Factfile

• Morning Parade played their first official gig at The Marquee in Hartford.

• They played an encore as a support act at their second gig in The Horn in St. Albans and Phil and Steve swapped instruments, this is the only known time this has happened.

• 'On Your Shoulders' has only been played twice, this was at New Slang in Kingston, London on the 3rd of March 2011 and a few weeks before at Proud 2 in the O2 Arena in London.

• Also on the 3rd of March 2011 they played an exclusive acoustic set in a local record shop called 'Banquet Records' a video to 3 of the 5 songs can be seen on youtube. Only 12 people showed up to this as it wasn't advertised. This is the only known time the whole band has done an acoustic set.

• Steve and Chad have both appeared as featured artists on a 'Dance' track called 'Semi-Conversational'.

• Steve, Phil and Chad were all members of Anotherstory.

• The band are prone to 'making themselves known' when arriving in a new place, or a new venue.

• They have recorded over 40 songs for the début album. And if the songs don't make the album they will be released as B-Sides. 

• 'Love Hate' was the first track made public on youtube with a studio video in 2009.

• 'A&E' is the only song that has been in every live set since the first gig.

• On their myspace in late 2008 they had the below as an about us...

"The waking thoughts and the lump in your throat, the "I love you" that should never have been said out loud, every single lover you've ever had, coming back to haunt you. That tiny voice that whispers in the night, the aching in your chest, all of it. This is about you, for you, only you and nobody else, every emotion you've ever felt, making perfect sense in beautiful order."