RAPIERS ARE GO!

Q: Where in the World Are The Rapiers Tonight?

A: The Pavilion Theatre, Exmouth, Devon, with Made in Britain! NB: Rocker Mike Berry replaces singer Craig Douglas at this show.

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Q: Where in the World Are The Rapiers Tomorrow?

A: The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, with Made in Britain! NB: Rocker Mike Berry is replacing singer Craig Douglas at this show.

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Essex Wild Winds of Change: Flames In, Rapiers Out

Crikey, if this ain't a right cock-up.

Seems The Flames, whose membership includes Rapier John Tuck's brother Jeff on drums and former Rapiers bassist Roger Cover, have replaced The Rapiers as support for the Hit Parade Heroes show with John Leyton and Jet Harris on Saturday, 6 March at the Thameside Theatre, Grays, Essex.

Frankly, I don't like booking switcheroos like this (see original theatre listing in inset, clearly showing The Rapiers). But, as Elvis so pithily said on the silver screen, "that's the way the mop flops".

Perhaps John or Jet's management might enlighten us.

B-52s Ride Rapiers Bus

Waiting for the bus from London to come? Check The B-52s' schedule on their fun's-a-poppin' video for Hot Corner from their latest LP Funplex, starting at 00:34!

Yowser! They've spliced The Rapiers from our lads' 2008 Walkers Crisp advert, not old '60s Scopitone videos, as some YouTube comments suggest. Thanks to eagle-eyed Shaker Tony O'Keeffe for the head's up.