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Span Call it a Day

DiS faves Span are calling it a day. After three years of smashing crowds in the face with a heady cocktail of blitzkrieg pop and breakneck rock, they've issued the following statement:

"To push a band forward all members need to share a common dream and ambition, since this is no longer the case with Span, we've decided to end this while we're still the best of friends."

Span initially impressed the UK and homeland Norway with 90-mile-an-hour single 'Baby's Come Back', and followed it with a barrage of touring, including supports with Fu Manchu and Biffy Clyro, and a memorable DiS headline tour with support from Kill Kenada and an obscure little band called Bloc Party.

The band signed to Island, who held back debut album Mass Distraction until 2004, a year after its original release date, and the band found further trouble in the US with Geffen and Interscope. Their second album, Vs Time, was released in Norway only. Nonetheless, the band's live shows continued to impress, and they maintained a dedicated fanbase.

For the hardcore (or indeed Scandinavian) fans out there, Span will play one final show at Oslo's Rockefeller, on Friday 28th October.

Span Call it a Day

scandinavian = hardcore anyway

Span Call it a Day

shame!

Span Call it a Day

Who? You report this but not Campags demise last year, fuckin shower of shit!

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Awww...I really liked Span.

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Sad to hear that. I liked them :-(

Span Call it a Day

Span were a massive part of my life a year or two ago, more than almost anyband ever has been or probably will be, I find this very sad and upsetting.

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they were a great band who appeared to get fucked over by a totally inept record label (Island), delaying Mass Distraction and making it an album that wasn't at all natural to the band and over produced to exciting live shows. The fact is Span had the talent and entertainment value to be the gap between The Darkness and The Strokes, but that quality was wasted. Such a shame. At their best one of the greatest live bands of this decade so far

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im gutted. its never nice when your fave band splits up. i mean theyre such nice blokes too, ill never forget me and my mate baking a special span cake which they all enjoyed! ill miss them all, best live band ive seen for a bloody long time, wish i could have seen them more times. ah well we'll always have theyre music.

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agree with gymmy totally, especially about how over produced the album was. the old demos were so much fucking better - especially papa

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Shame this like. I met them at the Empire when i did the Street-Teaming for them. Really nice guys...

Just god fun Rock n Roll man...ye cannot go wrong.

Oh well.

R.I.P

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Jesus Christ DIS, bit slow aren't you?

Span will always be one of my favourite, if not favourite band of all time. So many memories and experiences.

RIP Span x

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Span owe me 2 quid.

Span Call it a Day

SPAN are the best new band to come out of Europe in the last decade. It's criminal that they weren't huge. What a waste.

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