The XX

[jparx]

13 minutes ago, addicted2noise said:

Like Foals this year I still think Glasto should've took a chance and have them headline the Friday with Radiohead headlining another night.

Kendrick, The XX, Radiohead

In an alternate reality, that's what we'd get. Two exciting up and comers and a legendary, Glastonbury favourite act.

Edited November 16, 2016 by jparx

[dentalplan]

2 hours ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Leeds Arena seems to have screwed you guys well and truly over. Less travelling for me, but not good news for you guys. 

Was Sheffield Motorpoint getting good gigs anyway? Leeds is probably nabbing gigs off Birmingham more now.

6 minutes ago, addicted2noise said:

Like Foals this year I still think Glasto should've took a chance and have them headline the Friday with Radiohead headlining another night.

Bit riskier than Foals. The xx haven't headlined the fests that Foals had before this year and their sophomore was seen as a bit of a drop.

Of course, looking at it now - imaginably after festivals have sorted their headliners - the time off has served the band well and the hype train is picking up pace. People seem a lot more enthused about them now than around Coexist and summer 2013.

[home to you]

Interesting to see people mentioning their headlining prospects. I recall a few people tipping The XX as one of the 'new headliners in the near future' in a thread on here a year or 2 ago. But as Dental says, they probably needed to have headlined some of the smaller festivals already (e.g. Bestival, Latitude).

I'd be all for Glastonbury having that sort of headliner on the Friday every year but I don't know how viable that is for the long-term prospects of the festival.

[addicted2noise]

22 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Was Sheffield Motorpoint getting good gigs anyway? Leeds is probably nabbing gigs off Birmingham more now.

Bit riskier than Foals. The xx haven't headlined the fests that Foals had before this year and their sophomore was seen as a bit of a drop.

Of course, looking at it now - imaginably after festivals have sorted their headliners - the time off has served the band well and the hype train is picking up pace. People seem a lot more enthused about them now than around Coexist and summer 2013.

I think the success of In Colour probably helped and although they don't have the live reputation of Foals they're possibly more popular.

[rpfranks]

5 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

Yeah people in Birmingham complaining about bands skipping their city... In Sheffield we get absolutely naff all these days; you certainly do better than us for the size of your city.

But Birmingham has more than twice the population of Sheffield and is relatively equidistant from all major English cities with no real close competitors other than Wolverhampton and Coventry, both of which have nothing to shout about. 

Whereas Sheffield is very close to Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool etc. so you can see why Sheffield might get missed out. 

[hurdy]

8 minutes ago, rpfranks said:

But Birmingham has more than twice the population of Sheffield and is relatively equidistant from all major English cities with no real close competitors other than Wolverhampton and Coventry, both of which have nothing to shout about. 

Whereas Sheffield is very close to Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool etc. so you can see why Sheffield might get missed out. 

The Civic Hall in Wolvo is disgusted by this comment

[zero000]

41 minutes ago, hurdy said:

The Civic Hall in Wolvo is disgusted by this comment

It's still in Wolverhampton though...

[Gucci Piggy]

6 hours ago, rpfranks said:

But Birmingham has more than twice the population of Sheffield and is relatively equidistant from all major English cities with no real close competitors other than Wolverhampton and Coventry, both of which have nothing to shout about. 

Whereas Sheffield is very close to Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool etc. so you can see why Sheffield might get missed out. 

Birmingham is about as close to Nottingham (where The xx are playing) as Sheffield is to Leeds, and it's closer to Nottigham than Sheffield is to Manchester or Liverpool.

Fair point on the population being twice the size but I don't think anyone can really complain about Birmingham not getting it's fair share of gigs. In most instances it's the third picked city in England by touring acts.

[rpfranks]

18 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Birmingham is about as close to Nottingham (where The xx are playing) as Sheffield is to Leeds, and it's closer to Nottigham than Sheffield is to Manchester or Liverpool.

Fair point on the population being twice the size but I don't think anyone can really complain about Birmingham not getting it's fair share of gigs. In most instances it's the third picked city in England by touring acts.

While this is true, Nottingham is the only city around Birmingham which is relatable to those northern cities I mentioned, and Birmingham is rarely overlooked for Nottingham, the Midlands is generally overlooked as a whole IMO 

and Birmingham is lately overlooked for Bristol, Brighton etc.

[nikkic]

Add me to the "spent too much on gig tickets so will have to forego this one" club. I've got Bon Iver tickets for Feb so that could alleviate any potential clashes for me. 

[ghostdancer1]

 

 

 

[dentalplan]

YouTube's mucked up that video for the new song. I found this one in the comments and it had a proper version.

Same again really. I wanna like it just as I wanted to like On Hold but it doesn't do nowt for me.

[merago]

2 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

YouTube's mucked up that video for the new song. I found this one in the comments and it had a proper version.

Same again really. I wanna like it just as I wanted to like On Hold but it doesn't do nowt for me.

Yeah, I'm in a similar boat.  On Hold just hasn't grabbed me (aside from the part where the Hall and Oates sample kicks in).  I do quite like I Dare You though.

[Alex DeLarge]

There's so much hype behind their comeback! Hopefully we won't have to wait another four years to hear something new from them.

On Hold I think is decent, it surprises me that it's come out so late in the year when I think it might have gathered a tiny bit more steam if it was released in Summer. I'm also hoping they play one or two of Jamie's tracks.

[lukemack]

33 minutes ago, Alex DeLarge said:

I'm also hoping they play one or two of Jamie's tracks.

I'd expect Loud Places and Stranger In a Room to be played, along with snippets of a few others like Gosh.

[willsnewman]

Going to see Mumford and Sons with others instead of The xx is one of my biggest musical regrets. I had been so set on seeing them, and then everyone else went to Mumford so I went too... WHY. All my fingers are crossed for next year.

[RossTC]

Do we know when an album is due?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, RossTC said:

Do we know when an album is due?

13th January

 

Edited November 21, 2016 by James96

[arcade fireman]

Anyone got the presale link for today? I signed up to the mailing list but received nothing! 

[grayfitz]

Just now, arcade fireman said:

Anyone got the presale link for today? I signed up to the mailing list but received nothing! 

I've not had anything yet, neither have any of my friends who were also on the mailing list. 

[ConorC]

Nothing here either.

[arcade fireman]

Just sent out now actually - check your emails! 

[grayfitz]

I just DM'd someone from Songkick on Twitter - they gave me this link:

https://live.thexx.info/

[RossTC]

Cardiff sold out

1 hour ago, grayfitz said:

I just DM'd someone from Songkick on Twitter - they gave me this link:

https://live.thexx.info/

 

[annax]

Funny queueing system but tickets for the Wednesday in London secured.