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20th November - New Demo!!!
Yesterday we finished mixing our new demo at Albany Studios with Lawson Dando. We've recorded three brand new songs and they're all up on the music page to listen to or download. We took a lot more time over this demo in writing and recording and hopefully the finished demo reflects that. Please head over to the music page and leave any feedback you have on our forum: http://s13.invisionfree.com/Be_Like_Dad

You can also now pay us a visit on My Space and Pure Volume:
http://www.myspace.com/belikedad
http://www.purevolume.com/belikedad

15th September
Long time no update... After a largely inactive summer we're back and things should start happening again soon. Since the last news update we've played a couple of gigs namely Clwb Ifor Bach and Davestock II. Both were successful especially Davestock where we raised around £460 for the Lesotho fund. We played for about half hour with our set including a couple of new songs, a cover of The Killers' 'All These Things That I've Done' and we also gave 'Gone' a reluctant outing. Source 5 also played their last gig as a 5-piece at Davestock and we wish them all the best with their new 3-piece lineup. At the moment we're looking at getting some new material finished and we're considering our options for a new demo. We're also hoping a couple of gigs should get organised in the near future. We'll keep you posted...

25th February - Last Night
Last night we played our first gig in a while at the Toucan Club in Cardiff. It was a really great night and I think we all feel that it was one of if not the best gig we've played to date. Khagool and The Kabuki Mono both put on superb shows and are both well worth checking out. Thanks to everyone that came and supported us and we hope you had as much fun as we did. We're trying to confirm a couple of gigs for the next couple of months so this section will be updated when we have more news on that.

2nd January - Happy New Year
A huge thank you to everyone that made it to our recent gig with Source 5 and The Scruts! We played a 7-song set including new song 'Fragile'. Look out for upcoming gigs as we hope more will be added in the near future. Happy new year!

30th November - Gig Change & Update
We wont be playing Swansea Escape on 3rd December, a new date is looking to be arranged. The next confirmed gig is 29th December with Source 5 and The Scruts at Barfly. Our forum has also moved locations and is now hosted by www.welshsound.com. You can go straight to it by clicking the forum button on this site. Special thanks to everyone that stayed to watch us at TeenSpirit, it was a great show. We got a great review which can be read here. There are also photos of the gig on the TeenSpirit site.

14th November - More Gigs
As well as the upcoming TeenSpirit we have another 2 gigs confirmed. The first will be on the 3rd December at Escape in Swansea. It's part of the One Chance battle of the bands competition, you can find more information over at www.onechance.co.uk. We'll update you when we know the price and the other bands playing. We have also been confirmed as support to our old buddies Source 5 at the Barfly on 29th December, this should be an awesome night and we hope to see as many people there as possible. Check out www.sourcefive.co.uk to listen to them, The Scruts will also be playing. The tickets for TeenSpirit on 21st November are in and are priced at £4.50. If you want one get in touch by e-mailing band@belikedad.co.uk

1st November - Upcoming Gigs
A new gig has been confirmed on 5th November at Blaengarw Workmen's Hall. It's a battle of the bands and we're in heat 2 of 3. Five other bands will also be playing on the night. Come down and support us if you can make it, its only £2 on the door and doors open at 7:30. Bands have also been confirmed for the TeenSpirit gig on 21st November, head over to the gigs page to check that out.

19th September - New track avaliable for download
Be Like Dad have recorded a new track avaliable exclusively for members of the mailing list. For those who aren't on the mailing list and would like to hear the song simply sign up by sending a blank email to mailinglist@belikedad.co.uk from the address you wish the emails to be sent. The song is quite different from anything we've done before but we're very pleased with the results. Some gigs should start getting confirmed soon starting with Teen Spirit on 21st November at Barfly.

5th August - Aftermath
Thanks to everyone that came out to see us at Barfly and TJ's. Both gigs we're awesome and we really enjoyed ourselves. Massive shout out to Dan from Wilcox for organising the gig at TJ's and D$A for asking us to play. Click here for a review of our performance at the Barfly gig, a very pleasing review and good to see so many people enjoyed it, demos sold by the bucketload so thanks to all those that bought them. We won't be doing anything for a while as we're all away during August but we should be back with some gigs and whatnot in September. Good luck to Bill on his charity work in Africa which he is currently undertaking and we'll see you in September.

14th July - New gigs
We're back now after the exams. The next gig is this Sunday at Barfly thanks to the Teenspirit folk. Other bands confirmed are The Fallen, El Sid and The Red October with more to be confirmed soon. Tickets are £4 from the band so if you'd like one e-mail us at band@belikedad.co.uk. There's also an awesome gig happening at Newport TJ's on 26th July with From a City Called This, Wilcox, D$A, The Red October and Be Like Dad playing. This one will be £3.50 on the door so try and come along. A new song or two may be played at this gig too so listen out for those.

11th May - General Update
Thank you to all that came to the SBA gig last month - much appreciated! We will be taking a short break while we tackle our GCSE's. We'll be back in July with more gigs and some new material. We play Showcase 2004 at Cardiff Barfly on 26th July (bands TBC) with more gigs being confirmed for around the end of July. Latest info will be posted here as soon as we get it. The mailing list is rapidly growing in numbers and we've had a fatastic response to the demo from those that have heard it or downloaded the song avaliable on the site. A big thanks to all that have bought the demo and don't forget to post on the forum! Good luck to all those taking GCSE's in the next month or two. See you in July!

6th April - Download now avaliable
The new demo is now finished and is avaliable at gigs for £2. The next gig is this Sunday (11th April). We are supporting SolaBeat Alliance and Route 215 with Estevez also playing. Now avaliable to download on the Music page is 'Running Out Of Time' from the new CD. Check it out and tell us what you think over on the forum. Don't forget to join the mailing list!

23rd March - New gig & demo news
The tracklisting for the demo has now been decided. It will feature Running out of Time, Somehow, Boy in the Backroom, Drop Me a Line and See You in the Past. The cover, designed by Owen, can now be seen on the music page. The demo should be avaliable at the next gig. Another gig has been confirmed this Friday at the Engine Rooms, Cardiff Bay. It is a Stable Showcase night and we will be playing with Rage Bunny, Tomas Story, Mendes and Kutosis. Cost is £4 on the door and doors are at 8pm.

17 March 2004 - Random Bits of Info
A mailing list is now avaliable for Be Like Dad. To be added to the list send a blank email to mailinglist@belikedad.co.uk
You will recieve regular updates from the world of Be Like Dad including the new CD, upcoming gigs etc. We will be recording our new CD at Albany Studios and it is being produced by Lawson Dando. The CD will feature 5 songs and the tracklisting will be posted here along with the artwork when it is decided.