The Fall online - latest Fall News

Sat 24 Jul	Milhões de Festa, Barcelos, Portugal, according to their site.
30 Jul - 1 Aug	Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, Dorset, according to their site.
Sat 31 Jul	Field Day Festival, Victoria Park, London, according to their site.
5-8 Aug	Off Festival, Myslowice, Poland, according to their site.
Sat 7 Aug	On the Sea, Playa la Glea, Dehesa de Campoamor, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain, according to their site.
Sat 14 Aug	Summer Sundae Weekender, Leicester, according to their site.
Sat 21 Aug	For Noise Festival, Pully, Switzerland, according to their site.
3-5 Sep	Electric Picnic '10, Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland
Fri 12 Sep	Salford Music Festival, Buile Hill Park, Salfard, according to Yip Yop
~~Sun 3 Oct~~	~~Klubi, Tampere, Finland (first Finnish gig ever!)~~ CANCELLED
~~Mon 4 Oct~~	~~Tavastia, Helsinki, Finland~~, CANCELLED
Sun 31 Oct	Sinners' Day Festival, Ethias Arena, Hasselt, Belgium, according to their site. The line-up could've been the same in 1981!

According to paperclip-agency.com, The Fall will play some gigs in The Netherlands on 23, 29, & 30 October and 1 November.

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added 20 July

About a week ago Craig Scanlon recorded three tracks at Ding's studio with Steve and Paul Hanley: Howl and Scream (with Moet of The Hamsters/Sicknurse), NYC, and Portrait in Trash. Rumour has it that Marc Riley will play them soon, and Bob Osbourne will play a track on his Salford City Radio show tonight at 9pm.

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added 20 July

And Tommy Crooks is back on stage for a one-off gig at the Electric Circus in Edinburgh, again with Steve and Paul Hanley backing:

Instruments of Darkness

Art Late - Edinburgh Art Festival, Thursday 26 August, 7.00pm to 3.00am

A night of iconoclastic music and performance featuring artists and their associates from the exhibition Prints of Darkness, presented by Edinburgh Printmakers and curated by Sarah-Manning Cordwell, Norman Shaw and Edward Summerton.

Headlining this event is The Frankensteins who are Tommy Crooks - Ex The Fall (Guitar and Vocals) and Steve Hanley (25 years Bass Player with The Fall) who are getting together with a group of hand picked musicians to deliver a one off special performance which will include a few Fall songs.

Tickets available online from The Electric Circus or over the phone/email from Edinburgh Printmakers T 0131 557 2479 or office@edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk.

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added 16 July

Interview on The Quietus site with Jesus Jones's Mike Edwards on his working with M.E.S. on "Popcorn Double Feature."

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added 10 July

Graham Duff of Ideal:

Elena makes a cameo appearance in an episode of the new series of IDEAL which starts transmitting on BBC3 at the end of August. She plays a pretentious fine artist alongside Mark Radcliffe and John Robb - and she's excellent in it too. The show also features a guest appearance from Manchester's own Barry Adamson.

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added 6 July

Mark E. Smith of The Fall on Art & the Artist. A good interview on the Quietus site, conducted around the time of the "Sound and Vision" thing for the Tate.

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added 2 July

A Fall night in London on 18 July:

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added 26 June; updated 2 July

MES joins Gorillaz last night during their headlining set at Glastonbury. Hailed as the second coming on the forum...

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added 22 June

Loads of Fall T-shirts from the ill-fated 2004 US tour are on ebay. Six designs, modelled by tour manager and washboard player Roy Lee Gittens.

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added 22 June

Chris Sievey, aka Frank Sidebottom, r.i.p.

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added 16 June; updated 18 June

The Fall recorded a session for Mike Joyce's Coalition Chart Show at Blueprint Studios in Manchester on 16 June, and it was broadcast on eastvillageradio.com yesterday (17 June), with chat from MES and Mike interspersed between the tracks. It's well worth a listen. You can hear the two-hour show on the show's webpage, or download the Fall bit here or here.

tracks: Mexico Wax Solvent (Part 1) / Hungry Freaks Daddy / Over! Over! / Von Sudenfed - Rhinohead (from CD) / Mexico Wax Solvent (Part 2)

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added 18 June

From Beggars Archive. The Wonderful and Frightening World box set is due in September and This Nation's Saving Grace by Xmas. WAFWOTF will include an unreleased, short version of No Bulbs but won't include the short version that was released on the 7" or the A-sides compilation.

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added 18 June

In the "who'd've thunk it" category, Renegade will appear in a French edition, entitled Renegat. It's due to be published in November.

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added 27 May

Claus Castenskiold is offering his Perverted By Language tour poster once again. The posters are thick paper stock 30" x 24", in color. Each poster is hand signed by the artist and dated. The price is $25.00 USD for each poster (including shipping) in the US. The price for one poster to Europe is $30.00 USD (shipping included). The posters are sent in thick, sturdy tubes.

Payment options are; E-check, Paypal, or other pre-arranged payment.

Your order(s} can be placed with Claus, at clauscastenskiold@yahoo.com.
If using Paypal, the account is clauscastenskiold@yahoo.com. Any questions/concerns can be dealt with by emailing clauscastenskiold@yahoo.com