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Here are the dates for our forthcoming UK tour in March 2012. Please note tickets go on sale Friday 25th November, from our official site and usual ticket outlets. Details to follow..we look forward to seeing you there!!
Thursday 15th March The Thekla, Bristol
Friday 16th March Koko, London
Saturday 17th March Picturedome, Holmfirth
Sunday 18th March The Waterfront, Norwich
Wednesday 21st March Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth
Thursday 22nd March Assembly Leamington Spa
Friday 23rd March ABC Glasgow
Saturday 24th March Manchester Ritz
Expect an upbeat set of the bands’ finest garage tunes, mixed with new tracks and the hits which defined Inspiral Carpets as one of the most important British bands of their generation.
We play an exclusive set tomorrow, 21st November, at XFM studios in Manchester. Expect competitions and hot off the press news about our forthcoming single and UK live shows! Tune into XFM via www.xfm.co.uk from 1pm.
SOUTH AMERICAN GIGS CONFIRMED!
Friday 11th November
11am Mario Pergolini Radio Show
Friday 11th November
Supporting Interpol
Inspiral Carpets on stage 7.30pm
Movistar Music Festival
Constanera Sur Auditorium
Rosario
Vera Penaloza 700
Costanera, Ciudad de Buenos Aires Costanera, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Saturday 12 November
Inspiral Carpets on stage time TBC
Samsung Studios
Pasaje 5 de Julio 444
San Telmo, Buenos
Aires
Argentina
Sunday 13 November
The Maquinaria Festival, Santiago, Chile Inspiral Carpets on stage 5pm till 6pm.
Check out Jon Robb’s exclusive interview with Inspiral Carpets here- http://louderthanwar.com/blogs/exclusive-interview-with-new-inspiral-carpets-line-up
Rarely do bands get the opportunity to experiment with what might have been, Inspiral Carpets find themselves in that unique position.
2011 sees the band re-group with their original singer Stephen Holt taking over lead vocal duties from Tom Hingley.
Holt formed Inspiral Carpets in 1983 with lead guitarist Graham Lambert and played a pivotal role in delivering 2 classic, genre defining EPs “Planecrash” & “Trainsurfing”. As well as the legendary “Dung 4” 11 song cassette album (8000 copies sold in 1987), which many fans still see as a vital artefact in the history of one of Britain’s most influential band of the 80s and 90s.
As the band started to gain critical acclaim, Holt left in 1989, to be replaced by Hingley. The rest as they say is history; with Inspiral Carpets providing the world with 4 chart topping albums, 13 UK Top Forty singles and numerous sold out tours.
Now, Inspiral Carpets want to explore their early years, reverting to the original line up of Boon, Gill, Holt, Lambert and Walsh.
With a new found vigour and energy, Inspiral Carpets have rediscovered what brought them together in the first place; a desire to play essential, infectious, garage music.
Offering a nod to the past but with their vision locked onto the future, Inspiral Carpets are planning to record their first new material in 15 years. Coupled with injecting a new lease of life into their classic back catalogue, their legendary live shows promise to be a treat for die-hard fans and new found converts alike.
