Meet Grandaddy In London In A Couple Of Hours

It’s happening now…

On your way to the Kristeen Young show in London tonight, why not stop off at the Virgin MegaStore in Oxford Street and check out Grandaddy. To celebrate their first Top Thirty entry, with the appropriately named Now It’s On at number 23, the band are playing a short set and signing copies of their new album Sumday for those of you that can make it along, but try and get there well before 6:00pm London time for a chance of getting in.

DB is still very much interested in Grandaddy, not only evidenced by the fact that he included He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot in his Ultimate space-is-the-place Mix Tape for Nylon magazine that we told you about the other day, (06/07/03 SNIPPET: BOWIEPHILES) but also when I told him that I spent last Friday with the band at the BBC in Manchester as a guest of Mark and Lard, there was a distinct hint of envy in his reply of: “You lucky bastard!”.

Grandaddy are currently on a UK tour, and if you can get along to any of the following dates, you will be a better person for it:

10TH JUNE – ACADEMY 2 – BIRMINGHAM

11TH JUNE – ANSON ROOMS – BRISTOL

12TH JUNE – ASTORIA – LONDON

1ST JULY UNIVERSITY – MANCHESTER

20TH AUGUST – RESCUE ROOMS – NOTTINGHAM

21ST AUGUST – THE VOID – STOKE

If you’re at Virgin tonight, or at the Astoria on Thursday, I’ll see you there. You’ll recognise me by the big false beard I’ll be sporting and the skateboard under my arm. };-)