Well, it had to happen eventually.
Given all the comebacks of bands long past their prime (yes, I'm looking at you Boyzone and NKOTB) it was only a matter of time before one that didn't make it atop the charts would join in the fun.
Yes, those almost one-hit wonders Bros are talking up rumours of reforming and (wait for it) touring. Cue dodgy barnets, much faded denim and singing in a pained manner.
*koff*
Moving swiftly on. The following gigs were lovingly plucked from the rear end of this week's NME for your delectation and delight:
Cut Off Your Hands @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 15/07/2008
Hadouken! and Master Shortie @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 18/07/2008
Shout Out Louds @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 09/08/2008
The Last Shadow Puppets @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 19/08/2008
Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ The Prince Albert, Brighton - 16/09/2008
The Ting Tings @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 25/09/2008
Sam Sparro @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 03/10/2008
The Subways @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 09/10/2008
Hot Chip @ The Guildhall, Southampton - 23/10/2008
Sigur Ros @ BIC, Bournemouth - 08/11/2008
The Complete Stone Roses @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 27/11/2008
As I'm running out of excuses not to (the Euros having finished and I'm not intending to wind up in Scandal's on Saturday night) I'll endeavour to finally get around to updating the (rather forlorn looking) SoMC Events Calendar this weekend. Knowing me though I'll probably find myself distracted by something shiny instead (I'm somewhat predictable in that respect). When it is up to date the Events Calendar is a handy aid for the 'gig whore' about town, being full of lovely gigs like these...
Bad Influence @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 02/07/2008
Rebel Yell (Billy Idol tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 02/07/2008
Glasvegas @ Concorde 2, Brighton - 03/07/2008
The SAS Band @ The Brook, Southampton - 03/07/2008
The Moonlighters, The Prime and The Perils @ Bar 8, Portsmouth - 03/07/2008
Failsafe, Dead Mile, Death At Sea and The Light Divided @ The Joiners, Southampton - 03/07/2008
Subliminal Girls, The Moho and LCD @ The Railway, Winchester - 03/07/2008
Follow The Silence, The Escapade, A Stranger In Moscow and When Duty Calls @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 03/07/2008
Red Dirt @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 03/07/2008
The Wiggles @ BIC, Bournemouth - 03/07/2008
Ghosts on Pegasus Bridge, Rig Up Explosive and Where Loyalties Lie @ The Joiners, Southampton - 04/07/2008
George Benson @ BIC, Bournemouth - 04/07/2008
Dodgy @ Tiger Tiger, Portsmouth - 04/07/2008 (Portsmouth Festival launch party)
Whole Lotta Led (Led Zeppelin tribute) @ The Brook, Southampton - 04/07/2008
The Corridors @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 04/07/2008
Tribe of Cro @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 04/07/2008
David Karsten Daniels, Aaron King and Red Feather @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 04/07/2008
Louche Manouche @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 04/07/2008
Self Inflicted @ The Fawcett Inn, Portsmouth - 04/07/2008
Ebony Rockers @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 04/07/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Colonial Bar, Horndean - 04/07/2008
Kaki King @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 05/07/2008
The Legendary Derek @ The Frog & Frigate, Southampton - 05/07/2008
Recreation, Goodnight Johnathan and Alex Kriche @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 05/07/2008
Furthest Drive Home, Data Select Party and Lost On Landing @ The Joiners, Southampton - 05/07/2008
Big Daddy Moochin' @ Soul Cellar, Southampton - 05/07/2008
Paddy Taylor, Goodnight Johnathan and Mono @ Café Havana, Southsea - 05/07/2008
Bad Toad @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 05/07/2008
One Weird Fish @ The Fountain, Chichester - 05/07/2008
Zerofish @ The Firehouse, Southampton - 05/07/2008
Tesseract, Alternative Carpark, Abraxas and The Arusha Accord @ The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth - 06/07/2008
William and Loz Bridge & The Box Social @ The Joiners, Southampton - 06/07/2008
Barbwire Bob @ The Bugle, Botley - 06/07/2008
Bollywood Pandits @ The Bandstand, Southsea - 06/07/2008 (free afternoon entertainment)
Stu & Denovo @ The Hobbit, Southampton - 06/07/2008
Jose Vanders @ Komedia, Brighton - 06/07/2008
Red Jackson @ The Platform Tavern, Southampton - 06/07/2008
"The Sunday Club" (line-up TBA) @ Drift, Southsea - 06/07/2008
Flis Pitman, Dave James and Andrew Gordon @ The RMA Tavern, Portsmouth - 06/07/2008
Brenda, A Stranger In Moscow and Munroe Effect @ The Jolly Sailor, Southsea - 06/07/2008
Outcry Collective, The Computers and The Deltons @ The Joiners, Southampton - 07/07/2008
Jose Vanders, Jessica Spencer and Becky Jerams @ Drift, Southsea - 07/07/2008
Paul Heaton @ Komedia, Brighton - 08/07/2008
Martin Newnham & Andy Parkin, Ben Pinwill, Bemis and Dielle @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 08/07/2008
Jason Mraz @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 08/07/2008
3 Penny Puppet, James Tippins and Aitch @ The Edge of The Wedge, Portsmouth - 08/07/2008
Anton Browne @ Havant Arts Centre - 08/07/2008
Pancake Eating Freaks, Hung Up, The Architects and Loser Token @ The Joiners, Southampton - 08/07/2008
The Bohemia Ukelele Band @ Komedia, Brighton - 09/07/2008
Navi (Michael Jackson tribute) @ Chicago Rock Cafe, Fareham - 09/07/2008
LA-33 and Salsa Pimente DJs @ The Corn Exchange, Brighton - 09/07/2008
Dead Like Harry, The Dealers and Chris Ricketts @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 09/07/2008
Bangbangbang! and Baghdad Country Club @ The Freebutt, Brighton - 09/07/2008
3 Times Over, Waiting For Sirens and Ride The Skyline @ The Railway, Winchester - 09/07/2008
Skindred, Soma High, Toupé and Stout @ The Talking Heads, Southampton - 09/07/2008
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster @ The Railway, Winchester - 10/07/2008
John Otway @ The Cellars at Eastney, Portsmouth - 07/09/2008
Stephen Stills @ The Brighton Centre - 10/10/2008
Funeral For A Friend @ The Pyramids, Portsmouth - 31/10/2008
Will Young @ The Guildhall, Portsmouth - 30/11/2008
In addition to the best selection of alternative tunes courtesy of the resident Southsea Mafia DJs, this week's Waster will feature live performances from The Levels and WiLF? Doors open at Portsmouth's Liquid Envy at 2200 tomorrow night, Thursday 3rd July, with entrance the usual £1 before 2230 (£2 before 2300, £3 after, etc). For more information see the event's Facebook page.
The sixth of the highly successful Portsmouth Showcase events takes place at The Guildhall in Portsmouth this Saturday, 5th July. The line-up for the latest event, organised by Portsmouth Scene Promotions, will feature performances by Holy Roller, Hardly Heroes, The Exits, Andy Muscat and The Cartel. Tickets are £9 in advance, £10 on the door.
Thanks to its Summer Nights event the Broadlands Estate near Romsey will be alive with the sounds of MOR this weekend. Mike Batt's protégé Katie Melua headlines on Friday 4th July, Boyzone take the Saturday night slot before Meat Loaf rounds things off on the Sunday. Tickets are £37.50 (!) and are available via Ticketmaster.
Funkt-If-Ino returns to The Wedgewood Rooms this Saturday, 5th July, for more 'funksoulboogiediscohiphop' than you can wave a stick at, courtesy of resident DJs Darth Fader and Jabba. Doors open at 2200 and tickets are £5 in advance.
The Gosport Festival returns to Walpole Park this weekend for three evenings of FREE entertainment. The Swinging Blue Jeans headline on Friday 4th July, supported by local bands Asylum Seekers, Orange Street and Fallen From Grace. Saturday features sets by Deborah Bonham, Recreation, The Worried Men and Time Bomb with legendary Scottish rockers Nazareth bringing the curtain down. Sunday's line-up includes Panama Grin, Kelly's Tattoo, The Roy Peplow Band and, from 70's disco legends Rose Royce, Gwen Dickey.
Local acoustic duo eNVy and London based Emma King & The Heartsets are the guests at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club tomorrow night, Thursday 3rd July. Doors open at The Barn at The Milton Arms at 1900, the first artist is on stage at 2000 and the regular Open Mike session follows at 2200. As always, entrance is FREE!
DNB night TheGetAway descends on The Lounge (formally Club EQ) in Southsea this Saturday, 5th July, for an evening of funk-fuelled drum'n'bass supplied by DJs The Brookers Brothers (Breakbeat Kaos), DJ Dangerous (Nightwalker Records), Jamos (Dark), DJ JD (Bassed Out), Shortstuff (SubBassFM) and a selection of MCs. Doors open 2200-0300, entrance is £5 on the door.
And finally, as if there wasn't enough going on this weekend, Guilfest 2008 will be taking place at Stoke Park, Guildford. The line up for this year's festival, the 16th, is again a cornucopia of bands old and new. Friday's line-up includes The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Carbon/Silicon, System 7, Freak Power and The Levellers. Dodgy, Little Man Tate, Kula Shaker, The Aliens, Royworld are playing on the Saturday, with Blondie headlining, whilst Sunday features sets by The Damned, Cerys Matthews, Zucchero, Seth Lakeman, Dreadzone, British Sea Power with The Australian Pink Floyd drawing things to a close. A limited number of tickets are still available from Ticketline.
Put a fork in me, I'm done. Today I have mostly been listening to the most excellent Fields and the most quirky St Vincent, with a dash of the equally fantastic Metric thrown in there somewhere. Be sure to join me next week when I'll be rearranging my sock drawer.
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