Wall of Mouths

Can I aggravate the easily aggravated by adding a post to this thread with the word “Bristol” in it, please?

Thanks!

(It’s hardly like looking at forums is how they choose, we can all just hope… and I’ll travel anyway)

Right-click, “Save as…”

No, you’re right, it was freezing. Once I was down the front for 80s Matchbox, Terrorvision and The Wildhearts it was fine.

What a great day. One or two organisational issues but if you knew some of the stuff the organisers had to go through, they would have nothing but anyone’s total respect. Next year again please.

30seconds wrote:

tell…:)

OK, but just to clarify - this isn’t me, it’s just quoting what Ginger said on a radio station so I can’t clarify whether there was any truth in it or not.

Ginger said on Total Rock that T? weren’t playing the event because they refused to be below Terrorvision on the bill.

A big fat “allegedly” should be inserted at this point in terms of that statement, but I’ve heard the actual interview myself.

In a radio interview (on Total Rock), Ginger gave an alternative reason as to why they’re not playing, and I hope it wasn’t true…

They’ve just added The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. The bill just gets better… and it needs that one little push to go from ‘brilliant’ to ‘perfect’…

:-)

30seconds wrote:

Haha Inme are playing, what a way to ruin the festival!

Mmmm. Still, their new single sounds a lot better than anything they released from the first album. And The Glitterati have been added, which is somewhat better. The Glitterati toured with The Wildhearts before… and who was the band that played in between? :-)

If they’ve been asked, I can’t think of any reason for them not to do it. No idea whereabouts they proposed they should be on the bill but it hardly matters, it’s just the ‘being there’ for something like this… if they were first on that would be fine by me (although 2nd or 3rd on the bill would be just as peachy…)

So, is the general consensus this?…

- Rehearse/work on new album
- Get on shiny bus to Scarborough
- Play fantastic gig, road test a couple of newies
- Return to shiny bus
- Finish new album
- Critical acclaim and joy all round.

… will that do? Come on… :)

Whereas I have every chance of attending this gig (with 6000+ others) and would love to hear them at the rock gig of the year, before they return to the studio and make another fantastic record… hey, they could roadtest a couple of the newies!

allroy wrote:

For all you people who don’t understand a word of the above: bad luck! :p

And a nice pic as well:
http://static2.orf.at/fm4/img/2005-28/256780.jpg

Is that you, tatty? ;)
http://static2.orf.at/fm4/img/2005-28/256765.jpg

Let’s feed it through one of those auto-translators…

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I come straight of Therapy?, that volume, for which all waited! Up to the last row one hops, fears for, air impact things one plays and applauds. Have did Therapy point? dear, and in reverse also. The edge of the happening a young man tries to hunt again and again, with a gigantic FM4-Poster-Papierflieger a few principal listener, and not far far away from it a blond girl all men in range rempelt on. Well sowas. Therapy? are probably conscious itself of their historical role in the 10-Jahre-Forestglade-Orgienmysterientheater, a short speech and play then a Joy Cover hold division: “isolation”, mixed also a little “She’s draws to control”. As addition “Breaking the Law” is angestimmt, and, “DIANE” and “(Happy People Have NO) Stories” were naturally also in the set.

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I think I get the gist.

If they want to, and they’ve been invited, I don’t see how they could possibly be left out. Heck, I’d happily e-mail Ginger to get him to intervene personally…

So, reliable sources. Do they really really want to do it?

I’ll be there. That’ll be a five hour drive each way, and the usual discomfort of being in a big crowd. If I can get myself there, so can T? !

Not that I’m piling on the pressure or anything… oh hang on, I am. :-)

col wrote:

We’ll Ive heard from a VERY reliable source T? are not playing.

I’ve heard from a very reliable source too.

This doesn’t mean that I don’t want them to change their minds, with every fibre of my being.

Entirely agreed with apart from the ‘mid 90s’ bit… the albums since have been too good to call this nostalgia! Same with The Wildhearts… obviously Terrorvision haven’t released anything in a long time - but that didn’t stop their show at the Forum being my gig of the year so far.

Come on guys, one day out of the studio for the best line-up in years… and, let’s face it, a payday too?

Playing to 6500 people? It will be the best thing ever. Book a break from the studio!

Title: So…?

Come on guys, are you doing it then? This would be the gig of the decade? So many good bands are rumoured to be playing, it just sounds fantastic…

I don’t know whether you’ve made your minds up or not yet, but if you’re still deciding… please please please please please please play it. My hotel’s booked already!

As mentioned in the tour forum, hopefully you’ll see them on this bill:

http://www.rockinthecastle.co.uk

…although it needs to be pointed out that this is only a rumour right now!

Ah shite. I took a quick look for a Scarborough thread first.

Remind me to use the Search facility next time.

Edit: God alone knows how I missed it, it’s right near the top. That’s it, I’m off for a drink.

Title: Scarborough (merged)

Anyone else seen this?

http://www.rockinthecastle.co.uk

Even with only The Wildhearts and Terrorvision confirmed, this sounds like the best thing ever. But I hear rumours that a certain other band may be involved… would anyone care to comment?

Play Bristol please, good sirs. If not, then at least Exeter, so can I drive down there at speed singing ‘Last one to Devon’s a loser’…

(Sorry.)

Title: Bristol!

Bristol - Academy or Anson Rooms. Judging by the amount of people going mental for them when they supported The Wildhearts there in May, they should get a respectable turnout.

Or failing that, my house.

Title: Bristol

cookie wrote:

Well my ears are still buzzing from last night, Therapy? rocked hard…anyone else there?
I also really enjoyed Glitteratti and The Wildhearts, the whole thing was over far too quickly.
Only complaint the merchandise was crap, had money in hand ready to buy a new hoodie, none to be seen, what’s going on?

Blimey… you’re right. That was the loudest gig I’ve been to in a long time.

Therapy? were majestic and I thought The Wildhearts would have a job following it, but I should have known better. They were brilliant. But then, they are my favourite band and Therapy? are in the top five, so I was hardly expecting to be disappointed… oh, and The Glitterati weren’t bad either.

MarkoJii wrote:

I don’t know shit about them and I think that never will… But that is my fault, nobody’s else. ;)

You soon will, when you see the gigs. The two bands are kindred spirits with good reason. And the best news of all is that your gig date now looks like it will be unchanged! Keep an eye on the website.

I don’t think that’s entirely fair. To take a point from your earlier post, I think you’ll love them when you see them, but regarding the ‘fame and wealth’ issue, they’re on a record label that has let them down at every turn, and if you had had the run of luck that they had recently, you would have done the same. I can understand the frustration (particularly of a small number of people who had plane tickets for cancelled US dates) but really, the only people they’ve ever let down over the years have been themselves… the fans generally get a very good deal. If only they could have controlled things in the mid-late 90s, they’d be massive by now.

The ties between The Wildhearts and The Darkness (read the news item on their site if you don’t know what I’m on about) go back longer than the last couple of months. The bands were personal friends a long time before the latter had any level of success, so this wasn’t simply a case of ‘hitch onto the big band’s tour’.

Title: Wildhearts tour

You MIGHT be in luck. The Wildhearts are now in the USA until 18 April (which was the Cardiff date). It seems possible that they could be back for about the 20th or 21st and the Glasgow date is on 24 April. So it would make sense for them to keep the dates that they can still play and only reschedule the ones they can’t (one of which is mine, in Bristol). There should be details in the next couple of days - keep an eye on their website.

Title: The tour

A quick note regarding the Wildhearts tour. It’s still on, but the dates are going to change slightly… somewhere within about a week of the original ones, so keep your eyes peeled.

Well, The Wildhearts are my favourite band and Therapy? are in the top five, so this is quite honestly the best news ever. I hope nobody on here is too put out that T? are the support… right now it’s true to say that The Wildhearts play to much bigger audiences in the UK. (The fact that T? have had bugger all radio/TV support for years doesn’t help) For a few people with short memories, they’re about to have a real ‘have you forgotten how good they are’ moment!

It will be the best night ever though. When I read that T? had been added my eyes glazed over… I was at work and got some funny stares from the person sitting opposite!

BruceBruce wrote:

I went to TJ’s on Saturday to see The Wildhearts. Watch out for the low ceiling there - in parts it just touched the top of my head with me standing up straight.

The website for TJ’s says TBC so it might be worth checking that ever so often. I’m in Newcastle that night for a Maiden gig so can’t make it unfortunately.

I was at both that gig and the Therapy? one. In between the two, they’ve dealt with that dangerous ceiling and you can now jump to your heart’s content!

Title: Newport TJs (merged thread)

Just wanted to say that the Newport gig was fantastic, if a little insane… the small space between crowd and stage meant that every time some crowdsurfed, something needed fixing. The drum kit had to be reset after the first song.

And Andy is still quite the comic genius. After about five attempts at ‘A Moment Of Clarity’, he looked to the sky, said “Dear God, give the fat man a break”… and they finally nailed it. After another song he said “my kids say Daddy, what did you do last night, and I say… I drank some liquor, played some punk rock and got my head kicked in by the crowd… they must be so proud”.

Anyway, enough of my wittering, it was genius and I nabbed a setlist if anyone interested to know what they played…