The Enemy Video Banned From Music Channels

The Enemy have been banned from certain UK music channels as the networks pulled the plug on 'No Time For Tears' (as reported on The Enemy Coventry Blog by robmacca).

The video concept was directed by Rankin & Chris Cottam who encased the band in a box, where they have to face waves of well hard, good old British hate – plus the odd moment of adulation. A thoughtful concept to reflect the song’s stoic, ‘take it like a man’ theme of which music channels have missed the point and decided to 'ban' The Enemy's video from some of their programmes.

This weeks Official UK Top 40 chart show omitted the video and announced it would not be shown because it was "not suitable for the whole family." The Enemy entered the UK charts at number 16 on Sunday and release their new album 'Music For The People' on April 27.

The Enemy Latest News Updates:

21/04/09: NEWS - The Enemy Video Banned From Music Channels
20/04/09: NEWS - The Enemy Competition
20/04/09: NEWS - No Time For Tears Sales Figures
19/04/09: PRESS - Observer - Review Of Music For The People
18/04/09: INTERVIEWS - The Sun - Interview With Tom Clarke
17/04/09: INTERVIEWS - Coventry Telegraph - The World According To The Enemy
16/04/09: GIGS - The Enemy @ HMV Coventry Videos
16/04/09: INTERVIEWS - BBC - The Enemy Newsbeat Interview
16/04/09: PRESS - Music Vice - The Enemy Brixton Gig Review For Music Vice
16/04/09: PRESS - The Sun - Enemy Headline Opening Camden Crawl
15/04/09: INTERVIEWS - Live Music Scene - Interview With The Enemy
15/04/09: PRESS - Coventry Telegraph - The Enemy Frontman Tom Clarke To Take Part In Gumball Rally
15/04/09: INTERVIEWS - Independent.ie - Q & A With Tom Clarke
14/04/09: PRESS - Guardian - Review of Brixton Gig
14/04/09: PRESS - The Sun - Tom Buys Jag In Honour Of His Grandad
13/04/09: PRESS - The Sun - NTFT Single of the Week
13/04/09: YOUR PICS - Lauren's Brixton Gig Pictures
13/04/09: PRESS - NME.COM - The Enemy Join Camden Crawl

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The Enemy: Best Rock Act 2007

The Enemy (*picture Darren Cresswell photography)

The Enemy have been awarded "Best Rock Act" of 2007 in today's Daily Mirror, thanks to the 3AM showbiz column. The newspaper commented on The Enemy saying:

After hot sets at Glastonbury and T In The Park, we rushed out to buy their
debut album. They say: "We're really impressed with our gong, it wasn't
expected!"

This comes hot on the heals of the Daily Star awarding The Enemy runner up in it's "Album of the Year" award with Playlist saying:

Gobby? Check. Songs to spill your pint to while you bounce around to them?
Check. Surprise mid-tempo to reel in a grown-up audience? Check. Coventry’s The
Enemy first graced the Daily Star before the ink had dried on their record deal
and a demo CD made its way into my hands.

From the early cut of 40 Days
and 40 Nights, their limited edition debut, they screamed with hit potential.
After gigging their way around the country 10 times over, the trio picked up a
loyal following and songs like Had Enough and Away From Here became festival
favourites.

Indeed 2007 has been a spectacular year for Tom Clarke, Liam Watts and Andy Hopkins as they put Coventry firmly back on the music map. The Enemy spent the whole year touring and working hard to bring real music to the masses. Finally the lads get their well deserved rest over the Christmas period but the new year promises to be busy as The Enemy spend time in the studio working on their second album before jetting off to Europe to tour once again.

The Enemy have enjoyed chart success with their number one album, "We'll Live And Die In These Towns", which has remained in the UK Top 100 Album Chart since it's release in June and produced four Top 30 hits during 2007. The next single "Your Song" promises to be a bit different as The Enemy are giving fans an opportunity to remix the song and produce a B-side when the single is released in early 2008.

How to enter:

Click the links below to download the parts and send your finished remixes to The Enemy by January 10th 2008. The winning remix will be chosen by Tom and released as the B-Side for The Enemy’s next single, ‘This Song Is About You’.

You can either email a YouSendIt link (for more info go to www.yousendit.com) or an MP3 to:

theenemy@hotmail.co.uk

Or post a CD, clearly marked 'The Enemy Remix Comp', to:
Digital Department, Warner Bros Records, 12 Lancer Square, London, W8 4EH
Please include your name and a daytime contact number with your entry.

Parts:

Acoustic Guitars

Backing Vocals

BassDrums

Electric Guitars

Guitar Bits

Horns 1

Horns 2

Keys 1

Keys 2

Kick Drum

Layered Vocal

PianoSnare


You can catch the video "This Song" live, as captured in front the Birmingham crowd in October 2007:

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The Enemy: Ricoh Coventry - Review and Videos

The Enemy put on a solid performance at the sold out Ricoh Arena (Jaguar Hall) in Coventry this weekend. The 8,000 who turned up for the gig were treated to lively support bands (Lowline and Boy Kill Boy), good DJ mixing and a night to remember when The Enemy took to the stage.

Coventry can be proud of Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts - three normal lads who stood up and believed in something better than a 9 to 5 job on a minimum wage. They had the self belief that they could make it as a band and thanks to people like John Dawkins, Stiff Records and their families, The Enemy became a force to be reckoned with.

In two years they have gone from playing small pubs, to supporting big bands , to headlining their own tour. Then coming back and doing even bigger venues, as well as six nights at the Astoria in London. Yet they never forget their roots - three working class lads from Coventry. The Coventry City Football Club flag draped on stage with a Union Jack the other side, not just symbols on stage but a heart felt love for all that is Coventry, all that is life in a country where jobs are shipped abroad and skilled workers laid to rest on the scrap heap of industrial waste.

Crowded inside the venue were young men and women who could identify with the music and the message that The Enemy bring. This is why they could join in unison during "You're Not Alone" "This Song" and "We'll Live And Die In These Towns". All the songs have become anthems for a new generation, an army of young people searching for something better than the mundane jobs on offer in a supermarket city.

Tom Clarke was eager to engage the audience, you could tell this was a 20 year old who loved being home once again in Coventry. Critics had tried to say Tom didn't talk enough during the gigs, but tonight he wanted the gig to continue until 6am. Sadly, time was not on his side but the whole arena was and throughout every song they bellowed out as one voice singing with him. For many the gig will be their personal highlight of the year. The Enemy have a summer of festivals ahead, yet rest assured they will not forget Coventry.

Here are a selection of videos featuring The Enemy @ the Ricoh Coventry:


The Enemy - Pressure @ Coventry Ricoh (Jaguar Hall)


The Enemy - Technodanceaphobic @ Coventry Ricoh (Jaguar Hall)


The Enemy - We'll Live And Die In These Towns @ Coventry Ricoh (Jaguar Hall)


The Enemy - This Song @ Coventry Ricoh (Jaguar Hall)


The Enemy - Away From Here @ Coventry Ricoh (Jaguar Hall)


The Enemy - God Save The Queen @ Coventry Ricoh (Jaguar Hall)


The Enemy - You're Not Alone @ Coventry Ricoh (Jaguar Hall)


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The Enemy: Birmingham Carling Academy

Max and robmacca holding up Max's new Enemy poster

The Enemy gave the Coventry faithful another night to remember at Birmingham Carling Academy with yet another stunning performance as Andy Hopkins braved his illness to make it to the gig. The Wombats sadly couldn't say the same as they had to pull out due to "unforeseen circumstances" but Lethal Bizzle and his crew put on a cracking warm up and were warmly received by the crowds.

I had a good view of the crowds from the balcony and can honestly say - everyone was up for a good night. Long after the gig was finished the singing and chanting continued as several thousand fans streamed out of the Carling Academy and back home to Coventry. The New Street train station must have resembled a post football match scene when fans filled the platform. These fans tonight were celebrating another victory - for The Enemy.

Rob, Max and robmacca enjoying The Enemy gig in Birmingham

The Enemy kicked off their show with "Away From Here", so it was no messing about - just straight into an anthem. The crowds loved it as plenty of plastic lager glasses made it to the stage and the whole crowd danced, sang along and partied like it was a New Year party! The videos captured the scene quite well and can be seen at: http://www.theenemy.eu/gigvideos.aspx .

Tom Clarke asks "How the fuck is it going Birmingham?" to which the crowds respond with cheers and shouts, then The Enemy launch into "40 Days and 40 Nights". It was hard to define where the mosh pit started or finished because so many in the crowd were dancing. The press and photographers must have got a few good pictures during "Pressure" with lots of flashing lights and egar supporters. For "Technodanceaphobic", Tom said he wanted to see the "whole fucking room" dance to it and he got his wish because we all went mental! By "Had Enough", everyone was singing along. Could the Saturday crowd out do the Sunday crowd for "Aggro"? Well, by the looks of the video the Saturday crowd put on a good show with lots of crowd surfing to keep security busy at the front.

A funky and fancy introduction to "This Song" calmed things down a little as the alcohol kicked in and my vision became some what blurry but about 1:38 seconds into the song the Coventry faithful were back on fine singing form. Making up for the blurred video I'd managed to record! Could this be another fine anthem in the making? The clapping supporters certainly think so.

Andy Hopkins jumped from the stage to crowd surf, even though as mentioned earlier, he had been ill in bed the day before so we were lucky he was here at all. That didn't stop the people crowd surfing and "It's Not OK" always guarantees results.

The next song, "You're Not Alone" has always been a special song to Tom Clarke and means a lot to the people of Coventry as well who have witnessed the demise of Peugeot and Royal Mail's determination to ruin postal services in the city. Watching the video through again and it looks like a scene from the miners strike of the 80's as the security separated the band from the crowd. But this crowd were 100% behind The Enemy, so no danger other than possible stage invasions threatened security. Arms were raised in the air as an act of solidarity as Tom, Liam and Andy performed. Another personal song "Happy Birthday Jane" and then finally "We'll Live And Die In These Towns" provided one last chance for everyone to sing-a-long before making a joyful loud exit from the Carling Academy in Birmingham.

A view of the crowd, stage and The Enemy

Finally, why not capture or re-live the atmosphere from the night by watching these crowd videos I recorded:


Crowds straight after The Enemy gig.


Chanting fans at Carling Academy and train station.

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The Enemy: Guardian Interview

The Enemy have been as busy as ever recently as they promoted their single "You're Not Alone" and Iain Aitch from The Guardian newspaper interviewed Tom Clarke, Andy Hopkins and Liam Watts.

'We are not politicians, we are a band," says Tom
Clarke, the singer-guitarist with The Enemy, denying
any position as a spokesman for disaffected teens. "I don't want to be a
part of pointless politics. So many of the problems in England could be easily
resolved. All these blokes in suits with their degrees and God knows what, but
they can't see simple solutions.
"It's like Asbos - that is the
most useless bit of legislation. It is not solving a problem, it is just
labelling someone."

Though Clarke doesn't see himself as a spokesman, his band has a taste for
uncomfortable social issues, which has prompted comparisons to the likes of The Jam and The Specials (a Coventry band,
like The Enemy).
The Enemy's No 1 debut album, We'll
Live and Die in These Towns, deals with unemployment, Friday-night brawls
and social exclusion. Clarke also says that "one of the first songs we wrote
was It's Not Okay, which was the week that Peugeot closed two factories in
Coventry. That is a society thing. What you see at the end of the day is a table
with your mates sitting around it who have got no money because they have no
jobs."

Clarke is talking to me just after the Enemy have played a gig for
inmates at the chapel of Pentonville prison in north London, in support of the Wasted Youth campaign, which raises awareness of the high
suicide rate among young British men. This is a particular problem in prisons
(67 inmates took their lives last year; 59 had already done so this year by the
time the Enemy came to Pentonville).

"The statistics are shocking," says Clarke. "For every
person who dies from taking an E, there are 88 young men who commit suicide, and
suicide is at its highest in prison."
"You can't really appreciate what it's
like until you've been in the cells," says the Enemy's drummer, Liam Watts, who has taken a tour of the prison, which included
being banged up, albeit briefly, with a burly, shaven-headed man - the band's
manager. "That was dead weird," he says.

So how did The Enemy get to the point where they are
considered suitably big names to play awareness-raising gigs for charities (even
if Dirty Pretty Things are headlining)? After all, all three members are still
only 19.

"I think we expected success," says Clarke, who speaks from
the heart rather than from a manifesto. He's like an off-message Billy Bragg or
a Paul Weller less pernickety about his clothes.

"There are a lot of ways of going about success. You can start
wearing trendy clothes and getting yourself in magazines or things like that,
which I would never do. Or you can just go and gig your arse off, which is the
old-fashioned way of doing it. We have pretty much been on tour since October 26
last year. You can prove your worth on the tour circuit."

The tour circuit, this year alone, has taken The Enemy
from the toilet venues, via the summer festivals, to supporting the Rolling Stones the night before they visit Pentonville. The
band have grown in profile to the point where they will be headlining the
5,000-capacity Brixton Academy next month.

Today's gig at Pentonville, however, is rather different. Security is
understandably tight; guests have to present their passports as ID, and mobile
phones are confiscated. As we pass through a series of sliding doors, Clarke
jokes that the security is nearly as extreme as it was backstage at the previous
night's Rolling Stones show.

Walking into the high-ceilinged chapel, we are greeted by rows of
seated prisoners, with prison officers strategically placed around the room.
Media and guests aside, the audience numbers around 100, favouring a mix of
green-and-yellow overalls, prison-issue shirts and box-white Reeboks over skinny
jeans and Converse. A good 40% of the audience is black, and most of the white
inmates sport a number-one crop.

After a brief introduction from the prison's governor, Nick
Leader, The Enemy begin their set with 40 Days and 40
Nights, to a muted response. Given that most of the audience were inside
before the band was formed, it's hardly surprising they don't know the words.
But by halfway through the second chorus, heads are bobbing and feet are
tapping, and at the end of the hit single Away from Here, there are
whoops, yells and applause.
That song was written on the shop floor of the Co-op where Clarke worked as a TV salesman, and its wantaway
sentiments strike a chord. By the end of a breakneck rendition of Had
Enough, the inmates are on their feet.

Backstage, the band are all smiles while Dirty Pretty
Things set up their equipment. "That was easily one of the most
rewarding gigs we have done," says Clarke.
Later, as the band sit and
talk about music, it's not surprising to hear the names that get referenced.

"I discovered the Jam and the Clash through my mum listening to the
same tape over and over when driving me to school," says bassist Andy Hopkins (another former TV salesman). "I have the tape
in my car now. It has The Specials on it, which I didn't
realise I was listening to at the time."


Clarke reckons a key moment for him was finding a box of his parents'
old vinyl in the loft, among which nestled a copy of Led Zeppelin II. There was
something else up there, as well. "I found this old thing that looked like a
big tape player," he says. "I plugged some speakers in and turned it
on. The reel-to-reel tape on there was Sgt Pepper's."

That link to the music of the band's parents' generation means a fair
few forty somethings can be seen standing and nodding at the back of The
Enemy's gigs, including some rather unlikely fans.
"We turned
up to an HMV signing ,and we walked in and the manager goes, 'There's a
policeman in the dressing room waiting to see you,'" says Clarke.

"I thought, 'What the fuck have we done?' So we walk in and
there is this copper there and he takes his hat off and says: 'I was at the
Leicester gig last night, I was crowd surfing.'"
"He's got a few lads at
work wearing the Enemy badges," adds Hopkins. "They're wearing them
underneath their police badges."

In the event that The Enemy find themselves back in
Pentonville for all the wrong reasons, at least they'll have a
get-out-of-jail-free card.

The Enemy's single You're Not Alone is out now. For more on Wasted Youth, see wastedyouthlive.co.uk . Interview from The Guardian.

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The Enemy: Ricoh Arena, Coventry - Sunday Review and Videos

The Enemy surpassed themselves with their final gig at Coventry's Ricoh Arena. As if Saturday's gig hadn't been electrifying enough, Sunday was a nuclear bomb of energy and a room full of dynamite.

I thought the Sunday gig would be calmer or quieter but how wrong I was! Although the crowds were timid to begin with, it didn't take long until the party was fully going. The first support act consisted of most of the Specials including Neville Staple, which treated the Coventry crowds to ska classics like "A Message To You Rudy", "Ghost Town" and many more (Watch the videos: HERE). While the older members of the audience (and those with discerning taste) lapped up the sound of two-tone, the new generation were more into Boy Kill Boy and the Displacements as support acts for The Enemy.

Coventry grew restless as 9pm approached and the bottle battle commenced for a second night at the Jaguar Hall. Football chants and pushing kept everyone entertained, one brave young man climbed on a friends shoulders - goading the throng to throw bottles and cans at him. He wasn't disappointed as bottles hurtled towards him in vast numbers.

The Enemy rock the Ricoh!

The reason another 8,000 people had turned out in the snowy weather was solely this - The Enemy. From the moment they entered the stage until the moment they left, everyone gave 100%. The audience fuelled and ready to dance, sing and celebrate - the band were home and proud of Coventry. Fast moving songs like "Away From Here" "Technodanceaphobic" and "Pressure" meant no time to stand still and be an observer, it was dance or be crushed! Other songs slowed it down, "Sing When You're In Love" and "Happy Birthday Jane" - giving you a chance to cool down for a few minutes. Then everyone would leave with the anthem tunes of "This Song Is About You" and "We'll Live And Die In These Towns" ringing inside their heads for days to come. Arms waving and crowd surfing was the order of the night as The Enemy delivered an ever maturing set.

Here are a selection of videos from Sunday 6th gig:

The Enemy - "Sing When You're In Love" - Ricoh Arena, Coventry



The Enemy - "We'll Live And Die In These Towns" - Ricoh Arena, Coventry



The Enemy - "This Song" - Ricoh Arena, Coventry



The Enemy - "40 Days And 40 Nights" - Ricoh Arena, Coventry



The Enemy - "It's Not OK" - Ricoh Arena, Coventry

Saturday's videos can be seen: HERE

Coventry Telegraph pictures.

Wound from the "bottle battle"


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The Enemy - Carling Academy, Birmingham

The Enemy are going from strength to strength as the latest gig showed at Birmingham's Carling Academy. The lads put on a slick, tight show that kept the fans wanting more as the sweat poured down their topless bodies.

Tom (left), Liam (back) and Andy (right)




Escobar on stage

Right from when Escobar came on stage just after 7 pm, the crowd were vocal and supportive and were enjoying countless crowd surfing exercises during the course of the evening. Security were on hand to help in a friendly way, lifting each surfer to safety. It was more like a football match with the vast majority of the 3,000 crowd having braved the bad weather to come over from Coventry and show their support to the three lads who have helped put Coventry back on the music map. The other support act were the Harrisons - both bands providing a good warm up sound for The Enemy to swagger on stage too.

Family and friends of Tom, Andy and Liam were close by in the V.I.P area, even Andy was able to pop in and have a chat - without getting mobbed by fans. This is where the band are at the moment, still on the verge of becoming really big and yet still able to walk around without being surrounded by security. Even from this balcony area the V.I.P crew showed how it should be done by partying away through each song and chanting the odd "Coventry" here and there!


The Enemy seem to have tapped into a new generation of music lovers with their songs about working class life and fighting the system. Such tracks as "Had Enough" and "It's Not OK" seem to go further than Oasis ever did, in talking about the life of ordinary working class people. This is part of the appeal of The Enemy at the moment, they sing about real issues that affect real lives - no gloss, no bullshit just hard hitting lyrics that the audience can relate too.




VIDEOS:



The Enemy - "Away From Here"


The Enemy - "It's Not OK"


The Enemy - "Had Enough" (clip)


The Enemy - "We'll Live And Die In These Towns"

The Enemy - "40 Days and 40 Nights"


The Enemy - "Pressure"

Another sleepless night for robmacca!

robmacca: Review of the Year 2007

January 2007:

It was a month of on/off press reports about the Spice Girls reforming with Emma Bunton saying she would love a reunion - yet in January 2007 it looked like the most we would ever get would be a one off charity gig, not a full scale tour. How things changed during 2007!

January was a very Spicey month on "robmacca's entertainment news" as news of the Beckham's topping UK Glamour magazine "Best Dressed" list (David 1st and Victoria 2nd). We posted quite a revealing picture of Victoria asking, "Can Posh make it big in LA?" Victoria and Geri were pictured together in London ice skating while Emma Bunton and Melanie C were still doing solo records.

Apart from the Spice Girls reunion talk, the ITV digital Monkey made a welcome return to TV thanks to PG Tips adverts and robmacca launched an official MySpace finally.

February 2007:

Hormones must have been high during February's blogs because robmaccaEXTRA posted "that" naked picture of Daniel Radcliffe from the West End play "Equss" and reported that Channel 4 were going to cancel it's "Wank Week" after the channel was under the spotlight for it's Big Brother rascism outburst. Coventry also topped a sex survey just to round off a rather sexy month!

Coventry band The Enemy first featured on this blog in February with robmacca saying: "I fully recommend getting on the band wagon NOW", which is what happened during 2007 as the band became massive in the UK. The Brit Awards was fully covered here and a great night for the Arctic Monkeys and Amy Winehouse. Brits also did well over in America at the Oscars as Helen Mirram scoped awards for her role as The Queen (as well as at the BAFTA's). More talk of a Spice Girls reunion in late 2007 and reports of the Beckham's £10m TV deal.

March 2007:

Posh went blonde, Britney went bold and robmacca went crazy about The Ripps in March.

Girls Aloud singer, Sarah Harding got her kit off again for the Ultimo underwear collection to warm the pants of almost every teenage boy in the UK! Then Melanie C got all sexy in her new photoshoot and dressed in black pvc for the "I Want Candy" video.

robmacca followed The Ripps over to Leamington for the launch of their single "Loco" and gave the single 10 out of 10, then took a nice cold bath when a report said it hot baths were reducung sperm levels.

April 2007:

April was music month as The Enemy celebrated their first Top 10 hit with "Away From Here" and a home coming gig at Coventry's Colosseum and a signing at HMV. The Ripps were also busy putting Coventry on the map performing at Warwick Student Union with The Switches and White Light Parade.

Geri unites the Spice Girls at her daughters christening, Posh gets too posh, Mel B has a baby daughter, Mel C releases another new video and album and Sarah Harding once again gets sexy in 15 brand new pictures.

robmacca got in the local newspaper and got experimental in videos, as well as making a serious video about Royal Mail.

May 2007:

The Ripps "I love Cov" t-shirts became the latest addition at making Coventry cool in music and Patch, Raul and Rachel spent yet another month touring the country promoting their brand of music. Another local group The Rrrs became the "Band of the Month" and proved they had what it takes live.

robmacca also got to see those hot pop tarts Girls Aloud perform in Birmingham and Marc Almond in London and got to perform on stage in front of about 200 people with Drug For The Good at the Dog and Trumpet.

Eurovision proved to be as crazy as ever and robmacca got international making a video and as well as meeting frieds from around the world in the DenDen meet up.

June 2007:

Another busy month for Coventry band The Ripps as they launched their single "Holiday" at several locations yet Patch Ripp took time out to give robmacca a surprise! The Enemy continued to tour with a mother of all gigs in Birmingham as well as London and the video launch of "Had Enough" and playing Glastonbury with robmacca predicting a Brit Award in 2008.

Other local groups The Rrrs, Half of Nothing and Carter Manoeuvre kept music lovers entertained while on a global scale the Spice Girls dominated the end of the month with their announcement that they were reforming for a World Tour. BBC local radio even interviewed robmacca for two different shows. Girls Aloud Cheryl Cole got in the holiday mood with some beach clothing to make us drool and Sarah Harding showed us her summer underwear!

July 2007:

Coventry's Godiva Festival was the best yet, proving the city was well and truly on the music map. The Enemy performed and then became the first Coventry band to get a #1 UK album. Tom Clarke, Liam Watts and Andy Hopkins also performed a home coming special at HMV and some interesting interviews.

Shakes and Shivers, Patch Ripp, The Rrrs , Half of Nothing and Trash Fashion proved that music can be fun as they put on great live performances. It was our busiest month thanks to the Beckhams "W magazine" sexy photo shoot and the Spice Girls return kept them in the headlines and media. The unseasonal weather inspired some interesting art pictures...........

August 2007:

Lots of new bands to explore on Thursday nights at Kapow! as well as favourites like The Ripps kept music alive during the summer and a good time for them to celebrate Coventry. It was a working holiday for The Enemy in Ibiza before they went to prison and featured on the cover of Blag magazine and performed at the Reading/Leeds Festival. Meanwhile Liam Watts was announced as the new "Keith Moon" by some.

It was a month of pictures as Cheryl Cole showed off her new haircut, Rihanna her swimwear, Andi Peters his torso, Geri on holiday, Zac Efron's stomach, Victoria Beckham showing off her clothes range.

Mel B got married in secret, Emma Bunton had a baby and robmacca made a spoof video of Kate Nash's "Foundations".

September 2007:

The Enemy were being interviewed left, right and centre but still found time to invite the Lord Mayor out for a curry! Then back on tour and an acoustic performance in Banbury at Chalkey's record store as well as the iTunes exclusive in London. The very personal "You're Not Alone" was released and became The Enemy's third Top 20 this year.

Pint Shot Riot and The Cougars provided great nights out with live music as it should be - riotous! Interview with The Ripps proved that Coventry has talent.

October 2007:

The Spice Girls went to America, Cadbury's "Wispa" went back on sale and robmacca launched a new website dedicated to The Enemy. Q Magazine awarded The Enemy "Best New Act" and the band finished their UK tour in Birmingham , while Liam Watts showed us his skills at drum stick spinning!

At the start of the month Spice Girls Tickets sold out in 38 seconds and by the end of the month Wispa's were already hard to find. BBC local radio interviewed robmacca about the Spice Girls - would he really pay £1,000 to see them? Plus we all danced to Joy Division thanks to The Wombats!

November 2007:

It was the month that the Spice Girls dominated the music news with their "Greatest Hits" launch as well as new pictures and video for "Headlines". Onto a nice earner with the Tesco adverts and Victoria Secrets US exclusive, the Spice Girls need not worry that the Children In Need single failed to ignite the charts. Lots of new pictures of The Enemy kept fans happy.

Girls Aloud looked as stunning as ever at G-A-Y and we had to confirm Sarah Harding was not pregnant. Pint Shot Riot rocked the Kasbah at it's club launch. But don't mention a teddy called "Mohammed".

December 2007:

The year ended on a high as the Spice Girls tour reached London and David Beckham got tongues wagging in his pants (not literally!). The Enemy toured Japan, scored their fourth chart hit with "We'll Live And Die In These Towns" and had Radio 1's Jo Whiley. The press heaped praise on The Enemy, Lily Allen became pregnant and Girls Aloud returned to Top of the Pops. Oh yeah and Sarah Harding got kinky!

What a fantastic year 2007 has been for music, both local and national.

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The Enemy - Colosseum Gig Coventry

The Enemy performed in front of the home crowd at the Colosseum club in Coventry last night. The gig was sold out, the atmosphere was great as both the band and the crowd were "up for it". Before the gig had even got started, the fans were crowd surfing and going mental, then when the boys came on stage the whole place became electric. You had a real feeling that this was the night before The Enemy really hit the big time - for Tom, Liam and Andy their lives would never be the same again from this day on.

This was a night to remember for anyone who comes from Coventry, a gig where people will be able to say "I was there" when The Enemy hit the big time and put Coventry back on the music map. As they played and I watched from the balcony, you could feel the vibe as the crowds pushed and shoved and surfed and chanted - already these lads were legends in our eyes. Even during the short half time interval, the Cov chants rang through the Colly with one voice - this was the home coming gig and The Enemy were like the Coventry City football team, who 20 years earlier rode back into the city triumpant victors.

It was great talking to the people of Coventry at the gig - they were proud to come from Coventry, something which had been lacking in days gone by. The lads I talked to at the bar were saying that it's not just The Enemy and The Ripps, but other great bands are coming out of Cov. Another lad chipped in and mentioned yet another group who are creating a wave in the music world. You could sense that Coventry was alive musically and The Enemy were helping that revival. (Cheers for the pint!). During the gig there was a "oneness" and the random stranger next to me put his arm around me and I did the same to him as we sang along to "Away From Here". It was indeed a night to remember and the begining of a great future for The Enemy and the music industry in Coventry.

Watch some of the videos from the gig HERE

The Enemy "Away From Here" , the final song for the night as the crowds go wild.

The Enemy Videos, Godiva Festival, Coventry

The Enemy videos below prove why Coventry's music scene is alive and bursting with talent. Performing at the Godiva Festival in front of their home crowd for free, this was a night Coventry would not forget why "We'll Live And Die In These Towns".

The following videos were captured inside the Electric Tent on Saturday evening, several thousand were inside and many more were outside, having to view from afar as "Enemymania" came home. There had been a real buzz throughout the city all week and the atmosphere inside the tent lived up to it's name - electric. At moments it felt like a football match, while at other times it felt like a massive street party celebrating the return of Coventry's finest act.

If you had ventured along with your family expecting a "nice" concert then you would have been in for a surprise, because "nice" and "quiet" are not words you can associate with The Enemy gigs. Instead what you get is an energy from the band that bounces into the crowd, producing such a vibe with the crowd chanting, dancing and responding positively to each song. While lager may have been flying through the air and people were hanging from the tent structure, the vast majority of people stood in solid support for The Enemy. It was a night many in Coventry would remember as the best Godiva Festival ever!




This video shows the excitement the crowds were feeling just before The Enemy came on to perform in front of their home crowd at Coventry's Godiva Festival. As The Specials song played over the speakers and Cov chants rang through the Electric Tent, Coventry was celebrating the arrival of The Enemy.




Tom Clarke encourages the crowd to enjoy the Godiva Festival even though those living around the park moan each year and everyone sings along to "Away From Here". This video captures the crowds as they party along and join in, it was also at this point that people began climbing the tent structure.





As The Enemy perform "Fear Killed The Youth Of The Nation", several lads in the crowd climb the Electric tent support beams!





"Had Enough" gets the crowd reaction, lots of Cov chanting at the start and hand clapping throughout. Everyone is jumping around like crazy to this track!




"Pressure" and yes, the crowds are loving it!




"Technodanceaphobic" gets the Cov crowd dancing.




Tom Clarke encourages the crowd to show a bit of "Aggro" and the crowd respond. Lots of jumping around, crowd surfing and a woman climbs the tent support post!




Lots of people climbing up the Electric tent support beams as The Enemy perform "It's Not OK".




More of The Enemy and the crowds at Coventry's Godiva Festival.


More to follow............