THE MARTIANS

2007
*20th August 2007 EDINBURGH FESTIVAL BUSKING!
Check out the amazing Martians guys on the high street Edinburgh. (Harry – guitar, Houston – guitar, Gerry – very high falsetto voice!) ALSO Joining them is the Ex- Martian David Sneddon They are guaranteed to put a Big smile on your face!

*11/07/07 THE MARTIANS are playing at the Belladrum Festival Inverness.

NEW CD - MARTIANS – ‘Geoff the Musical’: Part One!

John is backing on guitar and vocals with David Sneddon at the Edinburgh festival gigs at the Jazz Bar (23/24/25 August). where David will perform new songs from his new EP 'White Noise'.

2006
The Martians play the Royal Mile, near St Giles Cathedral
7-13th Aug 2006 at 2.35pm
19th-28th Aug 2006 at 2.55pm
7-13th Aug _ John is appearing in a children's musical called
"The Dream Dealer" at Augustine's, 41 George IV Bridge at 4.15pm BoxOfficeTel:08452262721: www.thedreamdealer.com

2005
*13/09/08 - 'Evil Face' The Bedlam Theatre
  (freshers week)
 EDINBURGH fESTIVAL
 08/08/05 - 27/08/05 The Bedlam Theatre, EDINBRUGH
 15/08/05 - 27/08/05 Edinburgh Dungeons
 08/08/05 - 27/08/05 street music The Royal Mile
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 MARTIANS 2004
 22/10/04 - The Bongo Club, Edinburgh
 10/09/04 - The Bongo Club, Edinburgh
 20/08/04 - 27/08/04 The Edinburgh Dungeons

2007 -

*SUNDOWE musical DATES ANNOUNCED! !!**
Evening Performances @ 8pm: 29 Nov 2007 to 15 Dec 2007
2 Afternoon performances @ 2.30 pm - 8th Dec & 15th Dec 2007

Ticket Prices £14.50
For online ticket reservations see -
Check out new Sundowe website for more info -
Eden Court Theatre and Cinema
Bishops Road
Inverness
Scotland
IV3 5SA - Box Office: 01463 234234

At the new Eden Court Theatre in Inverness on Thursday November the 29th, 2007. The show will then run for several weeks, before embarking on a tour of the Highlands.
ALSO the Sundowe website is now live with some storyline insights, characters and ALSO "The Brothers Kielty".

August 2007-09-04
John "Head Martian" Kielty has been nominated for the "What's On Stage" Edinburgh Festival 2007, in the "Best Lyricist" category. It was for some numbers he put together for "A History Of Scotland" by Katriona Wilson,

NEW CD - MARTIANS – ‘Geoff the Musical’: Part One!

05/07/06 - THE SUNDOWE WINS HIGHLAND QUEST for a new Scottish Musical  And will play new Eden Court theatre, Inverness next year! before touring.

12/06/06 - The Martians musical The SUNDOWE, is one of the finalists in the Quest for a new musical, and will be performed in Ullapool on the 7th July 2006.

05/05/06 – GIGS!! John acoustic gigs with DAVID SNEDDON:

" As future owners of your planet, we advise you to attend, as we shall look ( slightly ) more favourably on those who do. We will tell you a story, play you our new album, and then, as our climax will attempt to resurrect Buddy Holly from the grave. slowly but surely, we're drawing our plan against you. " 

The Martians Bio – (Short Version)
  The Martians have landed!
The most ‘out-of-this world’ band in the Universe plan world domination and are plotting their take over!
The Martians write & perform songs, musicals, and TV shows, they are a unique sounding rock band with 'folk elements.' The Martians hit the Edinburgh Festival in 2005 with ‘ Evil Face’…. A stupendously fast-paced and entertaining show; outlandish, energetic, scary and absorbing! The boys have been writing Martian scripts for Radio and a Pilot Martian Tv series with the boys fighting off Aliens!  
“We've just filmed our TV pilot. It's basically about a group of buskers who all live in a supernatural world with vampires and Satan and stuff like that - it's like the Monkees meets Renta-Ghost, and it's got a kicking pop/rock soundtrack." John is a huge Doctor Who fan and has ambitions to play him one day. His work is also greatly influenced by sci-fi stories.
 
In 2003 John joined fellow Martian and Fame Academy winner, David Sneddon in London, where they spent two years on planet pop, beating off earthling fans, playing Top of the Pops and supporting stars like Elton John and Bryan Adams. In 2004 John played guitar in David’s band The Sham.

The Martians wrote a few Musicals in 2005, which they hope to have produced on stage and radio. Their Musical titles are:  'The Rise of the Martians!' 'The Sundowe' (a medi-evil War of the Worlds!') & 'Beneath the Stars’
2006 The Martians return to the Studio, and back are Martin Kielty on drums and Gibby on bass.
Their Musical ‘The Sundowe' got to the FINAL FIVE of The Highland Quest for a NEW Musical competition from over 150 entrants. Written by brothers John Kielty,James Kielty and Gerry Kielty, the Sundowe is " Set in present day Edinburgh with the city in terror. People begin vanishing and vampires stalk the streets." The Quest is run in partnership by Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, The Scottish Executive and The Mackintosh Foundation.

SUNDOWE WINS QUEST!!!
In July 2006, highlights from these five finalists musicals were performed in Ullapool, Scotland and the SUNDOWE won the competition!
The Sundowe will be one of the opening events in the newly constructed theatre at Eden Court, Inverness in 2007, before embarking on a Scottish tour. http://www.highland-quest.com/ Cameron Mackintosh, who has produced the musicals Cats and Les Miserables, will be producing.  Most of their inspiration for The Sundowe came from working on Edinburgh ghost tours. Set in Edinburgh the musical is a tale of vampires, street music and spirits of the lost and forgotten, and their subsequent battle to save the world. John is fascinated by the undead, and thin places, he’s one spooked guy! The former St Andrew's High students, spent four years and 12 drafts perfecting the masterpiece which originally started as a radio script.

John performed acoustic gigs in London and Glasgow with David Sneddon.
In July the Martians set up their new site, the Martians Chronicles, which has many news items, a John blog and festival diaries. They also set up on myspace. - www.the-martians.co.uk. In August 2007, they were again performing on Edinburgh's High Street during the festival.
John has been shuttling between San Francisco and Edinburgh in 2007.
The Sundowe goes into rehearsals in October 2007, to be performed in EdenCourt theatre Inverness Scotland in November 2007.

The Martians are here to save us from dark forces, with their crazy humour, and songs….
  “We’d like to be like the Monkees, but more real, do comedy sketches and perform songs.”