Superstar Tradesman

Superstar Tradesman single was played on the Radio for the first time last night (Wednesday).

If you go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/ and click on Wednesday's show it was played about 12 minutes in.

View aftershow party in Edinburgh

afterwards there is a view aftershow in cabaret voltaire in edinburgh. its open 11pm-5am we'll prob be djing till about 3am though. good music, lollypops, wasted little dj bangles, loveheart sweeties and + your 2 favourite girls are just a few treats in store for you!!! xxx

Cabaret Votaire, 36 Blaire St, Cowgate, Edinburgh
here is the contact number incase you get lost.....0131 220 6176

there is also a link to a map........

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ZANE LOWE TO PLAY SUPERSTAR TRADESMAN

Make sure you tune into Zane's Radio 1 show on Wednesday 30th August for the first play of The View's new single Superstar Tradesman. The song is due for release on 23rd October 2006.

Superstar Tradesman Video Shoot

The next View single 'Superstar Tradesman' is being filmed on Thursday 29th August at a not so secret location in Dundee.

The View vs. iForward Russia!

The View have taken a swipe at iForward Russia! over a dispute they had at a gig earlier this year.

The Dundee lads claim that because iForward Russia! would not let them in their dressing room, they decided to play a gig in the toilet of the venue instead of sharing a stage.

Kieran from the band told Gigwise: “Basically they threw us out of the dressing room we were sharing, we just wanted to have a drink with them but they were having none of it.

“So we went into the toilet of the venue and started playing acoustically, everyone came to see us and iForward Russia! had nobody to play to.”

gigwise.com August 2006

Norwich Evening News Article

Four alarmingly young (average age 18) friends from Dundee, The View are tipped as rock 'n' roll sensations, even drawing comparisons with Hamburg-era Beatles. See them at Norwich Arts Centre this Wednesday, August 30.

Kyle, Keiren, Peter and Steve formed from the ashes of an old covers band, playing everything from Squeeze to The Sex Pistols.

They started out writing in the backroom of a pub near their housing estate, The Bayview, hence the name.

Spotted after their second gig, they were signed by local label Two Thumbs and released an EP which saw them sign to James Endacotts new label 1965 Records.

They were soon whisked off to record their debut album with legendary producer Owen Morris. As yet unnamed it is due to be unleashed on the world this autumn.

Tickets £6 adv/£7 door, call (01603) 660352; www.norwichartscentre.co.uk

Norwich Evening News 29/08/06

Wasted Little Dj's @ Leeds Festival

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Dance Into The Night

'Dance Into The Night' was played on Zane Lowe's show last night recorded from The View's recent session at Maida Vale.

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Dee til they deh

IN THESE days of plummeting sales, of two copies per auntie securing a pop band a chart placing, what exactly does a Top 20 single mean?

Quite a lot, if you're a member of Dundee's The View.
For singer Kyle Falconer it means new gear. He's laden down with shopping bags and outside the Yummy Yummy Chinese Takeaway on a warm summer's night he shows off some of the apprentice-rock-legend threads he will be packing for the band's marathon 66-date British tour, which begins this week.

"Look at they," he says holding up a pair of trainers. "Only six quid and nae laces."
"Falco" is hoping for the sartorial approval of two girls - blonde, View T-shirts, immortalised in photo-form on the record sleeve - who are hanging out with the band down at the shops on Dundee's Dryburgh estate. Guitarist Pete Reilly, however, isn't impressed. "Nae laces? Izzat why they were so cheap, like?"
"Style," sniffs Falconer. "Something you ken nowt about."

For bassist Kieran Webster a No 15 chart ranking for the single 'Wasted Little DJs' (it's since dropped) means a new bike and word of it quickly spreads round the maisonettes. A tubby ginger-haired boy in a Juventus football strip with a face already as old as his dad's screeches to a halt. "Gie ye a race," he grunts. Then another tyke on a trike appears, then another...
By entering our pop consciousness with their rumbustious sound, The View appear to have come from nowhere. But Dryburgh to them is somewhere. The band grew up here, winning the talent contest two years running at St John's, the local high school. Their songs reflect their surroundings, with walk-on parts for many of their friends. "This is hame," says drummer Steve Morrison.

Before the interview, and before the entire estate gathers, the photographer snaps some malarkey involving Webster's new wheels. "I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like," sings their road manager, evoking the spirit of Syd Barrett. "You're showing your age," I tell him. But then everyone feels old around The View.

Falconer and Morrison are 19, Reilly and Webster one year older and, because of their callow, guitar-grinding sound but also their strong sense of place, there have been inevitable comparisons with the Arctic Monkeys. When they suggest the interview is done at "the steps" I assume this to be a local pub, but, no, it's a flight of stairs behind the shops. And between mouthfuls of crisps - and between constant interruptions from the biker squad asking if this is the night they're going to be playing on the roof of the Yummy Yummy - they tell their story...

They started out as the scheme's biggest Oasis fans, called themselves The Casuals and played Noel Gallagher covers at Arbroath's Red Lion Caravan Park. "We thought we were brilliant," says Reilly. "And we'd chuck in clubby classics like 'Stuck In The Middle With You' because a'body likes them."

But at that time music was just a hobby and real life quickly got in the way. Falconer was a bricklayer, Webster worked in Pizza Hut, Morrison was a butcher and Reilly a joiner.

Without the other knowing it, the brickie and the pizza boy started writing songs about Dryburgh. They then pooled their ideas, rounded up Morrison and Reilly and began rehearsals in the Bay View, the pub which would eventually give the reformed foursome their name. "None of our songs are about shite. They're all about something," Falconer declares proudly.
Webster: "They're all about our mates. Right from the start we got loads of folk we know coming to our gigs at the Doghouse. That was a big part of us getting the recognition."
'Wasted Little DJs' is a thrilling first blast. Apart from the line "cleverest blonde weekend", though, the chorus is almost impenetrable. Maybe it's as Dundonian as the slogan on the T-shirt of the lad who's just passed us on the steps - "Dee til eh deh".
Falconer: "That song's about these two girls who come to all our gigs and are always trying to outdo each other for outrageous behaviour - that's one of them over at the shops."
Although they love Oasis, The View have differing views on the merits of other bands. "I'm into Deep Purple and Falco's into Fleetwood Mac," says Reilly. "We all go off at wee tangents but I think that's a good thing."
They continue talking up their own repertoire, including the next single 'Superstar Tradesman'. Webster: "That comes from us all being told when we were 13: 'Son, get yourself a trade.' We want to film the video for it on the roof. That's what all these wee shites keep asking about."

Falconer again: "And we've also got this song called 'Wasteland' which is kind of like our anthem for Dryburgh. OK, so you can see there's some graffiti, but this place is no' the worst. Still, folk form first impressions and think we're schemies. We're no'."

Webster says only one of their numbers has a fictional premise. "'Trendy' is about this bloke trying to get help for a heroin problem," he says. "He's not a mate but we do have a couple of pals in similar situations."
Which brings us neatly to Pete Doherty. The Babyshambles leader with an exaggerated sense of his own rock'n'roll mythology offered The View a leg-up and they won't hear a bad word said against him. "When he played Dundee I gave him a tape," says Falconer. "On the strength of that he let us open for him that night, then we toured with him. He's sound."
Their list of famous acquaintances is growing all the time. They liked hanging out at London's K-West Hotel, where Drew Barrymore and Kelly Osbourne are among regular guests, until the record company decided its all-night bar was too much of a distraction for four scamps from Dundee. So what treats has the label permitted for the tour rider? "Socks and Hobnobs," groans Morrison.

The band have a limited biography and a limited attention span; it's time to wind up the interview. Webster has a bike race to finish - a 15-strong field has now assembled - and after that, the rock'n'roll highway beckons. "We're really looking forward to the tour," says Reilly, "although I'm sure we'll a' miss this place."

Webster wonders where the inspiration for new songs will come from, so far from home, but really that's a concern for another day. They've already amassed enough for their debut album.

Due for release in the new year, it's been produced by Owen Morris who twiddled the knobs for their heroes Oasis. A certain Mr N Gallagher dropped in on the sessions and, for a rare few seconds, succeeded in rendering The View speechless.
"It's the only time I've ever been starstruck," says Falconer, as if he's met them all. "All I could do was hand him a bottle of beer. He said: 'Bloody hell, I don't drink in the morning, where are you guys from?'"
Remember the name: Dryburgh.

SCOTS BAND'S KARMA WAS MUSIC TO MY EARS

This week we've been talking good and bad Karma. What goes around comes around, one good turn deserves another, etc.

I'm a believer.

Have you watched My Name is Earl? Well those boys from Dundee band The View have definitely done some good in their lives, following them being added to the bill at this weekend's Reading and Leeds festival.

If you've not heard of them, then pay attention because there is just something special about the four scallies. Infectious, exciting, chaotic, toe-tapping. Get along and see them live if you haven't already. The View are on fire.

EDITH BOWMAN

Glasgow Students Union

Full details are now available for the Glasgow Student Union Gig on Friday September 22nd. Unfortunately this will only be a students only gig. And check out who they reckon The View have supported!!

Wasted Little DJs band in Norwich

Dundonian four-piece the View, who crashed into the charts at number 15 with their debut single Wasted Little DJs earlier this month, play Norwich Arts Centre on Wednesday.

Already building a fearsome reputation north of the border, the band formed in the Dryburgh area of the city three years ago. Named after the Bayview Hotel, the bar in which they initially rehearsed (they were subsequently banned from the premises for riding a scooter along the bar) the band signed to James Endeacott's new label 1965 records in a significant deal in the spring of 2006 following the release of an extremely limited edition EP on local label Two Thumbs.

2006 has also seen the View spark great interest following their live performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend in their hometown of Dundee on Zane Lowe's recommendation, and then going on to play at T in the Park, along with other festivals. They have toured with the likes of Babyshambles and recently supported Primal Scream and We Are Scientists.

The band decamped to rural Yorkshire in May to nail their debut album in two weeks flat with producer Owen Morris (producer of the Verve's seminal Northern Soul and Oasis' debut Definitely Maybe) at the helm. With all superfluous detail cast aside, the band produced an album full of over-driven pure pop thrills.

Fast and thrilling and fuelled by an almost cocky, first-take attitude, the band's debut album is set for release in the autumn. Doors 8pm. Tickets £6adv/£7door. 01603 660352

IBIZA Rocks

IBIZA Rocks is celebrating the end of summer with three days of live music. Dundee band The View will join The Cribs, Captain, The Automatic, Underground Heroes and Dirty Sanchez on Manumission's beach Bar M on September 4, 5 and 6 - just in time for the closing parties. Tickets from www.ibizarocks.com.

Free View for city centre square bash

BRITAIN'S hottest new band were today confirmed to play at a free music extravaganza in the centre of Leeds.
The View will be one of 10 acts appearing in Millennium Square on Saturday, September 2.

The four-piece hail from Dundee and have just bagged a top 20 hit with their indie rock single Wasted Little DJs.
Other acts on the bill include The Humour and The Delphians.

The concert is expected to attract as many as 4,000 fans, and is the climax of the summer-long Breeze, organised by Leeds City Council.

It is backed by NorthernTrax, a campaign by train operator Northern to discourage youngsters from trespassing on railway lines.

Tickets are available from Gateway Yorkshire at Leeds Station and www.breezeleeds. org website. Gates open at 2pm, the first band is on an hour later

'Superstar Tradesman' Confirmed As Next Single

'Superstar Tradesman' has confirmed as next single from the album 'Hats off to the Buskers' (provisional title). No exact dates have been given yet for either though the album is expected to hit shelves in January.

'Superstar Tradesman' by Falconer/Webster

Superstar Tradesman,
Stand at the bar,
Get a trade son,
You will go far.

You’ll have a house in the Ferry,
And a new guitar,
That’s never been played before,
And it never will,
Its never been played before,
And it never will.

The weather is sunny,
You’re locked inside,
The weather is sunny oh yes,
I’ve tried and I’ve tried,
To keep me sane, to keep me sane,
To keep me sane, to keep me sane.

I don’t want money,
I want happiness,
I don’t want cash and no,
I quite like memories,
To keep us on track,
Will never look back,
Keep us on track,
Lets never look back.

Ha, what would you do,
If I asked you,
What would you do,
If I asked you,
To sail away,
To see some sights,
Sail away with me,
To see some sights,
Sail away,
To see some sights.

Superstar Tradesman,
Stand at the bar,
Get a trade son,
You will go far.

You’ll have a house in the Ferry,
And a new guitar,
That’s never been played before,
And it never will,
Its never been played before
And it never will

Listen to Kyle On BBC - Nottingham

Viewing the big time

The View are doing things the old way - gigging, gigging and gigging. They've got two dates in Nottingham.

Time was when the only way to become a pop star was to put in the mileage up and down Britain's motorway network.

TV channels like MTV and shows like X Factor have offered a shortcut to fame but Scottish band The View are happy to ply their trade in a more traditional way.

They're currently on tour with 49 dates confirmed and more expected to follow. Such a vast schedule means they'll be in Nottingham not once but twice. On August 24th 2006 they're supporting Aussie band The Vines at Rescue Rooms, then on October 10th they get the chance to headline their own show at The Social.

By the end of the tour their debut album should be in the shops.

Nigel Bell's been talking to singer Kyle Falconer about:-

• The origins of the band
• Playing cover versions in their early years
• Giving up an apprenticeship to be a pop star
• The View live
• Being name-checked by Bobby Gillespie
• Support band vs Headliners

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Gigwise Interview

“The View, The View, The View are on fire!” is the chant that has been echoing around venues up and down the country as The View tear through the leaving a path of youthful adoration behind them, and it’s hard to disagree with the sentiment. Describing The View’s effortless appeal is like describing a colour or a feeling, impossible as it’s so natural; perhaps it’s the anthemic songs, manic live act or simply the fact that they infuse the classic spirit of rock ‘n’ roll - young, rebellious but ultimately fantastic. The View occupy a world devoid of stylists, stage school and pretension, they are a band for ordinary people, people who want to have fun and sing along at the top of their voice. Gigwise spoke to Kieran from the band to get to the bottom of just how important his band are.

Speaking from perhaps the loudest tour bus known to man, Kieran is in an upbeat mood following a gig in York the previous night which he describes as “Mad, I had to hold onto the side of the stage to make sure I didn’t fall off. A really good night”. Which leads us neatly into our first question, what is a typical View gig like? Kieran replies “People just go mad down the front, we play with a lot of energy, and we feed off the fans so if they are up for it we play better”

Time for a quick history lesson in all things View related, forming roughly eighteen months ago in Dryburgh, a small town outside of Dundee the boys began their musical careers as a covers band, Kieran will now carry on the lesson “We started rehearsing in a pub and getting our songs together, after that we began gigging around Dundee. There isn’t a lot to do in Dundee so forming a band gives you something to focus on, the more gigs we played the more fans we got and then record labels began to become interested, it’s all moved very quickly” Scotland and in particular Dundee are a massive part of The View, from their thick dialect and colloquialisms (See the chorus of ‘Wasted Little DJ’s’) to the tales of heroin addicts (‘Skag Trendy’) and unemployment (next single ‘Superstar Tradesman’) Kieran goes as far as to say “I don’t think there is a song on the album that doesn’t relate to Dundee somewhere.

Speaking of ‘Skag Trendy’ the infamous tabloid fodder Mr Pete Doherty holds a pivotal role in the story of The View, Gigwise asked Kieran to tell us how they met and how he has helped, “I gave him our demo at a gig in Dundee and he took us onto the tour bus to listen to it, he really liked it and let us support him at Babyshambles gig that night. He passed our demo onto James Endeacott (Rough Trade A&R man) and then a few months later he asked us to do a whole tour with them, we owe him a lot we are really grateful”. As if touring with Babyshambles wasn’t enough, The View have moved a rung up on the hedonism ladder and are about to embark upon a nationwide tour with Primal Scream (Both Mani and Bobby Gillespie have declared The View as their new favourite band). Gigwise wonders if there is a Bobby Gillespie equivalent to the infamous ‘Bono Chat’ bands get before supporting U2, sadly Kieran informs us that no advice is given just “lots of encouragement” and we all know how much Primal Scream like their encouragement.

It’s fair to say that The View are up for a laugh and causing a bit of mayhem along the way, for example they were ceremonially thrown out of the pub in which they used to rehearse because Kieran rode a scooter off the bar onto the dance floor- his defence? “It was just a little push scooter, nobody got hurt”. Also in the first reported instance of ‘Guerrilla gigging” since the heady days of The Others, Dundee’s finest played a gig in the toilet of a venue after iForward Russia! pissed them off. Gigwise is intrigued as to what one of our favourite bands could have done wrong? “Basically they threw us out of the dressing room we were sharing, we just wanted to have a drink with them but they were having none of it, so we went into the toilet of the venue and started playing acoustically, everyone came to see us and iForward Russia! had nobody to play to” Like we said, mayhem seems to follow them around.

Pete Doherty’s influence runs right through The Views career, from the songs they play that are clearly inspired by the good ship Albion, supporting Babyshambles and even as far as getting signed. James Endeacott, the man who signed The Libertines to Rough Trade has begun his own label, 1965 Records and made The View one of his first signings after Doherty handed him the bands demo. So what was it about James and 1965 that attracted The View? “He is a fan first and a boss second” says Kieran, “there were other labels interested and they would send people to the gigs and they would be at the back in their suits but James would be down the front with everyone else shouting “I love these boys!”, that’s then we knew he was right for us.”

With an album recorded and set for release in January, recorded with the man behind ‘Definitely Maybe’ Owen Morris, The View look set to hit intergalactic heights, so what can we expect from the album? “Well working with Owen was perfect because we are all massive Oasis fans and he really helped capture the sound we wanted. We want the album to be like coming to one of our gigs”. Tentatively titled ‘Hats Off To The Buskers,’ we await the album with baited breath.

As the unparalleled success of Arctic Monkeys has shown it doesn’t take much more than a pocketful of tunes and a bucketful of hype to make yourselves into the ‘Biggest band in Britain’, with ‘Wasted Little DJ’s crashing into the top 20, sold out gigs, festival appearances and a sexual encounter with Kate Moss surely a whisker away we wonder if Kieran is comfortable with his band’s high speed ascendance to the top, “We just go with the flow really, do what we can and play to as many people want to see us. It’s unbelievable but in a good way, we are all having the time of our lives”

Gigwise had a few questions regarding the current music scene, bands they like, bands they don’t like etc etc but Kieran’s answers are distorted on our Dictaphone by the wailing of police sirens. Quite what was happening we don’t know, perhaps the other band members decided to ride scooters behind the bus jet ski style or maybe Whiskas of iForward Russia! fame was foiled in a revenge attack on the band, whatever it is we are sure it was debauched and steeped in rock n roll folklore.

We leave the chat when the sirens die down and reflect on a band that is certain to divide opinion. On the one hand they are young, exciting, exhilarating, hedonistic pretenders to the rock ‘n’ roll crown, on the other they could be deemed derivative, obvious and clichéd. This hack, however, is firmly in the camp of the former, believing that The View are the best thing since sliced Oasis and sure to hog our stereos for the rest of 2006 and that’s before the album is even released. Alex Turner? You have competition my friend.

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Make sure you check into www.gigwise.com on the 29th August at 12pm to speak to the guys online. Keep checking the site for more details

The View Join Reading/Leeds Line-up

The View have been named as late additions for this weekends Carling Weekend at Reading & Leeds.

Saturday @ Reading 7.20pm - 8.05pm
Sunday @ Leeds 7.00pm - 7.40pm

PRETENDERS to The Libertines crown

PRETENDERS to The Libertines crown as Britains hottest indie act, The View, are to play a homecoming gig at the Ice Factory.

The Dundee band recently embarked on their break-through UK tour after the successful launch of smash-hit single ’Wasted Little DJ's’ and will play their only Tayside date in Perth on October 6.

The band (left) hit the headlines earlier this year when drummer Steven Morrison was arrested along with Pete Doherty on suspicion of drug possession – but no charges were brought.

However, it’s been their raw indie-punk sound which has seen them garner more than a passing interest from the nation’s music press recently and their current tour looks set to see them hit the big time.

Now Teenage Kicks Ltd promoter – and former Twa Tams boss – Stuart Hutton has managed to attract the band to the Shore Road venue.

He told Music Scene: “I think this band will definitely go far. They are high in the charts at the moment with their single so it’s an exciting time for them – and ourselves to have been able to attract them to Perth.

“I recently saw them up at the Belladrum festival and the tent they played was packed. They have got a great sound and are a fantastic little band.

“They played the Tams during my stint in charge but I unfortunately missed them so I’m glad I’m getting the chance to have another look close-up.

“They are very like the Libertines and have that jingly-jangly thing going on.

“I wouldn’t say they’re as raw as the Libertines but they are tight. The songs are all very short, three minutes, no more.

“This isn’t quite their home patch but it’s the nearest they’ll get on this tour so it will be a bit of a homecoming gig for them.

“Apparently the fans have this chant they sing when they go to their gigs, ‘The View, The View, The View are on fire’ – and who could argue with that.”

Tickets are priced at £6 plus booking fee and can be bought at Goldrush Records, Perth. Call (01738) 629730 for information.

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Arctic Monkeys - Live At The 9:30 Club 2006

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Radiohead Live at V Festival 2006 DVD

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The Common Redstarts - Too Drunk To Fight

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Oasis - Sad Song

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Oasis - Cast No Shadow (UNKLE Remix)

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Wasteland
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Wasted Little Dj's

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The View @ Ku Bar

The View - Wasted Little DJs - Ku Bar 18.08.06

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XFM Manchester Session 17-08-06

01 Superstar Tradesman
02 Same Jeans
03 Wasted Little DJs

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The Early Days Demos

Dek from the Two Thumbs forum has kindly uploaded some rare demos of Coming Down, Posh Boys and Superstar Tradesman and an early live version of Coming Down.

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Vroom with The View

The furore surrounding Dundee band The View looks set to reach an early peak this weekend when their debut single “Wasted Little DJs” races into the UK charts.
A combination of copious amounts of airplay and national acclaim from music industry heavyweights such as Radio One, NME and MTV2 looks set to propel the Dryburgh lads into at least the Top 20, if not higher.

And Dundee’s music lovers look intent on doing their bit to support Kyle, Kieren, Peter and Steven with copies of the seven-inch vinyl and gatefold CD single becoming this week’s must have fashion accessory.

Teenagers have been buying up copies by the shedload with retailers in the city centre, including HMV, Virgin, Fopp and Grouchos reporting strong sales of advanced copies before the Monday release.

With their star on the rise the band gave their loyal local following a treat last Thursday with a surprise show at Abertay University union.

Speaking to Grapevine after a thrilling set, The View manager Grant Dickson said the single had received an amazing response so far.

He said, “It has really gone down well. Ever since we put promos out to radio stations and DJs we have had some great feedback.

“A lot of people are telling us that’s it has already become the song you put on at the end of the night when you want to get everybody up and dancing, which is fantastic for the first release.”

With speculation suggesting the band’s debut album, which is set to be named “Hats off To The Buskers”, due for a January release, Grant admitted The View’s loyal band of local followers might have to travel a fair bit to catch the lads in the weeks and months ahead.

He explained, “Now the single is out there the guys are going to be pretty much on the road gigging for the next few months.

“It’s pretty much all over the place so we don’t know when they’ll get a chance to play a show in Dundee.

“It’s a bit of a struggle to find a venue big enough and suitable venue for the guys. They want to still play with a bit of intimacy and that’s not really possible in Dundee because so many people want to go and see the shows.”

With the teenagers set to enjoy the rock and roll dream in the weeks and months ahead The View will support ska upstarts The Dead 60s at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room on August 23.

If you can’t wait for your next fix of Dryburgh’s finest tune in to Zane Lowe on Radio One tonight to hear The View’s exclusive session.

Dundee Eveing Telegraph 11th August 2006

The View on Scottish National TV

The View looks good from here

Many "overnight successes" are in fact the result of years of slogging around the local circuits and playing to empty bars and clubs before finally being discovered. Dundee band The View are the exception to the rule.
Formed little over a year ago they have crashed into the top 20 with their debut single Wasted Little DJs.

Proud Dundonian's, The View hail from the Dryburgh area of the city and take their name from their local the Baywiew. Although the four members are barely drinking age they have lived and seen enough to serve up a slice of rock 'n' roll that other bands take years to produce.

With a debut album produced by Owen Morris of Oasis' Definitely Maybe fame already in the can and midway through a sold out tour, the youngsters might just wonder if things can possibly get any better.
stv caught up with the band in Cardiff after a storming set at the Belladrum festival.

They told us: We enjoyed The Belladrum festival, it's a nice wee festival. A lot of people said that it was a tough crowd to please, but I think we did ok.

The View's debut album is out in January and they are on tour in Scotland next month.

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The View @ The Barfly, Cardiff

With a musical pedigree that looks like it’s been lifted from a overblown Hollywood script, Dundee quartet The View are a band that don’t take things by half. Penning a record deal with indie label Two Thumbs after just a handful of gigs, the band went on to support fellow rock 'n' roll hedonists Babyshambles and Primal Scream without any time for the music press to draw breath.

The whirlwind continues to gather pace as The View crash-landed into the top twenty of the UK singles chart this week with the knockabout anthem 'Wasted Little DJs'. The band slyly shuffle onto the stage tonight without notice until the blazing dual guitars from 'Posh Boys' cut a swathe between the middle of the crowd. The direct diatribe at silver-spooned warblers or well-to-do bands signalls what is about to be unleashed for the next forty minutes - a blistering set of melodic working class ethics that do exactly what they say on the tin.

The interaction between tracks is indecipherable due to an obvious accent barrier but lead singer Keiren is keen to get all those present as sweaty as possible and the razor-sharp 'Skag Trendy' nudges proceedings towards mass hysteria.

Being the cocky adolescents there are, The View decide to switch vocalists from Kieren to Kyle but the change doesn't bring about any variation in the gruff vocal delivery. The ramshackle-pop of 'The Don' is just a teaser until the Libertines-esque 'Wasted Little DJs' spits vitriol at all those who go to gigs for social status and shameful name-dropping.

Although the View have an arsenal of great tunes, there’s still not enough in the tank to drag out a wholly original set but the bands cover of Squeeze’s 'Up The Junction' is a clear indication of their ability to take a simple pop gem and turn it on it’s head.

After some mumbled thanks, the set ends with the Buzzcocks-inspired 'Comin’ Down', a rollicking conclusion to a chaotic night of no-nonsense music. The View may come across as a gang of guttersnipe humorist's, but their tales hold a lot more weight than a great deal of fabricated bands around today.

Wasted Little Djs at The Belladrum Festival

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Live on BBC Radio 2

After another blistering show at Birmingham Barfly last night The View performed Claudia, Same Jeans and Superstar Tradesman along with an interview with Janice Long.

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BBC Review of 'Wasted Little DJs'

Wow! Who knew there was any space, soundwise, between chippy guitar manglers like the Arctic Monkeys and chippy guitar manglers like Dirty Pretty Things? Well, if there is, it's currently being filled with this lot, and to be honest, they probably aren't getting a lot of breathing done.

Cos while this is a pretty good swervy romp around The State Of Indie Music in 2006, with nicely barbed lyrics, you can't really listen to the song without noting how very familiar everything sounds.

That said, this is a better pop song than anything Pete Doherty has put his name to for some time, and has a proper sing-song ending, like what they used to do in sea-shanties and stuff. So, for now, we'll let it go...

Fraser M

Dundee University Mobile Phone Clips

Posh Boys and Wasted Little Djs Live at Dundee University 09/02/06 recorded on a mobile phone.

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The View top NME chart

'Wasted Little DJs' knocks Kasabian off the top
The View's 'Wasted Little DJs' has topped the NME Chart, knocking Kasabian's 'Empire' from the Number One slot.

Both bands are set to hit the road together this December, but the Scottish newcomers have upset the form booking, pipping their tourmates to the top.

Other new entries in the chart include The Arctic Monkeys at Number Two with 'Leave Before the Lights Come On', Thom Yorke who enters the chart at Number Five with the controversial 'Harrowdown Hill', while Yeah Yeah Yeahs return at Number Seven with 'Cheated Hearts' and The Spinto Band enter at Number Eight with 'Oh Mandy'.

This week's NME Chart is:

1. The View - 'Wasted Little DJs'
2. Arctic Monkeys - 'Leave Before The Lights Come On'
3. Kasabian - 'Empire'
4. The Fratellis - 'Chelsea Smile'
5. Thom Yorke - 'Harrowdown Hill'
6. The Futureheads - 'Worry About It Later'
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs -'Cheated Hearts'
8. Spinto Band - 'Oh Mandy'
9. Boy Kill Boy - 'Civil Sin'
10. Metric - 'Monster Hospital'

Will The View be able to hold onto the top spot when the Lostprophets return next week with 'A Town Called Hypocrisy' and Muse come back with 'Starlight?

Daily Record Single of The Week

The View Wasted Little DJs ****
Rick Fulton
THE Dundee band have already been packing out venues throughout the UK as well as proving one of the highlights of T in the Park. Now The View are set for recognition in the charts with their debut single, Wasted Little DJs, which puts one in mind of the Dirty Pretty Things and The Smiths. Pals with Pete Doherty, they recorded this with Oasis producer Owen Morris. The debut album, which will follow soon, promises to be a belter.

Wasted Little Dj's Charts at 15

The View's debut single Wasted Little Dj's entered this weeks UK charts at number 15. Well done lads!.
You can listen to Scott Mills interview with Kieren and Peter here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/chartchatpodcast.shtml

The View at T-Pot Studios

Here's The View performing 'Streetlights' in the early days.
It's a Real Media video

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If anyone can rip this into a downloadable video let me know.

The View Interviewed at The Doghouse

The View interviewed at the Doghouse Halloween 2005.

The View on Transmission with T-mobile

The View Played Wasted Little Djs on C4's Transmission with T-mobile Show.

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The View - Live On Music: Response

The hotly tipped boys from Dundee produced a blistering debut that notches them even further to being this year’s most exciting new band. Listen to it here.

Certain to be one of this years biggest new bands, Dundee’s hotly tipped The View have been declared as Bobby Gillespie’s favourite new band and are wowing crowds the country over with their humour tinged, post Libertines punk rock.

Still in there teens and with only one single under there belt, they have proved to be one of this years biggest draws and along with The Fratellis are leading the charge for exciting new Scottish talent. Chatting to Sarah Darling they talk about their manical fans, playing covers whilst at school and handing their demo to Pete Doherty after strolling on to the Babyshambles tour bus.

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Thanks to Ian & TheGlobe for recording and upping these.

Oasis grab Kyle by the Balls!!!

This weeks NME features the top 25 Oasis songs of all time, voted for by you! And today's stars tell us how they inspired them.

Here's what Kyle from The View had to say.

"It was the first song by Oasis that made me realise how good they were, as it really grabbed me by the balls.

It was also the first song I learned to play on the guitar. We didn't go to Knebworth because we were only eight years old at the time! But [bassist] Kieren's first ever concert was Oasis at Loch Lomond. It changed his life."

The View Live On Radio 1

Recorded live on the Zane Lowe Show on 9th August 2006 from London's Maida Vale Studios.
1. Interview 1
2. Interview 2
3. Same Jeans
4. Up The Junction (Squeeze Cover)
Ripped by the legendary orange pekoe

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The View from the top

Even after the band had departed the stage a crowd chant rang out. ‘The View, The View, The View are on fire,’ seemed to be the general consensus. And I thought such devoted hero worship was the preserve of FA Cup winning football teams.

Now I’m hardly at the point where I could call myself old but The View certainly set about reminding me that rock ‘n’ roll is most definitely a young man’s game.

When I was 18 I got into the standard 18-year-old scrapes but this Dundee fourpiece have already done more than most.
They’ve signed to 1965 Records with the svengali that discovered The Libertines, played support slots with Babyshambles and Primal Scream, had their first single enter the charts at number 15, and, if the rumours are to be believed, they’re going to be the next best thing since, oh, the last next big thing.

So it shouldn’t have been a great surprise to see the maniacal greeting afforded to The View inside a heaving Esquires.
Then again these things don’t happen very often, especially on the first night of a band’s first ever headline tour.
A special mention must go to Fruition, the support band, who keep popping up everywhere in Bedfordshire with their infectious, energetic pop-punk. ‘It’s not right to go down without a good fight,’ went the chorus of ‘Don’t Know (part one),’ refusing to let the headliners take all the glory.

When The View did come on an orgy of boys and girls fell over themselves to reach the front of the stage for the Teenage Fanclub song-smithery of the single ‘Wasted Little DJ’s’.

Every word of ‘Posh Boys’ and ‘Same Jeans’ were sung back at the band. Understandable when you can find them on Myspace. Yet when the same happened with lesser known tracks like ‘The Don’ and ‘Superstar Tradesman’ I started to think I was witnessing something very special indeed.

The good news is that they are returning to Bedford at the end of their tour on October 12 and on this evidence you’d be a fool to miss out. For now though even The View seemed amazed, but you would have to think they should get used to nights like this, and quickly, because for once the rumours may just be true

mk-news 09/08/06

View on Transmission with T-mobile

From Manchester, the music capital of the north, this week's show includes performances from Badly Drawn Boy, The Long Cut, The View, Orson and The Egg. Broadcasts on 11th August 23.35 on Channel 4.

View to a thrill at music event

Dundee band The View are the latest act to be booked for the Belladrum Tartan Heart music festival in the Highlands.
Organisers of the event on 11 and 12 August said the band have been getting extensive airplay on BBC Radio 1.

Also appearing will be The Automatic, whose song Monster was sampled by DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, at Rock Ness at Dores in June.

The Tartan Heart festival is being held at Belladrum Estate, Beauly, Inverness-shire.

The event is expected to draw a crowd of 10,000 people.

A bill of more than 90 acts are expected to appear including Embrace, Echo & The Bunnymen and The Wonder Stuff.

The BBC Radio Scotland Seedlings stage features Highland artistes Jyrojets, the Rites, Shutter, the Now, Galipaygos, Call to Mind, Our Small Capital, The Side, and Stereoglo.

These were among 22 unsigned Scottish acts chosen by BBC Radio Scotland presenters Vic Galloway and Tom Morton and Highlands and Islands Labels out of more than 400 submissions.

Also open to festival goers will be The Miniscule of Sound, which claims to be the smallest nightclub in the world.

'Contact Music' WLD Review

Kicking off like Kings of Leon before evening out into an archetypal Britpop singalong, The View are really doing nothing different to your average pub band. That said, there is just enough melodic invention and neat rhythmical touches to drag this out of the doldrums and earn a tentative place in your listening routine.

Yes it's a bit formulaic, and the way current trends are forming, rather "now", but if that doesn't bother you, then give The View a try.

Ben Davis

Downloads of The Week #2

Noel Gallagher Performing 'Here Comes The Nice" cover by The Small Faces (Video)

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Liam Gallagher Performing 'Carnation" by The Jam (Video)

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The View 'Grans For Tea' Demo by The Jam

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Richard Ashcroft at Carling Academy, Glasgow 08/05/06

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The Who at T In The Park 2006 Performing Baba O'Riley (Video)

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Hundreds of Rare Libertines & Babyshambles Tunes

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New Kids in Town - Sunday Times

Who are they? A Dundee four-piece, one of the first signings to 1965, the label set up by the former Rough Trade A&R maverick James Endeacott. The band blagged their way into a Babyshambles gig in their home town, slipping Pete Doherty a demo and, at a stroke, being taken on as support act. As if that weren’t enough, they then attracted the attention of the former Oasis producer Owen Morris. So far, so lucky. But they deserve it, as their great debut single, Wasted Little DJ’s, demonstrates. A punchy put-down, it eviscerates some celeb disc-spinners/star-chasers (“They told me if I write this song for them/That they would cut my hair for free”) to a thrilling musical collision between sweet pop and raucous discord. Their debut album follows in the autumn.

When’s the record out? Wasted Little DJ’s is released tomorrow.

DAN CAIRNS

VIEW FROM HERE - Sunday Mail

ROCKERS The View have revealed the home town inspiration fuelling their meteoric rise.

The band are named after their local in Dundee and last week took Email on a Tayside tour of their favourite places.

And singer Kyle Falconer told how he feared a sore face after being cornered by a couple of hard men near his home.

But instead of being beaten up, the frontman was told: "We really love your single... it's brilliant."

The song, Wasted Little DJs, has lit the fuse for the band - Kyle, 19, guitarist Pete Reilly, 20, bassist Kieran Webster, 20, and drummer Steve Morrison, 19 - and is released tomorrow.

The buzz for the single is incredible after it was chosen as record of the week by Radio 1's Edith Bowman and playlisted on MTV.

The lads, all from the Dryburgh area of Dundee, took us on a guided tour of their local haunts, including watering hole The Bay View, where they first rehearsed.

They've since been banned after riding a scooter along the bar.

Kieran told me: "Our first band, The Casuals, had a residency at Arbroath caravan park playing Beatles and Oasis covers.

"We also won the talent show at St John's School three years running and spent the £30 prize on a carry-out."

As The View, they played their first gig at The Doghouse bar in Dundee 12 months ago.

Each had steady jobs. Steve was a butcher, Kieran worked in Pizza Hut, Kyle was a brickie and Pete quit an apprenticeship as a joiner.

Pete said: "We write about what we know. One of our best songs is Superstar Tradesman. It's about being told to get a good trade.

"But we didn't want to settle for the norm. We preferred to go all out for something we believed in."

Kieran said: "Giving up our day jobs made us work even harder. We'd be in The Doghouse for 12-hour shifts - rehearsing and writing. Then we'd go across to Lidl supermarket and buy noodles and cheap beer to keep us going."

The result was songs such as Skag Trendy and Comin' Down, which will form the foundation of their first album, Hats Off To The Buskers, to be released in January.

This week The View set off on their first UK tour after supporting Primal Scream, The Kooks and Babyshambles.

It was Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty who gave the lads their big break last September.

Kieran said: "Pete was playing a club in Dundee and I knocked on the window of his tour bus and asked him to listen to our demo.

"I played him Comin' Down. He loved it and played harmonica along with it. He told the promoter he wanted us to open the show."

Doherty gave the CD to James Endicott - the man who steered The Strokes and The Libertines to stardom - and he signed them to new label 1965 Records.

The View have since been compared to The Arctic Monkeys.

But Kyle insisted: "We're nothing like them. All they do is write songs moaning about growing up in Sheffield.

"We celebrate the fact we grew up in the way we did in Dryburgh."

The View - Live @ T Pot 1/8/06

A great version of Face For The Radio

Catch The View On Your Radiowirelessbox

The boys are taking over the airwaves.

They'll be doing a couple of tracks live on Ian Camfield's Xfm London radio show on Tuesday 8th. Also, check 'em out on Zane Lowe on Radio One next Wednesday night (9th August). The band did a session at Maida Vale for Zane, plus an interview.

BBC 6 Music will be airing a different track from The View's session for them every night next week. Plus, listen out to hear the boys on The Edge with Steve Harris on Virgin Radio on 12th August.

The View Are On Fire!

NME Big Up The View

A great two page review of The View in this weeks NME and Mani also gives hisp opinion on the boys.

The View in Derry

if you want to get a skwatch at the View hitting Northern Ireland late last year then visit this link...

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Forthcoming Tour Dates

AUGUST
09 Bedford - Esquires
10 York - Fibbers
11 Liverpool - Barfly
12 Belladrum - Festival
14 Birmingham - Barfly
15 Cardiff - Barfly
17 Chatham - Tap N Tin
18 Stockton on Tees - KU Bar
19 Sheffield - Plug
22 Belfast - Vital Festival
24 Nottingham - Rescue Rooms (Supporting The Vines)
29 London - Forum (Supporting The Vines)
30 Norwich - Arts Centre

SEPTEMBER
01 Edinburgh - Liquid Rooms
02 Hull - The Welly Club
05 Bristol - Fleece
06 Peterborough - Met Lounge
07 Glasgow - Academy
08 London - Koko (Club NME night)
09 Tunbridge Wells - Forum
11 Wolverhampton - Little Civic
12 Oxford - Zodiac
13 Leeds - Cockpit
14 Wrexham - Centre Station
15 Manchester - Night & Day
17 Preston - 53 Degrees
18 Leicester - Charlotte
19 Cambridge - Soul Tree
20 Aldershot - West End Centre
22 Glasgow - Strathclyde University
23 Ullapool - Loopallu Festival
25 Stornaway - Pointers
26 Inverness - Raigmore
27 Fort William - BA Club
28 Newcastle - Digital (XFM Remix Tour)
29 Paisley - University
30 Edinburgh - Let’s Rock Edinburgh Festival

OCTOBER
03 Stoke - Sugarmill
04 Brighton - Engine Rooms
05 Northampton - Soundhaus
06 Perth - Ice Factory
07 Manchester - The Warehouse Project, Old Brewery
08 Derby - Victoria Inn
10 Nottingham - Social
11 Warwick - University
12 Bedford - Esquires
17 Newcastle - Cluny (Rob Da Bank)
18 London - Kings College
24 Aberdeen - Kef
27 Barnsley - Lucorum

Superstar Tradesman....Video Footage from Campie

This video was filmed at Radio 1 Big Weekend

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