Jesus fucking christ!!!!

[angel-sighs]

ticket for Bristol secured. weekend and all that. looks like I underestimated demand- a lot of the seats were already gone.
I also got stalls row D

still pretty flexible about which date I go to so happy to do swapsies closer to the time, just thought it was best to get my foot in the door for the tour somehow

[mywhitenoise]

Can anyone give me some info on these, and let me know how good of seats they are?

Glasgow Row L, Seats 17/18

Barbican Row H, Seats 11/12 (I had 1 Row A, but it was sold out by the time i went to checkout)

I got two Row As for the Manchester, so I'm very happy with that.

[Shinesalight]

Tickets for Bristol secured. Went into total panic mode when given the option of ‘best available’ tickets when going through the ticket link via the Spiritualized website. Then went directly through the Bristol Beacon website and selected front row side balcony. Then had another panic after checkout and noticing “partial restricted view”! I’ve now seen that they’ve given this for all the side seats so hoping it’s not a major issue.

Like I said, going to be making a bit of a weekend of it with Mrs Shines but would be great to meet up with fellow Forumites for a pre-gig drink.

[mywhitenoise]

Two tickets got for Glasgow. Went through the ATG site and i could choose what seats i wanted. The prime central ones were gone but i'm happy with what i got, (Stalls row D) just hope we're not too close to the stage!

I have row L if you want to swap. I'm coming from the US, first time ever in the UK.

[Ian]

Can anyone give me some info on these, and let me know how good of seats they are?

Glasgow Row L, Seats 17/18

Barbican Row H, Seats 11/12 (I had 1 Row A, but it was sold out by the time i went to checkout)

I got two Row As for the Manchester, so I'm very happy with that.

There's a seating plan for the Glasgow venue here. Middle of row F for me, I wasn't able to choose with the pre-sale, but that's OK.

[Greeny]

Can anyone give me some info on these, and let me know how good of seats they are?

Glasgow Row L, Seats 17/18

Barbican Row H, Seats 11/12 (I had 1 Row A, but it was sold out by the time i went to checkout)

I got two Row As for the Manchester, so I'm very happy with that.

For the Barbican, depends if you are talking Row H in the stalls or Row H in the circle. Row H in the circle is not all that great. In the stalls they're pretty good seats, if a little bit to the side.

[Greeny]

Looking at the remaining availability for the Barbican I'd say it is 50/50 on a second date there.

[mkb]

Can anyone give me some info on these, and let me know how good of seats they are?

Glasgow Row L, Seats 17/18

Looks like those are pretty much dead centre of the stalls, should be very good for both the sound and the view.

[Isobel19]

Manchester sorted.
Love the Apollo.

[Laz69]

(ignore... nothing to see here )

[Laz69]

Can anyone give me some info on these, and let me know how good of seats they are?

Glasgow Row L, Seats 17/18

Here you go...

[dselevan2]

Does anyone know the band members and can anyone make a video or film?

[spzranger]

Looking at the remaining availability for the Barbican I'd say it is 50/50 on a second date there.

Looks like hey have just added one for the following day. On sale at 1500.

[Shinesalight]

I think that’s really positive news that they can still sell out the Barbican. Would love to see them sell out all these shows and more. Would definitely encourage Jason to perhaps revisit LGM as well.

[mywhitenoise]

Woke up right in time for the second Barbican date. Got front row for that one.

[Greeny]

I think that’s really positive news that they can still sell out the Barbican. Would love to see them sell out all these shows and more. Would definitely encourage Jason to perhaps revisit LGM as well.

I'm a bit surprised they pushed the button so quickly on it, to be honest - there are still a couple of hundred seats left for the first show easy. Those are going to be hard to shift now.

[mywhitenoise]

I think that’s really positive news that they can still sell out the Barbican. Would love to see them sell out all these shows and more. Would definitely encourage Jason to perhaps revisit LGM as well.

I'm a bit surprised they pushed the button so quickly on it, to be honest - there are still a couple of hundred seats left for the first show easy. Those are going to be hard to shift now.

they'll all sell, still 6 months away. I'm flying out for it, I know a couple others I've spoken to over instagram that are doing the same.

[heisenberg]

I've got 2 tickets for Glasgow for sale- please see The Ticket Zone forum.

[spzranger]

I suppose the costs of adding in a second consecutive night are lower than setting up for the first night, but they did add it in surprisingly quickly with the first night not sold out. Would have loved to get front row stalls for the Thursday had I known, but having forked our already for central circle tickets for the Wednesday going to stick with that. Should be great anyway. Will be interesting to see if they add any more shows.

[norrin radd]

I suppose the costs of adding in a second consecutive night are lower than setting up for the first night, but they did add it in surprisingly quickly with the first night not sold out. Would have loved to get front row stalls for the Thursday had I known, but having forked our already for central circle tickets for the Wednesday going to stick with that. Should be great anyway. Will be interesting to see if they add any more shows.

You can exchange your tickets for the next night, I just phoned them up and swapped my circle tickets for central front stalls

Praying we get the full on light show for this

[rapideye]

I ended up heading to Glasgow. Booked via phone will on the way to a site visit but didn't seem to get a choice on seats. In the upper circle but that seems ok to me. Last time I went to the Theatre Royal was a school trip to a pantomime aged about 10, I think.

[Venkman]

Somehow missed this entirely until this afternoon but still managed to get Glasgow tickets. Saturday night, interesting venue, can't wait.

Even less interest in their set at Rockaway Beach now mind.

[veiko]

Barbican. Never been at that venue, gonna be my first time. Let's meet before the show!

[herman]

Tickets in the pocket for 2nd night at the Barbican!
Rather exited for this one as their last gig I saw them (fuzz club eindhoven) was extremely tame... Hope also the lights how will be a bit more special than the screensaver we had to look at in Eindhoven.
Very high expectations!

[Spacekadet]

Barbican. Never been at that venue, gonna be my first time. Let's meet before the show!

Barbican Hall is really, really good. I saw Apparat there and it was electric.

[sunray]

Anyone in contact with BZA recently? He alright? I thought he'd be all over this and the upcoming Primal Scream album.

[ro]

Anyone in contact with BZA recently? He alright? I thought he'd be all over this and the upcoming Primal Scream album.

yes, he knows

[Dreamweapon]

I've not plucked up the courage yet to buy tickets. Just still really intimidating around the whole idea of being "out", the logistics of getting there and back, the late finish and getting home, being around lots of people in the big smoke, would either be there on my own (don't really have friends to go with) or have my 13 year old with me (and he would find it tough as well), not being able to see anything unless right at the front and then feeling hemmed in, the sheer volume sometimes (an oxymoron I know in terms of the gig experience), the build up to a gig over several months also ramps up the anxiety sky high, the expense..... I always tend to regret these things afterwards and feel like I've missed out, but just don't feel ready to do gigs.... The whole experience is just too damn scary. Been to Spz gigs before and been barged/found moshing around me and people yelling stuff at Jason etc. The Spz gig at New Century Hall was the last one I saw and that was tricky.

There have been other tours I've regretted not going to see so many times over the years, but I know I feel safer at home. They're also playing just after my 50th birthday which would be nice and a shame to miss out, but I'm just too bloody jittery even at the thought....

Sorry if that makes me sound like a wuss....

[angel-sighs]

Not a wuss at all, people all have different experiences. Although I have now taken back to the gigging with gusto, it took me a while post covid as it all felt a bit weird.
As you get older it takes more to get you out there too, the hassle. I've been guilty of being at a gig and thinking about where I parked the car or some crap!

As these are seated gigs where you will much more in control of the situation around you, maybe that helps?

I am sure spare tickets will be getting sold nearer the time, so don't think anyone neccesarily needs to miss out if they didn't get tickets right away.

[Greeny]

Barbican. Never been at that venue, gonna be my first time. Let's meet before the show!

Barbican Hall is really, really good. I saw Apparat there and it was electric.

As I mentioned earlier it is, in my opinion, the best venue for sound in London. It's also my favourite building in London, as I'm a huge fan of Brutalist architecture.

But above all that, it's just a really nice place to see a gig. Staff super friendly, loads of legroom (matters to me at 6'6"), spacious bar area... what's not to like!

[Pat Garrett]

Will be fascinating to hear what the current band does with PP - they're not exactly drone-centric...

[sunray]

Will be fascinating to hear what the current band does with PP - they're not exactly drone-centric...

^^This. I'm nervous. Yet excited.
Remember at the time Jason claimed doing the L&G gigs influenced his next album? I wonder could these Pure Phase shows have a similar effect?

[angel-sighs]

If I had to guess, I would say the band will be going for pretty straight interpretations of the album. that's what the L&G shows were like, give or take. There's not really time or opportunity to let their versions evolve or get clever. That said a lot of the sounds on PP are studio manipulated so that's the interesting thing.

I reckon you could put tracks in 3 categories.. this is my back of a beer mat stab at it:

Played live in relatively recent years, we know how they will sound:
Lay Back In The Sun (got a regular airing on A&E tour?)
Born Never Asked
Electric Mainline
Good Times (encore for SHSL shows, played pretty straight)
Spread Your Wings (yes only played once or twice? but played straight)

Played live but not for a long time and we don't know how their versions will differ:

Medication
Take Good Care of It
Slide Song
All of My Tears
Let It Flow
These Blues

Never played live God knows how they will sound:

Electric Phase
Feel Like Goin' Home

[Shinesalight]

I'm most excited for Take Good Care Of It. I know i'm in the minority here but i've always loved the album version (possibly my favourite track on PP) and would be delighted to see it stretched out to 10 minutes. In saying that, the live versions from 92-95 are great too.

I do like the PP version of Take Good Care Of It but I much prefer the live versions of it prior to the release of PP. I remember hearing it on FUI and that Glastonbury sampler mix tape that came free with the NME and being blown away, getting really excited when seeing it was on the tracklisitng for the upcoming Pure Phase album and then being disappointed with how the song had transformed into something entirely different. Be interesting to see what they go with for these gigs, a straight up album interpretation or the original FUI version

[Ian]

I do like the PP version of Take Good Care Of It but I much prefer the live versions of it prior to the release of PP. I remember hearing it on FUI and that Glastonbury sampler mix tape that came free with the NME and being blown away, getting really excited when seeing it was on the tracklisitng for the upcoming Pure Phase album and then being disappointed with how the song had transformed into something entirely different. Be interesting to see what they go with for these gigs, a straight up album interpretation or the original FUI version

Conversely... I remember being excited that there was a new track on FUI, but when I heard it, good though it was, I didn't think it added anything new to the Spiritualized canon, being a bit "more of the same". When I heard the PP version I thought they'd done something much more interesting with it. Let's see which of us is the happiest come March!

[throb]

Will be fascinating to hear what the current band does with PP - they're not exactly drone-centric...

^^This. I'm nervous. Yet excited.
Remember at the time Jason claimed doing the L&G gigs influenced his next album? I wonder could these Pure Phase shows have a similar effect?

Oddly enough I thought "Everything Was Beautiful" is the late phase (sorry) SPZ album that sounds most like PP. Long may it continue.

[SpEnCeR1]

Looking forward to a 30 min version of Electric Phase. Not even joking.

[SpEnCeR1]

I do like the PP version of Take Good Care Of It but I much prefer the live versions of it prior to the release of PP. I remember hearing it on FUI and that Glastonbury sampler mix tape that came free with the NME and being blown away, getting really excited when seeing it was on the tracklisitng for the upcoming Pure Phase album and then being disappointed with how the song had transformed into something entirely different. Be interesting to see what they go with for these gigs, a straight up album interpretation or the original FUI version

Conversely... I remember being excited that there was a new track on FUI, but when I heard it, good though it was, I didn't think it added anything new to the Spiritualized canon, being a bit "more of the same". When I heard the PP version I thought they'd done something much more interesting with it. Let's see which of us is the happiest come March!

Praps there's a chance they will mix the 2 versions together, an ambient start into the Yardbirds style rave up

[bobbolux]

Looking forward to a 30 min version of Electric Phase. Not even joking.

This is 90% why I am flying from California to London in March.

[Pat Garrett]

It's been said many times before but The Slide Song is just sublimely beautiful isn't it. That last verse...

[Bickerton Buddie]

Got tickets and looking forward to it but must admit to feeling a slightly bit old when i saw this done first time around 30 years ago at the Arches in Glasgow.

Good times.

[veiko]

If I had to guess, I would say the band will be going for pretty straight interpretations of the album. that's what the L&G shows were like, give or take. There's not really time or opportunity to let their versions evolve or get clever. That said a lot of the sounds on PP are studio manipulated so that's the interesting thing.

With this idea "playing an album in full" there will no letting it loose. Many or at least few songs from PP have been already performed by both Doggen and Kevin behind the drum kit, surely they are familiar with the drill. The temperature at the venues will surely be high, full of spaced out expectations. I doubt the shows will be modest and it is hard to believe that there will be only 5 shows of this project and then back to "Hey Jane".

[heisenberg]

I really hope it leans into the ambient side of the album and utilises strings and brass.

Any dream encores? I'd like some rare stuff.

Feel so Sad
Angel Sigh
Don't Just Do Something
The Straight and The Narrow
Anything More
Ballad of Richie Lee
Lay it Down Slow

[herman]

Yeah, I think 'lay it down slow' is a very underrated song.
If they only would play it once again live....

[norrin radd]

To really blow us away he should encore with suicide from pwf

Failing that..
Feeling just fine /Head full of shit
200 bars
Angel sigh
Od catastrophe
Take me to the other side
Things'll never be the same

[angel-sighs]

let's not get carried away huh, I would bet the encore will be Oh Happy Day or So Long You Pretty Thing.

but if we are dreaming, then yes some of the options people have mentioned would be amazing.
It's not like there are even any Pure Phase 'B sides' to play but some other stuff from the early era would be awesome.

It's been said many times before but The Slide Song is just sublimely beautiful isn't it. That last verse...

couldn't agree more, it's sublime.

[slide_song]

hoping so, so much for some US dates later on

[mkb]

This has been added to the Primavera lineup in Barcelona, June 2025

[herman]

Extra date is added: June 5 - 7th at Primavera Sound, Barcelona.

[gazer]

hoping so, so much for some US dates later on

Me, too, hopefully in SoCal (ideally San Diego but I'd go to L.A. for it).

[angel-sighs]

I guess if they have added Primavera then that gives people hope they might take it to the states or elsewhere as well.

I now have a feeling the shows won't have strings etc ? as presumably that won't be possible at Primavera

[mkb]

I guess if they have added Primavera then that gives people hope they might take it to the states or elsewhere as well.

I now have a feeling the shows won't have strings etc ? as presumably that won't be possible at Primavera

They've played with a choir and strings at Primavera before, so it's possible. But none of the Pure Phase performances have been billed as having an expanded lineup in the way the Ladies & Gentlemen shows were, so I think the lineup might be pretty much the same as more recent shows.

[angel-sighs]

Ah right I didn't realise they had done that before. But i think you are right, I think they would have mentioned it, it's a selling point.

[spacemanrich]

Good article by Jason Spaceman on the Pure Phase album and the upcoming Pure Phase Tour in 2025 :

https://www.soundspheremag.com/features ... wh-bXzlXUQ

[sunray]

Good article by Jason Spaceman on the Pure Phase album and the upcoming Pure Phase Tour in 2025 :

https://www.soundspheremag.com/features ... wh-bXzlXUQ

That interview seems to suggest these shows will have all the bells and whistles.

[spacemanrich]

Spot on ! Jason seems to suggest that he wants to give it the proper treatment like LAGWAFLIS and that when the album ( Pure Phase ) came out that the reviews were lukewarm. Going to be a brilliant set of shows. I still consider the Pure Phase Tour in S.F. in 95' or so to be the best SPZ show I've seen. It helped that the venue only held about 300 punters or so.

When I was 5 years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up. I wrote down " happy. " They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.

- John Lennon

[angel-sighs]

thanks for that- music to my ears that it is going to be the full bells and whistles! I wish the interview were a bit longer.

His point is interesting about how it's more difficult to get gigs post covid. if doing Pure Phase shows makes that easier then it's a win win!

[mkb]

Dublin gig added on March 20th (the opening night of the tour as it stands)

[sunray]

Dublin gig added on March 20th (the opening night of the tour as it stands)

The question now is, do i bother with Glasgow two days later?

Interested to see if they make it all-seater as there's usually a standing area flanked by seats. I hope they keep it standing.

[angel-sighs]

I would still do Glasgow myself, if I were you. you don't know how many more chances you will get for this particular show.
plus I find that on Spiritualized tours they generally get better as the dates go on.

[olan]

Tickets sorted for Dublin. I'm quite looking forward to this.

[sunray]

I would still do Glasgow myself, if I were you. you don't know how many more chances you will get for this particular show.
plus I find that on Spiritualized tours they generally get better as the dates go on.

Ah yeah, i'm gonna do both. Be stupid not to. Plus i get to do one standing/one sitting and also one sober and one under the influence. Win/win all round

[clewsr]

Tickets sorted for Dublin. I'm quite looking forward to this.

How does the pre sale work for Dublin?

[angel-sighs]

I would still do Glasgow myself, if I were you. you don't know how many more chances you will get for this particular show.
plus I find that on Spiritualized tours they generally get better as the dates go on.

Ah yeah, i'm gonna do both. Be stupid not to. Plus i get to do one standing/one sitting and also one sober and one under the influence. Win/win all round

nice one. I do think a standing gig for one of these shows would be preferable.

[olan]

Tickets sorted for Dublin. I'm quite looking forward to this.

How does the pre sale work for Dublin?

My mate sorted the tickets. He had a code:

https://foggynotions.us2.list-manage.co ... a4901e9452


I hope this helps.

[sunray]

Belfast added on the 19th March. Tickets on sale Monday 2nd December.