Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[priest17]

I didn't realise White Denim were supporting Noely boi in Manchester as well as Doves, I'm actually tempted by that. Even liked his latest album.

[dentalplan]

38 minutes ago, thewayiam said:

Personally I was a Razorlight fan way back when and The Coral so for me it's great but I shall rely on Glasto and neither of them are likely to clash too heavily 

I maybe wouldn’t go as far as to say Razorlight will never play Glastonbury again, but if they did it’d be somewhere completely away from the TV cameras like Avalon or Will’s Green.

[Hugh Jass]

12 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I maybe wouldn’t go as far as to say Razorlight will never play Glastonbury again, but if they did it’d be somewhere completely away from the TV cameras like Avalon or Will’s Green.

They’re sort of act that could open the Other - a name people recognise but not so big they’ll draw a dangerously big crowd.

[Gucci Piggy]

Nah Razorlight aren't a big enough deal for that nowadays. They'd defo be on a tiny stage.

[Odessa]

Not looked at the full tour but Razorlight have sold out the Ritz in Manchester. They're easily a band worthy of a slot on the Other or JP going off that. I've only heard the single off the new album and it's absolutely tragic, but I would still be up for seeing them if they did loads of old stuff tbh. Opening Other would be no good though as I wouldn't have had time to drink enough to accept the fact I'm watching Razorlight in 2019.

[dentalplan]

49 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

They’re sort of act that could open the Other

Maybe on Saturday.

6 minutes ago, Odessa said:

Not looked at the full tour but Razorlight have sold out the Ritz in Manchester. They're easily a band worthy of a slot on the Other or JP going off that. 

You what? I know people tend to tip any washed up bunch to pop up on the Other Stage but why on Earth would they play the John Peel?

[Odessa]

1 minute ago, dentalplan said:

You what? I know people tend to tip any washed up bunch to pop up on the Other Stage but why on Earth would they play the John Peel?

Dunno hahah just figured if they can play the Other they can also play a smaller stage that also has indie rock acts. But yeah just had a proper look at JP lineups and it tends to be bands that are still good or new bands and not much in between.

[dingbat2]

3 hours ago, jyoung said:

What did Norwich do to deserve that ??

Not sure what you mean by that, wow to get Noel and Coral or are you laughing at us Norfolk folk for getting Razorshite?

[Hugh Jass]

20 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Maybe on Saturday.

You what? I know people tend to tip any washed up bunch to pop up on the Other Stage but why on Earth would they play the John Peel?

The Other is where knackered old bands finally go to die. It’s Valhalla for landfill indie.

[dentalplan]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

The Other is where knackered old bands finally go to die. It’s Valhalla for landfill indie.

Nah this is a myth. People talk about the Other Stage like it's got Cast and the Pigeon Detectives running wild. There's the odd Kaiser Chief here and Editors there but they still get booked at anything.

[Hugh Jass]

37 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Nah this is a myth. People talk about the Other Stage like it's got Cast and the Pigeon Detectives running wild. There's the odd Kaiser Chief here and Editors there but they still get booked at anything.

Kaisers (twice), Courteeners (twice), Editors, Catfish (twice) Viva Brother, Charlatans, Twin Atlantic, The Subways... and more, all within the last four years.

The Other: Home of shit indie

(I’ve been a bit mean lumping Charlatans in with those other turds)

[Gucci Piggy]

23 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Kaisers (twice), Courteeners (twice), Editors, Catfish (twice) Viva Brother, Charlatans, Twin Atlantic, The Subways... and more, all within the last four years.

The Other: Home of shit indie

(I’ve been a bit mean lumping Charlatans in with those other turds)

Those bands aren't (or weren't) dying, though, are they? They're not even old except The Charlatans. Courteeners and Catfish are subs at major festivals like R&L/TRNSMT; Editors and Kaisers are the closest you get to the likes of Razorlight but they've maintained their status as like 4th down Other Stage bands, and like dental said they get booked everywhere still; Twin Atlantic are the same size they've always been. The likes of Razorlight play random small town festivals because no one who goes to a real festival wants to see them these days.

It's the home of crap indie, yeah, but crap indie that's still relevant. The Charlatans are pretty irrelevant, but all the acts who do that Other opener slot are pretty irrelevant. If Razorlight were still as big as James/The Charlatans they might be able to do that slot.

[incident]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

(I’ve been a bit mean lumping Charlatans in with those other turds)

You really haven't.

[chemica]

For what it’s worth, Lauryn Hill the other night was one of the most incredible performances I’ve ever seen. Forget all the tripe peddled about her - sincere, sensible and still that iconic voice and delivery. Incredible. 

[zahidf]

On 12/2/2018 at 3:02 PM, The Nal said:

Springsteen next year over in these shores

No e street next year

 

"Just a note to quell some of the rumors over here on E Street. While we hope to be back with you soon, the E Street Band won’t be touring in 2019. Before I go back to my day job, the year will be consumed with a break after our Broadway run and various recording projects I’ve been working on. We do hope to see you soon, and until then, we have some mighty E Streeters out there regularly performing with their own projects who’d love and deserve your support. All love and Happy Holidays!
 
- Bruce Springsteen'

[Avalon_Fields]

5 hours ago, zahidf said:

No e street next year

 

"Just a note to quell some of the rumors over here on E Street. While we hope to be back with you soon, the E Street Band won’t be touring in 2019. Before I go back to my day job, the year will be consumed with a break after our Broadway run and various recording projects I’ve been working on. We do hope to see you soon, and until then, we have some mighty E Streeters out there regularly performing with their own projects who’d love and deserve your support. All love and Happy Holidays!
 
- Bruce Springsteen'

Yes, just seen this too, gutted, I should have seen him enough by now...

[stuartbert two hats]

On 12/3/2018 at 5:48 PM, jyoung said:

Do Blossoms have it written into their contracts that they must place any gig a band puts on in Manchester?

The exact wording is "near Stockport".

[the wonderwhy]

Are you all forgetting the time PJ Harvs absolutely stormed the Other? 

[Gucci Piggy]

6 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Are you all forgetting the time PJ Harvs absolutely stormed the Other? 

Was good but defo not up there with the best shows I've seen. Crowd was dead af, too. I was pretty close and was the only person around me who seemed into it.

[Hugh Jass]

12 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Are you all forgetting the time PJ Harvs absolutely stormed the Other? 

Wasn’t there because some genius decided to put Beck up against her.

(Beck smashed it too)

[eFestivals]

19 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said:

Was good but defo not up there with the best shows I've seen. Crowd was dead af, too. I was pretty close and was the only person around me who seemed into it.

agree with that. All a bit flat.

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

agree with that. All a bit flat.

I thought some of it was pretty nice, especially some of the near-acapella bit, but it was hardly rocking and not really suitable for the second to last act on the main stages of the whole festival.  Would have been great in The Park 5 hours earlier.

[Mardy]

Yeah, she did nothing wrong in that set, and objectively it was really good, but it was a proper 'shit weather, brexit vote' slump. It was only the exceptional lcd set afterwards that was able to lift the spirits, by providing escapism.

PJ that night tapped into, and reflected the general mood. LCD, on the other hand, hijacked the mood and refused to let it go where it was originally heading. 

[stuartbert two hats]

19 minutes ago, Mardy said:

Yeah, she did nothing wrong in that set, and objectively it was really good, but it was a proper 'shit weather, brexit vote' slump. It was only the exceptional lcd set afterwards that was able to lift the spirits, by providing escapism.

PJ that night tapped into, and reflected the general mood. LCD, on the other hand, hijacked the mood and refused to let it go where it was originally heading. 

Bang on, that's exactly how I feel about the pair of sets.  LCD didn't stop to read out a 17th Century poem about Europe, as moving as that was.

[Yokel Again]

I thought she was simply stunning, but it did rather sum up the mood of 2016 for me. Stinking mud, stinking weather, crap politics. Her war-laden songs suited the mood but hardly lifted the spirit, as said.