'At The Edge Of The Sea' the annual one-day indoor festival curated by David Gedge in Brighton was, yet again, an unqualified triumph. Once more we were rewarded with fine weather and outstanding performances from all the bands. And if that wasn’t enough, following a day by the seaside, the...
Scopitones are pleased to announce the arrival of a new take on an old classic! Hot from the printing press, our new ‘George Best’ shirts are now on sale. These brown shirts feature a full colour picture of the sleeve of The Wedding Present’s classic debut album and come in...
Thirdhand Films of New Jersey have released a new DVD that was filmed during The Wedding Present’s 2005 tour of North America, the band’s first concerts there for eight years. The tour was carried out to celebrate the release of The Wedding Present’s classic ‘Take Fountain’ album and Thirdhand Films...
We are happy to announce that the bicycle jerseys mentioned in our recent newsletter have now become a reality! The lovely people at Milltag have collaborated with David Gedge and designed a jersey inspired by The Wedding Present's 'Bizarro' LP artwork. You can pre-order a shirt now by visiting the...
Following a chance meeting between the two at the aptly named ‘Friends Of Mine’ Festival in Northern England recently, we are pleased to announce that Damon Gough [pictured] of Badly Drawn Boy has accepted an invitation to appear at David Gedge's own festival, ‘At The Edge Of The Sea’ in...
Following his celebrated solo appearance at 'At The Edge Of The Sea' in Brighton last year, Darren Hayman has agreed to play at 'At The Edge Of The Peaks' in Holmfirth this year, this time accompanied by his band The Secondary Modern. The deal was done over a pint at...
The Wedding Present are proud sponsors of 'ULTIMO GOCCIA 04 AFC', a Scottish football [that's 'Soccer' to North Americans!] team who play in the Edinburgh & District Amateur League. When the band performed in Edinburgh on last year’s ‘Bizarro’ tour, all four band-members took to the stage wearing Ultimo Goccia...
Here in The United Kingdom summer has come early! The sun is shining down on us at Scopitones and so we’ve been inspired to launch our ‘Super Summer Singles Sale’! From now until September 1st., every single single advertised for mail-order purchase from this web site... be it by The Wedding Present or...
We are pleased to announce that The Wedding Present have donated a track which was included on ‘Anything For Progress,’ a ‘download-only’ compilation album released by ‘& Records’ of Tokyo. All profits from this iTunes release will benefit victims of the recent terrible disaster in Japan. The Wedding Present’s track...
The Wedding Present have added several UK concert dates to their summer schedule for 2011. Following their trip to Turkey and Greece in April the band will be appearing in Wolverhampton, Cheshire, Yeovil, Wakefield, Leicester, Clitheroe and Middlesbrough, before bringing the summer to a close with David Gedge's own mini-festival...