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--NEWS-- 28/3/09 - YBG in hiberntion We are on a break for a time to relieve stress and concentrate on those ever important exams!! Keep your ears clean though because you will want to hear the reinvention!!! :) 27/3/09 - £507 RAISED!! £507 was raised at the Barfly Headline for Cancer Research UK! thanks to everyone who came and showed support to the cause!! 4/3/09 - YBG FOR CANCER TICKETS OUT NOW! 27th March, YBG HEADLINE BARFLY IN AID OF CANCER RESEARCH! ALL MONEY WILL GO TO THE CAUSE! 14+ 7:00pm £5..... BUY TICKETS HERE 27/2/09- YBG HEADLINE BARFLY FOR CANCER! We are headlining the barfly loft, and ALL the money raised will be going to Cancer research UK... Tickets are £5 (all of which is donated) and the gig is on the 27th March... Tickets will be out very soon, and when they are released, they are likely to sell out FAST so keep your eyes peeled! 22/2/09 - THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT AT THE NATIONAL! After playing to 1500 people at the REDBATTLE NATIONAL FINAL, YBG came 3rd place out of the 16 bands taking part, with over 700 bands who originally entered. We are very happy with the result and we want to thank everyone that helped us out by texting or coming to the gig! THANK YOU! 20/2/09 - NATIONAL FINAL TOMORROW!!!! TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696 TO VOTE YBG NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 09!!TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696 TO VOTE YBG NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 09!!TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696 TO VOTE YBG NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 09!!TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696 TO VOTE YBG NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 09!!TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696 TO VOTE YBG NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 09!!TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696 TO VOTE YBG NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 09!! 14/2/09 - HAPPY VALENTINES! We love everyone who listens to us, comes to the shows, buys the merch, keeps things ticking. THANKYOU TO ALL THE SUPPORT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN, so for all this, everyone gets belated valentines gifts at the Redbattle final! 10/2/09 - REDBATTLE NATIONAL FINAL TICKETS We are on the last leg of selling Redbattle tickets, if you want some for cant pay right away then reserve some!!! buy at, http://ybg.bigcartel.com 1/2/09 - OOOOOO Less than a month to the final! but you only have 1 weeks to buy your tickets!!!! we have to give back unsold tickets next weekend! so order or reserve ASAP! 13/1/09 - BUY NOW, GET 2 FREE GIFTS! BUY YOUR REDBATTLE TICKETS NOW AND GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVERPOOL MAGNET GIG (30/1/09) AND TICKETS TO THE OFFICIAL AFTER SHOW PARTY ABSOLUTELY FREE! buy tickets here 5/1/09 - YBG TO ENTER THE STUDIO A new EP will be released in March, 10 Tracks (hopefully) - Including LOADS AND LOADS of awesome new stuff!! 4/1/09 - YBG SUPPORT GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN!! Firstly, happy new year, we hope this coming one is as prosperous as the last! 10th March 09 YBG are supporting GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN, who we all admit are awesome! it will be at a lovely venue, Moho Live in manchester, tix are £5 so be there! 24/12/08 - 2 TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF 1 DEAL!! Buy a ticket for the National Final of the Redbattle on the 21st of Feb now and get a FREE ticket to The Magnet gig on the 30th of Jan!! A FREE TICKET WITH YOUR REDBATTLE TICKET!!! (Redbattle ticket = £9, Magnet ticket = £5(OR FREE WITH REDBATTLE TICKET)). also, merry christmas! 14/12/08 - NATIONAL FINAL INFORMATION RELEASED!!! The national final of the Redbattle08 (YBG are representing liverpool) will be held at the Carling Academy,Liverpool on FEBRUARY THE 21st. PUT IT IN YOUR DIARIES! Text votes are worth 3 votes; Crowd votes are worth 15 votes; So imagine how much you could help us by just coming to the show! To win the competition and beat all the other cities, we must get enough votes to qualify us to the top 3 bands with the most votes. Next the top 3 bands go to the judges vote, and the judges pick the winner of the Redbattle 08!
Tickets will cost only £9 (cheap for the carling academy 1!!!) and we will make them very easy to purchase (either through us, the myspace (free p+p) or our online shop !). The tickets will be on sale very soon! YOUR HELP IS WHAT WE NEED! 11/12/08 - YBG SUPPORTS CANCER RESEARCH! YBG will be working with Barfly to raise money for Cancer Research! This is an important charity to YBG. The charity gig will take place on the 27th of March 2009 @ the Barfly Theatre, Liverpool. We will be giving ALL money we receive for this gig to the cause, Barfly will be Donating a percentage of their profits to the charity. We aim to completely sell out the gig and raise a large amount of money! help the charity be coming to the show! 30/11/08 - YBG WINS THE REDBATTLE REGIONAL FINAL!! Details of the competition are available here. The National final will be held at the Liverpool Carling Academy 1 in February! 30/11/08 - GET READY FOR OUR CHRISTMAS SALE! There will be major discounts on our online shop, coming Dec 1st. 15/11/08 - YOU CAN NOW BUY YOUR YBG TICKETS ONLINE! Through our myspace page! Check out the Ticket section of the myspace!! 3/11/08 - TEXT LINES FOR REDBATTLE REGIONAL FINAL NOW OPEN!! The text voting lines are now open for the REDBATTLE REGIONAL FINAL!! we really need your votes as only ONE band goes through to the national! so please spare some time (and 50p phone credit) to vote for us! - the final will be at the Carling Academy 2 in Liverpool on the 30th of November, we only 75 tickets, so first come, first served!! BUT PLEASE VOTE FOR US (as many times as you like :] ) TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696 TO VOTE FOR US!! cheers xx 1/11/08 - AMAZING NEWS!
Sadly we cant release any information about it till december! just wait, and it will come! 30/10/08 - RED BATTLE REGIONAL FINAL
Tickets will be available as of Monday. The Redbattle regional final will take place in the Liverpool Carling Academy 2. WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR THIS ONE! If we win it, we will go through to the National Final in the Liverpool Carling Academy 1!! 28/10/08 - YBG win the Redbattle round 2
We have won ourselves a place in the regional final!! Thanks so much for all the votes, we ended up with 339! The regional Final will take place at the Carling Academy in Liverpool on the 30th of November. We need your help to get into the National Final!! Text lines are still open to vote us through the regional, TEXT 'red 119' TO 81696! 27/10/08 - Next Barfly Headline Confirmed
27th Of March @ Barfly. Support to be announced closer to the event. This is sure to be a good gig, we feel at home at the barfly :D 25/10/08 - YBG Online Shop Now Open!
For all our merchandise, visit the 'merch' section on the myspace where you can follow links to our shop. Alternitively Click Here to visit our Online Shop. You can buy, the Album (£5) and T-Shirts (£7), we have more merch on the way!!--TICKETS--FREE POSTAGE AND PACKAGING ON ALL TICKETS! 10th MAR, 7pm - £5Moho Live, MANCHESTERGOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN + YBG 27th MAR, 7pm - £5Barfly, LIVERPOOLYBG HEADLINE BARFLY FOR CANCER RESEARCH UK--BIOG--
Hi! We are YBG!
it stands for something... but you have to guess!
YBG was formed in late December with an acoustic lineup,
Arthur McBain & Yasin Sheikh
Playing an Acoustic/Rap Sound,
In late June Yaz and Art decided to find a band,
Michael Rookyard & Richard Myatt
On Drums and Bass.
This current lineup can be heard at any of our gigs & on the
album which is released in october.
Come down and see us, have a dance and a chat.
XXX DEBUT ALBUM 'Peace' £5.00 OTHER YBG PROFILES.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/12/2007
Band Members: --BAND MEMBERS-- YBG is;Rhyme - YAZGuitar & Vocals - ARTThe band is;Drums - RookyBass - Poodle

--STAFF--Official Photographer - ROBOfficial Designer - ROBMedia - Evilstuff Films --REVIEWS--
One of the most exciting and original bands on the local scene– Martin Hovvers HovdenChampion NewspapersWith their serious message rapped across a playful indie vibe, YBG are penetrating the music scene with their brand new sound.- Sam RadfordRedlandYBG, a nice cocktail of Plan B, with a dash of Jamie T, with a large slice of personality.- Chris WareingBarfly
Influences: --BOOKING-- Bookings A.McBain - 07965748357Bookings Y.Sheikh - [email protected], Message the myspace.
(make sure you put the subject as 'YBG BOOKING')Give details of Date/Location
Sounds Like: --CONTACT--[email protected]@hotmail.comma [email protected]--MERCH-- YBG SHOP NOW OPEN! GO TO OUR SHOP HERE CHECK IT OUT!!!!_______ DEBUT ALBUM 'Peace' £5.00_______
'PEACE' T'SHIRT £7.00
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

WANT YBG TO PLAY A GIG IN YOUR LIVING ROOM? - YBG LIVING ROOM TOUR 08

WE ARE GOING TO DO A LIVING ROOM TOUR!THATS RIGHT, WE WILL PLAY IN YOUR LIVING ROOM,GET SOME FRIENDS OVER AND HAVE YOUR VERY OWN CONCERT!!!..send us a message and we will add you to our tour!!!!YBGxxx...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:28:00 GMT

YBG in the news paper!

Award winning teenage film-maker Terry Cheung didn't have far to look when finding musicians for his £5,000 film commission. He just brought in his friends from his music and art classes at Merchant T...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:30:00 GMT

BARFLY GIG REVIEW!

Who would have thought, a duo with one acoustic guitar and two mics could hold the crowd better than any band performing that night. With their serious message rapped across a playful indie vibe, YBG ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:20:00 GMT