Stretch Princess Setlist

Shoes
Lost On Me
Free
Sorry
Twisted

This is somewhat embarrassing, but I used to create and manage band websites. One of those website was for Stretch Princess. The website and its contents are long gone, just like the band. Fortunately, I recovered from a hard drive failure and was able to back up some data from that time period (1999-2002).

So, Stretch Princess was a British alt-rock band, named after a type of limousine. They released two albums (Stretch Princess and Fun With Humans) on Wind-Up Records, and their sound is something you would find on The CW.

This was the report I filed for this free event, sponsored by 104.1 The Point and Dunn Brothers Coffee. Please note that at this time, Stretch Princess was opening up for Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, when not opening up for Eve 6 or Better Than Ezra.

Stretch Princess finally got some recognition and radio airplay, as part of 104.1 The Point and Dunn Brothers Coffee’s Acoustic Cup Concert. This past week, The Point, has been promoting this concert heavily, so a lot of people showed up early, and filled the upstairs of Dunn Brother’s by 5:30pm. Those less fortunately had to witness the acoustic set on a big screen television downstairs (which was also filled.)

The acoustic set original had only four songs from their self-debut album, but the reception was so good, they added an extra song at the end, “Twisted”.

James claimed that “Lost on Me” was only played twice. Lots of cheers and clapping at the start of “Sorry” – the current single being played on 104.1 The Point.

After the acoustic set, they stayed and signed autographs. During the signing, Jo asked what my name was, so she can personally autograph my poster. I said, “Vu”, and when she spelled it, “v” and “u” she suddenly stopped and said, “You’re Vu!” and gave me a hug. =)

I talked to James and David for a few second, and found out that they’re going to be back in New York tomorrow. They also promised to come back and do a real “plugged in” show here.

So, yay, finally Stretch Princess came to my town, and they’ve made lots of new fans today.

Soon after meeting the band, singer Jo Lloyd sent in this message (05/01/1999):

dear vu,..it was so cool to meet you in Minneapolis,…and i didn’t know that was your sister!,…you’ve done loads of stuff on the site since i last checked in,..it looks sooo cool,…i’m going to try and send you a picture ok?,…i don’t know if it will work!!,…see you soon,… lots of love from jo,..!

As for “where are they now?”, I have no idea. I know Wind-Up Records is still around.

2 thoughts on “Flashback: Stretch Princess at Dunn Bros., Minneapolis (04/28/99)”

I haven’t kept up, but I was recently told that Jo Lloyd is teaching music at Stomp & Shout in Brooklyn ( https://www.facebook.com/pg/stompandshout/posts/ )
And you’re right, the internet has such a short memory.

To this day, Stretch Princess remains my favorite band of all time. No, I’m not kidding. Their music has had a tremendous impact on my life, and I discovered them in 1999, which was a very exciting time for me anyway. You could say their music was the soundtrack of my life for a few years. I have looked all over the internet for any trace of the band members… Twitter accounts, Instagram, professional web sites, anything… and found nothing. I do hope they’re still rocking it somewhere.

Wâ™¥M says:

August 24, 2019 at 6:00 am

I haven’t kept up, but I was recently told that Jo Lloyd is teaching music at Stomp & Shout in Brooklyn ( https://www.facebook.com/pg/stompandshout/posts/ )
And you’re right, the internet has such a short memory.

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Heith says:

August 20, 2019 at 12:31 pm

To this day, Stretch Princess remains my favorite band of all time. No, I’m not kidding. Their music has had a tremendous impact on my life, and I discovered them in 1999, which was a very exciting time for me anyway. You could say their music was the soundtrack of my life for a few years. I have looked all over the internet for any trace of the band members… Twitter accounts, Instagram, professional web sites, anything… and found nothing. I do hope they’re still rocking it somewhere.

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