24Seven - Music: Band is keeping it Real.Byline: Debbie Debbie (or Deb) is a fairly common given name, usually feminine, short for Deborah (or Debra) (which means "bee" in Hebrew) and is popular in most English-speaking countries. It reached its height of popularity in the United States in the 1970s. Johnson TONIGHT sees what is pretty much a Scouse scouse n. 1. A lobscouse. 2. a. often Scous·er A native or resident of Liverpool, England. b. often Scouse The dialect of English spoken in Liverpool. supergig at the Royal Court. The concert line-up includes Smaller and The Maximum Who, and is headlined by The Real People. Smaller are back on form with a new single coming out on Honey Records, and The Real People are riding high on a series of high-profile support and writing slots. One half of the Real People - Tony Griffiths - is also looking forward to the birth of his first baby in August. He says: ``It's busy to say the least. We've just done a support slot with Simple Minds which was brilliant. We got on really well with Jim Kerr Kerr , Walter 1913-1996. American playwright, writer, and drama critic for the New York Herald-Tribune (1951-1966) and the New York Times (1983-1996). In 1978 he won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism. and as soon as he's finished touring he's going to come and do some writing with us. ``Another big thing is coming up on July 10, when we support David Bowie Bowie (b  `ē), city (1990 pop. 37,589), Prince Georges co., W central Md.; inc. 1916. It is mainly a residential community. Points of interest include the Woodward Mansion (c. in Manchester, and Ocean Colour Scene on tour in
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The Liverpool-based band have a long track record of collaborating with famous friends - Tony wrote a song that was a hit for Cher, and they have a well-documented early relationship with Oasis. Steve Craddock, of Ocean Colour Scene, may also be doing a few songs tonight. As if that wasn't enough, they have also contributed six tracks to the forthcoming Bbmak album - which puts them in pretty good company, as Robbie Williams has also written for them. Pop star associations aside, they are also concentrating one what they are good at: Writing Real People songs. They have a new album in progress, and hope to realease a single later this year. Tony says: ``We are really looking forward to tonight, for a lot of reasons. We will be playing a load of older songs from the first album. For ages we've avoided doing them, just because we were bored with them really, but recently we've realised that there is a lot to be said for them - and they sit alongside the new material really well. ``And the fact that we're playing with people we've known and respected for years like Smaller and The Maximum Who makes the night even better - and it should be a hell of a party afterwards af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. afterwards or afterward Adverb later [Old English æfterweard] Adv. 1. !'' CAPTION(S): GETTING BIGGER: Smaller will back up their old friends The Real People |
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