Twisted Wheel @ Dot2Dot Festival - Manchester 31/05/2010 - Manchester Academy

The third and final day of the Dot2Dot Festival and the lads play on home ground, Manchester Academy.

Twisted Wheel @ Dot2Dot Festival - Nottingham 30/05/2010 (Rescue Rooms)

Day two of the Dot2Dot festival sees Twisted Wheel roll into Nottingham to play at one of their favourite venues - the Rescue Rooms.

Twisted Wheel @ Dot2Dot Festival - Bristol 29/05/2010 (venue: Fleece)

 After their magnificent set at Osfest (unduly cut sort due to health & safety reasons) earlier on in the day, Twisted Wheel ventured south, to Bristol,  to take part in the three day event of Dot2Dot Festivals.

The venue was The Fleece, just off the city centre and already heaving with Wheel fans!

 Even more crowd surfers and stage invasions than normal!!!

Twisted Wheel @ Osfest 2010, Oswestry 29/05/2010 - and the fans break the crowd barrier!

A rainy day in North Shropshire sees the Twisted Wheel bus head towards their first festival of the Summer season in Oswestry  - Osfest 2010. A new festival on the curcit. 

Starting the set with the crowd favourite 'Shes A Weapon', followed by 'Lucy The Castle' it was soon apparent that Twisted Wheel had a new found energy which the audience picked up on and pretty soon, security had to make emergency measures as the crowd barrier had become under a lot of pressure from the fans enjoying themselves. The pace continued with 'Racket', 'Bad Candy' and 'Big Issue'.

Slowing the pace down (and giving the over worked security guys a break) Jonny wore on a fan's pair of shades to sing 'Bouncing Bomb'. But the lull in the pressure on the crowd barrier was short lived, with the full pelt 'You Stole The Sun' the crowd had become uncontrolable and as the lads started 'Oh What Have You Done' the festival organisers pulled the plug on the set due to health and safety reasons!

A brilliant set by Twisted Wheel had been cut short, the organisers refused to let the band back on stage due to the broken barrier. So.. watch out T in the Park & Y Not Festival - you have been warned!!

Jonny Brown @ the JD Set Manchester, with Mike Joyce from The Smiths (amongst others!)

The Jack Daniels experience rolled into Manchester last night, with another legendary Set, this time a collaboration of Manchester's finest musicians, with Jonny Brown of Twisted Wheel being one of them (naturally!) coming together to re-work the epic Buzzcocks album 'Spiral Scratch'. With razor sharpe guitars and pure pop lyrics, it was set to be one hell of an evening.

Tickets were in limited supply as they were only issued to competition winners and invited guests.

(Jonny joining forces with Answering Machine for 'Promises')

As well as Jonny, the musicians included Mike Joyce of the Smiths, Tim Burgess of The Charletans, The Whip, Answering Machine and Dutch Uncles who had all been working hard and rehearsing together weeks prior to the event at Manchester's BluePrint Studios.

The venue for last nights public airing was Band On The Wall in Manchester. With a free glass of jack Daniels upon entering, the place was full of excited guests. Joining forces with Answering machine Jonny gave a fantastic performance of 'Promises', singing every line with a new found passion, the audience were full of admiration for the Wheel's lead singer.

(Jonny Joining forces with The Whip and Mike Joyce of The Smiths for their re-working of the classics 'Orgasm Addict' and 'What Do I Get')

After The Whip and Mike Joyce gave their own unique touch to 'Ever Fallen In Love', Jonny joined forces once more to give a blistering performance of 'Orgasm Addict', which got the crowd moving, with cries of wwwwhhheeeeelllll adding to the electric atmosphere. 'What Do I Get' (my own personal favourite) followed suit with Jonny getting the biggest cheer of the night for his part in this historic event.

With gift bags and free t shirts in hand, the crowd wound their way out into the night, with the thought that they had just witnessed Manchester's brightest up coming star - Jonny Brown of Twisted Wheel!!!

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Twisted Wheel @ the 12 Bar, Swindon 21/05/2010

Twisted Wheel's Jonny Brown performing 'Orgasm Addict' live at Manchester's Blueprint studios

watch the video HERE

" Jonny Brown from Twisted Wheel has such a powerful drive that the tracks we did with him were agressive and that worked perfectly " - Mike Joyce (The Smiths)

Leeds Music Scene review of Twisted Wheel at Live @ Leeds Festival 01/05/2010

Twisted Wheel (The Wardrobe): I pop into The Wardrobe, which is over the road from Leeds College of Music, to check a few songs by Twisted Wheel. Having seen them support Oasis two years ago they seem to have progressed a lot and are very popular now making the crowd move with every song. I am very happy with their performance. I think they have had the general criticism due to where they are from, but although they fit the lad rock persona, due to their affiliation with Oasis, they are a breath of fresh air from The Strokes/Arctic Monkeys wannabes.

By Anthony Lee
http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12764/

Twisted Wheel @ Live at Leeds Festival 01/05/2010 photos

If you missed Jonny on TV, heres a few shots from the filming of the JD set rehearsals in Manchester's Blueprint Studios, singing 'What Do I Get' and 'Promises'

From Dusk2Dawn interview with Twisted Wheel

gigjunkie.net review Twisted Wheel at Live @ Leeds 2010 01/05/2010

Twisted Wheel- The Wardrobe- 8pm

The band took to the stage just after 8pm to what was quite simply the biggest cheer of the night. When we arrived at the venue it wasn’t busy at all but within ten minutes and with the ever growing amount of ‘wheeeeeeeel’ shouts it was completely packed. Walking onto the stage with the swagger and confidence that we have come to expect of the Oldham three piece they flew straight into the brilliant ‘Lucy and The Castle’ sending the crowd into some sort of musical frenzy. Johnny’s voice sounds as strong and powerful as ever and as the song comes to an end you feel as if you have just watched the whole set.

With little being said in between songs power through the set leaving the crowd no time to catch their breath. ‘We Are Us’ gets a similar reaction and you can see a slight smile creep on to Johnny’s face as the crowd raise the bar and can be well heard despite the best efforts of the band.

This isn’t what tonight is about though, tonight is about the band playing new material that is previously unheard to the majority of the crowd. Playing new songs to a crowd is considered one of the hardest things to do when playing live; not for these boys. The few songs that were played tonight incorporate the same energy, passion and vocal power as the older songs, but what really set them apart is an obvious growth of maturity amongst the band in terms of song writing. The way they set up the songs and allow the song to build up and launch into powerful catchy choruses is a real sign of progress. Judging on tonight’s evidence, this second album has all the makings of being something special, watch this space.
http://www.gigjunkie.net/blog/post/2010/05/05/REVIEW-Live-At-Leeds-Festival-1510-Twisted-Wheel.aspx

Twisted Wheel @ the Brickyard, Carlisle 30/04/2010

Its been a good few months since Twisted Wheel last visited The Brickyard in Carlisle... Infact its been almost a year - in which so much has happened, including touring with Oasis and Paul Weller (x2), is it any wonder that THIS time in Carlisle, the place would be packed.

As the tour bus ground to a halt outside the Brickyard venue, there was already a gaggle of excited young Twisted Wheel fans ready to greet their heros, who were delighted to hear that the band had invited them in to watch their soundcheck.
young fans watching the soundcheck

Carlisle was not to be disappointed. A rip roaring flawless set ensued, featuring old and new tracks alike. All seamlessly put together with frontman Jonny's enigmatic character. The audience loving every second, including the new tracks 'Turnaround' and 'UK Blues'.

Twisted Wheel's Joe Division review - Twisted Nights and Days

It's interesting to see how the NME’s elitist, dismissive review of Wheel’s debut album has affected their overwhelmingly successful tour. It’s interesting because it has undoubtedly had very little effect at all, the fact that thousands of people have repeatedly been to see the band for themselves, also speaks volumes for their fanatic support.

This will read more as a simple tale of two, successive, richly satisfying, rock and roll filled nights watching Twisted Wheel. You’re likely to be able to relate to this if you’ve been to one of their gigs; if you haven’t then you may wish to catch them before they knuckle down on their second album

Twisted Wheel @ Inside Out, Darlington 23/04/2010

With only a few dates left of their headline tour remaining, Twisted Wheel decended upon the unsuspecting town of Darlington, for a late night slot at Inside Out (quite a unique venue in its own right, with living room furniture being the norm, and not forgetting the washing machine for good measure). It had been some time since the lads had played in the town, so were looking forward to giving their infectious rock n roll another airing.

Apparently, Darlington is very quiet on a Friday night - what a myth that turned out to be!

With the crowd buzzing with excitement, it was well past midnight when the lads took to the stage, with 'Shes A Weapon' starting the proceedings. 'Lucy The Castle' followed by 'Racket' bought the crowd to a frenzy, with the barrier falling over and the girls getting squashed at the front .

'Bad Candy', 'Let Them Have It All' and 'One Night on the Street' kept the pace up, with the crowd now trying to steal the barrier from the overworked bouncers, much to the amusement of the band!

'You Stole The Sun' caused a near riot, with a bent crowd barrier and monitors falling over and bass pedals tipping off the stage.

With 'Strife', 'Oh What Have You Done' and 'We Are Us' following in quick sucession, it was a fare bet that this gig was going down in history, as Darlington's most notorious night of rock n roll mayhem! With fans travelling from far and wide for this gig (London, Newcastle etc), this surely shows the unconditional love they have for this band, and why Twisted Wheel are destined for far greater things!

If you're reading this, and thinking ''flipping heck, what have I missed'', well what are you waiting for? There are only a few dates left of their headline tour and a few festival slots this summer, then the lads will be locked away in the studio working hard on their next release, so there won't be many more chances to catch them live this year.... Don't be a fool - get some new soul in your trainers,  have a ball!!!!

jane xx

catch Twisted Wheel at :

                       Brickyard, Carlisle : 30/04/2010

  Wardrobe, Leeds Live Festival :  1/05/2010

                          12 Bar, Swindon : 20/05/2010

                     the Square, Harlow : 22/05/2010

                        OsFest, Oswestry : 29/05/2010

          Dot2Dot Festival, Bristol : 29/05/2010

 Dot2Dot Festival, Nottingham : 30/05/2010

 Dot2Dot Festival, Manchester  : 31/05/2010

            Arena, Middlesborough :  4/06/2010

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