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Their four-date stripped down acoustic tour may only begin this evening, but Scottish troupe Idlewild have announced a massive UK tour to begin in April.
The tour is to promote new record 'Warnings/Promises', released March 7th. The new album is preceeded by a single 'Love Steals Us From Loneliness' on February 21st.
The 21-date attack on the British Isles goes a little something like this:
April
5th Newcastle Northumbria University
6th Liverpool Royal Court
7th Southampton Guildhall
8th Reading Hexagon
10th Bristol Academy
11th Brighton Dome
13th London Shepherds Bush Empire
14th London Shepherds Bush Empire
15th Folkestone Leas Cliffe Hall
17th Nottingham Rock City
18th Cambridge Corn Exchange
19th Norwich UEA
21th Sheffield Octagon
22nd Stoke Victoria Hall
23rd Manchester Academy
24th Birmingham Academy
26th Leeds University
28th Dublin Ambassador Theatre
29th Belfast Mandela Hall
May
1st Aberdeen Music Hall
2nd Glasgow Barrowlands
3rd Edinburgh Usher Hall
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when are tickets on sale ???
i can't wait ... finally another big show to look forward to here in newcastle ...
i can't wait ... finally another big show to look forward to here in newcastle ...
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AND it's when I'm back for the holidays. Result!
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I reckon there's at last four dates I could potentially go to on there...
Has anyone heard the new record? what d'you think?
Has anyone heard the new record? what d'you think?
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And who's that in the background of the photo? Was that one chosen for any reason?
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Yes. I think it blows.
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to make people go ... "yes i remember idlewild they were those wild falling over scotish types"
iv heard that the new record continues the slide towards coldplay/rem that quite a few bands from te late 90s are now following
iv heard that the new record continues the slide towards coldplay/rem that quite a few bands from te late 90s are now following
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I was quite encouraged by the single. So much so I'd blanked the awful Falkirk live show from my mind; I have been looking forward to the new record. Is the single representative of what it's like?
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I find it difficult to tell whether i'm gonna like it for not. It could be good, or it could be I Never Wanted several times.
But I do like Coldplay's second album. And I like REM...
But I do like Coldplay's second album. And I like REM...
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It doesn't COMPLETELY suck. There are some good tunes, but you just kinda expect more from a band of their ilk. The single is mildly representative, yeah, but the slip to MOR is definitely visible.
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im still gonna buy it on the thought that idlewilds albums have always been very good "for what they are" ... so this one should be a very good piece of poprock ..and i do rather like the single
either way, im not gonna miss them playing 15min walk from my front door am i?
either way, im not gonna miss them playing 15min walk from my front door am i?
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It depends on which way you walk as to whether you miss them or not.
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The single's title is absolutely classic bollocksy lyricism that they exhibit far too often. They can be musically good at times though.
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I just find it weird and a bit sad that a band i literally would have used to travel up the country for to watch like a coupla years ago, i now wont even bother to go to see in london. I just don't understand their motivation anymore, or what they're about.
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I saw the video for the new single this morning. The singer currently has the worst hair I've ever seen on a man...
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Leeds Uni, my 18th Birthday woo!!!
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ill send the ludes in a paper bag
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on Friday, i think, on general sale. dunno bout mailing list members
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i don't think it's any more MOR than Remote Part was, just MOR in a different way. Unfortunately, its sound is a bit nearer 100BW than RP from what I've heard. Hohum.
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Man! the falkirk show was amazin!!! i was right down the front and the atmosphere was immense! aside from the few jakey falkirk 'hard-men' it was quality. idlewild themselves were on fire!
cheerio
cheerio
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aw. i just... they don't get to me anymore. the thing about them that was really human doesn't seem to be there anymore.
xxx
xxx
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They're not as good as they think they are. They were amazing and they let it slip away.
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Saw them live for free once at.....(gasp)......Virgin Megastore in London promoting The Remote Part. Pretty sweet band, but I kinda like Coldplay, so even if they slip, I hope they slip in that direction.
I hope R.E.M. slip and break their necks. All of them.
I hope R.E.M. slip and break their necks. All of them.
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I am off to see Idlewild on wednesday at Shaw Theatre. Must admit that they are heading depressingly down the REM route though. Doesn't Roddy Womble live in LA now?
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I thought they were just recording in LA. And he was still living in New York. Although he might have moved. Haven't seen him round Edinburgh in their time off.
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Yeah, that's the impression I got at that Falkirk show. Lost of kinf of edge. Might have been a one-off though...
The new single gets to me.
The new single gets to me.
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Or maybe back in London.
I can't believe I'm discussing where Roddy Woomble lives. On a message board. With myself.
I can't believe I'm discussing where Roddy Woomble lives. On a message board. With myself.
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Idlewild sound bollocks all like Coldplay! Every band that calms down a little bit nowadays gets labelled as a Coldplay sound-a-like. Although I will admit...there were odd flashes of obvious R.E.M. worship of 'Remote Part'.
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Support for wednesdays gig is Johnny Reeve and also Foxface, anyone know anything about them?
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sorry Jenny Reeve
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Jenny Reeve of Eva and Reindeer Section fame? Yes, she's tall with long red hair.
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i've heard it, there's one amazing song on the album called 'I Want A Warning' the rest is sub-REM fodder, really is this what they've become, i was pretty disappointed to say the least.
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I got tickets!!
*danses*
*danses*
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