Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[Amy Lawn]

Found The Beths highly enjoyable at Green Man and the Manchester gig, and I find them to have very very endearing stage patter. Whoever that is with Superman avatar is clearly is a curmudgeon, doesn't even like Jarvis' guy who used to do loads of drugs meaningless rambling in a Sheffield accent... O my god it's The Nal!

Gonna be back at EotR after not being there this year. Bring on Joanna Newsom!

[vintagelaureate]

7 hours ago, Padjeq said:

Few updates to the Peaky Blinders festival, as we were discussing it here before. They've announced the BBC Introducing stage with quite a few Brum bands on it. Quite a stretch for JAWS to be 'introduced' haha.

Frank Carter is the headline act for the sunday. On above Slaves, which is interesting given the latter are the bigger act, having bookended Frank's one big Institute gig with seperate gigs of their own at the twice-as-large Academy. Below Primal Scream on the saturday is still 'very special guest' who is apparently a friend of the show. £67 a day though, seems steep.

I don't know if Slaves are bigger than Frank Carter now in wider circles. The Rattlesnakes had a prominent slot at Leeds, BBC coverage and Frank Carter has become pretty prominent in promoting safer gigs. I'd probably place them at least on a level.

Edited September 4, 2019 by vintagelaureate

[Gnomicide]

[dentalplan]

How have Editors ended up in arenas? Dear God man.

[Hugh Jass]

11 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

How have Editors ended up in arenas? Dear God man.

Are they still inexplicably massive in Belgium?

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

Are they still inexplicably massive in Belgium?

Are they counting on a load of Belgians making the trip over here?

[Odessa]

11 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Are they still inexplicably massive in Belgium?

They've actually been inexplicably small over here for years. Great band with a pretty consistent back catalogue and a brilliant live show. The Belgians know what they're doing.

[Tommy101]

 

28 minutes ago, Odessa said:

They've actually been inexplicably small over here for years. Great band with a pretty consistent back catalogue and a brilliant live show. The Belgians know what they're doing.

I'm not their biggest fan but am surprised at how much disdain is aimed at them.

I second the live show opinion even if I disagree with their consistency. 

[The Nal]

6 minutes ago, Tommy101 said:

 

I'm not their biggest fan but am surprised at how much disdain is aimed at them.

I second the live show opinion even if I disagree with their consistency. 

They're one of the bands who represent nothing music. Just completely pointless banality. 

[Tommy101]

OK I'll bite;

Is their music as pointlessly banal as another post slating a band that is seen as unpopular with the efests judgemental clique where opinion is expressed as fact?

They have at least one fan on this forum in @Odessa and they fill arenas as previously mentioned. Surely that provides some sort of 'point'. 

The whole glory of art in any form is that it's subjective, and everyone has the right to like what they like and dislike what they dislike, discussing that is what brings us together, but telling someone (I assume) you don't know that what they like is wrong through the medium of a computer screen isn't that dissimilar to telling people they are mugs for paying for tickets, taking tents home or allowing grime at Glastonbury or whatever else is the new troll medium of choice.

[Hugh Jass]

2 hours ago, Odessa said:

They've actually been inexplicably small over here for years. Great band with a pretty consistent back catalogue and a brilliant live show. The Belgians know what they're doing.

I’ve never really minded them, their first album was pretty decent. Can’t say I’ve really thought about them for the last decade or so though.

[Crazyfool01]

14 minutes ago, Tommy101 said:

OK I'll bite;

Is their music as pointlessly banal as another post slating a band that is seen as unpopular with the efests judgemental clique where opinion is expressed as fact?

They have at least one fan on this forum in @Odessa and they fill arenas as previously mentioned. Surely that provides some sort of 'point'. 

The whole glory of art in any form is that it's subjective, and everyone has the right to like what they like and dislike what they dislike, discussing that is what brings us together, but telling someone (I assume) you don't know that what they like is wrong through the medium of a computer screen isn't that dissimilar to telling people they are mugs for paying for tickets, taking tents home or allowing grime at Glastonbury or whatever else is the new troll medium of choice.

absolutely ... not my cup of tea but I know they have been a great help with the start of october drifts career in the music industry and the european tour with them had several sell outs . so people do like them just maybe not people on these forums so much ... pointlessly banal ?!  

[uscore]

Editors were great at Bearded Theory this year.  I don't like them quite enough to see them on tour, but will usually watch them if they are playing a festival I'm at.

[Gilgamesh69]

I've got a friend that describes Editors as  "just a poor man's Interpol, and they're just a poor man's Joy Division". Not sure how accurate that is.

[dentalplan]

46 minutes ago, Tommy101 said:

OK I'll bite;

Is their music as pointlessly banal as another post slating a band that is seen as unpopular with the efests judgemental clique where opinion is expressed as fact?

They have at least one fan on this forum in @Odessa and they fill arenas as previously mentioned. Surely that provides some sort of 'point'. 

The whole glory of art in any form is that it's subjective, and everyone has the right to like what they like and dislike what they dislike, discussing that is what brings us together, but telling someone (I assume) you don't know that what they like is wrong through the medium of a computer screen isn't that dissimilar to telling people they are mugs for paying for tickets, taking tents home or allowing grime at Glastonbury or whatever else is the new troll medium of choice.

They have relatively very little disdain towards them. They don’t evoke a strong enough reaction for that. I have no idea how you’ve taken this one so badly.

[Tommy101]

19 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

They have relatively very little disdain towards them. They don’t evoke a strong enough reaction for that. I have no idea how you’ve taken this one so badly.

I think you've misunderstood my point... and any sort of tone if you think I've taken it badly.

[The Nal]

[zahidf]

I quite like the first two editors albums and would happily see them again, but not at Wembley arena. 

[Simpo]

Whoops! I bought a ticket to Metronomy in Manchester on Saturday November 9th, when I'm already seeing Tallest Man On Earth that night!

Could someone help me out and buy my Metronomy ticket off me? Many thank.

Edited September 6, 2019 by Simpo

[Odessa]

 

[Gilgamesh69]

37 minutes ago, Odessa said:

 

Nice, gonna see if I can get someone to cover my shift at work...

 

What venues do you reckon they'll be playing once they're doing a proper tour? Academies? Arenas?

[Badlands]

On 9/5/2019 at 2:36 PM, Gilgamesh69 said:

I've got a friend that describes Editors as  "just a poor man's Interpol, and they're just a poor man's Joy Division". Not sure how accurate that is.

I use exact same theory, but swapping Editors for White Lies and Interpol for Editors. Happy to add a fourth layer to this.

[Hugh Jass]

49 minutes ago, Gilgamesh69 said:

Nice, gonna see if I can get someone to cover my shift at work...

 

What venues do you reckon they'll be playing once they're doing a proper tour? Academies? Arenas?

Academies with a big one somewhere like Ally Pally would be my guess.

Would like to go to Oslo on Monday but have a shitload of stuff in the pipeline and am burning through my permissions.

[Avalon_Fields]

Supergrass confirmed tour of the UK & Ireland next February & March! Yes!

Edited September 9, 2019 by Avalon_Fields

[Hugh Jass]

Certainly interested in Supergrass, although might hold until after GF tickets go on sale. Can’t imagine an Ally Pally ticket being too hard to come by.