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The Black Crowes, one of the most authentic and down-right groovin', joint smoking, boogie tastic, southern sliding mofos of a band on the planet (yes, I like them!) are playing Bilbao festival in Spain the week after Glasto - what do we think the chances are? I think they've played before, and I tend to think they are more of a Glasto band than a Download or Sonisphere band - I'd love it if they played.

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The Black Crowes, one of the most authentic and down-right groovin', joint smoking, boogie tastic, southern sliding mofos of a band on the planet (yes, I like them!) are playing Bilbao festival in Spain the week after Glasto - what do we think the chances are? I think they've played before, and I tend to think they are more of a Glasto band than a Download or Sonisphere band - I'd love it if they played.

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I saw them on the Main Stage in 1995 (it wasn't a Pyramid that year) and was none too impressed. They'd gone from being a blistering rock'n'roll band to a doped-up jam band by that point and they meandered way too much, not helped by a slew of covers and (at that point) unreleased tracks like Evil Eye.

I saw them twice that summer (supporting the Stones at Wembley) and both times they bored me, which was a real pity as their show at the Glasgow Barrowlands during the High As The Moon tour remains one of my all time favourites.

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I saw them on the Main Stage in 1995 (it wasn't a Pyramid that year) and was none too impressed. They'd gone from being a blistering rock'n'roll band to a doped-up jam band by that point and they meandered way too much, not helped by a slew of covers and (at that point) unreleased tracks like Evil Eye.

I saw them twice that summer (supporting the Stones at Wembley) and both times they bored me, which was a real pity as their show at the Glasgow Barrowlands during the High As The Moon tour remains one of my all time favourites.

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They did play before in 1995 I think - they were so good - it's the only time I've ever got lost - thought i was heading for Pennards and found myself at Joe Bananas by the Acoustic Tent. I dunno if they'd go back if Kate Hudson's knocking around this year.

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Well - there were three Wembley gigs and I was only at the first one, where they just jammed, really and maybe only did a couple of tracks (Thorn in My Pride, perhaps?) My abiding memory is that Chris Robinson had a percussion rack set up in front of him and went through it bit by bit, clicking castanets and tapping woodblocks rather than singing or performing...

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I'd love to see them at Glastonbury, but it doesn't fit with the announced dates, unless they want to hang out in Europe for a week between shows. The tour dates are as follows, and tickets apparently are a touch over £30 which is not bad. Going to do both London and hopefully Amsterdam too.

07/07/2011 Vigevano, ITL (Milan) (electric set)

07/09/2011 Bilbao, SPA (electric set)

07/11/2011 Manchester, ENG (electric set)

07/12/2011 London, ENG (acoustic & electric sets)

07/13/2011 London, ENG (acoustic & electric sets)

07/15/2011 Lichtenvoorde, NL (electric set)

07/17/2011 Amsterdam, NL (acoustic & electric sets)

07/18/2011 Amsterdam, NL (acoustic & electric sets)

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goodness me, 20 years of the Black crowes? I feel old!!

I absolutely love the first two albums, then kinda went off them a bit. never managed to see them live, I'd be one happy bunny if they played glasto. A very happy bunny indeed!

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I think it's safe to assume we were at different gigs - I think the one I went to may well have been on a Saturday - because they played a really good set, lots of good tunes and pranced about bare-foot on their carpets like a proper junior Stones when I was there.

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