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The Story So Far...
Early days
Joe and Dan form
part of their first band called Wind Bubble, which featured
Joe on the drums! There first gig at a pub outside of
Eastbourne was deemed 'wet Fart' by the Landlord!
Joe moved onto play
the keyboard for acid Jazz band Radio Jim, fellows band
members included Matt Knight and Rob Green.
1997
| Joe, Dan, Matt and
Rob meet in Sullivan's Pub, Eastbourne, shortly after the
demise of Radio Jim and formed Toploader that night!
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Julian joins
Toploader after another guitarist leaves for college. The
final line-up is formed! |
1998
| March- S2 sign
Toploader!! A day that Joe spent throwing up in the toilets
due to a hangover and nerves! |
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Toploader record
their first Cd, a album sampler consisting of four tracks;
High Flying Bird, Summer Cycle, Only For A While and Sub Love
(Demo Version) Just 800 were pressed! |
1999
| After seeing them
play Paul Weller asks them to support him on his '99 tour. |
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10th May - Limited
edition single 'Achilles Heel' released. Chris Evans loves it and
so invites them to play on TFI Friday, there television debut! |
| Incessant touring
including, The Kosovo Benifit Gig alongside Travis and The
Stereophonics, Glastonbury and The Reading Festival. |
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23rd August - 'Let
The People Know' single is released |
2000
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21st February -
'Dancing In The Moonlight' single is released, it remains in
the top 40 for a month. |
| 26th February -
Toploader play at the launch party for The Brit Awards, and
find out that they have been nominated for four Brit Awards; Best British Band, Best
Newcomer, Best British Single for 'Dancing In The Moonlight',
and Best British Video for 'Dancing In The Moonlight'. |
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1st May - 'Achilles
Heel' single is fully released, goes straight into the charts
at No:8!! |
| 22nd May - 'Onka's
Big Moka' Toploader's debut album is released, climbs to No:5,
and reaches Gold Status after just two weeks! |
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More touring with
Paul Weller over the summertime, play at venues including: The
Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury, T In The park and several
European Festivals. |
| The lads support Bon Jovi
and play to half a million in packed out stadiums, they become the last
British band to play at Wembley! |
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21st August - 'Just
Hold On' is released. |
| 26th September -
The Lads headline along side Reef at a one off gig at the
millennium dome |
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The lads kick off their first major tour of the UK, all venues completely sell out! |
| 13th November -
'Dancing In The Moonlight' is re-released, stays in the charts
for four months!! |
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Toploader win Best
Pop Artist's Website Award from the first ever UK Online Music
Awards. |
| Sign a lucrative
deal with Sainsbury's, creating even more exposure for
'Dancing In The Moonlight', the lads now have a huge hit on
their hands! |
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2001
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February - Robbie
Williams personally asks the Loader if they would support him
on his European tour, which they do!
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| 9th April - 'Only
for a while' is released. |
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2002
| Still ever popular
'Dancing In The Moonlight' is far from forgotten more than a
year after it's release, Darius 'Can you feel the love' Danesh
cover's the song on Pop Idol, unfortunately this leads to his
departure from the show! |
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Late February the
lads fly over to Los Angeles, California to begin recording
their second album at The Cello Studios, in the same room the
beach boys recorded 'Pet Sounds'. |
| All is quiet on the
Loader front until June when news starts to surface about a new
single called 'Time Of My Life' which is to be released on July 29th. |
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Toploader Host
three exclusive gigs in Hotels in Glasgow, Manchester and
London to preview their second album 'At The Magic Hotel',
rumoured to be named after the Hotel the Lads stayed in whilst
recording the album. |
| The release dates
for the single and album are changed, the single to be
released on 5th August and the album on 19th August. |
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Toploader announce
a huge 43 date UK tour. |
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