LATEST NEWS

27/7/2010

WILDFLOWERZ TO SUPPORT ONE AND ONLY 

The year was 1991, and the biggest hit of the year was 'the One and Only' by Chesney Hawkes. Chesney will play the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh on 29th October and Glasgows 13th Note on 30th October supported by the Wildflowerz.

17/6/2010

ACOUSTIC TRACKS ON MYSPACE 

To accommodate fan requests for some material, two acoustic rehersal tracks have been added to the Myspace site. The tracks are 'Beautiful Lies' and 'Top of the World'. The band are at long last gearing up to record the debut album over the coming months. myspace address is www.myspace.com/thewildflowerz

3/6/2010

WEEKEND OF FESTIVAL ACTIVITY 

The band return to the stage this weekend with a performance at the Kirkhill Gala on Saturday. They will be onstage at about 1.30pm. Following this, the appear at the Northern Roots Festival at Bogbain on the outskirts of Inverness at about 10pm on the Sunday night.

18/5/2010

TRIBUTE TO RONNIE JAMES DIO 

The sad news was announced on Sunday of the passing of Heavy Rock legend Ronnie James Dio. Famous for fronting bands like Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his own 'Dio', he became a major influence to both Mark Allison and Dave Mackenzie of the Wildflowerz in their formative years. Mark had the privilage of meeting Ronnie after a gig in 1984. "He was very kind and friendly towards us and actually made a big deal that we had travelled from Inverness to see him." Mark recalled.

3/5/2010

EVENTFUL NIGHT RAISING HOSPICE FUNDS 

Sunday evening at the Ceol Mor in Inverness saw an eventful night raise £126 for the Highland Hospice. The event that was arranged last minute in an attempt to raise funds for the charity after the Rock4Life concert was pulled at the last minute. Acts to appear included the Wildflowerz, Dead Grateful and Eric Faulkner. Special thanks goes out to Terry from the Ceol-Mor and Karin from Northbeats.

26/4/2010

BAY CITY ROLLER IN MAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND GIG

With the disappointing news that Rock4Life had been cancelled, one of the acts that was to appear, Eric Faulkner (guitarist with the 1970s Scottish music heroes Bay City Rollers) has now re-scheduled his itinerary to appear at the CEOL-MOR venue in Inverness on Sunday 2nd May. The Wildflowerz will support Eric on this date.

As Rock4Life was originally planned to help raise money for the Highland Hospice, there will be an active drive throughout the evening to raise funds for the charity.

25/4/2010

WILDFLOWERZ DOCUMENTARY ONLINE

To see how not to tour, go to the video page to see the homegrown movie made by guitarist Mufasa.

25/4/2010

WILDFLOWERZ TO PLAY NORTHERN ROOTS

The band will play the Sunday evening slot at the Northern Roots Festival on June 6th which will follow an outdoor performance at the Kirkhill Gala on the Saturday afternoon. Both performances will be acoustic.

10/4/2010

LUKA BECOMES RICH UNCLE

Original Wildflowerz bassist and continued supporter Luka Szczepanik has recently joined a new emerging super group on the Sydney music scene. Rich Uncle Skeleton have just released their debut album and will be heading to Europe this summer to play festivals in Poland and the Czech Repbulic, with a planned stop off in Glasgow (watch this space for more details). To find out more on the band, go to their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/richuncleskeletonband

1/4/2010

SENSATIONAL MIRACLE HAIR GROWTH ON BASSIST 

The usually bare heeded Wildflowerz bassist Joe Macrae could hardly believe his eyes earlier today when he found that a chemical reaction of Sweetheart Stout along with baby oil and whipped cream all rubbed in to his scalp with a 'Rampant Rabbit' (see Ann Summers) caused an overnight sensational hair growth. Joe was not willing to divulge anymore, but it is believed that rapid hair growth was not isolated to his head, he would neither confirm or deny this when asked. Although it is thought to be short lived, the bassist will wear his temporary Jackson 5 look with pride!

25/3/201

Award winning photographer 'Fishbones' 

Photographer Fishbones Glover was on hand to take some great shots of the band while they performed an acoustic set at Oran Mor in Glasgow. You can see all the images and others on Fishbones site by going to the link below

http://meandmydesire.fotopic.net/c1824143.html

16/3/201

Wildflowerz back in studio

After the successful run of dates with Nik Kershaw, the band have returned to recording and hope to have some material available soon which will co-incide with the announcement of more dates later in the year.

9/3/2010

Wildflowerz complete Nik Kershaw dates

The band have completed their two dates with Nik Kershaw in Strathpeffer and Oran Mor in Glasgow. Both gigs were a great success and new fans were won by the band in both venues. Nik was superb and a joy to work with.

photography © Fishbone Glover 

22/2/2010

Wildflowerz on twitter

The Wildflowerz have joined up on the social interaction site twitter. Follow 'the twits!!" at  http://twitter.com/thewildflowerz.

15/2/2010

Warm up gig at the Bothy

The band will perform an acoustic set at the Bothy (top floor of Hootenannys) in Inverness on Saturday 27th Feb at 11pm.

4/2/2010

Joe comes out of retirement-Luka heading back to Poland

With news that Luka is to rejoin one of his original Polish bands 'the Promotory' in May from his current base in Australia, the Wildflowerz have persuaded John 'Joe' Macrae, a former rythm partner of drummer Dave from his schooldays to plug in his bass and come out of his self-imposed retirement and help underpin the Wildflowerz rythm section.

17/11/2009

Nik Kershaw Scottish Tour confirmed

The new look 'Wildflowerz' with new singer Helena Stewart (pictured below) will hit the road with Nik Kershaw in March 2010 for two dates doing an acoustic set. The band will play at the Pavilion in Strathpeffer and Oran Mor in Glasgow.

The band continue to record the new album with the intention of having the first digital download single available at the start of the new year.

3/8/2009

New Beginnings

After a six month delay due to personnel changes etc, recording of the debut 'Wildflowerz' album has begun. At this stage the album will be produced by the band throughout although depending on timescales and budgets that may change.

The band have recruited a new singer (keep an eye on this page for further news) and are hoping to record ten songs including a new updated version of 'Beautiful Lies'. Mark said: " The first studio recording was rushed so we had some product to promote a live performance. We now have the time to make the song as good as it can be."

Bass player Luka is still committed to projects in Australia and is unlikely to return to the band, although with modern digital technology, he may still record the bass parts from his current Sydney home.

27/5/2009

Sarah jumps ship

We can officialy announce that singer Sarah Mackay has departed the band to pursue a career in the cabaret industry. She is currently working onboard a cruise ship in the Mediteranean. We wish her all the best with her future.

The band are currently writing their album which will reflect a heavier sound in the light of Ms Mackays departure.

12/3/2009

Wildflowerz on itunes

You can now buy 'Beautiful Lies' and a live version of 'Brand New Day' from the worlds biggest digital store itunes. Prices are the usual 79p per song.

24/1/2009

Mark designs new Sound Allowed cover

Mark has designed the new sleeve for Polish band Sound Alloweds next album (Lukas band) called 'The Pursuit of Solitude' which will be released later this year. (Go to Lukas links on links page to get more information).

20/1/2009

Daves Movie Music

Wildflowerz guitarist Dave Mackenzie has an ambition to write music for the big screen and with the release on YouTube of short indie film by young Inverness film maker Andrew Doig 'The Electric Sun' he has had his wish. Dave wrote all the pieces for the short. Look out for more in the future, today YouTube tomorrow Hollywood!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFWlU0vozC0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wSTAw9ESK8&feature=related

5/1/2009

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone! The band are currently preparing for recording of their debut album and hope to see you at a venue near you later in the year.

20/12/2008

Myspace Launched

Work has been going on behind the scenes on the Wildflowerz 'Myspace' and today it has been put online ready for a proper launch in the New Year. You can hear the demo of 'Beautiful Lies'.

Go and check it out so far at

http://www.myspace.com/thewildflowerz

15/12/2008

Album Update

The band are currently penning their debut album which will be released on the ElectricElk label in 2009 in a downloadable format.

There will be ten original tracks on the album which the band hope to start playing live to audiences in May 2009.

Bass player Luka is currently playing in Australia with his 'other band' Sound Allowed and will be rejoining the Wildflowerz fold at the end of January when rehearsals for the album and live dates will commence.