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22/07/10
BenMillsOnline Fundraising Merchandise
We now have some brand spanking new, and rather striking, BenMillsOnline silicone bracelets which we are selling in aid of the Ashford Garden Cattery, an RSPCA Cat Rehoming Centre for which Ben Mills is a Patron.
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05/07/10
Ben Mills With Benzego At Wicked, Blackpool
Ben Mills will be performing live for the very first time at Wicked in Blackpool with his 70's & 80's Funk/Soul band, Benzego, on Sunday 29th August.
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01/07/10
The Team Mills Members Club
We now have a very special area of our website, reserved exclusively for Team Mills. We wanted to be able to offer our Team Mills members a little something extra, as a Thank You for your continued support and help in promoting both Ben and BenMillsOnline.
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27/05/10
Desktop Wallpaper - The "Freedom" Collection
We now have a stunning selection of "Freedom" desktop wallpapers available to download.
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21/05/10
Gig Review: Ben Mills & Richard Rozze At Pizza Express, Maidstone - Friday 14th May 2010
Three years ago, almost to the day, I sat at a table in the Music Room at Pizza Express at my very first Ben Mills gig. The excitement as I waited for him to set foot on the stage was almost too much to bear and I can still feel the tingles and the butterflies as I listened to him perform live for the first time.
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12/05/10
Ben's Funk/Soul Band, Benzego, Gets A New Website
Benzego is a 70's & 80's Funk/Soul band, which Ben formed in 2001 after a trip to New Orleans, and they now have a jazzy new website!
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25/04/10
EXCLUSIVE Competition - ** RECORD A DUET WITH BEN MILLS **
Our exclusive competition to win a 3 hour recording session with Ben Mills is now up and running.
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20/04/10
EXCLUSIVE Competition Coming Soon - ** RECORD A DUET WITH BEN MILLS **
In association with West Track Studios in Canterbury, BenMillsOnline is going to be giving ONE LUCKY WINNER the opportunity to record a duet with Ben Mills.
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22/03/10
Ben Mills Interview on Echo FM
EchoFM DJ Claire Hine will be doing a telephone interview with Ben during her "Decade Show" on Wednesday 24th March. She should also be playing a track from the new album. Her show is on air between 1.30 and 4pm.
Echo FM is a student-run but community-focused local radio station covering the Farnborough and Aldershot area. They broadcast on 87.7 FM or you can listen online via their website.
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15/03/10
Freedom - And Salvation - An Album Review By Peter Barnett
If an album ever heaved a massive sigh of relief, it's Freedom by Ben Mills.
Three years in the making, it finally lays to rest the ghosts that have haunted him since his days with the television talent circus X Factor.
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10/03/10
"Freedom" Photo Shoot
Some of the photos taken during the photo shoot for Ben's new album, "Freedom", have been added to our Gallery.
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20/02/10
Ben Mills On KMFM Radio
KMFM DJ Benedict Smith interviews Ben Mills about his new album, "Freedom", during his show on Saturday 20th February 2010.
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19/02/10
Ben Mills On KMFM Radio
Ben Mills will be on the Benedict Smith show on KMFM Radio on Saturday 20th February, some time between 10am and 2pm, for a chat and an album preview.
If you live in the Canterbury, Whitstable & Herne Bay area, you can tune in to listen on FM frequency 106. Alternatively you can listen live via the KMFM website.
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03/02/10
Freedom - The New Album From Ben Mills
Three years on from Ben Mills' debut album, "Picture Of You", comes the release of his much anticipated second album.
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15/01/10
Album Launch At The Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury
Details for the "Freedom" Album Launch concert at the Gulbenkian Theatre on the 13th March are now online. This is definitely an event you don't want to miss, so book your tickets NOW!!
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01/12/09
Ben Mills Returns To The Music Room At Pizza Express
Ben Mills will be making a welcome return to the Music Room at Pizza Express, Maidstone, on Friday 8th January 2010 to play a very special "Solo Acoustic" gig.
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26/11/09
Digital Spy "Xtra" Ben Mills Session
Last week we posted a link to an interview that Ben did with Digital Spy. The interview included one of 4 videos of Ben singing live in their studio. Now we're very pleased to say that DS have uploaded the remaining 3 videos - Ben's own "Nothing But The Truth" and "Let It Rain" plus a version of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train".
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18/11/09
Digital Spy "X Factor" Session: Ben Mills
Last week Ben went up to the Digital Spy studios in London for an interview and acoustic session, during which he sang four songs - two of his own and two covers. Digital Spy have now put the interview online, along with a video of Ben singing James Morrison's "Undiscovered".
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02/11/09
Video Footage From The Mick Jagger Centre Now Online
Our YouTube video player has been updated and now features live recordings of Ben's performances at "The Note That Told A Thousand Tales" event at the Mick Jagger Centre on Saturday 31st October.
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28/10/09
Ben Mills & Dudley Ross Live On BBC Radio Kent
Ben Mills & Dudley Ross were interviewed on Pat Marsh's show on Tuesday 27th October. They also gave a live performance of "Nothing But The Truth" from Ben's debut album, "Picture Of You".
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27/10/09
Win Tickets To See Ben Mills & His Band Live At The Secombe Theatre in Sutton on 13th November [Closes 06/11/09]
The organisers of this event have very kindly offered us 1 PAIR OF TICKETS to give away in a FREE PRIZE DRAW.
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24/10/09
Win Tickets To See Ben Mills, Dudley Ross & Simon Foster Live At The Mick Jagger Centre On 31st October [Closes 28/10/09]
Chrome Note Productions, the organisers of this event, have very kindly offered us 1 PAIR OF TICKETS to give away in a FREE PRIZE DRAW.
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21/10/09
Ben Mills & Dudley Ross on BBC Radio Kent
Ben Mills and guitarist Dudley Ross will be live on BBC Radio Kent next Tuesday (27th), at 2.45pm.
Radio Kent is broadcast on 96.7 FM and 104.2 FM. Those outside the Kent area can listen live via their website.
12/10/09
JUST ANNOUNCED: The "Faith" Album Launch
Ben will be performing at the "Faith" Album Launch at The Lido in Margate on Saturday 24th October.
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05/10/09
The Latest From Ben - An Album, A Tour & A New Look For BMO
Hey everyone!! So the latest back from dublin is very exciting... After having a little time to do some serious thinking about the EP and a very interesting talk with someone from a rather well respected record label i have made a decision...
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28/09/09
Live From A Studio In Dublin!
Ben has recently spent some time at Westland Studios in Dublin putting the finishing touches to the tracks which were recorded with the band back in June. Working with Ben out in Dublin was writer/producer Greg French, and as they wrote "Freedom" together, they decided to perform a live version of it together - "just for fun"! You can watch the video in the Media section of the site.
15/09/09
"Nothing But The Truth" Covered By Mica Paris
Mica Paris has recorded a cover version of "Nothing But The Truth" for her latest album, "Born Again" which was released this summer.
During a Podcast interview with David Nathan for SoulMusic.com, she said of the song:
Another song that’s really incredible as well is a song called ‘Nothing But The Truth’. If you ever get a chance, just sit down and listen to that record. It’s another song like ‘Born Again’, and it wasn’t written by Paul Barry, it was written by somebody else. My engineer in fact, who engineered the whole album, a fantastic guy, he played me this song, and I swear to you, when I heard the lyrics from this song, I completely just broke down and cried, because it’s the journey of the music business; the journey of the music industry. One of the lyrics is ‘It’s hard to tell a hero from a fool’.
Whilst Ben, himself, was surprised to find that Mica had recorded one of his songs, indeed a very personal one that he had written for his sister, he is really pleased that such an acclaimed artist has done so. It is testament to Ben's credibility as a songwriter that an established performer such as Mica Paris could listen to the song, without knowing its history, and instantly fall in love with it.
"Nothing But The Truth" was written by Ben along with Tim Woodcock, and engineered by Paul Meehan who subsequently went on to engineer Mica Paris' album.