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21st August 2008
26th AUGUST:
To celebrate the DVD launch of 'Hell to Pay' in the US, Canada, Russia,
Germany & Japan, a special screening of the film has been arranged for next
Tuesday, the 26th August at the Ritz Cinema by Skeleton Cru Promotions and
the Worthing Film Club. 19th August 2008
29th July 2008 CASS Cass Pennant's film "CASS" was premiered last night in Leicester Square London to great critical acclaim. It's released on Friday 1st August across the country and I would genuinely advise EVERYONE to go and see it, 'cos it's gonna be a box office smash, as it is somewhat different to your average football hooligan flick! If you want to know where it's showing simply CLICK HERE. 18th July 2008
WE are anxious to locate the whereabouts of this man. Anyone with any information on his identity or whereabouts please email us. 15th July 2008 CASS Our old friend Cass Pennant's film "CASS" is released on the 1st August. Good enough to rate a THREE page spread in the Arts Section of The Times, this is one film not to miss this year. After enjoying the trailer you can find out more about the film: CLICK HERE.
1st July 2008
Dave was invited up to Doncaster a month ago by Mark Fish for a little party he was throwing for his pals to meet Mike Tyson. Dave says he had a fantastic night and wants to thank Mr. Fish. Mark has sent me loadsa photos of the day, so there will be a gallery of them coming very soon.
30th June 2008 MORE RONNIE BIGGS NEWS Ronnie Biggs: My Story by Ronnie Biggs, Mike Gray and Tel Currie
Ronnie Biggs (with Mike Gray and Tel Currie, who are two of Biggs' closest
friends and regular visitors) have signed contracts with Apex Publishing Ltd
to publish his life story 'Ronnie Biggs: My Life' which will be released in
November 2008. 26th June 2008 RONNIE BIGGS NEWS
The following just in from Michael Gray:
After Ronnie's lawyer Giovanni di Stefano announced
yesterday (June 25) on his Official web site, that Ronnies case had been
sent to the Parole Board by the Home Office, the "UK media Circus" began,
(see today's Daily Mirror Front Page above). 25th June 2008
The 'Hell to Pay' Region 1 DVD has just gone on sale in the USA &
Canada. The Head of Acquisitions at York Entertainment in LA, Marty Poole,
has said that he thinks it is a "kick-ass movie" and expects it to do
"stellar business" throughout the States and beyond.
21st June 2008
Dave's house was raided at 6 a.m. on Friday morning by TWENTY old bill from
Scotland Yard's Serious Crime Squad. Dave had been out all night as he had
been with Joe Pyle Jnr. and Alan (who had just received a not guilty
himself) on a prison visit on Thursday and went back to Alan's house in
Cobham. He was only going to stay there a little while but stayed until 5
a.m. When he got back home he went and sat in the garden and that's when
they arrived. 13th June 2008 OK everyone , this is a brief statement to those of you that knew that Lesley Batin was my agent. She did attend various functions with me as my sole promoter and agent and many of you did say that she was no good for me. She also had upset a lot of people along the way and yet being the bloke I am I still defended her and carried on giving her second chances. Well now I'm afraid the final chances have gone and I'm holding up my hands and saying: Dave Courtney was wrong in defending her for so long and you all were so very right. So Lesley is no longer my agent or anything to do with myself Dave. and I apolgise to those of you that she has rubbed up wrong way, but she no longer works for me. Thanking you. 4th June 2008 "REFORMED gangster and inspiration for British film 'Rise of the Footsoldier' Carlton Leach is set to back a Leukaemia campaign and tell tales of the underworld at a Thurrock venue. Dad of three Jamie, 24, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Leukaemia last month and is now fighting for his life at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. "Jamie, who is originally from Roach, East Tilbury but now lives in Pitsea, has always been a fan of the likes of Carlton Leach and celebrity gangster Dave Courtney and plans are being made for them to visit his bedside." 2nd June 2008
1st June 2008
29th May 2008 Dave appears to have a new website at Freewebs. Check it out and let me know what you think. 22nd May 2008
10th May 2008 If you were unlucky enough to miss the Audience with Dave Courtney at Chicago Rock in Luton then you have another chance at Chicago Rock Tamworth [MAP]. Dave will be doing his stand up show including question and answer time. He will also be doing a book signing and a Charity Auction for ECHO CHILDRENS' TRUST and auctioning off all sorts of memorabilia. Tickets are a mere tenner each and you can buy them on-line by clicking HERE. Also available: Booth area with two course meal table seating for 4,5,6 people available upon request. 10 VIP tickets available seated with Dave (meal included) at £75.00 per person.
4th May 2008 Dave will be attending a book signing at Waterstones Booksellers, George Street, Luton, (01582 486 999) on thew 7th May from 11am - 2pm. 30th April 2008
Dave is on BBC1 tomorrow (Thursday 1st May) at 7 pm on The ONE Show being interviewed by Dominic Littlewood about the Krays. Miss it at your peril ... well, unless you have a date with a Supermodel. If you DO have a date with a Supermodel but would prefer to watch Dave on TV then please feel free to give me her phone number and I'll take her out for you, leaving you free to watch the prog. Just one of my many services to DC fans. Can't say fairer than that, can I? 28th April 2008 Don't forget that Dave is at the Luton Chicago Rock Cafe on the 7th May. Your chance to meet London's most infamous celebrity gangster Dave Courtney! Get your VIP Tickets now for just £50 and you could be enjoying a delicious dinner with Dave before the event. Call 01582 405144 for your VIP tickets or click here to get your normal event ticket for just £5. For more information on this event please click here. 16th April 2008 Dave has sent Mark Fish a "Guardian Angel" to watch over him. Mark took one look and said "I think I'll take my chances!" Wanna see the angel DC sent him (and the reason for his response)? CLICK HERE 15th April 2008 Well, it seems that Dave and I aren't the only people to view his "bail" in the Bristol case with some suspicion. I have just received the following from another old pal, Tel Currie:
JAIL, BAIL, FARCE AND A MASTERPLAN MADE OF GLASS!! 14th April 2008
An auto-technician who surveyed the car said that someone had loosened the nuts and locking nuts on his track rod ends. "They couldn't have come undone themselves" said the technician, "Someone must have done it deliberately." From minor corrosion evidence on the threads, the technician said he reckoned that they had been loosened to within two turns of coming off about two weeks earlier. Mark is extremely lucky that they didn't come undone while he was belting down the motorway ... DISASTER ... or maybe that was the intension! Mark's attitude? "I don't give a f**k if someone wants to kill me. It wouldn't be the first time. I don't know if I've pissed somebody off with what I'm doing for Charlie, but endangering my innocent daughter is another matter!" 11th April 2008 Dave phoned this afternoon after leaving court in Bristol to tell me that had been bailed to appear at another date. Very strange considering the weight of evidence he has to beat the charges. Strange? Perhaps not. Dave says it seems pretty obvious why: "Everyone knows what happens if you're arrested again when you're on bail. You are straight in on remand, no question. So, they've put me on bail 'cos they're cooking something up. I expect that, before my next appearance in Bristol, they will arrest me for something else and I get a 'Go Directly To Jail, Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect £200' card!" Personally, I've never known Dave to be wrong in these matters, so keep watching this space. If you're in the Swansea area this evening you might like to consider going to the Audience With Carlton Leach at the 4 Seasons Club, Trallwn Rd, Llansamlet, Swansea, SA7 9UQ [MAP], as Dave will be in attendance with his good friend Carlton. 5th April 2008
4th April 2008 As reported a couple of days ago, Dave is all set to launch Hell To Pay in America. Roberto Gomez, the film's Director, has been kind enough to release the cover of the US DVD to me, so here it is:
3rd April 2008 Dave will be appearing at An Audience With ... at the Omega Sector, 90-98 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6SX [MAP] on Sunday 13th April. Tickets are £15 each available from 0121 200 8383 or email chris.gould@omegasektor.com. Omega Sektor is known as "The Play Place" so get down there for the fun 'n' games with Dave Courtney.
31st March 2008 Dave is set to
hit the USA yet again. This time with the much-awaited American DVD release
of "Hell To Pay" starring Dave, Billy Murray (McVicar, Essex Boys),
Dave Legeno (Snatch, The Cottage, Harry Potter) and Terry Stone (Rise of the
Footsoldier, Rollin' With the Nines). It's set for a 24th of June release
date priced $19.99, (that's roughly a tenner in English!). To pre-order your
copy
CLICK HERE. 27th March 2008 IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE The event at Chicago Rock Cafe in Tamworth has changed dates. It will now take place on 13th May 2008. The Luton event will be held on 7th May 2008. Address is: Chicago Rock Cafe, 20-44 Gordon Street, Luton, Beds, LU1 2QP [MAP] 25th March 2008
An Audience With Dave Courtney in Tamworth on 3rd June 2008 at
Chicago Rock Cafe, 59-60 Church Street, Tamworth, B79 7DF [MAP].
Tickets £10.00 (excluding meal). 23rd March 2008 Another Audience With Dave Courtney in South Wales ... this one is on Friday 28th March at the 4 Seasons Club, Trallwn Rd, Llansamlet, Swansea, SA7 9UQ [MAP]. Tickets are £20 on 01792 781500 or on the night. Be there! And if you're up for that then maybe you'll be up for Carlton Leech at the same club on 11th April. See their website for details. 18th March 2008 Fully-Loaded
Promotions are proud to announce that Dave will be appearing at "An Audience
with Dave Courtney" at Dempseys, 15 Castle Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BS
[MAP]
on Sunday 30 March 2008. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. and events starts at 7 p.m.
Ticketline: 07855 687111 8th March 2008 Dave will be appearing at the following event. Click on the pic to see the full picture in a new closable window.
6th March 2008 Dave will be appearing at the following event. Click on the pic to see the full picture in a new closable window.
4th March 2008 TEL CURRIE: DIAMOND GEEZER
28th February 2008
24th February 2008 The following is just in from Tel Currie:
I fear for the morality of this great nation of ours. A nation that has been
through so much in the last century and has been forced to take up arms to avoid
oppression on more than one occasion. Now, it would appear governments are
admiring and even copying the oppressor rather than the lessons that can be
learned from the oppressed. Must justice now revolve around the idea of crushing
a man's spirit and then waiting hauntingly & ghoulishly whilst looking at their
watches for the body literally to be crushed as well. Will they not clock off
until a man is buried deep in the earth, a technique rejected by even the most
barbaric of country's? 17th February 2008 Just in case any of you have forgotten, our old friend Ronnie Biggs is still in prison! Mike Gray, who staunchly runs the Free Biggs Campaign has put together a compilation of photos and a track of music ... his own version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" (recorded under the name The Train Robberz) ... which is now featured on YouTube. But why go traipsing over there to watch it when you can watch it in comfort here:
5th February 2008 Here's an offer you just can't refuse: I still have a small number of the very exclusive limited edition montage posters of Dave left. There were only 200 numbered autographed copies of this poster produced and I have less than 25 left now at the bargain price of £15.00 each (including p&p). The poster is black and white on best quality glossy poster paper, measuring 420mm x 297mm.
2nd February 2008 Just got off the phone to Dave, who was at the airport catching a plane to Spain. He's off to the mountains of Spain for a few days with international showjumper Oliver Skeet to fish for catfish, which to grow to eight feet and more than 200 lbs (over 90 kgs)!
A couple of weeks ago Dave phoned the Wandsworth police to go in for his interview and was told that they weren't ready for him, but that they hoped they weren't causing him any inconvenience or worry. Dave was supposed to have an interview with them today, but left a message at the police station saying much the same thing! He'll be back in time for his Leeds show towards the end of next week. 30th January 2008 WANNA PLAY POOL WITH DAVE?
HEY ... impress the hell out of your mates with who YOUR Pal is and tell them the incredible stories about YOUR great night ... and if they doubt your stories then just tell them to take a look at YOUR photo on DC's website. He might even ask you to make an appearance in his next FILM or PHOTOSHOOT! Who knows what will happen on YOUR night with Dave? Interested? Can't wait? Just email mal@davecourtney.com for details and then book your night. Dave would love to give you an evening to remember for the rest of your life! 28th January 2008 DAVE IN LEEDS
The management and girls at WILDCATS are delighted to invite you to a VIP evening with special guest Dave Courtney. Dave is joining the club on 7th February 2008 for a Q & A, photo and autograph session in addition to entertainment from their gorgeous Wildcats!!
This is a VIP event only at their venue at 153-155 The Headrow, Leeds,
LS1 5RB [
MAP ]. Doors will open at 8pm with free admission with a VIP pass.
25th January 2008 In memory of Tel Currie Snr. A real man, gentleman and legend never to be forgotten! He will be missed. 22nd January 2008 Well, we finally found out what the Wandsworth police want to talk to Dave about. He says it's regarding a "road rage" incident back in the Summer of 2005! We'll bring you more just as soon as we know anything. 14th January 2008
Our old mate Charlie Bronson has a new book out on 6th June (published by Apex Publishing Ltd.) with a forword by Charlie Richardson and Tel Currie. Called LOONYOLOGY, it has contributions from many people including Charlie Richardson, Ronnie Knight, Howard Marks, Albert Chapman, Tel Currie Snr, Jason Marriner and Bernie Davies.
Once again, it's available
now to pre-book at Amazon. So, just click on the book cover above to go to the
Amazon page. 9th January 2008 The story carried on the 5th January regarding Wandsworth police has taken a slight twist. When they contacted Dave at the weekend it was an "urgent matter". However, when Dave's solicitor phoned them on Monday they told him not to bother phoning until next Wednesday, as they weren't ready! And we're still none the wiser as to what they want to interview him about. 8th January 2008
Another great new book by Dave Courtney and Jim Dawkins to be released later this year: THE BRITISH CRIME AND PRISON QUIZ BOOK with a foreword by our old mate Charlie Bronson. Available now to pre-book at Amazon. Just click on the book cover above to go to the Amazon page. READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE ...
Dave received an honourable mention on the front page of INSIDE TIME (the national newspaper for prisoners) this month for the wonderful thing he did for Lorna (pictured above) and all the hard-working ladies of PRISON CHAT UK. Read all about it HERE. 5th January 2008 Two rather interesting pieces of news from Dave: The police have told Dave that his car, which he was driving when arrested by Bristol cops a few weeks ago, was retrieved from them by the She-Devil girls who formerly managed this website for a short period (and claimed to have designed it!). Dave says that he had purchased the car from them and paid to have it repaired, but didn't receive any documentation. The police say that the girls had all the correct paperwork when they came to collect it. Dave is somewhat angry, as he says that they had previously texted him on several occasions to say that they did not collect his car. The plot thickens. More seriously, Dave has been contacted by Wandsworth police who have told him to get his solicitor to phone them on Monday and arrange an appointment for an interview with them next week. They said that Dave was likely to be arrested at the interview for something that happened a couple of years ago ... but they haven't said what! This is a slightly worrying development, as Dave is still on bail from Bristol nick, so a subsequent arrest could mean a spell on remand. Watch this space. 24th December 2007
... to all our visitors Dave, Mal, Lesley and the team. 20th December 2007 Well, they're coming thick and fast now. Here's another letter from DAVE to BRISTOL POLICE. 19th December 2007 Another word from Dave about what's been happening in his life recently just came in, which you can read HERE. On a personal note, I'd just like to thank all the people who have sent such kind emails welcoming me back to the site. It's stuff like that which makes my job so worthwhile. The job goes on and for any of you who want to ask any questions regarding the website (or website design/maintenance) the email address is mal@davecourtney.com. 18th December 2007 Dave's asked me to put up a letter for you which he wrote to the Bristol Police regarding the "live bullets" he is supposed to have had on him when stopped back in October, SO HERE IT IS. 14th December 2007 Another great Cage Rage event coming up:
Click on the pic to go to the Cage Rage website and buy tickets. 12th December 2007 Dave will be appearing at the "GLAMOUR" Launch Party at LEVEL Nightclub in Kettering on Saturday 22nd December. [ MAP ] So, if you live in the Northamptonshire area get yer arses down there. More information soooooon (well, as soon as I get it).
10th December 2007 MAL'S BACK ! It's been more than a year since I last sat in the driving seat here, but Dave has asked me to take the helm on his website again, so you might see a few changes over the coming months as I progressively re-tidy and re-organise the site. First things first: Dave has made a statement about his recent brush with the law, which you can read HERE. Now, if you've put Dave's show in Ongar on the 14th in your diary please run a line through it, as it is being rescheduled for next year. Apologies to all those who will be disappointed, but 2008 promises to be a record year for shows, so do not despair: Dave will be appearing at a venue near you in the not-too-distant future. 17th November 2007
Dave will be appearing on the Victoria
Derbyshire phone in programme on BBC Radio Five on Tuesday 20th November
between 10am - 11am. Along with author Terry Smith (Apex Publishing). Monday 15th October 2007 Dave will be appearing at the
The Free Spirit Showcase
for Arts and Music
Dave will be book signing and will be
available for Saturday 13th October 2007 Hi All, Sorry I haven't been updating the site much but due to ill health on my part I have been confined to my bed for the past 4 weeks or so (thank you for all the cards and flowers I didn't receive) but don't worry Dave has been keeping me in good spirits offering to give me a bed bath and rub Vicks on my chest (I wonder why?) Anyway, I am now going through the daunting task of ploughing through the 200+ e-mails I have received during my absence (hence why it is 1.35am on a Friday night and I'm writing to you lovely lot and not out and about this evening). I do have some great news for you all, you now have a choice of 2 new amazing shops to choose from as well as our brilliant current one.
Wednesday 26th September 2007 We had a great letter from John,Mel,Steve and Lisa to thank Dave for a great night they had playing pool with him. To read it click HERE. If you want to have a great night playing pool with Dave and his famous 1 handed game for just £100.00 click HERE. 20th September 2007 The tranquillity of the lovely City of Winchester will be shattered when Dave and his friends invade the old capital of England. Never mind King Arthur, Dave will hold court at the First In, Last Out Public House and cordially invites you all for an evening of reminiscences and tales of close calls, derring do and bent coppers. Not a night to be missed Apologies from Dave to all his fans and friends for this website not getting the news it deserves just lately due to his busy schedule of filming, meetings and general skull-duggery. However he will be giving some really exciting news in the near future. Watch this space Monday 3rd September 2007 Yesterday Dave took almost 100 of his most loyal and trustworthy men to Brentwood, Essex to be the security at the wedding of his good friend model Jodie Marsh and Matthew Peacock. The men who travelled from as far away as Wales to be there guarded the gates and premises whilst approx 10 trained security dogs patrolled the surrounding perimeter all with the aim of preventing the press from having access to the very sort after pictures of the wedding which was the highly anticipated climax to Jodie's hit TV show "Jodie Marsh-Who's Gonna Take Her Up The Isle" for MTV. The Wedding was situated at Jodie's parents home in there beautifully landscaped garden under an amazing marquee decorated with flowers, chandeliers and hanging mirrored mobiles and Jodie wore an amazing red dress. The reception afterwards was held at the pool side. Unfortunately due to the high security status of the day we are unable to bring you any photographs of the event however, you can find info and even watch it by clicking www.mtv.co.uk/jodie/thewedding
Dave has some new and exciting dates lined up to raise money for the Cerebral Palsy Care Centre in Cliff Woods, Kent.
The above event will be held to raise money and will be on the 19th August at the CPC Centre. The event will feature a bar, stalls, a Mustang drove by Patrick from The Drifters and competitions to win a Ferrari and a ride on a Harley Davidson. The event is free to enter and is open to the whole family!
This over 18's only event will be held on the 29th August to raise money for the CPC. It will be held at the Centre itself from 8pm til late. To book now for just £15.00 per ticket to avoid disappointment click the PayPal Logo Below! And Dave hasn't forgotten our friends in the North. He will be hosting an evening at the Doncaster Warehouse on the 12th October to raise money for Alan Rayment a bilateral amputee who is planning to cycle from Lands End To John O Groats for the When You Wish Upon A Star Charity. Also featured at the event will be Comedian, singer, songwriter and musician Steve Womack who is local to the area and DJ Mark O. Tickets cost just £15.00 each so book now by clicking the PayPal Logo below so you don't miss out!
Sunday 5th August 2007 Dave on
Tonight!
You can call in your questions after 10pm on 01772900974 or text "ROCK" followed by your question to 84131. Listen to the show LIVE by clicking below
Thursday 19th July 2007
Don't forget the last few tickets are available for the Audience with Dave Courtney AT Dulwich Hamlet F.C on 20th July 2007! Its a must see event for all true Dave fans so click below to get your ticket today! Sunday 15th July 2007
The portrait and the exhibition is aimed at raising money and awareness for the Terrence Higgins Trust who's aim is to personalise and humanise AIDS, HIV and sexual health and will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The Trust was set up in memory of Terrence Higgins by his friends after he was one of the first people in the UK to die of AIDS on 4th July 1982. Thursday 12th July 2007
Friday 6th July 2007 LONG AWAITED AUDIENCE WITH IN NORTH!
At long last Dave will be doing another one of his Audience With Shows In Scunthorpe! He will be appearing on Sunday 12th August for 8pm til late alongside his pal Howard "Mr Nice" Marks who will also be doing an Audience With Show at the magnificent Time Nightclub which has just undergone a massive 1 million pound refurbishment to turn it into an amazing multi scene entertainment venue with state of the art light and sound. This massive event which has been dubbed the biggest party ever in Lincolnshire history is being headlined by the recently awarded Best DJ of 2007 DJ Sam Young who has one of the most enviable client list in the business. Also performing will be none other than 70's sensation Dr And The Medics who are most famous for there hit "Spirit In The Sky". And the whole event with be compared by star of TV, film and stage Adrian Doughty who is best know for being one of the Comedy trio The Oddballs.
Advanced tickets are available at The Priory Hotel, Smiths Male, Smiths Female, Stephen Smith's Garden Centre, Time Nightclub and The Mallard at a price of £10.00 but fear not they are also available on the door on the night for £15.00 for those of you who cant get to the area beforehand. Tuesday 19th June 2007 Dave has got some extremely exciting events coming up that are a must see for all true fans. The First is brought to you by Lost The Plot Promotions and is on the 28th June 2007 at the SE1 Club on Weston Street (off Tooley Steet) London Bridge. On the night there will be white collar boxing, live entertainment form the George Michael Experience, Tonic and the Realta Jazz Band. As well as DJ sets from DJ Dave playing 70's and 80's music, Funky House with Johnny Morris and a set from Chriss Kerrang. Tickets are selling out fast and so to make it fair they are only available on the door on a first come first serve basis there is only standing room available but it is a must see event! It starts at 6pm so don't be late! ___________________________ Dave will also soon be doing a once in a life time Audience With Show Tour In Spain. The 3 day event that is brought to you by Costa Breaker Events will take place at Asturias, Punta Prima on the 6th, 7th and 8th July. For information on the event including how to book click on the flyer below
The event has been heavily promoted and sponsored by
To check out there site click the banner above. Friday 15th June 2007
Dave has organised an evening for the ladies of the Prisoners Wives Association to go out for the day to the theatre followed by a night club in central London tomorrow and did have a mini bus and driver donated for the day to take them and bring them home but unfortunately he has been let down at the last minute. Rather than let down all these lovely ladies who have been really looking forward to the day he has asked us to make a very urgent appeal to all you mini bus drivers out there to see if any of you can lend a helping hand. He is looking for a driver who is prepared to donate there services and pick the ladies up at 2pm tomorrow, take them to the theatre then on to a bar and club bringing them home at approx 2am. He understands this is a tall order and very short notice but you would really be making these ladies day! If you can help please call 07847102548.
Once again Dave wishes to apologise for the cancellation of his Birmingham visit which was beyond his control. He would like to assure you that he will do all in his power to arrange new dates in the area. Thursday 14th June 2007
I have just been informed that due to police interference with the hotel licensee the Audience With Show at Walsall tomorrow has had to be cancelled. The police issue is due to the request of a late licence for the event which has been declined. This is the first time that the venue has been refused. This does not come as any surprise to Dave as it is common occurrence and he has said "All I can do is say sorry and make it public". Due to this Dave has also had to also cancel the book signing at Waterstones, Walsall for Saturday 16th June. Monday 11th June 2007 We wish to apologise for our previous technical difficulties. We have now rectified the problem and we are working normally as usual. Tuesday 5th June 2007 We have today just received news
of a brilliant Audience With Show in Birmingham on the 15th June which starts
7pm until 12pm and as well as Dave there will also be live sets from Drum N Bass
DJ's Funk Da Bass ( from Decades in Northampton ), DJ Taktix, Unison & Horney.
To check out how to find the venue and how to book
Monday 4th June 2007 We have just had some brilliant news for all Dave fans.
Friday 1st June 2007 A Tale Of 3 Men And A Wheelchair?!
For the full story from Bens local, The Contented Pig's website.
Thursday 31st May 2007 Dave appeared at a knockout night last night at Vinny's Nightclub in Cheshunt that was arranged by the clubs events manager Marky J. The evening also featured rare guest appearances from Jason Mariner and Roy Shaw, not to mention the gorgeous girls from the BabeStation and its owner Dave Philby as well as music from Da Playboyz. To see pictures of the event
Saturday 26th May 2007 HURRY JUST A FEW TICKETS LEFT!!!
We still have some tickets available for an Audience with Dave Courtney and Special Guest Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw appearing at Vinny's Night Club Cheshunt 30th May. Ticket price single £20.00 also free entry to club after show party. To Get Your Tickets Click Here! Friday 25th May 2007 As you may know Dave went down to Preston's favourite radio station Rockfm to appear on the Roy Basnett Phone Show talking about crime and life in general. Thanks to our friends at www.youtube.com we now have a clip of his appearance on the show.
Tuesday 22nd May 2007 As some of you may have noticed we have been working on the completion of Dave's all new on line photo album over the last few weeks. We have tried our hardest to ensure that there are no faults in this new service with its easy to select and search categories but if you find any please let us know. We would like to thank all Dave's friends and his fans for sending us thousands of pics since February when we started the process. We hope we haven't missed any out and if we have then please resend them to us now. We are also working on additions to Dave's media section with loads of new newscuttings and articles. We will be adding new ones every day this week so keep checking everyday!! Friday 18th May 2007 Dave has got a busy time of it at the moment. Last night he was in Birmingham with good friends Nigel Benn, Mark, Sandra, Eamon and John at a boxing event followed by a Lionel Richie Concert where he was invited backstage afterwards. On Saturday (19th) he will be Devon opening a shop called ICETec in Holsworthy, Devon, for a nice guy called Mark who is the official distributor for Charlie Bronson Artwork and also the mastermind behind www.myspace.com/charliebronsonart. Dave will not only be opening the store but he will also be doing a book signing from 12pm at the venue followed by an evening of Charity Pool at Holsworthy social club from 8pm. For more details on the event along with a map for directions visit out Dates page Also on Sunday (20th) Dave will be at London's ExCel from 10am til 5pm at the Seni 07 Mixed Martial Arts Exhibition where he will be signing books, posters and DVD's that will be for sale at the event. For more details on the event along with a map for directions visit out Dates page Sunday 13th May 2007 Dave on
Tonight!
You can call in your questions after 10pm on 01772900974 or text "ROCK" followed by your question to 84131. Listen to the show LIVE by clicking below
Thursday 10th May 2007 Dave has been very busy recently finishing his latest book which was completed this week (we will keep you posted on its release). Dave had just enough time to visit Bernice at Andrews Home Entertainment, 101 the Pentagon, Chatham, Kent ME4 4HW to collect several items she has donated to raise money for the Cerebral Palsy Centre.
This weekend he went down to the Sweeps Festival, Rochester, Kent with his friend Roy Shaw to do book signings and photographs. He would like to thank everyone who came down to see him especially Donna Cook who travelled all the way there with her husband who has a broken leg just to bring there son to meet Dave. Dave receives thousands of e-mails every week from people all over the world, all of which are passed onto him. He would like to say a special thank you to Nathan Hill, Heidi Wardman, Louise from The Aquarium and Clare for there recent e-mails and pics. Wednesday 2nd May 2007 Thanks to our good friends at the Heroes And Villains Store and Apex Publishing we have now been able to open our Official Dave Courtney OBE For Charity Shop on this site. The shop features items for sale and auction which has been donated buy businesses to raise money for the Charities Dave supports. If you have a product or service you wish to donate then please e-mail Dave You can find the Charity Shop buy clicking the Heroes and Villains Store banner at the top of the page then clicking on the link to it in the shops menu or buy clicking clicking on Shops on the menu to your left followed by The Charity Shop. Monday 1st May 2007
The Dave Courtney OBE Official On-Line Store Is Now Open With Loads Of New Items Up For Grabs And There Is Hundreds Of New Items Still To Add That Will Only Be Available Here. You Can Find The Site By Clicking On The Heroes And Villains Banner At The Top Or On The Left Hand Menu Under Shops! Monday 22nd April 2007 HAPPY ST.GEORGE'S DAY!
Saturday 21st April 2007 Just to let you know that due to reasons beyond our control "An Audence With Dave Courtney OBE" for tonight in Gillingham has been cancelled. Dave is very sorry to his fans who have been let down by this. But Never fear . . . .
Also as you may remember from the 20th March 07, Dave plans to hold a charity Audience soon to raise money for the Cerebral Palsey Centre in Rochester, Kent. He would like to thank Carpet Remnant Centre, Gillingham, KENT And Hunji Mobile, Gillingham, KENT For donating items which will be used at the event which we do not have a date for at the moment. A L S O
As some of you may have noticed the sites been quite for a while but this doesn't mean that there hasn't been a lot of work going on behind the scenes. We have been given uncensored access the Dave's personal photo album (3ft by 2 ft suitcase) and we have been working all the hours under the sun to go through thousands of images to select, scan, edit and organise on the site almost 1000 NEW, never before seen pictures for your viewing delight which will be on line on Saturday 28th April 2007. Along with a Re-launch of Dave's On-Line Shop!!!! As well as the Return of the Articles section on the site which has now been updated so that all of the links work and are in the same format!!!! We have also pulled all nighters 3 nights a week preparing since late March going through hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles which will be on line for you all on Sunday 6th May and will include so extremely rare ones from "The Scene" magazine. SO WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!! Monday 2nd April 2007
The Hero's and Villains store's action of 2 extremely rare and sort after posters entitled "The Complaints Department" is almost up! The current highest bid is £150 but we want to raise loads of money for the late Joey Pyle Snr's wife Julie and family and The Connah Broom Childhood Cancer Appeal which is why we are reminding you now.
This picture truly doesn't do justice to this magnificent item which has been signed by The Late Joey Pyle, Freddie Foreman, Dave Courtney OBE and Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw. The print measures 16.5" x 23.5" and has been mounted in Antique white acid free mount board approximately 2" all round, ready for framing.
If you are the
winner of one of these amazing posters then you will also
receive a set of four 6 x 4 photographs of each signing the
poster to act as certificates of authenticity.
Wednesday 28th March 2007 We have just heard that Dave will soon be doing a show at Downtown in Scotland. We will keep you posted on the date of his appearance. To see the venue
Monday 26th March 2007 Yesterday I decided to go to Tease in Erith to check out the filming of the latest scenes of Dave's new film "Clubbing To Death" and whilst on the set I decided to take some pictures and chat to some of the cast to find out all about them. To check out our "Clubbing To Death" page complete with links, pics and my back stage chat info Sunday 25th March 2007 Whilst doing a book signing yesterday at The Pentagon Centre in Chatham he was approached by Martin Harris, the founder of registered charity Follow Your Dreams and he asked Dave if he would like to go on tour with them to raise money for the charity which raises money for children with Downs Syndrome and other learning disabilities to follow there dreams and reach there full potential through drama, sports and music. Dave as said yes and he will be going on tour with the Charity soon. We will keep you posted with dates as soon as we have them.
Saturday 24th March 2007 We have good news! For all of you who missed Dave on "The Real Extra's" on the set of his latest film "Clubbing To Death" this week you have not just one but two chances to see the show again. It will be repeated on Living TV at 7pm tomorrow and then again at 8pm on Living TV + 1. Thursday 22nd March 2007 We finally
have some exclusive pics of
Dave presenting the charity show Wednesday 21st March 2007 Dave has been out and about in London today with the crew from AtIt Productions shooting a new documentary for Channel 4 called "4music:Transmittion with T-Mobile" which will be on Channel 4 at 11.40pm on 23rd March 2007. The filming took place at the Blind Beggar Pub, The Old Bailey and Tattershall Castle Bar and Club before having lunch at a top Soho restaurant then they finished off filming at Camelot. To check out the pics from the day Tuesday 20th March 2007 Dave was reading the Kent Messenger recently and he saw an article about a senseless break in at the Cerebral Palsy Centre in Cliff Woods Rochester. When Dave saw the article he called them to see if there was anything he could do and they invited him for a visit. On his visit he discovered that the CPC is the only place in Kent which offers free education for those with Cerebral Palsy and it receives no government funding relying solely on donations from generous people and from its fund raising event. The centre needs £250,000 annually to keep its vital service going. They have a large hall which hold approximately 150 people the centre hires their hall for approx £200 including bar staff and all the proceeds go to the running costs of the centre. Dave has decided to hold his Audience with show there with the proceeds going to the CPC and he will be holding 2 book signings to raise money for the centre. If you want to make a donation to this worthwhile cause then click below and follow instructions. To see the pics of Daves visits click HERE
Monday 19th March 2007 Don't forget
to tune into The film already has a brilliant cast list which is growing in numbers on daily basis. Adult film star Taylor Morgan & her husband Pete Le Meat are the latest celebs to join the line up.
Taylor will be playing a clubber & Pete will be playing a doorman. To visit her official my space page click the animated Taylor below. Or click below to visit Taylor's official Website Sunday 18th March 2007
The Americans have retitled it 'Dodgy Dave' - and it's part of a 4 part dvd release called 'British Gangsters' which also features Roy Shaw & the Krays ! Dave's USA invasion continues... Friday 16th March 2007 Dave went to the preview of Six Bend Trap featuring Dave at Middlesbrough Ciniworld tonight. Dave would like me to pass on the following message: "A
big thank you to Danny's brother Jeff for his hospitality
in accommodating us all last night at his house after the
premiere of my film Six Bend Trap.... thank you thank you! :-)
DC" To Check out our page dedicated to Six Bend Trap featuring photos of Dave at the event Wednesday 14th March 2007 Dave & some of the other cast members of Clubbing to Death will feature in the video for Venus Casino's forthcoming single "Can't get over you" which has been tipped to be this years summer dance floor anthem. There's a news article about the film on their website Tuesday 13th March 2007 The Hero's And Villains store now has some great new items featured on this site. They are holding an on-line charity auction of 2 extremely rare and sort after posters entitles "The Complaints Department" up for for auction to raise money for the late Joey Pyle Snr's wife Julie and family and The Connah Broom Childhood Cancer Appeal and a copy of the incredibly rare book called "Looking At Life By Joey Pyle" which is one of the very few that are in existents world wide. The proceeds of this book will go to Zoe's Place which is a charity that was avidly supported by Joey Pyle Snr right up to the end. Also up for sale are some of Joey's poems have been reproduced in the form of beautifully, limited edition, collectors item commemorative plaques. This absolutely handsome pieces would be the crowning glory to anyone's collection. Click below to visit The Shop Monday 12th March 2007
As you know Dave will do all he can for charity and a good cause which is why he is making an appeal to you now. A few days ago he received an e-mail from club DJ Andy Baker who is trying to organise a charity club weekend in Wales to raise money for the "Connah's Childhood Cancer Appeal", which is a registered charity set up by the family of 5 year old Connah Broom who suffers from a rare and aggressive form of cancer called Neuroblastoma which affects almost all of his body. Unfortunately
there is no treatment for this horrible disease in this
country, the only life line Connah has is to travel to
Texas, USA where life saving therapy can be provided at
the cost of over £600'000. To raise this money Connah's
family set up the "Connah's Childhood Cancer Appeal" and
fund raising events have been held throughout Wales but
there is still a lot of money to be found which is why
Connah's loving and dedicated Grandparents have vowed to
sell their nest egg and only asset which is there family
home to raise the rest of the money that is needed to save
this lovable 5 year olds life. This story touched Dave so much so that he has not only decided to help out DJ Andy Baker with his club nights in Wales but he is also going to organise an event down here with the help of his manager and friend and this is where your help is desperately needed. A club night will be held in Gillingham Hall on the 21st April 2007 with all the proceeds going to "Connah's Childhood Cancer Appeal" and on the night Dave wants to have lots of things to auction and raffle to make more funds for this truly desperate appeal but we need donations for prizes. Many generous and courageous individuals have already donated but we need more, more, more! To donated a prize for the auctions and raffles, to make a donation or to find out more about this worthwhile event please e-mail: Connah's Childhood Cancer Appeal Sunday 11th March 2007 Dave received a lovely letter today thanking him for being the host with the most from Sarah and Gav who spent the day playing pool with him at Camelot. To read their letter click HERE Thursday 8th March 2007 Update! Dave has just been at home tonight watching BBC 1's programme "Question Time". The show which is presented by David Dimbleby was filmed live from New Castle Upon Tyne tonight and featured a panel of guests including MP's Margaret Hodge and Alan Duncan, Green Party Co-leader Sian Berry, Lobbyist Collin Bryne and former editor of The Mirror and The News Of The World Piers Morgan. Dave wants to send out massive respect to Mr Morgan for his views on Mohammed Al Fayad. He said that he was very impressed by the fair, just and accurate representation of Mr Al Fayad who no matter what at the end of the day is a grieving Father who just wants to know what happened to his son and he deserves to hear the truth behind his sons death. Dave believes strongly that he deserves what he wants and that if there where more honourable people out there like Mr Morgan Mr Al Fayad would finally get his closer. Big respect the the Man Piers Morgan! Good on you son! All our thoughts, luck and well wishes to Mr Al Fayad during his pursuit of justice!! To see this episode of Question Time via Windows Media Player click here
This is a time of double sadness for Dave who also lost his friend of 20 years, Reg Parker who was buried yesterday. Dave sends his respects to his friends and family also. Friday 16th February Our Hero has had to decline a trip to see his good pal Lars Frederiksen (Lead singer of Rancid) get married in San Francisco today along with Steve Wale. Dave had to sadly turn down the offer as Noreena is due in hospital for an op on Monday and he wants to be there by her side. But he wishes Lars and his good lady wife to be the best of luck on their big day. Instead Dave has spent the day today at the Hospice visiting the legend that it Joey Pyle. Dave said that it is a most humbling and touching experience for him to see the place filled with all those who love Joey so much. Thursday 15th February Dave has been in Bristol today in St George, Bristol today visiting good pals Phil and Cathy Barry. He has been recording his part in a new documentary for Channel 5 on previous Big Brother contestants who have dabbled in the world of adult entertainment. Wednesday 14th February Dave and Noreena had a Valentines Day to remember! They started out having dinner with J.D. followed by a visit to the Hammersmith Palais to watch the Brit Awards 2007 and they had a fantastic time. They Finished the evening off with a bang visiting The Cafe Royal, followed by Chinawhite Nightclub. Message from Dave, Six Bend Trap is going to be screened in Middlesbrough in March
'My very good friends Jerry & Kate over at www.knuckleduster.org are to feature on Dragons Den on Valentines Day, 8pm BBC2 don't miss it! UPDATE! ! Thursday 8th February Dave received a great letter today from John Fleming thanking him for taking part in the Malcolm Hardee Show at the Hackney Empire on 28th January. Dave would like to take the opportunity to thank John for his letter and for giving him the opportunity to appear. To see the letter in full click here If you want to learn more about John Fleming and his work then visit his site at www.thejohnfleming.com And to see clips of the Malcolm Hardee Show then click here now! Thursday 8th February The Gangs All Here To Go Clubbing To Death! All true fans will be pleased to hear that work is well under way for our Hero's latest film which should be completed very soon in the hopes of a summer release, which will be kicked of f by a London premier in Leicester Square & Liverpool premier in Philip Olivier's (Brookside/Hollyoaks) bar ICE. "Clubbing To Death" which is being directed and produced by Lee Phillips of 4GMEDIA is a wicked tale that i is set in the murky world of club culture, where Dench, a low life gangster runs the five biggest clubs in London, & supplies drugs to all of them. Everything seems to be going well until he gets greedy & decides to rip off his supplier by hijacking the next consignment before it reaches the UK. Trouble is the guy he's been dealing with forgot to mention that they belong to a psychotic American holed up in Morocco. Will Dench & his loyal right hand man Chris be able to stop the mad yanks plans to destroy his clubs & family before it's too late? The cast and crew are being followed by two film crew's at the moment, one for an 8 part Documentary for Living TV called The Real Extras, & one who are making a feature length documentary on Eddie Kidd. Check out the sites www.myspace.com/clubbingtodeath & http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822795/ Kent Messenger - Gangsters' Scene At The Riverside Medway Standard - Medway To Become Gangster Movie Set The Mirror- Gangster Flick Clubbing To Death Zoo - Lauren Pope To Star In Clubbing To Death Wednesday 7th February As you may have heard Dave has been at the Trade Fare at the NEC in Birmingham this week signing books on the Apex Publishing Stall with is good mate Jim Dawkins. Apex Publishing are the ones responsible for bringing Jim Dawkins controversial yet brilliant book "The Loose Screw" to our shelves. The book tells the shocking truth about the British prison system through the eyes of Jim when he worked as a prison officer on the A-Cat wings of Bellmarsh where he met the likes of Dave and Charles Bronson before he left when he didn't agree with the treatment of the inmates. If you cant get to the signing and you desperately want your signed copy of "The Loose Screw" by Jim Dawkins with its brand new forewards by our hero Dave Courtney OBE and his good pal Charlie Bronson which is a must have by all true Dave fans then never fear! Click on the cover pick below to order your copy of "The Loose Screw" signed by the author Jim Dawkins direct from Apex Publishing! Tuesday 6th February Dave's "Big" Mate Dave was really pleased to announce that his old friend Lea from Big Brother 7 was to appear with him in his next film and especially pleased that it will be a widescreen production so there will be room for them both (for those that don't know what I mean see Lea here)
Sunday 4th February - Thursday 8th February The lovely Noreena is currently away in Canada visiting relatives but due to work commitments Dave sadly cant go with her. Dave is at the NEC trade fare in Birmingham with his pal author Jim Dawkins. The pair are signing books on the Apex Publishing stall for the next 4 days.
Saturday 3rd February 2007 EXTRA EXTRA!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! Finally we have finished putting together the largest collection of our hero's news paper cuttings and magz we have ever had just for you. You can find them under Media on the Menu to the left, or just click the She Devil below and she will take you there!
Happy Birthday Noreena
Thinking of you Babe! Blackpool Treat! Panic Not Folks - Dave's off to Blackpool, but it's not for keeps. Lots of mates appearing there in February and March and he's doing a couple of appearances himself. Chris the Greek (Paradise Promotions) says Dave is doing one of his inimitable "Evening with..." nights on March 1st at the Brunswick Club, Bethesda Centre Road, Blackpool FY1 5DT and IT'S FREE. VIP tickets can be obtained in advance (call Chris 07877 601622) and even they are free. As if Dave wasn't value enough (even for nothing!) you also get a guest appearance from Adrian Doughty. The following night (2nd March) Dave will be making a special guest appearance at the ABA Blackpool Big Night. Please note Dave; they wear thick gloves, not knuckledusters!!. Talking of Blackpool, Frank Carson (an incredible 80 years old and still headlining) appears there on 2nd February. Frank opened for Dave in Teneriffe and he sends his best wishes. Another local hero, and also in his eighties, is the legendary MIXIE WALSH, sadly suffering from Alzheimer's, who headed up the Blackpool door teams for many years. They're having a tribute night for him on 28th February at the BOARDWALK CLUB in Blackpool and have got Joe Longthorne for a special appearance after his spectacular success at the Palladium and in the middle of his UK tour
Our hero Dave is co-compering a big show at the Hackney Empire in a show starring, amongst others, Jo Brand, Phil Cool, Phil Kay and many others The
show is five hours of comedy, music and mayhem
Tuesday 16th January Coming soon on your favourite villain's website Weekly column from Lea of Big Brother fame Watch this space! Monday 15th January Latest from Dave: "Chris the Greek has made his peace with me and Noreena. So I've called off the dogs and its business as usual, nuff said" Dave's off to Mexico on Saturday 14th February, filming The Dead Sleep Easy. He has the joint leading role and says " I play a very nasty character indeed. The most demanding role I've ever played and the biggest budget film I've ever been in 'til now". Well done Dave!! Saturday 13th January Dave was flying off to Mexico for a film date when he was approached by the boys in blue and ARRESTED (wot! again, I hear you say). Apparently he had a warrant outstanding for failing to name a driver some years back. You know Dave, lots of people drive his car - how is he expected to remember! Then, to make matters worse they confiscated his knuckledusters!. When his friends at The Contented Pig heard one regular was heard to say "but they're his film props, they'll be confiscating Pamela Anderson's tits next!". Fortunately they let him get on his flight - maybe they'll give up one day.
More news - great link to more pics of Dave at http://aspenphoto.co.uk/dc.html Thursday 11th January Dave is off this evening to meet up with DMX
They have a project going - more news later - and DMX is doing a number about Dave on his next album Nareena sends her love to Jammel, Shabnam, Zain Jonaah and Isra. She is missing and loving them very, very much. Also love to Jahan in Canada Filming Latest Dave shot some scenes at Cage Rage in December with Craig Charles (Red Dwarf,Coronation street)Philip Olivier (Brookside,Holloaks in the city) & Daniel Hyde (Hollyoaks). More.......... Thursday 4th & Friday 5th January Dave Book Signing and Photo Shoots Heros and Villains Store Inshops, The Trafalgar Centre 270 High Street Chatham ME4 4BP Centre No 01634 409 401 or Dave 0788 615 6543 Saturday 6th January Thamesgate Shopping Centre (Anglesea Centre) New Road Gravesend Kent DA11 OUA Lesley 0788 615 6543 7th January 2007 2pm - 6pm Audience with Dave and Special Guest Jim Dawkins, author of The Loose Screw (foreword by Charles Bronson) . Charity raffle, auction and photo shoot. As this is the first venue of the New Year, Dave has arranged for an Indian buffet, the restaurant seats 100 people (check out their website at www.thecafetaj.co.uk) and we have 20 tickets still available. The Cafe Taj Restaurant 170-172 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent Ticket at £15 each available from The Hero's & Villains Store Lesley 07886156543 30th December 2006 Happy New Year Hi people, This website is now in the process of coming under new management. As it is a massive and well-constructed site (all credit to Mal for his time, expertise and dedication) it make take a little while until you get the service you expect and deserve. All mails will be passed to Dave and replies sent at the earliest opportunity. As usual, watch this space for latest info on our hero's hectic life! Mike 25th December 2006 8th/9th December 2006 Dave, Norena and Brendan visit their other favourite haunts in Hampshire appearing at the Contented Pig in Portsmouth and the Crown at Bishops Waltham where they were given a warm welcome (Norena needed it - she wasn't wearing much!!) Visit www.thecontentedpig.co.uk to see the photos 25th November 2006 Dave, Norena and Brendan will be appearing on Vanessa's Show on Monday 27th November at mid-day. Don't miss it. 23rd November 2006 Friday
24th & Saturday 25th November 1pm-4pm at the Hero's & Villains
Store, Inshops, The Tragalgar Centre, 270 High Street,
Chatham, Kent 17th November 2006 An
Audience with Dave Courtney OBE, photo-shoot, book & DVD
signing, auction and raffle on 28th November 2006 at
The Sir Robert Peel, 31-33 Skinner Street, Chatham, Kent
ME4 5RQ. Tickets are £10.00 each, available from The
Hero's & Villains Collectors Store, Sir Robert Peel
or phone or text 07766544458. 9th November 2006 Dave
has a UK Book Signing Tour with Inshops (Inshops Retail.com)
together they are sponsoring the Howard Table Tennis
Club based in Derwent Way Rainham Kent. Hero's & Villains
Collectors Store We
are opening the first Hero's and Villains Collectors
Store, within Inshops being decorated at moment, the
official launch will be in November, we will be raising
money for Children in Need, Howard Table Tennis and Misunderstood. Inshops Advance
booking please contact the above number or text Lesley
07766544458 6th November 2006 Tel Currie has just sent me a message regarding Ronnie Biggs, Charlie Bronson and Joey Pyle Snr. We would like to share it with you, but it's a bit long for this Home Page. So I've placed it in the Articles Section. You'll find it HERE ... and thanks for the words Tel mate. And a message from Mark Fish to say that Spearmint Rhino are sending two stretched Hummers packed with 20 of their girls dressed in black cat suits to the Charlie Bronson Event on 19th November to help hand out literature. In addition, I hear that Goldie (one of the seminal figures in the drum and bass subculture) will be "shaking the room" as a DJ on the night. Remember, entrance is by ticket only, so if you haven't got yours yet then give Gary a ring on 07968 019095. 4th November 2006 There's a new forum in town. Prison Chat UK is an online community giving support to those who have a loved one inside the British prison system. Whoever is inside, be it your mother, father, wife, husband, sister, brother etc, and no matter what they have done, you are welcomed there. It is Prison Chat's hope that you find the answers and support you need at a testing time. Having a loved one inside can leave you feeling lost, lonely and betrayed. They are there to help you get through it!
2nd November 2006 Happy Birthday to Joey Pyle Senior A small error has crept into the press release issued regarding the Free Bronson event: the phone number for tickets is 07968 019095 (Gary). Thanks to OK and HELLO magazines for pointing the error out. 29th October 2006 The film "Bronson" is slated to start production on 1st February 2007 and will shoot in 15 different locations. The film's producer, Danny Hanford, will be at the Free Bronson event, along with Tom Hardy (Layer Cake, Sweeney Todd), who it is expected will play Charlie in the film. Also, the film's casting director will be at the event looking for people to be in the film. There are a few character parts left to fill, as well as plenty of extras. 27th October 2006 Dave would like to remember John Gotti's birthday today. 24th October 2006 An
Audience with Dave Courtney on the 25th of February 2007
at The Polish Club, Sandy Lane, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
Tickets cost £17.50 each and are available from 01664853901/07949682951.
Any profits made will go to charity. 22nd October 2006 A big shout of sympathy goes out to our good friend Tel Currie, who has recently returned home from hospital after snapping his leg in half. Tel mate, your friends are thinking of you. 19th October 2006 Dave will be appearing on a live phone-in on 25th October on Vision FM (88.4) on the TNT Brothers show from 2 pm to 6 pm, so make sure you don't miss it. A lot of people have been showing interest in the recent Cage Rage fight between our friends Ian 'The Machine' Freeman and Mark 'The Beast' Epstein at Wembley Arena. It was a blinding fight and we've snatched the footage of it from YouTube. So, if you'd like to see this superb display CLICK HERE. The next Cage Rage event (Numero 19) will be held at Earl's Court on Saturday 9th December. For ticket information visit cagerage.tv 15th October 2006 The following just in from Mike Gray: Chaps, 9th October 2006 PLEASE NOTE: Dave's phone has gone walkabouts again, so if you've been trying to get in touch with him please be patient. He should be up and running again in the next few days. 5th October 2006 Dave
at Burnley - Friday 3rd November 2006. Please don't email me asking if Dave is anywhere near you at any time. All the events I know about appear on this page. NOTE: Regarding the Free Bronson event below, I am told by the organisers that tickets are selling like hot-cakes. They will NOT be sold on the door and they will go on general release next week in the local press (if there are any left!), so get yours quick or you won't get into this "Event of the Year". 1st October 2006 Coinciding with the following event announcement, I am happy to report that the Free Charlie Bronson website has now been relaunched. A
FREE CHARLES BRONSON HUMAN RIGHTS The
Event is being held at Blue Bamboo in Derby on Sunday
19th November 2006 from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. and will be
attended by Mr. Joey Pyle Snr.
A top Saville Row designer will be bringing a selection of top Designer Suits for auction (all proceeds go to the Free Charles Bronson Fund), so don't forget your wallets and you could be going home looking the bollocks. Tickets
are available for ONLY £20 each from Gary on 07968 019095
and admission will be by ticket only. 30th September 2006 29th September 2006 Dave reports that he had a great time on Tuesday at the launch of Howard Marks new book, Senor Nice: Straight Life from Wales to South America. The launch took place at The Spitz, Spitalfield and Dave was there with Dirty Sanchez, Bev, Hudd, Narina, Brendan, Welsh Bernie and his wife, Miles, H and Jason Marriner. Dave will be in Portsmouth tonight and at the Cage Rage event on Saturday after he's given his daughter Courtney a big party for her and all her friends. 25th September 2006 DAVE COURTNEY – EVEN DODGIER! Dodgy
Dave is back with his best live show yet! Controversial!
Funny! and all mouth! It really is the dog’s boll*cks
and it's released TODAY! 16th September 2006 Burnley Paul is selling his very cherished number plate, as shown in the photo above. He's looking for offers in excess of £6,000. So, if you're seriously interested in purchasing this one off number, give him a ring on 07773 1000 13. 15th September 2006 Dave reports that he had a great time at the Ten Rooms with Gazza, Brendan (yes, he's back), Norena, Martine McCucheon and Suzie and Rich from Big Brother. The London Palladium gig went very well. Dave says Adrian was blinding. He sat in the Royal Box with Flanagan and says he farted on the seat used by the Queen (nice!). The nightclub they went to for afters charged them £28 for 4 bottles of Becks, so they won't be going there again. On the 18th September there will be a massive photo shoot at Camelot Castle. It's scheduled to last for 12 hours and is for a whole host of calendars, posters, playing cards, etc. 12th September 2006 Dave will be enjoying the music of Sacred Mother Tongue at Camden Underworld this Thursday (14th). Saturday night they will be at The Bitter End in Romford supporting new metal gods Johnny Truant. 10th September 2006 Forthcoming
Events from The Camelot Castle Privilege Club: 7th October 2006: Book & DVD signing & Photoshoot at Ottakar's/Waterspoons, 15/16 Kings Walk, Priory Meadow Centre, Hastings. Following the book signing there is an audience with at a local night club venue details to be confirmed to-day. There will be 200 tickets available. Store Telephone No 01424-722253 Camelot Castle Privilege Club 0788 615 6543 3rd September 2006 Dave has a My Space page (not designed by me). You can view it at Dave Courtney (My Space), so you can leave comments for him to read. While I'm at it, I have one too at Mal's My Space Page. Take a look at both of 'em. Liam, of Gangster Videos, tells me that they are releasing a new DC DVD entitled "Dave Courtney, Even Dodgier" on the 25th September, which promises to be highly entertaining. We'll place the link on this page as soon as it becomes available to buy. If you scroll down to the 15th August, you'll see I wrote about Matteo Sedazzari interviewing Dave. Well, the interview makes very interesting reading, so go take a look at it over at Peom. 30th August 2006 I have just received the following statement from Dave: "I have just received this letter through the post. I was not sure whether to believe it or what to do about it but in the end I have decided to take it face value, taking Chris the Greek at his word, that he will not be in London again. If I see him in London, specifically anywhere near the London Palladium, there will be HELL TO PAY! Meanwhile, I would therefore like to ask anyone who has any thoughts on the matter of Chris the Greek to drop them now and to join me in helping all of Joe Longthorne's team to make this a night to remember. It goes without saying that we wish Joe all the best and hope he continues in good health. We will all be turning up at the concert on Sunday 10th September and look forward to watching Joe's fantastic singing performance as well as supporting our red-hot comedy star Adrian who will be performing alongside the great Johnnie Casson. Tickets are available on 0870 890 1108 or online at www.seetickets.com" You can read the letter HERE. 29th August 2006 The following message just received: Hi Dave, I would just like to thank you for attending the christening of Cartiea Angel Whomes on Sunday 27th August. Also to say thank you for being her Godfather. She will grow up knowing that you are a very special person and a close friend of mine. I would also like to thank Narina, Bev and Gerry for attending and being Godmothers. You all made the day very special for myself, my daughter Yulanda and son-in-law Ashley. With Godparents like you I know she will be well looked after. Thank you all and hope to see you all soon. Love, Bev. 28th August 2006 I am indebted to both Lee Phillips and Mike McCarthy, who both alerted me to the fact that the first scene of Mike's film "Six Bend Trap" is now on You Tube, so here it is:
24th August 2006 31st
August 2006 Book, DVD
Signing & Photo-shoot with Dave & Roy "Pretty
Boy" Shaw along with Print & Pictures on sale & raffle
etc. The Marquis De Lorne Mill Road, Gillingham, Kent.
Phone Ashley (01634) 580117 Or CCPC on 0788 615 6543.
Advance tickets are available @£10.00 which will allow
entry (no need to queue) advance ticket holders will
also receive one free drink upon entry. Tickets available
on the door @ £10.00. (queue as normal & excluding
free drink). 21st August 2006 Dave said he had an excellent weekend and on Sunday he went to the first of the Godbelt Promotions Boxing Evenings in Woolwich, which went very well, and then on to Big Marcus' benefit do in Margate. Big kisses go out to Levi, Dave's daughter, who has just moved into a new place in Winchester with her boyfriend Gary. Dave said also to give kisses to Chelsea just for being a princess and his son Beau. 15th August 2006 Thus begins Matteo Sedazzari's article about his interview with Dave. You can enjoy the full article HERE and we'll announce when the actual interview is published. 10th August 2006 Dave went to Kenny's funeral with cage fighter Mark Epstein. He tells me that the next event at Cage Rage should be a cracker, as Mark will be fighting Ian "The Machine" Freeman! 7th August 2006 Dave says that he's had a terrific weekend. On Saturday he went to a BBQ with his mum, brother and sister and then went on to another one in Kent given by Andy from CageRage, which didn't finish until Sunday morning. The on Sunday he he went to the Mela in Grays, Essex, which was a big success. A few more bits of news:
4th August 2006 Shouts out from Dave: "Sympathy and condolences to all the Outlaws in Florida after hearing that Jerry Temple was shot and killed in a car park at the Ocean Club, Jacksonville Beach; thanks to Stomin' Norman for your help in Aylesbury; hello to Jaqui, who is in hospital again; thanks go to Ted, Carl, Nick and Danny for being my wheels and Sheffield Daz and partner for supplying the motors - I love you lots; a big hello to Welsh Helen, Pritthi, Welsh Paula and Bernie; 'The Game', who is in prison after being nicked with a bag full of knuckledusters on him; thanks to Adrian Doughtie for for the fantastic warm up you did for me." Oh, and if Phil Mordue is reading this in Thailand, please get in touch with Dave mate. 3rd August 2006 Dave has just picked up "Mad" Pete from Bullingdon, who is more than happy to be out after his barrister found that he was eligible for a tag. He's even happier after hearing from one of the jurors that the jury were apparently told certain things by Old Bill during the trial, aimed at securing a conviction. Watch this space. Dave collected Pete in one of Cream's luxury limo's, so a big thank you to Cream for that. 2nd August 2006 Another nice letter from someone who spent an evening playing Pool with Dave. Oxford Dave and Rob went to Camelot Castle to play pool for an evening and ended up staying there for the whole weekend! hi
Mal! 1st August 2006 Ronnie Biggs celebrates his 77th birthday next Tuesday (August 8th) which is also the 43rd Anniversary of The Great Train Robbery. Should anyone wish to send him a Birthday Card, his address is:
Thanks to each and every one of you for your continued loyal support of Ronnie, who has now served 5 Years & 3 Months in HMP Belmarsh, since his UK return. 31st July 2006 23rd July 2006 I'm
A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here ... well not quite! The
Prince Albert was in full
swing last night, with over 250 Outlaws turning up
a week early for their yearly party, The Rocking
Blues, which is held in Derby ever year. 20th July 2006 More news from Lee Philips. There's a short documentary featuring Sam Heuston and the Cage Rage people on the making of "Clubbing to Death" over at the Cage Rage website. CLICK HERE to take a look ... it's well worth it! And speaking of fighting, Dave's planning on attending the "Fight Night" at Woolwich on Sunday 20th August. If you're interested in obtaining tickets then ring 07707 171708 or 07990 603181. 18th July 2006 News from Liam over at Gangster Videos: Dave features in Gangster Videos new release 'Sam Heuston Laid Bare'. Sam is the blonde babe from last year's Big Brother - she attended the Cafe De Paris opening of 'The Dealer', Lee Phillips new movie featuring Dave. She was filmed with all the chaps - Dave, Seymour, Jason Marriner, Cass Pennant & many others who attended the Premiere that night - and it is featured in an item on the DVD. Buy it from Amazon by CLICKING HERE. Speaking of Lee Philips, Lee tells me that they have just had to change the name of the latest film again to "Clubbing to Death" as there is already another film called "Clubbed to Death". The Internet Movie Database have made a page for it at Clubbing to Death, although there are more cast and crew to be added. Filming is going well and the release date is set for January when they will be having a premiere in Leicester square. 12th July 2006 Dave has just started writing his next book, "The Da Courtney Code". I'm sworn to secrecy, so I can't tell you much about it at the moment; but I will say that it'll help you get out of all sorts of trouble! Dave will be attending a book signing on Friday 14th July at Waterstones book shop in Newbury [MAP] between 4 pm and 7 pm. 29th June 2006
Dozens upon dozens of fans have already downloaded Dave's new CD entitled "In His Own Words" and the feedback has been fantastic. The CD consists of 14 tracks (over 52 minutes long) of Dave talking about his life with backing music by his son Beau. You can hear Dave telling you in his own words about his "accident" and many of the funny (and not so funny) events in his life. DC describes it as "my first venture into talking books." Professionally recorded and produced, the album is available as an exclusive high quality 48 Mb download from this site only. Yes, you could soon be the proud owner of Dave's unique story "In His Own Words" ... and you will not be disappointed. Simply click on the PayPal button below. The price is just £5.00 (for the next 7 days only) with, of course, NO postage and packing. Once we have received confirmation of payment (usually 24 to 48 hours) we will email you with full instructions and pass codes to download the entire album in zipped MP3 format.
REMEMBER ... at the end of a week the price goes back to £6.99, so buy it at £5.00 while you have the chance! 27th June 2006 Dave would like a word: "A big shout goes out to Mad Pete Watson, now residing at HMP Bullingdon after he got a Guilty. "Apologies to all those who have been trying to get hold of me. It's taken two weeks to get my number back after my phone got dropped in a bath (don't ask!). And to all of you who received a strange text message from Mark Fish last week, Mark was being well-meaning but the message was incorrect. "And lastly, big condolences to Jeremy Bailey, who just got nicked with a million pounds in his car, and Lee Murray, who got nicked in Morocco two days ago." Note from Mal: Jeremy and Lee' arrests (in connection with the £53m Securitas robbery) were featured in today's Sun, so I'll get the article on the site within the next day or so. 25th June 2006 Short notice, I know, but I've just been told about an Audience With Dave Courtney on 27th June at Beacon Court Tavern, Canterbury Street, Gillingham, ME7 5TP [MAP]. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are £10 on the door. 20th June 2006 Our old friend Tel Currie is at it again, penning a new underworld book. It has contributions from his pals Roy Shaw, Charlie Richardson, Ronnie Biggs, Charlie Bronson,Ronnie Knight, Wilf Pine, DC, Paul Massey, Carlton Leach, 'Big' Albert Chapman, the top gypsy boys, Max Beesley, Kenny Noye, Paul Ferris ... and tons more! I've been privileged to read a draft of the book and I can tell you now that it promises to be a humdinger. Tel is right when he says: "A large section is taken up with injustices so a lot of people in high places will find it an uncomfortable read." I'll let you know the title and release date just as soon as I have them. 19th June 2006 Another Paradise Promotion: "Courtney In Clink". A special Audience With Dave Courtney OBE is to be held at The Clink Prison, 3 Clink Street, London SE1 [MAP] on Wednesday 26th July 2006 at 8pm. Tickets are £10 each, £15 for stage-side VIP seats. Call Chris the Greek for advanced bookings on 07861 897291 or 0208 640 3260. For a more up-close-and-personal experience for £5 extra you can meet Dave at the Zakudia Bar, Riverside Walk, Southwark Park Road (150 yards from The Clink Prison) [MAP] at 6.30 pm for a drink, photo and/or book signing. "I always had faith in the Great British Justice System!" 15th June 2006 Dave will be doing an Audience With on Wednesday 19 July at the Kandi Klub 77-79 The Parade, Watford, WD17 1LN. More details to follow shortly. Another date for your diaries: Friday November 3 2006. Dave will appear at The Kestrel Suite, Cow Lane, Burnley, BB11 1LN. Liz and the girls will provide the adult fun with an all-comers mud wrestling competition refereed by Dave. For enquiries and tickets please call Kev on 07973 256039. More details to follow shortly. 12th June 2006 Well, it seems that a lot of you out there are more than happy with the download of "In His Own Words" (see 1st June below). Here's excerpts from just a handful of the emails we've received from fans: Brililant is all I can say. Ken Mal.Thanks for putting the CD on the site.My entire family is enjoyed lisening to Dave,s voice telling the storys of his liofe. Daz loved it, just like having an audience with dave courtney in my own house. Respect Joe I was trully amazed by Dave's story of his accident and police naughtiness. Mindblowing stuff. Welsh Kev Our good friend and unlicenced boxing promoter Tel Currie has just returned home after spending ten days in hospital. I'm sure you will all join with myself, Dave and all Tel's many friends in wishing him a very speedy recovery. 9th June 2006 DON'T PANIC! If you've been trying to get DC without success ... Dave's phone has gone walkabouts. I'll let you all know when he's up and running again people. 8th June 2006 Dave tells me that he's just received the third revision of the script for his next film project "Stop The Ride!" and he sounded quite excited about it. I'm afraid I can't reveal any of the details yet; suffice to say it's based on the first volume of his best selling autobiography series. 5th June 2006 Don't forget, you can see Dave interviewed on Sky One's Vroom Vroom which is currently showing. 4th June 2006 I had a very interesting conversation with Dave this evening. It appears that television news coverage of the much publicised knife amnesty is also showing pictures of a silver coloured knuckleduster with Dave's signature etched across it. Dave said: "I have no idea what knuckledusters have to do with a knife amnesty, but I can guess why they've featured my name in the middle of it all. I don't sell knuckledusters and I'd have to be a right idiot to sell 'em with my own name on them!" 1st June 2006 DAVE COURTNEY OBE "IN HIS OWN WORDS"
Dave has issued a new CD entitled "In His Own Words". The CD consists of 14 tracks (over 52 minutes long) of Dave talking about his life with backing music by his son Beau. Dave describes it as "my first venture into talking books." Professionally recorded and produced, the album is available as an exclusive high quality 48 Mb download from this site only. Yes, you could soon be one of the first to own and listen to Dave's unique story "In His Own Words" ... and you will not be disappointed. Simply click on the PayPal button below. The price is just £6.99 with, of course, NO postage and packing. Once we have received confirmation of payment (usually 24 to 48 hours) we will email you with full instructions and pass codes to download the entire album in zipped MP3 format.
31st May 2006 An Audience with Dave Courtney: in Gosport on the 7th June at the North Star (on the A32 as you go in to Gosport). Ticket price is £10 each available from Scouse Col on 07979 553173. There will be a band on and buffet available. 30th May 2006 CageRage 17 is on! A lot of Dave's friends will be fighting in the event at the Wembly Arena on 1st July, including the top billed Ian "The Machine" Freeman. For ticket information go to CageRage Tickets. Get there early to see the stars of Cage Rage out front to meet their fans. DOORS
OPEN 4.45 PM 17th May 2006 You can hear Dave on the Mike Mendoza show on Talk Sport this evening (well, I believe it's actually on between 12 and 1 in the morning. You'll find Talk Sport at 1089/1053 on AM (Medium Wave). 16th May 2006 We have a very limited number of flyers, signed by Dave, for sale. The coloured one on the left is the flyer from Dave's Big Launch Party and the other is from this year's Joey Pyle Snr. Testimonial event (signed by Dave either on the front or the back). Both are destined to become collectors' items. The cost is just £5 each (+ £1 p&p). REMEMBER:
Once they've gone ... THEY'VE GONE!
15th May 2006 Bev M's pub The Prince Albert now has it's own website to let you know what's happening and when. Make sure you visit the growing Gallery Page.
MISUNDERSTOOD, the children's ADHD charity for which Dave acts as patron, had a very successful official launch on 14th March at the Royal Function Rooms, Rochester. Dave is now involved with another children's charity. This is a hospice in Essex for children and their families affected by life-threatening illnesses. They are dedicated to providing love, care and support for the whole family. No charge is made to any families for the services of the Hospice and they are run entirely on charitable donations and gifts. Little Haven is the children's hospice service of the South East Essex Christian Hospice (Registered Charity Number 1022119). We will be putting a page up soon all about the work of this very worthwhile cause.
9th May 2006
Audience With Dave Courtney in Yeovil, Somerset on Sunday 28th May: the venue is Duke's Night Club in Tabernacle Street [MAP] and doors open at 9 pm. Tickets are available from Dukes, Ottakars Bookshop, Acorn Records (all in Yeovil) or from Leon on 07999 385 529 (tickets £7 each). Dave will also be doing a book signing at Ottakars in Yeovil the same afternoon. I'll let you know the times when I have them. 4th May 2006 Another nice letter from someone who spent an evening playing Pool with Dave: Hi dave
2nd May 2006 After a long period of filming, Dave finally got some time off and has just returned from sunny Alicante, so there will be a lot more updating of the site soon. Thanks to all of you who sent in your messages for Ronnie Biggs. I've forwarded them all to Tel Currie, who will be taking them in to Ronnie in Belmarsh Prison on Thursday. Finally, have you been receiving viruses which appear to come from me? Several people have reported emails which come from my address containing viruses. It's been a couple of years since the last spate of these. Once again, I've checked my machine and they are not coming from me, so apologies if you've been getting them, but it ain't me! If you find out who's doing it then please feel free to pay them a visit! 28th April 2006 MESSAGE FROM TEL CURRIE Thanks to all those good people who have sent messages for Biggsy. Roy, Mike and I will be visiting Ronnie again on May 4th and will pass the messages on. I know for a fact that Ronnie really appreciates the support of good people and he gets emotional when he knows people out there recognize that the slow death sentence he has been handed is barbaric and cowardly. It's frightening to think that scum who rape and kill our children are treated far less harshly than Ronnie (unfortunately, that's true.) 26th April 2006 News of an impending Audience With Dave Courtney in Yeovil, Somerset on Sunday 28th May: the venue is Duke's Night Club in Tabernacle Street [MAP] and doors open at 9 pm. Tickets are available from Dukes, Ottakars Bookshop, Acorn Records (all in Yeovil) or from Leon on 07999 385 529 (not sure of the price yet). Dave will also be doing a book signing at Ottakars in Yeovil the same afternoon. I'll let you know the times when I have them. 18th April 2006 I am indebted to Roy E. for bringing the following to my attention. There is an online petition to get Ronnie Biggs released, so please go visit and sign. 15th April 2006 This just in from Lee Phillips, who is shooting "Clubbed to Death": "Dave's first day of filming for 'Clubbed to Death' went really well yesterday. He had to shoot Deepak Verma (Sanjay from Eastenders) in the head, who in turn had to fall in to a freezing cold lake. Dan Hyde(Scott Anderson from Hollyoaks) & Donatella Panayiotou (from Young, Posh and Loaded) were also in the scenes. We're also filming at next Saturdays Cage Rage" 14th April 2006 Well they've certainly marked Mark Fish's card. This just in: Well Mark, at least it wasn't the massive overkill of 14 vehicles this time mate! 13th April 2006 Saint George's Day Special I've already mentioned Bammo's Bash 'Em Up and subsequent celebrations at The Prince Albert on the 23rd April. Now Bev and young Joe Pyle are organising a coach from the Albert to take people to the boxing match and return them afterwards for the party, so you won't have to worry about drinking or finding the venue. If you're interested in taking advantage of this deal then phone either Bev (07713 628631) or Joe (07886 272635) for details. 12th April 2006 Our good friend Mr. Fish has just been released from the clutches of Her Majesty’s Police Force after having two days B&B for alleged Kidnap & Torture.
Sunday lunchtime Marks car was surrounded by no less than 14 police vehicles, including 4 vans, 6 panda cars, 2 Subaru Imprezas and 2 highway high speed Volvo cars. They stopped him after getting a tip off that a man had been kidnapped and thrown into his car in Scunthorpe town centre. They found a man with substantial injuries in Mark's car and proceeded to caution Mark and his two pals, even though the injured man explained to the police that he had received his injuries the night before and was in the car of his own free will. The Inspector had turned up but was told by the cuntstables that they would have to let them go, as no complaint was being made by the man. He took one look at who was involved in car and said “nick them anyway”. (Does that sound familiar?). As they were putting Mark's car on a low loader truck, covering it with a tarpaulin, the Inspector ordered that Mark and his pals go to three separate nicks in different towns and their clothes be taken away. After two days rest and the best sleep Mr. Fish has had for ages, Mark's cell door was opened and the copper said, “get up, you’re leaving with no charge to answer”. Mark said he is very pleased that justice has prevailed again! He hopes to see all the chaps again soon. Meanwhile, back at Camelot, another happy couple report a great evening playing pool with Dave: Hi Mal
11th April 2006 BAMMO'S BASH 'EM UP BONANZA IV An Evening of Championship boxing VENUE - Caesars
Nightclub, Streatham. Then it's all back to Bev's pub, The Prince Albert in Mill Road, Plumstead (MAP) for the post-event St. George's Day celebrations. 10th April 2006
9th April 2006 Another happy group of people who enjoyed an evening of pool with Dave at Camelot Castle: went over dave's last night with my dad and brother. had a wicked time, he's a right down to earth man. we played pool (how does he do it with one hand?) and looked around his house. he made us feel so welcome. me and my brother had so much fun (until dave got the guns out). 7th April 2006 Just a quick note to let all you Roy Shaw fans out there know that Tel Currie is temporarily out of touch with his computer and that Roy's official website will not be updated for a short while. 29th March 2006
Our good friend, Jason Marriner, publishes his first book today ... and what a book it is. You may remember Jason as the Chelsea Headhunter banged up for six years in 1999 as a result of the unscrupulous TV journo Donal MacIntyre's "Undercover" series. Here's what I have written about the book on Jason's website: Jason admits to having been "a bit of a nuisance" in the past. In this, his first book, he tells his story in a frank and honest way ... and what a story it is. This is no run-of-the-mill series of "we done them" and "we run them" tales, but a proper account which blows the lid off the deceitful shenanigans that Donal MacIntyre got up to in the name of "investigative reporting". How 344 hours of covertly shot BBC video was cunningly edited down to an hour to paint an unjust and prejudiced picture of him. He tells the story of the disgraceful court case (trial by TV) and his time "away" at Her Majesty's pleasure. And you'll absolutely love reading the actual court transcripts of how Jason's legal team put the screws on the self-important MacIntyre in court, tied him up in knots and made him sound like a dishonest egotistical pillock who seemed to believe that he was above the law. This is a book that you simply MUST read mate, 'cos this could so easily be YOU! Don't let the fact that you think it's about football hooliganism fool you. MacIntyre sticks his snotty nose into all kinds of pies ... and yours could be next. So be forewarned by buying and reading Jason's book at JasonMarriner.Com 27th March 2006 Forgot to say that a film that Lee Phillips is shooting and will satr Dave, "Clubbed To Death" (formerly known as "Don of the Dead") had a mention in the papers last week: HUEY TO STAR IN BRIT FLICK 23rd March 2006 Three things should ye know: First, don't forget the Grand Opening of Bev's pub The Prince Albert in Mill Road, Plumstead (MAP). Dave and all our friends will be there, so it WILL be a very exciting and entertaining night and an opportunity to mingle and meet some very interesting people. Who know where or when the night will end up? The official website for Six Bend Trap, the latest film starring Dave, is now live and the premiere is set for the 16th April 2006 at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough. Go take a look at the website right now! Finally, regarding Audiences With. All shows that I know about are featured on this page as soon as I find out about them. I've made this point before, but I still receive daily emails from fans asking whether there are shows coming up in their area. The simple answer is: if it ain't on this page then I don't know about it and you aren't likely to get a reply. Please don't be offended, it's not because I'm being rude but I simply don't have the time and I don't get paid for the time I spend doing this website or reading/answering the dozens of emails that arrive every day. 17th March 2006 I have a number of the very exclusive limited edition montage posters of Dave left. There were only 200 numbered autographed copies of this poster and I only have a few left now at the bargain price of £12.50 each (including p&p). The poster is black and white on best quality glossy poster paper, measuring 420mm x 297mm.
In addition, five people who ordered our limited SIGNED copies of the "Hell to Pay" DVD did not send money, so I still have five copies for sale. Each one is signed by Dave on both the cover and the disc, making this a "must" for any serious DC fan at only £16.99 each (including p&p). Only the first five to click on the Paypal button above will receive this collectors item; once again, after that the button will be removed. 14th March 2006 I couldn't go another day without mentioning the terrific hospitality I received from Bev (Dave's bodyguard) and her staff at "The Prince Albert" at Plumstead Common when I went up to London a couple of weeks back. I'd just like to thank Bev, Jerry (Dave's god-daughter), Sally, Vicky, Mandy and John. Here's a shot of Jerry, Bev and Sally:
... looking tough, but they're all very friendly behind the bar - unless you're out of order, that is! Bev took over the Prince Albert a month or so ago and tells me that they are having a Grand Opening Night on April 1st. There will be a chinese buffet laid on and all are welcome on the night (MAP). Dave and all our friends will be there, so it should be a very interesting and entertaining night. News of another Audience With Dave Courtney taking place at Helen's pub, The Half Moon Inn in Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, Dulwich (MAP) on Friday 31st March. Doors open at 7.30 pm and tickets are £7.50 in advance (phone 07768 018814) or £10 on the door. I've had another email from a couple who thoroughly enjoyed their evening playing pool with Dave:
If you'd like to meet Dave at Camelot Castle for a few games of pool and a bit of a chin-wag then take a look at the MeBay Page right now. 13th March 2006 Dave and Mark Fish, who just spent the whole weekend celebrating Mark's birthday in Leeds, have a new registration number, so they have decided to sell their old one.
Mark says the number was previously owned by one of the Kray clan and has asked me if we can auction it on the site. Now, I'm sure that some people out there would love to be able to display it on their pride and joy, so here goes. We are starting the bidding at £1,000. If you wish to bid on this object of desire then please email me with your bid. To be eligible to bid you must include your name, address (including postcode) and telephone number in your email to screen out any time wasters. Latest high bid will be displayed at the top of this page and all bidders will be informed by email whenever the situation changes.
So come on ladies and gentlemen. Who will start me off at a grand? 12th March 2006 Apologies for not presenting the report on Joey Pyle's Benefit evening yet people. I was promised by several people that they would send me their own views on the night, but so far I have received only one. Soooo I'm gonna give it another few days and then write it up. There will be an Audience With Dave Courtney on Monday 27th March at The Green Lion, Rainham, Kent [MAP]. Doors open at 7.30 and tickets are an amazing £5 on the door. But make sure you arrive early, as it's a venue with limited capacity. 10th March 2006 Dave and Storm at Kerang! last night:
Thanks to Danny Boy in Leeds for the pic. 9th March 2006 Dave's being interviewed tonight at 11pm on Kerang! Radio, so don't miss it. 2nd March 2006
I thought it was probably about time I introduced you all to Dave's personal fitness trainer, Jason “Pitbull” Pasquale. Jason is one of the world's leading fitness and nutrition experts and is adviser to many of the strongest men and women in the world today, as well as to stars, celebrities and models. Jarek Dymek, World Top 10 strongman, says "Jason is the best trainer in the business." Can't say fairer than that, can you? I'll be telling you a lot more about Jason in the coming weeks, but for now I've added an article about him. 1st March 2006 "So, what happened to Dave yesterday?" I hear you ask. Dave ended up with a 16 month ban and a £570 fine. Now, I'm sure that once upon a time he would have got a 12 month ban, so why the extra 4 months? This is the crafty bit: during sentencing Dave was told that if he went on a drink driving awareness course then 4 months would be knocked off the ban. Great, except that it costs £130 to attend the course, so the authorities seem to have come up with another way of making more money out of the motorist! Clever, eh? Oh, by the way, I have been literally swamped with emails from people who want to chauffeur Dave around, so that is now closed. 27th February 2006 Well, the authorities have got the 'ump with Dave talking about them and thought they'd try to upset his applecart. On Christmas Eve Dave was driving from Joey Pyle's when he was stopped by the Police. Dave says that the copper who pulled him said "Someone upstairs doesn't like you. We were told to get you." Dave was breathalysed, etc. and charged with driving under the influence and, as reported in the News of the World yesterday (see below) appears in court tomorrow.
Now, there are a couple of things about this that stink: Firstly, Dave says that the only person that he told where he had been was the arresting officer. "So how did the News of the World get hold of that little bit of information?" asked Dave. Secondly is the fact that it got in the papers at all. If you remember, when he was faced with the big ABH case and doing some time if found Guilty, not one single paper reported anything, despite the case allegedly involving someone very close to an Eastenders star! On top of all this, Dave has now received phone bills to the tune of £12,000. Those of you who have heard Dave's "Audience Withs" will know that part of the show is about the fact that he never payed phone bills because cutting him off would have been counter productive to the Police who, he maintains, were bugging his calls. He also recounts the stories of the many many times he has been pulled by OB for traffic infringements and let off. We're expecting a driving ban to be imposed on Dave tomorrow, followed by close observation of his movements by Old Bill so they can nab him the first time he jumps into the diving seat of his car, so here's an advert: Dave needs a full time chauffeur for the duration of the ban. This promises to be a most interesting job, so anyone interested please email me and I'll pass all details on to Dave. The other piece of news is that It's Chico Time! Yup, our good friend Chico releases his single today. It's on Sony BMG, catalogue number 82876812132. You can buy it at the shops or order it from Amazon by clicking on the cover below.
Chico will be at the Vigin Megastore in Oxford Street, London today from 4.30 to 6.00 pm signing copies of his single (MAP). 23rd February 2006 Just back from the Joey Pyle Benefit Evening. Yeah, yeah, I know: the event was Sunday and today is Thursday! I was enjoying myself, OK?
The evening was an enormous success, with over 1,200 people turning up to Caesar's Palace in Streatham to pay their respects to Joe. I can honestly say that I haven't seen so many "faces" and naughty men in one place at the same time since Ronnie and Reggie's funerals.
The entertainment was brilliant, fronted by Adrian Doughty and Wayne Adams (thanks guys) with such wonderful voices as Jocelyn Brown, Oliver Cheatham and Storm. There were several appearances by Chris the Greek, who did a sterling job. Dave ran the auctions with Britain's best-known auctioneer, Nick Bonham.
I'm told that Joe goes into hospital today for the first of his operations, so good luck from all of us Joey.
One question before I go: Has anyone seen anything about this huge event in any newspaper? I don't think so! Word is that the papers were told not to touch it! 17th February 2006 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE ... from Mal, Donna, Mark Fish, Wolves Paul and Jase, Jason Marriner, Bev M, Southampton Colin, Bruno, Clive, Dockgate and the crew at Legends. And Happy Birthday Donna ... 21 again, eh? 16th February 2006
I received a very nice phone call this afternoon from the rather delicious Bev M to say that she has hung up her dusters (metaphorically speaking of course) and bought a pub. She is now the landlady of "The Prince Albert" in Old Mill Road, Plumstead (MAP), just 200 yards from Dave's Camelot Castle. Very handy! Bev says that all DC fans are welcome and I shall most certainly be having a beer or three in there this weekend and - if I can keep the lens from steaming up - I may well take some more photos of Bev's amazing tattoos. 14th February 2006 Our old friend Mark Fish is running into fresh problems with the authorities. Read all about it at Posh Wosh. 12th February 2006 The following are just a handful of the emails I receive: Carl: Adam: Steve: John & Stephanie: Richi: Graeme: Rusel: Dan: 11th February 2006 Well Done Everyone 10th February 2006 On 11th February Dave will be attending his good friends Gaz and Mims wedding reception at the Sitwell Tavern in Derby. They have just come back from abroad, where they got married. Good luck to both of them and to our friend Cynthia, who will also be attending. 9th February 2006
5th February 2006 Another happy lot who came to play pool with Dave. Janine bought the deal for hubby Andy's 40th birthday present and has just emailed the following: Mal, And for all those fans in Northern Ireland who have been asking when Dave is coming to see them ... well read this: AUDIENCE WITH DAVE COURTNEY 30th January 2006 I'm pleased to announce that during the month of January the site has been averaging over 1,700 visitors per day. Lee Phillips tells me that his film "The Dealer", which starred Dave, is the Chatshow Network's "Event of the Week". You can view it HERE, including interviews with Dave at the premiere. Now, if you
live in the Burnley area we have a treat for you. Dave will be
putting on An Audience With on 9th February at 7 pm at the Sanctuary
Rock Bar, Cow Lane, Burnley. SRB is a Rock and Goth club and all three
floors have been reserved for Dave and his audience. The crypt bar is
furnished with pews and coffins so let’s have a ceremony to commemorate
his night. Tickets are on sale at £10 and as an interlude there will be an
exotic dancer. 24th January 2006 First of all, thank you to all those kind people who emailed their sympathies for Courtney Guy, whose story we told on the 14th January. Your messages mean a lot to her family. Her step-father, Dave Williams, phoned me this evening to say thank you for the coverage and to tell me that her death was being featured on BBC local news this evening and had made several national newspapers. Courtney's family are not happy with the apparent lack of care the young girl received at the hands of her local NHS Trust. You can read about it HERE and we'll be carrying the press coverage as soon as we receive it. Now, I have ten signed copies of the "Hell To Pay" DVD to sell. Each one is signed on the cover and on the disc by Dave. The copies are going for £15 each (including p+p) and the first ten fans to email me with their details will be the lucky ones. I have received the following email from Gary, who was at Dave's Audience With in Exeter: Hey
Mal 22nd January 2006 This just in from Ria: Mal. Thought
I would share this with you, it made me crack up: And this from Mark, who organised the Audience With Dave Courtney on Thursday in Exeter: Hi
Mal. 21st January 2006 A lot of people are emailing and calling to say they've heard about a pop-up that accompanies this page all about the Joey Pile Tribute evening but that they can't see it on their PCs. This is usually because your anti-virus or firewall programme is set to block pop-ups. Soooo, if you don't see a pop-up when you open this page then CLICK HERE to read about what you're missing. 17th January 2006 Don't forget, Dave will be in EXETER on Thursday night, performing An Audience With at Exeter University. Go to davecourtneyinexeter for full details and if you live anywhere in the Southwest don't miss it, cos this is the man's first exploration into our territory. See yah there! Now, I get quite a few emails asking me why "Hell To Pay" isn't being offered for sale on Dave's Official website, as promised a couple of months ago. Well, despite several requests, I still haven't received any copies. If they ever arrive then you'll be the first to know. In the meantime, you can usually buy signed copies from Dave himself at one of his Audiences With. 15th January 2006 Just had an email from James Macleod, who answered our advert for fans who wanted to visit Dave to play pool: hi Mal,
James and Dave 14th January 2006
On Thursday Dave attended a funeral. Funerals are nearly always sad affairs, but this was particularly sad, as it was of a little girl of only eight years old. The young girl's name was Courtney Abigail Marissa Guy, named after Dave and she sadly succumbed to Meningitis. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her mother, Lisa, stepfather, Dave, and the rest of the family. Her Uncle Lee wrote the following: On 18th July 1997, God gave us the gift of beautiful little angel who we named Courtney Abigail Marissa Guy. Even though Courtney was only with us for what seems like such a few short years, she filled and warmed our hearts with a lifetime of love. I’m
sure Courtney is looking down on us all and smiling her big beautiful smile,
because so many are here today wearing pink her favourite colour, which
everything had to be.
12th January 2006 The world premiere of Lee Phillips' film "The Dealer" went off in style in Leicester Square on Tuesday night. Dave, as leading man in the film was there with Storm. Among the capacity audience, who gave it a five minute standing ovation, was well respected actor Leslie Phillips who commented that he thought Dave, as the leading man, was "brilliant". Other faces there included John Altman, Cass Pennant, Jason Marriner, Nick Moran, Charles Brocket (and wife to be Harriett), Caprice, Patrick Murray (Mickey Pierce from "Only Fools and Horses"), Jack Marsden, Donatella, Big Brother stars Sam and Vanessa, Colin Salmon, Chaz & Dave, Deepack Verma, Rhino, Dave Legeno, agent Jonathan Lipman, Dave's son Beau and wife Kerry, Seymore, Dave Thurston, etc. etc. etc.
8th January 2006
Don't worry about a thing Sam, I'm sure that everything will sort itself out in the end. Just get yourself fighting fit again.
6th January 2006 Dave and Storm had a great time on New Year's Eve, starting out at The Mill with Andy, Beau and Kerry, Mad Pete and wife, Chris the Greek, Lou Schutz and Gemma, Nick "Shoulders" and Georgina. Then they went off to meet up with Joey Pyle (Senior and Junior) and Julie at The Beverley, then on to The Blind Beggar (met up with Dave and AJ) and then to The Aquarium Club, hooking up with Mick Colby, Paddy, Seymore and Jackie, Tottenham Trevor (congrats with the new book mate), finally ending up with the crowd at Camelot Castle to party through what was left of the night and the next day!
Dave says he went as Zorro but when he arrived there was already a Zorro there, so he quickly changed into Borrow! Oh, and don't forget to vote for Jodi on Celebrity Big Brother. Dave's series "As Xtreme as it Gets" is currently screening every night on Sky One (1.45 a.m.). Now for a little more info on The Joe Pyle Lifetime Achievement Evening: It's at Caesar's and tickets are £50 each. There will be tables of ten, so they'd obviously prefer to sell tickets to parties of ten ... but that doesn't stop smaller groups buying and sharing tables. Dave and Howard Marks will be running a fundraising auction during the course of the evening and other entertainment will come from singer Kaya, Ray Winstone, Jocelyn Brown, The Oddballs, Storm and possibly Alexander O'Neil. The whole event will be recorded for TV.
If you'd like to advertise in the Official Programme then please email me. Dave would like to thank Tel Currie, Joey Pyle Junior, Rachelle, Chris the Greek, Adrian Doughty, Storm, Fred Batt of Caesar's and Richard of A1 Printers for all their hard work in helping to make the event possible. 5th January 2006 Dave's out and about at some Audiences soon. Here's the gen: Exeter - Now, here's a date to put in your diaries, especially if you live in the Westcountry. Dave will be doing An Audience With in Exeter on January 19th 2006. He'll be appearing at The Lemon Grove, Exeter University (my old alma Mata) and tickets are £15. For more details and ticket sales see davecourtneyinexeter or phone Mark on 07980 804695. See you there. Burnley on February 9th 2006 - The venue is The Kestrel Suite, Burnley. More info to come. The Joe Pyle Lifetime Achievement Evening is now on 19th February 2006. 31st December 2005 Both Dave Courtney and Mark Fish would like to pay their respects to the family of their good friend St John Ellis, who died today of a heart attack aged 41 died following a training session. St John was the longest-serving coach in rugby league; the former Castleford and Great Britain winger won three Great Britain caps from 1991-94. 25th December 2005 MERRY CHRISTMAS Sorry there's been no news for a few days people. On Tuesday my PC crashed and died along with the hard disc, so I lost everything. Most of all I lost all my emails; so, if you've emailed me in the past month or so with anything important please email me again. In the meantime I hope your all having a great time this Christmas. Mal. 19th December 2005 There's a new website on the Net. A few weeks ago Dave's good friend Jason Marriner (of Chelsea Headhunters fame) asked me to put a site together for him. Well, now it's up and running and you'll find it at www.jasonmarriner.com. Early days, but the site will develop into something very interesting, especially when we start to put the material up about how undercover "reporter" Donal MacIntyre contrived to get Jason put away for a six stretch. 17th December 2005 Dave will be presenting a special show along with Howard Marks and Roy Shaw on Sunday February 5th 2006 at Caesar's Palace, London. The occasion is a "Lifetime Achievement Award" to Mister Joey Pyle Senior. I'll place more information about the details on this page as I get it. 15th December 2005 Hello people, this is just a little note to explain about emails you may send me (Mal): I receive dozens of emails a day concerning Dave. Many of them ask me to relay personal messages to Dave and many of them are directed at Dave asking for him to write back. Well, firstly, Dave isn't on email, so please don't expect a personal reply back from him. Secondly, there is no massive team here ... it's just me running the whole site and handling correspondence. So I'm afraid, with my current workload, I don't have time to relay personal messages. I do manage to reply to a fair proportion of the emails, but I don't have the time to reply to all the fantastic people who email to say what a great bloke Dave is or how much you like the site, so please don't be offended or take it personally if you don't get a reply back. If you have a personal message for Dave or if you want a signed photo then please post to:
and if you want a reply then please enclose a stamped addressed envelope of appropriate size. 12th December 2005
This is Herb Thomsett who is 86 today. Do you know of an older Dave Courtney fan? 9th December 2005 Dave will be conducting An Audience With on Wednesday 14th December at The Beacon Court Tavern, Gillingham, Kent. Tickets are available for £10 each by calling 01634 853186. “Cage Rage 14 – Punishment” will be shown on Sky Sports 3 on Thursday 15th December at 22.00hrs with new Cage Rage TV presenter IAN 'The Machine' FREEMAN (Professional Ultimate Fighter / TV Presenter / Actor / Promoter). 7th December 2005 Congratulations go to Gemma Taylor, who broke the log lifting World Record on national TV yesterday. The log lifted by Aneta Florcyzk at this year's World's Strongest Woman competition was 105kg. Yesterday Gemma lifted a 107.5kg log live on ITV's This Morning! Our good mate Chico has been banned from releasing "It’s Chico Time" until after Christmas. The winner of the show will be releasing their single on December 21 and TV bosses felt the competition might hurt their sales. In response, Chico is quoted as saying: "It would be nice to strike while the iron's hot, but it doesn't matter if it's January. Everyone knows its Chico time." 4th December 2005 The amazing Chico has been voted off X-Factor, but said he was thrilled to get as far as he did. Chico has proved himself to be a very popular and versatile entertainer and I would expect that he is going to be showered with offers. It would not surprise me to see a new TV show in the not-too-distant future ... what do you think of "Chico Time" as a title? Haven't seen you for a little while Chico, but I'm sure we'll catch up with one another soon mate. Until then: Well done and good luck with the career in the future. 1st December 2005 30th November 2005 A new boxed set of DVDs has just been released by ILC called Dave Courtney's Gangland. It contains 5 DVDs (Joe Pyle: Crime Doesn't Pay...But The Hours Are Good, Freddie Foreman: A Life Of Crime, Tony Lambrianou: Suited And Booted, Dave Courtney's Gangland UK and Dave Courtney Tells It Like It Is) and is being sold on Amazon for only £14.99. Bargain ... so click on the box to buy it now!
You may remember that I reported that Gordon, the man living at Dave's with a Tag, had a motorcycle accident and broke his leg. Well, poor Gordon went into hospital and picked up MRSA before they operated on his leg. Apparently he was given massive doses of antibiotics which affected his liver and his breathing and he eventually developed pneumonia. Well, the pneumonia has abated, but because of the delay in operating on his leg that all this has caused, his consultant says that it has become seriously infected and there is now a risk that he may loose the leg. I have been told that the hospital is now trying to say that Gordon was brought in with MRSA! Good luck Gordon. Everyone is rooting for you mate. Dave has employed a new PA. Her name is Rachel and I understand that she and Dave share a particular mutual "friend" that should make for very interesting reading here in the not too distant future. Finally, Dave and I would like to wish all the best to Steve McFadden in court on Friday fighting Angela Bostock for custody of their children. According to the Daily Mirror yesterday "Steve McFadden's ex-lover branded him a monster last night as he fought for custody of their two young girls. Devastated Angela Bostock claimed the EastEnders star was trying to portray her as an unfit mother." Hmmm ... well, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it Angela who sold their salacious stories to the papers? Wasn't it Angela who punched Steve in the face in front of policemen three weeks ago? Wasn't it Angela who was arrested in August for allegedly breaking into his home, when it was claimed she and a friend took a video cassette and other property from the house? Pot, kettle, black! Good luck Steve mate. 29th November 2005 Dave will be holding court on Saturday 10th December at The Morgan, Worcester Road, Malvern (MAP). It starts at 7.30pm, tickets cost £5 or £6 on the night and you can purchase the tickets from The Morgan pub or phone Jo on 07792 092497. 27th November 2005 Between 1,000 and 2,000 different people per day visit this site to view davecourtney.com, including you. That's a lot of people every day and the numbers are steadily growing. I get email enquiries on a daily basis ranging from "where can I hire a doorman?" to "do you know anyone who can teach me how to box/fight?" and even "who sells reliable surveillance equipment?", "do you know an escort agency in my area?". CLICK HERE to see a list of the most frequently asked for products and services. How would you like your business to reach all of those people every day? Within the next month we are going to launch a new business section where you could advertise your company, services or products to all of those people. You can have a whole webpage or a banner ad or a simple small ad. You may already have a website of your own, but davecourtney.com is so popular that a link to your site on here could enhance it's rating with Google by thousands of positions and drive traffic through the roof. That's the way Google works! If you're interested then email me at mal@davecourtney.com to find out how you and your business could benefit from this opportunity. 26th November 2005 Dave would like to send a warm Get Well message to Joey Pyle Snr.
Now, here's a date to put in your diaries, especially if you live in the Westcountry. Dave will be doing An Audience With in Exeter on January 19th 2006. He'll be appearing at The Lemon Grove, Exeter University (my old alma Mata) and tickets are £15. For more details and ticket sales see davecourtneyinexeter.co.uk or phone Mark on 07980 804695. See you there. 25th November 2005 HELL TO PAY in The Sun:
I was contacted by The Sun two days ago. They asked if they could view a copy of Dave's film Hell To Pay, as they were "interested" in it. Well, they watched it and the above article appeared in today's edition of the newspaper. At least they have described it as a "violent gangster flick" instead of a "porn movie" this time. Great news for Dave and the film, as I can foresee a lot more people going out to purchase a copy now! Thousands of copies have already sold in the first three weeks. You can buy it from HMV stores or by clicking on the Amazon link below. If you click on the clipping you can see a much larger version.
Chico was in Cannes with Dave and the rest of the cast for the premiere of the film. Below is a photo of Chico with Donna just before the premiere.
Photo copyright © Mal and Donna! 23rd November 2005 Dave and Mark Fish were invited to dinner by Mike Tyson the other night. This just in from Mark: Hi Mal. Photos as discussed taken at the Mike Tyson dinner in Doncaster, which Dave and I were personally invited to by Mike for sorting out a "problem" for him last week. It was a fantastic evening and we all had a wicked night. We also met up and had a good yarn with Joe Egan, who has been promoting his new book “Big Joe Egan” during Mike Tyson’s tour, along with Frank Bruno and many other stars of the fight world. As usual there was a bigger queue for autographs, photo’s and posters at Dave’s table than there was at the top table (what’s new?).Yet another 10 am night cap but well f**king worth it. Cheers chap, Mark.
18th November 2005 News came in late last night from Liam, of Gangster Videos: "Dave's DVD signing at Asda tomorrow (Friday 18th) to promote The Ultimate Gangster Collection and raise money for Children in Need has been cancelled by Asda. No reason has been given as yet. Apologies to anyone due to attend." Well, that sounds familiar!!!! But don't forget: The show at The Blag Club is still ON this evening.
17th November 2005 The following news article is appearing this week in Hampstead & Highgate Express, Wembley & Kingsbury Times, Sudbury Times, Kilburn Times, Willesden & Brent Times, Islington Gazette, Islington Gazette EC1. I'm told by Manish that over 300,000 people will get the papers through their door staring yesterday!!
Click on the cutting to see it in a much larger form. 14th November 2005 During the filming of Six Bend Trap a couple of months ago, Dave met one of his co-stars, Britain's Strongest Woman, Gemma Taylor. The meeting sparked off an idea that Dave should host the Strongest Man and Strongest Woman contests at Camelot Castle. No dates are set at the moment, but I am going to be featuring a new section on the website soon.
Here's what Sussex Film Review has to say about "Hell To Pay":
13th November 2005 Another busy weekend for Dave coming up. As stated below, on Friday 18th November Dave will be supporting BBC's Children In Need Appeal at 1.00 pm at Asda in Chatham, then doing An Audience With at The Blag Club, Notting Hill Gate in the evening, also in aid of the Appeal. On Saturday he's off to a Rave (details coming) and on Sunday he'll be at the Chuff Chuff Party. Now, I happen to know where this will be, but it seems to be a bit of a secret so all I'll say right now is that perhaps it's on the South Coast. If you wanna know more then visit Miss Moneypenny's website. Don't know what a Chuff Chuff Party is??? Take a look at THIS.
CageRage 14 is on the 3rd December. Click on the poster to see a much larger version in a new window.
11th November 2005 After the fantastic success of Dave's DVD signing at Air Entertainment in Chatham on Wednesday, the distributors, BLACKHORSE ENTERTAINMENT who co organised the event, have arranged another DVD signing of THE ULTIMATE GANGSTER COLLECTION on Friday 18th November, also in Chatham at the massive ASDA store at 1.00 pm. This signing is to promote THE ULTIMATE GANGSTER COLLECTION, but part proceeds will be going to CHILDREN IN NEED. The event will be covered by local press and radio and it is hoped to be as big a success! Dave did a fantastic job at Air, where he signed copies of all his DVDs including HELL TO PAY, to big crowds. It is hoped further signings can be arranged. Blackhorse Entertainment also agreed to the release of DAVE COURTNEY'S DODGY DVD2, which will go out next year and will feature many of the events GANGSTER VIDEOS have covered recently. 10th November 2005 Dave would like to say a big thank you to Kevin and his staff at Air Entertainment in Chatham for organising a great signing yesterday. The queue started at 12 pm and, by the time Dave arrived at 1 pm, it was out the shop and down the road. He was still posing for pictures at 5 pm! There will be another Audience With at The Beacon Court Tavern in Gillingham, Kent on Wednesday the 14th of December. Tickets are £10 and are available by calling 01634 853186. 8th November 2005 Just to remind you all that Dave will be doing a signing at Air Entertainment, 255 High Street, Chatham, Kent at 1pm tomorrow (Wednesday 9th November). Kevin, the manager, says that Hell to Pay is out-selling Star Wars! Speaking of Hell to Pay, I am starting to receive emails about the film. The following is typical: just got the dvd hell to pay today and ive got to say its an absolute f**kin masterpiece,to film all that on a shoestring bugdet deserves a medal.ive been waiting years to see this and its been well worth the wait.proof,if proof were needed,dave is and always will be a legend.and ask him please could he come back to liverpool so i can shake the mans hand. cheers,rob. Have you seen it yet? Email me at mal@davecourtney.com and let me know what you thought.
7th November 2005 BBC Children in Need
Yes, Dave's doing An Audience With in aid of the BBC's Children in Need Appeal on Friday 18th November ... and it's FREE! Well, you will be asked for a donation for the Charity so please take a wedge with you to help. The venue is THE BLAG CLUB in Notting Hill, next to Notting Hill Tube Station (MAP). To avoid disappointment it would be best to get there by at least 7.45 pm ... the place is going to packed out. Thanks to Manish Patel (of Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees fame) for that news. 4th November 2005 Well, well! According to The Sun today: Ain't she a sweetie? You can read all about it over at The Sun. The story is also reported in other papers, although most of them are concentrating on the other story that Ross Kemp (Steve's Eastenders bruv) was attacked by his wife Rebekah Wade, Editor of The Sun!! The
Daily Mail: Smack Up My Mitch! 3rd November 2005 Dave was interviewed on Kerrang! on Wednesday. You can listen to the show and interview by going to Kerrang! and clicking on "Tim Shaw's Asylum - Wednesday". Thanks to eagle-eyed Chris Mathias for the following. According to Sky News: "The ex-girlfriend of EastEnders actor Steve McFadden has been arrested and cautioned for assaulting the star. The woman involved is thought to have been McFadden's ex-girlfriend Angela Bostock." You can read all about it by clicking HERE. 1st November 2005 For the next seven days the Camelot Castle Webcams are absolutely FREEEEE!!!!! To see what's going on in Dave's place simply CLICK HERE. Woohhhh! Hang on a sec. When you get there click on the "Buy 24 hours" link and complete the form. You won't be asked for credit card details. Bob's your uncle, you can now watch the webcams for FREE for the next week. If, for any reason, the cams are off then documentaries concerning Dave will be screened. I've added a new section: Me-Bay. You'll find all of our most important and exclusive offers there. Take a look now. 31st October 2005 HELL TO PAY
OUT TODAY! This just in from Lee Phillips: Legendary ex-gangster turned actor Dave Courtney is to star in 4ground Media’s latest feature film "DON OF THE DEAD". This will be the second time Dave has worked with producers Lee Phillips and Matt Ware, who also cast him along side Craig Charles (Coronation street, Red Dwarf etc) and John Thomson (Cold feet, Fast show etc) as the lead role in The Dealer. "DON OF THE DEAD" is a comedy zombie film with a gangster theme and has been likened to a cross between cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. Shooting will commence next month and will take place throughout London and Kent. The film has an all-star cast and has already been offered UK distribution and a future television broadcast. 28th October 2005 Dave can be seen on TV twice on the 31st October: first on "Most Haunted" on Living TV at 9 pm then again at 11pm on "Britain Behaving Badly" on Men and Motors.
Whoops! I promised I'd wish Gemma Jones a Happy 17th Birthday on the 26th. Gemma's a big DC fan, so Happy Birthday for two days ago babe from Dave and I. Hope you had a blast. 25th October 2005 I have just received this email from Martin Nesbitt: Hi Mal, Cheers 24th October 2005
Congratulations again to our good friend Chico for surviving another public vote on The X Factor at the weekend. And a big thanks to Ria for the link to Chico's music site.
Now, I've told stories on here before about "interference" in Dave's life by the authorities. Well, here's another one. Mark Cotsell is sorting out "An Audience With Dave Courtney" down in Exeter. The show was due for the end of this month. But ... Mark has been trying to book a venue. So far he's booked THREE in a row, but each one accepted the booking and then cancelled it after a period of weeks! Bit of a coincidence? It can't be because of a fear of trouble, as I have never witnessed any trouble at any of Dave's shows. So it can only be someone "having a word". Best of luck Mark in your search for a venue with some bottle mate. davecourtney.com is continuing to keep the new viewers and throughout October has averaged an amazing 1,300 unique viewers per day. That's over 6,000 hits per day. 23rd October 2005
... and don't forget there's an Audience With Dave Courtney on 25th October 2005 at The Surrey Hills Hotel, Horsham Road, Capel, Dorking, Surrey RH5 4PG (MAP). This is being organised by Matt Clear and you can get full details from his website (CLICK HERE). Tickets are £20 each and available either from Matt's website of by phoning 01306 712832 or 07921 359772. 21st October 2005
19th October 2005 This just in:
18th October 2005 Congratulations to our good friend Chico for surviving the public vote on The X Factor at the weekend. A little bird tells me that there was an article in the Sun about Chico yesterday in which they described Hell To Pay as a "porno film"!!!! Porno it definitely ain't! On Thursday Dave will be attending The Criminal Clothing party in Covent Garden. Criminal Clothing are a Bournmouth based business who are now opening up new premises in London's prestige Covent Garden. Go visit their website and see the wicked Flash intro. Now, Dave is opening up Camelot Castle as a modelling agency for men, women and children. Auditions will be held on the live webcams (we'll be announcing when soon) and there's a twenty five pound entrance fee. As if that weren't enough, Dave also wishes to audition girls for a select Gentleman's Evening agency (and NO!, that doesn't mean what you think it might!). If you think you have what it takes then email me at mal@davecourtney.com with your details, a phone number where we can contact you and (if possible) a photo. Lastly (but by no means leastly): Do you wanna be in Dave's next film? Well, you can be if you have what it takes. What does it take? Well, a grand. Yup, for £1,000 you can have a speaking part in his next movie. The entrance money will be one route to financing the project. Watch this space and remember: Dave prefers to use ordinary people to give his films an authentic quality lacking in most of the genre. Once again, email me at mal@davecourtney.com with your details to get the ball rolling. Dave's good friend Dave Legeno is fighting Alan Murdoch at the next Cage Rage event on the 3rd of December at Wembley Conference Centre. Tickets can be bought from www.cagerage.tv Here's a couple of the many emails I've received praising Dave and his show at Saltburn the other week: hi mal, 14th October 2005 Dave's back from filming Six Bend Trap at last with some interesting plans for the webcams in Camelot Castle. He's sponsoring strong woman Gemma Taylor (who was also filming Six Bend Trap) and is planning to have the World's Strongest Woman competition at Camelot for all to see. As well as that, he'll be having a showcase in the not too distant future with Coree from Damage and the gorgeous Kaya, who will be the backing singer on his next album. Speaking of albums, Dave says that the CD of Heroes and Villains is due for release in about three weeks. Now, would you like to be on the webcams for all to see? Well, the Camelot Castle Dungeon is now for hire for fun and games ... or perhaps you and your mates would just like to spend an evening with Dave, watched by thousands. All things are possible. Email me at mal@davecourtney.com to find out how ... and how much. 12th October 2005 You can read a review of Dave's latest "Audience With" in Saltburn by Danny Boy HERE.
11th October 2005 Slight error yesterday: Hell to Pay is to be released on 21 October 2005. Our good friend Mark Fish tells me that HMV are taking advance orders, as are Blockbusters, and we should be selling some special signed copies in a day or two. Just thought I'd share an email with you all. This is typical of the dozens that I receive each day: Hi, 9th October 2005
Gary Bushell has a piece in his column in The People today about Dave and his film "Hell to Pay", which is finally released tomorrow. You can read the article by Clicking Here. Gary also has a DVD coming out, "The Best of Bushell on the Box". The DVD is comedy and opinion, with stuff you’d expect like Bushside the spoof soap, My Alien Barmaid with Jo Guest, Garry’s Goofs and the Gonads playing live. Dave is in a couple of sketches. It will be released on 7th November. 7th October 2005 Dave is on SKY ONE on Sunday night at 10.30 in a documentary about Viagra (you may remember me mentioning this some time ago on this page). The programme, "Viaggro", is a one hour documentary about the widespread use of Viagra in Britain. No longer limited to the elderly, the drug is mixed with cocaine and ecstasy by clubbers, and middle-aged swingers serve it in canapés. For these people Viagra is not a sexual remedy but a way of life. Sky says it's "a look at the trend for using the impotence-curing drug Viagra as a recreational product, following reports of clubbers mixing it with cocaine and Ecstasy." 4th October 2005 Don't forget, if you tune into the webcams at 8 tonight you'll have the unusual pleasure of experiencing a sexy chat from the outrageously funny (and filthy) Diva Dolly and guest. Les Hill, Dave's friend who you may remember, is still getting it stuck to him by the authorities. You can read all about his saga over at http://www.lesliehill.co.uk/ 3rd October 2005 Dave's Gumball Truck For Sale
Ford F150 Svt Lightning Truck 2000 in black with the Gumball 3000 stickers as seen on TV (these can be easily removed if you choose to). This is the actual truck used by Dave in the 2005 Gumball as seen on Sky Extreme Sports. This truck is awesome! 5.4L V8 Auto Supercharged and chipped and is capable of 0 - 60 in just over 5 seconds and will top over 150 mph. It's just been serviced, new discs and pads all round and new tyres. £15,950 ovno. Serious enquiries only please call 07921 857992 and ask for Andy.
There is also a brand new imported one for sale with delivery mileage only. This is going for £25,000. All the import duties and VAT have been paid, so it just needs registering. Attention to all with tickets to BAMMO'S BASH 'EM UP BONANZA 2: The date has changed from the 2nd to the 23rd October ... but don't worry, as I assured that your tickets are still valid for the 23rd! ... and there's some excellent Championship Boxing at the Hammersmith Palais on the 9th October. CLICK HERE to see the poster giving details. 2nd October 2005 Dave's still filming "Six Bend Trap" and sends his apologies to anyone tuning in to the webcams, but it'll be another week or so before he's back at Camelot Castle. Storm has been there for the past week, so they've been having a great time. Tomorrow Jodi Marsh will be arriving to do her shooting with Dave. Dave says he's been having a great time and a big shout goes out to the lads at Angels in Redcar and Luke's Place in Saltburn. Oh, and our mate Chico is through to the final round of X Factor, as are Dave's mates in the band Fifth Base. 1st October 2005 Tuesday 4th October: Diva Dolly will be doing a slot on the webcams at 8 pm for a couple of hours. 27th September 2005 Just thought you all might like to know that the site has been receiving an average of 1,400 unique visitors per day for the past month. That's somewhere between 8,000 and 9,000 pages (not counting Gallery views) hit per day and it's still rising! Now, an apology to all those who have emailed me and not had a reply. Since the beginning of this month I have been receiving a four or five fold increase in emails, so it's tough keeping up. On top of that I'm away for a couple of days visiting Charlie Bronson in HMP Wakefield, so please don't get upset if you don't get an immediate response over the next week. Dave says the filming of "Six Bend Trap" is going very well and I believe they have visited a number of dog tracks in the Midlands and the North of the country. 26th September 2005 Hands up all those of you who have had a peek at Dave's webcams. Hmmmm ... I thought so. Seems we have a slight discrepancy between how many people have paid to go on and how many the stats are saying. Lee tells me that Hugo Rifkind will be interviewed on London Tonight (ITV1) between 6pm-6.30pm this evening about the movie mentioned below and that there will be clips shown which include Dave. 25th September 2005 Thanks go again to Lee Phillips for the following: "I thought you might like to see this link to an article that was in The Times this week as it mentions Hell to Pay. The article is written by renowned journalist Hugo Rifkind and is about his attempt to make a Guy Ritchie style movie (called "My Daily Monkey") for £50. The short film features Dave's long term friend Dave Legeno, who is also in Hell to Pay." Read
the article
or 21st September 2005 I'm indebted to Lee Phillips for letting me know that Chatshow has an eleven minute "Event of the Week" video report on Dave's Launch Party over at Chatshow.net. It's a very interesting little interview report featuring some well known faces. And if that whets your appetite then you can always log on to the webcams and see a lot more about Dave for only £4.99 per 24 hour period (that's about 20p per hour!). Now, another Audience With: 25th October 2005 at The Surrey Hills Hotel, Horsham Road, Capel, Dorking, Surrey RH5 4PG (MAP). This is being organised by Matt Clear and you can get full details from his website (CLICK HERE). Tickets are £20 each and available either from Matt's website of by phoning 01306 712832 or 07921 359772. For those of you who don't know, I've had some problems getting Charlie Bronson's official website, FreeBronson.com, transferred, which means that it can't be updated at the moment. Never mind, the latest incarnation of the site is currently housed at FreeBronson.co.uk until the matter is resolved. Speaking of Charlie Bronson, his and Tel Currie's book "Heroes and Villains" (no relation to Dave's latest book) is selling well, and here's what the Chaps are saying about it: "This book is fantastic. My close friends Tel Currie & Charlie Bronson finally tell the truth and venture into controversial territory that is usually shied away from. A must read for anyone remotely interested in the history of Britain's underworld" Go buy your copy from Amazon and find out what they're all talking about! 20th September 2005 While Dave's away filming "Six Bend Trap" people may be thinking that there's nothing worth watching on the Camelot Castle Webcams. But ...... the team running the cams and streaming video flow tell me that they are going to have a full programme of stuff, including showing "Dave's Dodgy DVD", highlights from the party, interviews and all sorts of selected naughtiness that's happened since. Soooooo .... why not try it out? Simply click on the banner above or HERE.
19th September 2005
16th September 2005 Dave's up in Middlesborough for the next three weeks, filming "Six Bend Trap" with Mike McCarthy. More news on that when I get it. "An Audience With Dave Courtney" is being planned for 8th October 2005 at The Spa Hotel, Saltburn Bank, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 1HH (MAP). Ticke are £10.00 in advan or £12.00 on the door. No concessions. To purchase the limited tickets, Phone 07914000922. Doors open at 7.00pm - Show starts at 8.00pm. Support act … THE JOHN WRIGHTSON BAND. First come first served! Don’t miss this show! Now, it is with the deepest regret that I have to report the death of Dave's good friend Adam Betts. Adam, brother of Steve Betts, died suddenly at the age of 31. Dave, Donna and myself all wish to send our deepest heartfelt sympathies to all of Adam's family and friends at this difficult time. 15th September 2005 WOW!!!! What a party that was!!!!
Sorry for the delay in reporting back chaps and chapesses, but it's taken me this long to recover and catch up with all my work. Over a thousand people turned up and enjoyed the night at Camelot Castle. Guests included Joey Pyle (Snr. and Jr.), Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw, Joe Egan, Harry Marsden, Max Beesley, the legendary Howard Marks, Nick Moran, John Altman, Tel Currie, too many rappers to wave a stick at, East Enders, Corrie stars, John Conteh, the very funny Micky Pierce (Only Fools and Horses), Jason Marriner, Carlton Leach, Jess Conrad, Cass Pennant, Gary Bushell ... blimee, I'd better stop to take a breath! Every one was smiling and having a ball. There was more free booze than I've ever seen and more beautiful women than is fair to put in front of me. Dave's new Dungeon was put to good "use" by some of the guests and over 15,000 people watched the event live on the webcams. I arrived Wednesday lunchtime, given a paintbrush and asked to paint the new gates with the lovely Welsh Paula, while an army of workers got on with the preparations. We worked through the night to get things ready and by the morning the whole thing resembled the final five minutes of "Groundforce" (you know the part where they look as though they're never gonna get it finished in time). But by two in the afternoon it was ready. The marquis had been erected and we'd all changed into out suits. Many of us partied through the night and helped clear up in the morning, while Micky Pierce kept us laughing. I finally got home at ten in the evening and sank into my bed after 66 hours of continuous, sleepless fun! You can see a selection of photos which I took at the party at The Party Gallery 1. The webcams are still rolling and I've witnessed some very naughty goings on in the bedrooms, spa and dungeon, so go take a look. 6th September 2005 Dave's sending a big "Thank You" out to all those who have helped him over the past few weeks get Camelot Castle ready for the big day, especially Helen (the super hero) and Kevin. The new gates have been mounted today (Dave will try anything once!!!!!) with a huge brass knuckleduster on each one and the place is practically ready. But, hey, don't take my word for it. The webcams are now LIVE, so take a peak at Camelot Castle for yourselves RIGHT NOW! Just click on the banner at the top of the News column to be transported to Dave's delightful drum. The cameras are positioned in all rooms of the Castle, so you should be able to see exactly what's going on at all times. Go on! Go on! Go inside and see Dave's home as you've never seen it before. And on Thursday you can join rock stars, movie icons and glamour girls in this adults-only live media event, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Be naughty, be nice, but always be watching. Just heard that the company handling the webcam end of things opened a Swiss bank account a few days ago. Strangely though, as soon as the Swiss found out that Dave was involved they closed it down on them. Funny that! Oh, and lastly, Dave would like to send his condolences to Bernard O'Mahoney, who was stabbed last Saturday. Ooops, that wasn't the last thing: I also heard that Creed and Dave's son Beau have finished the new album "Heroes and Villains". 4th September 2005 Only TWO of those launch tickets left now. Better hurry! News just in from Lee of 4Ground Media: "Dave's interview with Ian Camfield [XFM] went really well last [Friday] night, & we will let you know the name of the lucky competition winner soon. Ian will be attending the launch with ex Iron Maiden front man Paul Di'anno & ex Fastway front man Lea Hart. By the way, when we attended Nick Moran's charity gala for his play Telstar, Dave auctioned his duster & two tickets for the launch. The winning bidder was none other than the phenomenal actor John Savident (Fred Elliott in Coronation Street)." 3rd September 2005 The auction closed with a bid of £800! Congratulations to the winning bidder. I heard today that Dave is expecting more than a thousand people to attend the Launch Party, including celebrities, faces and more celebs. The Launch Party is being sponsored by Pinnacle, Virgin, Harley Davidson and Spearmint Rhino, so there should be a few of their girls attending too. Dave is so pleased with the way the auction went that he's sending another SIX invitations for release on the website. There isn't time for another auction, so we're going to sell them. Each ticket is £200. So, if you want to be one of the lucky people to attend the Party of the Decade, then email me at mal@davecourtney.com. Once again, please use your ISP email account rather than a Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, etc. address and include your full name and telephone number. This will be FIRST COME FIRST SERVED affair and when they're gone ... they're GONE, so get your skates on! 2nd September 2005 Thanks to Lee from 4Ground Media for letting me know the following: Dave is doing an interview about the Launch Party on Ian Camfield's rock show on XFM tonight which starts at 10pm. It can be heard on satellite number 864. Dave has sent me a letter regarding the article below about Angela Bostock. You can read it HERE. Several people have emailed me to say that they won't be able to bid today because they won't have internet access until this evening. I am therefore extending the closing time for bids to eleven o'clock this evening. 28th August 2005 Today's People has a very interesting article concerning Steve McFadden (recently the focus of Angela Bostock's vicious News of the World attacks), Angela and Jen. Read it by clicking on the cutting below.
Dave says that Steve is temporarily staying with Barbara Windsor and that he couldn't have a stronger or more positive influence right now. Dave said: "Barbara is a rock." Another interesting little morsel from Dave: "A reporter friend of mine phoned me to tell me that, at one of the interview sessions with Angela, Jen asked the journalist whether there was anything she could say about ME that would earn her that much money!" 27th August 2005 OK, we're ready to start the bidding on those four tickets to Dave's Launch Party on the 8th September ( See News Item below).You can take part simply by emailing me at mal@davecourtney.com with your bid. Please use your ISP email account rather than a Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, etc. address and include your full name and telephone number with your bid. Bidding will cease at mid-day on Friday 2nd September. The very latest bid will appear at the top of this column and all participants will be kept informed by email. Now, back to news. Dave was at the Kerrang! Awards on the 25th at The Old Brewery, Clerkenwell, with Storm, Feeder, The Stereophonics, The Foo Fighters, Chemical Romance, Slip Knot, Juliette Lewis and Roger Taylor from Queen. Big thanks to all the builders, plumbers and electricians that have been working their rocks off to get Camelot Castle ready for the big day, especially Roy, Lofty, Michael, Bob the Builder and his crew and Blind Beggar Dave. Massive Shout going out to Creed, who is doing the vocals (along with Storm) on Dave's new CD "Heroes and Villains" and shouts out to Gordy, Gary Moore, Jaqui and Mel (just because she's lovely). And don't forget that Dave is at Hayling Island tomorrow at the Emma Carter appeal before he takes time out in the evening to attend Jim and Di's birthday bash. 25th August 2005 News just in from Billie Clark, film producer in Las Vegas: Dave's personal make-up artist in America, the beautiful GIOVANNA, recently worked with famed photographer Eric Logan on a shoot with VINCE NEIL, lead singer of MOTLEY CREW. Vince has his own Napa Valley premium wine label, and looks to soon have it carried by some of London's cooler spots. Vince, Tommy Lee and the rest of Motley Crew were invited to Dave's launch party on the 8th and, depending on their tour schedule, look forward to being there.
I've also had confirmation from Hywel Williams (Diesel Productions) that our old friend HOWARD MARKS will be attending the Party. Howard recently celebrated his 60th birthday and I'll be putting a couple of photos on the Gallery from his party very soon.IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT OK people, I need to get something straight. I'm getting a lot of emails from people asking how they can get to Dave's launch party on 8th September at Camelot Castle. I have to tell you that it's strictly by invitation only, as Camelot is only so big. So, if you haven't got an invitation the only way of enjoying the party of the year will be via the webcams on this site. However, after discussing it with Dave, we have decided to make FOUR VIP TICKETS available to some very lucky fans. Yes, you could be there on the night! How? Well, we are going to auction the tickets off as a block of four and the lucky winner will get to take three of their friends to the event of the year as Dave's personal guests and have the chance to meet all the celebs who have been invited. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity not to be missed. Ten percent of the money made will be going to charity; five percent to the very worthy charity Zöe's Place Baby Hospice and five percent to Dave's ADHD charity Misunderstood. Now, I have seen people pay up to one thousand pounds for a single night out with Dave, so bidding will start on Saturday at £500, although you could get an early bid in by emailing me at mal@davecourtney.com. Dave wishes Good Luck to all of you. Yesterday evening Dave was the guest of Nick Moran at Nick's new play "Telstar" at the New Ambassador's Theatre in London's West End. The play is a poignant black comedy tracing the rise and tragic fall of Joe Meek (an iconic figure of the British pop scene) played by Olivier Award winner Con O'Neill. Dave says he had a great night and the play was the bollocks ... so much so that he wants to go back and see it again. The Press showing of Hell To Pay was a success on Tuesday ... if you count bums on seats. There were a lot of newspaper people there to watch the film and it was received enthusiastically, but I doubt if you'll read a line about it in your paper. Several of the reviewers said they were there to see the film but didn't believe that anything they wrote about it would be published! 17th August 2005
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0208 296 0080 or 07967 286887 14th August 2005 Dave spent an evening during the week at Joey Pyle Senior's house celebrating Joey's birthday with Charlie Richardson, Freddie Foreman, Johnny Nash, Big H, Ronnie Field, Dave Thurston, Pablo and Wayne (the rappers on The Commandments). Hell To Pay is being shown to the Press in Soho on Tuesday. They've all been invited, but already three reporters have phoned to say that their papers won't allow them to attend. It seems that the Dailies still won't publish anything that reflects Dave in a good light!
Speaking of which, judging by the amount of email I'm getting on the subject, many of you are aware of the articles about Angela Bostock telling "tales" on Steve McPhadden over the past two weeks in the News of the World. Well, I can tell you that dozens and dozens of people have phoned Dave and the papers giving the other side of the story. But you know what? They don't seem to want to print a word against Angela. Last week a reporter from The Sun took down copious notes from Dave on the subject of Angela and Steve. I spoke to the reporter while he was with Dave and later sent him quite a bit of material. But the story never appeared. Now, was that because of Dave's involvement or because the papers don't want to give Steve a fair chance of reply? I suspect both! 11th August 2005 Dave says he picked up his mate Gordon from prison this morning. Gordon is out on a tag and registered at Dave's address until December ... that means the police will be able to check he's there if they stump up the money to watch Dave's webcams! This afternoon Dave will be at Beau's studio in Colchester helping to lay down the tracks for a new CD "Heroes and Villains". Meanwhile, I'm just waiting to receive a copy of the new cover for The Commandments CD cover and you'll be the first to see it. 5th August 2005 It appears that Genson left Dave's house three weeks ago and hasn't been in contact since. The reason is that a lot of items were robbed from Dave's at the same time that Genson left. Dave has heard that G has asked his friends not to tell Dave where he is ... which is perhaps understandable ... but very hurtful. Dave, in the meantime, has changed all the house locks to prevent more items going walkies. Guests who will be going to the party on the 8th September include Steve McFadden, many of the cast of Eastenders, Tommy Lee, Motley Crew, Rancid and half the Arsenal football team! 2nd August 2005 Stop whatever it is you're doing and read this! I have just received an email from our very good friend, fight promoter Tel Currie. If anyone else had written this to me I might have thought it was a wind up or a figment of a very deluded imagination. But Tel is a straight talking honest bloke. Read it. Hello Mal, here's an interesting development. I rang Dave straight away and he told me to mail you to get it on the site straight away. Here goes... Well, I wonder who the three people are. There are three names that spring instantly to mind who have been associated in the past on this website who I am sure would love to drag Dave's name through the mud ... however contrived the mud might be. One of them has already been implicated in a plan to get Dave shot and another has tried to get him put in prison recently. But, apparently, the only way they can get people to lend credence to their lies is to bribe people to lie through their teeth. Now, who would be stupid enough to sell their integrity for a few pieces of silver? Well, I can think of at least three other morons who might have "self-serving motives". Apparently, these "publishers" believe that someone will lie for them. I personally witnessed several rows between Dave and Jen. Every single one was initiated by Jen, who screamed abuse at Dave and used every name under the sun. Dave's response was always the same ... quiet, unassuming and conciliatory ... when he could get a word in edgeways against the verbal tirade. I saw the lacerations to his forearms and shins after the supposed assault. I have personal experience of such attacks and had similar injuries when I refused to strike the woman attacking me (I don't hit women). Dave loved his wife and no lying scumbag will ever convince me that he deliberately hurt her. "NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOUR" said Dave. "NOT GUILTY" said the twelve members of the jury. Obviously these "publishers" have no integrity and profit is their god. 'Scuse me while I pop out and vomit! - Mal. 29th July 2005 A big thank you to Nicky, who runs the oneflashgit website, for sending me the following scans of Dave's latest flyer, advertising the Launch Party:
Click on the thumbnails above to see much larger pics in a new window. I've just received an email from Ironopolis Films. They are the company that are about to start shooting "Six Bend Trap" starring Dave. You can hear and see Dave talking about the coming film at http://www.ironopolisfilms.com/six_bend_trap/. Cast signed up for the film so far includes: Dave Courtney, Cathy Barry, Gemma Taylor, Jodie Marsh, Jo Guest, Laura Michaels, Ella Brooke, Lindsey Dawn McKenzie, Lesley Sanderson, Thomas Craig, Lisa Riley, Paul Usher, Cannon & Ball. 28th July 2005 You may remember me mentioning South London punk band The Sceptics in a previous news piece on this page. There's even a photo of two of them on Gallery 9. Well, the lads have just emailed me a link to a chunk of their music featuring our man, Dave. It's not the finest CD sound quality recording, but you can listen to it at www.purevolume.com/thesceptics.26th July 2005 After trawling the net for you I've just come across a gem. An interview with Dave that you can watch at Chatshow.net. There's another one at the same site containing an interview with Dave by Big Brother's Emma Greenwood at Jodie Marsh's book launch party at Event of the Week (Dave's is the last of three interviews).25th July 2005 IT'S HERE ! Yes, Dave's long awaited third book in his "Ride" autobiographical series is now available in the shops or to order from Amazon (click on the book cover above). It takes up where "The Ride's Back On" left off and brings you right up to date with Dave's extraordinary life. I was lucky enough to receive a pre-release copy a couple of weeks ago and I can tell you it's a fascinating read covering the last four years. Go ... buy it and push Dave back to the Number One Book slot ... again! 24th July 2005 Dave's in Malvern this morning becoming Godfather to his friend Martin's new son Owen, then he's whizzing off to appear at the Talk The Talk show in Maidstone (see below). Yesterday he attended an anti-racist event in Plumstead. Oh, and he also took delivery of his new Rolls Royce Silver Spirit. 21st July 2005 A very big THANK YOU to all those people who replied with legal information about Dave and Jen's marriage. Everyone of you confirmed my own thoughts that they are, indeed, legally married. Special thanks to Marie, Wayne, Lee and Danny for their in-depth legal information, it is very much appreciated. 20th July 2005 On August 7th Dave is at Jackson's Park in Rochester, Kent. It is a fun charity day in aid of the ADHD charity, Misunderstood. It starts at 11 o'clock in the morning. In the evening of 7th August he is doing an Audience With at the Beacon Court, Copenhagen Road, Gillingham, Kent. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets are £7.50 in advance or £10 on the door. The Beacon's telephone number is 01634 853186. And don't forget that Dave is appearing at a Talk the Talk event in aid of his Misunderstood charity (for kids with ADHD) on 24th July in Maidstone. He will be alongside top band "The Shmir" and Osiris at The Soul Cafe, Week Street. Tickets are £15 and the show starts at 8. Phone 01622 751415, 07798 620173 or email uyc200@hotmail.com. 19th July 2005 Message for anyone trying to contact Dave by phone ... it has gone walkabout. He should have a new phone with his old number within the next few days. Now, here's a question for you: Dave has just heard from Jenny, who says that she is stopping the divorce proceedings, as they are not officially married. Here's the facts: They were married in Nevada on 17th March 2002 by a Dr. Louise M. Lederman (DD) and there is a marriage certificate with the Seal of the County of Clark on it. Dave says that neither of them thought to inform any authorities in this country of this marriage on their return. So, in the eyes of British law, can anyone out there tell me whether or not they are officially married? 9th July 2005 JOEY PYLE SNR. & WARREN
BAMFORD PROMOTIONS Bammo's Bash 'Em Up Bonanza 1 An evening of unlicensed championship boxing proudly sponsored by Platinum Limousines on Sunday July 31st at Caesar's Nightclub (156 - 160 Streatham Hill, Streatham, London SW2 4RU) Guest Of Honour: Roy 'Pretty Boy' Shaw; MC on the night: Dave Courtney OBE. Special guests - Roy Shaw, Joey Pyle Snr, Freddie Foreman, Dave Courtney, Alan Minter And The Amazing Jocelyn Brown. Ticket prices - Vip Ringside £55 Ringside £45 Standing Balcony £25 Ticket Hotline 0208 2960080 or 07967 286887 Welcome to the very best of Unlicensed Boxing!!!! 8th July 2005 Well, what's been happening over the past few days? Dave reports that his Audience With in Stoke last week went down a storm to a packed audience. On Saturday morning he met up with Ian "The Machine" Freeman, who's starring in a film being made by Malcolm Martin and Robert Gomez. Then it was on to Live Aid. Then, during the week, he had a drink with the band The Sceptics in The Blind Beggar. The Sceptics are a punk band who have written a number dedicated to Lars and Tim of Rancid. I have a photo of them with Dave to put up on the Gallery this weekend. Finally, he was in a comedy sketch that was being filmed by Gary Bushell with Jo Guest and Micky Pew which Dave's son Beau and friend Gary attended. Meanwhile, I took time out to visit friends Leighton and Lindsay Frayne in South Wales. Many of you will have heard of the Frayne Brothers; some may not. Lovely fellers of the Old School and highly respected. A good time was had over quite a few pints and I'm proud to call the brothers Friends. If you'd like to know more about "The Welsh Krays", as they have been called, then read their book:
30th June 2005 First of all, a warm thank you to Nicky for his personal words over at http://www.oneflashgit.com/. Nicky is a smashing chap who lives close to Dave and is very proud to run Dave's Third Website. I have been happy to help Nicky out on a few occasions and give him a few pointers, which he has kindly acknowledged on his Updates Page. Now, let's clear this web stats issue up once and for all and move on. There is, indeed, a third party hit counter on the Gateway (Index) Page. This is a hangover from long before I took over davecourtney.com and I saw no reason to remove it; I have never used it for serious figures, instead I use my server's Raw Log Files, which are very accurate. Most people who come to this site on a regular basis bookmark this page, so leapfrog the Index Page and aren't included in the figures gathered there by the counter. Many (if not most) of the people hitting the Gateway Page are new to the site, arriving from search engines, links on other sites or have typed in www.davecourtney.com from literature they have read, etc. So a large proportion of the figures recorded there are of brand new visitors. My Raw Logs record "unique visitors", amongst other things. If it says that I had 100 unique visitors in a day that means that 100 different people visited the site, no matter which page they originally landed on. With me so far? Yesterday we had 1,080 unique visitors to this site. The lowest number was on 5th June when we had 673 visitors. The actual daily average for June up until yesterday was 910 and rising. If you want to go on "hits" then yesterday we had 4,879 hits; that is unique visitors times the pages they view. It averages out at around 4,500 per day. Many people ask me to get rid of the gateway page as an irrelevance and I've only kept it on for old times sake. Maybe now is the time to make it vanish and replace it with this page. Now, can we forget the issue and get on with concentrating on Dave, cos this must be boring the pants off people? 29th June 2005 Dave was at the christening of Jason Marriner's son, Billy, at the weekend. "It was the biggest f**king christening I've ever seen," said Dave. "There must have been 600 to 800 people there." Unfortunately Taz got a call that one of her children was quite ill during the event, so Dave had to whiz her back home instead of enjoying the wetting of the baby's head afterwards. Our man was out and about filming today with his good friend Adrian Doughty for a Sky TV programme all about .... Viagra. What a pair to pick: Dave the "hard man" and Adrian the "stand-up" comedian! 28th June 2005 You may have noticed that I have removed the piece about knuckleduster.org from this page. The reason is simple: they removed the offending line about being the biggest DC site on the internet from their news page. Good sense has prevailed. Thanks to those of you who emailed me with your support. As always it is much appreciated and thanks to the many many people who email me daily to offer their praise for davecourtney.com. It makes the job so much more worthwhile. Now, back to more important things: Dave is appearing at a Talk the Talk event in aid of his Misunderstood charity (for kids with ADHD) on 24th July in Maidstone. He will be alongside top band "The Shmir" and Osiris at The Soul Cafe, Week Street. Tickets are £15 and the show starts at 8. Phone 01622 751415, 07798 620173 or email uyc200@hotmail.com. Dave is playing the main character in a forthcoming short film by UYC Productions, written and directed by Marc Carey. It is episode five in the 'Walkman' series. This episode is entitled 'The Insurance Man'. They hope to start filming Mid October. I'll keep you posted. Freebronson.com will be back on the internet soon in a brand new livery, which I'm currently working on, and a statement from Charlie about the unofficial Bronson sites that have nothing to do with him. Stay tuned! 23rd
June 2005 I had a phone call from Wakefield this evening. The voice on the other end said "Hello, is that Mal? This is Charlie Bronson." Well, what a nice surprise! Charlie has asked me to do his new freebronson.com website. Am I honoured or what? I thought about it for a millisecond and said "YES". Charlie has been in prison for 31 years, at least 27 of which have been in solitary. He's now looking at life. It is criminal what the authorities are doing to him. Anyway, I've agreed to meet with one of his his good friends to discuss the matter and collect all Charlie's material, so keep watching this space for details. 23rd June 2005 I was emailed by The Times a couple of days ago. They wanted some words of wisdom from Dave on the reality of crime films. It only took minutes to arrange the interview, and if you buy The Times today you'll find the article all about the crime genre (in the T2 section). Dave's interview appears along side Bruce Reynolds, Frankie Fraser and Leonard "Nipper" Read. If you're too mean or hard-up to buy the paper, no doubt it will appear here in the next few days. 20th June 2005 Wanna see and hear Dave singing? Well you can. Either CLICK HERE or go to Knuckleduster.org to witness the spectacle. Meanwhile, back at the Dave Cave ... the mural on the side of the Castle is finished ... and here it is
18th June 2005 Another major project in progress: Dave's News Cuttings. There are literally hundreds of newscuttings obout Dave. I should know, I catalogued them about two years ago. Over the coming months we'll be adding to this section, but it's started off now with 17 clippings. 16th June 2005 Drum-Roll ... Trumpet Fanfare .... Put this date in your diaries: 8th September 2005 ... a day when history will be made! On that day Dave will be bringing out
ALL ON THE SAME DAY! Not only that, but he will be launching them simultaneously in both the UK and the USA!!!!!!!!! "But we don't want to give you THAT !" It gets even better, cos on that day the CAMELOT CASTLE WEBCAMS will be turned on and LIVE for the very first time and they'll be a PARTEEEY in session. You'll see all the shenanigans as they happen ... and I can promise you shenanigans like you've never seen before! So, wherever you are in the World, you'll be able to enjoy the celebrations AS THOUGH YOU ARE THERE WITH DAVE HIMSELF! Now, far be it from me to rain on anyone's parade, but just how are they gonna keep this one out of the press? No one has EVER brought out their film, their book and their record on the same day and broadcast it on the Internet. Now that's MY definition of HISTORY boys and girls and it is NEWSWORTHY. 13th June 2005 Another weekend, another wedding. Dave was at Mad Pete's wedding on Saturday and had a "fantastic" time. So fantastic that he only got home on Sunday in time to get changed and go to Joey Pyle's boxing event at the Equinox, Leicester Square with Storm, Joey Senior, Joey Junior and Errol Christie (one of Dave's proper old favourites)! "A real blinder of a time" our man said. Speaking of weddings, you can read all about Kate and Jerry's over at knuckleduster.org. And here it is ... the first view of Dave's next book, "F**k The Ride", due for release in less than a month.
The jacket says: Now, in the thrilling third installment of his autobiography F**k the Ride, Dave shares his stories of the last few years - the trials (both in court and out!), the tribulations and the laughs. Having narrowly survived a near-fatal car crash and spent months in a coma, Dave swears someone, somewhere is out to kill him. While he speculates about possible suspects and their motives, and the effect of the crash on his marriage and family, he also travels around the world with his film Hell to Pay, meets the Mafia in Sicily, does a whistlestop tour of New York, Las Vegas, Miami and LA, while learning how to say 'Not Guilty' in eighteen different languages. "From his shady past to the bright lights of fame, stick with Dave along the highs and lows of the rollercoaster ride that is his life ..." The new painting on the side of Dave's Camelot Castle has now been completed by artists Steve and Kevin from Cumbria with help from Welsh Paula. It features portraits of people featured in Dave's next new book "Heroes and Villains", out later this year. They are Al Capone, Ron and Reg Kray, Roy Shaw, Freddie Forman, Joey Pyle, Ronnie Biggs, Howard Marks, Lennie McClean, Charlie Richardson, John Gotti, Al Pacino and, of course, Dave himself. You'll see the pictures as soon as I receive 'em.
11th June 2005 Dave had some friends round for tea last Friday when Roy 'Pretty Boy' Shaw and Tel Currie popped into Camelot Castle before they met up with Mike Gray at Belmarsh to visit Sir Ronnie Biggs again. Hopefully the next visit will be OUTSIDE prison walls. Roy also wanted to thank Dave personally for his contribution to the highly successful DVD "Roy Shaw. Brute Force". The DVD is available from Amazon.co.uk and is the only official Roy Shaw DVD there is. It includes never before released footage of three of Roy's fights as well as Tel Currie's 'Free Bronson' night and a tribute to and the funeral of Tony Lambrianou. Dave features regularly throughout the DVD. I can personally promise you value for money from this DVD! 9th June 2005 News just in from Billy Clark in America: "I thought you might like to know that I have just secured a deal with Jared Grabow of Grabow & Associates of Dallas, Texas to represent Dave in the US for a series of “Evenings With…” speaking engagements. Grabow is one of the premier speaker bureaus, and they rep such talent as Bill Cosby, Al Gore, Zbigniew Brzezinski [try saying that when you've had a few - Mal], Daisy Fuentes, 50 Cent, DixieChicks, EddieMurphy & Elton John. Dave is in great company!" Dave has only just told me that he had Jason Marriner of the Chelsea Headhunters up on stage with him at his Leeds "Audience With ...." last month. You might remember that Jason got six years back in 2000 for conspiring to commit violent disorder after being befriended and secretly filmed by undercover BBC journalist Donal MacIntyre ("MacIntyre Investigates"). Jason's defence at the time claimed that the documentary had been edited to incriminate him. Dave says Jason is a "natural entertainer."
Now, the eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that some stuff has been removed from the site. This is because of the threat of legal action by Angela Bostok's solicitors against the company I use to host this site. The company's attitude was quite straight forward: either I remove the material or they remove the site. No brainer really! I took off the "Dave and Jen Split" material, but the solicitors insisted that I also take off the "F**k The Ride" section too, claiming it was defamatory to their client.
Oh, almost forgot ... Dave's giving a bit of a facelift to Camelot Castle for when the web-cams become active later this year. The whole side of the place is being repainted. Can yuh see what it is yet? 'E don't do fings by 'arves, do 'e? Massive hugs, kisses and things too naughty to put on the website to Bev M for sending me the photo. 5th June 2005 Dave says he and Storm had a wicked time at Kate & Jerry's wedding yesterday. During the service, when they got to the bit about Any man who knows of any lawful impediment .... Dave jumped up and yelled "Yup! I do!" The congregation all turned to look at him. After a slight pause Dave simply said "Nope. I've forgotten what it was now ..." and quietly sat back down. A couple of minutes later, after the congregation had wiped their pews dry and recomposed themselves, things were back in full swing when Dave leaped up again and hollered "I've remembered!" Health Warning to any kids reading this: Don't try this when your Mum and Dad get married! Dave is a professional, but you could easily get seriously injured performing his stunts. 4th June 2005 Congratulations
and Best Wishes Mal 3rd June 2005 Dave Courtney hits the streets in the USA! Famous West Coast Hip-Hop/Popper “Tron” (in blue jumpsuit) and a member of his crew, “Devee”, have taken to wearing the Dave Courtney t-shirt when they prep for their next dance “battle”…
Thanks a million to US film producer Billie Clark for this story. Last night Dave attended the Channel X Party along with Jodi Marsh, Louise Glover, Emma and Michelle from Big Brother, Cathy and Phil Barry and Lindsey Dawn McKenzie. He had a mental time by all accounts and I'm waiting for the photos to be emailed to me. Tonight he will be out on the razz with Lars Frederiksen and Steve Wale at The Aquarium, Spearmint Rhinos and China Whites. 2nd June 2005 Here's a pic of Mark Fish with Mark and Dave's latest "Company Car", a very tasty BMW Z3. Mark was kind enough to take me out for a spin in the motor and I can tell you mate .... it goes. Dave is intending to use the car in his next film venture. Just look at that crazy number plate : )
Mark would like to say thankyou to "Norma of NORMAX VALETING SCUNTHORPE for doing an excellent job in keeping it kleen". 31st May 2005 Loadsa news today: Dave he's been asked to do a comedy sketch for TV with his good friends Steve McFadden and Nigel Benn. Dave says he's really looking forward to catching up with both his old mates. Watch this space for more news on that one. Meanwhile, Dave has been in Pat Collier's recording studios (The Gravity Shack, Tooting) today with Lars Frederiksen of Rancid, Steve Wale (The Business), Robin Guy (the best drummer in the world) and guitarist and song writer Darryl Smith to lay down some tracks for their new band's new album. You might remember from this page that Lars set up a band a little while ago called The Bastards, who have released two albums so far: Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and Viking. The new band that Dave is recording with is called The Masons and the album is to be entitled "We Rule The World" (Ha Ha!!!!!!). Now that's one CD that I can't wait to hear! Storm's also spending time in the recording studios this week, singing some of the vocals and backing vocals for Dave's next CD. Storm is a first class singer by professional, so this is going to be gooooooooood. And speaking of Storm, she surprised Dave when he arrived back from the Gumball Rally ... she's only gone and installed a full sized pool table in the house for him. What a diamond she is! Everyone should have a Storm in their lives. News on the book, "F**k The Ride": printing started last week and the release is still slated for 7th July. It's a blinder, even though Virgin's legal team took out all mentions of davecourtney.com (sob). According to Dave, this is down to the waves being made by Angela and Jen's legal teams over the website proving their relationship last year. Dave (and I) were obviously gutted by this turn of events, but it hasn't diminished the book and it's still funny as f**k. You can be one of the first to laugh your dusters off by pre-ordering it from Amazon.co.uk by CLICKING HERE. While we're at it, Dave has a book coming out in time for Christmas called Dave Courtney's Heroes and Villains. Everyone who's read the draft reckons it's his best ever. If you want to give the Dave Courtney fan in your life the ultimate Chrissie Pressie then Amazon are taking pre-orders at an amazing 30% discount. CLICK HERE to pre-order Heroes and Villains! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our
old friend Mark Fish has had a spot of bother. Mark has been dashing
up and down the motorways for the past seven weeks overseeing the filming of
the movie of Charlie Bronson's life. A couple of days ago he was at a set of
traffic lights with his young daughter in the passenger seat. He pulled
away, heard a loud twang and hit a lamp-post. Neither he nor his daughter
were hurt, but the front of the car was rather bent.
Dave
Courtney is famous for his ability to play pool using ONLY ONE HAND ... a skill
he learned in prison. In fact, Dave NEVER plays two handed and it's a sight
worth seeing. Even better, it's worth experiencing for yourself. If you'd like
to spend a night in Dave's company at his home, the awesome Camelot Castle,
playing him on his own table then be our guest. Win or lose, an evening of pool
and unusual one-to-one banter with Dave is available to you for only £100. Yup,
you heard me right. Just £100! And ... if you'd like to take us up on this offer
... we'll feature a photo of you with Dave (providing you remember to take one)
on this Home Page.
We
have just heard from Liam Galvin of Gangster Video's that "Dave
Courtney's Dodgy Dvd' is to be released in USA on April
10th.
Valentine's
Day
If
it’s going to go wrong, it will. I am standing outside
a Southeast London tube station on a beautiful summer’s
day. I am feeling nervous and excited, because in less
then half an hour I will be interviewing Dave Courtney
for the online magazine PEOM, 
In
doing so, we had built a good rapport. Dave Courtney kindly invited a few friends
and me for an audience at his house in Southeast London, ‘Camelot’.
"I
watched Vinnie Jones on TV last night on that You
Can't Fire Me I'm Famous, being interviewed by Piers
Morgan, who sacked him from The News of the World. I
wanna say that if Vinnie was telling the truth (which
I think he was) then I take my hat off to him and hold
out an olive branch if he'd like to get in touch with
me.
"Our good friend Mr. Fish was cornered by the constabulary ‘yet again’ yesterday. He was surrounded by two
Subaru’s and a Dog van. The PATHETIC pricks that stopped him said they had been instructed to 'stop and search'. When they found the only ‘lifeless bodies’ in his car was his daughter Jasmine’s Barbie & Ken they proceeded to nick him for his Tinted Windows with a £60 fine AND 3 points."
Roy
Shaw, Tel Currie and Mike Gray are visiting Ronnie Biggs in Belmarsh in
the next three weeks. Ronnie has been in prison for over five years since he
returned to this country (thanks to The Sun). He has suffered several strokes
and is no longer able to speak, but uses an alphabet board to spell out words to
visitors. However, Mike tells me that he is in good spirits considering his
plight. If you'd like to send a personal message of support or good wishes to
Ronnie then please 
Hi Mal, Just emailing to say a massive thanks to Dave for being a top host on my birthday. We had a brilliant evening , meeting a few of Dave's friends who popped in and chatting about the gumball rally amongst other things. Dave made us feel totally at home and could not have been more friendly, i would not hesitate in recomending an evening playing pool at camelot castle to anyone thinking about it. I wont mention the pool score as Dave managed to thash me 1 handed, which was funny after a few beers. Once again many thanks for making my birthday a top night to remember.
I'll
be writing an article about the evening over the next couple of days as well
as putting up an entire new gallery of photos from the event, so keep
dropping by. In the meantime, take a look at the lovely Helen from Leeds.
Helen was part of a party of forty friends brought down by Mark Fish.
Dave's
good friend and genuine genius rapper Osiris has a great new website
on which to display his talents. Just click on the link and take a look at 
We
hear that Sam "The Ashby Assasin" received some considerable
injuries a couple of days ago. Sam is a very good friend of Dave and of Mark
Fish and I'd just like to tell him that all the boys in London and up and
down the country are wishing you a speedy recovery mate.
During
the week Dave and Storm were invited to Jodi Marsh's fancy dress birthday
party at The Sugar Hut in Brentwood.
)
Gemma
has just got back from Poland, where she won The European Strong Woman Cup in Gdansk, winning 4 events out of 6.
You can read her full report on the competition 
Do
you remember me telling you about Dave's next film project, "Don of
The Dead"? Oh, come on, keep up! It's further down the page (31st
October). Well, Lee tells me that the stunning and talented Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty will be starring alongside Dave in the zombie/gangster comedy film. Lucinda shot to fame in such programmes as Sky One's "Dream Team" (as super-bitch Jodie Stone), "Harry and Cosh" and "Cave Girl". There's an interview with Lucinda over on
)
Dave has agreed to do a DVD signing of
'The Ultimate Gangster Collection' at Air Entertainment, 255 High St, Chatham at 1.00 on 9th November. This is a five disc DVD collection which is due for release end of November containing 'Dave Courtney's Dodgy DVD' - 'Roy Shaw - Brute Force' - 'The Ultimate Gangster DVD 1 & 2’ & ‘The Krays Geordie Connection'. It is released by Blackhorse Entertainment who are organising the signing. Dave will also sign copies of
'Hell To Pay'. Thanks to Liam at
"It was a few days before our wedding and we were making the final arrangements at the Spa Hotel in Saltburn for our civil wedding, when Rich noticed a guy who he thought he knew making a few
enquiries. His suspicions were right: it was the legendary 'Dave Courtney'. Rich was amazed.
He had read his books, watched films, one of his idols was at the Spa Hotel. How was I going to get him to speak to him?"
Mark
Fish tells me that he is off up to a greyhound race track in Darlington on
Wednesday to do some filming with Dave for "Six Bend Trap". Mark
says he's looking forward to playing Dave's minder and is taking several of
his "lads" with him to act as heavies in the film.
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