'Reinventing The Wheel'
Yo La Tengo are preparing an unusual tour which will see the band play an entirely different show each night.
Live shows are entirely what you put into them. Some bands - naming no names - simply shuffle onstage, occupy the same space for forty minutes and then shuffle off home. Yo La Tengo, it seems, are not one of those bands.
Announcing a series of British shows, Yo La Tengo are preparing to kickstart the 'Reinventing The Wheel' tour. Each gig will be split into two halves, with a single spin of the wheel dictating the first half, guaranteeing it to be unlike any other on the tour.
The second half will be a 'normal' Yo La Tengo show - which is far from normal at the best of times...
Here's a statement.
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For our next UK tour, we’ve decided to take the advice of Blood, Sweat & Tears to “ride a painted pony/let the spinning wheel spin.” And just in case that’s not self-explanatory, read on.
We’re going to split our performance into two sets. At the beginning of the night, we’ll bring a Wheel of… Fortune? Fate? What ARE those carnival things called? … on stage, and spin it. Whatever comes up, that’s what the first 45 minutes will be.
Here are the possibilities...
1. Condo F*cks
Our Ziggy Stardust. If the wheel decides this then loud it is. Maybe they’ll be bringing the likes of Slade, The Kinks and The Troggs home? In one spin, we’ll find out.
2. Dump
As if two bands aren’t enough, James has his own thing going on too. Only the wheel knows if this is the night Dump finally plays your town.
3. The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo
You ask a question; we answer the question, and maybe follow up with a song.
4. The Name Game
Have you ever noticed how many Yo La Tengo songs include someone’s name? More than 45 minutes’ worth, that’s for sure, so who knows which ones we’ll do on any given night.
5. Sitcom Theatre
The lucky audience in attendance the night the wheel lands on this space will get to see band and crew act out a classic sitcom.
6. Songs Starting With S
The only thing more common than a Yo La Tengo song with a name is a Yo La Tengo song starting with S (only one song fits both categories). So many, in fact, that we cannot promise that all of them are on the table, as it were. But we do promise that there will be songs rarely, if ever, heard live.
7. The Sounds of Science part 1
8. The Sounds of Science part 2
All of the lovely sounds we created, but none of that pesky science. We’re leaving the movies at home, and dividing the 90-minute program in half.
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Sound good? Here's the dates:
June
6 Edinburgh Queens Hall
7 Gateshead The Sage
8 Leeds Cockpit
9 Birmingham O2 Academy 2
10 Oxford O2 Academy
12 London Royal Festival Hall
Click here to buy tickets for Yo La Tengo!
Live shows are entirely what you put into them. Some bands - naming no names - simply shuffle onstage, occupy the same space for forty minutes and then shuffle off home. Yo La Tengo, it seems, are not one of those bands.
Announcing a series of British shows, Yo La Tengo are preparing to kickstart the 'Reinventing The Wheel' tour. Each gig will be split into two halves, with a single spin of the wheel dictating the first half, guaranteeing it to be unlike any other on the tour.
The second half will be a 'normal' Yo La Tengo show - which is far from normal at the best of times...
Here's a statement.
- - -
For our next UK tour, we’ve decided to take the advice of Blood, Sweat & Tears to “ride a painted pony/let the spinning wheel spin.” And just in case that’s not self-explanatory, read on.
We’re going to split our performance into two sets. At the beginning of the night, we’ll bring a Wheel of… Fortune? Fate? What ARE those carnival things called? … on stage, and spin it. Whatever comes up, that’s what the first 45 minutes will be.
Here are the possibilities...
1. Condo F*cks
Our Ziggy Stardust. If the wheel decides this then loud it is. Maybe they’ll be bringing the likes of Slade, The Kinks and The Troggs home? In one spin, we’ll find out.
2. Dump
As if two bands aren’t enough, James has his own thing going on too. Only the wheel knows if this is the night Dump finally plays your town.
3. The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo
You ask a question; we answer the question, and maybe follow up with a song.
4. The Name Game
Have you ever noticed how many Yo La Tengo songs include someone’s name? More than 45 minutes’ worth, that’s for sure, so who knows which ones we’ll do on any given night.
5. Sitcom Theatre
The lucky audience in attendance the night the wheel lands on this space will get to see band and crew act out a classic sitcom.
6. Songs Starting With S
The only thing more common than a Yo La Tengo song with a name is a Yo La Tengo song starting with S (only one song fits both categories). So many, in fact, that we cannot promise that all of them are on the table, as it were. But we do promise that there will be songs rarely, if ever, heard live.
7. The Sounds of Science part 1
8. The Sounds of Science part 2
All of the lovely sounds we created, but none of that pesky science. We’re leaving the movies at home, and dividing the 90-minute program in half.
- - -
Sound good? Here's the dates:
June
6 Edinburgh Queens Hall
7 Gateshead The Sage
8 Leeds Cockpit
9 Birmingham O2 Academy 2
10 Oxford O2 Academy
12 London Royal Festival Hall
Click here to buy tickets for Yo La Tengo!
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