VATA Tour (Page 7 of 11)

Last night at Newcastle, the VATA lads were opening again for Uriah Heep; had to wonder if the lads were "brickin' it" in the wings, waiting to go on in front of 300 plus partisan, Geordie, Uriah Heep fans, but needen't have worried, Virgil, Gabriel & Jack gave a confident, but not arrogant performance. A much reduced set from normal; Working Man, Bad Girl and Backstabber gave Virgil the chance to strut like a young Rock God while the Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute and Silver Giver showed him as the Blues Maestro.  Gabba & Jack were having the time of their lives too, and why not?

Interesting completion to a circle, 18months ago, at the Newcastle Academy2 it was my first encounter with these lads, third on the bill in the upstairs room to Oli and Joanne; now, they're supporting a legendary rock band on the main stage. Chatting with Virgil after their set, he was telling me how first time at the Academy, they walked round the place as they knew Joe B played there back in '08, and how they  hoped to be someday playing the main stage in their own right.

Well lads, you've got big footprints to follow, but you're making good headway.

2011 has been a hell of a good year, here's to a bigger and better 2012.

Mike

+1! Well done. On my top ten list this year.

...as i sit here and raise my glass of Aberlour ...cheers! ...bloody well done!

Don't know whether its because this year is getting off to a slow start gig-wise or whether its because I saw so much of VATA last year but I'm itching for a good gig.

See there's some dates filtering through for VATA in the UK, before they tour with Wilko in April:-
Tue 24th Jan -
Mon 30th Jan  The Great British Rock And Blues Festival; Butlins, Skegness
Sat 25th Feb Virgil and The Accelerators:  Spiders Web, Grimsby
Mon 12th Mar Oxford: Famous Monday Blues: Virgil and The Accelerators Bullingdon Arms (The Bully) Oxford
Sat 17th Mar  An Evening Of Blues:
Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack + Virgil and The Accelerators + Geoff Everett Band   
Central Theatre,Chatham
Sun 25th Mar Mick Ralphs + Virgil and The Accelerators The Met ,Bury
Tue 3rd Apr  Virgil and The Accelerators + Mitch Laddie The Stables, Milton Keynes

Any word of European gigs Martin? I know you and the lads are itching to get over and play.

Mike

I'm a little late in seeing this.  Congratulations Martin and VATA!  Excellent and I have been enjoying my cd; of course wishing to see them live as well.

Phil    .... it appears as if this trip of mine needs to be extended quite a bit.  In fact Pete did say you were flying me to Dusseldorf to see Henrik, which could make up for missing VATA (sorry Martin, you didn't hear that)!

Sandy    ... hmmm, I'll have to check with Pete, I'm sure he's equipped for whatever need arises!

Martin, please let us know if a UK date happens between March 22 and March 31, preferably London!!

Any word on the rearranged Kinross date, Martin ?

Kenny

Wished I could have gotten down for the show, especially when I've just had an email from a friend who did manage to be there; and I quote; "the lads [VATA] totally ruled on Friday night at Skegness".

From that report and this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlbUOHoMEGs
it's easy to see why. Well done lads.....

Mike

No slot times confirmed yet. i belive were are doing a shirt acoustic set and a full set. Will let you know. Just had confirmstion for another major festival but cannot releas it yet!