Take part in a willow

weaving workshop at
the Ropewalk in
Barton on Saturday,
March 2. The event
runs between 10.30am
and 4.30pm. For
more, call 01652
660380.
An illustrated talk
is being held by
author Diane Brian
of the Brigg
Amateur Social
Historians group.
It takes place on
Tuesday, March 5 at 8pm. at
Brigg and District Servicemens
Club in Coney Court. The event
is free. Call 01652 657053.
The Scunthorpe Art
Group Society
Exhibition will take
place from Tuesday,
March 5 until April
28. Original artwork
will be on display at
the North Lincolnshire Museum
event. For more details, call 01724
843533.
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A film music gala will
take place at the Baths
Hall in Scunthorpe on
Thursday, March 7 at
7.30pm. The music will
be played by the Royal
Philharmonic
Orchestra. Tickets are priced 15 to
30. Call 0844 854 2776 to book.
Create animal charms
at the 20-21 Visual Arts
Centre. The event runs
from 10am to 4pm each
day until tomorrow
(March 1). Call 01724
297070 for more.
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WHATS ON MEETS STEREOPHONICS
TOP 10 THINGS TO DO
Barbie in the Pink Shoes (U), Sat/Sun
10.30am
Bollywood - Romans (PG), Tues 7.00pm; I
Give it a Year (15), daily 8.15 (not Fri/Tues)
Les Miserables (12a), daily 1.00, 4.20, 7.45,
8.00
Wreck it Ralph 3D (PG), daily 1.30, 4.00
Wreck it Ralph (PG), daily 1.00 (not Tues),
3.30, 6.10
A Good Day to Die Hard (12a), Sat/Sun
10.40am, daily 1.00 (subtitled Tues), 3.20,
5.40 (not Tues), 8.45
Beautiful Creatures (12a), Sat/Sun 12.20,
Fri-Sun 3.00, daily 5.45, 8.30 (not Mon/Tues)
Argo (15), Mon/Tues 8.30; Mama (15), daily
6.30 (subtitled Tues), 9.00
Song for Marion (PG), Sat/Sun 11.15am,
Mon-Thurs 3.00
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (15),
daily 1.30, 3.45, 6.00, 8.15
Sammys Great Adventure (U), Sat/Sun
10.30am
Kids AM
Hotel Transylvania (U), Sat/Sun 10.45
Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings (U),
Sat/Sun 10.30
Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings 3D
(U), Sat/Sun 11.00
CINEMA
Listings shown for Vue Cinema, Scunthorpe,
Friday, March 1- Thursday, March 7
COMING UP ...
Whats On Meets Dave Spikey
A
S ROCK bands from Wales go, you
do not get much bigger than the
Stereophonics. Yet although the
band might be huge now, it has
been a long and exhilarating ride.
Early on, one sign that they were to make
something of themselves was the fact they
signed a record deal with Richard Bransons
V2 label. And to celebrate cashing their first
pay cheques, the band made up of Kelly
Jones (vocals/guitar), Richard Jones (bass),
Adam Zindani (guitar) and Jamie Morrison
(drums) headed to London and bought
Levis jeans.
Remembering the start of their rock n
roll lifestyle and how long it has all lasted
Richard said: Its longer than it feels its
pretty much all of my adult life. For us,
musically we havent changed and weve
still got the same goals and ethics to be the
best as we possibly can. The only thing
thats changed is how to get ourselves out
there we meet more fans virtually
nowadays.
Im still enjoying it as much as I did 20
years ago. I think for us, playing with the
Rolling Stones and the Red Hot Chilli
Peppers who are our favourite bands is
one of those big moments for us because
they are our heroes.
Along with original drummer Stuart
Cable, who died in 2010, they began
writing and performing music in Wales
working mens clubs in 1992 as a teenage
cover band known as Tragic Love
Company.
The band also made the occasional trip
to London because they thought that was
the best place to get noticed.
We looked up to bands that had
longevity, said Richard. We sang a lot
of songs that we were used to songs that
were around at that time. Some of our
favourites were The Beatles and Alanis
Morissette we even did an Oasis cover.
Wed slip a couple of our own songs in
between to see what fans thought of them.
It was getting to a point where people
knew all the songs we were playing we
were getting recognised for our writing in a
good way.
We were beginning to get a big reputation
for being a live act. We worked on a small
circuit and soon realised that you had to
invite record companies to your gigs and for
us it was worth them turning up.
It was definitely worth it. At the bands gig
at their local Coliseum Theatre in 1996, they
impressed band manager John Brand so
much that he signed a management deal
with them after the concert.
When we got a recording contract, we
each got 200 cash and we headed to
London, said Richard.
The 200 burnt a hole in our pockets. We
all went out and bought a new pair of jeans
that day some Levis 501s because we
couldnt get that brand in Wales. The only
jeans we could get were Lee.
Our lives got busier. Everything before
that gave us the learning tools to craft, now
its about putting in the hard work and
showing people that we can do it.
The Stereophonics went on to release hit
songs such as Local Boy in the Photograph
and Thousand Days.
Although the band has lived a rock n
roll lifestyle, Richard said they never took
advantage of their position and did not
order as many free beers as possible.
He said: Some artists are like a kid in a
sweet shop when they have everything at
their disposal, but I always asked myself:
do you really need it? Most of it ends up
down the toilet or the drain.
In another high point of the groups
history, the band collaborated with Tom
Jones on a cover of the Randy Newman song
Mama Told Me Not To Come for Tom Joness
album Reload.
Richard said: It was great working with
Tom Jones. The easiest thing that we could
have ever worked on.
Years of hard work and numerous top 10
hits finally paid off when Stereophonics
scored their first number one hit with
Dakota in 2007 but this meant the band
had to prove themselves for the singles that
followed.
Richard said: Youre only as good as your
last record and its pointless trying to copy
something you have already done, so we
always do something people havent seen or
heard before.
Some of my favourite songs to perform
are the ones that never leave the set list like
Local Boy in the Photograph. We have
played it at every gig weve done.
Stereophonics were at the apex of their
success when the band released their third
album, Just Enough Education to Perform,
in April 2001.
The album included the track Mr Writer,
which includes lyrics that criticise a critic
whom the band believed gave them an
unfairly negative review.
Richard explained the reasoning behind
the song: We had one person who was a
journalist. He came with us on the road for
three or four days and we thought he had
become a friend and he wrote some stuff
that we knew wasnt true so we wrote the
lyrics to our single Mr Writer our words
lasted longer, than his did. Other critics
thought the song referred to them, but it
was about one person.
If dealing with critics is one of the
mainstays of rock n roll, solo project
spin-offs is another.
But despite some band members pursuing
solo careers, Richard says hes never wanted
to do the same.
He said: Kelly just had some extra
material that didnt fit in with what we were
doing in Stereophonics, so he made a solo
album.
I cant sing as well as Kelly, so I wouldnt
want to shoot myself in the foot hes the
better person in the business, so why try
singing to be not as good?
Speaking about the upcoming tour,
Richard said: Doing smaller shows like
these allows us to be more intimate in
venues that are five times smaller and with
great audiences. Fans can absorb the songs
in a way which they wouldnt get the chance
to in a bigger venue.
The band will be playing the new album
Graffiti on the Train in full, along with
some of their old hits.
You can see Stereophonics perform at
Doncaster Dome on Monday, March 25. To
book tickets at 32.50 a time, visit
www.gigsandtours.com
The Stereophonics have spent over two
decades with their hits played on airwaves
and have performed at the UKs biggest
festivals. Entertainment reporter SELINA
MAYCOCK spoke to bass player and
backing singer Richard
Jones ahead of the
bands new album,
Graffiti on the
Train. The group
will perform an
intimate gig
before an
arena tour
later this
year
STEREOPHONICS
Doncaster Dome on
Monday, March 25
Youre only as good as your
last record and its pointless
trying to copy something you
have already done, so we
always do something people
havent seen or heard before

Get your gladrags on for rock royalty

STEREOPHONICS: Richard
Jones, Kelly Jones, Adam
Zindani and Jamie Morrison
The Knock Knock
Comedy Club returns
to the Baths Hall on
Thursday, February 28
from 8pm to 10.30pm.
Kevin McCarthy,
Marlon Davis and
Danny Ward will all take to the
stage. Tickets cost 9 and are
available now from
www.bathshall.co.uk or by calling
0844 8542776.
Join cricket
commentator Henry
Blofeld for a night at
the Plowright Theatre
tomorrow (Friday,
March 1). Henry
discusses his colourful
life and how he got into the world of
journalism and broadcasting, as
well as talking about his childhood.
All seat prices are 17. Contact the
Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe, on
0844 854 2776.
Go to the Spring Craft
Fair at North
Lincolnshire Museum
on Saturday, March 2.
The event will open at
10.30am and run to
3.30pm and admission
is free. There will be stalls that will
give people an opportunity to
purchase crafts made by local
people.
Create springtime bird
nests in an event being
held at 20-21 Visual
Arts Centre in
Scunthorpe. It runs
from 10am to 4pm
between March 2 and
March 8. Call 01724 297070 for more
information.
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Come help
the
Dramarama
performance
group
celebrate its
first
anniversary. The first year
anniversary workshop takes place
on Wednesday, March 6 between
5.15pm and 6.15pm. It is aimed at 7
to 16 year olds and costs
3. It will take place at
the Central Community
Centre in Scunthorpe.
For more information,
e-mail
dramarama61@gmail.com
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AMUSING TALE: Henry Blofeld
WORKSHOP: Try your hand at willow
weaving
ALSO SHOWING:
Safe Haven (12A)
AUTHOR Nicholas Sparks is the
king of slushy modern romance,
tugging heartstrings with his
emotionally wrought tales of love
lost and found.
His books are a perfect fit for
Hollywood and thus far, seven of his
heart-tugging tomes have been
adapted for the big screen.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
set hearts aflutter in The Notebook,
Channing Tatum and Amanda
Seyfried nurtured amour in a time
of war in Dear John, and Zac Efron
showed a sensitive side in The
Lucky One.
Safe Haven adds a touch of suspense
to the usual gooey mix, opening
with a distraught wife, Erin Tierney
(Julianne Hough), fleeing the scene
of a crime perhaps murder,
perhaps self-defence.
The terrified spouse seeks refuge
with a kind neighbour, Mrs
Feldman (Irene Ziegler).
She helps Erin to change her hair
colour before the wife heads to the
bus station with detective Kevin
Tierney (David Lyons) in hot
pursuit.
In one of the films best scenes, Erin
boards a bus bounds for Atlanta and
narrowly avoids capture.
She travels far away from her
troubled past and hopes to throw
the cops off her scent by alighting
early in the quaint fishing
community of Southport, North
Carolina.
In this picture-postcard idyll, Erin
rechristens herself Katie Feldman
and lands a job as a waitress.
She also secures lodgings in a
remote cabin in the woods, and
enjoys a flirtation with hunky
widower Alex Wheatley (Josh
Duhamel), who is coming to terms
with his wifes death while raising
two demanding children.
Perhaps Katie could be his second
chance at happiness.
Unfortunately, Tierney wont rest
until he has found Erin, and against
the advice of his superiors, he bends
leads and a dreamy canoe ride in a
rainstorm that kindles their first
kiss.
Hough is luminous and theres
pleasing screen chemistry with
Duhamel.
However, the shifts in gear between
this fairytale coupling and
Tierneys inevitable arrival in
Southport to expose Katie as a fraud
are jarring, necessitating an
overblown climactic set-piece
involving all of the pivotal
characters.
A revelation about Katies meek
neighbour, Jo (Cobie Smulders),
beggars belief and inspires
unintended snorts of derision as
Deborah Luries soundtrack swells
to emphasise the magic of this
ridiculous moment.
Safe Haven (12a), Sat/Sun 12.30, daily 3.10,
6.00, 8.40
the law to search for
clues.
Drawing obvious
comparisons with the
1991 Julia Roberts
pot-boiler Sleeping
With The Enemy, Safe
Haven is undemanding
fluff that doesnt stray
once from a
well-trodden narrative
path.
Hallstrom, who
directed Dear John, is
in familiar, syrupy
territory and provides
the usual array of
longing glances
between the attractive
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