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LIVE 2024  

Stage times 9pm or 9.30pm unless stated.
All bookings are subject to a fair
agreement.
NO DYNAMIC PRICING
!!!
THE LISTING BELOW IS UP-TO-DATE.

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DEC      
SUN 1 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm
 
FRI 6 Rose & Crown, Westhoughton BL5 3EE                                  CANCELLED
 
SAT 7
The Plough, Marland, Rochdale, OL11 3LW
 
SUN 8 Tilwalds, Tyldesley,M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm
 
FRI 13 White Horse, Heath Charnock  
SUN 15 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm
 
SAT 21 The Canal Turn, Leigh, WN7 2AP 
 
SUN 22 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm
 
Tue 24 Brickhouse Showbar, St Helens WA10 2JX  
SAT 28 Botanical Gardens, Atherton M46 9AE
 
SUN 29 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
TUES 31 The Old Cross Inn, Radcliffe, M26 2YG  
       
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  ANOTHER YEAR OF LIVE MUSIC    
       
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JAN      
FRI 3 NOT AVAILABLE    
SAT 4 NOT AVAILABLE    
SUN 5 NOT AVAILABLE    
FRI 10 NOT AVAILABLE    
SAT 11 @ 7pm The Wheatsheaf, Garstang  
SUN 12 NOT AVAILABLE
FRI 17  
SAT 18 Hogarths, Bolton, BL1 1HU
 
SUN 19 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 24 The Musketeer, Leigh, WN7 1AB        
SAT 25 Botanical Gardens, Atherton (private function)  
SUN 26  Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 31      
       
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FEB      
SAT 1      
SUN 2 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm    
FRI 7 The Inn  On The Wharf, Burnley, BB11 1JG  
SAT 8 The Swan Hotel, Whalley BB7 9SN
 
SUN 9 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 14  
 
SAT 15 The Thomas Egerton, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9SR  
SUN 16 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 21 The Queens, Macclesfield, SK11 6JW  
SAT 22 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SUN 23 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 28 Hare and Hounds Wardle OL12 0LB  
       
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MARCH      
SAT 1 The Canal Turn, Leigh, WN7 2AP 
 
SUN 2 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 7  
 
SAT 8 Lane Ends Hotel, Burnley BB12 6LL
 
SUN 9 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 14  
 
SAT 15 First and Last, Leigh WN7 1QR  
SUN 16 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 21  
 
SAT 22 The Old Queen Anne, Heywood, OL10 4NL  
SUN 23 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 28  
 
SAT 29 The Crown, Horwich, Bolton BL6 7QJ  
SUN 30 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
       
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APRIL      
FRI  4 NOT AVAILABLE    
SAT  5 NOT AVAILABLE    
SUN  6 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  11  
 
SAT  12 Hindley Arms, Hindley WN2 2QG
 
SUN  13 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  18 The Polished Knob, Todmorden, OL14 7BU  
SAT  19 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SUN  20 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  25  
 
SAT  26 The Ram's Head, Lowton WA3 2JA
 
SUN  27 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
       
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MAY      
FRI  2      
SAT  3 The Swan Hotel, Whalley BB7 9SN
 
SUN  4 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  9 The Thomas Egerton, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9SR  
SAT  10 White Horse, Heath Charnock  
SUN  11 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  16 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SAT  17 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SUN  18 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  23 Hare and Hounds Wardle OL12 0LB  
SAT  24 The Queens, Macclesfield, SK11 6JW  
SUN  25 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  30  
 
SAT  31
@ 4pm Northumberland Arms, Marple Br SK6 5HD  
       
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JUNE      
SUN 1 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 6  
 
SAT  7 Lucky 8's Rock and Blues Bar, Chorley, PR7 2EX  
SUN  8 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  13  
 
SAT  14 The Oak Tree, Newton le Willows, WA12 9UY  
SUN  15 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  20  
 
SAT  21 Hulton Arms, Over Hulton, Bolton BL5 1EJ  
SUN  22 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  27 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SAT  28 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SUN  29 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
       
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JULY      
FRI  4 NOT AVAILABLE    
SAT  5 NOT AVAILABLE    
SUN  6 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  11 The Inn  On The Wharf, Burnley, BB11 1JG  
SAT  12 Lane Ends Hotel, Burnley BB12 6LL
 
SUN  13 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  18  
 
SAT  19 Dobbies S&SC, Radcliffe, Bolton BL2 6RL
 
SUN  20 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  25  
 
SAT  26 First and Last, Leigh WN7 1QR  
SUN  27 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
       
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AUGUST      
FRI  1 The Thomas Egerton, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9SR  
SAT  2  
 
SUN  3 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  8  
 
SAT  9 The Swan Hotel, Whalley BB7 9SN                        
 
SUN  10 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  15  
 
SAT  16 White Horse, Heath Charnock  
SUN  17 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  22 The Queens, Macclesfield, SK11 6JW  
SAT  23 The Old Queen Anne, Heywood, OL10 4NL  
SUN  24 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  29 Hare and Hounds Wardle OL12 0LB  
SAT  30 The Canal Turn, Leigh, WN7 2AP 
 
SUN  31 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
       
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SEPT      
FRI  5 NOT AVAILABLE    
SAT  6 NOT AVAILABLE    
SUN  7 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  12 The Polished Knob, Todmorden, OL14 7BU  
SAT  13 Hindley Arms, Hindley WN2 2QG
 
SUN  14 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  19  
 
SAT  20  
 
SUN  21 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  26  
 
SAT  27  
 
SUN  28 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
       
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OCT      
FRI  3      
SAT  4 The Ram's Head, Lowton WA3 2JA
 
SUN  5 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  10 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SAT  11 Lane Ends Hotel, Burnley BB12 6LL
 
SUN  12 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  17  
 
SAT  18 The Old Man And Scythe, Bolton
 
SUN  19 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  24  
 
SAT  25 Hulton Arms, Over Hulton, Bolton
 
SUN  26 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  31      
       
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NOV      
SAT  1 NOT AVAILABLE    
SUN 2 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 7  
 
SAT 8 The Queens, Macclesfield, SK11 6JW  
SUN 9 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 14 The Thomas Egerton, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9SR  
SAT 15 The Canal Turn, Leigh, WN7 2AP 
 
SUN 16 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 21  
 
SAT 22 First and Last, Leigh WN7 1QR  
SUN 23 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI 28  
 
SAT 29 The Swan Hotel, Whalley BB7 9SN                        
 
SUN 30 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
       
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DEC      
FRI  5 Hare and Hounds Wardle OL12 0LB  
SAT  6 White Horse, Heath Charnock  
SUN  7 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  12 The Inn  On The Wharf, Burnley, BB11 1JG  
SAT  13 Dobbies S&SC, Radcliffe, Bolton BL2 6RL
 
SUN  14 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - Jam at 7pm  
FRI  19  
 
SAT  20 Hulton Arms, Over Hulton, Bolton
 
SUN  21 Tilwalds, Tyldesley, M29 8FJ - The Last Jam at 7pm  
FRI  26 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SAT  27 NOT AVAILABLE
 
SUN  28 NOT AVAILABLE
 
WED 31      
       
  Stage times 9pm or 9.30pm unless stated.
All bookings are subject to a fair agreement.

NO DYNAMIC PRICING!!!!
   
       
LIVE 2026
THE 'VICTORY LAP' TOUR
 
       
JAN      
FRI 2 NOT AVAILABLE  
SAT 3 NOT AVAILABLE  
SUN 4 NOT AVAILABLE  
FRI 9 NOT AVAILABLE  
SAT 10 NOT AVAILABLE  
SUN 11 NOT AVAILABLE  
FRI 16    
SAT 17    
SUN 18    
FRI 23    
SAT 24 THE THREE'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY  
SUN 25    
FRI 30    
SAT 31    

 


OUR CURRENT SINGLE: I HATE CHRISTMAS


 

THE THREE

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Introducing THE THREE.

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The Three are - from left to right in the photo:
Ian (bass / vocals), Graham (drums / vocals), Ian (guitar / vocals).

Bassist Ian (ex Kerbcrawlers) and Ian - guitar (ex Riff Raff, AIM) had previously played together in a band called Mother's Ruin. Graham is well-known for being the drummer with the celebrated RCA-signed band Shabby Tiger, which toured Europe quite regularly, seeing as they were having chart hits there, even being supported by some snotty little Southern jessie upstarts calling themselves The Sex Pistols. Whatever happened to them?

Ian had been in a jam night band since August 2013 and Graham joined in late 2015 and the band fully came together when Ian joined on guitar to replace their departing guitarist on 24th January 2016. They enjoyed playing together, thought they really had something and decided to make this their main priority. After what could have been a quick discussion, the highly imaginative band name The Three was settled upon. The band put together a setlist of songs that they had always wanted to play. There were not going to be any that people wouldn't remember, or that they might need a music degree to understand - or worse still, have to count bars while they were listening. It was going to be fun.

In September 2016, the members of The Three were all available to start playing full live shows. Fortunately, the gigs came in thick and fast, as they have contacts and are often approached by venues.

The Three do a good mixed set for pubs and can adapt easily for those club audiences who are there for knitting, chat and bingo. The Three are NOT the world's loudest band. When the band play a venue for the first time, they are usually told that the venue wishes that they had booked them earlier.

The band are in their eighth year and an album of original tracks is released in October 2024.

Ian Taylor is a Gordon Smith guitars endorsing artist.
Ian Edmundson endorses absolutely nothing.
Graham Fielden happily hits things with sticks.

Venues can download a poster here.
All bookings are subject to a fair agreement.

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THE SONGS

 
Always the last to know   Del Amitri (#13)
Are you ready?   Thin Lizzy    (#19)
Battleship Chains   Georgia Satellites (#44)
Black Night   Deep Purple (#2)
Blockbuster   The Sweet   (#1)
Born to be wild    Slade / Steppenwolf   (#30)
Caroline   Status Quo   (#5)
Come Together    The Beatles (#1)
Cum On Feel The Noize   Slade   (#1)
Dancing with tears in my eyes   Ultravox (#3)
Do wah diddy   Manfred Mann (#1)
Don't believe a word   Thin Lizzy (#12)
Don't Look 'Em In The Eye  The Three
Don't stop   Fleetwood Mac (#32)
Feels like the first time Foreigner (#39)
Fire Brigade   The Move   (#3)
Gimme all your lovin   ZZ Top    (#10)
Here I go again   Whitesnake    (#9)
Highway to Hell   AC/DC (#4)
Honky Tonk women The Rolling Stones   (#1)

I can’t explain   The Who    (#8)
I just died in your arms   Cutting Crew (#4)
I knew the bride Dave Edmunds (#26)
I saw her standing there  The Beatles  (album track)
I want you to want me   Cheap Trick (#29)
The Jean Genie  David Bowie (#2)
Jet   Paul McCartney & Wings (#7)
Junior's Wailing   Status Quo / Steamhammer
Kiss this thing goodbye   Del Amitri (#11)
Living Next Door To Alice   Smokie   (#17)
Merry Xmas Everybody   Slade   (#1)
Needles and pins  Searchers  (#1)
Paper plane   Status Quo   (#8)
Purple haze   Jimi Hendrix   (#3)

Purple Rain    Prince   (#6)
Rain  
Status Quo   (#7)
Rebel Rebel 
  David Bowie  (#5)
Roadhouse blues  
Status Quo / Doors
Rock and roll
  Led Zeppelin
Rock And Roll Part One   The Glitter Band   (#2)
Rockin’ all over the world   Status Quo    (#3)
Roll over lay down   Status Quo   (#9)
Satisfaction    The Rolling Stones  (#1)
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Elton John (#7)
School's Out   Alice Cooper  (#1)
Shang a Lang   Bay City Rollers  (#2)
Sharp dressed man    ZZ Top    (#8)
Smoke on the water Deep Purple   (#21)
Smokin' in the boys room   Motley Crue   (#27)
Spinning wheel blues   Status Quo
Stainsby Girls   Chris Rea   (#26)
Sorrow    David Bowie  (#3) The Who    (#5)
Summer Of '69  Bryan Adams  (#5)
Summertime blues   The Who    (#18)
Surrender Cheap Trick  (#8)
Tell Him   Hello   (#6)
The boys are back in town   Thin Lizzy    (#8)
Tiger feet   Mud   (#1)
Things we said today   The Beatles   (#1)
20th century boy   T.Rex    (#3)
Tie Your Mother Down   Queen   (#13)
Walking by myself   Gary Moore   (#48)
When you walk in the room  Searchers (#3)
Wig Wam Bam   The Sweet   (#4)
Won't Get Fooled Again   The Who    (#9)
You give love a bad name   Bon Jovi   (#14)



New ideas and requests quite often make it into the set...
unless you want Ed Sheeran or Meatloaf.

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'DON'T LOOK 'EM IN THE EYE'
THE ALBUM FROM THE THREE

You can order our lovely new CD album HERE or buy it at our gigs.

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A little bit about our album...

The tracks:

Don't Look 'Em In The Eye. (Fielden / Edmundson)
This song was one of the first two that we recorded, late in 2023 at North West Recording Studio with Paul Hutchinson. The main guitar part is Ian Taylor and Ian Edmundson adds a second background guitar part. Toni Baker plays keyboards. The lyrics were a general observation about stange people in towns, but Ian added a couple of lines that were specifically about a couple of people who were hanging around outside our jam night venue. It was chosen as the first single from the album and was made available on Spotify and streaming platforms.

Better Than No Love At All. (Fielden / Edmundson)
Recorded at The Workhouse in Farnworth. The lyric - about pining for the sole attention of a woman who has other men going on the side - inspired Ian to try to come up with a classic 60's pop-soul type arrangement. Ian played the guitars, a vintage style bass part and also a subtle guitar-synth brass part. The drums on these songs were fun to record in a small room.

Cold Cold Heart. (Fielden / Edmundson)
Recorded at The Workhouse in Farnworth.Graham's lyrics concisely deal with the fickleness of the opposite sex. Ian went for a sparse Joe Jackson Band type feel on this one, keeping the guitar and bass sounds crystal clear, leaving lots of space and not building up the guitars too much.

She Said. (Fielden / Edmundson)
Recorded at The Workhouse in Farnworth. Graham's lyrics are about the kind of women who can't be trusted and how to deal with them. Cut her loose - problem solved. The idea behind the general feel of this one was to get a bluesy song on the album and the original version was a much slower take on the song, weighing in at around 8 minutes. While the song worked and the initial idea was good, it was felt to be a little bit too long and a bit ponderous, so that remains in the archive.

When Things Go Wrong. (Fielden / Taylor)
Recorded at Studio Studio, Whitworth with Pete Troughton. Graham's lyrics are a study in love and loss. It was envisioned as being a country song. We were indebted to Toni Baker for his additions to the track - banjo, violin and piano parts, which really assist with the alt.country feel that we wanted. Ian Taylor sings the main vocal.

The Silence Is Screaming At Me v2.0. (Fielden / Edmundson)
Recorded at The Workhouse in Farnworth. When Ian came up with the melody and the guitar parts for this song, it turned into a blend of a feel of AC/DC and T.Rex. He fulfilled his dream of a rock solid bass part that is just ONE repeated note for about five minutes. The song is called 'v2.0', as Graham has previously written and published another song with the same title. He can't find it anywhere.

We Are United. (Fielden / Edmundson)
Recorded at The Workhouse in Farnworth. Not about footbal. Graham had written a song about people working together and pulling together and being united with a single goal. A more football-y version exists.

And Then I Woke Up. (Fielden / Taylor).
The longest song on the album was recorded at Studio Studio, Whitworth with Pete Troughton. This song was originally known at times as Cruisin' and Graham's lyric is about someone who dreams his life away and who fantasises about living a lavish lifestyle, then keeps waking up and seeing his somewhat different poorer reality. It boogies along nicely. This was one of the harder songs to get together, as it went through a couple of more complex arrangements before finding its final form. It has a lot of lyrics and getting the phrasing right was a task which Ian T slaved away manfully at. The Three rehearsed this song for quite some time and originally attempted a recording at their jam night venue, but opted to do it again in the studio. Toni Baker plays keyboards. Ian Taylor sings the main vocal.

I Hate Christmas. (Fielden / Edmundson)
This was one of the first two songs that we recorded, late in 2023 at North West Recording Studio with Paul Hutchinson.  Graham wrote about the small things that really bug most people about Christmas, making it a time when we'd rather hide under the bed than be visited, or to go out of the house and see people, or get ripped off by anything to do with the festive season. Toni Baker plays keyboards. Bah humbug.

We think the album is a good result. Though we might know who the influences on various songs are, we don't think the songs particularly sound like other people, or other songs. They sound like our own work.

Thanks to Toni Baker for his help on the album, which was much appreciated.

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Why choose us?

The Three

We'll rock your evening.

We play a varied and interesting set of songs that have all been big chart hits, or which are really well-known classics that may not have been singles.

We're not going to play anything at all that your crowd won't recognise after a couple of bars. You won't get subjected to some rare and obscure and dull rock opera that nobody's ever heard of.

8 years and we have never ever died on a stage.

 

We can play a pub, a bar, a club, a birthday party or a beer festival.

You can book us with confidence. We'll deliver a great show. We've got the songs.
The band diary is now full for 2024. We have availability in 2025.

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We're the kind of band musicians like.

That chap who comes in talking about when he used to be in a band and who talks about guitars will especially enjoy watching us, just as much as your regular crowd will.  We are musically versatile and we play the songs we have chosen in the way that they should be played.

We are reliable.

We only have one diary and it's well organised and run properly. We have never EVER double-booked ourselves. If we take a booking, we will turn up and do it, unless one of us is unable to perform due to illness.

 

All bookings are subject to a fair agreement.

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