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Old 14-02-2012, 17:41
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Is this down to the record company or the band?

Just wondering if this is purely an economic venture and is down to the record company after the success of the 02 gig and wanting to cash in or if the band really wanted to do this?

Considering all the hype abt no encores, taking 2 years off, re-imagining the band and all the "stuff " that has been said; including James and his "I don't want to sing anymore, I'm bored of my voice" I wondered how much the band actually want to do this. I'm really surprised it's happening. I know they constantly contradict themselves but I thought the whole 2 years off was a serious plan on their part.

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Old 14-02-2012, 22:48
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I think about 70% of gigs are down to contractual / record company wanting then to do it.
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Old 14-02-2012, 22:51
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I don't think it's contractual at all. Not at their level. They just want to do it or want the cash
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Old 14-02-2012, 22:55
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Ummm, they only have 2 albums left currently the previous deal was well under £1m for the 3 album they got after JFPL, i think the company has them round thier little fingers.
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Old 14-02-2012, 22:56
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Ummm, they only have 2 albums left currently the previous deal was well under £1m for the 3 album they got after JFPL, i think the company has them round thier little fingers.
forcing them to play Europe would be a loss making excercise seeing as they don't sell shit there but hey ho. By *their level* I meant they have a nice established fanbase here
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Old 15-02-2012, 00:05
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Ummm, they only have 2 albums left currently the previous deal was well under £1m for the 3 album they got after JFPL, i think the company has them round thier little fingers.
We don't really know, for all you know it's changed now.

I also don't know how any of us are supposed to give an educated answer to the question.....they always said the two year break was a UK one.
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Old 15-02-2012, 00:13
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i just think the success of the O2 gig has given them a massive shot of confidence and they want to keep it going. I'd be very very surprised if a record company would force a middle aged band on their tenth album to do anything.
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Old 15-02-2012, 01:12
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I think about 70% of gigs are down to contractual / record company wanting then to do it.
Also, I disagree...some of the promotion stuff perhaps, but not the US tour, or the european or japan gigs, where it's more likely they cost more than they make. Given how few gigs they played (and therefore a max obligation) in say 2004, I don't imagine long recent tours are an obligation.
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Old 15-02-2012, 06:42
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''where it's more likely they cost more than they make''

The above statement has always struck me, a few small venues that probally won't all sell out can't be raking in the cash.

Whoever it's down to is fine by me, Fri-Mon in Copenhagen suits me just fine.

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Old 15-02-2012, 11:17
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they always said the two year break was a UK one.
Did they? When? As far as I'm aware they announced they were going to go away for a few years, about last August? And this was what Wire said to the NME then:

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It’s the end of an era, not the end of the band but we’re going to disappear for quite a long time. Ideally we have to push ourselves to do something that we haven’t done before. But I do feel it is going to be at least two or three years before we come back after this greatest hits collection.
Nothing about it being UK specific.
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Old 15-02-2012, 13:25
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Did they? When? As far as I'm aware they announced they were going to go away for a few years, about last August? And this was what Wire said to the NME then:



Nothing about it being UK specific.
Well he said that there would/could be non-UK gigs. It might not have been at the beginning, but I thought it was fairly early on, and something mentioned a few times.
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Old 15-02-2012, 13:42
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Well he said that there would/could be non-UK gigs. It might not have been at the beginning, but I thought it was fairly early on, and something mentioned a few times.
That's fair enough, I don't know why I feel the need to be such a pedant about this issue.
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Old 15-02-2012, 13:51
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I doubt they could be 'forced' to do gigs if they didn't want to do them.
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Old 15-02-2012, 14:38
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The manics don't generate a huge amount of revenue in Europe and never really have. It's probably a little send off for European fans before they actually take a break and record new material but is it seriously worth questioning why they are doing it?
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Old 15-02-2012, 19:22
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Its good news for us that they still like touring
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