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Happy Birthday Rough Trade: Jarvis announces anniversary jaunt
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Seems it's the season for birthdays - DiS is eight next month, and the venerable Rough Trade label reaches the ripe old age of 30 in November. To mark the occasion, Jarvis Cocker - himself celebrating the same number of years in the business - will head out on a brief anniversary tour. Other Rough Trade artists are rumoured to be joining him, so watch this space for further announcements.
Here's what the man himself told the Beeb, who will air a documentary about the label on BBC Four next month...
"I'm proud to be part of these birthday celebrations. Rough Trade has always been about discovering the new, exploring the unknown and giving a voice to those who would otherwise remain unheard. And they're still doing it 30 years on. This is no dewy-eyed nostalgia trip - it's an on-going revolution"
Catch Cocker here:
November
25 Sheffield Academy
26 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
28 Edinburgh Picture House
30 Manchester Academy
December
2 Birmingham Academy
DiScuss: who else would you like to see joining Jarv? The Smiths to reform? The Libertines? Or is that just too predictable?
Video: Jarvis Cocker, 'Fat Children'
From the archive
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The Smiths
are reforming for this. Maybe.
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oh no wait
the clever journalist already beat me to that joke. Egg --> my face.
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Young Marble Giants
please
please -
Dubstar?
Perhaps?
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young marble giants...
.... are playing SWN 2008 in Cardiff... just announced today...............
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Edinburgh!
As close to you as Oxford is to me.
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ooh Wow
thanks for that tip.
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Although public transport is much, much better in the South Of England.
There are no trains out of Scotland past 9:30pm, and it costs a fucking bomb to get from Newcastle to Edinburgh return anyway, so add that to the price of a travelodge of whatever... So once again, the North East of both England and Scotland are overlooked on an major tour.
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