MILES HUNT (THE WONDERSTUFF)
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FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER

I have been the singer, rhythm guitarist & principle songwriter in UK based band The Wonder Stuff since 1986. The band continue to write, record & play live to this day but I also find time to indulge myself in solo pursuits, sometimes accompanied by other members of The Wonder Stuff sometimes not. This MySpace page is pretty much dedicated to that area of my life. Please take a look at myspace.com/the_wonder_stuff for information soley about the band.

The Wonder Stuff took an extended break between the years of 1994 to 2000 during which I spent an eighteen month period as the presenter for MTV Europe's '120 Minutes' alternative music show. I was soon to be drawn back to the intoxicating environs of a band when I formed the mighty, but short lived, Vent 414 in 1996 with Pete Howard (EAT & more recently Queen Adreena) and Morgan Nicholls (Senseless Things, The Streets & more recently Muse). In 1998 I began performing acoustic shows with Malc Treece (The Wonder Stuff) as well as shows in North America with Phil Hurley (Gigolo Aunts) and then eventually on my own.

In what has now become the last ten years I've made a handful of solo records including "Miles Across America" (acoustic album, Gig Records), "Hairy On The Inside" (album, Gig Records), "By The Time I Got To Jersey" (live acoustic album, Gig Records), "Life's Great EP" (Gig Records), and "Five Songs EP" (Gig Records).

In 2001 I signed to Eagle Records & made "The Miles Hunt Club" album with Andres Karu (Love In Reverse, The Amazing Meet Project & more recently The Wonder Stuff) and Michael Ferentino (Love In Reverse, The Amazing Meet Project & more recently Transfusion M). That band toured with Stuart Quinnel (Understand & The Wonder Stuff) on bass a number of times during the early 2000's before I decided to commit more time to The Wonder Stuff.

In 2004 we released the first Wonder Stuff album in eleven years, "Escape From Rubbish Island" (IRL) and followed it up in 2006 with "Suspended By Stars" (IRL). The band has been steadily touring both the UK & North America for the last three years & I have to say it is the happiest & most creative period I have experienced as a member of the band.

2006 also saw The Wonder Stuff providing songs for the BBC children's t.v. show, 'Underground Ernie', which I had written with the show's creator, Sid Rainey, a couple of years beforehand. I'm not entirely sure, at this point, what will happen in the future with this project, but it has been said before that all I have ever done is write childish ditties, it just seemed that in this particular instance I had found the correct home for them. I'd certainly welcome the chance to do more of this kind of writing.

My last output of 2006 was a live solo album, "Interloper" (IRL), which was recorded at a couple of late summer gigs in the UK and features Wonder Stuff favourites as well as songs from my solo releases, including three brand new songs.

Last year, 2007, The Wonder Stuff took some time off as I was concentrating on writing & recording the "Not An Exit" (IRL) album with Wonder Stuff violinist, Erica Nockalls, and drummer, Andres Karu. Erica & I toured the UK extensively throughout 2007 in support of "Not An Exit" which had an official release date in the UK of April 30th & in the US of June 26th, released on Fake Chapter Records.

This year, 2008, Erica, Andres & myself will follow up last year's "Not An Exit" with a new album. This will be one of many musical ventures I'll be working on throughout the year including the Exhibition Music (see my Top Friends) project and possibly some new Wonder Stuff material.

Playing live remains a staple, I've already begun booking UK acoustic shows and festivals with Erica and The Wonder Stuff will be marking the 20th anniversary of the release of our debut album "The Eight Legged Groove Machine" by performing it in it's entirety at some shows later this year. So far confirmed gigs are only in the UK but we're working hard on a tour of North America, again, for later in the year.

I've also decided to take the writing of my first book more seriously than ever before and I hope that I'll see that published by 2009.

Miles Hunt. February 2008.

Tickets on sale now from www.ticketweb.co.uk or by calling 08700 600 100 (24hrs) or with no booking fee at the Tower Box Office, Romsey Road, Winchester, SO22 5PW

This is an unreserved seating event and ages 14+
ID is required for everyone under the age of 25
Doors Open 19:30. Show Starts 20:00