April 19, 2014
by Stefan Meeuws
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Now here’s a good way to wake up… One Nick Driftwood has uploaded a full filmed gig from The Optimist Live tour, recorded on the closing night in Brighton. Dedicating it to TB keyboard player (rarely seen live these days, … Continue reading
November 8, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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So, another year – almost – done! Time to vote for your favourite Turin Brakes songs and help choose the song of the year. As always, you can win a fabulous bootleg full of Turin Brakes goodness! You can fill … Continue reading
November 3, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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Concert Live will be recording the KOKO London gig on 11 November 2011 (11-11-11) and releasing it as a live cd straight after the gig. You can pre-order copies via their website and then get them straight AFTER the gig or … Continue reading
November 1, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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So some big news today! Turin Brakes have confirmed the new Covers EP on their site, by giving it a title, Xerox, and updating their website with a webshop were said EP can be pre-ordered – along with some classic … Continue reading
October 24, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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Oh joy. I guess it was to be expected EMI would cash in on The Optimist LP tour, but no… We’re not getting a deluxe edition with the demos and b-sides from that era, not a limited awesome edition featuring … Continue reading
September 14, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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At this rate, The Optimist tour may never end! If the recent Leicester addition wasn’t enough, you can now also opt to go to Whitehaven for The Optimist Live Tour! 25 November 2011 Civic Hall, Whitehaven Tickets cost 18 GBP … Continue reading
September 6, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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With a support act FROM Leicester (Jersey Budd) this was bound to happen – perhaps. Seetickets has listed a gig on 14 November in O2 Academy 2 in Leicester. Tickets for this gig go on sale this Friday morning (9 … Continue reading
August 1, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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APPARENTLY THIS GIG IS NO LONGER LISTED ANYWHERE. SO FOR NOW THIS APPEARS TO BE CANCELLED Turin Brakes return to the lovely city of Folkestone for their Optimist anniversary tour. Adding a date to the tour in one of the … Continue reading
July 31, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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So, another date added to The Optimist Anniversary Tour! Fibbers, York is the venue, 23 November 2011 is the date. Tickets cost 18 pounds. Stage time etc here.
June 22, 2011
by Stefan Meeuws
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Gale:
‘We have never duplicated the sound of that first record. It’s an iconic album. We’ve since made records that have been just as good, but that one captured some sort of zeitgeist. On the surface it was melancholy, but underneath it was hopeful. That’s why we called it The Optimist.’
(source)