Doves announced on Friday that White Flowers would be joining them at Gunnersville, London on September 6th.

Tickets for the gig are on sale now.

Here’s the press blurb on White Flowers, with an obvious interest for fans of Doves…

White Flowers are a duo from Preston blending drum machine, guitar, synth and haunting vocals to create their own noir world. The duo’s debut album has been produced by Doves’ Jez Williams and is due for release in early 2020.

White Flowers released their ‘Glimmer’ EP  last October, which was celebrated by The Line Of Best Fit as “arguably one of this year’s strongest debuts”.

The band’s first single from their debut album, ‘Porta’, is due to be released this September.

Check out White Flowers at Bandcamp

Another outdoor Doves show, which means another day of rain! Of course the heavens opened today just in time for Doves to take the stage at Perry Park, Birmingham.

Thanks to Alan Frost for the above photo taken earlier today at Perry Park.

Here’s the setlist as posted to Doves Fans forum by Pete Haddock.

Doves next show is late next month in Hull on Aug 22nd. Tix remain on sale here.

Here’s the wetlist, setlist from Kendal Calling last night, posted to Doves fans by Tracey Smith.

Love this shot by Katie Priestley

A cool snap by the Kendal Calling twitter

Firesuite
Snowden
Rise
Black and White Town
Words
Sea Song
Last Broadcast
The Outsiders
Winter Hill
Kingdom of Rust
Pounding
10:03
Caught By the River
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The Cedar Room
The Fear
Spaceface

Once again, thanks to mancbob for the “rough” setlist! Folks from the USA, Canada & Australia have traveled over for the 3 gigs this weekend! You folks have fun!

Brighton & Hove News reviewed the gig:

It’s an explosive set, covering their career to date. Every song has the crowd singing –and Jimi (who seems to be suffering with his throat a bit –some spray helps), looks genuinely touched by the support. He seems really humbled by the crowd joining in with songs from over 10 years ago, like he can’t believe they still remember the words!

An amazing experience to have seen this cult band, at such a unique venue. I shall never forget it.

Read the full review here.

I’m told the Brighton setlist was the same as London, including Spaceface! The rain poured on Brighton this evening throughout the gig, so I will let the folks dry out before expecting to hear anything more back regarding the show.

Anyhow, thanks to Dan Hisgett for posting images of the Kendal Calling programme on the Doves fans facebook group, which includes a really fascinating interview with Jimi. Lots regarding new Doves material, which by all accounts in the media so far, we should expect something next year! Exciting times. Is it too much to expect something before the end of the year? An EP perhaps?! Here’s the interview, click on the images to read the interview.

Yes, Doves most certainly tore the roof off the Royal Albert Hall. As gigs go, that night will live long in the memory for anyone that was there!

Set times for Brighton:

5:00pm – The Twang
6:30pm – The Coral
7:30pm – Feeder
9:30pm – Doves
10:55pm – Event finishes

Full details at the Brighton Racecourse website. Birmingham..

If your going to either of these or Kendal Calling then have fun!

Another festival in the bag for Doves, this time it was Tramlines in Sheffield. The accounts I’m hearing from this show, the crowd were well up for Doves return to Sheffield. The tent was packed and jumping as you can see from the video above.

Thanks to Bob, the setlist ran something like..

Snowden
Black & White Town
Words
Last Broadcast
The Outsiders
Kingdom of Rust
Pounding
10:03
Caught By the River
The Cedar Room
The Fear

A busy weekend ahead for Doves with headline shows in Brighton, Kendal Calling & Birmingham.

If you saw Jimi live on tour in 2014, there’s a good chance you may have seen the opening band, The Tea Street Band.

Jimi has remixed their track Only Love. Its available on 7″ vinyl which can be ordered via there website or Picadilly Records.

It’s the older tracks that most provoke these communal happy/sad moments, in particular the encore’s one-two punch of The Cedar Room –their debut single, colossal Bonham-esque drums underpinning its slow-burn mantra –and There Goes the Fear, perhaps Doves’ signature tune. Tonight, it sounds like Radiohead’s No Surprises set to disco hi-hat, Goodwin weaving his generation’s free-floating anxiety into something comforting and anthemic that draws people together. You wonder how many here have had their fried post-party minds soothed and guided back to safety by Doves’ music over the years; certainly, it’s a trick they’ve pulled off again.

An excerpt from today’s four star Guardian review. Read the full review here.

Doves returned to Somerset House this evening for the first time since 2005. The social media chatter was all about the first outing of the year for Space Face! Timely given the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and Jodrell Bank gaining A UNESCO World Heritage Site status.

Setlist from the gig..

Thanks to Alan for sending in these photos …

If you have photos or setlists from this year or any past gig please feel free send them my way @ dovesmusicblog@gmail.com

Next up for Doves is Tramlines festival in Sheffield on Sunday.