This Sunday our own Ellen C! will be running the Bristol 10K for the cancer charity CLIC Sargent. If you coud donate that’s be awesome :)
She’s promised Rob that she’ll run as a pantomime horse if she can raise £300, who doesn’t want to see that?
Tuesday May 15 06:07pmYou guys will have received an email today from LC!, talking about their new blog and suchlike, and it will also contain a new Heat Rash discount code that you can use here, at LC’s new store. Make sure you keep the code safe!
(Note: The store has been restocked, and you can now buy the “A Body” t-shirt previously only available at shows.)
Tuesday May 15 10:28amUPDATE: HEAT RASH No. 3
An update, and an apology.
Obviously, whether you subscribed to the series long ago, or more recently when we offered the one-off opportunity to purchase issue #3, if all had gone according to plan you’d have received the magazine and 7″ a fair time ago.
Due to our extensive touring and the spinning of numerous plates however, we’ve not got it completed as quickly as we’d anticipated or have liked to. Heat Rash is written, designed and edited entirely by us, with no help from outside the 7 of us, so it’s a large and time consuming undertaking. Although, of course this is no excuse ’cause you’ve given us your money for it.
We now have the 7″s in our possession and they’re the best looking (as well as showcasing the best HR songs) to date. Once the ‘zine is back from the printers (this also, is easily the highest quality ‘zine we’ve produced so far), we’ll have them immediately packaged up and sent out to you (we do all this ourselves too).
Once we know exactly when things are being posted we’ll email you the mp3s of the two new songs so you all receive them at the same time.
As ever, thank you for your support, and I’m incredibly sorry (and annoyed myself) that it’s been so long in coming.
Best,
G
ps. If you have changed address since ordering or receiving the last issue, please let us know of these changes via askheatrash@gmail.com.
Main stage, Saturday for Reading and Sunday for Leeds, first band on of the day (so far).
Tuesday Apr 17 12:32pmDates are as follows:
June 16 PLUSH, ST, LOUIS, MO (18+)
June 17 HEADLINERS MUSIC HALL, LOUISVILLE KY (18+)
June 19 THE ORANGE PEEL, ASHEVILLE NC (18+)
June 20 THE NATIONAL, RICHMOND VA (21+)
June 21 MAXWELL’S, HOBOKEN NJ (ALL AGES)
June 22 LE POISSON ROUGE, NEW YORK NY (ALL AGES)
June 23 BROOKLYN BOWL, BROOKLYN NY (21+)
June 24 BRILLOBOX, PITTSBURGH PA (21+)
June 26 OTTOBAR, BALTIMORE MD (ALL AGES)
June 27 CAT’S CRADLE, CARRBORO NC (ALL AGES)
June 28 MASQUERADE, ATLANTA GA (ALL AGES)
June 29 BEACHMAN THEATRE, ORLANDO FL (ALL AGES)
June 30 BARDOT, MIAMI FL (21+)
Tickets available here from 30th March.
Tuesday Mar 27 04:18pmThat’s right, LC! are headlining the New Slang night at the Hippodrome Nightclub in Kingston April 19th.
Tickets can be purchased from Banquet Records for £6 each here. Options also include a poster for £1 and a Hello Sadness CD and ticket bundle for £12.
Note: The venue, being a nightclub and all, is 18+ and photo ID will be required to enter, even if you have a ticket.
(I don’t know about you guys, but I’m pretty tempted by this..)
Monday Mar 26 03:23pm
Brand new LC! t-shirt, available at the merch stall from tonight’s show in London, modeled by the ever lovely Neil.
Thursday Mar 22 03:33pm
GARETH TO PERFORM IN PAUL HEATON’S ”THE 8TH”
As many of you know, Gareth is a longtime fan (to put it mildly) of the band The Beautiful South, and has just been revealed to be featuring in lead singer Paul Heaton’s solo show ”The 8th”. Taken from the LC! blog:
For as long as I’ve listened to music, my favourite band has been The Beautiful South. The way in which I’ve loved them has evolved and grown, but they have consistently been the band that I wanted to sing along to when I was young, and the lyrics that I have wanted to emulate since I began writing. The words of Paul Heaton, in The Beautiful South, The Housemartins and in his solo work have been the high-water level that I’ve attempted to breakthrough. More often than not, subtly, but very occasionally shamelessly (our song ‘Straight In At 101”s title is taken straight from The Beautiful South’s ‘Straight in at 37′, our “phallic cake” line in Romance Is Boring is actually Heaton’s line). We even went so far as to cover one of my favourite South songs ‘I Love You (But You’re Boring)’, and my “LOVE ME PLEASE” gesture of wearing a Beautiful South t-shirt on our Letterman performance.
It’s safe to say, if it were not for Paul Heaton, I would never have wanted to write lyrics.
So it is with great pleasure I announce my involvement in a Paul Heaton show this coming July. Paul Heaton’s The 8th’ and ‘Paul Heaton & Friends – Greatest Hits set’ – Two Shows in One Night will involve a performance of Paul’s 70 minute long ‘New Soul Opera’ (in which I will be singing a solo, among other bits) and then a performance by Paul (and his guests) of some of his Greatest Hits, spanning his whole career. The show ran at last year’s Manchester International Festival and was a huge success, causing it now to travel around the country.
I cannot emphasise enough how much of an honour this is for me to be a part of. To be recognised by somebody who I admire so much is truly humbling and I look forward to these run of shows with a real mix of excitement and nervousness. I’ve never considered myself much of a singer, but this is an opportunity for me to push myself and do something I’m really proud of.
I was hoping very much that some of you Los Campesinos! fans (and hopefully a lot of you are Beautiful South fans anyway) would fancy attending a concert and joining me in this. The show is incredible. I’ve been lucky enough to hear it (though not yet see it) and it’s a real triumph. It’d be really nice to see some friendly faces along the way, in these beautiful, professional venues so I hope some of you can make it to a show.
Pardon my gushing,
Best,
Gareth
Dates are as above and tickets will be released Friday from gigandtours.com seetickets.com.
Dates are as follows:
Mar 20 – PHOENIX, EXETER (14+)
SOLD OUT Mar 21 – THEKLA, BRISTOL (14+)
SOLD OUT Mar 22 – ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON (14+)
Mar 23 – 02 ACADEMY, OXFORD (14+)
Mar 24 – RAINBOW WAREHOUSE, BIRMINGHAM (16+)
SOLD OUT Mar 26 – ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER (14+)
Mar 27 – O2 ACADEMY 2, LIVERPOOL (14+)
Mar 28 – LIQUID ROOM, EDINBURGH (14+)
Mar 29 – ACADEMY 2, NEWCASTLE (14+)
Mar 30 – WATERFRONT, NORWICH (14+)
Mar 31 – LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD (14+)
You can buy any last minute tickets here.
Monday Mar 19 01:10pmThe dates, to recap:
Mar 20 – PHOENIX, EXETER (14+)
Mar 21 – THEKLA, BRISTOL (14+)
Mar 22 – ELECTRIC BALLROOM, LONDON (14+)
Mar 23 – 02 ACADEMY, OXFORD (14+)
Mar 24 – RAINBOW WAREHOUSE, BIRMINGHAM (16+)
Mar 26 – ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER (14+)
Mar 27 – O2 ACADEMY 2, LIVERPOOL (14+)
Mar 28 – CABARET VOLTAIRE, EDINBURGH (14+)
Mar 29 – ACADEMY 2, NEWCASTLE (14+)
Mar 30 – WATERFRONT, NORWICH (14+)
Mar 31 – LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD (14+)
Apr 2 – FLECHE D’OR, PARIS
Apr 3 – BOTANIQUE ROTONDE, BELGIUM
Apr 4 – PARADISO, AMSTERDAM
