This Is a Fix album tour

The This Is A Fix album tour was the 2008 & 2009 tour surrounding the release of Welsh band The Automatic's second album This Is A Fix.[1] The first leg of the tour was played at smaller clubs and venues around the United Kingdom, whilst later dates were at some of the countries larger venues.[2]

This Is a Fix album tour
Tour by The Automatic
Associated albumThis Is a Fix
Start dateApril 2008
End dateDecember 2008
The Automatic concert chronology

Background

The band's first tour with new guitarist Paul Mullen involved touring some of the smaller less-known venues and clubs of the United Kingdom. The tour involved the band playing a 50/50 split of old and new material. Many of the songs played on the first album were chosen by the band's fans who set up a poll on their forum.[3] By the time the band began touring "By My Side", "Recover" and "That's What She Said" were all favoured by fans, many of the b-sides were also requested. During performances, synthesizer and keyboard duties would be split between Frost and Mullen.[4] The performances at The Blake Theatre in Monmouth on 28 March, Central Station in Wrexham on 29 March, The Galleri in Caernarfon on 30 March, Brycheiniog Theatre in Brecon 31 March 2008 were all re-scheduled after the band required further time to rehearse their new and old songs.[5][6] On 17 April 2008, NME announced the band would be playing "One of their first shows without keyboardist Alex Pennie".[7] The band performed at the UK release show for the video game Rock Band, the gig was held in a secret location in London.[8] The band headlined the Rock Against Racism Left Field stage with Frank Turner, Kate Nash, Dirty Pretty Things, British Sea Power among other bands performing on the stage over the weekend.[9] The band had to pull out of the small festival after T4 On The Beach rehearsal took place on this date, the band apologised on their website saying; "Due to promotional demands we've had to pull out of the Midsommer Norton show on 19 July. We're really sorry to everyone with tickets who was looking forward to the show but we'll be out on tour again soon". Having a strong love for Irish trio Ash, one of The Automatic's main influences have also, and during earlier days of the band's career they would cover Ash single "Kung Fu" from the album 1977, in June 2007 The Automatic were invited for drinks after their show together at Hull University Summer Ball,[10] later in 2008 at Cardiff Big Weekend Ash dedicated the track "Oh Yeah" to the band, who had played earlier that day.[11] Photographer Peter Hill performed bass guitar for the first time with the band during the band's performance of "This Is A Fix" which sees singer Rob play synth instead of bass. Originally the tour was scheduled to take place in from 14 June 2008 to 24 June 2008 however due to the recording of the album This Is A Fix it was pushed back to September.[12]

Setlist

For the club tour the band asked fans to vote for tracks that they wanted to hear from previous album Not Accepted Anywhere, ultimately "That's What She Said", "By My Side", "Lost at Home", "Recover", "Raoul", "On The Campaign Trail" and "Monster" made the setlist for various legs of the tour.[13]

Club tour
  • Light Entertainment
  • Recover
  • Steve McQueen
  • Monster
  • Secret Police
  • Magazines
  • By My Side
  • This Ship
  • Lost At Home
  • Sleepwalking/Bad Guy/Make The Mistakes/Accessories/In The Mountains/Responsible Citizen
  • That's What She Said
  • This Is A Fix
  • Raoul
Album tour
  • Raoul
  • On The Campaign Trail
  • Responsible Citizen/Accessories
  • In The Mountains
  • Monster
  • Magazines
  • This Ship
  • Lost at Home
  • This Is A Fix
  • Secret Police/That's What She Said
  • Recover
  • By My Side/Something Else
  • Light Entertainment
  • Love In This Club
  • Steve McQueen

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
Club tour
April 2008 Exeter England Cavern2 Viva Machine
3 April 2008 Gloucester Arts Centre
5 April 2008 Northampton Soundhaus
6 April 2008 Stoke Sugarmill
7 April 2008 York Fibbers
8 April 2008 Liverpool Academy
10 April 2008 Dundee Scotland Doghouse
11 April 2008 Inverness Raigmore
12 April 2008 Aberdeen Cafe Drummond
14 April 2008 Leeds England Cockpit
15 April 2008 Hull The Welly
16 April 2008 Tamworth The Palace
18 April 2008 Middlesbrough Cornerhouse (Sumo)
19 April 2008 Leicester Charlotte
20 April 2008 Norwich Arts Centre Viva Machine
Canterbury
21 April 2008 Hitchin Club 85
23 April 2008 Brighton Audio
24 April 2008 Southend Chinnerys
26 April 2008 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
28 April 2008 Plymouth White Rabbit Viva Machine
29 April 2008 Cardiff Wales The Point Viva Machine
Attack Attack
10 May 2008 Monmouth Blake Theatre Viva Machine
Dandelion Killers
Autopilots
11 May 2008 Caernarfon Galleri
12 May 2008 Brecon Brycheiniog
29 May 2008 Wrexham Central Station
25 April 2008 London England KOKO Viva Machine
13 May 2008 Secret central London location The Courteeners
The Whip
Festivals
17 May 2008 Brighton England The Great Escape Festival
28 June 2008 Glastonbury Glastonbury Festival
20 July 2008 Norton Midsommer Norton
20 July 2008 Weston-super-Mare T4 on the Beach
2 August 2008 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Big Weekend
5 August 2008 Ibiza Spain Ibiza Rocks
12 August 2008 Hoxton England Atticus Live[14]
13 August 2008 Avenches Switzerland Rock Oz'Arenes
14 August 2008 Gampel Gampel Open Air Festival
21 August 2008 Pontypridd Wales Pontypridd Muni Arts Centre\
23 August 2008[15] Reading England Reading Festival
24 August 2008 Leeds Leeds Festival
26 August 2008 London HMV
30 August 2008 Yorkshire Bingley Music Live
6 September 2008 Cheshire Frodsham Music Festival
Release tour
27 September 2008 Glasgow Scotland University of Strathclyde Operahouse
Dinosaur Pile-Up
28 September 2008 Oxford England Oxford Academy
29 September 2008 Birmingham Birmingham Academy
1 October 2008 Newcastle University
2 October 2008 Manchester Academy 2
3 October 2008 Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Garage
4 October 2008 Nottingham England Rescue Rooms Everything Everything
Astro Firs
6 October 2008 Sheffield Academy
7 October 2008 Bristol Trinity
8 October 2008 London Scala
10 October 2008[16] Liverpool Barfly Iglu And Hartly
uLive tour
2 November 2008 Preston England 53 Degrees Nick Harrison[1]
3 November 2008 Liverpool Stanley Theatre
4 November 2008 Swansea Sin City
6 November 2008 Bath Students Union, Elements
7 November 2008 Coventry University of Warwick
8 November 2008 Guildford Rubix
10 November 2008 Norwich The Waterfront
11 November 2008 Essex Students Union
12 November 2008 Uxbridge Brunel Students Union
13 November 2008 High Wycombe Students Union
15 November 2008 Hatfield Hertfordshire Students Union
16 November 2008 Leeds University Union
17 November 2008 Hull University Union
19 November 2008 Bournemouth The Old Fire Station
20 November 2008 Reading Students Union
21 November 2008 Derby Union
8 December 2008 Manchester Academy 1 XFM Christmas Winter Wonderland[17]
20 December 2008 Birmingham Birmingham Asylum
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References
  1. The Automatic announce UK tour NME, 15 September 2008
  2. The Automatic announce UK tour NME, 24 January 2008
  3. The Automatic let fans pick their setlist NME - retrieved - 22 February 2008
  4. After a top-three single and debut album, The Automatic are back, with a new line-up and a new album 4 April 2008 northantset.co.uk
  5. The Automatic Reschedule A Few Tour Dates! rocklouder.co.uk
  6. The Automatic Announce UK Tour rocklouder.co.uk
  7. The Automatic to make live return NME 17 Apr 2008
  8. RockLouder
  9. "The Automatic To Headline Glastonbury!". Rocklouder.co.uk. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  10. "The Automatic Automatic Interview". hiphopdelight.com. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  11. "The Automatic - unrelenting drizzle and Ash". The Automatic NME blog. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  12. gigwise
  13. The Automatic let fans pick their setlist NME, 22 February 2008
  14. The Automatic play intimate show The Fly, 7 August
  15. The Automatic play Reading and Leeds Festivals NME, 23 August 2008
  16. Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Foals for MTV2 Gonzo tour NME, 8 September 2008
  17. Xfm's Winter Wonderland 2008 Line-up Announced! Archived 13 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine XFM, 31 October

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