If that was the gig they played when "Altitude" came out, then I agree with Nick that there was a
great atmosphere. It was an excellent show. However, I remember the venue as being fairly busy that
night. I was throwing my shapes (or whatever we old gits do) right up at the back.
Phil
Quoting Nick White <
nick.white@me...com>:
> 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.
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> NW
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> On Jun 12, 2013, at 02:16 AM, GORDON WILHELMI
> <
gordon.wilhelmi192@bt...com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> From: phil mason <
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> To: A Discussion list for The Blue Aeroplanes
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> Sent: Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 0:01
> Subject: [BluePlanes] Tour Line Up / Anti-Gravity
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> 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.
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> 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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