O2 Gig support

hey all, this is my first post here. woo!

i cant wait for the big Elbow show in London, but I cant help pondering who will be the support. I imagine there might be a couple of bands before the main event - perhaps a small band we've never heard of that Guy wants to put out there, followed by a slightly more notable/famous band.

Noah and the Whale would do it for me! ^.^ or Mumford & Sons.. or British Sea Power.. or Foals..

maybe the Kloot boys?


anywho, what do you all think?

andy

Welcome Andy,

Could be Howling Bells who, at the last minute pulled out of the MEN gig in '09......or Villagers maybe, if it's Mumford & Sons, I'm not gonna get into the Sheff and Manc gigs til 9 - can't abide them, and besides, they are probably a bigger band than Elbow at the moment, unbelievably.

British Sea power would be a good fit.

Villagers would be amazing! and I dont get all the Mumford bashing, they're not that bad

Mumford.... boring and over exposed.
Dont know what other commitments they have already but...

The Phoenix foundation?
Beirut?
John Grant/ Midlake?
Meadow?
Turin Brakes?

Rumour Villagers might be doing some

The other week Guy mentioned on The Finest Hour that Villagers are being sought after as support, but it'll all be down to juggling dates.

Having seen them live, I can tell you they are well worth sacrificing that extra time in the bar!

first saw Villagers on Jools Holland, was amazing - excited at the prospect of seeing him, maybe.. (:

lucky with disease wrote:

Mumford.... boring and over exposed.
Dont know what other commitments they have already but...

The Phoenix foundation?
Beirut?
John Grant/ Midlake?
Meadow?
Turin Brakes?

Rumour Villagers might be doing some

Well.....it takes all sorts.

I think Mumford & Sons are amazing and Villagers are deadly dull in my opinion. But that's just my opinion

Horses for courses.

never heard of Horses For Courses, might have to check them out.. (:

andygbo wrote:

never heard of Horses For Courses, might have to check them out.. (:

Oooooooh!! They're amazin' live.

Villagers confirmed as support for March Arena tour.....

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/notes/elbow/villagers-announced-as-uk-arena-tour-support/493293782908

thanks for postin MBV....
i haven't listened to these guys at all before, just having a look at their website and listening to
a couple of theirs now !

I hadn't convinced myself that the O2 show would be worth my hard earned money. I'm pretty convinced now that it will be. The Villagers album is brilliant! I'm in.

A dream ticket indeed, as far as I'm concerned. One of several bands who (in my opinion, others may disagree) could have/should have won last year's Mercury ahead of the Xx.

They were excellent in the intimate surroundings of Lancaster Library and it will be interesting to see how they face up to the challenge of playing enormous metal-and-concrete arenas.

It would take something special to keep me out of the pub pre ANY gig to catch the support act - only heard one Villagers tune, the one that got a fair bit of radio play - it was pretty good.

It'll be Shambles Square pre MEN, preceded by an all dayer in Sheffield the Saturday before.

Pleased for the Villagers fans on the board though !

ChrissyBoy wrote:

thanks for postin MBV....
i haven't listened to these guys at all before, just having a look at their website and listening to
a couple of theirs now !

Same here - I plead ignorance about them but I will deffo look into it now and see what they're like. Glad so many of you like them, that's a good sign!

Love them, brilliant band and brilliant people.

Becoming A Jackal was one of my favourite albums of 2010.
They were excellent at Manchester Academy 3 last year but as Mr Woman says, it's going to be a bit different at the MEN.

Get there early you won't regret it.

I hope the audience gives them the respect they deserve

Villagers supporting
There will be a rush for the bar for me. I was really hoping for a band to give the crowd a buzz. Too folky for me.

Foals would have been brilliant.

WOBLEwoble wrote:

Villagers supporting
There will be a rush for the bar for me. I was really hoping for a band to give the crowd a buzz. Too folky for me.

Foals would have been brilliant.

I agree mate - I won't pretend to know barely any Villagers tracks but Foals are magnificent - saw them in October for the first time....if somebody would have shot me after 'Spanish Sahara' i'd have died a happy man !