Live at the Piece Hall 2025

[northernangel]

10 minutes ago, sheffinghell said:

NME reporting this an exclusive UK headline show (alongside festivals), so a pretty good coup 

Well considering they are doing Download and Crystal Palace south it's kinda the only one by default lol.

[NorthernSoul52]

[NorthernSoul52]

Missed this one earlier this week. If they sell them both out, that's 12,000 tickets in an old industrial town, which isn't too bad.

[sheffinghell]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Missed this one earlier this week. If they sell them both out, that's 12,000 tickets in an old industrial town, which isn't too bad.

I saw this old article about Cuffe and Taylor earlier today. Explains a bit about how they got started, their strategy if you can call it that, and why the venues they use work so well (tl:dr people don't get much live music around those parts)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/26/lytham-st-annes-peter-taylor-daniel-cuffe-britney-kylie-scarborough?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

[NorthernSoul52]

Nice read, that.

[NorthernSoul52]

[NorthernSoul52]

[sheffinghell]

Wondering if they'll get the Sex Pistols with Frank Carter given the increasing number of events they're popping up at.

[NorthernSoul52]

I'd have assumed it would have come up with this morning's announcements, but maybe so.

[sheffinghell]

Clean Bandit also just announced a first outdoor, non-festival date, so could also be a possibility

[NorthernSoul52]

I already know several people depressed by what they view as the weaker quality of next year's selection against this year.

 

Clean Bandit might genuinely cause them to have a breakdown.

[NorthernSoul52]

I will say that a lot of the bookings so far have been artists with very recent gigs just up the road in Leeds too. James and Pendulum both at the First Direct Arena this year, as were Texas and Simple Minds, while Rag'n'bone Man and The Saw Doctors both played the city's O2 Academy in the last week.

 

From that perspective, I understand why many feel that it is an underwhelming batch this time around.

[Hirstys 12th Pint]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

 

Seen The Saw Doctors loads and always put on an amazing show.  Not been to the Piece Hall before so might have to book this one.

[NorthernSoul52]

10 minutes ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said:

 

Seen The Saw Doctors loads and always put on an amazing show.  Not been to the Piece Hall before so might have to book this one.

Saw them on a first date once. Was a terrific show and a date, so a double winner.

[sheffinghell]

Trailing an announcement for 8am tomorrow. Must be a biggie!

[scatteredscreens]

4 minutes ago, sheffinghell said:

Trailing an announcement for 8am tomorrow. Must be a biggie!

I assume it'll be something classical adjacent with the music sheet background in the teaser?

[sheffinghell]

11 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

I assume it'll be something classical adjacent with the music sheet background in the teaser?

Ah, you could be right. Probably going to be Bublé or someone.

[NorthernSoul52]

Now that would be something of a coup, perhaps.

[sheffinghell]

C&T are promoting the Buena Vista Orchestra dates - would absolutely love that. They also list Ball & Boe on their roster, which is probably more likely.

[sheffinghell]

48 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Now that would be something of a coup, perhaps.

My mind was picturing Ball, my hand typed Bublé! It's an age thing.

[NorthernSoul52]

25 minutes ago, sheffinghell said:

My mind was picturing Ball, my hand typed Bublé! It's an age thing.

Ball and Boe? Now I would also be very down for that.

 

I saw Boe in Millennium Square a good few years ago - possibly nine - and it was a baffling seating arrangement. Can't have been more than 2,000 there if that - but he was in great form. Legged it into the crowd in the second half and started high-fiving every middle-aged woman in the vicinity, many of whom needed medical attention from the hysteria afterwards.

[sheffinghell]

12 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Ball and Boe? Now I would also be very down for that.

 

I saw Boe in Millennium Square a good few years ago - possibly nine - and it was a baffling seating arrangement. Can't have been more than 2,000 there if that - but he was in great form. Legged it into the crowd in the second half and started high-fiving every middle-aged woman in the vicinity, many of whom needed medical attention from the hysteria afterwards.

Sounds fun! According to their Twitter they just hit no 1 with their latest album, and doing media sounds in the morning, so seems very likely.