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Everything Else / Re: what songs are you listening to RIGHT NOW
« Last post by Shush on May 15, 2025, 09:51:37 PM »Spike Island, Pulp. First time in a very long time I have heard a new song and liked it.
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New Model Army / Re: June 24 - Wembley Arena with Billy Idol
« Last post by Master Ray on May 15, 2025, 09:12:45 PM »Wasn't there some talk around these parts about 'Green And Grey' somehow being about Billy Idol? I was never aware of any connection between these two fine acts (much less about them being in touch in relation to playing a gig) but maybe they've been pals all these years...
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On The Road / Re: Bradford 13 dec 2025
« Last post by Master Ray on May 15, 2025, 09:09:16 PM »If I wasn't seeing NMA in Notts Rockers the night before and already got a ticket for The Slow Readers Club in Manchester on the 13th I'd be well up for it! Not a huge fan of Terrorvision (although they had some fun tunes) but to see NMA and Paradise Lost (one of my fave metal bands ever!) on the same bill... that'd be a good ticket!
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New Model Army / Re: The Love of "No rest for the wicked" (1985)
« Last post by Master Ray on May 15, 2025, 09:02:55 PM »40 years? That's shocking.
To put it another way, it's a similar timeframe to someone buying NRFTW on the day of release to the end of World War 2...
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Everything Else / Re: Whatever makes you happy..
« Last post by Master Ray on May 15, 2025, 08:54:17 PM »Got a tax rebate through, nearly £500!
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Everything Else / Re: The BOOKS thread... what you reading?
« Last post by Master Ray on May 15, 2025, 08:53:19 PM »Really enjoying Bobby Gillespie's autobiography 'Tenement Kid', often funny, somewhat pretentious and full of hedonistic stories as is often the way with music autobiographies.
I must check out more of Primal Scream's output, always enjoyed what I heard but there's a few albums I never bothered with...
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Everything Else / Re: The BOOKS thread... what you reading?
« Last post by Ghosttrain on May 12, 2025, 04:41:58 PM »''KLARA AND THE SUN'' by Kazuo Ishiguro one of the most beautiful books i have ever read....a masterpiece..
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New Model Army / Re: Got my copy of SO36 but there's no code or mention of the download
« Last post by Gaijin on May 10, 2025, 06:04:55 PM »so i bought the 2 cd/dvd release, off of amazon (cause postage
is the download available separately? was it supposed to be included with the cd/dvd release?
sure do wish nma would come back to the states, but given our current political climate, i can understand why they would be reluctant to.
I'll court controversy by stating that ripping the audio from the Palladium shows from December 2022 is a better listen than the SO36 recordings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMi0-9w74Lc&t=4863s&pp=ygUWbmV3IG1vZGVsIGFybXkgLSAyMDIyIA%3D%3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWgg3R_PAE&pp=ygUWbmV3IG1vZGVsIGFybXkgLSAyMDIyIA%3D%3D
The bigger venue and on-point production are telling - plus, there's video of both nights.
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New Model Army / Re: June 24 - Wembley Arena with Billy Idol
« Last post by Gaijin on May 10, 2025, 05:55:55 PM »I listened to 2/3 songs from Billy's last album, it's true that he's not at his most inspired there, on the other hand I like his 2005 album "Devil's playground" and in his penultimate album from 2014 'Kings and queens.." there were also some decent tracks. I still like his album "Rebel yell" and then on stage I suppose he still delivers, not to forget the key contribution in his songwriting of the superb and underrated guitar player Steve Stevens. Obviously in content and style NMA is very different from Billy but the bands have in common to have good/great singers, rankings in the 80's charts and a love of punk rock music!https://www.thepublicityconnection.com/post/billy-idol-returns-to-the-uk-for-headline-show
New Model Army’s 16th studio album ‘Unbroken’ reached top positions in official album charts all around the world.
Really? The album did well in the german and english charts, but in the rest of the world too? I have my doubts!
I think that's marketing hyperbole. Reassure the Billy fans that the support act are not a pub band.
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New Model Army / Re: Got my copy of SO36 but there's no code or mention of the download
« Last post by skratch on May 10, 2025, 04:34:38 PM »so i bought the 2 cd/dvd release, off of amazon (cause postage ). i wasn't aware that there was a second night download available. looking at the description in the store, seems like it's only for the 2 lp release?
is the download available separately? was it supposed to be included with the cd/dvd release?
sure do wish nma would come back to the states, but given our current political climate, i can understand why they would be reluctant to.
). i wasn't aware that there was a second night download available. looking at the description in the store, seems like it's only for the 2 lp release?is the download available separately? was it supposed to be included with the cd/dvd release?
sure do wish nma would come back to the states, but given our current political climate, i can understand why they would be reluctant to.