Had a great time in Southampton

It was a real thrill sharing a stage with some of the guys Frank Zappa had chosen to be in his band when we opened for Basnned From Utopia on Saturday. Fortunately we played our best gig to date and to an enthusiastic audience. I've uploaded a recording of our set to SoundCloud and shared it to FaceBook.

I'm not sure what benefit there is in maintaining this blog. If you find this useful please comment. Otherwise I think I'll abandon this blog and use FaceBook to keep up-to-date with Acton Zappa news.

Band From Utopia support gig Confirmed

Yes we are playing a gig supporting Frank Zappa's actual band! How good is that? It's at The 1865 in Southampton on Saturday 15th October.

Playing support for Band From Utopia next week!

Had a great rehearsal yesterday and all very exited that we are almost certainly going to be playing a support gig for Band From Utopia in Southampton. Once it's absolutely confirmed I'll post it on Facebook.

Uploaded this short video the other day. It's from the Hampton Square Music Festival.

Acton Zappa playing Big Swifty by Frank Zapa

Zappadan Zappajam 2

Had a great gig at Hampton Festival yesterday. Time to start preparing for Zappadan Zappajam 2. Put it on FB as an event. It will be on the first Saturday in December.

We'll be playing Hampton Festival in July

It's just been confirmed that we'll be playing at Hampton Festival again on Sunday 10th July. Further details will follow. Last year our set clashed with the Wimbledon final which resulted in a somewhat diminished audience - for us not the tennis. Hoping the same doesn't happen this year.

In London for the last gig of our mini-tour

Tomorrow, Easter Saturday 26th March, Acton Zappa will be playing at Under The Bridge, London SW6. This will be our last gig supporting Ike Willis and Zappatika. It should be a blast.