Lightyear Yo!

[Microwave meals & ideals]

It's official! After years of speculation and internet rumours, Lightyear are doing a reunion tour.

THURS 20th JULY - BRISTOL BIER KELLER
FRI 21st JULY - YEOVIL SKI LODGE
SAT 22nd JULY - BIRMINGHAM CARLING ACADEMY 2
SUN 23rd JULY - BRIGHTON ENGINE ROOMS
MON 24th JULY - LEICESTER CHARLOTTE
TUE 25th JULY - MANCHESTER JILLY'S ROCKWORLD
WED 26th JULY - NEWCASTLE CARLING ACADEMY 2
THU 27th JULY - NORTH BERWICK COMMUNITY CENTRE
FRI 28th JULY - SHEFFIELD THE PLUG
SAT 29th JULY - LONDON MEAN FIDDLER
SUN 30th JULY - DERBY FIRST FLOOR

Seriously, this is unbelievable.

[AIRIC]

I don't care :(

[gastery6]

Pwned

[Flagjacket]

I don't even know this band.

[<---NoFX--->]

Your loss losers, this is huge :smash:

[Anti-Prefix]

Lightyear rule. Stinks they aren't coming to the US.

[AIRIC]

I'm gonna check this band out.

[smokersdieyounger]

I reckon Ill go to the Brighton show.

[TakeWarning]

Damn Brits.

Have fun anyway.

[Microwave meals & ideals]

I've just read the Derby show is already sold out! Better get tickets quick.

[wicky428]

Yes! Good band and they're playing 7 miles from me. I hope to go.

[superskankinactionhero]

****ing stoked about this!!!! best news on the uk music circuit for ages!!! going to see em in yeovil, aquabats the week after! getting my tickets for both tomorrow :)

[<---NoFX--->]

This is going to make my life

[AIRIC]

Are they really this good?

[<---NoFX--->]

Yeah, have you not checked them out yet?

[AIRIC]

I have an album on my computer but I haven't listened yet.

I added it to my "need to listen" list, though.

[<---NoFX--->]

That is slack. Which album?

[AIRIC]

Call of the Weasel Clan

[<---NoFX--->]

Thats's a good album, they only have two, to my knowledge at least and each is as good as each other. You should try and get your hands on Chris' Gentlemans Hairdresser and Railway Bookshop though. Just for good measure

[the-UK-ska-scene]

I've just read the Derby show is already sold out! Better get tickets quick.

I don't think it's sold out. I think it's just hype. Not surprising if it sells out soon, though, cus it's hometown and it's possibly their last date ever (again). Plus they sold out a 1300 on their 'last show ever' in Derby. & according to my mates that went, it was too good.

They're trying to get on the bill for Reading/Leeds, though, on The Lock Up stage. I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Davies buckled and let them on, I think he respects them, and it would be a massive pull for jerks like me who'd probably buy a day ticket if they were playing.

[Microwave meals & ideals]

Haha. Yeh Reading sucks balls these days apart from the Lock Up stage. 'm contemplating getting a day ticket providing the line up is decent.

[Drop The Baby]

I'd buy a day ticket if they played Reading, defintely.

I'll be going to Brighton and hopefully another date around the country as i'm not in England on the Londoin date unfortunately

[<---NoFX--->]

I've got a weekend ticket for Reading, hopefully they will play.

And Drop The Baby come to the Bristol show so I can date rape you

[Drop The Baby]

Haha, i was looking at train tickets for Bristol so i might end up going there!

[<---NoFX--->]

Haha, i was looking at train tickets for Bristol so i might end up going there!

:chug:

That can't be particularly cheap, although it will no doubt be worth it

[Drop The Baby]

it was like £40 return i think, but it's defintely worth it if i get to see Lightyear an extra time. I am gutted to be missing the london gig

[IgniteYourAvail]

I listened to Lightyear, ignorant of the U.K. punk scene. I really liked it. Quenched my thirst for ska.

[superskankinactionhero]

i'm going to the bristol and yeovil shows, yo james the yeovil date is the day after the bristol date, come down for both! welcome to crash at mine if you wanna!

[Sieg Howdy]

lol @ the first 3 posts in this thread. (Laughing at them not with them.)


Wow, Lightyear! Awesome band!!

[<---NoFX--->]

i'm going to the bristol and yeovil shows, yo james the yeovil date is the day after the bristol date, come down for both! welcome to crash at mine if you wanna!

Forum orgy featuring four posters, sounds delicious

[Drop The Baby]

i'm going to the bristol and yeovil shows, yo james the yeovil date is the day after the bristol date, come down for both! welcome to crash at mine if you wanna!

sweeeet could be quality, great option!

[Untitled]

I might go to the manchester show, if i can find someone to come with me, i hate going it alone.

[Minty]

Basically...Lightyear are my fave band of all time.

I'm going to the Bristol and Yeovil shows.

I couldn't be happier.

Please come find me and dance the night away.


Also, is anyone else bringing some morris-dancing sticks like I am? I'm so jumping on the stage at the Bierkeller for Blindside and showing off my morris-skillz! :D :D :D :D

[<---NoFX--->]

I'm up for that dude, I saw them at this place called Seymours Family Club and they did Blindside with the sticks then too, thats the only time I've seen it happen at one of their shows

[the-UK-ska-scene]

July 18th SOUTHAMPTON NEXUS
July 19th NEWPORT LE PUB

Win.

[Theramed]

I have the Chris's Gentleman's Hairdresser and Railway Bookshop album but i havent listened to it but i think i will today juat incase i am missing outon something huge.

[Theramed]

oK, i just listened to it and it didnt do much for me.

[Drop The Baby]

^^Wrong. I think i prefer that album to Call Of The Weasel Clan now, i used to have it the other way roiund.

Anyone got any live vids they could e-mail me or something, i lost all mine and i've only got one of them playing Kid Dynamite with Lewis from Captain everything! on trumpet.

I could never work out how to download their full final ever show when people got it last time

[widzjnent]

Lightyear are on their campaign trail. Kraig from lightyear asked on soulseek to send a mail to bbc (don't remember the address anymore) because they want to play the reading and leeds festival

[Drop The Baby]

There's no-one in Lightyear called Kraig (or Craig!), but i know they've been trying to generate the publicity to get on there. It's most probably a friend or associate of the band.

F'uck i wish i was there when they played an improntu set in the car park at Reading that year

[widzjnent]

according to this site kraig is in lightyear

http://www.punknews.co.uk/band.php?view=view&id=260&showImages=true

[Drop The Baby]

I'd imagine that is either a misprint or he's joined them for this last tour.

If you read the article it says there's 7 members of Lightyear (although it does say plans were made for a trombone player to be added).

No trombone featured in any of their albums and i've never seen one at any pics/vids or being at one of their gigs so now i guess he was there but it didn;t work out oir something?

F;uck knows!

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Anyone got any live vids they could e-mail me or something, i lost all mine and i've only got one of them playing Kid Dynamite with Lewis from Captain everything! on trumpet.

Oh yeah is that one from Thirde, from when they played at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms? Was an amazing show. First time I saw/met Captain Everything!, Lew is lovely :cool: also the only time I saw C*E! with Rich on drums! as it was like....2.5 years til I saw them again :eek:

[Drop The Baby]

Haha that is shocking that you had to wait 2.5 years to see them again with a touring schedule like theirs!

BLake, their new drummer, is also a really nice guy. Last year when it was the first time i'd seen them with him i bumpoed into them a couple of times before the gig and then at the end of the show he gave me a drum stick (not of the chicken variety)

[Drop The Baby]

Widzjnent: I was just reading descriptions of the upcoming shows (you know, the little blurbs they do), and it said Lightyear were playing as an 8-piece so i presume this Kraig is playing with them, or has joined the band for the final shows.

Adam: I just realised you'd never seen Lightyear before!!!!!! Here we go babay!!

[Minty]

Kraig was the original trumpet player, but was kicked out / left the band.


He did play their last few gigs though.

He's playing with them for this reunion tour.

[ibanezman575]

where have you been minty

[Minty]

*glugging motion*

I quit the guitar forum, simply because I was bored in partacipating in endless moronic battles over petty things such as fave guitar brands. I only wanted to post here to show my love for utter Lightyear.

Don't think i'm not watching you guys though. I lurk over it from time to time.

[widzjnent]

Widzjnent: I was just reading descriptions of the upcoming shows (you know, the little blurbs they do), and it said Lightyear were playing as an 8-piece so i presume this Kraig is playing with them, or has joined the band for the final shows.

Adam: I just realised you'd never seen Lightyear before!!!!!! Here we go babay!!
okay cool, that clears it up

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Haha that is shocking that you had to wait 2.5 years to see them again with a touring schedule like theirs!

Eurgh don't I know it. There's lots of amazing bands I saw once and never again, til I moved to London, as small-ish bands (HHN size and smaller) only tend to play Southampton and I can't afford/organise lifts that far for just tiny bands :upset:

However, now I have moved out of London for the summer again. I feel so isolated!

[<---NoFX--->]

Eurgh don't I know it. There's lots of amazing bands I saw once and never again, til I moved to London, as small-ish bands (HHN size and smaller) only tend to play Southampton and I can't afford/organise lifts that far for just tiny bands :upset:

However, now I have moved out of London for the summer again. I feel so isolated!

Where have you moved to now?

Impression of me the other day going into Bristol Ticket Shop... "Hi, are you selling tickets for Lightyear at the Beirkeller on July 20th? ...You are... sweet. I'll take 6 tickets please"

[Drop The Baby]

hahaah cool, i really need to get down to sorting out these tickets now!

The site i found with full ticket listing of the tour says the brighton date hasn't got tickets on sale yet? Anyone know if they are on sale?

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Where have you moved to now?

Back to the parental home, Portsmouth. But I'm moving into my new London house at the end of next month. Although I'm getting a job down here so I will probably have to stay here all summer.

I don't know why I'm telling you this, you don't care!

But bristle types, check out the gigs my mate Mike puts on...He doesn't put them on too often but they're to benefit our awesome zine, should be another for the cause in August ;) check out http://www.pmzine.co.uk and click on pmzine presents :D

/plug

[<---NoFX--->]

Back to the parental home, Portsmouth. But I'm moving into my new London house at the end of next month. Although I'm getting a job down here so I will probably have to stay here all summer.

I don't know why I'm telling you this, you don't care!

But bristle types, check out the gigs my mate Mike puts on...He doesn't put them on too often but they're to benefit our awesome zine, should be another for the cause in August ;) check out http://www.pmzine.co.uk and click on pmzine presents :D

/plug

I'll give it a browse now.

And if I didn't care I wouldn't have asked :chug:

Edit: After checking that site I realised that I was going to go to that show that was in March but I had no money.

[Drop The Baby]

Does anyone know if the Brighton tickets are on sale yet, cos i can't find an internet link for them anywhere (that will actually allow me to buy tickets for it)?

[the-UK-ska-scene]

http://www.engineroomclub.com/
there's no online buying option.
Ring: 01273728999 or 07849 614604
www.myspace.com/erclub
The second number I gave should be the ticket number. I rang but no-one picked up and I've since realised I can't afford to go so stopped trying.
I tried to email them but no reply.
It's gonna be a mega gig, I wish I could afford to go, Engine Room sounds like a sweatbox of goodness.

[Drop The Baby]

Thank you very much, very grateful!

[goingunderground]

Lightyear are on the Lock-Up Stage at Reading and Leeds :chug:

As are The Bouncing Souls :chug:

[incubass]

Wow i just downloaded some of their stuff and i think they are my new favorite ska band.

[Drop The Baby]

they're sick.

Lock up sateg looked great, with Rise Against, Against Me!, Captain everythin!, Millencolin and CE! too to name but a few

[Drop The Baby]

**** sh!t sh1t sh!t sh!t

the lightyear tickets for brighton sol,d out before i got one

[Untitled]

Lightyear are playing the lock up stage at leeds/reading :D:D

[incubass]

**** sh!t sh1t sh!t sh!t

the lightyear tickets for brighton sol,d out before i got one

hey where did u get ur avatar cause i wanna make a patch for them but i cant find it in just black and white. thanks man

[the-UK-ska-scene]

http://www.householdnamerecords.co.uk/graphics/logosmall/lightyear.gif
There's a little one. Yeah sorry man I thought Brighton would be sold out already.

[team_racket]

July 18th SOUTHAMPTON NEXUS
July 19th NEWPORT LE PUB

Win.

il be there for the newport show.

[Drop The Baby]

http://www.householdnamerecords.co.uk/graphics/logosmall/lightyear.gif
There's a little one. Yeah sorry man I thought Brighton would be sold out already.

Yeah i know, so gay.

I rushed to book my Reading day ticket for them though, also the Bouncing Souls, Rise Against and SOIA are playing that day. Might look at another date around the country, but it will have to be either Yeovil, Bristol, Leicester or Birmingham which are all annoyingly far away and expensive to get to.

[superskankinactionhero]

yeovil and bristol it is for me, maybe newport too. lots of lightyear mmmmmmmmm. it's sweet in the month of my birthday there is flogging molly in bristol, Lightyear in yeovil and bristol, and then aquabats in yeovil at the end of the month. also leftover crack at the start of august. it's gonna be funnn

[Drop The Baby]

You're so lucky you get to see them now Adam, i can't rib ( :naughty: ) you about it on msn now!

I really want to go to one of the other gigs now, see another club show. Gotta sort this one out quick though. I'll probably end up going alone too

[superskankinactionhero]

come to bristol come to bristol come to bristol come to yeovil come to yeovil come to yeovil! the offer still stands if you wanna crash at mine, same to any other mxicans who aren't theives, rapists or scum

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Yeah i know, so gay.

I rushed to book my Reading day ticket for them though, also the Bouncing Souls, Rise Against and SOIA are playing that day. Might look at another date around the country, but it will have to be either Yeovil, Bristol, Leicester or Birmingham which are all annoyingly far away and expensive to get to.


Southampton! Megatrain from London = £1. DO IT.

[Drop The Baby]

Southampton! Megatrain from London = £1. DO IT.

Which one is the Southampton gig?

[the-UK-ska-scene]

July 18th SOUTHAMPTON NEXUS


ps wahey Peebles you got a mention in the new WOBD cd, hah, too excited.

[Drop The Baby]

The only dates i've got for them are from July 20th to 30th, plus Reading/Leeds.

I will check this one out

[the-UK-ska-scene]

Yeah see above in the thread, Southampton and Newport were added late. I've got it straight from the promoter's mouth that the gig is going ahead, and it's Matt from Howards Alias so it's reliable. He said the tickets should be on seetickets in a few days, as they aren't already.

[<---NoFX--->]

Yeah i know, so gay.

I rushed to book my Reading day ticket for them though, also the Bouncing Souls, Rise Against and SOIA are playing that day. Might look at another date around the country, but it will have to be either Yeovil, Bristol, Leicester or Birmingham which are all annoyingly far away and expensive to get to.

Bristol..... do it

Also if you're going to Reading and fancy staying the night, I'm camping, so you could crash with my posse if you like :naughty: Same goes for anyone else going to Reading festival

[superskankinactionhero]

July 18th SOUTHAMPTON NEXUS


ps wahey Peebles you got a mention in the new WOBD cd, hah, too excited.

you knows it :cool:

[imnotapunk]

just brought my leeds ticket. The lockup stage is looking good

[Drop The Baby]

Yeah see above in the thread, Southampton and Newport were added late. I've got it straight from the promoter's mouth that the gig is going ahead, and it's Matt from Howards Alias so it's reliable. He said the tickets should be on seetickets in a few days, as they aren't already.

Sweet, thanks a lot

Bristol..... do it

Also if you're going to Reading and fancy staying the night, I'm camping, so you could crash with my posse if you like :naughty: Same goes for anyone else going to Reading festival

haha sweet, could be a plan cos i won't be able to drive straight back as i'll be wasted!

[<---NoFX--->]

Truth. I think my email address is in my profile on here so lemme know