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	All Students Top 10 Students Archive

		Dave Neale and ROOSTER at number 7 in the UK charts Congratulations to BIMM Higher Diploma Drums graduate Dave Neale who has just become our second student to enjoy a Top 10 single. ROOSTER’s track "Come Get Some" entered the UK charts with a bullet at Number 7 last week and the band have been busy with lots of TV and promotional appearances. Nice work Dave and best of luck from everyone at BIMM!!!

		BIMM student gets a Top 10 single!!! Tom Swann, a graduate of BIMM’s 2004 Higher Diploma bass course, has hit the big time with a Top 10 single!!! Tom became bass player with Speedway while he was still a student at BIMM. Since joining the band he has made appearances on TV, and has played large festival gigs like T In The Park. Speedway’s debut single, the double A-side Genie In A Bottle/Save Yourself, rocketed up the charts earlier this Autumn and into the Top 10. We all wish Tom the very best with his future career, and congratulate him and the band on their fantastic success. You rule dude!!!

		OZZY OZZY OZZY!!! Any sharp-eyed viewers watching the arrival of the Olympic Torch in London in July will have spotted the choir of BIMM students backing Kelly and the prince of darkness as they serenaded members of the Royal Family and an audience of 80,000 outside Buckingham Palace. The TV broadcast went out live to a worldwide audience of over 10 million people.

		BIMM Student Richard Fownes Tours with System of A Down Richard Fownes (Higher Diploma guitar) has snagged a great gig as lead guitarist with hip Brighton band 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster for their European stadium tour with American rockers System of a Down. He will be playing in some of the biggest venues across the continent, including Glasgow’s SECC and Brixton Academy, while opening for the band who recorded the legendary rock album Toxicity as they promote their new release Mezmerize.

		The Kooks play Brixton Academy The Kooks are playing at The Brixton Academy on Nov 24th in support of The Thrills and also playing the rest of their UK tour. They are the first BIMM band to play at Brixton Academy and we wish them luck with the show.

		BIMM choir sing with Pitchshifter at Astoria Mark Clayden and the guys from Pitchshifter, who are currently touring the UK, invited the BIMM choir to play a sold out Astoria gig in front of over 2000 fans for the encore of ’Please Sir’. Massive thanks to P.S.I. and all the crew for such a memorable day. "That was ******* unbelievable, how can I go back to playing to 200 people a night after this?" Darius Bedhad (BIMM choir)

		EXCLUSIVE: Two more BIMM bands sign major label deals!!! (20 Aug) Congratulations to BIMM band The Kooks who have been snapped up by a London based international major record label and are on the way to big things. As if that wasn’t enough news, we hear that BIMM Vocals and Songwriting graduate Toy has also signed another major label record deal with an as yet unnamed band (see pic below). We are sworn to secrecy so can’t reveal any more about who Toy’s band are, or who the labels that have signed Toy and The Kooks are, but everyone at BIMM is very pleased nonetheless. Great work guys!!! Keep comng back to the BIMM web site for more news of our students’ successes!!!

		Degree students featured on Channel 4 (25 March) This week’s edition of Channel 4’s top music show EAR CANDY was filmed entirely in BIMM (see events section). Students feature throughout the show, and for the final link presenter Colin Murray forms an impromptu band with BIMM degree students Carlos, Jon and Max to close the show with a bang.

		Brighton Live - Brighton Station Many BIMM students were involved in this years Brighton Live - over 150 local bands playing in over 200 venues in 1 week!! Al Brown, Will and The People, Sarah Louise Boyle and Dani Wilde are just a few, all playing at Brighton Station! Yes, it was the first time any gigs have been organised there, but judging by the crowd these artists pulled there will be many more. The above acts have also performed on Juice FM and Meridan TV as part of this festival.

		3 Finalists in the 3 Student Music Awards The Wailing Jacks, Decoder and Miss Al Brown are all through to this years’ final. They have their videos up live on the website and are playing at the Old Market in Hove on March 16th - see website link and please log on and vote for your favourite BIMM artist.