THE Yards are headlining The Asian Tsunami Appeal Charity Gig at Fibbers in York tomorrow.

The day will be split into two, kicking off with an afternoon bill of RSJ at 2.30pm, Sixty6 at 3.15pm and Colour Of Fire at 4pm, followed by an evening shift of Black Night Crash at 8pm, The Clients at 8.45pm and The Yards at 9.30pm, compered by Battle of the Bands host Alex King with Shed Seven's Rick Witter on the DJ decks.

Afternoon doors open at 1.30pm, evening doors at 7.30pm; admission is £5 advance or £7 on the door for each show or £8 advance for both shows, available from Fibbers, www.fibbers.co.uk or on 0870 9070 999. All tickets include free entry to Blackout, Fibbers' Saturday club night with a late bar until 2am.

Every single penny from ticket sales will go to the appeal.

VERTIGO Records' swaggering new Liverpool signing, The Black Velvets, not Spanish striker Fernando Morientes, play Fibbers on St Valentine's Day night.

After Cardboard Radio's victory in the opening heat earlier this week, the Fibbers/Evening Press Battle of the Bands 2005 assembles The Federals, Kanuba, Cruithne and The Intent for Heat Two on Tuesday.

Rough Trade act Eastern Lane, from Berwick-upon-Tweed, cover all the bases from punk to twisted Appalachian country on Wednesday.

Updated: 15:31 Thursday, February 10, 2005