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T in the Park Coverage

If you are looking for some TV coverage of Doves set at today’s T In The Park. BBC Three are due to be showing highlights of the set at 9pm. Failing that, the BBC will be streaming video of the performance at their T in the Park homepage later on. Will post a link when we have it.

MTV Live Session

If you are not lucky enough to be attending Oxegen today. Then you can catch doves live on MTV2. Here’s the MTV2 blurb:

Doves: MTV Live Sessions

Check out this exclusive live session from Doves as they celebrate the storming success of their latest hit album Kingdom of Rust… only on MTV

The show airs on MTV2 in the UK tonight at 9pm. The session was originally recorded June 22nd.

Latitude Festival Competition

We have a pair of tickets for the Latitide Festival to giveaway. Doves will be appearing next Saturday (July 18th) so if you can make it to Henham Park in Suffolk next weekend, then this is the comp for you.

To enter, just send us the answer to the question below along with your name & email address. You need to be quick though, the deadline for the comp is 10am GMT Friday. Entries after then wont be valid.

Who is the stunt cyclist featured on the Winter Hill video?

Send your entries with the info required as listed below to dovesblogcomp@gmail.com

Answer:
Name:
Email Address:

Good luck!

Hop Farm Report

Here is short report of doves Hop Farm set from doves board regular richtdev.

Jimi was on form talking to the audience especially a little girl who was on her dads shoulders telling her she was a little cutie and then had a tirade at hellmans mayonnaise for pinching the logo idea from kingdom of rust. He had problems with the levels at the beginning but i have never heard Snowden Winter Hill or Kingdom Of Rust played better. As you can see by the pics on here they were smiling and having fun. Total class. The audience seemed as big as for Wellar which then makes me wonder why they didnt play the sat night headline instead of Fratellis.

You can see Rich’s photos of doves set here. Rich also provided the setlist, he noted that most of the bands were having to cut songs, due to time issues.

Setlist

Jetstream
Snowden
Winter hill
Kingdom of rust
10 03
Pounding
Greatest denier
Black and White Town
The Outsiders
The Cedar Room
There Goes The Fear

According to virtualfestivals.com doves attracted the largest crowd of the weekend:

Doves pulled the biggest crowd of the weekend as they ran through tracks like ‘Black And White Town’, ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ and a samba version of ‘There Goes The Fear’, but it was the band’s gripe with Hellman’s Mayonnaise that was perhaps the most memorable moment.

“I was reading the papers over the weekend,” mused singer Jimi Goodwin, “and I came across this Hellman’s Mayonnaise advert. It looks like they’ve taken it from our backdrop. Have a look and see if we can sue them. Boycott Hellman’s Mayonnaise!”

Doves continue the festival circuit tour this weekend. On Saturday the band head over to Ireland for the Oxegen festival. Doves will play on the 02 stage before Nick Cave. Then on Sunday its a short hop over to Scotland for T in The Park. Doves will perform on the Radio 1 NME stage just after 5pm.

If you are attending either of these festivals, and you want to submit a review, setlist or photos we would love to hear from you. Just email us here.

Australia Tour News

Due to popular demand, doves Melbourne show has been moved from the Billboard to the Palace Theatre. The Billboard show had long since sold out. The change of venue means more tickets are available now. Get them at ticketek before they sell out again.

No further dates will be added to the Australian tour. The tour looks like this:

26 Jul – Byron Bay, Splendour In The Grass
28 Jul – Palace Theatre, Melbourne
29 Jul – Metro Theatre, Sydney
30 Jul – Metro Theatre, Sydney SOLD OUT
01 Aug – Capitol, Perth SOLD OUT

Queensland band The Middle East, will support the four headline shows. Adelaide Band Leader Cheetah will also provide support for the second Sydney Metro show on the 30th.

Hop Farm Pictures

To see more of shots of doves at Hop Farm, go here. Thanks Marcus! More to come from Hop Farm Tomorrow.

Doves For White Air Festival

The White Air Festival has confirmed doves are to headline. The event which takes place on Brighton Beach, falls on the weekend of September 18-20th.

Visit the White Air website for ticket details and further info.

Fan Photo Competition

The doves.net fan photo competition deadline has been extended until doves.net is back online. So you have a wee while to get your entry in! Have a go, you wont get a better chance to be able to photograph doves from the press pit and backstage. How cool would that be? All the details you need are below.

From The Front Row | Exclusive Fan Photo Competition

We’re not necessarily looking for photos of the band playing live (although those would be great too!) more of photos that sum up the essence of going to a Doves gig. If that’s a picture of you and your mates waiting with anticipation (and beer) for the gig to begin or of the crowd around you pogoing along to ‘Pounding’ then that’s absolutely spot-on. What we’re planning to do is put together a gallery of images that best sum up the touring experience of ‘Kingdom of Rust’ so far.

But that’s not all. Oh, no. For Jimi, Jez & Andy will then pick one single image which they like the best and that lucky photographer will win the chance to photograph the band from the press pit and backstage on one of the band’s forthcoming UK tour dates. How’s that for a competition prize? Pretty nifty, huh?!

To enter the competition all you need to do is send your photos (maximum of 5 photos per person) to the following email address (dovesphotocomp@googlemail.com). Doves.net is not looking for the most professional shots. As long as it fills the oh-so-simple criteria of summing up the spirit of a Doves gig then it’s good for us!


Hop Farm Update

Doves performing at Hop Farm this evening. Picture from the Hop Farm Courier.

If you have the setlist or have a review. Email us.

doves.net

If you have landed here via doves.net, you will have noticed the site looks a bit different. Due to unforeseen circumstances, doves have been left without a website. A new site is in the process of being put together. We are delighted and honoured to have been asked to help out until the new site goes live.

So if this is your first time on doves music blog, welcome! Those of you who have followed the blog, its business as usual.

You can visit doves official message board here.

On Sunday doves will be appearing at the Hop Farm festival in Kent. If you are attending and you fancy writing a review for the blog, we would love to hear from you. You can email us your review here. Enjoy the festival!