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Latest News -

(Updated 19th-2nd-2011)

Hi there folks, apologies for the lack of updates lately! There have been some updates made to gallery and a new VIDEOS page is on the way!

Mark will be touring the UK with Olly Murs from April 2011!!

• 26.04.11 - Rhyl Pavilions

• 27.04.11 - Rhyl Pavilions

• 29.04.11 - Margate Winter Gardens

• 30.04.11 - Ipswich Regent

• 02.05.11 - Newcastle City Hall

• 03.05.11 - Glasgow Clyde Auditorium

• 04.05.11 - Harrogate Centre

• 06.05.11 - Blackpool Opera House

• 07.05.11 - Manchester Apollo

• 08.05.11 - Liverpool Empire

• 10.05.11 - Cambridge Corn Exchange

• 11.05.11 - Nottingham Royal Centre

• 13.05.11 - Cardiff International Arena

• 14.05.11 - Plymouth Pavilions

• 15.05.11 - Birmingham NIA Academy

• 16.05.11 - Bristol Colston Hall

• 18.05.11 - Sheffield City Hall

• 19.05.11 - Portsmouth Guildhall

• 21.05.11 - Brighton Centre

• 22.05.11 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion

• 24.05.11 - London Hammersmith Apollo

• 25.05.11 - London Hammersmith Apollo

• 26.05.11 - London Hammersmith Apollo

• 28.05.11 - Manchester Apollo

• 29.05.11 - Sheffield City Hall

• 30.05.11 - Glasgow Clyde Auditorium

• 31.05.11 - Dundee Caird Hall

• 02.06.11 - Dublin Vicar Street

• 03.06.11 - Belfast Waterfront

• 05.06.11 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion

• 06.06.11 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion

• 07.06.11 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion

• 08.06.11 - Southend Cliffs Pavilion

• 10.06.11 - Hull KC Stadium (Appearing with JLS)

• 11.06.11 - Norwich City Stadium (Appearing with JLS)

• 12.06.11 - Swansea Stadium (Appearing with JLS)

• 17.06.11 - Winchester Matterley Bowl (Appearing with JLS)

• 18.06.11 - Swindon Lydiard Park (Appearing with JLS)

• 25.06.11 - Belfast Kings Hall Complex (Appearing with JLS)

• 26.06.11 - Limerick Thomond Park (Appearing with JLS)

• 01.07.11 - Edinburgh, Royal Highland Centre (Appearing with JLS)

• 02.07.11 - Ross County FC, Dingwall (Appearing with JLS)

• 03.07.11 - Cornbury Festival, Oxfordshire

• 07.07.11 - Newcastle Racecourse

• 08.07.11 - Milton Keynes, MK Stadium (Appearing with JLS)

• 09.07.11 - Chelmsford, Hylands House (Appearing with JLS)

• 10.07.11 - Chelmsford, Hylands House (Appearing with JLS)

• 15.07.11 - Warwick Castle (co-headline with Alexandra Burke)

• 16.07.11 - Jersey Festival

• 12.08.11 - Surrey, Kempton Park Racecourse

• 14.08.11 - York, Castle Howard (co-headline with Alexandra Burke)

• 20.08.11 - V Festival, Hylands Park Chelmsford

• 21.08.11 - V Festival, Weston Park Staffordshire

Mark is playing with both Olly Murs and Shane Ward on several TV shows over the next week.

• Friday 4th March - GMTV (ITV) @ 6am w/Olly Murs

• Friday 4th March - OK TV (CH5) @ 6:25pm w/Olly Murs

• Monday 7th March - This Morning (ITV) @ 10:30am w/Olly Murs

• Tuesday 8th March - Alan Titchmarsh Show (ITV) @ 3:00pm w/Shane Ward

• Thursday 10th March - Alan Titchmarsh Show (ITV) @ 3:00pm w/Olly Murs

Apologies for the lack of updates, Mark has been very busy and hasn't been able to pass us his schedule, hopefully this should set things straight! Here's what's been happening over the last few weeks...

• You may have seen Mark on the National Television Awards on ITV1 at the London O2 Arena. Mark performed with Matt as he played his #1 song "When We Collide"

• Mark played drums on the amazing Marli Harwood's song "It's Called A Heart" which has been BBC Radio 2's Record Of The Week and can be heard in rotation on BBC Radio, Heart FM, and many more

• Mark played drums on a new album by Soundgirl, due for release later this year

• Mark has been interview by Rhythm Magazine UK. Check back here soon for when the article is scheduled to run

Mark is playing Live with Olly Murs on 'Comedy Rocks' (ITV1) hosted by Jason Manford...

Stay tuned for more information on when it airs!

Mark is touring with Xenomania Artist 'Florrie' through February 2011...

• 03 Feb 2011 - Glasgow @ King Tuts

• 04 Feb 2011 - Manchester @ The Ruby Lounge

• 05 Feb 2011 - Nottingham UK @ Stealth vs Rescue Rooms

• 07 Feb 2011 - Bristol @ Thekla

• 09 Feb 2011 - Leeds @ Cockpit 3

• 10 Feb 2011 - Sheffield @ The Forum

• 11 Feb 2011 - Stockton @ Shine Like Stars

• 12 Feb 2011 - Birmingham @ HMV Institute

• 15 Feb 2011 - Brighton @ Coalition

• 16 Feb 2011 - London @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen

• 18 Feb 2011 - Tunbridge Wells @ Forum

• 19 Feb 2011 - Southampton @ UNIT

• 22 Feb 2011 - Paris, France

• 25 Feb 2011 - Belfast, Ireland

• 26 Feb 2011 - Dublin @ Academy 2

Check out a recent live performance for The Sun 'Biz Sessions' with the wonderful 'Hurts' performing their Christmas song 'All I Want For Christmas is New Years Day' by clicking HERE

Jingle Bells!!

Mark is touring with 'Hurts' supporting the Scissor Sisters at the following shows...

• 06th December - Cardiff Arena, UK

• 08th December - Glasgow SECC, UK

• 10th December - Newcastle Arena, UK

• 11th December - Manchester Evening News Arena, UK

• 12th December - Brighton Centre, UK

• 14th December - Nottingham Arena, UK

• 15th December - London O2 Arena, UK

• 16th December - Bournemouth International Centre, UK

Mark has been performing with the utterly fantastic Kylie Minogue!

• Exclusive X-Factor performance

• Music Video for new song "Better Than Today"

• BBC Children In Need performance (Friday 19th November)

Mark is touring with 'Florrie' in France, at the following shows...

• 15 Nov 2010 - Lille @ Aeronef

• 16 Nov 2010 - Strasbourg @ La Laiterie

• 17 Nov 2010 - Lyon @ Transbordeur

• 18 Nov 2010 - Toulouse @ Le Bikini

• 25 Nov 2010 - Paris @ Olympia

Mark live performances with The Saturdays for Radio 1's Live Lounge can be seen HERE and HERE

Mark will be playing live with The Saturdays on Friday 29th for Radio 1's Live Lounge

• The UK's top girl band will be performing two songs live between 10am and 12.45pm

• You can listen in live HERE

Apologies for the lack of updates lately, it has been very busy round these parts! Coming up in the next two weeks, Mark is on...

• Pixie Lott's album, out on 18th October 2010

• BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge w/The Saturdays

• Olly Murs TV appearances (details to follow)

• Shane Ward gigs (Details to follow)

• X-Factor live show, performing behind Aiden and Treyc (shown on 23rd-10th)

Mark is touring with Gavin Creel from Broadway and London's West End. Dates include...

• 19th October 2010 - Komedia, Brighton

• 20th October 2010 - Jazz Cafe, London

• 21st October 2010 - Deaf Institute, Manchester

• 1st Novemeber 2010 - Birdland, NYC

• 2nd November 2010 - Birdland, NYC

• 3rd November 2010 - Birdland, NYC

Mark is playing with Xenomania Artist 'Florrie' at the following shows...

• 14th September - King Tuts, Glasgow

• 15th September - The Forum, Sheffield

• 17th September - Kraak Gallery, Manchester

• 18th September - Shipping Forcast, Liverpool

• 22nd September - Rock City, Nottingham

• 23rd September - Shepherds Bush Empire, London

Mark will be performing with The Saturdays at the "Help For Heroes" concert in London on Sunday 12th of September

Mark is playing with Olly Murs on the following shows...

• Suck My Pop (Viva, Friday 20th @ 7pm)

• GMTV (ITV1, Wednesday 25th @ 9.10am)

• This Morning (ITV, Tuesday 31st @ 12pm)

• Michael Ball Show (ITV, Friday 3rd September @ 3pm)

• Live From Studio Five (Ch5, 6th September @ 6.25pm)

Apologies for the lack of updates in the last few weeks, it's been very busy here! Here's a list of a few bits that Mark has done in the last 2 weeks!

• Recorded drums for Pixie Lott's upcoming Studio Album

• Recordings for the soundtrack of 2 upcoming movies, "Welcome to the Rileys" (Kristen Stewart, James Gandolfini) and "Morning Glory" (Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams)

• Recorded another track for Tiffany Page's debut Album (Mercury)

• Recorded an album for the wonderful Holly Martin (RAK)

• Recorded a track for new female artist 'Misty' (RAK)

• More promotion with Olly Murs (Sony)

• Played Global Gathering (Russia's largest festival) with Chicane

Mark is playing some upcoming shows for amazing new Atlantic artist Rumer

• Dates will be posted as and when they are announced.

Mark is playing drums for top selling Australian Artist Vanessa Amorosi

• Three dates are already in the diary with Vanessa, who has sold over 2,000,000 albums.

• Live At Studio Five (Channel 5 - 20th July 2010)

• "Tramlines 2010" festival in Sheffield (24th July 2010)

• "Party In The Park" festival in Leeds (25th July 2010)

Mark is working with X Factor finalist Olly Murs

• Click 'HERE' for more info on Olly!

The MTV sessions Mark did for 'Hurts' are now online!

• Click 'HERE' to check out 5 songs from the set!

Mark is appearing on drums with Eurovision winner 2010, 'Lena Meyer'.

• Tune into 'This Morning' on ITV, Thursday 17th June to catch an exclusive performance of 'Satellite'.

Mark is thrilled to be playing with Sony Artists 'Hurts'. Click 'Hurts' for website!

• Early dates include German tour, Swedish Tour and UK Live TV - 'MTV Presents' at Dingwall's, London.

  Stay tuned for more info!!

Mark is now on Twitter! Click HERE to get to his page!

In the last last two weeks Mark's been up to the following mischief...

• Recording music for a new Matt Damon movie due for release in 2010

• Recording music for the BBC World Service and BBC News 24

• Recording tracks for Justin Sundercoe

• Recording tracks for Italian musician 'Fil' (SoloDallas)

• Pixie Lott TV's on This Morning

• Chicane Live in Helsinki

Mark is performing with Pixie Lott! Performances include...

• This Morning - ITV, Tuesday 27th April 2010 (Performing Gravity)

• This Morning - ITV, Saturday 1st May 2010 (Performing Boys & Girls)

The last two weeks has seen Mark doing the following...

• Record session for RCA Artist Sonna

• ACDC Promotional "Shoot To Thrill" for MTV Worldwide

• Elwin Marx New Studio Album

• Look out for live dates with Vanderville Falls in April

A very busy two weeks over here! Look out for the following Mark played on...

• New JLS DVD

• Bass Player Magazine Playalong CD Session w/Dave Marks

• Tiffany Page (Mercury) debut single

• Vodafone, N Power, Nestle commercials

• New Interview in Drummer Magazine

• Full website update in the next couple of weeks!

Three new live Chicane dates have been added, they are...

• Cork, Ireland
  27th March 2010

• London, Ministry Of Sound
  9th April 2010

• Kasho Club, Romania
  23rd April 2010

• Vappu 2010, Helsinki, Finland
  30th April 2010

Mark just finished work on two movies and an independent short film in Los Angeles, CA!

Stay tuned for updates and links.

Mark's World Tour with Chicane hits Australia and India! Dates are...

• Stereosonic Festival, Sydney, Australia
  28th November

• Stereosonic Festival, Perth, Australia
  29th November

• Stereosonic Festival, Adelaide, Australia
  5th December

• Stereosonic Festival - Melbourne, Australia
  5th December

• Stereosonic Festival - Brisbane, Australia
  6th December

• London, The HMV Forum
  12th December - Tix through Ticketmaster

• Goa, India - Bacardi Blast Festival
  15th, 16th, 17th December 2009

Mark has been in the studio with new Mercury signing Tiffany Page.

Stay tuned for more details!

Two albums Mark appears on are now for sale on iTunes! Search for "Alice Shaw" and "Vandeville Falls" on iTunes. A physical copy can also be found at Amazon too!

Mark will be doing a live BBC radio session with Jade Ewan!

The British Eurovision star (soon to be a Sugababe member!) will be doing a Radio 1 Live Lounge session on the 22nd September 2009

Mark's playing live for chart-topping vocal group JLS!!

Tune in to Radio 1's Live Lounge for an exclusive performance from the boys, recording on Tuesday 15th September. More dates will be added as they're announced...

Click below to watch the performances!

• Umbrella

• Beat Again

• The Fear/Halo

Mark has been up to Lots of drum-mischief in the last month, including...

• Vanderville Falls New Album

• Drums on 2 songs for Diane Vickers (X Factor)
  

• Britain's Got Talent Incidentals (ITV)
  

• The Kevin Bishop Show (CH4)
  

• Tour Of Europe With The Jive Aces Big Band
  

• Silent Witness (BBC)
  

• European Dates with Chicane

Mark is performing on Dancing on Ice Final!!
Watch out for him playing snare drum in the Bolero, (not dancing)!!

Mark is performing with Lee Mead:

• GMTV (ITV1) - Monday 23rd Feb

• Alan Titchmarsh Show - 25th Feb

• This Morning - Friday 20th March

There are more TV appearances to come including the likes of The One Show (BBC1), This Morning (ITV1) etc...

Mark can be heard on the following ...

• KitKat commercial

• Alan Titchmarsh Show (ITV)

• Yoplait commercial (USA)

• Pushing Daisies (ITV)

• 'Till Kingdom Come (ITV)

• Silverfall's debut album - (www.silverfall.info)

Mark is performing with Leona Lewis!

• Upcoming performances with Leona include...
  

• The X Factor (Live on ITV1 - 15th November @ 9.30pm)

• The Royal Variety Show (Televised on BBC1 - Weds 17th December @ 7.30pm)

• Top Of The Pops Christmas Special (Televised on BBC1 - Christmas Day @ 2pm)

Mark now proudly endorses Protection Racket bags and cases!

The Ryes debut album & Single "How Come Loretta" (View Here!)
John Barrowman's new studio album (Released November 2009)
Just Jack's new studio album (Mercury Records)
3 tracks for Katherine Jenkins & new album (Universal)
Alice Shaw's new studio album (Song BMG)
Adverts including Safeway, Motorola, Samsung and WHSmith's!!