Thursday: REM, Live events & parking tickets

Top tribute band celebrate in the South West !
Top R.E.M. tribute band 'Stipe' will be celebrating their 200th performance in the South West this February.

Originally formed in 1996, it was January 2003 when the band set out to charm music fans with a new lineup and a new attitude. Three years later, and the band has been established as one of the best and most popular tributes on the circuit, looking and sounding like the original, the members being genuine fans as well as accomplished musicians.

Having just entered the fourth year of the current line-up, the 200th performance approaches.
"We always get a friendly crowd in the South West. It's a great place to play", said a band spokesman.

THE GIGS
Date : 23rd February
Venue : The Brook
Address : 466 Portswood Road, Portswood, Southampton SO17 3AN
Phone : 023 8055 5366
Web : www.the-brook.com
Tickets : £7
Doors : 8pm

Date : 24th February
Venue : The Barn @ The Square & Compass
Address : Windmill Hill, Ashill, Nr Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9NX
Phone : 01823 480 467
Web : www.squareandcompasspub.com
Tickets : £10
Doors : 8pm

Date : 25th February
Venue : The Band Club
Address : East Hill, St. Austell, Cornwall PL25 4TR
Phone : 01726 72483
Web : www.staustellbandclub.co.uk
Tickets : £7
Doors : 8pm

Date : March 10
Venue : Mr Kyps
Address : 8a Parr St, Ashley Cross, Lower Parkstone, Poole, Dorset
BH14 0JY
Phone : 01202 748 945
Web : www.mrkyps.net
Contact : Romin
Tickets : £7 / £8
Doors : 8pm

Events today in the South Somerset & West Dorset area
Rebecca Carrington: Me, My Cello and I @ Tintinhull Village Hall
The Outsiders @ White Horse, Wincanton
Dodgy Jammers @ Harry's Bar, Yeovil


Events today in the Taunton & Bridgwater areas
Stop Gap Dance @ Community Hall, Monksilver

Had a parking ticket recently?
Parking poetry
A driver who challenged a parking ticket received a poem in reply from parking authorities.
Andrew Lynch, a shipping coordinator from Fleetwood, Lancashire, was given a £30 fine after his car overlapped the pavement.

He wrote to question the fine and the letter he received from Allerdale Borough Council in Keswick, Cumbria, included a poem.

The Editor