The Darling Buds in September 2014, and two headline shows at London's Lexington in April 2015. The Darling Buds released the "Evergreen" EP, their first new material in 25 years, on Oddbox Records on 28 April 2017, and followed this up with a digital-only single, New Year, on 15 December 2018. The Darling Buds The Darling Buds are an alternative rock band from Newport, South Wales. The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel "The Darling Buds of May" – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake
Frank Bates in the majors again. Bates returned to the Interstate League in 1900, and he went 6-13. In 1908, he finished his professional baseball career with the Cotton States League's Meridian Ribboners. In September 1918, Bates was living in Cincinnati, and working as a laborer for H. E. Culberson in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Frank Bates "This article is about the baseball player. For Frank S. Bates the University of Minnesota Professor." Creed Napoleon "Frank" Bates (September 28, 1876 – after 1918) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1899. He played for the Cleveland Spiders and St. Louis