Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[rubick]

Saint Etienne announced a short tour this morning throughout June.

08/06 - Manchester O2 Ritz

09/06 - Edinburgh, Hidden Door Festival

10/06 - Sunderland Fire Station

11/06 - Oxfordshire, Kite Festival

[clarkete]

About two years ago I thought "I'd love to see Sparks, I've read a few things that said they're great live"  and "I've never been to Barrowlands and people rave about what a great venue it is". 

Tickets got postponed due to pandemic so next week I'm due to travel from the west country to Glasgow (700 mile round trip) to see them.   In the interim I've seen their film (on Netflix atm if you haven't) and it really whetted my appetite. 

 

[tumbles]

45 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Just when you think they'll never play another gig they drop this.. 

[rubick]

12 minutes ago, tumbles said:

Just when you think they'll never play another gig they drop this.. 

Wow. Their set at Electric Picnic in 2014 remains a festival experience highlight for me.

[tumbles]

3 minutes ago, rubick said:

Wow. Their set at Electric Picnic in 2014 remains a festival experience highlight for me.

This gig reminds me of the Tsunami gig in 2005, that seemed to spark them back into life and 3 followed a few years after. I bet MA would be on board if it wasn't for one member being ill. 

That gig was fucking mint. Went on the second night after scoring tickets from the Bristol Ticket Office.  

Would be lovely to think they're warming up for the following month.

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by tumbles

[Clarence Clemons]

Warmduscher. tonight @ Kentish town.

apparently blowing the roofs of places at the moment. loud!

[the wonderwhy]

DIIV playing Manchester O2 Ritz 2nd August. Must be other dates around then too. 

[t0paz]

6 hours ago, tumbles said:

Just when you think they'll never play another gig they drop this.. 

‘A few songs’ - doesn’t sound like a full on set, sadly.

[cdm22]

20 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

DIIV playing Manchester O2 Ritz 2nd August. Must be other dates around then too. 

They have announced on their Discord channel dates at London Koko, Brighton Chalk, and Nottingham iirc. I signed up to have a look but deleted the account again now.

Ah, showing on their website now https://diiv.net/shows  Bristol too.

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by cdm22

[Suprefan]

[tumbles]

2 minutes ago, t0paz said:

‘A few songs’ - doesn’t sound like a full on set, sadly.

I think they all will only play 2-3 songs with that big a line up! The 2005 tsunami gig they only played maybe 4-5 and that was just them & MA.  I guess its more the hope they might either tour again or get in studio to pay for Geoff's retirement in Greece! 

[The Nal]

14 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Dublin date suits me better. And still in the running for Glasto aswell.

[t0paz]

1 hour ago, tumbles said:

I think they all will only play 2-3 songs with that big a line up! The 2005 tsunami gig they only played maybe 4-5 and that was just them & MA.  I guess its more the hope they might either tour again or get in studio to pay for Geoff's retirement in Greece! 

The event runs from 12pm-11pm so plenty of time! The last charity thing he organised was Beak> and Idles so probably felt the need to mix it up a bit, and Portishead will be a bigger draw even if it is a handful of songs.

Would love for this to be the start of something bigger though!

[finn_with_1_n]

ticket snagged earlier today for Dave Longstreth at the Barbican . It seems to be an evening of new music performed by him and stargaze, and some Dirty Projectors stuff just for good measure. seeing the group at Village Underground was a live highlight of whatever-year-that-was

[leej7]

Hard Fi on the return? Saw on the way to the office yesterday. 

[Hugh Jass II]

6 minutes ago, leej7 said:

Hard Fi on the return? Saw on the way to the office yesterday. 

[gfa]

16 minutes ago, leej7 said:

Hard Fi on the return? Saw on the way to the office yesterday. 

 

[FloorFiller]

19 minutes ago, leej7 said:

Hard Fi on the return? Saw on the way to the office yesterday. 

That’s gonna be hard to beat. 

[charlierc]

39 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

That’s gonna be hard to beat. 

1st October is a Saturday, so would very much be living for the weekend.

[charlierc]

Frank Turner take two...

Did have tickets to the originally planned Oxford date. May see if its worth a second go.

[fred quimby]

On 3/29/2022 at 5:27 PM, Gilgamesh69 said:

What's wrong with Bath?

Well I have been there now (Sarah Millican). Was fine, seats are ok and like any theatre, must ask my friend why they had issues. All seated though, maybe not the very front. Not sure how that would work with some bands

[danmarks]

S

7 hours ago, fred quimby said:

Well I have been there now (Sarah Millican). Was fine, seats are ok and like any theatre, must ask my friend why they had issues. All seated though, maybe not the very front. Not sure how that would work with some bands

Seats can be removed from the front downstairs. Standing at Paul Weller and theres standing at Kurt Vile too.

[efcfanwirral]

On 4/9/2022 at 12:21 PM, charlierc said:

Frank Turner take two...

Did have tickets to the originally planned Oxford date. May see if its worth a second go.

Loving the new album - will have to go to one of the North West dates 

[fred quimby]

1 hour ago, danmarks said:

S

Seats can be removed from the front downstairs. Standing at Paul Weller and theres standing at Kurt Vile too.

Cool.  Friend said it was only the first few rows. Was in the stalls and they were bolted down. PSB have standing so , good to hear

[danmarks]

Im old and end up getting seats cos cant be arsed to stand and definitely for those two gigs i could only buy seated upstairs so should be ok