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Gareth Icke

About Me


Gareth Icke is a singer/songwriter from the Isle of Wight.
He has just released his debut album ‘It gets worse at night’ through Icon Records.
The 10 track album was recorded and produced by Dan Swift (Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Aqualung) and received great reviews upon its release.
The album has just been released on iTunes, Amazon, Play etc in both the USA and Europe.
"his voice is both soothing and plaintive and moves most powerfully when the music falls back into the quietude of simple guitar picking for accompaniment; creating the kind of ambivalent tension reminiscent of a Lord Byron poem or a David Sedaris essay. Even when he's singing about the kind of loneliness that gets worse at night, there's a strange hopefulness in his voice that reassures things will all work out alright in the end." - Jasmine Anderson , Biocritics
“The problem with being a failed musician is that whenever you find yourself listening to pure talent you feel jealous and perhaps a little nauseous as you realise that you’ll never be that good. As a failed musician, when I listen to Gareth Icke, I feel like I’m in the throes of death…..but it’s a happy death.” -Alex Baker, KERRANG!
Gareth has toured tirelessly over the past couple of years taking him as far a field as the USA. He has played Top festivals including The Isle of Wight festival and Norway’s Quart Festival as well as many UK tours.
The records opening track, ‘It Feels Like A Race’ has been championed by radio stations all over the Country including Kerrang Radio, BBC 6 Music and Steve Wright’s Afternoon show on BBC Radio 2.
The songs music video has now reached over 38,806 youtube hits. (A link to the video is available on the bottom left of this page)
Gareth and his band are regularly headlining top London venues such as the Borderline, South of the Border and The Barfly.
Gareth has recently completed his second 'Liberty Tour', a 21 date trip around the UK.
In 2010 he will be embarking on two more National UK tours aswell as tours through Germany and Holland, as well as festival slots in the UK and France.
As well as writing and performing, Gareth is also an International Beach Soccer player. He has earned several caps representing England in front of live TV audiences all over the World.
He has done articles for 442 magazine, the Daily Star and had his music featured on the titles of Nuts TV Beach Soccer show.
He has modelled for More Magazine and Virgin Media, as well as presenting Virgins Bestival coverage.
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"I look at life like a big book and sometimes you get half way through it and go 'Even though I've been enjoying it, I've had enough. Give us another book'" Karl Pilkington

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/08/2006
Band Website: www.garethicke.com
Band Members:

Email - [email protected]

Management - [email protected]

Booking Agent - [email protected]

National Press - Email: [email protected]

National Press - Tel: 07914668916

Radio Promotions - [email protected]

Gareth Vaughan Icke - Vocals/Guitar

Influences:
People
England
Experiences
Family
Friends
Enemies
Winning
Losing
Isle of Wight
Dan

Sounds Like:
It Gets Worse At Night...

'It Gets Worse At Night' Advert...

'It Feels Like A Race' Music Video...

Gareth Icke Interview...

Virgin Media Advert...

Or believe these quotes...

"Gareth Icke just exudes talent, a beautiful voice, beautiful songs - and if I may be so bold, a beautiful visage to boot!" - Alex Baker, KERRANG!

"Stunning Indie Pop" - RSW Concerts

"Honest, brave, dashing and witty, with vocals unlike any other" - Danny Wallace, XFM

"His voice is both soothing and plaintive and moves most powerfully when the music falls back into the quietude of simple guitar picking for accompaniment; creating the kind of ambivalent tension reminiscent of a Lord Byron poem or a David Sedaris essay" - Jasmine Anderson, Blogcritics Review

"A Molotoff Cocktail with legs" - My Dad

"A Man Of Many Talents" - Kelly Dalglish

"Like James Blunt, Only Good" - Live & Unsigned

"A cross between Gavin Rossdales teenage fueled angst and Billy Braggs street corner protest" - New York Waste

"If you don't like his music, you'll like him as a man... and if not as a man, at least you'll like his face" - Timothy James Pritchard

Supported by Island Printers

And...

Record Label: ICON Records/ORGANIC Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Gig Plans, French Speaking & Crumpets... Blag.

Hello. I confess, I just ate a crumpet. The crumpet link in the title starts and ends there. Made it sound more interesting though.Warbartons only 178 calories for 2 crumpets. Bonus. Is it sad that ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:54:00 GMT

A weekend in the Hamptons... Blag

Hello. Hampton Court that is. How are you all? Great I hope. The cold is doing it's best to force bodyparts to drop off, but I'm hanging in there. Well, hanging is optimistic... Just sort of flapping....
Posted by on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:01:00 GMT

England, Ebay & Tour Plans... Blag

Yo. Sad as it sounds, I love using the & icon. Is it anthrasand or something? My spelling is awful. But yeah, I like them. How was everyones weekend? I don't expect you to reply, but I hope it was enj...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:12:00 GMT

Gigs...

  Hello. I hope everyone is ok. Its still bloody freezing down here. Im thinking of getting a dog, a 4 stringed guitar and setting up a box in my living room. Home sweet home. I am bac...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:37:00 GMT

Safety is the (Microsoft) word... Blag...

  Oi& Right, Im writing a blog but Im writing it on word. I have learnt from yesterdays myspace horror show. .... I wrote the HUGEST blog yesterday. It was full of wit and innuendo...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:12:00 GMT

My ******* Myspace Blog...

Hey,Myspace deleted the giant blog I just wrote...I would tell you exactly how I feel but I fear there maybe people with heart conditions reading...I'll let you fill the blanks. "What ******* **** des...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:27:00 GMT

Snow Way Jose... Blag

Brrrrr... Hello all. Good to see that global warming is taking hold. Seems all the pocket lining carbon credits are doing their job... Phew. My fitness and detox plan is falling apart at the seams. No...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:45:00 GMT

Album Released By iTunes In North America...

Yo!Exactly what it says on the tin folks. For all you lovely people from the USA or Canada, you can now get the album on iTunes over there. Here's the link. http://itunes.apple.com/album/it-gets-worse...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:50:00 GMT

New Years Competition...

OiOi...For some bizarre reason, I woke up this morning with the idea of doing a competition in my head. So, I figured I'd put one up. If you can fill in the missing lyric, I'll send the first 3 entrie...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A Toast To 2010... Blag...

Blogsters I presume?!?How are we all today? I'm so thankful that now the rain has joined the freezing cold. I was getting bored of just being cold. It's not the same if you're not wet... Brrrr. Today ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:31:00 GMT