The Fall tonight, spare ticket.

[Herr Tubthumper]

...anyone want it? Face value.

 

[1959]

...anyone want it? Face value.

It's going to be brilliant!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Seeing Mark E Smith at The Old Market will amuse me more than anything else. I'm sure one of my neighbours will write to the Argus complaining about such a person being allowed to enter Hove.

 

[Buzzer]

I'm gonna get blinding drunk in the Conqueror beforehand and then party like it's the early 90's-uh.

 

[gull45]

Well lookin forward to this, anyone know if there is supposrt and if so, who?

 

[attila]

I supported them in Antwerp not long ago. MES constantly detuned the guitarist's and bassist's instruments mid song and 'rearranged' the drums.
He then shouted at them for ages afterwards in the dressing room. Strangely enjoyable gig nevertheless.

Kicker Conspiracy.

LDC I guess.

 

[Buzzer]

Never quite know with the Fall.

I've seen them a few times at smaller venues such as Worthing, Brighton Centre East Wing and there's been no support and at the Concorde they've had support bands. A really good gig a few years ago had British Sea Power supporting.

Be interesting to see what the new band members look like. They were getting bigger and taller a few years ago and my mates reckoned it was because they were the only ones he couldn't pick fights with.

 

[Buzzer]

I supported them in Antwerp not long ago. MES constantly detuned the guitarist's and bassist's instruments mid song and 'rearranged' the drums.
He then shouted at them for ages afterwards in the dressing room. Strangely enjoyable gig nevertheless.

Kicker Conspiracy.

LDC I guess.

He's done that quite a few times now with the mikes for the other band members. Very OCD. He also gurned and kept looking at his fingernails.

 

[cheeseroll]

I'm gonna get blinding drunk in the Conqueror beforehand and then party like it's the early 90's-uh.

jeez! he always did have er.. rugged looks.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

There was a great article in the guardian a while back where they tracked down as many ex members of the band as possible.

 

[Buzzer]

I wanna be the 1000th member of the Fall

- could make a good t-shirt slogan.

 

[Staly]

"There was a great article in the guardian a while back where they tracked down as many ex members of the band as possible."

Here: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,1678307,00.html

I've seen them on a couple of gigs this tour- they really are on top form at the moment.

See you next season...

 

[Trufflehound]

"There was a great article in the guardian a while back where they tracked down as many ex members of the band as possible."

The best thing that could have happened to original keyboard player Una Baines and guitarist Martin Bramah was leaving the Fall. As great as the Fall were/are, they went on to form The Blue Orchids, who were even better - basically all the good bits about The Fall without any of the shit parts.

Saw them supporting loads of great names in the early 80s, including the Birthday Party and Echo & the Bunnymen.

When they supported the Bunnymen at the Hammersmith Odean in 81, both bands came on stage at the end and played the final encore together - a massive and brilliant sound...




Edit: on second thoughts I can't even remember who supported whom with the Birthday Party - it may have been the other way around...

 

[Stinky Kat]

Wish I was going. Loke Bend Sinister and the weird and frightening world of........

I also like the sparta prague sonmg about killing chelsea fans. Mark e smith is a f***ing genius

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Going on Saturday when they're on at the Pavilion Theat-uh