Upcoming brilliant tours: The Gossip and Metric

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 8 comments 13:05 October 27th, 2006

Got something of a penchant for female-fronted rock possessing no little pop? Well, the end of this month and the beginning of next harbour a couple of real treats for you.

Both Metric (pictured) and The Gossip kick off their UK tours on October 30 - that's this Monday! The Canadians begin their jaunt at Birmingham's Academy 2, while the Kill Rock Stars-spawned trio play Club EVOL in Liverpool. Dates, as follows...

The Gossip...

October
29 Liverpool Club EVOL (note: not 30!)
31 Glasgow Oran Mor

November
1 Leeds The Faversham
2 Birmingham Barfly
3 London Koko
4 Manchester Roadhouse
5 Brighton Concorde 2
6 Sheffield Plug

Metric...

October
30 Birmingham Academy 2 *
31 London Hammersmith Palais *

November
1 Manchester Club Academy **
2 Leeds Cockpit **
4 Newcastle University *
5 Glasgow The Arches *
6 Brighton Concorde 2 *
8 Bristol Fleece *

* = support from Blood Red Shoes
** = support from Hadouken

The Gossip release their new single, 'Standing In The Way Of Control', on Monday. That's October 30. YEAH!

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JAGTASTIC

HeartbrokenStar | 27 Oct '06, 13:12 | X | Reply

yay!

I am going, I think. And blood red shoes!

ladyoftheflowers @HeartbrokenStar | 27 Oct '06, 13:21 | X | Reply

metric

the bird from metric is fit.

now, i'm interested to know which ten women of rock (wor) you would do and in which order, 1 being first preference.

i don't have ten, but i'd go in for 1978 debbie harry at number one.

manofhonour | 27 Oct '06, 13:26 | X | Reply

are you from the 1950s?

or any decade previous to that?

sean @manofhonour | 27 Oct '06, 13:43 | X | Reply

I'm sure they didn't

use the words 'fit' or 'bird' in 1950's in that way.

jammin @sean | 27 Oct '06, 13:58 | X | Reply

i wish

The Gossip gig wasn't Club NME

I still might brave it, though.

roastthemonaspit | 27 Oct '06, 14:01 | X | Reply

I'm going to the Newcastle date

with Browno!! Yeahor!!

stubryce @roastthemonaspit | 27 Oct '06, 14:10 | X | Reply

Metric

The night after Gossip in Brighton.

Get in!

crosbysleftear | 27 Oct '06, 14:33 | X | Reply

FUCKING HELL.

joeymahone @manofhonour | 27 Oct '06, 14:34 | X | Reply

..

and the night before the flaming lips :D That weekend's going to be ace!

will126849 @crosbysleftear | 27 Oct '06, 14:40 | X | Reply

Can't do

Flips - football training Tuesdays. Arse.

Mind you Flips is expensive so I probably wouldn't go anyway.

crosbysleftear @will126849 | 27 Oct '06, 15:12 | X | Reply

ooops

flips is on saturday, i got the dates confused :S

i think deerhoof are supporting (either them or midlake), so it should be worth it :)

will126849 @crosbysleftear | 27 Oct '06, 15:26 | X | Reply

whoo

been looking forward to these since the tickets were announced.

gossip have already come along way in a year - i saw them play a small room in a bar at moseley, birmingham last november.

can't believe i've seen metric 4 times in 6 months either. seems bizarre to me. ha
i hope emily does a solo tour over here next year.

distilledcleopie | 27 Oct '06, 16:39 | X | Reply

That Gossip gig in Moseley

was one of my faves of last year. haven't got a ticket for this tour yet because don't think they could ever match it playing in the souless barfly.

another_stage @distilledcleopie | 28 Oct '06, 01:21 | X | Reply

:(

klaire | 28 Oct '06, 03:27 | X | Reply

Yeahor!

I'm going to the Newcastle date with Stubryce! :-)

Browno @stubryce | 29 Oct '06, 01:34 | X | Reply

io echo

hmm. i'm really into this girl io echo at the moment. she opened for ima robot friday night and was literally unbelievable. kind of radiohead meets yeah yeah yeahs. has anyone heard her or know how to buy her music? she mentioned a myspace site but didn't have a merch table

peterseespeter | 29 Oct '06, 17:29 | X | Reply

ladies

I dunno but my friend went to that show (dressed as a dead nurse. Did you see her?) and said the band that opened for ima robot was called i owe echoAre you sure she spelled it i.o. echo? but yeah my friend told me she was on the unique side. ithe grates are ones i dig. especially the drummer.

mollycat @peterseespeter | 30 Oct '06, 00:26 | X | Reply