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Gorillaz Touring Line-up Help! Clash related

qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
edited October 2010 in Other Music
Okay. Not really a Gorillaz fan but... I've just read that Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash are touring with the Gorillaz. Seriously, Mick and Paul on stage together. Can anybody confirm wether or not Mick and Paul will be on tour with the Gorillaz in North America for all the dates, specifically Toronto. Any help would really be appreciated.

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  • veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Found this today:


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/ja ... stic-beach

    * Although on further reading that doesn't shed any light? I believe they are involved in some UK dates but don't know if that's new news or not? A lot of help I was! :?
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  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
    veddertown wrote:
    Found this today:


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/ja ... stic-beach

    * Although on further reading that doesn't shed any light? I believe they are involved in some UK dates but don't know if that's new news or not? A lot of help I was! :?

    Haha! That picture attached to the article was worth posting alone, I don't remember seeing that one before, and I'm a real Clash freak.

    I've been all over the net looking for confirmation, and while I haven't found official confirmation it does seem that Mick and Paul are touring with the Gorillaz till the end of the year.

    So the question is, How many of you Clash freaks and fans are going to fork up the cash for this one?

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    They did play with Gorillaz at Coachella, and on the few UK dates.

    I've picked up tickets for the San Diego show, partly on the fact that Mick & Paul are touring with them. Plus Plastic Beach is a damn good album.

    I like that they've decided to focus on it being a live show, and not hiding behind the visuals.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,696
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    pretty sure they are, in the promo ad for the Vancouver show they are shown in the band photo.
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  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
    merkinball wrote:
    They did play with Gorillaz at Coachella, and on the few UK dates.

    I've picked up tickets for the San Diego show, partly on the fact that Mick & Paul are touring with them. Plus Plastic Beach is a damn good album.

    I like that they've decided to focus on it being a live show, and not hiding behind the visuals.

    Yes, it looks like Mick and Paul are part of the touring band. Now I have to get tickets which are not cheap. I don't know how it is possible that I was not aware of this major happenning. I really wish I'd found out before tickets went on sale because I really would like to be on the floor.

    Yes it is cool that the focus is on the live show. It would not be cool if Mick and Paul were behind screens the whole time. Anyways I'm definitely going to get tickets, but I might have to get them from a scalper. :x

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  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.

    Ya, I know there won't be any Clash played, but just seeing Mick and Paul on stage together will be surreal. I saw The Good The Bad And The Queen which Paul was part of, and there was no Clash but it was still great. I had tickets for Carbon Silicon (Mick's band), but was crushed when it was cancelled due to visa issues. The show was booked in a small club, so the chances of sharing a pint with Mick were very high.

    Polite fella eh. Did you get to meet him?

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.

    Reminds me of when I saw Big Audio Dynamite at the Roxy, right when the first album came out. Definitely no mention of the Clash there either.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,696
    qontheboard wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.

    Ya, I know there won't be any Clash played, but just seeing Mick and Paul on stage together will be surreal. I saw The Good The Bad And The Queen which Paul was part of, and there was no Clash but it was still great. I had tickets for Carbon Silicon (Mick's band), but was crushed when it was cancelled due to visa issues. The show was booked in a small club, so the chances of sharing a pint with Mick were very high.

    Polite fella eh. Did you get to meet him?

    q

    I met him backstage at Coachella when CS played in 2008. He was nice enough to pose for a photo with me and my fiance'. We also said hello to him at Coachella this year.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,696
    merkinball wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.

    Reminds me of when I saw Big Audio Dynamite at the Roxy, right when the first album came out. Definitely no mention of the Clash there either.

    I remember those shows.....I saw them at the Whiskey on their first tour (they also played Florentine Gardens) and then at the Roxy a few years later.
  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    qontheboard wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.

    Ya, I know there won't be any Clash played, but just seeing Mick and Paul on stage together will be surreal. I saw The Good The Bad And The Queen which Paul was part of, and there was no Clash but it was still great. I had tickets for Carbon Silicon (Mick's band), but was crushed when it was cancelled due to visa issues. The show was booked in a small club, so the chances of sharing a pint with Mick were very high.

    Polite fella eh. Did you get to meet him?

    q

    I met him backstage at Coachella when CS played in 2008. He was nice enough to pose for a photo with me and my fiance'. We also said hello to him at Coachella this year.

    Wow! So cool you took the opourtunity to meet Mick. I was lucky enough to see Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros 3 times, and all 3 times could have met Joe. Unfortunately I found myself thinking "what the hell am I going to say to him. I love you man, you're my hero." Anyways when Joe passed on I found myself full of regret for not jumping on those oppourtunities. Since then on I've said hello to all the childhood heroes I've been lucky enough to meet.

    q
  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
    merkinball wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.

    Reminds me of when I saw Big Audio Dynamite at the Roxy, right when the first album came out. Definitely no mention of the Clash there either.

    Lucky sods :) . I never got see B.A.D. back in the day. I think the only time they ever played in Toronto was when they toured with U2. So haw was it guys? Were they a good live show? Incidentally there are discussions taking place about a possible B.A.D. reunion in 2011.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,696
    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.[/quote]

    Ya, I know there won't be any Clash played, but just seeing Mick and Paul on stage together will be surreal. I saw The Good The Bad And The Queen which Paul was part of, and there was no Clash but it was still great. I had tickets for Carbon Silicon (Mick's band), but was crushed when it was cancelled due to visa issues. The show was booked in a small club, so the chances of sharing a pint with Mick were very high.

    Polite fella eh. Did you get to meet him?

    q[/quote]

    I met him backstage at Coachella when CS played in 2008. He was nice enough to pose for a photo with me and my fiance'. We also said hello to him at Coachella this year.[/quote]

    Wow! So cool you took the opourtunity to meet Mick. I was lucky enough to see Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros 3 times, and all 3 times could have met Joe. Unfortunately I found myself thinking "what the hell am I going to say to him. I love you man, you're my hero." Anyways when Joe passed on I found myself full of regret for not jumping on those oppourtunities. Since then on I've said hello to all the childhood heroes I've been lucky enough to meet.

    q[/quote]
    As long as I am not invading someone's privacy, I always try to say hello to artists that I have long admired.

    Strummer was always very receptive to people coming up and talking to him. I have a poster from a 1981 Clash show, and I was lucky enough to get Joe to sign in at an instore in the early 2000s. I also got Mick to sign it at a CS gig a few years back. I brought the poster to Coachella this year, but the Gorrillaz "camp" backstage was hidden away so I wasn't able to get Paul to sign it.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,696
    qontheboard wrote:
    merkinball wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I saw them at Coachella with Mick & Paul.

    Mick is the most polite fella of all time!

    It was very cool to see them onstage again, however, there is no mention whatsoever of The Clash, so don't expect anything from the past.

    Reminds me of when I saw Big Audio Dynamite at the Roxy, right when the first album came out. Definitely no mention of the Clash there either.

    Lucky sods :) . I never got see B.A.D. back in the day. I think the only time they ever played in Toronto was when they toured with U2. So haw was it guys? Were they a good live show? Incidentally there are discussions taking place about a possible B.A.D. reunion in 2011.

    B.A.D. was an average live band. Their stregnth was their songs, and the samples/beats they used.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    B.A.D. was an average live band. Their stregnth was their songs, and the samples/beats they used.

    Yeah, I'd agree. The strongest memory of the show is everyone in their orange jumpsuits. The first album was either just out, or soon to be released. There was a lot of questions at the time about whether he'd play ANY clash songs, and around the overall direction he was taking.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    Bump....

    Mick and Paul are definitely on board for the tour:

    http://gorillaz.com/news/news/gorillaz- ... ican-dates

    They've also got a bunch of supporting artists at at least some of the shows: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Bashy, Little Dragon, De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Roses Gabor, Bootie Brown, Kano

    I'm glad that Bashy/Kano will be on the tour, White Flag is a current favorite. N.E.R.D. is the opener (who I'm not familiar with at all), but it seems to me like they could have had some of the bands that were going to support them during the show (like De La Soul) open up.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    I saw them with Gorillaz in April. If you search Gorillaz @ the Roundhouse you should find some footage on youtube. They also had some up on the Gorillaz website but don't know if it's still up there.

    When I saw Carbon/Silicon Glen Matlock and Paul Cook joined them on stage for a few songs.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,696
    Seeing N.E.R.D. as the opener is a nice added bonus.

    I sprung for front row seats as my fiance's birthday gift!
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,411
    anyone going/gone to any of the shows yet? I'm going on Sunday in Camden, NJ. Me and my buddy didn't go the the expensive seats though. Too damn much money. I think we got the $60 seats (sec. 200 or something)
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,696
    chime wrote:
    I saw them with Gorillaz in April. If you search Gorillaz @ the Roundhouse you should find some footage on youtube. They also had some up on the Gorillaz website but don't know if it's still up there.

    When I saw Carbon/Silicon Glen Matlock and Paul Cook joined them on stage for a few songs.

    It is cool that Mick, Matlock and Jones have become quite the English gentlemen!

    Rotten and Jones could learn a lesson from them!
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    eeriepadave wrote:
    anyone going/gone to any of the shows yet? I'm going on Sunday in Camden, NJ. Me and my buddy didn't go the the expensive seats though. Too damn much money. I think we got the $60 seats (sec. 200 or something)

    Have they started yet? I thought they kicked off at the end of the week.

    Lou Reed will be at the MSG show...
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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