The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List - Re: Tour Line Up / Anti-Gravity

Although a Londoner, I was at the King Tuts gig a few years ago with a couple of Glasgow friends that I dragged along (and who had a great time). It is a terrific venue - one of the best. The atmosphere was great and the band seemed to really enjoy it. But the small venue was half empty. They (or Gerard L?) must have lost a fair bit of money on that gig so I can understand it if they want a promoter to take some of that risk for them in order to do another gig in Scotland. Perhaps they couldn't find one.

I kind of sympathise. Someone from the Caledonian Branch mentioned a gig they played at a place called 'King Tuts', in Glasgow, some time ago.

Met a rather striking lady from that Burg at a Hitchcock gig at Cecil Sharp House last winter : she confirmed that 'King Tut's' was still one of THE sweaty rock venues there, so would move heaven and earth to get to a gig there, should they ever demure to it.

G

From: phil mason <phil@ph...net>
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Sent: Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 0:01
Subject: [BluePlanes] Tour Line Up / Anti-Gravity

A brutal shame that no gig could be organised for Scotland. The pros and cons of Scottish independence may be debatable, but the independence of Scottish music promoters from fine music is indisputably cretinous.

And, whilst I'm tapping away here, I'd like to say that despite my despairing and infuriated views about the LP-first release strategy for Anti-Gravity, the double deluxe CD amounts to the equivalent of 1.5 CDs of (China Automotive) Brilliance. The rest of it is merely pretty good.

Phil
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