News: The latest info and stories from Thornville.
We always keep the news here current, but for a wider ranger of topics and the very latest breaking news we recommend you visit the free chat FORUMS. Read from the bottom if you want to know the band's history.
Date | News Item | Date Posted |
Nov 03 | The Thorns will be back in the US touring | 16 Oct 03 |
Sept 03 | The Thorns will be Touring the UK and Australia - see tours page | 1 Aug 03 |
09 Jul 03 | The Thorns will be on the FOX TV Morning Show (7am-9am) Chicago | 09 Jul 03 |
06 Jul 03 | The Thorns move down two places to position 17 in the Radio and Record National (US) Airplay Charts. | 06 Jul 03 |
30 Jun 03 | The Thorns are at position 15 in the Radio and Record National (US) Airplay Charts. | 01 Jul 03 |
26 Jun 03 | The Thorns 9:30 Club Show (Washington D.C.) will available via a live web cast - details of how to view it free in the tour page | 24 Jun 03 |
26 Jun 03 | TheThorns.com independent Thorns Fan Club Ecards system launched | 26 Jun 03 |
20 Jun 03 | The Thorns are rumoured to appear at the Radio and Record Convention (R&R). See the Tour page for additional info | 13 Jun 03 |
19 Jun 03 | The LIFEbeat AIDS concert in Los Angeles features Matthew Sweet performing with Hanson - check out the Tours Page for details | 19 Jun 03 |
19 Jun 03 | The world famous BBC have listed The Thorns in the playlist of the week for BBC Radio2 (easy listening station). | 19 Jun 03 |
14 Jun 03 | The Thorns are now at position 19 in the Radio and Record National (US) Airplay Charts. They are still on the up so mail your radio station and ask them to play it some more! | 14 Jun 03 |
14 Jun 03 | The Thorns video - I can't remember - has taken position 13 in the VH1 Country Weekly Countdown. | 14 Jun 03 |
14 Jun 03 | The Thorns album entered the Billboard chart at number 62 | 14 Jun 03 |
6 Jun 03 | CD Sales have gone through the roof! Amazon sales positions - US 46, UK 29, CA 85 (variable) |
6 Jun 03 |
30 May 03 | The Thorns Listening Hour @ Schuba's Tavern 5:30pm 3159 Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657. | 29 May 03 |
30 May 03 | WXPN/Philadelphia has expanded their XPN Artists to Watch series to be an annual event spotlighting a dozen new artists. Each artist is featured via four daily segments and a web component. The series just wound down May 30. The 12 artists spotlighted this year were Alexi Murdoch, Robert Randolph, Gemma Hayes, Derek Trucks, Darcia Miner, Eastmoutainsouth, Ed Harcourt, Kathleen Edwards, Amos Lee, The Polyphonic Spree, The Thorns and Sam Roberts. The station will also be giving out an XPN Emerging Artist of the Year award at this year's Singer-Songwriter Weekend, taking place July 19-20 | 14 Jun 03 |
23 May 03 | The Thorns appear on The Late Show with Craig Kilborn (CBS : 12:32 midnight ET) | 5 May 03 |
20 May 03 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC: 11:35pm ET) | 5 May 03 |
20 May 03 | The Thorns CD is released - purchase now via Amazon from our shop | 1 May 03 |
20 May 03 | Concert at Troubadour on Tuesday 20th cancelled | 15 May 03 |
18 May 03 | The Thorns fan club Forums Launched | 18 May 03 |
8 May 03 | The Thorns play with The Jayhawks at Dingwalls, London. But nobody in the UK knows who they are yet! | NA |
4 May 03 | The Thorns appear on TV show American Dreams | NA |
1 Mar 03 | The Thorns CD Announced | NA |
Mar 03 | The Thorns go on a promo tour playing at industry showcases: SXSW, VH-1's "Fairway to Heaven", NARM Convention, NYC's Lamb's Theater and Toronto's Top of the Senator | NA |
13 Feb 03 | The Thorns go public and perform at the 'Sunset Sessions' in Hawaii | NA |
Feb 02 | I Can't Remember video is shot | NA |
Dec 02 | The album is complete much to everyone's satisfaction | NA |
Nov 02 | Recording in Atlanta. The Thorns hang out with The Rolling Stones | NA |
Oct 02 | The Thorns start recording the album with producer Brendan O'brien | NA |
Sept 02 | Song writing session in LA, start making plans for recording album | NA |
Aug 02 | The Thorns sign a record deal with Aware Records | NA |
June 02 | Song writing sessions on a ranch near Santa Ynez | NA |
Spring 02 | Droge and Mullins start work on band project in LA. | NA |
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