The band Roy Wood refers to in his remarks is always clearly advertised as 'The Move - Featuring Trevor Burton & Bev Bevan'. Why does Roy refuse to acknowledge the existence and participation in our band of Trevor Burton who as everybody is well aware, started the original band with Ace Kefford, and they were the ones who invited Roy Wood to join 'The Move' in the sixties.

We appreciate that everyone is entitled to an opinion, but as original members of 'The Move' (at it's formation in 1965) we do not have to seek permission from Roy Wood for anything we do pertaining to 'The Move'. We would also like to point out that the late, great Carl Wayne would also have been part of this present band if he had not been taken from us. Carl's widow Sue is 100% behind this project.

Of the fifteen shows we have performed so far, no one to our knowledge has ever called out "where is Roy Wood". Every show has been amazingly well received, with standing ovations at each venue.

During the seventy-five minute set we include just seven Roy Wood compositions. The rest of the show is made up of songs 'The Move' performed on stage in the late sixties, plus other songs we admire from that era. In future we plan to add another six to eight songs to our repertoire, none of which were written by Roy Wood.

With regard to Roy Wood's jibe that we are basically just a tribute band, may we point out that there are a huge number of bands from the sixties and seventies currently touring very successfully, groups such as: The Animals, The Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Fortunes, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Hollies, Love Affair, Marmalade, Merseybeats, Moody Blues, Mud, Rocking Berries, Searchers, Slade, Smokie, The Spencer Davis Group, 10cc, Troggs just to name a few. Many of them have two and in some cases only one of the original line up.

On behalf of the whole band (Trevor, Bev, Phil Tree, Neil Lockwood, and Gordon Healer) may we take this opportunity to thank everyone for their great support at our concerts and to all of you who have passed on your best wishes for the future. We all so enjoy playing on stage and recreating this great music from the mid to late sixties. We look forward to seeing you somewhere soon.

In closing we want to make one point blatantly clear once and for all, Roy Wood has been invited to be part of this venture on more than one occasion and has declined. His brilliance as a songwriter and his contribution to the band are acknowledged at every show. It seems such a shame that the same professional courtesy is not afforded to us in return. We would much prefer to deal with any issues Roy may have face to face rather than through the media but we did not make that choice. Roy knows very well, our door remains open anytime he wants to talk.

Take Care, good luck

Love

Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton