Oct 1st, Hong Kong – International Trade & Exhibition Centre

Oct 3rd, Beijing – Modern Sky Festival

Oct 4th, Shanghai – Dream Factory

Oct 6th, Tokyo, Duo

Tickets on sale 11th September:
Ticket Pia
[ticket.pia.jp]
Lawson Ticket
[l-tike.com]
e+
[eplus.jp]

Good luck to those that can make it, make sure to take plenty of photos and videos!

There is an exclusive interview with Brett, some of his poetry and also portraits by Monika Bielskyte.

http://www.someslashthings.com/blog/brettanderson/

http://www.someslashthings.com/blog/brettandersonstevemcqueen/

To order the limited edition magazine go here…be warned though it costs 60 Euros!

http://www.someslashthings.com/boutique/

by Monika Bielskyte

I say alas as Brett and the band played 3 brand new songs!

‘Unsung’, ‘Brittle Heart’ and ‘Unstoppable’

Reviews of the gig are thin on the ground but those that did attend have said the band played well and Brett seemed to enjoy himself. There are some videos of the set online including an excellent video of ‘Hymn’ and part of ‘Wheatfields’ shot for RTVE.es. Now also with a great video of new track ‘Unsung’!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/feiticeira_org/sets/72157624748349628/with/4902847466/

Unsung

Hymn & Wheatfields

The Hunted

Love is Dead

Back to You

Unstoppable

Beware the sound quality on this video is pretty poor!

Sonorama setlist:

- Hymn
- Wheatfields
- The Hunted
- Unsung
- Brittle Heart
- Unstoppable
- Back To You
- Ashes Of Us
- To The Winter
- Love Is Dead
- Julian’s Eyes
- The Swans
- Funeral Mantra

Small interview with Brett…

Brett Anderson, ex cantante de Suede: ’Hay fracasar para crecer como artista’

For some photos of the gig check out the following link…

http://personales.ya.com/suede/sonorama.html

If you have any more photos, video, reviews etc feel free to share!

The festival itself is set in a lovely forest surrounded by a beautiful lake/sea and it really did set the picture for the show later on. I was lucky enough to know a few familiar faces also in attendance as this was after all my first time seeing Suede/Brett abroad.

The main stage itself was set in the heart of the festival and forest and consisted of 2 main stages, something that I have never seen at a gig before but one that worked very well. Each stage was used in turn as to let the artists set-up their gear correctly while the other stage was in use, a great idea!

This meant that I could work out which stage Suede would be on and make sure I got a good spot, which I certainly did right on the barrier.

I was told by many in attendance that most people were here to see Suede play and this certainly made it an extra special atmosphere leading up to the show time as you could feel the anticipation in the air. On before Suede were Danish heroes Kashmir, kinda like the Danish version of Coldplay I thought.

They played a strong set and got the crowd pumped up before the gig, not that they needed much pumping!

As I had a backstage pass I kept flirting between the stage and backstage trying to soak up the tension and anticipation as much as I could, while of course buying cheap drinks backstage.

As show time approached I caught up with some fellow Suedeheads I have met at many gigs in the past and got ready for the main show!

The band entered the stage to a rapturous crowd response and opened with a thumping versions of ‘She’, ‘Trash’ and ‘Filmstar’. Coming Up was a massive hit in Denmark at the time and these songs really hit home runs early on with the crowd. Next up a bouncing ‘Animal Nitrate’ that got the mosh pit going, well to an extent. I thought the Danish crowd would be more mental as was pre-warned but actually they were pretty easy going all night.

Next up one of the highlights o the set, if not THE highlight…’This Hollywood Life’. Suede have not played this song live for almost a decade now and it was brilliant. Sounded rip-roaring and Brett was belting out the chorus like he wrote it last week.

Then a bit of a change of pace in ‘Pantomime Horse’. This is always a favourite of mine live as Richards guitar twangs sound awesome through the loud speakers and it also gives people a chance to get some breath back!

‘The Drowners’ and ‘Killing of a Flashboy’ followed to signal another gear change and then some more crowd pleasing versions of ‘Can’t Get Enough’ and ‘Everything Will Flow’ followed.

‘By The Sea’ got a rare outing and very welcomed it was too, another of my favourite tracks and meant a bit more actually being near the sea too!

The mix of ‘Asphalt World’ and ‘So Young’ was warmly welcomed earlier in the year at the RAH gig and here I liked it even more, probably as I knew it was coming this time. ‘Asphalt World’ continues to be my highlight of many a gig as I am in awe of the guitar playing and ability to send me into an almost trance like state, brilliant.

Another rousing version of ‘Metal Mickey’ followed and then a full singalong outing for ‘The Wild Ones’ with the band and crowd in unison.

Then another highlight of the set for me, ‘New Generation’. This always works excellently live and here, for the first time I have hear, Brett even whistled along at the end of the song and it was amazingly done!

To finish the gig the band played out 2 more Coming Up hits and ‘She’s in Fashion’. ‘Beautiful Ones’ was followed by a mass ‘la la la la la’ singalong by the thousands in attendance and it was awesome.

When the band came back on stage for the encore you could tell they were loving it!

Being a Saturday there was only ever one song that could finish up the night…’Saturday Night’!

Again, another of my favourites, and it sounded wonderful here as Brett jumped down to the barrier to sing along with the crowd and embrace what was a very successful night for all involved.

Overall it was a special show as it was the first time in 8 years th band have played there and it seemed like it was only yesterday. Brett, as ever, was totally into the show and po-go-ing around like he was 20 again. The rest of the band seemed to be really enjoying it and Mat ventured forward a few time sI noticed to soak up some more of the love from the crowd.

It goes without saying I can’t wait for the next gigs now and HIGHLY recommend you buy a ticket to see them at least once this year, after all, it may well be the last again come December 7th.

A personal big thanks go out to Vanessa also for helping with tickets and to the rest og the production and stage team for making the band sound even more awesome! Well done all round!

Simon xx

Full setilist

She
Trash
Filmstar
Animal Nitrate
This Hollywood Life
Pantomime Horse
The Drowners
Killing of a Flashboy
Can’t get enough
Everything Will Flow
By the Sea
Asphalt World
So Young
Metal Mickey
Wild Ones
New Generation
Beautiful Ones
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She’s in Fashion
Saturday Night

All my photos from the gig can be found here…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/simononly/sets/72157624695284472/

“some nebulous news for you regarding the next opus. we’ve reached the next phase and the songs are pouring out like honey . we spent the last couple of weeks recording vocals and doing monitor mixes and have two good handfuls of tracks pretty much finished bar fine tuning and mixing. it’s going to be a really dynamic record… everything was pretty much played live and you can really feel the energy. favourite tracks?… there’s this huge, anthemic beast called ‘Unsung’, a pounding kind of Krautrock thing called ‘Brittle Heart’ , a damaged and desperate tale of entanglement and obsession called ‘ This Must Be Where it Ends’ and a bitter -sweet pop song called ‘ Crash About to Happen’ which reminds me of 1980’s indie. we were listening to lots of PIL and Siouxsie when we were recording it so it’s not surprising that the album has some of those flavours, although as i’d hope you’d expect it still sounds very much like me. for better of for worse i’m kind of trapped within myself and my own style and i suppose my quest is to slowly whittle my work down into the best version of that that i can.
working with Leo has again been a pleasure and a fantastic learning experience for me. he’ll never take the easy option when making music and he’s always looking for a twist . it’s a commendable attitude to have in the powder-puff music industry and one which means that his work is always challenging and interesting. together i think we’re making something special and i can’t wait for people to hear it.”

http://brettanderson.co.uk/forum/read.php?2,208805

Some interesting song titles there and I also like the eclectic mix of styles the album will seem to have.

This just wets the appetite even more now though!

This will be the first time in 7 years the band have toured so all very exciting for those fans that could not make the RAH show and warm-up gigs  in March.

The up to date list of gigs are as follows…

Hope to see as many of you there as possible!!!

A new video will be uploaded each Friday and already there are 3 to pick from.

Subscribe and comment and pass around to your friends these great performances from Suede way back to the early 90’s to the final tour.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SuedeVideo

There is now a decent bootleg mp3 audio of the Teenage Cancer Trust RAH gig earlier this year!

All the show has been recorded and you can find all the details and download link here…

http://teawithtufty.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-post.html

Thanks to ‘Tufty’ and to whomever recorded this in the first place!

Check the rest of their blog too for more Suede downloads.

Photos courtesy of ’sunshine‘ & ‘beautiful rain’

Currently ‘Suede’ is at number 17 with ‘Dog Man Star’ at number 13.

We can get them into the top 10!!!

All you need do is vote 10/10 on the direct links below and share around to your friends to vote to please!

Think you can vote as many times as you like so get cracking!

Alas Coming Up does not feature but it is still good to see 2 Suede albums in the current top 20.

Suede – http://www.nme.com/rate/bestalbumsofthe90s/98

Dog Man Star – http://www.nme.com/rate/bestalbumsofthe90s/99

Ctrl.Alt.Shift is an anti-poverty charity working specifically with children and teenagers.
Brett will be DJing at their event ‘Dear Diary’ this Thursday at 9pm, along with Matt Horne and
Filthy Dukes in aid of teenagers in Kenya.

The event is at Hoxton Hall, Hoxton Street, London and there are some tickets
available, £10 plus booking fee from Seetickets.com

Here’s the link to Ctrl.Alt.Shift

http://ctrlaltshiftdeardiary.wordpress.com/

This is a good cause and if anyone can make it I am sure the guys will put on a great set and donations will go to those that most need them.

http://brettanderson.co.uk/forum/read.php?2,202555