Re: Tour Line Up / Anti-Gravity

[R MacLeod <rorymacleod@gm...com>]

So why the lack of popularity (ie. can't sell out King Tuts) of the Blue
Aeroplanes in Glasgow ?
I saw the Beatsongs and Life Model era gigs at King Tuts. The Beatsongs
tour was pretty jammed from what I can remember as the band were riding on
the crest of a wave.  The Life Model tour  had Sleeper and A House on the
bill so this would have definitely helped sell tickets.
I was at the Gerard gig for Record Player at king Tuts. Again there were 3
or 4 support bands but when Gerard and his band came on everyone seemed to
bugger off and they played to a virtually empty room. Don't think the
Planes or Gerard have been through Glasgow since then.
So I guess graphically speaking on a curve it's been a downward spiral for
the Planes in Glasgow. .
If the Planes were going to try different venues in Glasgow how about The
Arches (saw John Grant here last year) or Broadcast on Sauchiehall St
(think this is owned by promoters PCL who tend to get very cool acts ).
A trend I've noticed is for a double / triple  header of bands from the
same era going out on tour together. The thing is who would be the bands
that the Planes could tour with?  And would they ever consider being a
support act again to play to new and bigger audiences?




On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Nick White <nick.white@me...com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> NW
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2013, at 02:16 AM, GORDON WILHELMI <
> gordon.wilhelmi192@bt...com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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> *From:* phil mason <phil@ph...net>
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> *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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