Collective Update

Just like they did earlier on this year in Wiltshire, thebandwithnoname performed alongside another of their sister school bands last weekend, this time Collective East Anglia. Local churches in Colchester united with CYO (the partner organisation of Collective EA) to put on a three-day festival called BeXalted, based in the Arts Centre. This building was originally a church but has now been converted into a nightclub. So there was something extra special about two of Innervation’s bands collaborating with the people of Essex to claim back that turf as holy ground. Friday night kicked off with a sensational performance from the Collective girls, featuring a cameo from tbwnn member J, and sandwiched by two brilliant DJ sets from the awesome Aorta. Saturday night was a more traditional praise and worship event with a live band and Dave Campbell guest speaking. Finally, to round things off, tbwnn came down to end the weekend with a specially extended, hour and a half set, with chipK giving the Gospel response. It was a weekend that started and ended with worshipping God, the original purpose for that building and for the people inside.

Auditions

Have you got what it takes to join our growing network of schools bands? If you are a talented singer/rapper/dancer with a heart for evangelism, you could be who we are looking for.

Innervation is next holding auditions on Thursday 19 July at our offices in Manchester.

For more details on what's involved, read our page of FAQs, or email us.

To download an application form, click here.

Collective update

Collective Wiltshire have had an incredibly busy few months visiting schools across Wiltshire including Sheldon, Crowdys and Upland schools.  Loads of kids have heard the Christian message explained in a relevant way and lots of them are now attending the Café Base follow up groups.  Collective, in partnership with Ncounter trust recently pulled off the Café Base Big Bash, a day where all the kids from the Schools and Café base (follow up) and youth groups met together for a huge day of workshops, games finished off by a massive gig.

The day kicked off at 10:30am with Beth hosting games on the stage followed by creative workshops including graffiti, pamper, DJ, dance, fashion, games and a vocal workshop.  In the afternoon the young people were sent off to their seminars where they discussed and learnt about issues such as, how to be yourself, does image matter, what to do when your family is driving you crazy and more.  The day rounded up with  three hours of music and the kids danced, jumped, and rocked out to the band’s performances. The atmosphere was electric.  Collective performed some of their most popular tracks and thebandwithnoname finished off the night with chipK sharing the gospel.  Around 28 young people responded, 11 of them making first time commitments.

Collective radio show 

Collective Wiltshire have also been busy hosting a radio show on Flame FM every Thursday for 2 hours from 4-6pm during the month of May. The girls say “It’s been great fun having the 3 of us in the studio and have used the opportunity to plug God and our faith.  We’ve explained who we are and our passion for young people and why we are doing our job in Wiltshire; what it is to be a Christian; what is worship and how we in full time ministry and others in secular work can make God known and be His witnesses. We’ve had a great line up of guests, one of them being Nikki’s mum who dished the dirt on what’s she really like and Ryo had great fun quizzing Liz Twigg on this.”

tbc update

tbc fans can now catch a glimpse of the girl’s brand new music as they perform at gigs, schools and festivals across the country over the next few months.  The girls recently joined LZ7 and thebandwithnoname on the Hope Revolution tour and will soon be performing alongside Delirious, Kathy Burton and Replenish at the Passion event in Stoke (www.passionevent.org).  tbc love to perform in primary schools, sharing the Christian message with the under 12’s.   Youngsters in Hull should watch out for them over the next few weeks as the girls will be bringing their amazing singing and dancing show to schools in the area in partnership with St Martin’s church.

'Dying To Be There' reviewed on Cross Rhythms - "unforgettable listening"

tbwnn's latest album has been given 10 stars by Cross Rhythms and been accorded classic status! Here are just a few quotes:

The album has "passion, power and precision"

"By any criteria I can use - performance, songwriting, production, even artwork, it is a pop music masterpiece!"

Read the whole review on the Cross Rhythms website.

** Don't forget to send in your competition card inside the album to have the chance to win tickets to the exclusive album launch gig on 31 March in Manchester.**

'Dying To Be There' Podcasts now available

thebandwithnoname have produced a series of podcasts where they talk in detail about the songs on 'Dying To Be There'.

If you have iTunes installed on your computer, click here to subscribe to the series

If you would prefer not to use iTunes, you can download them directly here...

download Dying To Be There podcast 1 (MP3)

download Dying To Be There podcast 2 (MP3)

download Dying To Be There podcast 3 (MP3)

download Dying To Be There podcast 4 (MP3)

download Dying To Be There podcast 5 (MP3)

thebandwithnoname have been busy in the studio recently working on their long awaited third album due for release in Feb '07. Not only will the album contain a bunch of amazing new songs but also included with each CD will be a DVD featuring lots of extras. More info can be found here.

Dying To Be There - Podcast

The first in a new series of podcasts from thebandwithnoname is now available for download. Each one will feature the band members talking about the message behind some of the songs on their new album.

If you have iTunes on your computer, please click this link to subscribe to the series.

If you would prefer not to use iTunes, you can download the first podcast as an MP3 directly, please click here

Welcome to Laura

Laura is the newest recruit to join a Collective team.  She spent the autumn training at head office in Manchester and is now based in Colchester with the East Anglia team.  Laura has loads of experience of performing and youth work having travelled with YFC’s Activate team and completed a youth work degree.  We really believe she’ll be a great asset to the team and look forward to seeing her in schools in February.  Please pray for Laura as she settles into a new area, new team and new job.

Christmas Fundraiser Update

We now have some photos from our Christmas Fundraiser - click here to see them. as you can see, we had a great night and many thanks to our photographer Graham Hammett, for doing such a great job!

November update

November is gearing up to be another exciting month for Innervation, including loads of schools work by the Collective schools bands and even a mission in Poland for thebandwithnoname. Julie, our new tbc team leader, has now fully settled in (despite a bout of chicken pox) and is pulling things together for the girls while the new band members are in training. Ken, our brand new technical co-ordinator, has now started at head office and is proving to be a great blessing, looking after the new van, old van and all our equipment.

Collective E. Anglia are currently completing a schools week, and Collective Wiltshire are taking a week to tour the follow up cafes they have set up. They are fully booked up until Christmas, with four more schools weeks left before the holidays. thebandwithnoname will be flying off to Poland on the 14th for a mission week with NGA, an American organisation linked with the Luis Pilau association. The band will be doing schools work, possibly some prisons, and a big Friday night concert in a local night club. They are also continuing on the Serious4God tour which is taking them to all corners of the UK.

It is now all hands on deck for putting our exciting Christmas fundraiser together! It looks like it will be a great night out so we’d love to see you there. Call the office to book tickets!

tbc update

Last month we did our first Pop Party Gig in Harlow in Essex. It was so much fun - bouncy castles, party bags, loads of sweets, karaoke and everything you could possibly want at a party was there! Prior to the gig we did a week going in and out of primary schools, being able to share about our faith and about TBC. The gig ended up being a real success with a good turn out of parents and kids. We even had sunshine!! Our next gig was in Kettering at Christ the Lord Church. This went well, and kids even came up to us at the end that really related to our testimonies. We want to keep praying for them! The event ended in a firework display, which made it even more special. Our last gig was in Berkhamstead where we performed at ReGener8. This was a presentation that we took part in - it was difficult getting the adults involved but by the end they were loving the moves! Some even bought the album and said they were going to join in the moves on the way home. YEY!

Natalie T

October update

October has been a month of blessings at Innervation.  We often feel a bit like we are banging our heads against a brick wall in terms of staffing, finance and vehicles but this month God has been blessing us like never before.  This week we received delivery of a brand new Ford Transit van which we have been given for two years by Vehicle Consulting.  The new van is an enormous blessing as for the last couple of years we have been hiring and borrowing vehicles to get to gigs.  The new van is just right for fitting all the staging, costumes, merchandise, props and people in for thebandwithnoname or tbc shows.  Watch this space for pictures of  our new wheels! 

 Loads of our staffing needs have also been met this month, which is a massive answer to prayer.  For about two years we have all been praying for a team leader for tbc and a technical co-ordinator who could sound engineer for the touring bands and look after all our PA equipment.  Julie, the new tbc team leader started this month and jumped straight into gigging in her first week.  She is proving to be an amazing asset to the head office team. We also have a technical co-orinator starting at the end of the month called Ken.  We really can’t wait to have someone in house who can organise, maintain and operate all our equipment for us.   On top of all that we had three new trainee performers start their training with us on the 2nd of October.  Lucy, Laura and Meg will be training until Christmas and once their training is finished will be working in Collective E. Anglia and tbc.  All of them are women of God with full on hearts for evangelism and we can’t wait to see them in action after Christmas.

 So all in all its been one of those months where we have felt the, “smile of God”, to quote Andy Hawthorne.  We’ve felt that things we have struggled without and prayed for over a number of years have all been provided within a short space of time, please join with us in thanking God and stand with us as we continue to pray for much needed finance and more performers to be in schools bands.

Although all the schools work in Innervation Trust is usually done by the Collective schools bands, over the last few weeks thebandwithnoname have also been getting in on the action.  Over three consecutive weeks the band have done schools weeks in Princes Risborough (near Oxford), Harlow and Thrapston.   At the Friday night concert in Princes Risborough the young people were really excited, after having the band in school all week, answering their questions and hearing them talk about what it means to be a Christian.  Lots of young people responded to the preach and the organiser rang us the following week and said that 20 kids had showed up at his church the following Sunday!!  The next week was in Harlow and the boys performed in several different schools and then did a Friday night concert followed by a schools week in   Thrapston (near Kettering).   During the week they did lessons in four  schools and did a Thursday night concert and a Friday concert in different schools.   chipK said, “When I looked out at the faces of the young people who came to our final gig in Thrapston after being in their schools all week I genuinely didn’t want to leave them.  Now I just pray that God would continue to make himself real to them and that the gospel would take root in their heart.“  Please pray for thebandwithnoname a they recover after such a busy time and also  as they film their brand new music video.  Watch this space for news of the next exciting release…..

September update

The end of September always feels like a bit of a new beginning at Innervation.  The schools bands tend to have time off during the summer and the touring bands at the start of September so it all gets quiet in the office for a few weeks.  But right about now everything starts buzzing again.  This weekend thebandwithnoname are back on the road again (almost before the holiday jet lag has worn off), and Collective Wiltshire are back in school.  thebandwithnoname are performing in Birmingham first and then travelling to Belfast as part of the Serious for God tour in partnership with Elim churches.  Collective Wiltshire are completing a schools week in St Augustine’s school, Trowbridge and then working in Commonweal school, Swindon.  Next week Collective E. Anglia are also in school in Ipswich despite one of the members having a sprained ankle!  Its really exciting to see the schools bands so busy on the front line reaching young people across the UK.  tbc are also working hard; they are entering a time of transition with a bit of a new line up and some great new show developments.  Keep checking out their website www.tbcmusic.com  to be the first to see all the news.

Collective Manchester

Innervation is really happy to be partnering with the Message Trust to launch the next Collective schools band.  Collective Manchester should be up and running by September next year and will be focussing on the schools of Manchester and the North West, particularly during 2008 as part of the national “Hope 2008” campaign.  Innervation and the Message have been working more and more closely over the past couple of years, sharing offices, prayer times and even some staff.  It’s really exciting to be launching our first project together, Innervation will recruit and train the Collective and then the Message will do all the day to day running and management of the team.  Auditions will begin imminently so any talented evangelists interested get in touch.  info@innervation.org.

The Best Of Movation - Out Now!

The Best of Movation is now available. The double album contains 35 tracks and features never before heard tracks from thebandwithnoname and tbc along with the first ever opportunity to hear a Collective schools band track. The album also show cases some of the other bands that have worked in schools through Innervation and Movation in the past.

For full details please visit this page

Special Limited Period Launch Price

The Best Of Movation album is now available for pre-order from Innervation Trading for a special limited period price of just £9:00. To order your copy please visit the Innervation Trading Site.

June Update

June has been another month of schools work and touring for the Innervation bands. thebandwithnoname and tbc have been working alongside the Message Trust at the, "Big Deal", a load of outreach events and gigs across Stockport and South Manchester (where our head office is based). Its been really exciting to be able to work locally and impact the area we all live in. The Collective schools bands have also been busy in schools all over the country. Collective East Anglia have just completed their fifth Schools mission of the year, where they worked in partnership with a local Southend church to present the gospel to the pupils of King John High School through a series of RE and music lessons. The week was so successful that Collective were called into the Head Teachers office at the end of the week and congratulated on the quality of the lessons. Having had a Collective band consistently for the previous 3 years, she commented on the positive role models that had been set to the students and how they always look forward to their visits.

We are currently auditioning for the brand new Collective schools bands that will start training in the autumn this year. So any singers, rappers, dancers or team leaders who would like to be a part of this give us a shout.

Innervation May update:

The last month has been a really exciting one at Innervation. As well as having tbc and thebandwithnoname touring the Spring Harvest venues, we've also had all three of our schools teams fully active in the schools of their areas. I had the privilege of taking part in a school week with Collective Kent in Herne bay. We had a great week and were able to challenge lots of stereotypes about Christianity and Christians. As a team we made sure we allowed lots of time for questions at the end of the lesson. The students had some really challenging enquiries like, who made God? why did Jesus have to die? and, is it hard to be a Christian? At the end of the week loads of young people said they wanted to find out more about being Christians, and asked for prayer. The local schools worker will continue to visit the school and work with those young people to keep answering their questions and teaching them more about God.

For me this schools week was a reminder of what an amazing opportunity we have here in the UK to be able to present the Christian message in schools in a way young people can understand. Every time one of our schools teams takes a lesson, more young people are able to really understand God's love for them and what Jesus did for them. Please keep praying for our teams as they work in loads of different schools over the next term.

(HelenK)

Collective Wiltshire schools week report:

Collective were in Devizes School in Wiltshire from 24 th to 28 th April where we were taking lessons. Devizes is a dark area spiritually and it has 4 active witches' covens. This school has never had Christians working in it before so it was really important that we made a good impression. The teachers were very anti Christianity but despite all of this, the dance teacher warmed to us and is now using the, "Girl Like Me," breakdown as part of their dance routine for their exams!! Other teachers warmed to us as the week went on and the young people realised that Christians can actually be cool!

We only met one Christian teacher who works full time at the school but he said that through Collective being in the School was able to talk to the head teacher about Christianity. The head teacher said that Collective were culturally relevant to the youth, very professional and not pushy about their faith!

The Friday night concert went really well. Three kids became Christians and others are going to start attending a youth alpha which is being run at a church on Sunday nights. Me and the other Collective girls went along to one of these youth alphas to hang out with the kids and were able to getting involved in some heated debates about whether Jesus really did die.

We are continuing to pray for Devizes as a whole and are praying for more Christian teachers to move to that school. One teacher said that in all the time that he has worked at Devizes; this was the best week that had experienced. As a team we all felt that the Holy Spirit was in that school and God is doing amazing things there.

(Ryo)

Auditions:

Innervation Trust is holding auditions for singers, dancers, and rappers in Manchester on 17th and 18th May. If you think you've got what it takes to be in one of our schools bands, or if you want to find out more then call the office to book a space - 0161 946 1232. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Fired up band members needed!

Innervation's vision to see the young people of the UK reached with the good news of Jesus is growing. We are constantly looking for new band members to perform in our bands. If you are a singer, rapper or dancer with a passion for young people and the gospel then we need to hear from you. This could be the opportunity you've been waiting for to get trained, get performing and get out there.

If you think you've got what it takes then please drop us an email at info@innervation.org You need to be over 18 and able to commit 2 – 3 years to the project. You need to be prepared to work hard as part of a fast paced team. You need to be prepared to grow and be challenged spiritually, physically and mentally and to see massive amounts of young people understanding and responding to the Christian message.

We are auditioning from NOW until July, click here to download an application form or call 0161 9461232 and ask for Helen Kendall for more details.

tbc's Pop Party Tour

From May this year tbc will be embarking on a, never done before in the UK , crazy, fun, pop party tour aimed at pre-teens. Watch out for the girls, accompanied by bouncy castles, jelly and ice cream, party bags and the usual fab pop show at venues across the UK. More details soon.

If you are interested in booking tbc for a concert on your area, please contact Top Dog on +44 (0)1908 331820 or email info@topdogpromotions.co.uk

New Collective Team

Innervation's latest creation, Collective Wiltshire have hit the ground running in Swindon . The new band are working with the Ncounter partnership and the local Youth for Christ and have already performed in schools and churches all over the area. Nikki, Ryo and Beth spent the autumn in Manchester going through the Innervation schools team training programme and then moved to Swindon after Christmas. The band were introduced to Swindon on stage during the Innervation tour which landed in Swindon for two dates of the tour. Collective are now fully booked for the next few months, doing schools weeks in Hreod Parkway school, Sheldon school and Greendown community school. Nikki (team leader) says, “Life in Collective is very busy but very exciting, it's great to be meeting lots of new people. We can't wait to see what God is going to do in this area through Collective”.

Innervation Tour

We begin 2006 in a strong, spiritual position, able to build on the foundations laid last year by the prayer-answering success of the Innervation tour! thebandwithnoname and TBC embarked together (for the first time ever) on a three-month tour of the UK that ended a week before Christmas. The two bands performed in schools, theatres and nightclubs all over the country, from Liverpool to Leicester , Southport to Southend. The tour started with a bang in Stockton-on-Tees where twenty-two kids gave their lives to Christ. From there Shell and chipK both took it in turns to preach each night and the response was really encouraging. All in all, over three hundred kids made some sort of a commitment to God! The new TBWNN line-up was well received at every gig, as were the tbc girls. The future looks excellent due to these increased opportunities to win kids into the kingdom; Let the mission continue!

Collective E Anglia Re-launches

After 2 years of great work in the schools of E. Anglia , Collective have re launched with a new team leader and some new members. They remain totally committed to the young people of E. Anglia and are fully booked up with schools missions for the next few months. New members Jayne (formerly of Collective Essex) and Alison are really excited to be working with existing band members Kat and Sophie.