The War on Drugs

[Snerrick]

Blimey this live album is absolutely quality. I saw them at the O2 in 2018 (?) and was blown away by how massive they sound live. This album really showcases that, the lead guitar is incredible.

[dentalplan]

[FloorFiller]

53 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Oooh.

[dentalplan]

39 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

Oooh.

I mean it's 13.5 months away but it's something.

[dentalplan]

It wasn't a new song but a Wagonwheel Blues cut to promote Live Drugs. Maybe disappointing for hopes of new album news but it's a really lovely song. They should have decided beforehand who was going to play the acoustic guitar, however.

 

Edited January 17, 2021 by dentalplan

[1986]

New single and UK tour dates. Very happy about both.

Who is getting tickets?

[1986]

Also can't believe A Deeper Understanding was 4 years ago now.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Seeing conflicting info on whether the Edinburgh date is the 17th or the 18th....

[1986]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Seeing conflicting info on whether the Edinburgh date is the 17th or the 18th....

Seetickets and Ticketmaster both have on the 18th.

I'm torn between London and Birmingham. For anyone who's been to both is one venue vastly better at all?

[dentalplan]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Seeing conflicting info on whether the Edinburgh date is the 17th or the 18th....

Easter Sunday gigs are unusual aren’t they?

[Harry49]

Leeds for me hopefully. 

[Matt42]

O2 date is extremely tempting. 

Edited July 21, 2021 by Matt42

[Andre91]

I listened to Lost in the Dream a lot around 2014/15 but haven't ever delved into them beyond that. I'm almost certainly just completely out of touch  but it seems mental to me that they're playing the O2? 

[FloorFiller]

12 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

I listened to Lost in the Dream a lot around 2014/15 but haven't ever delved into them beyond that. I'm almost certainly just completely out of touch  but it seems mental to me that they're playing the O2? 

LITD got them a lot of hype/acclaim which passed on to them playing arenas etc on the last tour, and tbh I think the lack of any real big ‘rock’ bands these days has done them a lot of favours and they’ve come out on top of a pretty empty market for all the dads out there. The fact that the other venues on the tour vary in size is a pretty good indicator that they’re not quite a big arena filler yet, but I think they’ll sell it pretty well.

[The Nal]

23 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

I listened to Lost in the Dream a lot around 2014/15 but haven't ever delved into them beyond that. I'm almost certainly just completely out of touch  but it seems mental to me that they're playing the O2? 

Yeah they must be confident that the new record has a few bangers on there. You can see by the press they got with the album and tour announcement that theyve a bit of confidence/money behind them now.

[kingcrawler]

56 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

I listened to Lost in the Dream a lot around 2014/15 but haven't ever delved into them beyond that. I'm almost certainly just completely out of touch  but it seems mental to me that they're playing the O2? 

They played the O2 in 2018 as well, I think it was the last gig touring A Deeper Understanding. I don't recall it selling out but I don't think it was a disaster either, it seemed to do pretty well. As FloorFiller says, Lost in the Dream build up a lot of hype and I think A Deeper Understanding being another great album helped them build on that further. It certainly seems like they're making a push to the next level with those dates but they haven't missed yet, so I'm pretty confident they'll do it.

[RarerThanDandyB]

The code for the presale is DRUGS22

[RarerThanDandyB]

Copped some standing Leeds. The intimate Birmingham is also very tempting but I will probably see them at Glasto which they seem to me pretty nailed for.

[dentalplan]

19 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

Copped some standing Leeds. The intimate Birmingham is also very tempting but I will probably see them at Glasto which they seem to me pretty nailed for.

If it helps, it's not very intimate. It's a 4000 cap venue which isn't far off some UK arenas. 😛

[RarerThanDandyB]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

If it helps, it's not very intimate. It's a 4000 cap venue which isn't far off some UK arenas. 😛

Yeah true, that does help, thought it was less than that.

[danmarks]

Got birmingham so im happy. Was that or london from Bristol and Birmingham smaller do all good.

[1986]

44 minutes ago, RarerThanDandyB said:

The code for the presale is DRUGS22

Probably being an idiot but how do I use it? I'm on seetickets but not seeing any options

[RarerThanDandyB]

4 minutes ago, 1986 said:

Probably being an idiot but how do I use it? I'm on seetickets but not seeing any options

Presale is on Eventim or Ticketmaster

[danmarks]

4 minutes ago, 1986 said:

Probably being an idiot but how do I use it? I'm on seetickets but not seeing any options

Try going thru ticketmasterpartners.com/warondrugd

[RarerThanDandyB]

Choose ya date:

https://www.thewarondrugs.net/tour