Experience Bee Stings as you've never seen them before: stripped down, laid bare and intimate. Let Valkyrie's succulent coos glide over you like a waterfall of kisses. Feel a quiver of desire as Will parts his legs to pluck and scrape at his wooden instrument. See Ben ham-fistedly hammer away on his organ.
Basically, Attila's on holiday and we're doing a gig anyway. Will's on cello. See you there, OK?
Mannequin presents...
Betty (as seen on The L Word)
+ Substatic, The Voyeurist, Maighread, Bee Stings, Cinnamon Antics, MDMXThursday 8th July, 7pm - 1am
Cargo
83 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY
map£10 in advance from Mannequin Social
Bee
Stings announce the imminent arrival of their second album. Recorded over
12 months at their studio in Hackney, it includes old favourites Gold
Digger and A Little Life, eight new tracks and a murderous
take on a jazz standard. It will be available as a free download from
this site from Monday 28 September, which also happens to be Brigitte
Bardot's birthday. Coincidence? 
What
better place to witness the sensory delights of Bee Stings than in London's
most lavish and decadent of venues, Cafe de Paris. Located in
the heart of London a stone's throw from Leicester Square, it once played
host to Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, and Samantha Mumba popped along
more recently. With a barrage of great new songs to unleash, it's a gig
that's not to be missed. Check out 
Kings
are hardly ever cross, except for King Kong, and Jonathan King, probably.
However, that's no reason to have anything but the upmost faith in the
forthcoming Bee Stings gig at Cross Kings (near Kings Cross) on Saturday
26 January. The night is hosted by the endearingly obnoxious Turning Worm,
and features live music from 
If
your idea of a fun Sunday afternoon involves gathering with likeminded
souls to build robot costumes from cardboard boxes, egg cartons and toilet
rolls, strapping yourself in to your new cybernetic skin and dancing the
night away to a blurry succession of live music, robot opera, games, films,
art and DJs, we can reveal the most amazing and wonderful coincidence.
So do we! What's more, you, us and everyone else gets a chance to do exactly
that on Sunday 2nd December at the 
The
video for Bee Stings' debut single Pressure (Running Away) receives
its first airing on national TV on Wednesday 5th September. Tune in to
)
Valkyrie
answers some of life's imponderable questions, covering everything from
quantum physics to Angelina Jolie, and even sheds some light on the Bee
Stings sound along the way. Read the interview 
Thanks
to everyone who helped make our album completion party on 24th March the
best live show we have ever had the pleasure of performing - thanks to
our fantastic supporting acts Tits of Death and Chewbaccarach, to our
guest performers Ivan, Robbie, JJ and Joy, to Mel, Marcus and everyone
at Plum Promotions, to Yuki, Eve, Burns, Pablo and Ivan for manning the
t-shirt stall and video cameras, behind-the-scenes help from Annette,
Oliver and Paul - and to our audience who were enthusiastic, plentiful
and generally wonderful in every possible way. Photos of the night will
be up on the site soon, but in the meantime we hope you'll be happy with
this picture of the original and best one-Wookie band, Chewbaccarach.
After
a break of more than a year, Bee Stings will be returning to the London
live circuit with a bang on Friday 24th
March at Water Rats, Kings Cross. This gig is not one
to miss: an album's worth of new songs, a new line up and more explosions,
tumbling dwarves and intoxicating pleasure than you've ever seen in a
200-capacity venue. Download flyers for printing 
A
big thanks to everyone who made it to Bee Stings' shows in November. The
band made lots of new friends, met some great bands, drove 1,190 miles,
survived two breakdowns, got one parking ticket, lost one hat, had 16
arguments, appeared on the radio four times, got drunk six times, met
an excitable puppy and a spider-eating cat and had a thoroughly ace time.
You'll find photographic evidence of their exploits on our 
After
some great gigs up and down the country, the final date of Bee Stings'
autumn tour is on Tuesday 29 November at Plan B in Brixton alongside The
Ryes and Second Sun. This will be their last live show until the New Year,
so don't go missing it. 
Bee
Stings kick-started their autumn tour with three gigs in Lowestoft, London
and Sheffield over the weekend, topped off by a night huddled up in the
broken down van telling ghost stories until Sheffield's garages opened
for business. It's not over yet, though: catch Bee Stings at the following
events this month. 
On
30th July BW Stings was sadly taken from Bee Stings' tender bosom by the
winds of time, leaving the band with the unenviable task of finding a
new drummer to fill his shoes. Salvation eventually came in the form of
Attila, a man whose sole purpose in life is to beat the crap out of resonant
objects. Read his biography 
This
week Bee Stings have been busying themselves with an assortment of weird
dusty old magnificent sounding synths kindly supplied by the folk from
Work
on Bee Stings' debut album has now entered a critical phase. With 14 songs
sculpted to perfection, all that remains is to record the vocals, drop
in some guitar and bass parts, gather up a plentiful supply of strange
synths, stringed and bellow-powered instruments and mix them all together
using arcane Soviet military technology. Get a sneak preview of the results
on our 
Recording
of Bee Stings' debut album continues with increased vigour after early
signs suggest that it is going to be very good indeed. There are 13 songs
currently destined for inclusion, including live favourites Most,
Apollo 69 and Ninjas vs Aliens, plus six brand new songs.
One of these was premiered at February's gig in Cargo, although its working
title - Weevil Knievel - will probably change at some point.
Live
in London
A
big thanks to everyone who came down to Leicester Square on Tuesday 31st
to witness Bee Stings be the first ever band to play at the newly relaunched
Marquee Club. Special thanks goes to Allan and all at Plum Promotions
for inviting us, and to Nathan for providing an endless supply of beer.
This venue will go far.
Bee
Stings thank all those who came to the Water Rats on Friday to help
make it possibly the most fun and definitely the most sweaty gig they’ve
done to date. The band are now looking forward to working through the
stockpile of song ideas they’ve built up over the last couple
of months, including one about rubber fetishes and the criminal justice
system. Come back soon for more photos from the gig and news of future
appointments with your loving, caring Bee Stings. 
Last
Sunday's filming of the video for Half Human was generally considered
a success, although BB Stings got a bit sunburnt, and if anyone spots
three large balloons with a video camera dangling underneath please could
they get in touch as soon as possible. A week of video editing beckons
as Bee Stings hope to premiere their latest visual adventure at their
performance at the Water Rats on Friday. 
Bee
Stings are proud to present the video for Apollo 69, which is
projected behind the band at concerts and now appears on the 
Bee
Stings has just completed a mix of their juicy R'n'B workout Apollo
69, which has been delighting audiences at Bee Stings shows since
its first outing last summer. Look out for the video featuring cheap tarts,
space exploration and a phone box, which appears projected above the band
at Bee Stings gigs, and should be appearing on our Listen page very soon.
In
a brief break from songwriting and squabbling, BB Stings and Billy Byers
Jr spent last week in Turkey. When not plotting schemes against Valkyrie
and BW Stings, they found Turkish pop music interesting but a little morose,
and enjoyed feeding chicken drumsticks to turtles. They also hatched a
plan to open a chain of bars called Jonny Pisshead to cater for English
tourists throughout the world.