The Sweet

Only FOUR MORE DAYS! Then we hit ARIZONA! Watch out, TUCSON - we're comin' atcha! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sweet-tickets-61622637969?aff=ebdssbeac

Well done the winners, you will get a message! Thanks so much to all who took part - sorry you couldn't all win!

16 June 1973: Let's see who's in today's 'Billboard' with a great new single release... Did you buy it?!

Naughty Steve! Here he is, explaining the origins of 'Sweet F.A.' Many thanks to Jim Scharosch for the video snippet. Recorded at Diamond Jo's, Dubuque, Iowa on 21 September 2018. https://youtu.be/cpOUnACbPk4

You've only got until midnight tomorrow to enter the competition - great prize! http://bit.ly/31BbIX1

IT'S HERE! Steve and Richie on the Adam Carolla Pocast (Part Two is the one) https://adamcarolla.com/blogs/podcast-archive/sweet-s-steve-priest-and-richie-onori Enjoy!

We made a little video with some pics of our bass-playing legend to let the world know that this is now available! This track is called 'Another Dust Bites The One'!

Another treat for you! 1977 rehearsal recordings for the 'Level Headed' tour. QUANTITIES ARE VERY LIMITED!! This special bundle includes a signed copy of the Level Headed 1977 Rehearsals LP in blue vinyl, and a signed photo of Steve Priest and the band. Hurry, extremely limited quantities, this will sell out fast. https://thesweetband.com/store/level-headed-1977-lp-bundle https://thesweetband.com/store/level-headed-1977-lp-bundle

GOOD NEWS! 'Priest's Precious Poems' is now legitimately available for mp3 digital download! Thank you for requesting it! https://thesweetband.com/store/priests-precious-poems https://thesweetband.com/store/priests-precious-poems

Exciting things afoot today, that you need to keep an eye on and be on hand to lend an ear to tomorrow! Here's the Press Release...

11 & 12 June: These days see the recording of perhaps the most signature of Sweet songs! Here's Brad Jones The Sweet Book, Mick Duthie, Stve Priest (buy book on the website!) and Deve Thompson ('Blockbuster: The True Story of Sweet') in their various publications to tell the story... (With pics by Gered Mankowitz. Don't forget we have 2 copies of the Mick Duthie book as prizes in our current competition!)

Coming up on Wednesday this week (12 June) Steve and Richie will be interviewed on the Adam Carolla podcast - don't miss it! https://adamcarolla.com/ We will post a link to the episode when it airs.

COMPETITION!!! Here it is! The prize is TWO COPIES of Mick Duthie's amazing Sweet EBOOK 'No Matter What They Say' (courtesy of http://www.thesweet.com/hsh/index.html) So two of you can win!. Weighing in at over 400 pages of text, the book follows Sweet's career from birth (literally!) to recent times. HERE'S THE COMPETITION! This is a Sweet Crossword from the UK 'Music Star' annual, from 1974. Now, some of the answers are a little...um... eclectic, so we would recommend that you grab your favourite fizzy drink/soda pop, have a big bag of your favourite sweets/candy at the ready, put on some 1973 (and/or earlier) Sweet records and UNLEASH YOUR INNER TEENYBOPPER!! Message us your answers - you can do it any way you like - print, complete and photo, just send us the answers in writing, fill it in digitally - you will find a way! ANSWERS BY MIDNIGHT (BST) ON SUNDAY 16 JUNE. GOOD LUCK! (Winners chosen by random draw)

COMPETITION COMING SOON! Oooooh.... LOOK OUT!

7 June 1972: Sweet are at BBC's 'Top of the Pops' performing 'Little Willy' (to the back track they recorded themselves - see earlier post and compare it with the single version). Transmitted on 8th. The BBC have wiped a lot of tapes, including this, but luckily German TV's 'Disco' saved it! https://vimeo.com/340743021

GIGS GALORE! Hope there's one near you, and see you there! https://thesweetband.com/tour/ https://thesweetband.com/tour/

Just to give you something to look at (in case it helps you through the day in any way) a poster of Steve, looking as though he's just done something a bit naughty, c. 1974. And someone's scribbled on it!

Thanks to your wonderful, concerted and supportive efforts, it appears that 'Fake Steve' has left the building! Thank you all so much. xx

Here's our current set list. Which song would make you scream the loudest and groove the hardest?!

5 June 1976: Thank you, America! Today's 'Billboard' announces that 'Desolation Boulevard' has gone gold in the USA! It takes the guys until 14 August to receive it - but who cares?! It's great!

Ever wonder what else members of Sweet get up to in their spare time? Here's our Richie back in 2013... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ2rytMx0C4

Another track for you today from 'Priest's Precious Poems'. We're all ears and it's good to talk! https://youtu.be/sUZxfMUSThE

It's #WorldBicycleDay! Have a Sweet one! (Photo: Wolfgang Heilemann https://rock.fotograf.de/album/sweet)

Anyone wondering why we love our guitar-playing Mitch so much, just check this out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhhiVY1r1fg

Speaking of all things Purple, a new set of fans and instant credibility, here's POP magazine, a year later in '76, reporting on what happened in Santa Monica when a well-known guitarist got up on stage with Sweet... (Wasn't quite how it happened, but still - makes a good story! For more accurate details, see Steve's book, available on website!)