Marlys, 02-03-07
Our first show in a month (we take January off), and the day before Super Bowl 41, Bears/Colts.  A CRAZY night, despite single digit temps and below zero wind chill. 
SHOUT OUTS:  Jeremy, Lisa, Linz, Leora, Doren, Amy, Jamie, Melissa, and Kristin.
Citys, 02-10-07
Had to be a record crowd.  MASSIVE amount of people this night.  Thanks to all that rocked out all night with us from the first song to the last.

SHOUT OUTS:  To all our friends that come see us...and to David Hobby for the great work.
Baileys Pub, 02-17-07
Janet had to take a night off due to illness, so 'da boys in the band rocked Taylorville.  People in this town KNOW how to party!

SHOUT OUTS:  Christopher, the mayor for the drinks, and all that made the trip from Spfld.
Marlys, 03-03-07
Back in Springfield for a packed, crazy, night...

SHOUT OUTS:  The City Limts Band, thanks for making it out and hanging out with us.
Newts, 03-09-07
Our first time in Newt's Raceway, it's a great place to party.  It's a big club, and we had a packed house.  

SHOUT OUTS:  The entire bar staff of Newts, all great to work with, thanks for taking care of us
Karma, 03-17-07
St. Patty's Day madness again at Karma this year.  Packed house, great time.  New look Karma has a catwalk and a cage now.  SPECIAL thanks goes out to the KISS crew for making this one and joining us on stage.  THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  KISS-FM staffers, B Love, Matt
Citys, 03-23-07
A great night at Citys, as always.  F5 welcomed a new band member, Brandy Kristin on vocals.  Brandy did an awesome job!  
SHOUT OUTS:  Brandy, Kyle, Mandi
Marlys, 04-07-07
Packed and nuts at Marlys...a 'preview' of the Secretary's Day party, that will be here (and F5) on April 25th??  You know it...   
SHOUT OUTS:  Stan for covering for Bob
Baileys Pub, 04-13-07
Freakin nuts all night, this is a great place to party in Taylorville.    
SHOUT OUTS:  JR for a great job (soundman), staff at Baileys
Marlys, 04-25-07
The Secretary's Party was HERE, a packed club all night.  Mayor Tim Davlin was in the crowd, B Love & Matt from Karma, and many others.    
SHOUT OUTS:  Mindy, Sean, Tim, Jeremy and the rest of the staff
Citys, 04-27-07
The Crossroads Prevous Show with City Limits(the concert will be June 13th, Sangamon County Fair Grandstand).  The most fun we've had yet this year, as both bands rocked the house.  PACKED and hot, a huge production, TONS of free stuff...it was a great night.    THE PICS 
SHOUT OUTS:  Laura Richter for the endless coordinating, planning, designing of promo, and on and on.  Also; Kyle for the extra work & the hiring of lights, WFMB staffers for announcing, David Hobby for the photos, Bud for all the swag, Ric Majors for the two days work/extra staging/and the sound, and the City Limits Band.  
Marlys, 05-05-07
Surely an attendance record set as the bar was JAMMED packed all night for Cinco Dimaio.  Great job by Jeremy and rest of the staff to handle the huge crowd all night.    
SHOUT OUTS:  Welcome home Angie!
Citys, 05-18-07
Always a great night at Citys.    
SHOUT OUTS:  KISS-FM staffers for making the trip, and all the Springfield friends that come see us here.
Oasis, 05-25-07
The former PT's, now called Bar Oasis.    
SHOUT OUTS:  John Ferguson for sitting for Tony.
Soar Into Summer/Air Rendezvous Prevous Party, 06-01-07
The first annual Soar Into Summer Party was a huge success despite a little rain.  Crowd estimates were over the previous (formerly the Prevous Party) attendance record.  City Limits band also played with Tom, Janet and Brandy sitting in.  A little preview for June 13th at the Sangamon County Fair Grandstand stage Crossroads concert.  Fireworks were lit off between the bands (by Air Rendezvous, the only permit in the city this night for fireworks).  For those of you that went to the other festival looking for us and were unable to get a refund, we are very sorry for that!     THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Kim Curry and Tony Wasilewski for doing a GREAT job, Bar Oasis for the awesome after party, Mike from CLB, also Scott Lecocq for sitting in with us, News Channel 20 & WDBR for the live promos.
Pawnee Prairie Days, 06-08-07
An amazing night, they know how to put on a fair in Pawnee.  Special thanks to Mikey Austin for this show.    THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Thanks to KISS FM's Sarah, plus a rare visit by Bondsy, also thanks to Rachael from FOX.  
Sangamon County Fair Crossroads Concert, 06-13-07
Perfect weather....an awesome night on the fair's grandstand.  Thanks to the City Limits Band for making this another fun Crossroads show for us.     THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Laura Richter for her endless work on this show, Mike Webb, Steve Neuman of the County Fair, Ric Majors for doing sound, our security guys TJ Swoik and Rich Whiting, and to Clear Channel (WFMB and KISS) for the incredible amount of promotion, the commercials, the swag, and everything else they did for us.  
Farmersville Irish Days, 06-15-07
A hot night in Farmersville, as we had our yearly PARTY there.  Special thanks as always to Eric Webb.  THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Eric Webb and the rest of the Farmersville Irish Days workers.  
Sangamon County Fair Miller Tent, 06-16-07
Packed beyond belief!  A crazy, HOT night at the fair.  This was vocalist Brandy Kristin's last gig, she has left F5 to be a lead singer of a new band, starting up this fall.  We thank her very much for her time spent with us.  Also, our dear friend Bridgett spent her last night at an F5 gig, as her military unit (USN) is being deployed to Iraq.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Steve Neuman  
Chatham Homecoming, 06-23-07
60% chance of rain for the night, plus it had rained all day.  But somehow...the rain held off, and it was an awesome night this year.    THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Rick Schmitgen and the rest of the Chatham American Legion. 
Morgan County Fair, 07-14-07
A very sad night for us as long time guitar player Tony Dyer (one of the 5 original/founding members) played his last show with us.  Tony is taking a break from playing for awhile.  Tony has been in the band since the beginning, 11 years ago.  (Tom is now the only remaining original member).  Tony, it's been a long, strange ride....you will be missed.  
It was our first time at the event, and the packed house had a great time!  We were WELL taken care of from the staff. In addition to TJ and Randi, we now have an additional dance team  from Frederick's School of Fine Arts that performed for the first time with us and did great!    THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Tony Dyer, Frederick's School of Fine Arts & Heather Phares, Jeff Wheaton for sitting in, the staff at the Morgan County Fair, Glenna and her friends for showing up with awesome homemade F5 T-shirts (see pic), and former F5 drummer Stan Komperda for coming for Tony's last show and sitting in to play with Tony one last time.
Tone Loc/F5 Concert, 07-20-07
Chatham Cornfest, 07-21-07
Could have been a great night if...Tone Loc showed up!  The report was that he was 'detained' in L.A. at the airport.  F5 did the show anyway, and we had a good time, thanks to the staff of radio station Power 92.3 in Peoria.    THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Brad & Matt, and Chris, David, Rich, TJ and Randi for making this trip.  
Attendance RECORD SET!!!  David Schall from the Jaycees reported that there were 5000 to 6000 people there!  Perfect weather...just an awesome night.  We had all three dance teams with us, special thanks to the three choreographers (TJ Cunningham, Heather Phares, and Tracie Sims) for all the awesome routines.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Glenna for making us our own special F5 T-shirts:), Heather, Tracie, F5 security dude Rich Whiting for all the extra work, Chris Bartolomucci for filling in on guitar for the weekend, Filthy Johanson for letting Tom sit in.  
Marlys, 05-05-07
Another great night at Marlys.  Also...earlier in the day, Tom & Drew were two of the judges for the final 5 contestants on Fox's Illinois Idol.  All 5 were awesome, congrats to winner, Kimberly.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Rachael from Fox
ISF Miller Tent, 08-10-07
GREAT start to the fair!  Special thanks to guests Chris Bartolomucci of Filthy Johanson and to Rod Grant, formerly of Late Arrival.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Chris, Rod, Heather, Breanne, Lindy and Ric Majors, Newts for the after party
ISF Miller Tent, 08-11-07
INCREDIBLE crowd, packed all night.  All 3 dance teams performed and did awesome, thanks to all.  Jeff Wheaton, formerly of The Lost Boys played guitar for us this night, and Rod Grant again sat in and did an incredible job.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Jeff, Rod, Tracey & Tracy, Newts
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ISF Miller Tent, 08-17-07
ISF Miller Tent, 08-18-07
PACKED and crazy, an incredible night!  Awesome F5 after-party at Newts, thanks to everybody for coming to that also.  THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Rod, Jeff
There is just no way you could have fit anymore people into the tent!  An AWESOME '07 fair.  On this night, it turned into an engagement party, Oakie proposed to Janet on stage.  Special thanks to everybody listed in the shout outs for making this one of the best years for us.  THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Pics from David Hobby, guests Rod Grant, Jeff Wheaton, Chris Bartolomucci, sound by Ric Majors (and the best stage setup ever), dancers Tracey Sims, Tracy Shaw, Heather Phares, Brianne Larson, TJ & Randi, Lindy Noel, security from Rich Whiting, TJ Swoik, Mike, Terry, also Gordon's Homeade Chocolates for the free stuff, Newts for the after parties
Marlys, 09-08-07
Despite the street being blocked off for the cruise, the bar was jammed packed.  Thanks to all for coming out and finding a way to get there!   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Rod Grant for sitting in, David Hobby of Big Dog Productions for the great pics gig after gig
Athens Heritage Days, 09-22-07
The last all ages/outdoor show of the year was awesome!  We saw lots of our friends and fans there...plus the Athens Heritage Days festival rocks!  Thanks to Rod Grant and Tommy Dirken for working with us this night.     THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  F5 won two IL Times Best of Springfield awards for 2007 (Best Cover Band & Best Rock Band)!  So first and foremost, we would like to thank all of our friends/fans that voted for us.  We also would like to thank: KISS-FM, E & F Distributing, David Hobby, Rod Grant, Chris Bartolomucci, Tony Dyer, Brandy Kristin, Heather Phares, Breanne Larson, Tacey Sims, Tracy Shaw, TJ Cunningham & Randi, Jeff Wheaton, Rich Whiting, TJ Swoik, Power 92 of Peoria. 
Baileys, 09-29-07
Been since April that we have been here.  What a crazy, packed night!  They know how to party in Taylorville!   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Rod Grant, TJ Swoik and David Hooby for making it down, plus Amanda and all the staff at Baileys
Citys, 10-06-07
The bar has been renovated and looks awesome.  A great night back at Citys!  THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS:  Kyle, and dancers Tracy Shaw and Tracey Sims for performing with us.
Marlys, 10-13-07
Packed from start to finish, an awesome night at Marlys.  Special thanks to all the staff here of whom really know how take care of us.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Marlys staff
Salute, 10-27-07
Wild night for the annual Halloween bash.  Special thanks to Jenny from KISS and Rachael from FOX for hosting the costume contest.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Jenny, Rachael, Sarah
Baileys, 11-03-07
Back to the craziest bar that we play...packed all night, fantastic crowd.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Amanda, Baileys Staff
Marlys, 11-10-07
Last night for us in Springfield & Marlys until we play here again on Dec 21, of which will be our last show of '07 until we play again in Feb '08. THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Happy Birthday Nina
Baileys, 12-08-07
The roads were freakin awful with ice, but we still had a show, and people still came out.  Thanks to everybody that came. THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Shawn, Amanda, Sandy
Citys, 12-15-07
Another horrible weather night...yet Citys had a huge crowd.  THANKS to all that came out when it was that freakin crappy out. THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: Kyle for being at the gig...
Marlys, 12-21-07
Our final show of 2007 ended with a PACKED Marlys, a great way to end the year.  We celebrated F5's 11 year anniversary.  Former drummer Jeff Wakolbinger sat in for one, (he was in the band during the late 90's).  SPECIAL thanks goes to Rachael Atchison from FOX for announcing us and for singer Rod Grant (formerly of Late Arrival) for sitting in for some songs.  We take January off, so we'll be back in Feb 2008...first stop will be at Marlys.   THE PICS
SHOUT OUTS: David Hobby of Big Productions for all the pics from every gig you shoot.  Your work and skill is very much appreciated.  Mike Marcy for your awesome work for us.  All the dancers for providing some of the best choreography and dancing we have seen yet.  Security guys TJ Swoik and Rich Whiting for doing a great job for us.