Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Bombay Bicycle Club? Thought they were just a small fry flavour of the month indie band from ages ago.

You’ve described every act that people in their late twenties/early thirties freak out over.

[jyoung]

Are they actually getting back together? I'd say at one point they were on the same sort of rise as Foals but BBC just packed it in whereas Foals went full steam ahead.

[Mash011]

Ya I don't think they actually are. It is about time though. 

[Homer]

 

https://pitchfork.com/news/friendly-fires-share-new-song-with-disclosure-listen/
 

Decent new song and club dates from Friendly Fires.

 

Saw them at their comeback gig at Brixton Academy a few months ago - as good as ever!

[Homer]

Not a huge fan but BBC were decent in that they banged out an indie-guitar album, an acoustic one, then a keyboard-based one. Cut above indie landfill.

[StupidDream]

Next will be EDM, collabs with Disclosure, Marshmello etc.

Edited October 16, 2018 by StupidDream

[Bradders]

Yeah not fair to lump BBC in with indie landfill. They progressed while they were going and the singer has since done a good soul record with Charles Bradley, De La Soul etc. Assume the guy was mistaken about them being back together though.

[Odessa]

Bombay Bicycle Club should have taken over the world after those first two albums. But by the time they'd finished touring the fourth album, I wasn't too bothered about the hiatus. It had a few good songs but was meh on the whole, and they focused on it too much live. They're a pretty big deal in my age group and I reckon Other headliner is bang on. Subbing at R&L would be about right too. It feels like next year is about time they returned, regardless of whether this fella's info is correct.

Headlining APE though at 60 odd quid a pop? It'd need a stellar undercard. 

Edited October 16, 2018 by Odessa

[finn_with_1_n]

3 minutes ago, Odessa said:

Subbing at R&L would be about right too. It feels like next year is about time they returned, regardless of whether this fella's info is correct.

Yeah I think R+L would have them co-headline, in that way they can say they've promoted another British band into headliner territory. And with the Mr Jukes project dwindling a little bit what with only a few appearances booked, it looks like everyone has done their stint of solo material and is working their way back together.

[Odessa]

1 minute ago, finn_with_1_n said:

Yeah I think R+L would have them co-headline, in that way they can say they've promoted another British band into headliner territory. And with the Mr Jukes project dwindling a little bit what with only a few appearances booked, it looks like everyone has done their stint of solo material and is working their way back together.

I listened to the lead single of that Mr Jukes thing once and that was it tbh. I sort of lost interest in the direction he was heading, so a reunion tour with a big focus on early stuff would be a dream. They didn't even do Dust On The Ground the first couple of times I saw them.

[dentalplan]

7 minutes ago, Odessa said:

Bombay Bicycle Club should have taken over the world after those first two albums. But by the time they'd finished touring the fourth album, I wasn't too bothered about the hiatus. It had a few good songs but was meh on the whole, and they focused on it too much live. They're a pretty big deal in my age group and I reckon Other headliner is bang on. Subbing at R&L would be about right too. It feels like next year is about time they returned, regardless of whether this fella's info is correct.

Headlining APE though at 60 odd quid a pop? It'd need a stellar undercard. 

It's not like APE headliners are Pyramid headliners. And it goes without saying there'd be a stellar undercard.

2 minutes ago, finn_with_1_n said:

Yeah I think R+L would have them co-headline,

Slow down.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Plus a special guest a Mariah Carey tribute

[Woffy]

4 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Plus a special guest a Mariah Carey tribute

£11.25 with booking fee. 

Wonder what track they’ll finish on. 

[Gucci Piggy]

Nobody cares about Bombay Bicycle Club.

[CJTM]

2 hours ago, finn_with_1_n said:

Hold up one second, where is this coming from? I assume they'd return soon, just hadn't heard anything recently. If they were to return, it would be pretty big. Like, Other Stage headline big in my opinion

Email from their touring agency

[zico martin]

32 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Plus a special guest a Mariah Carey tribute

That doesn't even look like East 17. Seriously who the fuck are they? Lol

[Hugh Jass]

1 hour ago, zico martin said:

That doesn't even look like East 17. Seriously who the fuck are they? Lol

They were never the same after Brian Harvey ran himself over whilst eating a baked potato.

[zico martin]

26 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

They were never the same after Brian Harvey ran himself over whilst eating a baked potato.

Which one of those is Brian then? Or Tony?

And which one is the other 2 backing 'dancers'?

[Gnomicide]

2 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Plus a special guest a Mariah Carey tribute

Holy ferking schiznit. 

[ghostdancer1]

Bombay Bicycle Club headlining the Other Stage.

jesus fucking christ this place

even Bring Me The Horizon headlining the Other a couple of years ago was more credible than this nonsense.

[dentalplan]

17 minutes ago, ghostdancer1 said:

Bombay Bicycle Club headlining the Other Stage.

jesus fucking christ this place

They last played third down that stage to a huge crowd off the back of their biggest album, then went on to sell out Earls Court and a few other decent venues. Given how rarely an indie rock band headlines the Other, that particular slot is probably quite unlikely, but it's neither outlandish nor derisible to suggest they'd come back to be about that size.

[briddj]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

They last played third down that stage to a huge crowd off the back of their biggest album, then went on to sell out Earls Court and a few other decent venues. Given how rarely an indie rock band headlines the Other, that particular slot is probably quite unlikely, but it's neither outlandish nor derisible to suggest they'd come back to be about that size.

More chance of them giving It to Blossoms than BBC. 

[dentalplan]

6 minutes ago, briddj said:

More chance of them giving It to Blossoms than BBC. 

what

[briddj]

34 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

what

That's not me saying they'll give it to Blossoms, BTW, it's me saying it won't be BBC. 

[dentalplan]

Just now, briddj said:

That's not me saying they'll give it to Blossoms, BTW, it's me saying it won't be BBC. 

Oh okay but the difference between Blossoms - who started their decline at some point after the first album - and Bombay Bicycle Club - who have climbed with every release and reached the heights I listed a couple of posts back - is pretty vast and Bombay Bicycle Club would definitely get the gig if it was a straight shootout between the two at any point in the future. Blossoms should probably wind it up after this Stockport stadium gig.

Anyway, I'm really perplexed as to why it seems ridiculous to some. I'm not a fan of them at all (admittedly haven't ever given them much of a go) but they were pushing onto arenas before they left off and I don't see an argument as to why their stock would plummet if they were to come back.