Dove & Glory
That’s the title of the review of the barras show, in today’s News of the World. A great write-up & pics.
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T In The Park
Thanks to Tricky for the link. Doves have been confirmed to play this year’s T In The Park. Check out the Sunday Mail article link below. Jimi gives his thoughts on playing T & the influence his late father had on his music growing up.
DOVES are flying back to Balado
The Sunday Mail have also reviewed the Barras show, making it the gig of the week. To read the review, click here.
Kingdom Of Rust has remained a number 3, for a second straight week. Great news, the album sales remain solid. Much improvement on Some Cities, which dropped out the charts like a stone pretty quickly after going to number one.
Metro Trinity
Metro Trinity were a short lived Manchester based indie band that included Jon Male, later of Soul Family Sensation and Republica fame. Drummer Colin Rocks, bass player Tim Whiteley and young guitarist & backing vocals come from our very own Jez Williams.
The Die Young EP was released on the group’s own Cafeteria label, released early 1987. Michael Fury was inspired by James Joyce’s short story The Dead.
Metro Trinity only other release came on a split flexi with the Inspiral Carpets on Dave Haslam’s Debris fanzine. Which featured the track “Stupid Friends”.
Andy Williams joined the band later on, but does not feature on this EP. The band split up shortly after.
The track “Spend My Whole Life Loving You” later appeared on the great Sound Of Leamington Spa Vol 1 compilation. Well worth checking out, if you enjoy the c86 jangly guitar stuff of the mid to late 80s.
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Sentimentalist Jez Interview
New York City based magazine, Sentimentalist has interviewed Jez. An interesting read:
How is the album being received?
In the UK it’s incredible. We knew that with the fourth album we had to go down avenues we haven’t gone down before, kind of push it a bit. When recording you become so abstract you never know how it’s going to be perceived. It’s not even out yet, but it’s been incredible. Our album is very much anticipated, and the reception has been heartwarming.
To read the full interview, click here.
LEEDS POSTPONED
**TONIGHT’S SHOW IS POSTPONED**
Tonight’s show in Leeds has been postponed. This is due to Andy’s illness as reported on yesterday’s Edinburgh write-up. The show has been rescheduled for May 8th. A day after the tour was supposed to end.
Get well soon Andy!
Doves in Scotland Reviews
Here are some reviews that have popped up for the Glasgow & Edinburgh shows.
A good slab of lazy journalism for you. Here’s the Scotman’s take on the Glasgow Barras show:
Inevitably, it came down to the airing of a handful of old favourites to relieve the monotony. The appropriately named Pounding caused euphoria in the crowd, as did Black And White Town, propelled along by its infectious rhythm, shamelessly borrowed from Martha & the Vandellas’ Heatwave.
To waste 2 minutes of your life, click here to read the rest of it.
The Scotsman have also posted a review of the edinburgh show:
Flawless renditions of old classics like Here It Comes, There Goes The Fear and The Last Broadcast followed, while much of the new material aired had a Sub Sub-esque groove reminiscent of the days before they fluttered away from dance music into the more guitar-based Doves.
To read the full review, click here.
Note: Doves did not play Here it Comes in Edinburgh. Just goes to show these journos do not attend these shows!
Here are some reader reviews, also featured in the Scotsman for the Edinburgh show.
SeattleTickets On Sale Today
Tickets for the Seattle show at the Crocodile, go on sale today 10am local time.
Album Poll & Tabs
Check out the new poll on the right. The poll shall stay active until the end of the year. Feel free to answer as often as you like. I’m finding with this album that my favourite track changes almost daily. The results should be interesting viewing at the end of the year. So get voting!
We are considering opening up a guitar tabs section. This will depend largely on reader participation. So if you know your doves guitar tabs and would like to contribute to the section, get in touch. Either leave a comment, or email me at the address listed on the right.
Edinburgh Setlist & Pictures
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by doves board regular Alice
Jetstream
Snowden
Winter Hill
Rise
Pounding
Almost Forgot Myself
10:03
Words
The Greatest Denier
Kingdom Of Rust
Last Broadcast
Black And White Town
Compulsion
The Outsiders
Caught By The River
Northenden
There Goes The Fear
To set was cut short due to Andy being ill, hence the next show in Leeds was canceled.
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