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[Joe-eh]

Originally Posted by Dext37 Fielding

Imagine This thought:

Sleepflower.. ..Acoustic!!!!!

Lol.

I've actually played that at an Open Mic once before, it's not too bad haha.

[allisvanity]

Black Dog on My Shoulder?!

Perhaps Nicky realy mmeant it when he said the setlist will be more varied then... Awesome!

[BrianPowell]

Roses In The Hospital, now Black Dog On My Shoulder. Good Stuff.

[centralscrutiniser]

I'd love to hear BDOMS. I think Facing Page: Top Left would be a great one for the acoustic slot in future tours, but probably a bit soon for JDB to want to keep it.

An acoustic version of Yourself? How much fun would that be...

[allisvanity]

Or acoustic Donkeys. That would be Sweet.

[centralscrutiniser]

Acoustic Buildings for Dead People, while we're at it?

[Radiomanic]

Originally Posted by exopotamie

Looks more likely to be black dog on my shoulder rather than my little empire xx

OMG...i might have to start worshipping them literally.


I LOVE this song, although it's going to be acoustic right? I'd love to hear a full band version like on the record, but in the past it has been acoustic. Hopefully they do this and Ready for Drowning at the same gig (Birmingham or London) as they are two of my favourite songs off my favourite album i haven't heard live in person yet.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

Haha, that too. I'm easy really, anything I haven't seen before and I'll be happier than happy.

Absolutely. I'd be interested to know if this rehearsing-loads-of-random-songs goes on before every tour, but this is the first time we've known about it; or whether they are actually doing it to mix the setlists up. Time will tell I guess.

Originally Posted by Flint

James has said he finds it really uncomfortable to sing as it's such a personal lyric to Wire so its non-existence live is less about him not being arsed to learn to play it and more that he chooses not to.

I can imagine that being the case. It must be awkward for James to sing.

[Radiomanic]

Originally Posted by BradfieldsLoveChild

Absolutely. I'd be interested to know if this rehearsing-loads-of-random-songs goes on before every tour, but this is the first time we've known about it; or whether they are actually doing it to mix the setlists up. Time will tell I guess.

I hope it isn't just rehearsing, hopefully the tour will be more like the PPF tour or the second SATT tour where we got a fair amount of stuff that's not normally played. That said it was rumoured they rehearsed Loves Sweet Exile for the FD tour and never played it. That's one i would like to hear live, in it's disco form like on the GATS tour of course!

[Mr Richey]

Confirmed in today's NME - Wire writes the Twitters but Sean posts them.

[Beat Poet]

I'm sure they always rehearse a load of random songs, if only to break up the monotony of rehearsing.

[BrianPowell]

Originally Posted by Beat Poet

I'm sure they always rehearse a load of random songs, if only to break up the monotony of rehearsing.

That's probably true.

[Europa Gluten Free]

I think it would be the opposite actually. Go over the hits so everyone is happy with certain fiddly parts. Ok Wire what songs you thinking of for this tour - ok lets try them. These work, these dont. A couple of gig setlist run throughs. Out of there.

[Scarecrow]

Originally Posted by Radiomanic

I hope it isn't just rehearsing, hopefully the tour will be more like the PPF tour

Definitely. That was a great tour.

[Scarecrow]

Did you get the album yet x

Afraid not, Nicky.