Posted January 20, 200817 yr Portishead tour dates Long awaited tour from Bristol trio BBC6MUSIC News 20 Jan 2008 - Portishead have announced a series of UK and European dates in the Spring. The band play March dates in Europe and April dates in the UK. The UK dates kick off at the Manchester Apollo on April 9th, heading to London on the 10th for a night at the Hammersmith Apollo, then on to Edinburgh and Wolverhampton Civic for the weekend of the 12th and 13th. Tickets for the UK shows will go on sale at the official Portishead website exclusively for 48 hours from Wednesday and then on general sale on Friday. These highly anticipated shows follow the bands performance at All Tomorrow’s Parties presents The Nightmare Before Christmas in December last year. That was their first performance in ten years, and they also curated the festival. Portishead also chose to play a post-ATP show in their hometown of Bristol, mid-December. Portishead will be performing several songs from their new studio album which is slated for release in April 2008. Are any of you very excited by this news?
January 20, 200817 yr I had heard about this last month but was sworn to secrecy :rolleyes: I can't wait - and, from what I've heard on't grapevine, this third album is going to be the album of their career. Fantastic band. Full dates, so far: Wednesday 26th March Oporto Coliseum Thursday 27th March Lisbon Coliseum Sunday 30th March Milan Alcatraz Monday 31st March Florence Sashall Wednesday 9th April Manchester Apollo Thursday 10th April London Hammersmith Apollo Saturday 11th April Edinburgh Corn Exchange Sunday 13th April Wolverhampton Civic Monday 5th May Paris Zenith Edited January 20, 200817 yr by russt68
January 22, 200817 yr Along with comebacks from My Bloody Valentine, The Cure and Jesus and Mary Chain (and I suppose we could include Siouxsie Sioux's recent excellent comeback album too), British music for 2008 seems to be a veritable feast for those of us who want quality to return back to the fore.... Portishead's return to the fray is indeed excellent news, looking forward to that third album.... :cheer:
January 22, 200817 yr Finally Portishead band is back! :) Unfortunatelly I don't think I will see them live ever... :(
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