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Rice is nice, if you're over 40: singer tours
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I've never got the appeal of Damien Rice. I assumed it was because I'm too young to be suckered by another average singer-songwriter with a bit of monthly glossies acclaim behind him (did you see the advert for 9 on the back of The Guide? Who'd say such things!?), but an encounter with a young girl's iPod on the bus t'other day proved me wrong. Everyone loves this guy! So...
He's touring. In October. Go see, if you like him. If you're a real fan, you'll be pleased, too, to hear that he releases a new single on February 5. 'Rootless Tree' is what it's called. Yup.
Tickets for these shows go on sale on January 26.
October
1 Newcastle Arena
2 Birmingham NIA
4 Glasgow SECC
5 Nottingham Arena
6 London Wembley Arena
8 Plymouth Pavilion
9 Bournemouth BIC
11 Manchester MEN
12 Cardiff Arena
From the archive
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I saw Damien Rice
in 2003
SUCH a boring gig.
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A friend of mine
(who's mainly a fan of metal and new wave) has the first Damien Rice album. When I noticed it in his collection, his excuse was "I bought it so I'd have something to put on when I bring a girl home and want to do the sexing." I had no words.
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Top
Mclusky reference.
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I'm thinking those
venues are a bit on the big side for damien rice
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That's...
...made my day.
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O sold about
17 trillion copies.
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surely new wave
is perfect for, ah, doing the sexing, in that it's mostly jerky and tense?
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"Rice is nice, if you're over 40"
I bloody well hope not, I just turned 39, I hope that doesn't mean that next year I'm suddenly going to stop hating the boring git and buy all his albums! Eek!
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jesus christ
damien rice in arenas? what mong thought that would work?
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i like rice....
with chilli...or curry....just not in my ears.
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Future Of The Left at 100 Club 30th Jan seems the better option to me
Although they are very similar.
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no no, i'm not doubting he can fill them with people
but i can't imagine anything more ill-fitting to his style of music than a huge shed.
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convert
Until recently i didn't like Damien Rice and i thought O only had one good track, the Bell X1 cover ‘Volcanoes’. BUT i saw him live last month (& it was in a large venue) and to my surprise i really enjoyed the gig, not what I was expecting at all.
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Breathe easy.....
I'm over 40, and he's not nice. I mean, the very idea!
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Woah wait wait whatnow? He's playing arenas and all that? Hokay now that's just plain weird...
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nah
you cant lump Damien Rice in there with your Blunts and James Morrisons and Nutinis. Even if his record company would like him to be.
They rinsed O for all it was worth and i have a feeling 9 is gonna go the same way.Anyway, the chorus to his new single goes FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU. Now if that was Blunt the lyrics would be re-recorded to say Love You Love You Love You
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you can't tease us
about Mclusky with every bloody Damien Rice article.
It's simply uncalled for.
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