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Post by ARfm Press Office on Jan 6, 2011 20:37:16 GMT
Swedish duo Houston have just announced an intimate gig (with full band) at the Borderline in London on Friday March 4th.
Support will come from UK bands Serpentine and Vega.
Mr P will be in attendence for ARfm
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Post by Woody on Jan 7, 2011 14:01:18 GMT
That's one hell of a line-up - shame there's only one show!
Woody
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Post by Dean on Jan 7, 2011 17:53:19 GMT
We looking to run a bus from South Wales to show Serpentine some support .
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Post by stuartjrny on Jan 9, 2011 19:21:42 GMT
Hope there will be more uk dates. JB'S would have been an ideal venue for a midlands date for that sort of combo.
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Post by Woody on Jan 9, 2011 23:52:02 GMT
I think this is a showcase gig for Houston's UK label spinefarm so therefore no tour......i presume... Totally agree JB's would have been great for this line-up, unfortunatley with the recent demise of JB's i very much doubt gigs like this will be hitting the west midlands anymore  may have to move to Sheffield or Grimsby.....*sigh*..... Woody |
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Post by Steve Price on Jan 12, 2011 17:55:29 GMT
Yes, this is a showcase for Houston, mainly to introduce the band to the Uk media, so there will be no more dates at this stage.
Thankfully, the label agreed to the idea of adding a couple of other relevent bands to the lineup.
PS: Wasn't JB's in the process of being saved?
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Post by Woody on Jan 12, 2011 19:19:40 GMT
Yeah Steve, it seems the buyer - who had annouced themselves as the new owners last november turned out to be and i quote the JB's head of security "a load of bollox". I don't know what went wrong, were they really serious? were JB's asking too much? To be honest they shouldn't have announced themselves before all the contracts were signed. Although it seemed at the time they had big idea's and wanted to keep the counsal of the current staff and owners in the new year til the club was back on it's feet. Another potential buyer pulled out last week citing "personal life issues" as the reason for pulling. Dudley council have stated they will buy JB's if a new owner is not found so the area doesn't become derilict - but the general consensus is they will level it and the building next door which used to be a bingo hall that they already own, and make it a carpark for Dudley Zoo. I know there is a call for the council to take it on as a music venue similar to how wolvo council runs the Civic, but i can't see it happening to be honest. When i was last at JB's the security guy said things don't look good at all and the venue is now officially closed after a drink the bar dry night last week. Shame really as the local live music scene is gonna take a major hit. As JB's was a big supporter of the melodic rock scene, i fear many bands won't get a crack round here anymore. So until i win the lotto, JB's is gone....  Woody |
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Post by Steve Price on Jan 13, 2011 23:46:55 GMT
Another potential buyer pulled out last week citing "personal life issues" as the reason for pulling. Wasn't Mark Alger was it......LMFAO Seriously though it is a shame but indicitive of this industry. Not enough people are going to these sorts of venues for our sort of bands. |
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Post by Woody on Jan 14, 2011 13:23:51 GMT
Hahaha!
Yep it seems a lot of smaller venues are struggling at the moment.
too many small turnout's regardless of genre at JB's has put the club in trouble - not enough big names playing there either in recent times.
I think another problem for potential buyers is the club needs some serious investment to get it back in the game, especially as far as attracting larger named bands to the venue. That may be be putting people off or even pricing them out of the running.
Woody
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