Likes Lions

GHOSTPOET SHOW

We're playing a show with the mercury prize-nominated Ghostpoet this Thursday at DQ, Sheffield!

Also on the bill are the brilliant Alt-J and Wooderson. We'll be on around 9.30 so don't miss it!

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We were played on tonight's BBC Introducing Sheffield! Thanks very much to Christian Carlisle for all his kind words! If you missed the show you can catch it again on iPlayer all week. You can hear our track Author, Dreamweaver Visionary played at around 26 minutes in.

Some Sad (And Some Happy) News

Over the past two years our band has become five of the closest friends any of us have ever had, a fully-fledged pride if you will, sharing some awesome experiences together and making some music we are all very proud of. Last month, Ross decided that he wanted to take up the incredible opportunity to work for the BBC in Northern Ireland, which we are sad to announce, means that he has had to leave Likes Lions. Ross is the best drummer and friend we have ever played with, and it’s safe to say that without him our band would never have existed. We will of course miss him hugely, but we’ve had an amazing time as Likes Lions so far, making the music we love and playing some fantastic gigs, which is why we decided that we needed to continue this band. Without doubt we will play with Ross again, not as Likes Lions, but as friends who love music. He is no longer our drummer, but he will always be our friend. He will always be a lion.

Of course, we wouldn’t want to carry on with the band without knowing that we had the best possible replacement for Ross, which is why when we knew that Martin Ruffell was available, we knew that we needed to get him onboard. Some of us were already aware of Martin’s phenomenal abilities as a musician in Will and Greg’s hometown, primarily as the former drummer for The Joyous Kaput, who played with, amongst others, Bloc Party, Pull Tiger Tail, Bombay Bicycle Club and Twin Atlantic. We were delighted when he agreed to take up the sticks and become our new full-time drummer. As we’ve got to know Martin further, he has floored us with not only his drumming, but his stellar personality. It didn’t take long for us to realise that Martin is one of the coolest dudes around, and would fit in perfectly as both a musician, where he has already added so much to our sound, and as a friend. He even gets our in-jokes! Now as a group, we can’t wait to take Likes Lions even further, with new and better songs already in the pipeline that we’re totally psyched for you to hear.

We also want to wish Ross the very best in his media career. Good luck dude!

OUR DEBUT EP FUTURE COLOUR IS OUT NOW!

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Missed our gig at Tunbridge Wells Forum?

Never fear! The entire set is available for viewing on our youtube channel in three parts. Just click on the links below to view:

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Next Gig: Tunbridge Wells Forum

We're very pleased to annouce our first gig outside of Sheffield happening September 3rd at the Tunbridge Wells Forum.

We're playing alongside some fantastic bands including our long term friends and vicious rivals Zigo, the fantastic Lo and The Beholds and the overly talented for his age Corey Fox-Fardell.

Doors open at 7:30 with Corey kicking things off at 7:45. Tickets are only £5, avalible on the door.

For all the info you could ever want check out the Facebook event!

EP Preview Track Now Up!

We're incredibly excited to announce that you can now listen to an unmastered version of the track 'Futures' from our upcoming debut EP right here on the music page of likeslions.com, over at our MySpace page or even on Facebook and SoundCloud.

We've worked really hard to produce something we're really proud of and are putting the finishing touches to the other tracks right now! Expect to be able to grab yourself a copy of the full 5 track EP soon!

LL x

Tramlines Festival

We're very excited to announce we'll be playing Tramlines this year! If you've never heard of it before it's an awesome free festival in Sheffield (22-24th July) where all the best venues open their doors to anyone and everyone and put on a load of sweet gigs!

We'll be playing The Harley, one of our favourite venues on Saturday 23rd at about 4pm so make sure you come on down and show some support!

For all the info you could ever want about Tramlines visit their site at http://www.tramlines.org.uk/

Next Gig: May Day BBQ w/ Nice One Greg

Looking forward to this one! We're playing Sheffield Union's May Day BBQ at 4pm in the Bar One beer garden alongside the fantastic Nice One Greg.

Check out the Facebook Event

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Next Gig: The White Mirror Ball II

We're incredibly excited about our upcoming gig (Facebook: The White Mirror Ball II) at The Harley on April 29th. Not only are we playing at an awesome venue but were on a bill alongside some other fantastic bands!

The lineup is as follows:

The Purgatory Players
The Hipshakes
Pete David & The Payroll Union
The Death Rays of Ardilla
Likes Lions
The Contortionists

So if royal weddings aren't really your scene why not come and spend your bank holiday watching some live music all for only 3 of your english pounds!

Advance tickets are available through See Tickets & We Got Tickets

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