It had been far too long, but on Sunday 17th October 2021, after all of the disruption of the pandemic we finally made a return to live performing with a free concert in Alice Park. And here is a clip: We were a bit worried about getting rained off, but our friends at the Alice Park Cafe provided us with cover and the sun was shining like a warm spring day. Thank you to everyone who showed up to watch. For anyone who wasn't there. Here is the set list: Cars, Gary Numan Living for the City, Stevie Wonder I Shot the Sheriff, Bob Marley Chameleon, Herbie Hancock Naima, John Coltrane More Than This, Roxy Music Where Are We Now?, David Bowie Rosanna, Toto Titanium, Sia The Edge of Glory, Lady Gaga I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Whitney Houston I Am the Walrus, The Beatles
The Bathtub Orchestra has had to quickly adapt to the reality of the lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic. We already had to make a heartbreaking decision early on to cancel a gig that was going to be on Bath Half Marathon Sunday. At that point the government was not advising anything other than washing your hands regularly, but we needed to take a further decision on whether to continue rehearsals which are inevitably very interactive! With a number of members being in high risk groups we decided the prudent decision would be to suspend rehearsals until further notice. Roll on a few days later and the government announced social distancing, followed soon after by the closure of schools. We felt somewhat vindicated in making a decision which was ahead of the curve, but it did not take the pain away from having to suspend all rehearsals for an undetermined period. Some might say ‘so what, rehearsals will start back up again at some point?’ But the Bathtub Orchestra is more than just