Also, the official Freeloaders website has had a redesign, and is now promoting their first download single, being released 20th February 2005, and the site also mentions ringtones being made available for download too.

31st October 2004 - A review of the Silver Bear Concert can be found in the Freeloaders Gigs section, including a few very fuzzy pictures...

11th September 2004 - Some reviews of Nigel's latest Look North Music Biz peices can now be found in the Gigs section.

7th August 2004 - A review of The Freeloaders debut ablum, THE BEGINin Sheffield, has now been added to the 'shop' section. It includes a full track listing. I have also added a new verse to the 'Tracks' poem, so it now includes all the track titles from the single and the album.

6th August 2004 - A review of The Freeloaders Deep End gig in Sheffield last night can now be found in the gigs section. I have a copy of their album, so will add a review of that soon.

22nd July 2004 - A new crossword has been added to the fun section. Also, a new merchant has been added to the site, Musicroom. They sell music books, tutorials, sheet music and accessories, for a wide variety of instruments.

17th July 2004 - The Freeloaders on Tour this summer!!! Information on a couple of gigs have been added to The Freeloaders gigs page in the gigs section. Hints at more dates to come...... I'll add any more confirmed dates when I find out about them!

Also, they have confirmed that they intend to perform at The Silver Bear Concert in October at The Clapham Grand in London. Information can be found as above, on The Freeloaders gigs page.

And lastly, I have tested the Feedback Form, and it appears to work okay, so if you want to share your thoughts on this site with me, feel free to give it a try.

27th June 2004 - I have now finished adding the new navigation bar, and tidying up the pages, so they should all look the same at the top and the bottom now!! I have also added a little review of Alistair Griffin's debut album to the FA Shop section. A feedback form has been added, but is still in the experimental stage, if it works I'Il keep it, if not I'll have to go back to the drawing board...

Also, since the previous update, I have added a new , and exclusive, graphic to the Lizzie Lake's World MakeMyMegastore. It's an artsy picture featuring 16 images of Nigel in different colours . It's should be large enough for a reasonable A3 print, and as it has a white background, it should look pretty good on t-shirts etc. I have also added pre-prepared products for a canvas tote bag and an umbrella, so there is lots to choose from. If there is a product you would like, but can't figure out how to get the images onto them, then feel free to drop me an email and I'll do what I can to help. Pre-prepared products can be found under the 'shop' heading after going to the Lizzie Lake's World MakeMyMegastore site.

24th June 2004 - A new shop is now available through MakeMyMegastore. It includes some extra Rocky merchandise aswell as a few other items exclusive to this site. Plus a few more merchants have been added to the Merchant Review page.

17th May 2004 - I have added a new poem to the poetry section, entitled Tracks. The point of the poem is to include two or three of Nigel's self penned track titles in each verse, therefore it could all get rather weird and confusing, and is an ongoing piece.

I still haven't heard any news with regards gigs, or any other progress,..... fingers crossed for something positive soon !

26th April 2004 - I'm gradually adding the new nav bar, and tidying up a few pages. There is now a crossword section via the fun pages. ...if you can't access the JavaScript nav bar below the header, there is a plain text navigation at the bottom of every page!

29th March 2004 - There's not been much activity recently.... The latest on the site is the introduction of a Rocky the Rock Star store to help towards the running costs of this site. More details can be found here.

There's been no news from Nigel. I will try to find out if any more gigs have been booked.....

I've got so much work to do on this site.... I think it's spring, I've got the re-organising bug.... I shall be playing with writing my own javascript navigation bar, oh joy, oh fun, run for the hills..... I will test it before using it!

30th January 2004 - Nigel and David Sneddon were on Radio Ulster recently, invited by Malachi Cush, who was hosting the Just Jones show for a couple of weeks. There is a review of the shows on the postingboard, and in the gigs section. The most important thing to mention here is an announcement that Nigel made with regards to his new band :

The Freeloaders will be touring from March 2004, with a gig booked in Manchester on the 11th March thus far.

Keep an eye out for more information on upcoming gigs :-) I hope he manages to get a venue somewhere near to me....

I have also finally updated the Look North page, so that is now complete. And an off-site quiz has been added to the quiz page, which offers the opportunity to enter some prize draws. The one I've linked to is the Music quiz, but there are other subjects too. The only downside to those quizzes is that you get bombarded with advertising. They're quite good fun all the same.

2nd January 2004 - Happy New Year - A few new links have been added to the 'Other FA Artists' merchandise page.

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