Pete & Terry take a break from recording their follow up album to 'Broken Heart Surgery' to DJ a night in Worthing at Coast on Saturday July 9th.
Mr Fij's club 'Never Stop' will feature a rare DJ set from Mr Bickers as the 2 play their favourite tracks from the 1980's, bookended by the very best of post-punk / new wave from the late 70's and the cream of early 90's indie/alternative.
Pete Fij / Terry Bickers have been announced as main support for the upcoming Ian Mcculloch show at the stunning St Paul's (pictured here) in Worthing this Saturday 21st March.
It's particularly apt for Worthingtonian Pete who recently cited 'Ocean Rain' as his all time favourite album in an interview for Louder Than War
Doors open at 7.30, with our melancholic duo on at 8pm.
A limited number of tickets are still available here. You can join the Facebook Event Page here Copies of Pete Fij / Terry Bickers album 'Broken Heart Surgery' which topped 4 different critics' polls for album of the year in 2014 is available from Bandcamp and you can follow the duo's exploits via the medium of the Pete Fij / Terry Bickers Facebook page or by following Pete on Twitter
'Out Of Time' is released today (30th June), and the boys are parting like it's 1999 to celebrate.
The single, which won 6Music Rebel Playlist listener vote, as well as winning both the panel and listener vote on Steve Lamacq's Roundtable review show, and was listed as 'song of the year on A Musical Priority is avalable on i-tunes & amazon as well as the duo's own bandcamp page for download.
Watch the Pete Fij -directed video here As the duo party like only they know how. Warn the neighbours, alert the police and get ready for a Bickers & Fij party like no other! By the looks of it, the morning after is going to be frail You can now pre-order the CD album of 'broken Heart Surgery' with immediate download from our bandcamp page & you can join in the knees-up celebration with the party-loving duo at their live dates in July:
Messers Bickers & Fij have announced the release of their debut album 'Broken Heart Surgery' released on Broadcast Recordings on July 7th, and a series of live shows to celebrate. The album which will be sent out prior to release to the Kickstarter supporters who helped fund the project will be available to the public via the Pete Fij / Terry Bickers BandCamp webpage as well as through selected stockists. Pete said "Well, it's been a long drawn out process to get here - a bit 'will-they-won't-they?' at times - like a soap opera extended story line about the delayed trip to the altar that has taken several years, but finally we're there...everything's in place - the vicar has the rings, the organist is in full flow, and Terry looks quite stunning - this is going to be our special day".
The album will be preceeded by a single 'Out Of Time' which will be released on June 30th, and the duo will be playing a series of live dates around the time of the release
Pete & Terry will be playing their first live date of 2014 at the fantastic St Paul's Arts Centre in Worthing on Saturday March 22nd supporting Ivor Novello award-winning singer/songwriter Scott Matthews who is touring the UK in support of his new album. Chris Helme (ex-Seahorses) will also be appearing on the bill. Tickets are £12.50 in advance either online, or in person at St Pauls. The Facebook event is here
Pete Fij & Terry Bickers announce the release of their new single 'Downsizing' which will be made officially available on October 28th (which will be known as 'Downsizing Day').
A special pre-release MP3 download is available now from the Pete Fij / Terry Bickers Bandcamp page on a special 'Pay What You Want' basis - so whether you are a prince or a pauper you can own a little piece of Pete & Terry in your very own digital file.
"It's a song for the current climate of cutbacks - how the austerity measures in the economic world mirror those in some people's private lives" said economic spokesman Pete Fij.
The single comes with an accompanying video directed by Mr Fij, made up of stills sent in by fans as well as photographers Pete contacted specially for the project. An article devoted to the video will appear on the site in the next few days.
As befits the subject matter the single is being promoted with a downsized marketing budget - so far it's been £3 for a photoshoot in a passport photobooth. Any offers for ways of promoting the single will be greatly received, as messers Bickers & Fij see if it is possible to have a worldwide #1 hit single on a £3 marketing budget! So if you can help in any way, please lend a downsizing hand.
The duo are also performing 'Pay What You Want' shows in Worthing on Tuesday September 24th and Brighton (2 shows, 7pm & 8.30pm) Sunday September 29th. Please note the second evening show for Brighton is now SOLD OUT, but tickets are still available for their early evening performance at 7pm.
The duo are also headlining a London show on Monday October 28th at The Social, Little Portland Street, (Oxford Circus). Tickets are available from here from Ticketweb
Pete & Terry's Brighton Bom-Bane's show at 8.30pm on 29th September has now sold out, but a special early evening show on the same night has now been added, and the pair have also announced a Worthing show on Tuesday 24th September at Bar 42.
Both gigs are 'pay what you want' affairs in keeping with the 'Downsizing' theme of the single, so fans from all income brackets can attend.
It is strongly recommended to get tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.
Brighton (Sun 29th Sept) early show doors are at 6.30pm, with the duo on-stage at 7pm. Tickets are available for the Brighton show from wegottickets here
Worthing show (Tues 24th Sept) features support from Ben Salter & Ross Absell-Maurice. Doors are at 8pm.Tickets from wegottickets are available here
Full details and facebook event page can be found at the Pete Fij / Terry Bickers Facebook page
Here is the video for 'Betty Ford' with our two damp troubadours battling with the English Channel.
"It was a ridiculously cold day" says Pete "20 minutes after we finished filming it began snowing, and my body went into shock shortly afterwards. The playback packed up after the first take, so what you see is an unrehearsed first time take, but I'm not sure my body would have allowed any more - I began showing all the classic signs of hyperthermia afterwards and became quite light-headed and disorientated for some hours after."
Dried-out and warmed-up our two mermaids will be playing live in Brighton at the Albert on Sunday 28th April. Tickets are now available here (£4 advance / £5 door), with a little present for the first 20 who buy tickets in advance or through the door on the night.
Betty Ford will be released as digital download on April 23rd from i-tunes, Amazon and other online retailers. In the meantime you can obtain a special preview of the track at Bandcamp.
Pete Fij will be playing a special one-off event on Thursday 26th April at Coast Cafe on Worthing seafront as part of the Special Treat night (tickets £3 on the door), where he will be playing a selection of his songs and discussing the song-writing process & the stories behind them. He will be asking members of the audience to chat to him about stories and incidents in their life, and he plans to pick on one of those tales and turn it into a song which he will reveal at the end of the night.
Pete says "I've never done this before, so it's a bit of a leap into the unknown - it all depends on 2 crucial things; firstly if people are prepared to open up to me and tell me about personal stories from their life, and secondly if I am able to then sit down and turn those experiences into a song within a strict 2 hour time limit"
If you would like to have a song written about you by Pete, then get close to opening time, as the night starts at 7.30pm and Pete will be first on at around 8pm, before returning to the stage towards the end of the night to hopefully reveal the new song (or alternatively explain where it all went wrong).
Full details of the night can be found here. You can also keep up to date with all things Bickers & Fij-shaped on the dedicated Pete Fij / Terry Bickers Facebook site.
