Little Angels тобының тарихы мен қайта құрылуы

English hard rock band

Little Angels were an English hard rock band predominantly active between the mid 1980s and mid 1990s. The band reformed on 8 June 2012 to play the Download Festival.

Little Angels formed in Scarborough, England in May 1984, under the name of Zeus and then to Mr Thrud in September 1985, settling on Little Angels during recording of the Too Posh to Mosh mini album at Fairview Studios, Willerby, Hull in 1987. The founding members were Toby Jepson (vocalist), Mark Plunkett (bassist), Dave Hopper (drummer) and the brothers Bruce John and Jimmy Dickinson (guitarist and keyboardist respectively). Michael Lee joined the band to replace Hopper on 16 August 1988. Toby Jepson left GUN in June 2010 due to increased responsibility in other aspects of his musical involvement.

It was announced in January 2012 that the band were reforming to perform at that year's Download Festival. Their newly launched website for the occasion credits the meeting of the four founding members at Michael Lee's funeral as the catalyst for this re union, stating "From the tragic death of their band mate old friendships are rekindled." In an interview with EverythingRock, guitarist Bruce Dickinson stated that he doubted the reunion would be a permanent one, although his answer was not definitive. On 7 June, Little Angels played at the 2012 Sweden Rock Festival. The reunion culminated in a 9 date UK tour in December 2012 with venues including Nottingham Rock City and O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire. The Glasgow date had to be moved to a larger venue due to "phenomenal demand". Support came from fellow British band Skin. Drummer Richardson could not perform on the tour due to commitments with Skunk Anansie, and was replaced by Dominic Greensmith (mainly known for his time with Reef). Similarly, Grant Kirkhope (trumpet) was unavailable. The reason given on stage by Jepson was that he was "living in California as a tramp". Little Angels were booked to play the Isle of Wight Festival, supporting Bon Jovi, on 16 June 2013. On 9 May 2013 they issued a statement to say that this, in conjunction with warm up shows in Cardiff and Cambridge, would be the end of their reunion activities together. Drummer Richardson joined the band for these final three dates, but not trumpeter Grant Kirkhope.