LIVE AT THE ACADEMY OCTOBER 5TH
TICKETS €23 INCL. BK FEE
The Lemonheads have announced a headline show at The Academy, Dublin on October 5th. Tickets €23 including booking fee go on sale this Thursday, July 30th, at 10am, from Ticketmaster.
*This is an over 18s show.
‘Dando has a particular gift for writing songs’ – The Independent
Evan Griffith Dando formed The Lemonheads with two high school buddies in late winter '86, in their senior year at Boston's tiny Commonwealth School. A few months later, they spawned what is now one of the most sought-after punk relics of the 80s, the indie EP Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners. In 1990 Atlantic Records took notice of the massively expanding Lemonheads fanbase in Europe (where they toured in 1989) and America by signing the band and releasing their well-received (in Cambridge, Massachusetts) fourth LP, Lovey.
Even by this time, The Lemonheads lineup had been volatile: more than a dozen different configurations over a period of just five years, all sorts of bit parts and reshuffles, with Dando as the only constant. At one point it got so confusing that an ex-drummer, just a week after getting kicked of the group, answered The Lemonheads' ad to replace himself. By a conservative estimate, the band has had more than ten bass players and at least a dozen drummers over the years.
But out of this primordial chaos came a veritable Golden Age for The Lemonheads. A 1991 tour brought Evan to Australia, where by chance he met songwriter Tom Morgan and future Lemonheads bassist Nic Dalton. Their collaboration made all the difference for the next Atlantic release, It's a Shame About Ray (1992), a concentrated blast of pure pop perfection that clocks in at just under 30 minutes. Thanks to songs such as "Confetti", "My Drug Buddy", "Rudderless", and "Ceiling Fan in My Spoon", Dando hit a whole new audience.
In 2005 the band performed the album in it’s entirety at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire as part of the All Tomorrow’s Parties curated Don’t Look Back series and the album was reissued in 2008 as a collector’s edition including several bonus versions of album tracks complete with stripped-down demos.
The Lemonheads will headline The Academy on October 5th and tickets €23 including booking go on sale from Ticketmaster Thursday July 30th at 10am.
TICKETS €23 INCL. BK FEE
The Lemonheads have announced a headline show at The Academy, Dublin on October 5th. Tickets €23 including booking fee go on sale this Thursday, July 30th, at 10am, from Ticketmaster.
*This is an over 18s show.
‘Dando has a particular gift for writing songs’ – The Independent
Evan Griffith Dando formed The Lemonheads with two high school buddies in late winter '86, in their senior year at Boston's tiny Commonwealth School. A few months later, they spawned what is now one of the most sought-after punk relics of the 80s, the indie EP Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners. In 1990 Atlantic Records took notice of the massively expanding Lemonheads fanbase in Europe (where they toured in 1989) and America by signing the band and releasing their well-received (in Cambridge, Massachusetts) fourth LP, Lovey.
Even by this time, The Lemonheads lineup had been volatile: more than a dozen different configurations over a period of just five years, all sorts of bit parts and reshuffles, with Dando as the only constant. At one point it got so confusing that an ex-drummer, just a week after getting kicked of the group, answered The Lemonheads' ad to replace himself. By a conservative estimate, the band has had more than ten bass players and at least a dozen drummers over the years.
But out of this primordial chaos came a veritable Golden Age for The Lemonheads. A 1991 tour brought Evan to Australia, where by chance he met songwriter Tom Morgan and future Lemonheads bassist Nic Dalton. Their collaboration made all the difference for the next Atlantic release, It's a Shame About Ray (1992), a concentrated blast of pure pop perfection that clocks in at just under 30 minutes. Thanks to songs such as "Confetti", "My Drug Buddy", "Rudderless", and "Ceiling Fan in My Spoon", Dando hit a whole new audience.
In 2005 the band performed the album in it’s entirety at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire as part of the All Tomorrow’s Parties curated Don’t Look Back series and the album was reissued in 2008 as a collector’s edition including several bonus versions of album tracks complete with stripped-down demos.
The Lemonheads will headline The Academy on October 5th and tickets €23 including booking go on sale from Ticketmaster Thursday July 30th at 10am.
