Virgil and the Accelerators (Page 9 of 20)

Fresh off the tour with Tracer; don't forget, the VATA lads are coming back round guesting with Wilko Johnson;
Kicks off tomorrow night (Thu 11th Oct) @  Komedia Bath, then onto to:-

Fri 12th Oct  Exeter Phoenix Exeter 
Sat 13th Oct  Gloucester Guildhall Gloucester 
Sun 14th Oct  Komedia Brighton 
Wed 17th Oct  Cox's Yard Stratford-upon-Avon 
Thu 18th Oct  Fibbers York 
Fri 19th Oct  The Sage Gateshead Gateshead 
Wed 24th Oct  Mr Kyps Poole 
Thu 25th Oct  O2 Academy Islington London 
Fri 26th Oct  Hertford Corn Exchange Hertford 
Sat 27th Oct  Holmfirth Picturedrome Holmfirth 
Sun 28th Oct  Plowright Theatre Scunthorpe 
Thu 1st Nov  Bedford Corn Exchange Bedford 
Fri 2nd Nov  Citadel Arts Centre St Helens 
Sat 3rd Nov  O2 ABC Glasgow (ABC1 & ABC2) Glasgow 
Sun 4th Nov  Stamford Corn Exchange Stamford 
Thu 22nd Nov  The Met Bury 
Fri 23rd Nov  The Platform Morecambe 
Sat 24th Nov  The Brickyard Carlisle 
Sun 25th Nov  The Robin 2 Wolverhampton 

All good stuff....

Mike

2 Aberdeen gigs in less than a month!

Been a bit long overdue, getting my latest VATA fix; not being able to get to the DVD shoot and missing the recent Tracer tour, so no way was I going to miss the lads at probably their poshest venue to date - Gateshead Sage (Hall 2).

Unfortunately, due to traffic, just missed Virgil's opening salvo, by the time I got in, he'd got the Les Paul strapped on and was blazing through Refuse to Believe then '88 and his SRV homage on which I swear his fingers get faster everytime I watch him. Closing the set came a real treat - the guys have decided to "rest" Silver Giver and absolutely tore into their more usual full show encore piece, the Are You Experienced medely. Make no mistake, Virgil, Gabriel & Jack are so tightly in-tune with each other, they now OWN this track - think it should be re-titled Are You Accelerated.

For a hall that holds around the 400 mark, VATA held an audience of around 200 for their set. To put it another way, they'd have filled The Cluny over the water in Newcastle with that audience: however, Larry Miller was playing there that night.

Another band came on a little later - Wilko Johnson; didn't catch the set myself, but reports were that he delivered, as usual. Lets face it though, a good set from Wilko, Norman & Dylan is like a rain on a Bank Holiday - never fails. There was one disturbing development though - Wilko was seen to be smiling!!!!!

Mike

Hey Martin, any chance the VATA website can be brought up to date?

Sorry 'bout that Martin, but once I get word from Ents the fingers get twitchy.....  Nice one, touring with Heep again, the gang will be there.

Mike

Heard from one of the outlets for Mainsforth; there are as many buying tickets to see The Accelerators as there are Dr Feelgood (and it's usually packed to see the Dr.).

Unless the tourbus is "tuned" and Martin really puts his foot down.   

Thanks, Martin. I'll see you in Aberdeen for Michael Schenker & From The Jam.