2007-12-04 - Buy All In The Downs in the US! As well as being internationally available from the www.williamtopley.com website, All In The Downs is now on sale in the States through CD Baby too. You can find William's album by visiting the further information link below. Please note that most of William's albums can also be bought through the usual digital download sites like iTunes, Napster, Muse, PayPlay etc.
	2007-11-12 - **!!Upcoming UK dates!!** Great news for all you UK fans out there, William has some upcoming London shows to support the official release of his album, All In the Downs. The UK gigs are all London based so far but please keep an eye on the tour dates to find out where he will be playing next.
	2007-10-16 - The Courting Ground - OUT NOW! Dorie Jackson's fantastic debut album, The Courting Ground, is now officially available from Aquarian Nation Records. Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to hear 12 incredible new tracks from the voice that featured on William's albums, 'Seafever' and 'All In The Downs'.
	2007-04-17 - 97.3 KBCO presents William Topley at The Fox Theatre, Boulder William and the band are pleased to announce that they will be returning to the Fox Theatre on Friday the 29th of June. KBCO will be doing a presale of tickets for their mailing list but if you're not signed up, you can get tickets from the Fox on the 21st of April. Doors/Show: 7:30 PM / 8:00 PM Ages: 21+
	2007-04-17 - The 9th Annual Taos Solar Music Festival Come experience great music, interactive alternative energy displays and exquisite views at the 9th Annual Taos Solar Music Festival in Kit Carson Park in downtown Taos, New Mexico. Taos is hailed as the Solar capital of the world by official proclamation. The festival brings a larger community to this smaller one with national acts and new ideas while honoring the ethnic diversity of northern New Mexico. William will be playing amongst a great line up of artists so why not come on down to Kit Carson Park in Taos, New Mexico on June 29th, 30th and July 1st, 2007. There will be tickets available at the Front Gate. Free parking with shuttle service available. Ticket Packages as follows: 2 Day Tickets (Sat/Sun) - $65 - presale 3 Day Tickets - $75 - presale Single day tickets: Friday June 29th - $25 presale Saturday June 30th - $45 presale Sunday July 1st - $45 presale Presale pricing ends April 15!
	2007-04-04 - Do your bit for the Exceptional Education Outreach!! Dear All, We will be donating the fees from next ten CD's of AITD sold to Exceptional Education Outreach an educational charity in the Bahamas. I am glad to put up a link to their site so that browsers can see what they are doing for literacy in Eleuthera and Harbour island: www.eeobahamas.org. I know some of the people who run it and some of the students who have benefited from after school reading clubs. Check out their site and I wish them well with their fundraising events at Coral Sands and Tippi's this week. William x
	2007-02-22 - Music videos and Myspace... There is a selection of William's music videos up in the Attic section of the website. You have to be a VIP to enter this area but as it's free membership, you would be silly not to join! Any fans who happen to have a Myspace profile can befriend William at: www.myspace.com/theofficialwilliamtopley. Drop by and say hello, listen to a few tracks and keep on supporting William and the band.
	2007-01-12 - Tonight's show in Aspen CANCELLED (Boulder show still happening) It is with great regret that we've had to cancel tonight's show at The Belly Up in Aspen. The band are unable to drive through from Boulder to Aspen and back for Saturday's show, as we've been advised against driving any route owing to extreme bad weather. We apologise to all fans who were going to attend the Aspen show. If you have tickets to the Belly Up show please contact Paul Crockford Management on: pcm.assistant@virgin.net THE BOULDER SHOW IS STILL HAPPENING.
	2006-12-19 - William and the full band to play Aspen in January... William will be gracing the stage of The Belly Up on the 12th of January 2007. There has been some confusion with regards to this date but please be assured that it is all confirmed and definitely happening. See you there!
	2006-12-08 - New album out now! William's new album All In The Downs is out now. For your chance to buy a copy, please go to the shop section of the website. For a bit of history and reasoning behind the songs from the album, please see William's last note. And most importantly, enjoy!
	2006-12-01 - Boulder show! Catch me at The Belly Up in Aspen on the 12th of January and The Fox Theatre in Boudler on the 13th of January! You can get tickets for the Fox show by visiting the following link: http://www.foxtheatre.com/Ticketing/OrderFlow.aspx?p=OrderChooseTickets&ShowId=14681
	2006-01-17 - A bit of fun! Here is a picture Joey Convery took at the Paramount Theatre during the US tour in 2005.
	2005-12-13 - William Topley & Dominic Miller in Luxemburg A picture courtesy of Nigel Bidgood.
	2005-12-07 - William featured in Celebrity Cookbook William has been featured in a celebrity cookbook called 'Favourite Food from Famous Faces'. The book includes recipes from Terry Wogan, Mark Knopfler, Jamiroquai, Freddie Flintoff and many more, and William contributed a recipe for 'Planter's Punch'' and was on hand to sign copies of the cookbook at the BBC Festive Good Food Fair which took place in Earl's Court over the weekend. If you weren't one of the ones lucky enough to get your hands on a copy there you can get one through Waitrose who are selling them in store. All proceeds from the sale of the book are going to raise money for the community of Khao Lak in Thailand, who were devastated by the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.
	2005-11-24 - StarCards Christmas 2005 Charity Auction Celebrity Patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, Cat Deeley and numerous other celebrities have again supported the latest StarCards auction. Over 35 new items will be available, including William Topley, John Terry, Ronnie Barker, Brian May, Gene Wilder, Jonny Wilkinson, James Blunt, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, and Donna Summer, plus many more. The online auction starts on 29th November at 8 p.m and runs for 10 days finishing on Friday 9th Dec 2005. Go to www.starcards.org for more information
	2005-11-21 - Gig with Dominic Miller in Luxemburg on Friday, 25th November Another fantastic chance to see William perform is coming up this week on Friday! William will be performing in Luxemburg with Dominic Miller on Friday, 25th November. So for all you William Topley fans based in Luxemburg (or even any neighbouring country), you can head down to the following address: Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville de Luxembourg rue Charles Martel, 33 L-2134 Luxembourg Start: 20h00 Tickets: €15 - €25 Hope to see you there!
	2005-10-18 - Gig at The Sussex Arts Club, 24.10.05 William will be performing at the Sussex Arts Club (7 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AD) on Monday, 24th October. The evening will be presented by Chris Difford. Performing with William are David Saw and Mike Rosenberg. Times: 7:30pm - 11pm Cover charge: £5/4 For any further details, check out the website link below. Looking forward to seeing you there!
	2005-10-14 - Exclusive demo track William has written the lyrics for a track on Dominic Miller's forthcoming album, and you can hear an exclusive demo of the song, called LYRES STRING on Dominic's website: www.dominicmiller.com
	0000-00-00 - KRSH interview on Thursday, 4th August, 4:20-5:00pm William will be performing live on air on KRSH in Santa Rosa between 4:20 and 5:00 pm today. (The frequency is 98.7) The station will give away tickets to lucky listeners to see the show at the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco. Details of the show are as follows: Friday, August 5th: Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 Doors open at 8pm William Topley on stage at 10:30pm. Tickets are available at www.ticketweb.com for  $10 each and will be available at the box office on the night of the show for $12.  Looking forward to seeing you there!
	2005-07-19 - Sugar Train DVD in the USA Please note, there is no problem with The Blessing "Sugar Train" DVD. The DVD is manufactured and region O encoded so that it can play on all players - globally - and on any new model DVD & TV player with the PAL setting.
	2005-07-14 - Twist & Shout Be at Twist & Shout in Denver, CO for a special acoustic performance by William and Luke on Monday, July 18 at 6:00. Then catch William and the whole band at Red Rocks opening for Mark Knopfler the following evening.
	2005-06-30 - The Blessing - Sugar Train The CD & DVD double pack crammed full of The Blessing magic is now available through the WT shop. Click on the link below to find out more about the contents, and to order your copy online now while stocks last. PLEASE NOTE THE DVD IS REGION 0, AND WILL PLAY IN ALL REGIONS.
	2005-06-23 - William at the Paramount in Denver - FAN PRE SALE William & Band will be playing at the Paramount Theatre in Denver on August 13th. Tickets go on sale on 25th June, but William's fans can book early on June 24th, from 10:00 AM to 06:00 PM MDT. To buy pre-sale tickets click on the link below and use the password which is being mailed out to mailing list members only.
	2005-06-16 - William & Band in the USA William & the Black River Band will be playing 2 weeks of shows up and down the west coast of America at the start of August this year. Details of gigs, fan pre-sales, and how to buy tickets are on the tour section of the website. More updates to follow as shows are confirmed.
	2005-05-24 - Ginglik Club, Wednesday 25th May William, Luke and Dorie will be doing a one-off gig at member's bar Ginglik in Shepherds Bush tomorrow night, Wednesday, 25th May. They will play another intimate set as part of a Songwriter’s Showcase evening which promises to be “innovative and energetic yet chilled and accessible”. Another treat for William fans! Ginglik 1 Shepherds Bush Green W12 8PH +44 (0)20 8749 2310 http://www.ginglik.co.uk 7PM - MIDNIGHT Show starts at 8.30PM. Full Members Free, Pay As You Go Members £5 Looking forward to seeing you there!
	2005-05-24 - Warner Brothers Signing We’re pleased to announce that William has been signed to Warner Brothers Records in the US. Sea Fever will be available in all good record shops and on the usual digital platforms from June 21st, with the catalogue nr 49382.
	2005-05-06 - William @ the 12 Bar Club in London Before opening for Mark Knopfler at the Royal Albert Hall, catch William, Luke and Dorie in a more intimate venue on May 23rd at London's 12 Bar Club. / Tickets: In advance by email: 12barclub@btconnect.com / Call: 020 7209 2248 / Ticket prices: £6 in advance, £8 at the door / 12 Bar Club 22-23 Denmark Place London WC2H 8NL / The nearest tube station is Tottenham Court Rd. / Doors: 7:30pm / Support Acts: 1. Bob Kemmis from Canada, 2. Beau Johnson from New York / William is on at 10h30pm.
	2005-04-05 - WT US shows William and the band will be opening for Mark Knopfler on some of the US shows on his world tour. The current list of shows is: 19-Jul, Red Rocks Amphitheater - Morrison, CO 20-Jul, Abravanel Hall- Salt Lake City, UT 21 July, The Joint - Las Vegas, NV 22-Jul, Greek Theatre- Los Angeles, CA 23-Jul, Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA 24 July, Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA 27-Jul, The Mountain Winery - Saratoga, CA 28-Jul, Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville, OR 29-Jul, Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR 30-Jul, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville, WA You can find out more about how to order tickets at http://www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk/dates_us.html There will also be a pre-sale on some of the shows, although we cannot guarantee presale info on all of them. Please note that presales are where a promoter or a venue decides to release block(s) of tickets prior to the general on-sale to the public date. These blocks of tickets are not always the best seats, simply blocks sold on presale to members and people who obtain certain codes or passwords. You should not assume that presales are the front row! Promoters/venues often fail to tell us any codes/passwords they are using: indeed, they often do not tell us they are running presales. Unless we get the information we cannot pass it on to you.In an effort to try to help we are going to publish a presale holding page at the following link: http://www.markknopfler.tickets.musictoday.com This link will become active within the next 24 hours or so. When you go through the buying process using this link you will create a unique username and password, so no upfront password will be utilised.
	2005-02-07 - William Topley opening for Mark Knopfler William will be opening some shows on Mark Knopfler's upcoming world tour. He will be performing on the following dates: April 5th – Lyon, France April 15th & 16th – Amsterdam, Netherlands April 19th – Paris, France May 30th to June 3rd - London, Royal Albert Hall June 5th – Lille, France For more information on how to book tickets go to www.mark-knopfler-news.co.uk
	2004-10-26 - William Topley UK gigs William is appearing as a special guest at some of the upcoming Danny Thompson / Darrell Scott tour dates. He will be at: Brighton Dome, Brighton on Thursday 18-Nov Windsor Arts Centre, Windsor on Friday 19-Nov Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter on Saturday 20-Nov Trinity Theatre & Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells on Sunday 21-Nov William will be performing acoustic versions of some of his material with Dorie Jackon on vocals and Luke Brighty on guitar. You can find information on where to buy tickets at the link below. http://www.amug.org/%7edeeg1225/DThompsonDScotttour.html
	2004-10-26 - Bruise album now available Jim Kimberley’s band, Bruise, release their debut album, “B”, on November 15th. With music described by The Wire as “intense psychodramas, which hover between pristine folk and edgy rock with radio friendly choruses” Bruise are poised to crash onto the scene with their brashy, ballsy brand of rock. Order the album online at www.cdbaby.com, and catch them live this November & December: 13th November, Royal Park Cellars, Leeds 14th November, Hotel California, Birkenhead 17th November, Turnmills, London (album launch) 19th November, The Bowl, Guernsey 15th December, The Fleece, Bristol For details on gigs, more info on the band, and a taste of the music, go to “www.bruisemusic.co.uk”
	2004-10-11 - New William Topley demo Listen to a demo of a new song that William’s written recently which we thought we’d put up on the site for your delectation. The song was co-written with Luke Laird in Nashville.
	2004-04-13 - Sea Fever on sale! As a special thank you to all our supporters William's latest album, Sea Fever, is now available to order as a special limited edition from our website only. Each album will be individually signed and numbered.
	2003-12-16 - The Boulder set list was: I Want You / Uptown / Mannish Water / Walk Like I Do / That's My Right / Sycamore Street / Ten Ten / Sea Fever / Blackmail / High On The Rythym / Wide Sargasso Sea / Hurricane Room / Sink Like a Stone / Magnolia / Wake Up (Your Dream Sounds So Sad) / The Ring / Back To Believing / Drakes Drum / Delta Rain
	2003-11-24 - Celebrate Christmas early at the Water Rats, London. William will be doing a special Christmas show at the Water Rats on December 10th. Join him there as he showcases some numbers from the new album in a blistering end of 2003 event! Tickets on sale now.
	2003-11-24 - The 12 Bar set list was: Ten Ten, Mannish Water, Wide Sargasso Sea, You Don't Love Me Anymore, Handle With Care (new), Paramount 1009 (new), Delta Rain, Blackmail, I Don't Want To Go Uptown, Sycamore Street, That's My Right, Back To Believing, The Road Is A Lover (cover of Alison Krauss song). The band: William Topley (guitar, vocals), Luke Brighty (guitar, vocals), Jim Kimberley (drums, percussion) and Dorie Jackson (vocals).
	2003-10-31 - William at the legendary 12 Bar Join William for an intimate evening of acoustic songs at the legendary 12 Bar Club in London on Friday 21st November. Tickets are £6, and can be booked by calling 020 72092248 or through the 12 Bar website.
	2003-10-31 - Locusts & Wild Honey lyrics After much public demand the lyrics are now available for the first time, visit the music page to see them.
	2003-10-17 - SNEAK PREVIEW Be the first to hear one minute clips of 4 of the tracks off the new album, Sea Fever, to be released next year. You can stream them by clicking on the music page, or below.
	2003-10-17 - WIN a new track off Sea Fever Enter our new competition and you could win your own individual CD with a completely new and unheard track off William's new album 'Sea Fever' before it's released! Enter before November 15th.
	2003-09-23 - Chris Sheehan to support William Chris Sheehan will be opening for William at the Water Rats gig on October 9th. To find out more about this up and coming talent, click on the link below.
	2003-09-12 - Xmas in Boulder: William returns to The Fox! Xmas comes early this year for all of you who can get to Boulder on the 12th & 13th of December, where William will be appearing at the Fox theatre. Tickets are available now at www.musictoday.com or http://www.foxtheatre.com (please note that Tickets are General Admission and 21 and over)
	2003-09-09 - London show, October 9th! We are pleased to announce a William Topley show in London on Thursday the 9th of October at the Water Rats. Tickets are only £5, and can be bought in advance. Click on this link to go through to the Water Rats site and book. Make sure to tell all your friends and join us at the Water Rats for an evening of dance music for people with intelligent feet.
	2003-07-31 - WOMAD set list The set list for the show at WOMAD on 26 July was: Uptown / Ten Ten / You Don’t Love Me / Delta Rain / Nothing Else Matters / Handle With Care
	2003-07-18 - New WT girls shirts have arrived The new short sleeve shirts have arrived (just in time for the summer!), and are now available through the shop at £15 each including postage and packaging.
	2003-07-18 - WOMAD, Saturday July 26th William, Jim and Luke will be appearing on the Songwriter's Stage at WOMAD, at 3pm. Buy your tickets now!
	2003-07-01 - Denver Set List This is the set list William and band played at the show on June 28th: Highway Five / Ten Ten / Sink Like a Stone / Stabroek Woman / Sycamore Street / Wake Up / You Don’t Love Me Anymore / That’s My Right / Walk Like I Do / Delta Rain / Back to Believing / The Ring / Uptown / Hurricane Room / Drakes Drum / Soul Love
	2003-06-19 - Denver show, June 28th! William Topley is performing in Denver on June 28th. Click on the tour section for details of how to buy tickets.
	2003-06-19 - Taos Festival William is also performing at the Taos Festival on June 27th. Click on the link below for details of how to buy tickets. William performed at the Taos Festival last year with great success.
	2003-06-19 - Catch William in Nashville! On June 30th William will be performing a solo acoustic set at the Bluebird Café in Nashville. Mike Henderson will be doing 2 sets that night, and William will be playing in between. Mike starts at 9:45, William will probably go on at 10:45. There’s a cover at the door of $7.00 Please note there are no reservations for Mondays, so it's first come/ first served.
	2003-06-19 - Win entrance to William’s soundcheck Starting on Monday 23rd June we will be running a competition for 10 lucky winners to attend the soundcheck at the Denver show on Saturday 28th June, and we will announce the winners on Thursday 26th June. Unfortunately this competition is only open to ticket holders for this particular show.
	2003-06-19 - Aftershow signing After the show in Denver on the 28th of June, and for a short period of time only, William will be signing autographs. Since he will obviously be pretty tired from the performance, we’d like to limit it to one item for signature per person.
	2003-06-19 - New WT Merchandising We will be selling new merchandising at the show in Denver, but we will also make this available after the show on the website. We will also post the set list performed in the show on the website.
	2003-06-19 - WOMAD William will be playing with Luke Brighty on the songwriter's stage at WOMAD on Saturday 26th July. For more information on the festival go to http://womad.org:16080/reading
	2003-05-22 - New Album William is working on his new album, currently called “Sea Fever”. The album will hopefully be released late summer / early autumn, and some of the current working titles are: Berber Gold, Brian Jones and Sea Fever.
	2003-06-19 - William & Steve Winwood Steve Winwood has recorded a song on his new album, which William has co-written. The track is called "Phoenix Rising" and the album, called About Time, was released in the States on June 17th by Wincraft Music and will be released in Europe on June 23 by Sanctuary Records.
	2003-06-19 - Traveller’s Tree William Topley takes a moment to explain the significance of the Travellers tree.

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