Trevor here with the latest Escape Club News, some exciting, some sad.

GIGS

A Summer Tour of the USA starts on August 23^rd in San Diego. Hope to see some of you there.

NEW MERCH

We have two new T-Shirt designs. Anyone wearing one at the gigs will get a special thank you from me !

They’re only available in the US store at the moment but we’ll have them up on the UK store soon.

JOHNNIE CHRISTO

Our beloved bassist, Johnnie passed away in July after a long battle with cancer. I knew it was coming but even so it’s been hard to accept. I spoke to him a couple of days before he died and his last request was that I sing ‘I’ll be There’ at his funeral. I of course said yes but secretly thought ‘thanks mate, how do you think I’m going to get through it without cracking up.’ He sensed my reticence and said to ask Joe Bailey to help on guitar and harmony vocals. 

I’m pleased to say that when the sad day came, Joe propped me up with guitar and harmonies and we managed to sing it without faltering. It was good that we could bring some live music to remember him by and honour his request.

I’ll always miss him x

UK GIG

Johnnie’s final gig at the Corn Exchange in Hertford was everything he’d hoped it would be. It was a magical night and fans from all over the UK came to celebrate. We have a recording from the desk and I’m working on mixing a live album which will come out later on this year. Johnnie asked me to thank everyone who came to make his last gig so special. Charlotte, his daughter told me that he was listening to the recording during his last days on our planet.

To give you a taste of things to come, here’s a link to ‘Freedom’ from that gig.

Trevor here with our latest news.

GIGS

November 7^th 2023. The Sands Rocks, Cancun, Mexico. I’ll be playing with The Reflexx who will be my backing band.

November 17^th 2023. With The Reflexx again at their gig in Huntington Beach C.A. 

March 2024 The 80’s Cruise leaving from Port Canaveral, Florida. I’ll be joined by a guest guitarist and Ian Curnow, legendary keyboard player from the band, Talk Talk. He’s an old friend and used to be in one of our earlier incarnations, Mad Shadows. We may even play a couple of Talk Talk songs.

And another one on April 2024 –at  a secret location in Canada! Then more Escape Club gigs hopefully in 2024

New Song!

We were approached by a Korean label to make a recording of a song that was a hit there in the early Nineties. With a bit of a re-arrange / re-lyric, we turned it into an Escape Club song. Johnny Christo and I recorded it with Ian Curnow and we’re very happy with the results. It’s called, ‘The Song of Our Lives’ and will be available from November 6^th on all streaming services.  Get a preview here

SOCIAL MEDIA – AAArgh

Some of you are probably aware that our Facebook page got hacked. I’m still trying to get it back but in the meantime, I’ve opened my personal Facebook profile to public. If you’re still using Facebook, please come here for all Escape Club news. We’ll be concentrating more on Instagram  and Youtube. so look there for updates. I’m even thinking of making a Tic Tok appearance so maybe see you there.

Well, that’s it for now. The band remains fluid with members of The Escape Club joining me now and then. As we live all over the planet, it’s hard to be together all the time. I’ll always be singing though so come and say ‘hi’ if you’re at one of our gigs.

Trevor

We really enjoyed playing for the virtual gig, ‘Back to the Basement’ with Abducted by the 80s. Close to $5,000 raised for Direct Relief so far. The abducted by the 80’s store is staying open for merch and donations. Thanks to everyone who watched and took part.
Our performance this time was Trevor and Johnnie in Johnnie’s back garden. Hopefully next time will be a full gig with the whole band – hope to see you there when that day comes!

JUNE 13th 2020 We’re being abducted by the 80’s

The 80’s virtual event of the Summer! We’re pleased to announce that along with some of our 80’s friends we’ll be doing a home performance for you. All money raised will go to Direct Relief. Put it in your diaries if you want to be abducted by the 80’s with us.

Please make sure to you go to the abducted by the 80’s facebook page to like and follow the event. Also go to abductedbythe80s.com and enter your name in the mailing list to be automatically registered for the chance to win prizes from the bands in the show.

Live from home performances from A Flock Of Seagulls, Wang Chung, Cutting Crew,  Naked Eyes, Animotion, The Escape Club, Nu Shooz, Annabella, Spoons. FarringtonMann-The Promise, The Vapors and more. Special guest appearances from Tiffany, Downtown Julie Brown and Richard Blade.

June the 13th – put it in your diary to see us performing from home along with some of the friends we met on tour last year and still more yet to be announced.

We’re sad to announce that because of the recent Covid-19 outbreak we have to cancel our gig at Nells on June 27th.

This won’t come as a surprise we’re sure. The U.K Government quite rightly aren’t letting venues open just yet and none of us want to mingle with lots of other people potentially spreading the virus.

We’re in talks with the venue at the moment regarding the tickets a lot of you have already bought. We’d like you to be able to get your money back so we are hopeful that we’ll be able to cancel rather than postpone. Golden tickets we will refund via paypal.

It will be difficult to arrange another gig straight away. As many of you know, the band is spread all over the planet so getting a window of opportunity when we can all be together in London again will be challenging.

Watch this space for more news and keep safe out there.