SIMON DRING TOUR DATES WITH THE OLI BROWN BAND

Simon Dring, a young and upcoming Premier artist, is set to tour the UK the Oli Brown Band.

Simon was born in London and moved to Norfolk when he was 8 years old, but his interest in drums began at the age of 6 when he was chosen to play maracas in a school concert. Since then, he and drums have been inseparable.
 
By the age of 15 he was doing over 50 gigs a year, and Simon turned pro when he was 18. He began teaching drums in his old high school and continued gigging regularly with various bands.
Since then Simon has taught hundreds of pupils from ages 5 to 55, and has notched up over 1000 public performances all over the UK, Europe and America. He has also recorded numerous albums, demos and EP's for a variety of groups

Simon met Fred Hollis in 2006 when they were playing together in a professional function band. Also in 2006, Simon met Oli at a Blues jam in Norwich. The rest, as they say, is history.

As a drummer, Simon's influences include Gilson Lavis, Ronnie Tutt, Terry Bozzio, Lindsay Jamieson, Billy Ward and Gavin Harrison. His other musical heroes include Stevie Wonder, Ben Folds, Faith No More, The Beach Boys and They Might Be Giants.

Check out Simon with the Oli Brown Band on tour across the UK from October through to December:

October 2009

Thu1 The Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst
Fri 2 The Stables, Milton Keynes
Sat 3 The Yardbirds Club, Grimsby  
Sun 4 The Baby Blue, Liverpool  
Mon 5 Cox's Yard, Stratford upon Avon  
Thu 8 Rhythm and Blues Club, Ipswich  
Sat 10 Norton Grange, Isle of White  
Sun 11 The Cellars, Eastney  
Thu 15 The Tunnels, Bristol  
Fri 16 The Assembly Hall, Worthing  
Mon 19 Monday Blues, The Bullingdon, Oxford
Wed 21 The Robin 2, Wolverhampton
Thu 22 The 12 Bar, Swindon
Fri 23 Rhythm and Blues Club, Darlington
Sat 24 Fell Em Doon Club, Ashington  
Sun 25 Grand Opera House, York. with Walter Trout  
Tue 27 The Blues Club (Cask Inn), Scarborough 
Wed 28 The Boardwalk, Sheffield  
Thu 29 The Dome, Morecambe  
               
November   
       
Sat 21 The Blues Assembly. Leamington Spa
Wed 25 The Academy, Manchester (with Mick Taylor)
               
December   
       
Thu 3 Phoenix Arts Centre. Exeter
Fri 4 The West Coast, Margate  
Sat 5 Wingspan Club, Crawley  
Wed 9 Plaza Suite, Sevenoaks  
Thu 10 The Cellar Bar, Farnham
Sat 12 Milkwood Jam, Swansea  
Sun 13 The Globe, Cardiff  
Tue 15 The Brook, Southampton  
Wed 16 The Jazz Cafe, London
Thu 17 The Waterfront, Norwich