Pavement reform; ageing hipsters rejoice
I wasn’t a fan of Pavement when the band broke up in 1999. It was around then that I discovered them after a friend scribbled the words Date With Ikea on a list of musical recommendations. Two or three years after that I’d collected each album and would be brave enough to consider myself a “fan”. Even if I never owned this awesome t-shirt.
Even amongst the recent glut of bands getting back together, Pavement weren’t one of the ones I saw it happening with. Indeed, the original break-up was so acrimonious that some of the members only learnt of the split by reading about it online. Yet over the last couple of days, news has appeared from nowhere that the band will reform for a festival in New York next September and embark on a world tour of “major cities”. Quite how extensive this tour will be, I have no idea, but if it doesn’t at least include a London date, a lot of people will be marching on the Domino office.
There best be a Manchester one, too!… though I did see them in Newcastle in ‘97…
I have a ticket for the NYC show… Oh god i can’t wait – just clocking under a year to go now :-)