Sleeper

[Joshuwarr]

So we've seen a rush of Britpop and popular 90s bands reunite in recent years and it seems that Sleeper are next. They're playing 4 "exclusive" shows at the Star Shaped Festival https://twitter.com/StarShapedClub/status/831593606389567489

Despite the shows being "exclusive" I saw Louise Wener on Twitter say they were the only shows "for now". Any chance they could be snapped up in time for Glasto :)?

[dentalplan]

More like Starfish Shaped Festival.

rekt

Edited February 15, 2017 by dentalplan

[the wonderwhy]

Who? 

[paulshane]

that would be amazing

 

I remember in 2007 on the Leftfield stage when Cud played, followed by Carter USM (back to the planet couldnt play for some reason) followed by Neds headlining. Heaven!

Edited February 15, 2017 by paulshane

[CaledonianGonzo]

AKA Non Sleeperbloke and The Sleeperblokes

[Guest]

They just remind me of TFI Friday for some reason. Louise Werner was an absolute stunner in her hey day as well.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Who had 12 minutes?

[BlackHole2006]

Lammo is gonna have a field day if Elastica also reform this year.

[eFestivals]

28 minutes ago, Joshuwarr said:

So we've seen a rush of Britpop and popular 90s bands reunite in recent years and it seems that Sleeper are skint.

corrected for you.

 

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

corrected for you.

 

Must have invested well to stretch that Sleepermoney out this long.

[ClementsMike]

I saw Sleeper in their 'heyday'. They were crap. A few spikey pop songs shouldn't lure you into a false sense of security.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

Must have invested well to stretch that Sleepermoney out this long.

She's an author.

If anything, this is indicative of troubled times in the publishing industry.

[FuzzyDunlop]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

She's an author.

If anything, this is indicative of troubled times in the publishing industry.

Or her books are shit? (They might not be - I don't know)

As for sleeper - I used to like them, but I was 11 at the time. Can't say I have heard anything of them since

Edited February 15, 2017 by FuzzyDunlop

[JoeyT]

genuinely clicked in to this thread expecting it to be about all those who sleep in the crowd.

something which has always baffled me.

[Mezhyp1]

15 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

genuinely clicked in to this thread expecting it to be about all those who sleep in the crowd.

something which has always baffled me.

i was expecting a question about an overnight bus service with beds to the festival

i was more interested in they few seconds before i clicked 

[dentalplan]

23 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

She's an author.

If anything, this is indicative of troubled times in the publishing industry.

Doesn't seem a prolific one. Wouldn't you have to be a real big deal to have one book published every five years and live comfortably?

18 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

genuinely clicked in to this thread expecting it to be about all those who sleep in the crowd.

something which has always baffled me.

Alcohol?

[mr jolly]

Some good songs but awful live. Can anyone remember her doing an accoustic version of life's a gas by t.rex on T.F.I. Friday? Cringeworthy to say the least!

[Quark]

59 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Alcohol?

 I can categorically state that you are correct.

[fatyeti24]

4 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Or her books are shit? (They might not be - I don't know)

As for sleeper - I used to like them, but I was 11 at the time. Can't say I have heard anything of them since

I was once stuck in a remote part of the world with little in the way of entertainment, but I did have access to a copy of Louise Wener's autobiography, which I read. It promised a behind the scenes look at Britpop. It delivered chapter after chapter about her perfectly happy middle class upbringing, then some stuff about her band, who were just as dull. 

Shite. 

[MilkyJoe]

I don't remember much about sleeper apart from the fact that Louise appeared to be more famous for shagging the entire band!

Or I could be thinking of someone else entirely.

[Joshuwarr]

9 hours ago, eFestivals said:

corrected for you.

 

Haha, cheeky! I can't speak for the guys in the band but Louise seems to be doing well enough with her writing. 

[MrZigster]

11 hours ago, JoeyT said:

genuinely clicked in to this thread expecting it to be about all those who sleep in the crowd.

something which has always baffled me.

It's really easy (and possibly unavoidable) when you've walked about ten miles that day and didn't sleep much the night before because campsite w*nkers (looking at you, NOS twats).

Even more so when it's a wet one. And you haven't found anywhere to sit down all day. And then a nice tractor deposits a huge bunch of fresh, dry hay bales to the edge of The Pyramid field. As happened to me during Manic Street Preachers in '07 (I think. May have been '05. Can't be arsed to look). One of the best lie downs I've ever had.

(Though @dentalplan is probably correct with the answer "alcohol".)

Edit: To stay on thread, didn't Louise Wener make Damon Albarn cry? Or was that someone else?

Edit2: Yeah, I'm now thinking that was that Justine from Elastica wasn't it?

Edited February 16, 2017 by MrZigster

[eFestivals]

6 hours ago, Joshuwarr said:

Haha, cheeky! I can't speak for the guys in the band but Louise seems to be doing well enough with her writing. 

It was a pisstake comment, but there's definitely a theme of it being around 20 years when bands reform - and I doubt money isn't in the mix of that.

What's really REALLY fucking sad, tho, is no one is protesting about that - that these people are being paid to sit on their arse for 20 years doing nothing useful towards society, because they once did 5 minutes work on a popular song.

Society will be fucked up for at least as long as the copyright rules stay at about what they are.

[the wonderwhy]

1 hour ago, eFestivals said:

It was a pisstake comment, but there's definitely a theme of it being around 20 years when bands reform - and I doubt money isn't in the mix of that.

What's really REALLY fucking sad, tho, is no one is protesting about that - that these people are being paid to sit on their arse for 20 years doing nothing useful towards society, because they once did 5 minutes work on a popular song.

Society will be fucked up for at least as long as the copyright rules stay at about what they are.

There's literally just been a discussion about how one of them is an (unprolific, granted) author now... 

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, MattDavies__ said:

There's literally just been a discussion about how one of them is an (unprolific, granted) author now... 

whoosh