STEWART COPELAND

In one of the more boggling yet still most excellent combinations of late, the Happy Mondays will be joining the Psychedelic Furs to tour in the 2nd half of 2009... How time flies, I remember playing my cassette of pills thrills and bellyaches into complete ruin in my first year of college <giggle> Can't even think how much I loved the Furs in the 80s...

Since my local shows are during ACL, looks like I might have to consider one of the North East shows...

Sept 08 / CHICAGO, IL / House of Blues
Sept 09 / MILWAUKEE, WI / Pabst Theatre
Sept 11 / BOULDER, CO / Boulder Theater
Sept 12 / SALT LAKE CITY, UT / In The Venue
Sept 14 / SEATTLE, WA / Moore Theatre (Preview)
Sept 15 / PORTLAND, OR / Crystal Ballroom (tickets)
Sept 17 / SAN FRANCISCO, CA / Grand Ballroom
Sept 18 / LOS ANGELES, CA / Club Nokia
Sept 19 / ANAHEIM, CA / House of Blues
Sept 20 / SAN DIEGO, CA / House of Blues
Sept 22 / LAS VEGAS, NV / House of Blues
Sept 24 / AUSTIN, TX / Stubb’s
Sept 25 / DALLAS, TX / House of Blues
Sept 26 / HOUSTON, TX / House of Blues
Sept 28 / ST PETERSBURG, FL / Ritz (link tk)
Sept 29 / FT LAUDERDALE, FL / Revolution
Sept 30 / ORLANDO, FL / House of Blues

Oct 02 / ATLANTA, GA / Masquerade
Oct 03 / CHARLOTTE, NC / Amos’ Southend
Oct 04 / NORFOLK, VA / NorVa
Oct 06 / WASHINGTON, DC / 9:30
Oct 07 / PHILADELPHIA, PA / Trocadero
Oct 09 / NEW YORK, NY / Roseland Ballroom (tickets)
Oct 10 / BOSTON, MA / House of Blues
Oct 12 / COLUMBUS, OH / Newport Music Hall
Oct 13 / DETROIT, MI / Royal Oak Music Theatre
Oct 14 / TORONTO, ON / Koolhaus
Oct 15 / MONTREAL, QU / Olympia de Montreal

definitely a weird combination, but one I would see.

I'd consider a weekend NE gig Superkitty.

Rundon't walk to the "P-Furs" show nearest you!! I was happyhappy to have gotten to attend their show here in Cinci area, um, 2 years ago. The sounded & looked great, lots of energy the entire show. AND I was able to get up next to the stage!! Good to see those fellows bck on the road.

Ooh! Ooh! I wanna go!!

Gina, any chance you can schlep up to NY or Phillie?

I can see now that Philly is don Wed and I teach a T/R schedule this semester (a whopping four classes, to boot), depending on my schedule and some other factors, NYC might be the best possibility (being a Friday, etc.)

I have to sort a few other trips etc. out at the moment and owe you an email anyhow, sweetie--will be in touch!

Friday in NYC works for me! Fingers crossed it'll be good for you, too, KitKat!



(Would one of those trips you mentioned above happen to be westbound? Still hopin'!)

that'll be a good gig, the furs never really made it as big as i thought they would..... i saw 'em at brixton years ago with PiL....... tony wilson (sadly deceased idealist/entrepreneur/professional northerner. owner of factory records; joy division, new order, mondays et al) ended up with a tape of one of my old bands and rang me at home, oooh, years ago, and spent no time telling me how he would love to sign my band but about 30 minutes describing in detail how he had paid for the mondays to go and record in barbados as that was the only place he thought the mondays, shaun rider especially, wouldn't be able to get any pills... he was right. although he got a phone call telling him that the bos had instead started to smoke rocks of crack the size of your head and had sold all the furniture from the recording studion in order to pay for it!!

Smax, I absolutely dying in response to your Tony Wilson story--that is just truly f*in epic on so many accounts. Am a fan of a lot of the stuff from the Factory/'Madchester' scene--I had no idea you were involved in the collateral damage from the epic fail of Yes Please...

Great story, smax. It's too bad for you that Tony Wilson didn't do a little research before sending the band off. I lived in the West Indies for a while. As soon as you mentioned Barbados, I knew how the story would end. The place used to be notorious for crack, maybe still is.

Friday in NYC sounds doable!

If anyone is getting tix, please shoot me an email so we can group together.

Thanks, G!

(oh, and Gina, now i've had my fireplace done (and no, that's not a euphemism!) i can finally dig out the 'thing' wot i was intending to send to you as a thank you for your generosity which allowed me to attend the specials gig with smudge and daftart)

Very cool! Thanks for the heads up, Gina.

I am away at a conference the weekend of the NYC show, but if anyone wants to go to the 9-8 show in Chicago, let me know. I'm even willing to go against my dislike of the House of Blues for this one ...

Too bad the Austin gig at Stubb's is on a weekday, otherwise I could easily talk the Kinetic Spouse into a weekend in Austin for a show! I love Stubb's.

I LOVE Furs ~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!

Figured since I am master of OT music,that instead of making new threads I would just add here other shows in the NE this fall I come across in case they are of interest to anyone else, or if anyone wants to meet up independently of the show...

Please feel free to add anything you think scnutters may want to know about!

Flaming Lips in Columbia, MD @ the Merriweather Post Pavilion on Fri, Aug 28 (PCat's Favorite Band!)

Flaming Lips at the Festival Pier in Philadelphia, on Saturday, Aug. 29

Virgin Fest on Sunday, August 30 at Merriweather Post Pavillion

Furs/Mondays in NYC on October 9

Pixies: NYC @ Hammerstein Ballroom on Nov. 23,24,25 (the last date is our anniversary, too!)...am still creating my semester schedule so it's up in the air,being mid-week, and all, but the 25th is what we are aiming for most likely (but it should be noted it's a Wednesday...)

I love this thread!
I love The Furs. I think I wore my cassettes out of Talk Talk Talk and Forever Now.
I was lucky to see them back in the day. Greek Theater in LA, small outdoor theater, I think I was forth row. I was so close to Richard Butler, he blew me away.
Keep the updates coming please!
Seems we nutters do share an excellent taste in musical acts!