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SECRET AFFAIR STATEMENT RE FROM THE JAM SHOWS

Secret Affair regret to announce, that they will no longer be appearing as "Special Guests" to From The Jam at Birmingham Academy and Hammersmith Apollo in December 2008 as advertised.

In April of this year we were approached by From The Jam and offered the pick of several shows on their December tour. After consideration we finally agreed on just the two shows and the deal was finalized with their promoter Nigel McIntyre and Regular Music.

In August (despite an assurance that we would not appear in any From The Jam advertising prior to our own London Astoria show on Sept 13th), adverts for the shows appeared in Scootering Magazine and more recently in Uncut and Mojo. This was also driven on websites and forums connected with both bands, in particular by ourselves.

On September 13th Promoter Nigel McIntyre contacted us to say that "There was a problem" regarding our appearance at these gigs (but without giving any specific explanation). After a further four weeks of apparent deliberation we were finally told by the Promoter and on behalf of From The Jam that we were "no longer welcome to appear as Special Guests" despite the fact our name had been used to advertise and sell From The Jam concert tickets for over two months.
Furthermore by this time it was too late for us to organize alternative end of year shows, which we had originally planned to do before From The Jam invited us to guest with them.

Despite at all times being ready, available and looking forward to performing at these shows, we have yet to receive any proper explanation as to why we have been dropped from the bill at such short notice, nor for that matter have we received any form of apology, to us or our fans.

We are further dismayed and upset to see new official FTJ tour advertising featuring Secret Affair as "Special Guests" in the November issues of Scootering, UNCUT,WORD & MOJO magazines and also very alarmed that From The Jam as an organisation have yet to issue any formal statement confirming that we are no longer appearing as "Special Guests" at their Birmingham & London shows.

Once again we can only apologize to all our loyal fans for any disappointment and inconvenience but this matter is entirely out of our hands. We recommend that should you seek a refund - you should contact Nigel McIntyre and Regular Music, since he is the promoter and responsible for publishing the magazine advertising confirming we were on the bill and with whom fees had been agreed.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you at our future shows.

Best regards

Ian Page & Dave Cairns
Secret Affair