Friday, 9 May 2008
Quite a few new local CDs have been added to our stock of merchandise recently, take a look at new releases from: Serpentine SmileColenso ParadeAblespacerThe Cherries and the Oh Yeah Sessions, featuring tracks from Cashier No. 9, Lafaro and David Holmes (selling ....
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008
** Please Note this week's DESTROID showcase is moving from Spring & Airbrake into The Limelight** It's just next door though, no need to panic too much! As always, admission is FREE from 10pm and this week there'll be live music from ....
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Friday, 28 March 2008
The Subways new single 'Girls and Boys' is OUT NOW and is available for FREE from their website! To download your copy go to http://www.thesubways.net/download Here's what they had to say: "We wanted ....
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Sunday, 9 March 2008
This week Bruised Fruit babes Jen and Angie are jetting off to the U S of A to attend the South by South West Festival in Austin, Texas. There's so much going on there that I can't fit it all into one news bulletin! But from 12-17 March the town of Austin will be transformed into the bigg....
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Sunday, 9 March 2008
International Award Winning Songwriter from Belfast ....
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Sunday, 24 February 2008
The first release on Bruised Fruit Records is making it's way across the globe! Big thanks to Rio @ RimeOut Records, our Japanese partner. I Am Cursed by Olympic Lifts is now top of one best-seller list: http:/....
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Monday, 18 February 2008
Tickets for the 2008 Urban Arts Academy go on sale at 9am on Mon 18th February. All courses will take place at the Waterfront Hall between the 14th July and 8th August. The cost of courses will be rising to £50 this year, a price that still represen....
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Saturday, 16 February 2008
Big love to AU Mag who came to interview us last year. Read what they had to say here: http://iheartau.com/classifieds/bruised-fruit/
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Thursday, 14 February 2008
Battle - This is Last Standing... The ULTIMATE contest in the Battle of the Bands! Only one band can win. Only one band can be left standing at the end of the battle. Though we say battl....
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Monday, 4 February 2008
DEFHEAD NEEDS YOU... to fly your flag and, well, run a website. We are calling on all loyal and aspiring Defheads to help us in our ultimate goal of world supremacy. How you ask? Well, we are looking to enlist four brave melodic s....
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Ossia Music School Celebrate Fifteen Years in East Belfast Ossia Music School....
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Sunday, 27 January 2008
Yay Robbie! Our fantastic office buddy is coming to the end of his work placement :( we're all very sad. He's just completed the editing for the new Olympic Lifts video for their single 'I Am Cursed'.  It was filmed on their UK tour in December.  Check it out now - click....
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Saturday, 26 January 2008
It's that time of year again when we celebrate the best in Irish music. This year Bruised Fruit want to extend HUGE congrats to THE FLAWS, DELORENTOS, LEANNE HARTE and HAM SANDWICH who have all been nomiated.  We didn't know who to vote for, they're all so good! To have your ....
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Monday, 14 January 2008
Bruised Fruit is now pleased to offer a new service to local bands We are able to provide a non-exclusive digital distribution package, making your music available for sale on iTunes, Napster, Rukus, Verizon, PayPlay, GreatIndieMusic, TradeBit, MusicIsHere..........and a ....
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Thursday, 3 January 2008
Welcome all to 2008! This is going to be one good year for local music, I can feel it in my waters :) To read our festive round up of the year, click ....
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Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Cutaways release our new single ‘Sixteen’ today!Recorded with Enter Shikari producer John Mitchell, the title track backed with ‘Big Mistake’ and ‘What We Lost in the Process’ is available on CD ....
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Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Olympic Lifts new single 'I Am Cursed' is due for release through Bruised Fruit on 19th January 2008. But you can pre-order limited edition 7" copies NOW from Rough Trade. ....
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Monday, 19 November 2007
Sorry to all concerned, but tonight's Club Sandwich @ Lavery's Bunker is having to be postponed due to circumstances beyond our control. We'll be back next week with good times and great music from Cars In Walls and Boathouse. Over and out. J
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007
CANIZARES  ....
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007
You'd Be A Fool To Miss It! ....
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Saturday, 27 October 2007
AS SEEN ON SMILEY MONROE, A ROLLERCOASTER OPERATOR FROM MILWAUKEE:  BELFAST DESIGNER BRINGS THE KOOKY BACK TO VINTAGE WITH THE LAUNCH OF "CURIOUS TALES" LINE Ever secretly hoped your new vintage purchase tells a story worthy of centre stage at a dinner party, ot....
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Friday, 19 October 2007
Musicians, songwriters, copyright and the law Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15 Gordon St, Belfast Saturday October 27 12 noonAdmi....
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Friday, 12 October 2007
Merry Everything. We are looking for Volunteers to take part in a world record attempt on the 9th Dec in Derry.We need 10,001 Santas for a sponsered walk round the Derry Walls.Basically it's to help raise funds for the following 4 charities Children I....
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007
To celebrate the good health of our printer we are offering great deals on FULL COLOUR poster printing. 100 A3 FULL COLOUR posters for only £50 NO se....
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Monday, 8 October 2007
Belfast....
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007
This morning we were in the VSB Offices in Belfast to collect the first installment of a grant awarded to us. Many thanks to all the great people @ VSB The grant will enable us to purchase another computer for our office which al the volunteers will be able to use.  YEAH!....
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007

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Tuesday, 18 September 2007
FRI 21 SEPT, THE MOTION PROJECT The Motion Project is a multi-cultural collective of over 50 musicians representing 18 countries. F....
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Monday, 10 September 2007
Hey folks Due to unforseen circumstances, this evening's Club Sandwich @ Lavery's Bunker has been cancelled :( Sorry to all concerned, and rest assured we'll be back on Saturday fighting fit with Red Organ Serpent Sound and Furlo. BF
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Thursday, 6 September 2007
Going Deaf For A Living­ Island Arts Centre Lisburn presents an e....
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Monday, 3 September 2007
Silent Disco visits the Province for the first time to support “Tuesday’s Child” charity. ....
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Sunday, 2 September 2007
Team Bruised Fruit were lucky enough to be invited to the Snow Patrol gig at Ward Park in Bangor yesterday.  Thanks to Abi, Gary and all involved for a great day. Our afternoon started with the amazing KOWALSKI who were first on stage.  What a great moment that was!  They'v....
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Friday, 31 August 2007
A film made about the 'What Is Indie?' seminar is now available to watch online. Thanks to NvTv for coming along and filming. Go here: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8588553762722822....
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Thursday, 16 August 2007
The Island Arts Centre in Lisburn are having a 'Big Draw' event in October. This year, as well as getting local people to draw a little doodl....
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Thursday, 16 August 2007
How to get ahead in music business   Musical talent and ambition aren’t always enough to cut it in the tough music industry. So a....
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Monday, 13 August 2007
Wednesday 22 AugustAuntie Annie'sDoors 10pm Up In The Attic are hosting this year's live music after show party for the Tennent's Vital Festival.After revellers have enjoyed the musical stylings of The Shins, The Killer....
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Saturday, 11 August 2007
Big Congratulations to the newest band to join the Bruised Fruit family - COLENSO PARADE - who were crowned winners at last night's Music Quest Competition. They won £500 cash and a photoshoot with top local photographer Graham Smith.  As well as that they will be performing....
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Monday, 6 August 2007
Bruised Fruit are pleased to announce they are now looking after two fantastic acts - RSi from Belfast, and Charly Bates from London. More info and tracks can be found here: www.myspace.com/rsiandmusic ....
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Friday, 3 August 2007
Thanks to everyone that made last night's events a huge success. Marsha @ XFM, Joe Linday, Jonathan Wallace, NvTv, Adam Turkington, Laura @ The Waterfront, Ed Zealous, Andy, Oh Yeah, Lavery's and the Bruised Fruit Volunteer Team. The Panel Discussion was definately one of the live....
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Monday, 16 July 2007
Do you want to prove yourself in digital combat? ....
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Friday, 29 June 2007
Yeah! So yesterday we finally moved ourselves into the Oh Yeah Building.  We are one of the first businesses to move into the building along with website desginers No More Art. When we get unpacked we'll hopefully be having an office launch party - watch this space! P....
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Friday, 15 June 2007
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Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Olympic Lifts' second album 'Know The Way Of The Lord Or Learn The Way Of The Sword' is now available to buy via iTunes. The album was released earlier this year and is also available to purchase through our online store (UK), cdbaby.com (USA) and RimeOut Records (Japan). ....
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Tuesday, 5 June 2007
This week is National Volunteer's Week and I'd like to take this oportunity to thank all the volunteers that regularly work at Bruised Fruit. Jennie, Rene, Angie, Ben, Lesley and Shauna.  We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your support.....
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Thursday, 31 May 2007
BruisedFruit are on the move! We're moving into temporary offices for a few weeks while our new place undergoes some re-decoration.  But by this time next month we'll be settled in our new home in the Oh Yeah Building, Gordon Street. So if things aren't running as smoothly as....
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Thursday, 24 May 2007
F*ROCK returns to the Pavilion this Saturday (26th) with a slightly different line-up to advertised. Sadly Campfire Disco have had to cancel :( but we've called in the fantastic 70% Volume as their replacements. Still headlining are BruisedFruit favourites, THE GREETERS.  The....
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Monday, 23 April 2007
The arts sector is facing a funding crisis that threatens the future of many of Northern Ireland's most valued cultural institutions, events and projects. Arts funding in Northern Ireland has tr....
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Monday, 23 April 2007
This is your chance to make a difference. We are helping Oh Yeah to organise their first open day on Saturday 5th May, and are looking for 10 or so eager beavers to help us! We will be recruiting a team of willing and able volunteers to man stalls, show people around and hand out ....
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Thursday, 12 April 2007
SteelratRed Bull Music Academy – Toronto 2007_______________________________________________________________ ________Have you got what it takes join the academy?Application Phase: March 23 – May 04, 2007Red Bull Music Aca....
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Thursday, 12 April 2007
If you have an original song or piece of music which is upbeat and energetic and might sound good in a radio / tv advert - why not send it to Oh Yeah?We have an opportunity to get local music heard by an organisation which is putting together an ad campaign within Northern Ireland ove....
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Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Everyone's favourite buskers Pat & Nipsy have been over in Liverpool for the last while, and whilst there have recruited a new drummer/singer to their fold.  This has prompted a name change to THE FOOLS. The three amigos are returning to Belfast later this month for a whirlwind t....
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Monday, 2 April 2007
Pixie Sayter, Cruz, And So I Watch You From Afar @ Auntie Annies, 28th March I was lookin....
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Tuesday, 20 March 2007
GOOD SHOES ....
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Friday, 16 March 2007
Bruised Fruit are here to make all your badge-related dreams come true! We now offer a range of choices when designing that all important band merch. Still offering great deals on the traditional 1" pin badges, we have now added super-sized 2.....
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Thursday, 15 March 2007
OLYMPIC LIFTS are through the final stages of the AKG UNSIGNED HEROES COMPETITION. Congratulations are certainly in order, but there's more to be done before they walk away as winners.  We need YOUR vote.  Go to www.unsignedheroes.co....
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Thursday, 1 March 2007
Congratulations to SHAUNA (Angelfall) who was selected to participate in a new show for T4 (Channel 4).  She managed to get down to the last 20 and was taken to London for a few days of intensive songwriting, voal coaching and choreography lessons. She didn't make the final cut, whic....
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Tuesday, 6 February 2007
This year's Northern Ireland : Next Generation Festival takes place in the Windmill, Brixton on 13-15 April 2007. We are very happy to confirm that two BruisedFruit favourites ANGELFALL and SKRUFF have now been confirmed to play. More details to follow. For more info check....
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Saturday, 3 February 2007
Channel 4 are coming to Belfast to film Club Sandwich for an upcoming T4 show. The FREE gig takes place in Lavery's Bunker on Monday 12 February and will feaure performances from ANGELFALL and SPLITSCREEN. Admission is FREE, all pints £2 all night.
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Thursday, 25 January 2007
Firefly have had to cancel this Monday's gig at Club Sandwich due to injury (get well soon!) but the magnificant Do Rightly's will be taking their place. Find out more about them here : www.myspace.com/thedorightlys
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007
So the most depressing day of the year is behind us, hope you all survived intact! We BruisedFruiters cheered ourselves up by hitting Lavery's to enjoy the rock stylings of The Remains of Youth and Replays. Top night all round. 'Keeping the music alive in Belfast' tonight we'll be at Aunt....
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Monday, 8 January 2007
Greetings Tonight's Club Sandwich Show in Lavery's Bunker is being postponed due to unforseen circumstances. Firefly will now be performing at the same venue on Monday 29 January. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
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Wednesday, 3 January 2007
Hello and welcome back! To another great year of music. I hope y'all had a great xmas break, I know I did! I ate, drank and was merry. All in all - good times. So what does 2007 hold in store for BruisedFruit? Well, for a start we have a LOT of great music to look forward to. ....
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Thursday, 21 December 2006
"music to f*ck to" Sluts on Cava return to play a live show in Belfast on Saturday 30 December. Start your NYE celebrations early with a ....
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Monday, 11 December 2006
Sorry about the lack of updates over the past few weeks, things have been a bit hectic in the BF camp. But we're back on track now, and ready for the festive season. Get ready to dance like a fool next week at our 2nd annual Christmas Shindig. Lavery's Bunker, Monday 18th ....
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Monday, 27 November 2006
Big birthday celebrations for LESLEY! If you see her out and about tonight, buy her a pint why dontcha! xx
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Tuesday, 21 November 2006
Angelfall have been chosen to compete in the JD Unsigned competition on Wed 6 Dec in the Limelight, Belfast. They beat off competition from other local bands to secure a place at the regional live final, and if selected will be whisked aw....
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Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Female-fronted rockers and BruisedFruit favs ANGELFALL have made it to the final of the ROCKSCHOOL competition.  And now they need to win it. If they win they'll be playing a gig in Belfast that will be broadcast to several cities across the UK ....
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Tuesday, 7 November 2006
The Fratellis & The FlawsSpring & Airbrake2nd November 2006 There was a great crowd at the gig, with a mixture of your regular 'scencesters' and a slightly older crowd, mainly comprised of twenty so....
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Thursday, 2 November 2006
Donegal man, Mickey Harte releases his new single “....
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Tuesday, 31 October 2006
BruisedFruit are very pleased to confirm that two of their acts will be performing in this year's BelFEST festival. The festival takes place in various venues across the city from November 17th - December 3rd. OLYMPIC LIFTS will be performing on Thursday 30th November and ANGELFAL....
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Friday, 27 October 2006
Sadly tonight's F*ROCK show with Paul the Girl has been cancelled, but her Irish tour will continue as planned, with a date in Dublin tomorrow. Dates: ....
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Monday, 16 October 2006
The Evil Harrisons were due to play in Auntie Annie's tomorrow night (Tues 17 Oct) to promote their new EP But, this gig has been postponed, and they will now be playing on 4th November instead at a Club Sandwich event. Support tbc.
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Wednesday, 4 October 2006
Club Sandwich just gets bigger and tastier! Saturday 21 October is SUPER SNACK day! With live music from 5pm and DJs playing til 2am.Three levels of ticket entry are as follows: £5 :: 5pm-10.30pm   (live mu....
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Friday, 29 September 2006
BruisedFruit are very pleased to announce that we are growing and expanding every week! Now with a team of seven, we are better equipped to provide the best in local music.  Gigs, promo services, merchandise, support and advice. So let's meet the team! Jen....
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Tuesday, 26 September 2006
...but not for us! TWO great nights out on Friday 13th October for all you Derry waaaaans and Belfastards. CITY SWAP @ Bound For BostonBelfast's best bands take over Derry for a night! ED ZEALOUS, THE BLACK TOKENS and HOAX are coming to....
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Thursday, 21 September 2006
This Saturday takes us back to the Bunker for another tasty bite of Club Sandwich.Sadly, The Greeters have had to pull out of this gig, but NEW YORK FASHION WEEK will be there to get the party started, and then we welcome s....
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Monday, 18 September 2006
Congratulations to SHEELAGH GAMBLE of Hillsborough who is the lucky winner of a brand spanking new mp3 player! She was selected at random from the mailing list, and her prize is on it's way to her now! Don't forget, for your chance to hear about competitions, gigs....
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Sunday, 17 September 2006
BruisedFruit were lucky enough to be included in the Global Social Enterprise Forum which was held in Derry City earlier this week.  Key note speakers included Jerry Greenfield (Ben & Jerry's), Charles Lief (The Hartland Group/Greystone Foundation) and ....
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006
Last night's Up In The Attic very nearly turned into a disaster, and I very nearly suffered a heart attack! At 6.30pm (half an hour before the soundcheck) not one, but TWO of the bands pulled out of the gig.  A great many swears were uttered by your....
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Friday, 8 September 2006
Splitscreen and Anglelfall Laverys Bunker Mon 4th Sept The first thing you notice when entering the bunker is the stylish decor, in some ways this is a rather under rated venue, which is unusual considering the acts that have appeared here. Tonight feat....
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Sunday, 3 September 2006
Well the first Club Sandwich Saturday kicked off yesterday with a bang! Thanks to all those who came down.  And big cheers for MARY'S GREAT IDEA and BOATHOUSE who played beautifully. Tomorrow we welcome Magherafelt's emo-punk-rockers ANGELFALL to the stage, with support from SPLITSCR....
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Saturday, 26 August 2006
It's gonna be a week of high coffee intake for us here at BruisedFruit! Sunday - SLUTS ON CAVAMonday - CLUB SANDWICH with The Elliots + Cutaways + DJ GogsTuesday - UITA with Cutaways + Pier 19 + Pat and NipsySaturday - CLUB SANDWICH with Mary's Great Idea + Boath....
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Thursday, 10 August 2006
Well what a busy week for BruisedFruit! Hi-Fi Festival, in and out of meetings, endless phonecalls........heads were very nearly exploding! But not to worry. A good feed at Maggie May's sorted us out, and today we are back to our spritely selves. The big news is that the ....
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Saturday, 5 August 2006
Welcome to our new website!  It's finally here and it's awfully exciting! Brand new features and brand new club night! CLUB SANDWICH kicks off on Monday 21st August, and will be running every Monday from t....
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