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See HAL. See HAL run. See HAL go on tour forever....

Lorelei_22 by Laurel Dreher [Edit this content] ▾ 8 comments 12:45 February 23rd, 2005
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Dublin lite-rockers HAL certainly have their hands full these days. The group's second single, 'Play the Hits,' will reach the shops on April 4, with their debut album coming out only a couple of weeks later on April 18.

And as if that wasn't enough, HAL also have not one, not two, not even three...but four different tours they will be embarking on throughout the months of March and April.

The boys will tour with the likes of Doves, The Thrills, and Brendan Benson, as well as headlining a few dates of their own later on this spring:

FEBRUARY-MARCH

supporting Doves

22 Feb. Edinburgh Corn Exchange
23 Aberdeen Music Hall
24 Glasglow Glasgow Academy
26 Belfast Ulster Hall
28 Dublin Olympia
2 Mar. Bristol Colston Hall
4 Southampton Guildhall
5 Cardiff Cardiff University
7 Exeter Exeter University
8 Brighton Brighton Dome
10 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
11 Norwich UEA
12 Cambridge Corn Exchange

MARCH

supporting The Thrills

13 Edinburgh Queens Hall
15 Cardiff Cardiff University
16 Liverpool Liverpool University
17 London Hammersmith Palais

MARCH-APRIL

Headline

29 Mar. London Bush Hall
1 Apr. Ireland, Cork An Cruisin Lan
2 Ireland, Dublin The Village
3 Ireland, Belfast The Limelight

APRIL

supporting Brendan Benson

18 Norwich The Waterfront
19 Northampton Roadmender
20 Bristol Fleece & Firkin

For more info on the band or their upcoming tour, visit their official website here.

Doves Brendan Benson The Thrills Hal
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See HAL. See HAL run. See HAL go on tour forever....

They're called DOVES. not THE DOVES, just DOVES.
Anyway, HAL are quite good live, in a kind of if-the-thrills-were-good kind of way. they were playing a bill with the magic numbers, however, who are rather shite pub rock bollocks played by fat aging hippies. but HAL are good.
brusma | 23 Feb '05, 13:07 | X | Reply

Re: See HAL. See HAL run. See HAL go on tour forever....

i'd have to agree with that. saw hal & the magic no.s last week and whilst the magic no.s were OK, i thought Hal were superb. their harmonies are top notch.
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owenwhite @brusma | 23 Feb '05, 13:36 | X | Reply

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according to the Hal website they are also playing:

21
Academy III
with Brendan Benson 0161 275 2930
Manchester
UK

24
The Arches
with Brendan Benson 0870 240 7528
Glasgow
UK

25
Academy II
with Brendan Benson 0121 262 3000
Birmingham
UK

26
Wedgewood Rooms
with Brendan Benson 023 9286 3911
Portsmouth
UK

27
Electric Ballroom
with Brendan Benson 020 7485 9006
London
UK

28
Rescue Rooms
with Brendan Benson 0115 958 8484
Nottingham
UK

29
Cockpit
with Brendan Benson 0113 244 1573
Leeds
UK

owenwhite | 23 Feb '05, 13:56 | X | Reply

See HAL. See HAL run. See HAL go on tour forever..

i also saw hal with the magic numbers. i thought HAL were an appalling thrills cover band. The magic numbers on the other hand had some amazing songs and they are a band i will definently have to see again. Absolutely superb
dgabb | 23 Feb '05, 23:46 | X | Reply

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I'd like to see Hal.

















Get run down by a squad of psycho killer Hell's Angels, like that bit in Mad Max where they kill his family.
John_Brainlove @dgabb | 23 Feb '05, 23:50 | X | Reply

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what are you talking about? i saw them both in glasgow and while the magic numbers were one of the best live bands ive ever seen hal were shyte.

i cant believe these chancers are getting so much coverage.
toiletgraffiti @owenwhite | 24 Feb '05, 12:00 | X | Reply

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magic numbers? dude, you need to go to see more bands doing shite generic rock in pubs in more places. then you'll realise that the magic numbers are even worse then.

and if the magic numbers are one of the best live bands you've ever seen...than fair enough personal taste, everyone's entitled to their own, but in my opinion, you're talking weird
brusma @toiletgraffiti | 24 Feb '05, 17:45 | X | Reply

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why do so many people like the magic numbers? i don't get it! you possibly don't get out enough. they are pub rock bollocks, songs so simple and boring and dull and bland...they're just, aaaagh, forget it. go enjoy em if you must.
brusma @dgabb | 24 Feb '05, 17:46 | X | Reply

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