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Call them what you will – Chas 'n' Dave, Chas and Dave, Chas & Dave or Chas n Dave - Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock are the biz when it comes to no-nonsense cockney rock 'n' roll. In these neck of the woods we call it 'Rockney'. Catch them at a live show to experience the true magic of CHAS & DAVE.

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"SEASIDE SPECIAL" BURLESQUE SHOW
Friday 12 June 2009 @ THE 100 CLUB (Rock Show - unseated venue)
+ H.M.S. Burlesque featuring Agent Lynch + Millicent Binks + Lewis Floyd Henry + THE DUKE'S JETTY + DJ Danny Carrier
100 Oxford Street, London W1D 1LL click here for tickets

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NEWS:

15/4/09
During the boys' (rare) days off, Chas has been busy writing his new album. The self-titled CD includes 13 brand new tracks plus a version of the C&D live favourite 'Hungarian Rhapsody'. 'Chas Hodges' hits the shops in May.

5/2/09
Chas will be on Mark Lamarr's show on BBC Radio 2 tomorrow night (6th) talking about his planned new album among other things.

27/11/08
A new arts show goes on in Shoreditch in December which might be of interest to C&D fans. Details here: www.theonetonshow.com

17/11/08
Chas will be signing copies of his new book at Waterstones in Hitchin, Hertfordshire on Thursday 27th of November at 7PM.

14/10/08
The boys will be playing and chatting on the Alan Titchmarsh show on ITV tomorrow (15th) at 3pm. They'll be talking about the new Chas & Dave book among other things.

13/10/08
Chas & Dave - All About Us
Chas & Dave - our storyAs previously mentioned this book tells the full C&D story from Chas' point of view plus includes his previous book '....Chas Before Dave' in it's entirety. Published by John Blake, The book is now in stores priced £18.99, But visitors to this site can order a signed copy directly from the publishers at the discount price of £14.99. Full details here.

23/7/08
All About Chas & Dave....Chas has now finished writing the follow up to 'The Rock'n'Roll Years of Chas Before Dave'. Entitled 'Chas & Dave - All About Us', this book follows on from where the previous one left off and tells the complete C&D story right up to the present day. Plus, in case you've never read '..Chas before Dave', it will be incorporated in it's entirety into this new book, so you'll be getting two books in one!! A December release is planned.

11/6/08
The boys (including a now fully-recovered Chas!) will be appearing at the first London International Music Show at the EXcel centre , docklands this Friday - 13th - as part of the promotion for the new songbook. They will be playing a scaled-down set at the Guitar Show stand (D34) at 1.50pm and will be signing and chatting at the Faber music stand at 3pm. You can also hear Chas on the Robert Elms show on BBC radio London talking about the show (among other things) on Thursday - 12th - at 2.30 pm.

6/6/08
A newly packaged Chas & Dave collection is being released by Demon on their Red Box imprint on the 23rd of June. This collection will have a limited availability and consists of the boys' mid-nineties output such as the V.E. Day album. The material on this collection has previously been available on numerous unofficial releases (see the About us page) but the legal issues regarding this material have now been cleared up, Therefore this is an official release although we ourselves have not been involved with the compiling or packaging of it. You can pre-order here

29/5/08
Look out for the boys on ITV's 'Britain's Got Talent' tonight.

16/4/08
Listen out for Chas & Dave on the current TV ad campaign for a certain rabbit based Nintendo Wii game. No prizes for guessing which song!

02/04/08
The Chas & Dave songbook is out now! Available in all good music shops and available online here

05/03/08
One of the new Chas & Dave Tshirts - the 'braces' design - is featured in this month's Loaded magazine. Click here

02/03/08
Chas is busy writing the follow-up to his book 'The Rock'n'Roll Years Of Chas Before Dave'. The new book picks up where the other left off and tells the entire Chas & Dave story up to the present day. The original book will form part of this new one for anyone who never read ..Chas Before Dave. A Christmas release is planned.

20/02/08
The new Chas & Dave songbook is now available to pre-order. The book hits the shops in early April. The full track listing is: Ain’t No Pleasing You; Beer Belly; The Diddlum Song; Flying; Gertcha (recently heard on Ashes To Ashes); Harry Was A Champion; I Wonder In Whose Arms; In Sickness And In Health; London Girls; Margate; Mustn’t Grumble; One Of Them Days; Poor Old Mr Woogie; Rabbit; The Sideboard Song; Snooker Loopy; That Old Piano; That’s What I Like; Wallop; Wish I Could Write A Love Song. Pre-order it here

11/02/08
New 2008 C&D t-shirts!....are now available online. Some brand new - and rather good! - designs have been added to the range including - by very popular demand - men's 'Gertcha' shirts. Check 'em out here

02/02/08
Sky News did a feature on Chas & Dave recently. See it here

18/12/07
There's a great Chas & Dave special in tomorrow's (19th Dec) edition of The Independent with interviews and a review of the Christmas Beano. Have a butcher's here

16/12/07
The boys were joined on stage by Pete Doherty last night for an Impromptu version of 'Aint No Pleasing You'. The gig at the Tap'n'Tin in Chatham was opened by Pete with an acoustic set, and a great time was had by all. Various clips from the gig can be found on Youtube.

9/12/07
Chas will be playing and chatting on the Robert Elms show on BBC London radio 94.9 this Thursday (13th) at 2.30pm

30/10/07
New Chas & Dave songbook. By popular demand!!, An all new Chas & Dave songbook is being produced by Faber. Featuring twenty C&D classics transcribed for full piano, vocal, and guitar parts. It will be the first available Chas & Dave sheet music for over twenty years. The book is currently in production so all tracklisting and release details will appear here in due course.OUT NOW!
Oily Rags
Country Pies Black Claws and Oily Rags: the Early Years of Chas and Dave 5/10/07
'Country Pies, Black Claws, & Oily Rags is out this Monday. You can order it HERE1/10/07
Chas will be on the Danny Baker show on BBC London Live radio today from 3pm.20/9/07
You can hear Chas on the Del Richardson show on Radio Caroline (digital) this Tuesday 25th of Sept. Chas will be playing live between 6-9 PMOUT NOW!
This is the first and only official Chas & Dave DVD on the market. We are aware of two other DVDs which some retailers are selling, namely: 'Greatest Hits Live', and 'Street Party' but these are unofficial and are to be avoided.

3/9/07
Another top interview with Dave is in the current Bass Guitar magazine where Dave talks about all thing C&D, plus an insight into the gear he uses. 14/8/07
Oily Rags/Country Pie re-issue. The last unreleased part of Chas & Dave's recording career is finally released next month. Country Pies, Black Claws, & Oily Rags collects the early work of Chas & Dave before they were known as such. Including the full Oily Rags album, plus the rare Country Pie album as well as early demos. Full details to follow but you can pre-order it HERE

12/7/07
Chas in the movies!!! Chas will be appearing in a new film currently in production about the life of legendary record producer Joe Meek. Telstar is the big screen version of 2005's hugely successful stage play of the same name. Written by Nick Moran & James Hicks - with Moran directing - , Chas has a cameo role in the film alongside a star-studded cast including Kevin Spacey, Carl Barat, Nigel Harman, Ralf Little (playing a young Chas!) and Chas' actress wife Joan Hodges who plays Joe Meek's mother. More details as we get them...

13/4/07
'Before We Grow Too Old', Chas's new album with J.I. Allison, is released on May 14th on Sanctuary Records. Further release and pre order details to follow.

7/4/07
Chas & Dave have been booked to play a second slot at this year's Glastonbury festival. Details to follow.

30/3/07
Chas & Dave performed 'Aint No Pleasing You' with full orchestra and string section at the Guilty Pleasures Live show at The Hackney Empire last week. Also on the bill were The Magic Numbers, Suggs, Ed Harcourt, and Cerys Matthews among others. The show was recorded for BBC Radio London 94.9 and will be broadcast at midday on Easter Monday.

28/2/07
The boys are back at Glastonbury!! - After Chas & Dave's highly successful Glastonbury debut at the last festival in 2005, the boys have been asked back to play on the opening day at this year's Glastonbury on the 22nd of June. More details to follow.

30/1/07
It's Chas & J.I.!! - Just before Christmas Chas spent a week in Nashville recording an album with J.I. Allison, legendary drummer with Buddy Holly & The Crickets. That album is now complete and is being released in May on Sanctuary Records. The set is a mix of originals and unusual covers with Chas handling vocals, piano, bass, and guitar and J.I. on drums and vocals. Jack Clement also features on a couple of numbers. More info to follow.11/12/06
Tickets for this year's legendary 'Beano' (on Thursday 14/12/06) selling fast. Click here to buy yours now. 04/11/06
Double announcement of news today as the release of Chas & Dave's first official DVD is announced. 'Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire' catches the boys in full flow at last Christmas's already legendary 'Beano'. And if that's not enough, The brand new range of official Chas & Dave T-shirts is now available. Have a butcher's here26/07/06
Chas will be on the Jonathan Ross Show on Radio 2 this Saturday (29th). He'll actually be talking to Mark Lamarr about the forthcoming Jerry Lee Lewis show among other things. The show airs between 10am and 1pm.22/06/06
Chas & Dave will be on supporting the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on August the 12th.13/06/06
The release date for the 'Live at Shepherd's Bush' DVD has been pushed back to the autumn. Full release date details will appear here as soon as we have them.31/05/06
Chas has been laid low with a severe throat infection and has been given doctors orders to rest his voice for the next week. Consequently any gigs from now - 31st of May - until the 7th of June have been cancelled and will be rescheduled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.31/05/06
We've been informed that a certain newspaper has today reported that Chas & Dave have recorded a world cup song. As we've stated before, the boys no longer ecord football related songs - or any sport related songs for that matter! - so this story is completely untrue.8/05/06
The new album 'From Tottenham To Tennesee' hit the shops on May the 29th. This 2 CD set is released by Demon and the catalogue number for pre-ordering is MCDLX027.15/03/06
Chas & Dave were back at Abbey Road this week mixing the sound for the forthcoming 'live at Shepherd's Bush Empire' DVD. The release is scheduled for June and will be issued by EMI. This is Chas & Dave's first official DVD release so if you see any others - ignore 'em! 17/02/06
By popular demand the Well Pleased and Flying albums are to be re issued by Demon records this spring. They will be released as a two CD set along with Rarities and b sides from the era. It will be the first time 'Well Pleased' plus the rarities have been available on CD. This set follows on chronologically from the excellent Mustn't Grumble/Joblot set Demon released last year. It will also mean that all of Chas & Dave's studio album back catalogue will be available to buy. Watch this space for release details.15/01/06
Chas & Dave appear this week in The Guardian's 'Seven Ages Of Pop' feature along with the likes of Sway, and members od The Subways and The Go! Team.21/12/05
Chas & Dave will be playing live on the National Lottery on BBC 1 this saturday evening (christmas eve). We've also been told that one of the classic Two Ronnies Chas & Dave sketches, which was apparently one of the late Ronnie Barker's favourites, is being replayed on the Two Ronnies Christmas special on BBC 1, Christmas day.

• Demon release 'Job Lot' and 'Mustn't Grumble' on a bargain price CD (August 2005)
• Chas & Dave to play Glastonbury! (May 2005)
• Remastered EMI 'Best of' album out now (May 2005)

About Chas & Dave

Over the years, Chas & Dave have become synonymous with beer, boots, braces, parties, massive hit records and generally having a good time! But how did it all start?
Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock come from Edmonton and Ponders End respectively, and first met up in North London in the mid-sixties through a mutual friend. The circumstances were originally nothing to do with music…
Chas was renowned in his younger years for always missing the last bus home due to the seriousness of his courting activities to the girl he eventually married. A regular mate of Chas, called Brian Juniper, would frequently take pity on this solitary figure wandering through the streets in the early hours and offer the lad a lift home. There was usually another bloke sitting in the car and his name was Dave Peacock. When talk came 'round to music', Chas and Dave were instantly in agreement and a firm friendship was established.
At the time, Chas was playing with Mike Berry and the Outlaws. They had the honour of headlining over a very unknown band from Liverpool called The Beatles…
Although the two men were constantly meeting, it never occurred to them to play together as both of them preferred the guitar. What really spurred them on was that when they met over a jar, they would find themselves expressing dissatisfaction with the pop scene of the early seventies - the big superstar groups with phoney American accents playing pretentious music.
Chas and Dave wanted to go back to their Rock 'n' Roll roots, and sing in their own accents about subjects which they cared about.
Everyone told them that it would never work, but Chas and Dave started to play gigs in pubs like 'The Prince of Wales' in Gravesend, 'The Essex Arms' in the East End and 'The Cooks Ferry' at Edmonton. At these, their first public appearances, Chas played the guitar and Dave the bass. They built up a good London following and impressed session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan who owned Retreat Records with Derek Lawrence. He offered them the chance to record their own material.
The result was the album 'One Fing and Anuvver' which was released in 1975 and which so impressed the distributors EMI, that they signed them up immediately.
At this moment in Chas and Dave's history, an important figure re-entered their lives. To this day, few people can name him, yet he is vital to their sound. Who is this retiring man?
His name is Micky Burt - the drummer with Chas and Dave. Mick used to be the drummer in Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers when Chas was with them. Mick had since left and gone back to his original profession as a plumber.
Chas phoned him up out of the blue one day, and asked him to drop tools and give it a go playing for them. Chas couldn't promise Mick it would work, but we all know that it could never have failed - and so did Mick.
Rockney had been born - the unique blend of cockney and rock which was so soon to capture the people's imagination and thrust Chas and Dave into the limelight.
What aided the process was a chance encounter with an advertising agency executive who just happened to be at a pub in Islington when Chas and Dave were playing 'Gertcha'. He thought the song was perfect for the new Courage Beer campaign, and really the rest is history. 'Gertcha' became a nation-wide catchphrase and Chas and Dave songs like 'Margate' and 'Rabbit' ensured that the campaign was one of the most consistent award-winning commercials on television.
From a struggling band who used to fear an unexpected ring at the door in case it was the bailiffs, who had to argue with record companies who told them that their music would never sell, who used to tour the UK and Europe in a Mini, Chas and Dave had achieved the status they deserved.
A string of hit singles in the Eighties, including their No 1 hit 'Ain't No Pleasing You', together with million selling party albums and TV series galore firmly established them as a unique act with a dedicated following of fans. Songs like 'Gertcha' and 'Rabbit' have become national sing-a-long party hits, and Chas and Dave have become part of our culture, London icons. Their fans have grown up with them and Chas and Dave tour theatres in England and around the world.
In the 1990s, they were discovered by a whole new generation of fans. In the Spring of 1995, they scored a No 3 album with 'Chas & Dave's Street Party'. They were regular guests on Brian Conley's, Garry Bushell's and Danny Baker's radio and television shows, and the BBC followed them around on tour and presented documentaries based on their lives on the road. They ended the Century with a string of fantastic guest TV spots ('Never Mind the Buzzcocks', 'Jools Holland', and loads more), sell-out London Palladium shows and with ever growing support from their world-wide fan base.
Into the Millennium, they continue to record new material, play to sell-out theatre audiences, and somehow still retain their cockney roots despite being in demand world-wide. During their recent tour in the USA, two albums were released and fantastically received by radio stations and punters alike. Again, Chas & Dave stormed sell-out gigs wherever they went ..a habit they don't seem to be able to break!

THERE IS NO PRETENCE ABOUT IT - CHAS & DAVE ARE SIMPLY UNIQUE!
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