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Gigs From History: 2009
Here's all the gigs we played in 2009, along with any details of the night I can remember. If there's a blog entry you can click on the date to read it.Tuesday 13 January 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) Totally Acoustic with Orange Nichole and Superman Revenge Squad |
Tuesday 20 January 2009 | The Camden Rock, London (setlist) Lovely night for Mr C Flower's birthday, with George Death, Cracktown and Leevilee. |
Friday 6 February 2009 | The Criterion, Leicester (setlist) My Exciting Life In ROCK SELLOUT show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. |
Saturday 7 February 2009 | The Criterion, Leicester (setlist) My Exciting Life In ROCK NEARLY sells out again at the Leicester Comedy Festival. |
Thursday 19 February 2009 | Komedia Brighton, Brighton (setlist) With The Lovely Brothers and The Bobby McGees. |
Tuesday 24 February 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) Totally Acoustic with 'Wiffle Lever To Full' author Bob Fischer and the lovely Tim Eveleigh. |
Sunday 1 March 2009 | The Salmon & Compass, London (setlist) Co-hosting the Pop Quiz with Mr S Hewitt - featuring Ukelele Intros! |
Tuesday 10 March 2009 | The Green Dragon, London (setlist) Dinosaur Planet The international world premier (sort of) |
Friday 13 March 2009 | The Boathouse, Cambridge (setlist) Slightly disappointing return to Cambridge. |
Sunday 22 March 2009 | The Salmon & Compass, London (setlist) My Exciting Life In ROCK at The Hangover Lounge |
Saturday 28 March 2009 | Private Function, Sheffield (setlist) Paul's birthday party |
Sunday 29 March 2009 | The Hope, Brighton (setlist) One audience member (Jimmy) and a GRATE set by The Fighting Cocks. |
Tuesday 31 March 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) Totally Acoustic with The Gresham Flyers and George Death |
Friday 3 April 2009 | The White Star, Stoke (setlist) My Exciting Life In ROCK hits Stoke! |
Thursday 30 April 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) Totally Acoustic with The Lime Chalks and The Fighting Cocks. |
Sunday 3 May 2009 | Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, London (setlist) Singing 'Do You Remember The First Time' with the (Brit)PopArt Allstars. |
Monday 4 May 2009 | University of Sheffield Students' Union, Sheffield (setlist) Afternoon slot BATTLING girls dressed as sheep and BABIES. |
Saturday 9 May 2009 | The Fly, London (setlist) Validators Full Band Set Fantastic night launching 'Regardez, Ecoutez et Repetez' with Typewriter and The Kiara Elles. |
Saturday 16 May 2009 | Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project, Brighton (setlist) My Exciting Life In ROCK coming to a fitting end, performing to juvenile delinquents in a Forest Clearing. |
Friday 22 May 2009 | Mother's Ruin, Bristol (setlist) Validators Full Band Set With The Brazen and Horowitz. And BIG JEFF. |
Saturday 23 May 2009 | The Criterion, Leicester (setlist) Validators Full Band Set Validators + Beer Festival = GOOD TIMES |
Sunday 24 May 2009 | ![]() Validators Full Band Set LostMusic night with Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring and Royal Trumpets |
Monday 25 May 2009 | ![]() Validators Full Band Set With The Pete Green Corporate Juggernaut and Bees Niece. Also, tasty Tetley Bitter?!? |
Tuesday 26 May 2009 | ![]() Validators Full Band Set Final night of the RER Tour, with The Rocky Nest and The Pete Green Corporate Juggernaut. |
Friday 5 June 2009 | ![]() Loose night, with Misty's Big Adventure and Brian Jacket Letdown. |
Sunday 7 June 2009 | An Attic, London (setlist) Lovely afternoon in a Steve Lamacq's attic! |
Saturday 13 June 2009 | ![]() Validators Full Band Set An addendum to the official RER tour. |
Thursday 18 June 2009 | ![]() Anti-Folk night at the Southend Fringe |
Friday 19 June 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) My birthday party! |
Friday 26 June 2009 | The Flying Duck, Glasgow (setlist) Playing behind a pillar at The Pinups Festival, followed by DJ ACTION. |
Saturday 4 July 2009 | Enginuity, Shropshire (setlist) Craig and Gemma's wedding! |
Thursday 9 July 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) Totally Acoustic 'Dress Rehearsal' for 'Dinosaur Planet' |
Thursday 16 July 2009 | ![]() Dinosaur Planet first proper preview! |
Tuesday 21 July 2009 | The Wilmington Arms, London (setlist) Dinosaur Planet Official Launch Gig with a co-headlining set by Chris T-T performing improvised piano instrumentals! |
Thursday 23 July 2009 | ![]() Indietracks warm-up, with The Crookes and Rose Elinor Dougall . |
Sunday 26 July 2009 | ![]() Hottest gig EVER in a RAMMED train carriage at Indietracks |
Thursday 30 July 2009 | ![]() My first Swedish gig, with Johan Hedberg and Let's Whisper. |
Tuesday 4 August 2009 | The Green Dragon, London (setlist) Dinosaur Planet An abbreviated version, alongside Liz Crawford and Superman Revenge Squad. |
Friday 7 August 2009 | ![]() Dinosaur Planet First night at The Fringe - about 20 people including two very small children who enjoyed the evisceration then went to sleep and one Bright Young Lad who DEMANDED a sequel. |
Saturday 8 August 2009 | Medina, Edinburgh (setlist) Dinosaur Planet 8 people, some slight gabbling! |
Sunday 9 August 2009 | Medina, Edinburgh (setlist) Dinosaur Planet About 50 people in for the best one so far, MUCH LARFS! |
Monday 10 August 2009 | Medina, Edinburgh (setlist) Dinosaur Planet Nervous about the press for this one and ended up doing two songs the wrong way round. Needn't have worried so much - the teenager who came to see it doesn't seem to have bothered writing it up! |
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Medina, Edinburgh (setlist) Dinosaur Planet One of the most precise, also SOBER performances, tho i got a bit distracted. |
Thursday 13 August 2009 | Medina, Edinburgh (setlist) Dinosaur Planet Disastrous missing out of TEN WHOLE MINUTES narrowly averted, otherwise lots of fun. |
Friday 14 August 2009 | Medina, Edinburgh (setlist) Dinosaur Planet First afternoon show with not many in and no drinking beforehand made it a bit heavy going. |
Friday 14 August 2009 | The Newsroom, Edinburgh (setlist) Lovely opportunity to do some non-Dinosaur songs in the middle of all this! |
Saturday 15 August 2009 | Medina, Edinburgh (setlist) Dinosaur Planet Saving the best for last, a GRATE night featuring The Space Dinosaur Hornpipe! |
Sunday 23 August 2009 | The Lexington, London (setlist) Dinosaur Planet Post-Edinburgh 'Lap Of Honour' at The Hangover Lounge. |
Saturday 29 August 2009 | Ray's Mum's Back Garden, Stourbridge (setlist) Dinosaur Planet HIBBETTFEST! |
Tuesday 6 October 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) Totally Acoustic with Gavin Osborn and Winston Echo |
Thursday 8 October 2009 | Phoenix FM, Essex (setlist) Interview and live session of The Mixtape with Mr Eddie Curry |
Saturday 10 October 2009 | ![]() World International John Peel Day, with Tender Trap, Beatnik Filmstars and LOADS more playing all day. |
Thursday 22 October 2009 | Jamm, London (setlist) How Does It Feel Presents, with Tender Trap, Leaving Mornington Crescent and Hissing At Swans (feat. T Pattison on drums!) |
Sunday 25 October 2009 | Firebug, Leicester (setlist) Validators Full Band Set Very enjoyable 80% Validators gig as part of Oxjam. |
Thursday 29 October 2009 | The Shakespeare, Sheffield (setlist) Penny's leaving do |
Friday 30 October 2009 | ![]() Pic'n'Mixx night with The Lovely Eggs, The School, The Grave Architects, and The Peryls |
Tuesday 3 November 2009 | The Green Dragon, London (setlist) Freedom of Expression, with Andy Glancy, Jenny Lockyer and Will Stevens |
Friday 6 November 2009 | The Queen Of Hoxton, London (setlist) Playing 'Glory Days' and... er... 'Boom Shake The Room' in a Bruce Springsteen Covers Band! |
Thursday 12 November 2009 | ![]() First date of our German tour, with Michael Knight. |
Friday 13 November 2009 | ![]() Middle night of the tour with lots of dancing and singing along. |
Saturday 14 November 2009 | Kim's Bar, Berlin (setlist) Validators Full Band Set Final night, with a short solo set before a 'stripped down' Validators section. Then BEER. |
Thursday 19 November 2009 | ![]() A KRAZY night with San Leon, The Kabeedies, and The Television Personalities. |
Tuesday 24 November 2009 | The Green Dragon, London (setlist) Hosting at Freedom Of Expression for Mr T Eveleigh's birthday |
Friday 27 November 2009 | The Slaughtered Lamb, London (setlist) DJ Set at Scared To Dance, featuring insufficient Vampire Weekend. |
Saturday 28 November 2009 | The Windmill, London (setlist) A VERY rainy night briefly pretending to be George Michael at The Maps Magazine Christmas Party. |
Tuesday 1 December 2009 | The Lamb, London (setlist) Totally Acoustic with Simon Fox and Pete Green |
Sunday 13 December 2009 | The Hope & Anchor, London (setlist) Validators Full Band Set The PopArt Christmas Party, where Tim battled MANFULLY without a bass drum pedal and then we had a Christmas Curry! |
Thursday 17 December 2009 | The Wilmington Arms, London (setlist) Validators Full Band Set Damnably Christmas Party with Rob Airport Girl, Mordros, and Former Utopia. |
Saturday 19 December 2009 | ![]() Cold but fun end to the decade, with Superman Revenge Squad, Project Adorno and LOADS of others. |
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