The manager of a popular auditorium in the LA Basin town of Wilmington, California: " Although Monday night dancing is frankly an experiment it was the only night of the week on which this outstanding band could be secured.

They secured a record contract with Capitol Records, but Hooper left the band before the remaining trio moved to Los Angeles to record their debut album.

Grant secured an advance deal of $ 200, 000 from Atlantic Records in November 1968, which was then one of biggest deals of its kind for a new band.

On September 2012 MTS launched the country ’ s first TD-LTE network, using the TD-LTE spectrum in the 2595-2620 MHz band it secured in February .< Ref >" MTS launches first TD-LTE network in Russia "

Marbles was released in 2004 with a 2-CD version that is only available at Marillion's website – kind of a ' thank-you ' gesture to the over 18, 000 fans who pre-ordered it, and as even a further thanks to the fans, their names were credited in the sleeve notes ( this ' thank you ' to the fans also occurred with the previous album, Anoraknophobia ). Marillion in 2007, left to right: Steve Rothery, Steve Hogarth, Pete Trewavas ( front row ), Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley ( back row ) The band ’ s management organised the biggest promotional schedule since they had left EMI and Steve Hogarth secured interviews with prominent broadcasters on BBC Radio, including Matthew Wright, Bob Harris, Stuart Maconie, Simon Mayo and Mark Lawson.

The band appeared in October 2006 on U. S. cable channel VH-1 Classic and began a world tour largely focused on the U. S. The band secured ownership of the Asia name and toured under the description of the Four Original Members of Asia.

" Friday gave the band contacts that secured them a show in Tilburg, Netherlands.

By 1966, Ralphs, Tippins, and Watts ( the latter now on bass ) had come together in a band called The Doc Thomas Group, and soon secured a residency at a club in a resort town in Italy.

To refine Grand Funk's sound, the band secured veteran musician Todd Rundgren as a producer.

The new line-up gelled quickly, dropped most of the old songs when they played live, and secured a new record deal with Phonogram, but the resulting album Nightlife was a disappointment for the band due to its soft production and underdeveloped style.

Massive Asian and South American tours followed before the band returned to the studio with producer Tony Platt and a new deal with CBS's Portrait label secured by new manager Harry Maloney.

Kauff had not managed to resolve the dispute with Cannon Films, so the album remained unreleased, and the band had not secured a contract with a UK record label either.

In addition to his far-reaching band of agents, Cooke secured the support of most Northern newspapers.

The band eventually secured the opening slot and played a four-song set that impressed Creation founder Alan McGee.

The band, which at this time included organist Roy Lynes, secured an appearance on BBC Radio's Saturday Club hosted by Brian Matthew.

In addition to the taper, they had a secured band of cloth — looking rather like a pants cuff — sewn around each leg ’ s hem, so the ballooning fabric would not open out like regular hakama.

The band secured commercial success in 1989, when their song " Pacific State " was picked up by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies.

The rolled ends then pass around the neck until they meet in front of it, where they are secured together, either with a knot, such as a reef knot or a slip knot, or with a rubber band or other fastener ( called a woggle or neckerchief slide ) and allowed to hang.

Stocks were initially just a small piece of muslin folded into a narrow band wound a few times round the shirt collar and secured from behind with a pin.

Their first release, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus ( 1986 ), immediately secured their standing, positioning the band within metal circles, setting a milestone in the doom metal scene.

Despite their success, the band received virtually no income from these often re-released records, until legal action finally secured payments from the present licencees in the early 2000s.

They secured a production contract with independent record producer Denny Cordell, but this was turned into a media event by Secunda, who arranged for the band to sign their contracts on the back of Liz Wilson, a topless female model.

Within months the band secured high profile support slots with Elvis Costello on two UK tours, including 2 nights at the Royal Albert Hall and Oasis.

Jo Lustig's influence had secured numerous radio appearances for the band — at least eleven broadcasts by the BBC in 1968, for example.

The band maintained a five-year residency in the Afro-Shrine from 1970 to 1975 while afrobeat thrived among Nigerian youth.

The band announced a three-week residency in Las Vegas, with bassist Nikki Sixx stating, " This is the beginning of what will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band's career.

A local Saturday night residency at the Wizbah venue saw throwback covers with a growing list of original songs which developed a cult following for the band.

The Five Spot residency ended Christmas 1957, Coltrane left to rejoin Miles Davis's seminal sextet, and the band was effectively disbanded.

Monk did not form another long-term band until June 1958, when he began a second residency at the Five Spot, again with a quartet, this time with Griffin ( and later Charlie Rouse ) on tenor, Ahmed Abdul-Malik on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums.

Harris joined on March 24, 1944, while the band was in the middle of a week-long residency at the Regal in Chicago.

New trumpeters Lew Soloff and Chuck Winfield brought the band up to nine total members and the new lineup of the band debuted at the Cafe Au Go Go on June 18, 1968, at the beginning of a two week residency.

Although the next three singles also failed, they had a residency as support band at The Marquee.

From about 1908 to 1912 he led a band in residency at Delacroix Island, Louisiana.

In 1983, he formed a 1930s style jazz band, Vile Bodies, which for many years enjoyed a residency at the Ritz Hotel in London.

This six week stint at the Red Dog was important because band members Mike Ferguson and George Hunter produced a rock concert poster in advance of the residency to promote the performances.

American musician and composer Frank Zappa and his band The Mothers of Invention were central to the freak scene in the mid to late 1960s, both in the Los Angeles / San Francisco Bay Area music scene and in New York, where the band had a now infamous residency at the Garrick Theatre.

During 1970 the band played a residency at Jonathon's Disco, playing seven hours a night, four days a week for eight months.

With this new line-up, the Hot Rods played a set at London's famous Marquee Club – their opening act was a young band named The Sex Pistols playing their first London gig, which descended into chaos with the Pistols smashing the Hot Rods ' gear ; During a residency at the club in the summer of 1976 they duelled for alternate weeks with AC / DC, to see who could cram more bodies into the Marquee during one of the hottest summers on record.

In 1969 he became acquainted with the blues band, Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, which was holding a residency at London ’ s Studio 51 club, joining as a vocalist and piano player.

In April of that year, the band were offered a short residency at the Arcadia Club in Frankfurt, Germany, playing from 7pm to 3am every night for a month, with only 15 minutes ' break every hour.

Pencilled in for Glastonbury Festival in 2010 as well as other major fesivals across the globe the band recently played the Glade Festival, Irie Vibes Festival, Flyover Show as well as a residency at the prestigious West Bromwich venue The Public.

He began to sit in with some old friends, The Fleadh Cowboys, at their Sunday afternoon residency in The Lower Deck in Dublin, and soon decided to move back to Portstewart and put a new band together.

In late 2001, the band revived their tradition of a week's club residency, formerly known as " Green Sprouts Music Week ", and played 11 straight evenings at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern.

The band had a residency at the Albion Free State's ' Meat Roxy ' in Ladbroke Grove, and made their last performance at the August, 1974 Windsor Free Festival.

Lacking a vocalist, they were strictly an instrumental band until the addition of singer Al Jackson in 1963 ; they began playing rock and roll songs and secured a residency at Solihull Civic Hall.