Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[Gnomicide]

I can't read that due to the book size*.

*Obviously I can but how long has showing you how big a book is been a thing? 

 

[Tuna]

To avoid confusion between this book and the large print version of Day Coming 

[dentalplan]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I can't read that due to the book size*.

*Obviously I can but how long has showing you how big a book is been a thing? 

 

I’m so glad. Once I had an 11” book - never again!!!

[Tommy101]

17 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

I’m so glad. Once I had an 11” book - never again!!!

I read a book on anti gravity once, couldn't put it down

[tjamest]

50 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

only know about them because of the entry in Ruth and Martin's Album club, which equally made me want to investigate and avoid them at the same time.

Thanks for this - I had never heard of  Ruth and Martin's Album Club before and have just spent the last 30 minutes on there instead of working.

[priest17]

19 minutes ago, Tommy101 said:

I read a book on anti gravity once, couldn't put it down

I had a similar problem with a book on rotation, it was a real page turner.

[the wonderwhy]

Edit: In the round as well 

Edited November 14, 2017 by the wonderwhy

[the wonderwhy]

Patti Smith playing Manchester & Brighton in June. 

Good to see confirmation that David Byrne and Massive Attack are active next summer as well. Now if someone could just get everyone decent on one bill... 

[DDave]

New Shame dates next March/April. Best new British band by a mile at the moment.

[Callum_96]

5 minutes ago, DiscothequeDave said:

New Shame dates next March/April. Best new British band by a mile at the moment.

You got a link for the Shame dates? Can't seem to find them

[DDave]

Just now, Callum_96 said:

You got a link for the Shame dates? Can't seem to find them

https://dice.fm/search?query=shame

April sorry, not March.

[eFestivals]

28 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

Good to see confirmation that David Byrne and Massive Attack are active next summer as well. Now if someone could just get everyone decent on one bill... 

as a big Byrne fan and knowing he';d be touring for a while (since those south american dates came out) I've been trying to think which fests in the UK he might play.

It's a difficult one, cos he probably has a bigger fee than tickets he'd sell for a festival if headliner (cos I'm far from sure he'd be a big ticket shifter for any fest).

So I always end up coming back to womad for him, as the festival where he's a great fit and where the sales aren't particularly driven by the acts on the bill.

[AldoTVAOF]

20 minutes ago, DiscothequeDave said:

https://dice.fm/search?query=shame

April sorry, not March.

Some on See that aren't on Dice https://www.seetickets.com/tour/shame

Also announced an album out at the start of January.

[zahidf]

16 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

as a big Byrne fan and knowing he';d be touring for a while (since those south american dates came out) I've been trying to think which fests in the UK he might play.

It's a difficult one, cos he probably has a bigger fee than tickets he'd sell for a festival if headliner (cos I'm far from sure he'd be a big ticket shifter for any fest).

So I always end up coming back to womad for him, as the festival where he's a great fit and where the sales aren't particularly driven by the acts on the bill.

Green Man and EOTR again. Latitude maybe, second stage headliner. Field day?

[Mouseboy11]

Mongol Horde dates for January, think I’ll try for these as they were fantastic before.

[eFestivals]

4 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Green Man and EOTR again. 

yeah, would work at those as they also don't (too much) depend on who they announce.

But they're at the wrong end of summer.  Womad is still the most likely, i'd say.

[the wonderwhy]

32 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

as a big Byrne fan and knowing he';d be touring for a while (since those south american dates came out) I've been trying to think which fests in the UK he might play.

It's a difficult one, cos he probably has a bigger fee than tickets he'd sell for a festival if headliner (cos I'm far from sure he'd be a big ticket shifter for any fest).

So I always end up coming back to womad for him, as the festival where he's a great fit and where the sales aren't particularly driven by the acts on the bill.

 

14 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Green Man and EOTR again. Latitude maybe, second stage headliner. Field day?

Blue Dot? 

[eFestivals]

6 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said:

 

Blue Dot? 

I'#d considered that one, and concluded that if From The Fields are booking him I'd expect that to be for KC before Bluedot, where I reckon he'd sit well below a headliner and not be a risk for tickets shifted.

As I say, i don't really think Byrne is really a ticket-shifter for festivals (but perhaps i'm entirely wrong about that).

[Harry49]

26 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'#d considered that one, and concluded that if From The Fields are booking him I'd expect that to be for KC before Bluedot, where I reckon he'd sit well below a headliner and not be a risk for tickets shifted.

As I say, i don't really think Byrne is really a ticket-shifter for festivals (but perhaps i'm entirely wrong about that).

Agree that he isnt a big ticket shifter but my choice of festival this year will be based on his appearance on the bill! hoping for green man, EoTR or Blue Dot but if you are right, WOMAD it will be!

[tjamest]

46 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

As I say, i don't really think Byrne is really a ticket-shifter for festivals (but perhaps i'm entirely wrong about that)

I'm pretty rubbish at working out which artists will shift tickets, but i saw David Byrne in 2009 when he was touring the Brian Eno collaborations and although it was a great gig with quite a few Talking Heads numbers the 2000 person Southampton Guildhall was no where near full. 

Although he always seems to be involved in projects I don't think he has done too much since to raise his profile with the masses apart from the St Vincent album a couple of years ago, but i could be very wrong.

Womad would definitely work for me though as i fully intend to go for the first time this year whoever is playing 

Edited November 15, 2017 by tjamest

[eFestivals]

18 minutes ago, Harry49 said:

Agree that he isnt a big ticket shifter but my choice of festival this year will be based on his appearance on the bill! hoping for green man, EoTR or Blue Dot but if you are right, WOMAD it will be!

yeah, it's pretty likely that I'll be chasing him too.

Memory from in the crowd last time he played (as just him) a UK festie - as headliner (Big Chill, I forget the year now):-
group of people dancing in front of me, aged around 20-ish, all dancing away, looking like they're having a great time. Bloke turns round to his friends and says "who's this, again?"

Edited November 15, 2017 by eFestivals

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, tjamest said:

I'm pretty rubbish at working out which artists will shift tickets, but i saw David Byrne in 2009 when he was touring the Brian Eno collaborations and although it was a great gig with quite a few Talking Heads numbers the 2000 person Southampton Guildhall was no where near full. 

Although he always seems to be involved in projects I don't think he has done too much since to raise his profile with the masses apart from the St Vincent album a couple of years ago, but i could be very wrong.

I saw him three times on that tour - Bristol and London (both sold out), and the Big Chill (which didn't). Of the many times I've seen him he looked the most comfortable with playing older stuff, which was nice ... and the set-list had nearly all of the best old stuff in it too.

His fan-base are mostly of an age and demographic where they want creature comforts and convenience, and not the slog of a fest - which is why I reckon he's not a fantastic festie ticket-shifter (I'd put Queen fans in a similar 'not festival' bracket, too).

[zahidf]

Nothing but thieves look next to have a tour cancelled

 

[Avalon_Fields]

Hope I can get to see David Byrne, saw him last in 2001.

I was interested to see a pre-sale this week for Fat Freddys Drop at the Manchester Academy, a bad I’ve always wanted to see, but then I see it’s for a gig in November 2018, seems ridiculous to pay 12 months in advance....

 

[Gnomicide]

On 14/11/2017 at 1:27 PM, tjamest said:

Thanks for this - I had never heard of  Ruth and Martin's Album Club before and have just spent the last 30 minutes on there instead of working.

They put the best of them Into a book if you like something to hold (madam). 

Martin's preamble to each review is a thing of beauty. I think his bit on The Hold Steady is my favourite bit of music writing, ever.