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Thursday 17th February Tickets 6 (4 concessions & Regulars) Doors Open: 8.30pm Show Starts: 9pm Manchester-based singer songwriter Stephen Fretwell is hotly tipped to become one of the biggest new acts of 2005 following the release of his debut album, Magpie, in November. Fretwell is magic NME "Unequivocally stunning" The Fly "Expressing deep rooted emotion through the most spartan of touches" Q "Outdoing Nick Drake for stark raving beauty" The Times www.stephenfretwell.com BOX OFFICE: 01224 642230

Deepest Purple plus support Saturday 26 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 9 (6 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 9.30pm Deepest Purple brings you the very best of Deep Purple, performing classic heavy rock tracks from all stages and lineups of the bands career including Smoke On The Water, Black Night, Strange Kind Of Woman, Hush, Speed King, Highway Star, Stormbringer, Child In Time and Burn. Not only is Deepest Purple utterly faithful to the music, sounds and looks, but they also perfectly recapture the atmosphere of the time with vintage instruments and stage costumes, promising a unique experience for all Purple fans. www.deepestpurple.com

Saturday 19 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 9 (6 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 10pm Merging lovingly authentic latino flavours with a carefully judged celtic touch, Salsa Celticas totally unique sound has seen them earn rave reviews for their stunning shows all across Europe and the States. Percussion, brass, fiddle, pipes and call-and-response vocals blend seamlessly in a riotous celebration of great music, whatever its origin. "Just what it says on the tin, a great Scottish salsa band that manages to combine the Cuban charanga sound with a Highland blend of fiddles and bagpipes&one style flows naturally into another and there is a fizzing instrumental musicianship. Live, they are a storm." Evening Standard www.salsaceltica.com

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The Little Kicks plus support Friday 18 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 5 (3.50 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 9.30pm The Little Kicks are an Aberdeen based four piece band with thriving ambition and huge potential. Providing a tight, melody driven, upbeat set the little kicks hit you with original songs and an original sound. Using a mix of guitars, synths and keyboards throughout their live set, the band ensure that they never outstay their welcome.

Saturday 12 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 7.50 (5 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 8.30pm Show Starts: 9.30pm Few new bands of recent times have made such an impact as Malinky. From a stunning debut performance at the 1999 Celtic Connections, to rave reviews for their second album, 3 Ravens, in 2002, this Scots/Irish five-piece have emerged as one of the hottest properties on the international folk scene. Their song-centred repertoire combines a deep appreciation of tradition with a vibrant freshness of approach, taking in both classic ballads and outstanding original songwriting, alongside sparkling instrumental sets. Malinkys line-up features founding members Karine Polwart (vocals/guitar), Steve Byrne (vocals/bouzouki/guitar) and Mark Dunlop (flute/whistles/bodhrn/vocals), together with later arrivals Jon Bews (fiddle/vocals) and Leo McCann (button accordion/whistles).

Friday 11 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 5 (3.25 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 9.30pm Desc and Le Reno Amps were both recently included in The List magazines 50 Best Scottish Bands of all Time supplement as one of the best new talents in Scotland. Descs second album will be released at the beginning of 2005, produced by none other than Steve Albini. Their live shows are a hurricane of Nick cave-esque folk-rock brilliance wwww.descsongs.com "Le Reno Amps have bucket loads of song writing talent and more than most bands ability to play&one minute they will be playing a note perfect tribute to sixties beatpop, the next a country lament that would have any cowboy in a twenty acre radius weeping into his Stetson" Is This Music ?www.lerenoamps.com

Saturday 05 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 5 (3.25 concessions & Regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 9.30pm The Score lie somewhere between the power of The Black Crowes with the energy of The Clash mixed with the pure quality of The Stone Roses and beauty of early Verve with a definite Paul Weller influence through it all. Couple this with the raw energy of their live shows, packed with pop anthems and singalong choruses, and it creates a convincing picture of a band that are knocking loudly on the door of the big time. www.lemontree.org/Music/event.cfm?eventid=2330&tempmonth=2

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Tuesday 22 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 6 (4 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 8.30pm As seen doing her one-woman band thing on Later, KT Tunstall is a sparkling new songwriter with Chinese blood, a Scottish heart, great legwarmers and a cool name. KT celebrates classic singer-songwriting in the tradition of Rikki Lee Jones, Carole King and Fleetwood Mac with an articulate, accessible, immediate brew of rootsy sass, wistful quandary and after-hours atmosphere. The latest in a line of outstanding contemporary Scottish songwriters including Fran Healy, Teenage Fanclub and The Beta Band, KTs unique perspective offers a rare intensity through its gripping lyrical bite and heartfelt melody. www.kttunstall.com

Mon 21 February 2005 - Caf Tickets 6 (4 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 8.30pm As seen doing her one-woman band thing on Later, KT Tunstall is a sparkling new songwriter with Chinese blood, a Scottish heart, great legwarmers and a cool name. KT celebrates classic singer-songwriting in the tradition of Rikki Lee Jones, Carole King and Fleetwood Mac with an articulate, accessible, immediate brew of rootsy sass, wistful quandary and after-hours atmosphere. The latest in a line of outstanding contemporary Scottish songwriters including Fran Healy, Teenage Fanclub and The Beta Band, KTs unique perspective offers a rare intensity through its gripping lyrical bite and heartfelt melody. www.kttunstall.com

Carbon/Silicon plus The Needles Tuesday 7th December Tickets 12 (8 concessions & Regulars) Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 8.30pm Carbon/Silicon are the new project fronted by Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynanite) and Tony James (Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik). Check the band's website and you'll find the guys are clearly not content to rest on their considerable laurels, with some belting new songs featuring a greater electronic element than you might expect - looks like being a cracker. The Needles bring their fuzzed-up ramalama, blitzkrieg-rockabilly power pop along in support. Carbon/Silicon "Carbon/Silicon are the Stones jamming with a Laptop" .......Alan Mcgee The Needles Even when they slow things down, The Needles have enough starry-eyed spunk to expose their brat-punk contemporaries as the soulless milksops they are NME www.carbonsiliconinc.com

The Bad Plus Monday 06 December 2004 - Caf Tickets 12 (8 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 9pm There's a real buzz about the Bad Plus. Iconoclastic, witty and with heaps of attitude, they re-invent the piano trio and haul it into the 21st century. Edgy, anarchic and totally accessible, they create a stunning new take on improvisation with original music mixed up with radically deconstructed songs from the rock pantheon - Nirvana, Blondie, Aphex Twin, Black Sabbath, even Abba - they all find their way into the Bad Plus universe. Pianist Ethan Iversen's genre-blasting attack combines with bassist-of-the-moment Reid Anderson and the phenomenal percussionist Dave King to produce music that veers from headlong free jazz to outbursts of minimalism and down-home swing. This tour marks their first UK dates since the release of their brilliantly reviewed Sony CD, Give. "A breath of fresh air? More like a whirlwind" The Times "Seething with funky new-millennium rhythms and succulent harmonic flights" Rolling Stone

The Animals Saturday 04 December 2004 - Caf Tickets 12 (8 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 10pm Featuring original Animals members - JOHN STEEL and MICKY GALLAGHER Jim Rodford (ARGENT / THE KINKS) Johnnie 'Guitar' Williamson (TITANIC) Peter Barton (Wayne Fontana's MINDBENDERS) In 1964 a wave of new energetic rock and roll swept over the youth of the world. On the crest of this wave was The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and of course The Animals. From the banks of the Tyne came the North East's offering; a brand of rhythm n blues that the whole world seemed to grasp greedily. The Animals were the second British band to top the American charts after The Beatles with the now multi-million selling and legendary anthem, 'House of the Rising Sun'. The band subsequently achieved over twenty global Top Ten hit records, many of which gained the Number One slot in various parts of the world. In Britain alone, the band had no less than twelve chart entries. They were also the first British band to tour Japan and Poland. That was then, This is now... After forty years the legend still grows. The line-up may have changed but the raw energy that burned in the souls of those five young guys forty years ago still burns as strong today in the surviving members and The Animals still perform to hysterical fans all over the world. On the British dates the band will be joined on stage by ex original members of The Kinks, The Hollies and The Tremeloes all celebrating forty years in the music business. The show spans their collective careers and including songs from across their repertoires.

Old Blind Dogs Friday 3rd December Tickets 9 (6 concessions & Regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 10pm For over ten years now, the Old Blind Dogs have stood at the leading edge of the roots revival that has both reawakened and revolutionised Scottish folk music. Combining a deep appreciation of ancient traditions with a highly contemporary, dynamically cosmopolitan musical approach, their uniquely distinctive arrangements of ballads, airs, and dance-tunes put the sounds of their homeland firmly on the world music map. www.oldblinddogs.co.uk

The Skatalites Thursday 02 December 2004 - Caf Tickets 18 (12 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 8.30pm Show Starts: 9pm After the brilliance of Toots and the Maytals in July, we are thrilled to welcome another genuinely legendary Jamaican band to The Lemon Tree for what will be an unforgettable festive night out. Created in the mid 50s by fusing boogie-woogie, R&B, jazz, Caribbean and African rhythms, ska became the first truly Jamaican music and by the '60s all the vocalists were swarming to record their songs to this infectious new beat including Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots and the Maytals and Jimmy Cliff. The core musicians playing on most of these sessions formed The Ska-talites in May 1964 but split after only two years. In their short time together they scored two UK top ten hits with Man In The Street and Guns Of Navarone and left an indelible legacy and influence on subsequent generations of musicians in the UK, US and Jamaica. The band initially reformed in the mid '80s and now feature five original members: drum and bass team Lloyd Knibb and Lloyd Brevett, saxophonist Lester Sterling, trumpeter Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore and soulful vocalist Doreen Schaeffer carry on the never-ending rhythm they pioneered. "The hottest ska group in town is the Ska-talites. Last Sunday at Bournemouth was the likes of which you've never seen, with grown men prostrate at the tuffness of the sounds." The Star (Jamaica), 1964 www.skatalites.com

This 'R' 2 Tone Friday 28th January Tickets 6 (4 concessions & Regulars) Doors Open: 9pm Show Starts: 10pm This "R" 2-Tone are a dedicated nine piece ska band, delivering a high energy, moonstomping show, incorporating the sounds of The Specials, Madness, The Beat and Bad Manners. Recently formed, the band are on a mission to raise profile for quality live dance music with attitude. These Edinburgh rude boys convey ska at its very best, pushing the legacy of 2-Tone further with the introduction of lighting, video visuals, and DJs to fuel their vision that will be . . .s k a d a n c e c r a z e ! www.skadancecraze.com

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Tomorrow nights performance at The Lemon Tree by The Waterboys (30/11/04) has been postponed. Richard Naiff, the bands pianist, has fallen ill with a stomach infection, Although accordion player Sharon Shannon had stepped in for the bands Irish dates, she is unable to make tomorrow nights gig, so the band have decided to reschedule their show for sometime in 2005. It would appear unlikely that the bands other Scottish shows will go ahead on the scheduled dates either. The performance will now be rescheduled for sometime in the New Year. Original tickets will still be valid for the rescheduled show, but refunds are also available from The Lemon Tree Box Office if desired. The Box Office will be open on the night of the 30th of November from 7pm to 8.30pm to issue refunds.

Yeah, it was pretty noisy, though it was a tricky situation as there were so many of the audience in to see Paddy Casey. A shame, but it's pretty difficult to tell 250 odd people to be quiet.

The Needles bring their fuzzed-up ramalama, blitzkrieg-rockabilly power pop to The Lemon Tree on 7th December in support of Carbon/Silicon, The new electronic flavoured project from Mick Jones and Tony James. Carbon/Silicon plus The Needles Tuesday 07 December 2004 - Caf Tickets 12 (8 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 8.30pm Carbon/Silcon are the new project fronted by Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynanite) and Tony James (Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik). Check the band's website and you'll find the guys are clearly not content to rest on their considerable laurels, with some belting new songs featuring a greater electronic element than you might expect - looks like being a cracker. Carbon/Silicon "Carbon/Silicon are the Stones jamming with a Laptop" .......Alan Mcgee The Needles Even when they slow things down, The Needles have enough starry-eyed spunk to expose their brat-punk contemporaries as the soulless milksops they are NME

The Needles bring their fuzzed-up ramalama, blitzkrieg-rockabilly power pop to The Lemon Tree on 7th December in support of Carbon/Silicon, The new electronic flavoured project from Mick Jones and Tony James. Carbon/Silicon plus The Needles Tuesday 07 December 2004 - Caf Tickets 12 (8 concessions & regulars) Doors Open: 8pm Show Starts: 8.30pm Carbon/Silicon are the new project fronted by Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynanite) and Tony James (Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik). Check the band's website and you'll find the guys are clearly not content to rest on their considerable laurels, with some belting new songs featuring a greater electronic element than you might expect - looks like being a cracker. Carbon/Silicon "Carbon/Silicon are the Stones jamming with a Laptop" .......Alan Mcgee The Needles Even when they slow things down, The Needles have enough starry-eyed spunk to expose their brat-punk contemporaries as the soulless milksops they are NME www.carbonsiliconinc.com