Oxford’s leading proggy alt-rockers Youthmovies have confirmed a number of live dates for November. Bonus: they’re again taking talking-songs artist Adam Gnade on the road with them. Gnade collaborated with the five-piece on the 2007 EP Honey Slides.
Says the band via MySpace:
“So, we're finally heading out on tour again.
“Other than Summer Sundae and Leeds Festival these are going to be our only shows for the rest of 2008.
“Adam Gnade will be main support on all dates and we handpicked each of the openers, so you can rest assured that every line-up is double-good.
“The tour is in support of a brand new EP which will be released on Blast First (petite) on November 6. Full tracklisting and details coming soon.
“Tickets go on sale tomorrow, so the links (accessible here) will work then.”
Dates, then.
November
6 London Water Rats with Larsen B
7 Brighton Freebutt with Maths Class
8 Kingston Fighting Cocks with Colour
10 Norwich Queen Charlotte with Colour
11 Birmingham Bar Academy with Great Eskimo Hoax
12 Bristol The Cooler with Geisha
13 Oxford Zodiac with opener TBC
14 Derby The Royal with You Animals
15 Leeds Cockpit with These Monsters
17 Sheffield Fusion with These Monsters
18 Manchester Night & Day with Cats In Paris
19 Liverpool Barfly Loft with Antlers
20 Glasgow King Tuts with opener TBC
21 Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire with opener TBC
22 Carlisle Brickyard with Over The Wall
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fuck that
They had to cancel their Cambridge date in March, and said they'd reschedule. And they didn't.
Now there isn't even a Cambridge date on the whole fucking tour. Great.
Norwich is not that far
away from cambs.
i think offers went out to a lot of people, maybe the cambridge promoter chose not to book them this time.
not that far?
It's a bastard to get back from, particularly after a gig. So, no.
It's the lack of rescheduled date that irks me. Given that one was promised.
do you actually
understand how independent bands operate?
yes
They sit at home counting money all day, and only tour when they need to buy a new yacht.
Idiot.
Ooooo guntrip got zinged by Arfie
but good!
Bet you're smarting now, eh? No more smart alec comments from you, no sirree bob, just calm, measured, objective commentary from now on...
ha
I don't mind that there's no Cambridge date, nor that the last one was cancelled. It's a shame, but not the end of the world.
What I object to is the promise of a rescheduled date and the subsequent failure of one to arrive.
Similarly, if you tell me you can juggle twelve ming vases at once and then you later turn out to have no arms, it's not the lack of vase-juggling I take exception to, but the claim that you could when, really, you knew far better than I did that it would never happen. Then it just feels insincere.
If you aren't certain you can keep a promise, don't make one.
Agreed
Ended up driving all the way to Coventry on the last tour after the Cambridge show was cancelled.
Gutted as doesn't look like I'll be able to make any dates this time.
sams
my
fav.
cool
will they be able to fill the cockpit?
huuummmmmmmmmmmmmm
adam gnade
i want him to do a headline tourrrrrr. much betttter!
manchester with cats in paris!
= winner
^
i'm all over that one
Cockpit with These Monsters
sounds pretty cool, I'll probably go to that if I can make it.
is that american mathy antlers?
holy fuck.
ticketmaster...
really:( is there any other ticket company selling tix for the london gig... i'm doing a search but so far zilch...
Nah, it's a Liverpool proggy Antlers...
...of whom i am a fret-wanking member.
www.mypsace.com/fuckingantlers
But alas, we're not playing that gig as the other members of said Antlers are also in another band and are away in November.
You might wanna take that down from those listings, admin dudes.
If anyones interested...
...the song up on myspace is a recording of our only show so far and was recorded by the drummer dude from the Mae Shi/Bad Dudes and apparently it became their tour van song of choice throught February. This made me impossibly pleased.
Shite! Typo!
www.myspace.com/fuckingantlers
Does that mean...
There is no confirmed local support yet???
Who's putting it on??
I would love to play at this! Also, your band are good man! Can't wait for this tour.
Possibly...
...we only let them know we couldn't do it on Friday just gone, so they might not've booked anyone yet, what with it being the weekend and all. It's Liverpool Barfly who are putting the gig on, not an independent promoter as far as i'm aware.
Cheers for liking the band too. We had doing that show.
UPDATE!
Norwich will now be on the 9th November at the B2 due to the closing of the queen charlotte venue.
10th November is now the much whinged about Cambridge date. At he portland arms. So Arfie is pleased,
i'll be at both dates even with that bastard 1 hour journey between the two cities.
Arfie is very pleased
The unfortunate upshot of this is that it makes it look like whinging works.