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mean feat for any UK band, let alone one legendary names listed in the opening to enjoy in 2017, but some equally impres-
with such a short history, and their biggest paragraph. They were there to see Raven- sive festival appearances, not just in the UK
UK headline tour to date, the latter boasting Eye. And they loved every second of it. but appearances which took them around
more than one sold out audience as well as And so did the band. And with work al- the world.
what frontman and guitarist Oli Brown ready underway on the follow up to ‘Nova’ Oli tells Black Velvet, “We treat every
called “hands down, the best gig of our and some interesting new plans now un- show we do with the same principal,
lives” at London’s Dingwalls in Camden. folding designed to help them further im- whether it be a small room in front of five
Given the shows they have played in prove their relationship with their audience, people and their dog or a huge arena with
the last year or so, this is quite some claim it’s almost guaranteed their fan base is 25,000 people. You treat all the gigs the
that performing to around 500 fans in one poised to get only greater, so it’s no sur- same and I think we just go with the same
of the capital’s more modest venues out- prise that when Black Velvet sits down to ethic, there is just a bit more space to walk
ranked some of the larger shows we’ve al- chat to the band they are in hugely high around at those big shows!”
ready mentioned, but it’s not a claim spirits. Joining Oli with Black Velvet is fel- Oli continues, “We’re here for music
anyone at the show, or who has watched low founder Raven and bassist Aaron fans at the end of the day. Rock is so di-
one of the many fan videos on YouTube Spiers and Adam Breeze who joined the verse now it is hard to say “We’re a rock
from the night, will doubt. On that evening ranks in 2016 on drums. band” because people then ask, “Well,
they didn’t just play in front of around 500 what kind of rock band?” I think people
fans, they played in front of around 500 of s mentioned, it wasn’t just lofty who just enjoy music and enjoy going to a
THEIR fans, fans not there to see one of the Asupport shows that RavenEye got live show, that’s wicked and that is kind of

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