NME Tours
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The NME Tours consist of a variety of tours organised by British music industry publication NME. Throughout the year, NME sponsors numerous tours of the United Kingdom by various up-and-coming bands in a variety of formats. The tours are titled to reflect the genre and type of bands playing on them.
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[edit] ShockWaves NME Awards Tours
The ShockWaves NME Awards Tours normally takes place in the lead up to the official NME Awards themselves. The tour has been known to sell out in just a matter of hours.[1] The tour normally showcasts the main protagonists of the independent alternative rock scene, with a number of relatively unheard of bands usually supporting more mainstream acts. A number of previous support acts on the tour have gone on to become very successful commercially, such as Arctic Monkeys (support act in 2006) and Franz Ferdinand (tour openers in 2004). Since 2005, the tour has been sponsored by unisex hair product company Shockwaves.
In 2007, the main NME Awards tour was split into two different tours of four bands each. The first tour, the ShockWaves NME Indie Rock Tour was created to reflect the growing indie rock scene in Britain throughout 2006-2007. The second tour, the Shockwaves NME Indie Rave Tour, displays the small number of bands currently associated with the New Rave music genre. NME editor Conor McNicholas stated that the reason for the tour split was to allow more fans to gain tickets to the Awards tour, and allow them to display more bands at the one time.[2] Keeping with the previous tours' format, the tours are played in a number of intertwined dates at the same time.
In 2008 it reverted back to its previous format.
[edit] ShockWaves NME Indie Rock Tour
[edit] ShockWaves NME Indie Rave Tour
[edit] Prior to 2007
- 2006: Maxïmo Park, Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists, Mystery Jets
- 2005: The Killers, The Futureheads, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs
- 2004: Funeral for a Friend, The Rapture, The Von Bondies, Franz Ferdinand
- 2003: The Datsuns, The Polyphonic Spree, Interpol, The Thrills
- 2002: Andrew W.K., Lostprophets, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Coral
- 2001: Amen, JJ72, Alfie, Starsailor
- 2000: Shack, Les Rythmes Digitales, Campag Velocet, Coldplay
- 1999: UNKLE, Idlewild, Delakota, Llama Farmers
- 1998: Stereophonics, Asian Dub Foundation, The Warm Jets, Theaudience
- 1997: Geneva, Symposium, Tiger, Three Colours Red
- 1996: The Bluetones, The Cardigans, Heavy Stereo, Fluffy
- 1995: Veruca Salt, Marion, Skunk Anansie, 60Ft Dolls
[edit] Topman/NME New Music/New Noise Tour
The NME New Music Tour (sponsored by Topman) has taken place in venues throughout the United Kingdom since 2005. The tour is played by relatively unknown bands to gain them more mainstream exposure. In 2008 it became known as the NME New Noise Tour.
- 2008: Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo, White Lies
- 2007: The Rumble Strips, The Little Ones, Pull Tiger Tail, Blood Red Shoes
- 2006: Boy Kill Boy, The Automatic, ¡Forward, Russia!, The Long Blondes[4]
- 2005: Maxïmo Park, Nine Black Alps, Boy Kill Boy, The Checks, The Cribs, Battle, The Rakes, Towers of London, The Vega Method
[edit] O2/NME Rock 'N' Roll Riot Tour
The NME Rock 'n' Roll Riot Tour (sponsored by O2) started in 2003. The tour usually takes place later in the year compared to the main awards tours, taking place in September-October of each year. Some of the bands have even went on to play in other NME Tours; The Horrors, following their support slot on the 2006 Riot Tour, would later play on the 2007 NME Awards Indie Rock Tour.
- 2007: The Enemy, Lethal Bizzle, The Wombats[5]
- 2006: The Fratellis, The Maccabees, The Horrors, The Dykeenies, Sohodolls
- 2005: Kaiser Chiefs, Maxïmo Park, The Cribs
- 2004: Razorlight, The Duke Spirit, Dogs
- 2003: Jet, The Hiss, Mr. David Viner, Miss S. Payne
[edit] NME Rock 'N' Roll Riot Tour (United States)
On August 20, 2007, NME announced they would be adding a further Rock 'n' Roll Tour, this time as a tour of the US.[6] The inaugural tour features mainly bands from areas of the US, such as New York, Brooklyn and Los Angeles.[7]
- 2007: The Hold Steady, Art Brut, Demander, Federale, The Blood Arm, 1990s
[edit] NME Freshers Tour
The NME Freshers Tour is taking place around "Freshers week", the week in which Universities in the UK begin their first academic term. 2007 marks the debut of this tour.
- 2007: The Go! Team, Operator Please, The Satin Peaches[8]
[edit] NME New Rave Revolution Tour
The NME New Rave Revolution Tour was a tour that took place throughout September to October 2006.[9] The line-up consisted of bands who were closely related to the "New Rave" music scene which appeared throughout 2006. Klaxons would go on to headline the Indie Rave leg of the NME Awards Tour in February 2007
It is unknown whether or not another New Rave Revolution Tour will take place, due to the small number of bands and the short-lived nature of the genre.
[edit] References
- ^ NME tour: full line up revealed. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ NME ANNOUNCES DOUBLE SHOCKWAVES NME AWARDS TOURS 2007. IPC Media. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ ShockWaves NME Awards Tour 2007 Indie Rock line-up. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ NME New Music Tour 2006. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ The Enemy sign up for exclusive NME tour. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ NME presents The Hold Steady on US tour. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ The Hold Steady headline NME's US Rock 'N' Roll Riot Tour. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ NME Freshers Tour 07 is GO!. NME.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ Klaxons are a real blast. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ NME New Rave Revolution Tour - Ticket Details. Plug Forum. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
