Advent Calendar: 8th December
Day 8 of LMS's Advent Calendar 2011.
We're having a bumper day today, with the British Wildlife Festival announcement bunking with That Fucking Tank's tour diary!
First of all, That Fucking Tank are off on a jaunt around Europe and they've sent us a run down of the first half, along with some photographic highlights. We'll let the account speak for itself!
TFT / Guns or Knives Euro Tour notes
Half-time report, 6th of December 2011
Countries visited:
1. England
2. Belgium
3. Switzerland
4. Luxembourg
5. France
6. Italy
7. Slovenia
Cities played:
1. London
2. Brighton
3. Mons
4. Freiburg
5. Milan
6. Bologna
7. Ljubljana
Captain Beefheart / The Eagles albums (listened to):
1. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
2. Doc at the Radar Station
3. Ice Cream for Crow
4. Desperado
5. Clear Spot
6. The Eagles
7. On the Border
8. Safe as Milk
What's for dinner?
1. Curry Soup
2. Curry
3. Chips
4. Potatoes
5. Pasta
6. Cured meat / cheese / bread
Drinks consumed:
1. Golden Power
2. Real ale
3. Black Forest Pilsner
4. Belgian Lager
5. Red Wine
6. Sports Coffee
7. Water
8. Gas Huffers
No Baileys.
Animals met / spotted:
1. Squat dogs
2. Otto and Mika (cats)
3. Saw an Eagle (road)
4. Shark's head
Brushes with authority = 3
Top 5 souvenirs (not bought):
1. Big Valentino Rossi
2. Suzuki t-shirt
3. Fairyland bootleg Bailey's
4. Hitler wine and schnapps
5. Hitler hip flask
Tour twats:
1. Merch haggler (2)
2. Drunk jammer
3. Don't mention the war
Tour dudes:
1. Promoters
2. Travelling supporters
3. Chefs
4. Hosts
5. Onstage drinkers
6. Camper van removal squad (pointless)
Boats slept on = 1
Boogie success = 100%
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Head in this direction for Tank's full December gig schedule (including two Leeds dates at the Brudenell on the 12th and 16th) and get your mitts on the new album, 'TFT', here.
British Wildlife Festival 2012
http://www.britishwildlife.info.
Straight over to British Wildlife's Adam Nodwell for this one:
We can finally announce the first wave of artists playing British Wildlife Festival 2012. Of course there will be a few more announced nearer the time. There are still some very limited early bird weekend tickets left but they will only be available till the end of 2011. Get Them from Jumbo & Crash Records now!
Friday 2nd March | Venue tbc
8pm - 2am | £5 adv (motd)
DIVORCE
BAD GUYS
ULTIMATE THRUSH
SUPER LUXURY
+Bands & DJs tbc
Sat 3rd March | Brudenell Social Club & Royal Park
12pm - 12am | £8 adv (motd)
ZUN ZUN EGUI
ACTION BEAT
TEETH OF THE SEA
THAT FUCKING TANK
BLACKLISTERS
HEY COLOSSUS
DISASTERADIO (Via Satellite)
SILENT FRONT
HOOKWORMS
PSEUDO NIPPON
NITKOWSKI
CANAYA
THESE MONSTERS
YUGOSLAVIAN BOYS
ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS
HUMAN HAIR
+Bands tbc +Tea & Cake Stand +Arts & Crafts +More!
Sun 4th March | Oporto
6pm - 11pm | Charitable Donation
*VERY SPECIAL GUESTS*
WOODERSON
BEARFOOT BEWARE
STRANGER SON OF WB
MAGNAPINNA
GALAXIANS
+Bands & DJs tbc
I am absolutely chuffed with this incredible lineup, be sure to visit the facebook event here.
Keep an eye out on http://www.britishwildlife.info for further announcements.
There you have it - we're even helping you increase your gig attendance figures for three months' time. Are we making your life-planning too easy?
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