Flamingo 50

{{Short description|English punk band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| name = Flamingo 50

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| origin = Liverpool, UK

| genre =

• Punk

| years_active = 1999–2008

| label =

• Keith Records
• Ernest Jenning
• Drunken Sailor
• Fixing A Hole

| past_members =

• Louise Hanman
• Morgan Brown
• Will Fitzpatrick
• Karen Timms
• Laura Pye

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Flamingo 50 was an English punk band from Liverpool.{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=Marion |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Beat_Goes_on/Zx_OpMptTFQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22flamingo+50%22&pg=PA186&printsec=frontcover |title=The Beat Goes on: Liverpool, Popular Music and the Changing City |last2=Strachan |first2=Rob |date=2010-01-01 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-1-84631-190-1 |pages=109 |language=en}}{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/mrr_263/page/n75/mode/1up?q=flamingo|magazine=Maximum Rocknroll|issue=263|date=April 2005|title=Flamingo 50}} Formed in 1999 by Lou Hanman, Morgan Brown, and Karen Timms whilst meeting at university{{Cite book |url=https://www.grassrootsfeminism.net/cms/sites/default/files/Manchester%2003_programme_0.pdf |title=Ladyfest Manchester 2003 programme |date=2003}} and inspired by the riot grrrl movement.{{Cite book |last=Leonard |first=Marion |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Gender_in_the_Music_Industry/QUg4DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22flamingo+50%22&pg=PT319&printsec=frontcover |title=Gender in the Music Industry: Rock, Discourse and Girl Power |date=2017-10-03 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-21824-5 |language=en}} They released two albums, three EPs and four split records, and toured extensively in the UK and France. They were regularly played on the radio by John Peel and Steve Lamacq.{{Cite news |date=22 December 2003 |title=Music Review: Inner City Sumo,The Masque,Liverpool |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=UKNB&docref=news/0FFA1A27DBFD15CF |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 November 2024}}

They supported bands such as The Fall, Ghost Mice,{{Cite news |last=Key |first=Philip |date=10 September 2008 |title=Key Events |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=UKNB&docref=news/12322D196543332 |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 November 2024 |work=Daily Post (Liverpool)}} Electrelane{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401184142/http://www.flamingo50.co.uk/entrance.htm|date=1 April 2004}} and The Thermals. They played Ladyfests and queer punk festivals with bands such as The Gossip, Electrelane, Bangs, and Life Without Buildings.{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/news/1311-ladyfest-scotland-and-ladyfest-tour-details-confirmed|title=Ladyfest Scotland and Ladyfest tour details confirmed|website=Drowned in Sound|first=Matthew|last=Pimm|date=9 June 2001|accessdate=11 November 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/artefact/14807/Valerie-Cyprus-Tavern-Flyer-2003|title=Flyer, Valerie, Cyprus Tavern, 29th August 2003|website=Manchester Digital Music Archive|date=5 July 2016|accessdate=11 November 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/babes-in-toyland-3-1382288|title=Look Out For The Ladies!|website=NME|date=25 June 2001|accessdate=11 November 2024}}

Hanman and Brown were also in another band together during this time called Three Minute Margin.

Flamingo 50 played their last concert in November 2008, before temporarily reforming for two one-off shows in 2013 and 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02RR9XpYu3rSUm3VNceyZkVhk3voSjaqjiimZ5nZaJJEAVqAJ7Pu675PPYKTgd7ZGVl&id=14576682126|title=Flamingo 50 - December 1, 2018}}

Hanman would later to move to Bristol where she formed the band Caves and briefly played in Personal Best. She would go on to play with Katie Ellen, Worriers, Mikey Erg and fill in as a touring member of Camp Code and RVIVR. She now lives in Philadelphia, USA with a new project called All Away Lou.{{Cite web |title=All Away Lou |url=https://allawaylou.bandcamp.com/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=All Away Lou |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Lou Hanman (Caves) debuts new solo project All Away Lou with "Looks Right" |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/lou-hanman-caves-debuts-new-solo-project-all-away-lou-with-looks-right-listen/ |website=BrooklynVegan}} Fitzpatrick currently plays in Good Grief and Witching Waves.{{cite web|url=https://sun-13.com/2023/12/04/witching-waves-interview-it-was-a-decision-on-our-part-to-push-ourselves-to-be-more-honest/|title=Witching Waves Interview: “It was a decision on our part to push ourselves to be more honest”|website=Sun-13|first=Simon|last=Kirk|date=4 December 2023|access-date=9 November 2024}} Brown now plays in Pardon Us.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1399972-Morgan-Brown|title=Morgan Brown Discography|last=|first=|date=|website=Discogs.com|access-date=9 November 2024}}