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    Posted: April 17 2008 at 11:44
Oh Im having a GREAT Day
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/

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GONG Posted Wed 16 Apr 2008
For the latest transmissions from the luminous green planet - Gong dada 'hymn-self', daevid allen, is joined by co-founder Gilli Smyth, the motherbeat bass of Mike Howlett, master drummer Chris Taylor, incomparable jazz saxophonist Theo Travis - and for the first time in the UK since 1975 - Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy!

Both these events have a special limited 'Early Bird' ticket offer available to you.


Sat 14 Jun - UK, London, Queen Elizabeth Hall (seated venue) - GONG at Massive Attack's Meltdown
7.30pm. Tickets £18.50 (rear stalls), £22.50 (front stalls). South Bank Centre, London, SE1 8XX.

To get tickets in advance of the general on-sale date of 25th April and claim a 5‰ discount you need to call 0871 663 2500 (UK) or +44 871 663 2500 (from abroad) and quote 'Fan Offer' (their words, you're all friends to us). This offer is for phone and in person sales only.


Sun 15 Jun - UK, London, The Forum (standing venue) - GONG + Slackbaba
7.30pm. Tickets £19.50. Kentish Town, London, NW5 1JY

To get tickets online with reduced booking fee and transaction costs visit:-

www.artistticket.com/artist/?s=gong

This offer is limited to the first 500 tickets and comprises of a £1.25 booking fee as opposed to £2.45. Non-UK purchasers will be able to pickup their tickets on the night of the show. UK purchasers will also have the additional benefit of a £2.50 postal processing cost (First Class Post Recorded Delivery) as opposed to the normal £4.90 seetickets.com processing fee.
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Originally posted by mattmacneil mattmacneil wrote:

This is why I hate living in Canada.
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Hillage and Giraudy back with GONG!!     ....another trip back in time; great!Thumbs%20Up
 
No Didier Malherbe???? surprising!
 
But THEO TRAVIS is a monster saxophonist, so that's good! at least , his curriculum vitae is starting to look impressive....
.....Last year, he took over the late ELTON DEAN with SOFT MACHINE LEGACY and now GONG!!
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got my ticket, can't wait. Be great to see Hillage playing 'proper' guitar again instead of his recent ambient noodlings.
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Chris (Syzygy) and I are going to this!!
 
He'sgot my tickets.
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Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

Hillage and Giraudy back with GONG!!     ....another trip back in time; great!Thumbs%20Up
 
No Didier Malherbe???? surprising!
 
But THEO TRAVIS is a monster saxophonist, so that's good! at least , his curriculum vitae is starting to look impressive....
.....Last year, he took over the late ELTON DEAN with SOFT MACHINE LEGACY and now GONG!!

maybe Didier is on tour with the trio Hadouk, in which he currently plays.

I just checked, and he is indeed touring with Hadouk at that time. unfortunate, but can't be helped


Edited by BaldJean - May 09 2008 at 08:51


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Got my tickets! OH GOD, YES!!! HILLAGE!!!!!! First time in the UK since 1975.
 
OK, I saw them at the Uncon in the Dam, 18 months ago, when not only Hillage and Giraudy, but also Tim Blake and Bloombido Bad de Grass peopled the stage, but there's still no way I was ever going to miss this one.
 
It's the Forum on Sunday for me. The QE Hall is a sit down gig, and there's no way I'm going to be sat down when "Oily Way" kicks off.
 
I'm off to book a ferry and hotel for the night. Can anyone from the Smoke advise me on safe parking? I hate driving in London since (deposed despot) King Ken f**ked it up in his personal war with mr Clarkeson.
 
(p.s. Sean, and all who have bought/will buy tickets: Which show are you attending, Saturday or Sunday? I believe Sat is sold out, but that's seated gigs for ya. It'd be great to see you there.)


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Normally Chris and I are going on the Saturday gig, but if you want to meet up , I'll be the whole WE in London. Bringing the girlfriend so she can do her shopping (she'd tear myeyes out if I headed to london alone)
 
 
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 I'll keep ya posted via p.m. nearer to the date.
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Anyone else here going to the Forum show on Sunday? 
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I wish I was Cry Let me know what you think of the support Slackbaba . Jim uses some of his stuff in his chill sets.
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Tonight's the niiiiiiight,
 
 
to-ni-te's da niiaaaght!!!!!!!!!!!!ClapCool
 
 
If anyLlondoner wanta to meet me and the girlfriend tomorrow (I know it,s father day, but they don't listen to progTongue
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Have fun, and tell us how it was!


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Outside the deceased drummers, only one man was lacking: Bloomdodo Bad De Grass, replaced by Travis and to a lesser extent Tim Blake (replaced by Miquette), Hillage & Giraudy getting double cheers from the crowd

Two solid hours and a fantastic double encore.,during which the video behind them became awesome presenting and fooling with the artworks>

From Aymeric Leroy (CALYX); I've just come back from Gong's gig at the Forum in London, and apart from Theo Travis, Mike Howlett was the sole member of the band who didn't sing once in the whole show... Even drummer Chris Taylor did a fair bit of singing (even taking over Tim Blake's lead in "Oily Way")... Excellent show btw, with Hillage taking some brilliant solos, & even playing "Light In The Sky" when Daevid wasn't looking... Apart from that, "classic" setlist but with the rarely played "Sold To The Highest Buddha" and a new song (co-written by Hillage/Allen), very much in the classic mode & including direct references to the lyrics of "Oily Way" ("now she's here, now she's gone, now she's back where she belongs" etc.).


Edited by Sean Trane - June 16 2008 at 06:34
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Bloomdido is on tour with Hadouk, else he surely would have attended too.


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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Bloomdido is on tour with Hadouk, else he surely would have attended too.
 
Well he had managed a trip to Lyon for that Canterbury all star festival, but I guess this time he couldn't
 
 
rough set list
 
Flying Teapot
Fohat Digs Holes In Space
You Can't Kill Me
Dynamite / I Am Your Animal
Wise Man
Digit Girl (think this was a new one, penned by Hillage and Allen for the ocassion)
Never Glid Before
Light In The Sky (a surprise here!)
Flute Salad / Oily Way / Inner Temple / Outer Temple
The Glorious Om Riff (absolutely climactic!)
You Never Blow Your Trip Forever
---- encore------
Tropical Fish / Selene
 
 
 
 
 
Even Gilly see;ed to have although claims were made she had rertired
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Bloomdido is on tour with Hadouk, else he surely would have attended too.
 
Well he had managed a trip to Lyon for that Canterbury all star festival, but I guess this time he couldn't
 
 
rough set list
 
Flying Teapot
Fohat Digs Holes In Space
You Can't Kill Me
Dynamite / I Am Your Animal
Wise Man
Digit Girl (think this was a new one, penned by Hillage and Allen for the ocassion)
Never Glid Before
Light In The Sky (a surprise here!)
Flute Salad / Oily Way / Inner Temple / Outer Temple
The Glorious Om Riff (absolutely climactic!)
You Never Blow Your Trip Forever
---- encore------
Tropical Fish / Selene
 
 
 
 
 
Even Gilly see;ed to have although claims were made she had rertired
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Which is pretty much how I remember it; a nice helping of Camembert/Trilogy numbers with a dollop of Hillage and a new song as the cherry on the icing. I'll probably post a fuller review in the next few days, but this was a magnificent show with Daevid Allen singing, dancing and playing guitar with a level of energy that would be remarkable in a man half his age (72 now?). Very theatrical, lots of costume changes and cosmic silliness, all underpinned by the remarkable Chris Taylor, a superb drummer who is truly fit to occupy the stool of the sadly missed sticksmen who were there before him.
 
It was great too that my old prog buddy Hugues Chantraine was over in London for this one; all in all a splendid weekend!
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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