

Thanks so much for your support this year, I hope to see you on my tours later this year. (Speaking of which, the Borderline and Garage are now SOLD OUT!) More details click here.

New Tour Announced!

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:23:53 +0100

My four album launch gigs are getting dangerously close to selling out, so it seemed like a good idea to announce my next tour… Click on the poster for full info.

Album Update

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:26:54 +0100

Love, Life, Loss And Tea... Album news and launch details

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:29:58 +0100

Everything is said in this vid:

Click on the flier for tickets:

The Living Room Tour 2012

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:29:36 +0100

So I’m back on the road again playing in your lovely houses! If you want me to come to you please drop me an email and we’ll sort out a date :D info@cheekychimprecords.com

New Music Video for Bangarang

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:00:28 +0000

So I’ve been busy since the tour ended. Finally got round to recording a video to Bangarang. What do you think?

Venue Change: Manchester

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:42:15 +0000

Hey,

The tour starts in 7 days, and I’m pleased to announce that due to high demand we’ve moved the Manchester show from Alter Ego to Satan’s Hollow. Its still 14+ and all tickets currently purchased are obviously still valid. I will contact everyone that I know has tickets to inform them.

Really excited about the tour. Rehearsals are sounding really great and we’ve got a whole load of shortbread for everyone :D

Hope to see you on the tour!

Dave

New Photoshoot with www.nickkentphotography.com

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:03:00 +0000

I went out with my good friend Nick Kent for a photoshoot in London last week. Here are the results: PHOTOSHOOT. Please leave some comments to let me know what you think :D

The Tall Man Shortbread Tour

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:40:22 +0000

So today the Christmas Party gig sold out. Which I’m over the moon about because I’ve only done three headline London shows in 2011 and they’ve all sold out!

So onto my next project. The Tall Man Shortbread Tour, February 2012. Featuring gigs in Winchester, Sheffield, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester and Wrexham. It’s just gone on sale (www.davejgiles.com/tour) and I am really excited. Tickets are £7 and there are 15 VIP tickets for each show (for details on VIP tickets can be found here). All the venues are small, so I am expecting some of them to sell out, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

I’m in the process of finalising the local support acts, but I’m pleased to announce that Room Service will be doing the whole tour with me. I’ve known these guys for a while now and they always put on a top show, as well as being extremely nice lads!

There’ll be free shortbread biscuits for everyone :D

New song... This ones a little serious

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:59:40 +0000

The Dave Giles Christmas Party

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:59:00 +0000

So to celebrate the end of a great year for Dave, he’s going to have an intimate Christmas party at the Camden Barfly on the afternoon of Sunday 18th December.

Its a 14+ event, and Dave will be choosing his support acts over the next couple of weeks. Doors will be at 2.30, the gig will be finished before 6 and anyone under 18 will have to leave by 6.30… although Dave will be staying in the bar so if you are over 18, you can carry on partying with him. It is Christmas after all.

This is an intimate show, and there will only be 120 tickets onsale for this and it will be his last London show until June. They’re £8 each, and Dave promises lots of Christmassy goodness and little surprises. Tickets can be purchased from here: TICKETS

Anyone who orders tickets will also be entitled to 25% off t-shirts and hoodies from his webstore (click here), if done on the same order. simply put in the code xmas1 when you come to check out.