LEFTFIELD

[eFestivals]

Source - Gigwise

There's a lesson for you here: don't believe all you read (particularly on Gigwise).

"Barnes is currently assembling an exciting line-up for these eagerly anticipated shows."

Source: the one I can read properly but gigwise obviously can't (hence their mis-representation of who the band is).

[dirty flow]

neil barnes didnt form leftfield with paul daley, paul joined after the first few releases like more than know and not forgotton. shame though cause his drumming was cracking

[DoubleDex]

Exactly. I reckon Barnes is just being politie and half decent about the whole thing by giving the other guy his place. Really can't wait til June now to be honest. Never saw Leftfield coming for RockNess this year. People can deliberate all they like...I think it's a brilliant announcement and the new electro stuff just announced is first class.

[eFestivals]

Exactly. I reckon Barnes is just being politie and half decent about the whole thing by giving the other guy his place.

actually, I suspect - because it's taken a while for them to put this info out there - that the last few weeks have been spent trying to persuade Daley to be involved with it.

[Paul ™]

The show is going to be amazing, it may be minus one member, but if you read the full statement, you can see that he is fired up for the shows and there will be original music and singers....

'Barnes, who formed the group alongside Daley in 1990, said he was looking forward to returning to the road.

“The opportunity to take the band out again once more with the sound system and some of the original singers and perform the songs again to a whole new audience is an opportunity that I simply couldn't turn down,” he said.

“The good will surrounding the live show has overwhelmed me. The expectation is tremendous I simply can't wait to blow everybody away. Literally.”

Source - Gigwise

[Poleski]

Poor show..

[Grant titp]

From who RockNess or Leftfield?

Either way I'm still well excited for Leftfield

[Kyelo]

Rockness i would have thoght

they should have told us from the start!!

or shouldnt have annoucned it untill they knew for sure it was only 1

[Poleski]

If Leftfields management announce Leftfield are playing then they are. Legally and contractually Rockness don't have to say jack sh*t as officially they do have them, regardless of who is or isn't there.

[Paul ™]

they should have told us from the start!!

or shouldnt have annoucned it untill they knew for sure it was only 1

[Poleski]

They should have stated from the start it was only one of them.. It's like saying they have the Chemical Brothers and only Ed turning up.

[Paul ™]

Perhaps this situation only came to reality recently though. RockNess maybe either werent aware of the situation or didn't think it would really happen.

[Poleski]

Then they should have held back the announcement and waited till it was confirmed.

It should hopefully still be brilliant, but not as excited about it now as I initially was.

I hope Jim King provides a good explanation for this next time he is on.

[Discobadger]

True true.

Yeah it does leave a little sour taste in the mouth after the excitement of the Leftfield announcement. Hopefully, as you said, the one man show will be just as brilliant

Edited February 10, 2010 by Discobadger

[I Hart Digital]

i am no less excited.

its gonna rule.

fact.

especially if they do the daft punk warm up (waiting until violence is about to erupt)

[DeanoH76]

GET in YE !!

f**k Daft Punk f**k Chemicals this is who invented them!!

Getin in Kinggggy

[Paul ™]

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[Discobadger]

GET in YE !!

f**k Daft Punk f**k Chemicals this is who invented them!!

Getin in Kinggggy

[Paul ™]

Homelands 2000 set

Courtesy of someone on the Facebook Group

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[Poleski]

Homelands 2000 set

Courtesy of someone on the Facebook Group

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[blackg1000]

Homelands 2000 set

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Edited February 15, 2010 by blackg1000

[zlatan07]

This is tremendous stuff!! Just sorely pissed my neighbours off for listening to Phat Planet louder than I should have done at this time of night but that is an immense recording of their set. Some man for finding that Paul ™.

[msr]

Saw them at Homelands and that was superb!

Will Leftfield top Daft Punk's performance? Going to be close

[Discobadger]

Saw them at Homelands and that was superb!

Will Leftfield top Daft Punk's performance? Going to be close

[Top Banana]

I saw Leftfield at Barrowlands in April 96. f**k, that makes me feel old. But it was an incredible night. 130 decibel sound system (basically the equivalent of a jet engine from 100 feet away, or strapping a couple of smoke alarms to your napper) in a wee space like that! I saw them again at TITP in 2000, and they were even better. It's gonna be IMMENSE. I don't care if it's only one of them - it's STILL gonna be IMMENSE! I found this wee snippet online......."A Leftfield gig I went to in Bristol remains the loudest thing I’ve ever heard; its diabolical bass resonated in my stomach and skull, and made my brain itch and my ears ring for days. Indeed, the story goes that the first ever Leftfield show, in Amsterdam, came close to being closed for illegal volumes on the sound system. In 1996 the group was banned from ever again playing London’s iconic Brixton Academy, after they made the plaster fall from the ceiling with their cranked-up sound system."