So are they going to call it Poseidon Park?
If Virgin Media's new tagline is 'Happiness Guaranteed' how come I had to spend forty five minutes on the phone speaking to five different people just to get one thing done.
Oh.
It's ironic. Right. Got you.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on, here's what I found listed in the back pages of this week's NME:
The Electric Soft Parade @ Fopp, Southampton - 29/04/2007 (instore gig, onstage @ 1500)
Hot Club de Paris @ Concorde2, Brighton - 17/05/2007
Candie Payne and The Draytones @ The Gloucester, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Kate Nash @ Pressure Point, Brighton - 19/05/2007
Mutemath @ Concorde2, Brighton - 20/06/2007
Slim pickings this week I'm afraid; we're nearing Festival season so the back pages of the NME are awash with ads for all sorts of outdoor events up and down the country. Fingers crossed there'll be more rumours of tours in next week's edition. I'll add the above into the SoMC Events Calendar as soon as I can (I'm easily distracted though so don't hold your breath). The calendar is, of course, freely accessible via the forum, and an example of the delights it contains follows:
The Rebel Ching, The Elements, The Exits & Wiservice @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth - 26/04/2007 (Acoustic sets)
The Neville Staple Band @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Southsea - 26/04/2007
Klashnekoff @ Nexus, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Steve Arnott @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 27/04/2007
Forever Like Red @ Unit22, Southampton - 28/04/2007
Flip Top @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Recreation @ The Nell Gwynne, Portsmouth - 28/04/2007
Thea Gilmore @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/05/2007 (Acoustic performance)
Superfly @ The Red Lion, Stubbington - 04/05/2007
Nine Black Alps @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/05/2007
The Velvet Hearts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 13/05/2007
Gilkicker @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 19/05/2007
Oddzial Zamkniety @ The Guildhall, Southamtpn - 20/05/2007 (Polish Rock!)
Los Pacaminos @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/07/2007
After several years together, surviving changes in record labels and one of their number running off to join Carl Barât, The Cooper Temple Clause have finally decide to call it a day. A "so long and thanks for all the good times" goodbye letter has been posted on their website, so that appears to be that. It would therefore appear that their rescheduled date at The Wedgewood Rooms on Wednesday 23rd May might not now be happening, but there's no word on the venue website as yet.
Environmental Rock 2007 takes place this Saturday at The Hobbit in Southampton. The all day festival, which promotes awareness of local environmental issues as well as offering the chance to harangue representatives of the major political parties, also features appearances by local bands such as BossNass and Dlugokecki. If that wasn't enough Chris Packham will be there too. The fun starts at midday and runs through to half past six. Entrance to the event is FREE as well, which is nice.
This year's Access Festival will be held on Saturday 16th June at Mayflower Park in Southampton; more news on the line-up as and when I find out. A review of last year's festival can be found on the BBC Hampshire website.
And that brings this edition of the Gigwatcher to a close; this afternoon I have mostly been listening to Metric and The Harvey Girls (who's interpretation of Billy Idol's White Wedding is a lovely thing indeed). Join us next week when I'll be making a life-size replica of the RMS Titanic out of empty Coke bottles.
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