Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Highway to Hell













Got up and sang with some friends of mine in an AC/DC tribute band last Thursday and sang Highway to Hell, see photo's here
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v238/TheWholigans/highway%20to%20hell/

They are a great band based in Tampa bay Florida, check them out http://www.highwaytohell.info/


T-SHIRTS AT A DEAD CHEAP PRICE...not many left.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6465152173

Monday, April 10, 2006

Pure Madness !!!!!! aka 2006 Who convention & tour






UPDATED January 13th

Pictured left to right lower:
Simon Townshend (TheWho & Casbah Club), Chris, Barry & Mark...The Wholigans
Upper: Mark Brzezicki (BigCountry/Casbah club) Paul (drummer from Who's Next UK) & Bruce Foxton ,(The Jam/Casbah Club)

2006 Convention website http://www.whoconvention.com/

Convention on myspace
http://www.myspace.com/thewhoconvention

On 1st April 2006, the Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush, London was rocked to the sound of Tommy, Leeds & more by The Wholigans at The Who Convention 2006. Now you can get a high-quality double DVD .
(see below)

CONVENTION PHOTO ALBUM http://www.dgw-hamburg.de/convention/album/











Simon wearing the flag we donated to the auction,it was signed by all The Wholigans and The Casbah club & Irish Jack. It sold for 160 pounds I believe, The winner also had his photo taken with us and Simon underneath the flag posed ala kids are alright.
















































Florida 3pm Monday April 10th
I just got in at 3am this morning and I'll be relaying the story of the entire "Wholigans Madness" tour over the next few days along with photographs (be sure to send me some photo's of the shows you came to) theband@thewholigans.com

It's best if you upload them to a site such as http://smg.photobucket.com/ and then send them as to avoid filling my mailbox.

The collage photo from the convention was sent to me from Louise Göransson who came over from Sweden..
Click on the photo for a larger image.



Here it is Wednesday and I still need a few more days to write and add photo's, speaking of which ...I have only recieved 2 or 3 emails from Who fans with photo's. PLEASE send me some, I know EVERYBODY had a camera ,so get off your arses and get them to me ya barstards ! ;)



theband@thewholigans.com



Especially seeking a photo of Roger and myself sidestage.



1ST UK photo album, more to come http://shorterlink.com/?O7AM0D this album includes the Friday night at The Goldhawk at the accoustic jam. Best viewed as a slideshow with 5-6 second pause.





2nd photo album courtesy of Ron Dovey, all photo's taken at the Robin 2 in Bilston/birmingham/wolverhampton



View only if you really really really love the wholigans.......239 of them taken at bilston/birmingham/wolverhampton....same gig

http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/TowserTowser/Ron/





update Aug 10th 1.10pm



For those of you wanting to purchase hard copies of the Convention DVD’s here are the details..



The full set consists of 5 DVD’s, and are available in PAL and NTSC format, please specify with your order which format you require.



All profits will be given to Teenage Cancer Trust Registered Charity Number 1062559.



£24 = 5 DVD Set, Emailed Art, No Cases.



£26 = As Above but Europe.



£27 = As Above but America



£28 = As Above but Worldwide



Anyone who wants to order individual discs rather than the full set of 5, prices will be as follows,



The Wholigans 2 disc set will count as 1 disc and is not priced per disc.£7 = UK.£8 =



As Above but Europe.£9 =



As Above but America.£10 =



As Above but Worldwide.



All payments however made MUST be in UK pounds.



All DVD’s will be supplied in plain white paper envelopes. All artwork and text files can be downloaded here



http://www.hntgzr.com/ConventionDVDs/ConventionDVDs.htm



Initially, orders should be placed via Steve at hentgeezer@yahoo.co.uk and paypal payments made to that same email address as I will be away on holiday for the next two weeks.



Please supply your full snail mail address and if you pay via Pay Pal, it might be wise foryou to include in the notes section just who you are - email addresses registered with paypal aren't necessarily going to be the same as the one you "place the order" with.



If you could also let us know with the order which forum you are a member of it will help with our records.



Shipping would take up to 10 days, all orders will be dispatched within 4 days, and therefore delivery from order should be less than 2 weeks.



Orders will only be shipped after payment has cleared (just in case someone pays via echeck on paypal - payment clearsafter about 4 days or so).



We can also accept payment by cheque or postal order again orders will be dispatched after payment has cleared and all funds must be paid in UK Pounds.



Should we be inundated with orders, please be patient as theymay take longer than 2 weeks to be delivered. We will however advise you of any delays.



Ron



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NOV 12th 06 update



youtube videos of the convention courtesy of jokerjames

Below are videos of The Who convention.
go here
http://www.thewhomovie.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=3884#3884

or here


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svwvt613Ad8



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlbUCtqQ6s



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRP3gBMgH30



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTLYAmlO53I



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNzrgsDZ4Hk






TV show 'The Spot' featuring The Wholigans 2005 (scroll to the right for more or just push play)
Mute The Wholigans 'Playlist.com' player (above) before playing these video's
These video's will play back to back for at least 3 hours
ONCE A WHOLIGAN, ALWAYS A WHOLIGAN
TheWholiganswebsite
WE ARE ALL WHOLIGANS