[kj] Gang Of Four Gigs

[Graeme Rowland]

> GANG OF FOUR
> 
> JANUARY TOUR
> 
> 
> 
> For years promoters and fans have begged them. Now
> Gang of Four, the definitive punk-funk, post-punk
> agitators, have finally acquiesced to public demand.
> They have reformed in their original line-up, and
> will play a limited number of shows around the UK in
> the New Year.
> 
> The band, icons and inspiration for many of the
> world's biggest acts (REM, U2, Rage against the
> machine , Red Hot Chili Peppers), and who perhaps
> more than any other, serve as direct stylistic
> antecedents of today's guitar heroes (step forward
> Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads, The Rapture, Radio 4,
> Liars et al), have not been seen in this formation
> since 1981. Jon King (vocals), Andy Gill (guitar and
> vocals), Dave Allen (bass) and Hugo Burnham (drums)
> had by then been responsible for 1978's epochal
> 'Damaged Goods' debut EP, as well as the
> genre-defining 'Entertainment' album (1979) and its
> follow-up 'Solid Gold'.
> 
> Since then there has never been a time when '
> Natural's Not In It' and 'Love Like Anthrax' haven't
> sounded like some of the most vital and coldly
> passionate records ever made, but recently the band
> who always sounded 20 years ahead of their time have
> finally found the world catching up and catching on.
>  Consequentially, it is most timely that Andy Gill
> has come out from behind the producer's chair of
> such globe bestriding rock behemoths as The Red Hot
> Chilli Peppers, Killing Joke, Futureheads, Michael
> Hutchence, Bono, Jesus Lizard, to once again strap
> on his trusty Stratocaster.
> 
> 
> Dates for Gang Of Four shows are -
> 
> January: 
> Sunday 23rd      Manchester Academy
> Monday 24th      Leeds University
> Tuesday 25th     Bristol Academy
> Thursday 27th   Birmingham Academy
> Friday 28th        London Shepherd's Bush Empire
> 
>  


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