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Not Accepted Anywhere album tour

Not Accepted Anywhere album tour
Tour by The Automatic
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Japan
Associated albumNot Accepted Anywhere
Start dateOctober 14, 2005
End dateAugust 26, 2007
The Automatic concert chronology

The Not Accepted Anywhere album tour was the touring period from 2005 through to 2007 when Welsh rock-band the Automatic promoted their debut album Not Accepted Anywhere. Over the three-year period, the band covered the United Kingdom several times, as well as touring in the United States, Japan, France and the Netherlands.[1][2][3]

The band began touring as an opening act for bands such as Goldie Lookin Chain, Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks, The Ordinary Boys and Hard Fi in 2005 and early 2006[4] before appearing third on the bill for the NME 2006 New Music Tour[5] and then going on to perform at festivals such as Reading and Leeds, Oxegen, Camden Crawl, Glastonbury, South by Southwest and Warped tour, amongst others.[6]

On tour the band were supported most notably by friends Viva Machine on almost all UK tours, and by Frank Turner, who had just begun as a solo artist – with the Automatic being fans of his former band Million Dead.

Background

Support shows

In October through to November 2005 the band supported Goldie Lookin Chain on their UK tour, this tour supported the band's release of debut single "Recover ".[7] This tour was followed by an intense period in the studio recording their debut album, heading back out in January to support The Kooks on their Inside In/Inside Out tour.[8]

Later in 2006 the band also supported Kaiser Chiefs at their performances at the Millennium Square in Leeds, and well as supporting The Ordinary Boys in March.[9] Cancelled supporting appearances included Kaiser Chiefs European tour in November 2006, and My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade World Tour in 2007.[10][11]

During the band's headline of the NME Indie Rock 2007 Tour the Automatic let The View take the headline position at Carling Academy in their native Glasgow.[12]

Design and set-up

From 2006 onwards – when the band were headlining more and more performances, they began using various backdrops – ranging from simple sheet banners, to the more extravagant video screens. The artwork used was all based around designs made by Dean 'D*Face' Stockton for the album Not Accepted Anywhere, and the singles "Raoul", "Recover" and "Monster", many of these were then animated for performances – such as their 2006 London Forum performance where they used three giant screens, incorporating animations with a live feed of the band performing.[13][14] In 2007 Rock Drops recreated D*Face's Raoul 'Globe' artwork from the re-release of the single – and used throughout tour and festival appearances by the band as a stage banner.[15]

Alex Pennie was often noted by critics for being the band's energetic showman.[16][17] On the NME 2007 tour Alex Pennie's stage antics lead to a fans classes getting broken, followed by wrestling a member of the audience who started smoking on stage on the Irish leg of the tour.[18] Pennie whilst playing at New York's' Bowery Ballroom in July broke his ankle half way through the set, after one of his jumps went wrong – and sat out several songs until "Gold Digger" when he rejoined his band mates for the remainder of the set.[19][20]

On several occasions the band's cover of Kanye West's "Gold Digger" would involve other musicians and guests, with primary vocalist and bassist Rob playing flute, Jamie Allen; one of the band's technicians would take over bass guitar, whilst Alex Pennie and James Frost split vocals. At Reading and Leeds festivals in 2006 Goldie Lookin Chain joined the band onstage for the track, whilst Viva Machine joined the band onstage wrapped in bandages in ULU, London in July 2006, and on Warped Tour 2007 Newton Faulkner sung and played guitar on the track.[21] On the closing show of the 2007 NME Indie Rock Tour the band's tour manager Mike Doyle sung vocals on the band's cover of Talking Heads song "Life During Wartime".[22]

Throughout the tour the band requested as part of their rider that venues put together a David Hasselhoff shrine, by October 2006 the band revealed this had been fulfilled by upwards of 20 venues.[23][24]

Concert broadcasts and coverage

BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq covered the band's opening night too their October 2006 leg of the album tour – in Exeter's Lemon Grove. Originally the entire 14 song set was broadcast[25] with 7 songs made available on BBC Online afterwards.[26] The BBC also covered The Automatic at Reading and Leeds Festivals with broadcasts of "Monster" and "Gold Digger" with Goldie Lookin Chain from the Radio 1/NME Tent.[27][28] A year later at Glastonbury Festival 2007 BBC Three and BBC Online screened much of the band's set.[29][30]

MTV featured performances of the band at Oxegen 2006, including "Recover" and "Monster",[31] whilst Channel 4 broadcast performances of "Raoul", "Recover" and "Monster" from T4 on the Beach 2006.[32] At South by Southwest in Austin, Texas the band's entire set was filmed by Blaze TV,[33] and later broadcast on Crackle, with "Monster" being made part of the 2007 SXSW DVD.[34]

GMTV Incident and aftermath

We didn’t really wanna be there because we thought we had been tricked into it and it wasn’t really our thing."

— The Automatic on GMTV[35]

On July 21, 2006 the band made an appearance on GMTVITV's breakfast program. The band had been told that they would be playing a track on a morning show "not GMTV, it's something on just after it".[36] With a performance the night before at Bristol's Carling Academy, members of the band decided to stay up all night drinking, until the 6:00 am start at GMTV. The band went on live at around 9:00 am, miming their single "Monster" as GMTV were unwilling for the band to perform live.[37] The performance went on to involve guitarist Frost smashing his rented guitar repeatedly onto the floor, before jumping into the drum kit, whilst Pennie walked around with his Alesis Micron keyboard, taking off his trousers and eventually ending up on the floor with Frost, whilst Rob and Iwan continued to mime along to the backing track. During the performance an ITV cameraman received an injury when Frost was destroying his equipment, the cameraman reportedly threatened to sue the band, but later decided not to – saying he was simply pissed off at the time.[38]

A month before the GMTV incident the band also were forced to mime on Channel 4's T4 on the Beach 2006, which they were unhappy about doing – stating prior to playing "Will we go on drunk? Let's just say there will be some interesting dancing going on as we aren't allowed to plug in our instruments."[39][40]

Personnel

Reception

During their Not Accepted Anywhere tour the band were noted for their energetic live performances, particularly the antics of keyboardist Alex Pennie, whose performances would involve running around the stage with a Cow bell, strangling himself with a microphone, climbing on-top of amps and speakers[41][42]

there's no shortage of energy expended onstage in an attempt to jump-start the party. White-drainpiped Pennie is the star, jabbing at his keyboard, pummelling a cowbell or strangling himself with a mic lead, eyes rolled back in his head and tongue lolling like a madman. His partner in crime is guitarist Frost, who jerks violently on the spot like his foot's caught in a high-voltage electric fence. – Sam Richards, NME[43]

Similarly Robin Monheit of Spin Magazine reviewing the band's New York show in July 2007 wrote "the Bowery Ballroom might not have been packed for last night's Automatic Automatic show, but synth-player/vocalist Alex Pennie performed as if it most definitely was" praising the band's energy.[44] "...Pennie, is a sort of wee-sized caged animal, combining his fidgety keyboard fiddling with the most intense punk roars I've heard since At The Drive-In. Throughout the gig, he will run directly into the crowd, shove any and all fans in his way..." wrote themusicslut.com of the band's performance in New York in March 2007[45]

Critics of the band's live sets were often quick to point out that single "Monster" was best received by audiences at live shows[46]

Set list

With only one album out, the set lists were composed almost entirely of the album's 12 tracks, although on occasion some of the album's b-sides were performed, including "Time = Money" on the October leg of the 2006 tour[47] whilst in mid-2006 the band began covering Kanye West's track "Gold Digger"[48][49] this was eventually accompanied with a cover of Talking Heads track "Life During Wartime".[50] It wasn't until 2007 that the band began including new songs in their set list, "Steve McQueen" and "Revolution" (later retitled "Secret Police") were first performed on the "ShockWaves NME Indie Rock Tour", originally intended for a new single soon after the tour, but ultimately released on This Is A Fix over a year later.[51]

Northampton, Soundhaus, January 23, 2006

 

  1. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
  2. "Raoul"
  3. "Rats"
  4. "On The Campaign Trail"
  5. "Team Drama"
  6. "Lost at Home"
  7. "That's What She Said"
  8. "Recover"
  9. "Monster"
London, 100 Club, August 9, 2006

 

  1. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
  2. "On the Campaign Trail"
  3. "Seriously I Hate You Guys"
  4. "Raoul"
  5. "Team Drama"
  6. "Jack Daniels"
  7. "Lost at Home"
  8. " You Shout You Shout You Shout"
  9. "That's What She Said"
  10. "By My Side"
  11. "Monster"
  12. "Gold Digger" (Kanye West cover)
  13. "Recover"
London, Astoria, October 19, 2006

 

  1. "Easy Target"
  2. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
  3. "Raoul"
  4. "Time = Money"
  5. "Team Drama"
  6. "On The Campaign Trail"
  7. "Rats"
  8. "Seriously I Hate You Guys"
  9. "Monster"
  10. "By My Side"
  11. "Gold Digger"
  12. "You Shout You Shout You Shout"
  13. "That's What She Said"
  14. "Lost at Home"
  15. "Recover"
Cologne, January 23, 2007

 

  1. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
  2. "Raoul"
  3. "On The Campaign Trail"
  4. "Life During Wartime"
  5. "Team Drama"
  6. "Revolution"
  7. "Monster"
  8. "By My Side"
  9. "Steve McQueen"
  10. "Seriously... I Hate You Guys"
  11. "You Shout"
  12. "That's What She Said"
  13. "Gold Digger" (Kanye West cover)
  14. "Recover"
Nottingham, Rock City, February 14, 2007

 

  1. "By My Side"
  2. "Raoul"
  3. "On The Campaign Trail"
  4. "Seriously...I Hate You Guys"
  5. "Steve McQueen"
  6. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
  7. "Lost at Home"
  8. "Monster"
  9. "Life During Wartime"
  10. "You Shout"
  11. "That's What She Said"
  12. "Recover"
SXSW, Emo's, March 15, 2007

 

  1. "By My Side"
  2. "Raoul"
  3. "On The Campaign Trail"
  4. "Seriously... I Hate You Guys"
  5. "Monster"
  6. "You Shout"
  7. "That's What She Said"
  8. "Recover"
New York, Pianos, March 19, 2007

 

  1. "By My Side"
  2. "Raoul"
  3. "On the Campaign Trail"
  4. "Seriously... I Hate You Guys"
  5. "Monster"
  6. "Gold Digger" (Kanye West cover)
  7. "You Shout You Shout You Shout"
  8. "That's What She Said"
  9. "Recover"
Balélec-Festival, May 25, 2007

 

  1. "By My Side"
  2. "Raoul"
  3. "On The Campaign Trail"
  4. "Seriously... I Hate You Guys"
  5. "Life During Wartime"
  6. "Lost at Home"
  7. "Monster"
  8. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
  9. "Team Drama"
  10. "You Shout"
  11. "That's What She Said"
  12. "Gold Digger" (Kanye West cover)
  13. "Recover"
Boston, Great Scotts, July 30, 2007

 

  1. "Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
  2. "On The Campaign Trail"
  3. "Raoul"
  4. "Seriously... I Hate You Guys"
  5. "By My Side"
  6. "Lost at Home"
  7. "Monster"
  8. "Gold Digger" (Kanye West cover)
  9. "You Shout"
  10. "That's What She Said"
  11. "Recover"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Support act(s)
Goldie Lookin Chain Tour (October–November 2005)
October 14, 2005 Manchester England Manchester Academy Goldie Lookin Chain (headline)[52]
October 15, 2005 Liverpool Carling Academy
October 16, 2005 Bristol Carling Academy
October 17, 2005 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University
October 19, 2005 Southampton England Southampton University
October 20, 2005 Norwich UEA
October 21, 2005 Kingston upon Hull Hull University
October 23, 2005 Aberdeen Scotland Moshulu
October 24, 2005 Glasgow The Garage
October 25, 2005 Edinburgh The Liquid Rooms
October 26, 2005 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle University Union
October 28, 2005 Leeds Irish Centre
October 29, 2005 Liverpool Carling Academy
October 30, 2005 Manchester Manchester University
October 31, 2005 Wolverhampton Little Civic
November 1, 2005 Norwich UEA Hard Fi
November 2, 2005 Cambridge The Junction
November 3, 2005 Brighton Concorde 2
November 4, 2005 Chester Telford's Warehouse
November 9, 2005 London Barfly
November 21, 2005 Blackwood Wales Miners Institute
November 22, 2005 Swansea Patti Pavilion
November 23, 2005 Bangor Bangor University
November 24, 2005 Aberystwyth Aberystwyth University
November 25, 2005 Bridgend Recreation Centre
November 26, 2005 Wrexham Central Station
November 27, 2005 Brecon Market Hall
The Kooks Tour (January–February 2006)
January 24, 2006 Southampton England Joiners Arms The Kooks (headline)[53][54]
January 25, 2006 Birmingham Bar Academy
January 26, 2006 Cambridge APU
January 27, 2006 Bristol Louisiana
January 28, 2006 Tunbridge Wells The Forum
January 30, 2006 Leeds Cockpit
January 31, 2006 Nottingham Social
February 1, 2006 Manchester Academy
February 2, 2006 Sheffield Fuzz Club
February 3, 2006 Newcastle Academy
February 5, 2006 Edinburgh Scotland Venue
February 6, 2006 Glasgow King Tuts
February 7, 2006 Hull England Adelphi
February 8, 2006 Liverpool Korova
February 10, 2006 Oxford Zodiac
February 11, 2006 Norwich Arts Centre
February 13, 2006 Brighton Concorde 2
February 14, 2006 London ULU
February 15, 2006 100 Club
Raoul tour (February–March 2006)
February 21, 2006 Peterborough England Met Lounge The Marshals
February 22, 2006 Wrexham Wales Central Station
February 23, 2006 Sunderland England Pure
February 25, 2006 Aberdeen Scotland The Tunnels
February 26, 2006 Dundee Reading Rooms
February 27, 2006 York England Fibres
February 28, 2006 Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill
March 2, 2006 Swansea Wales Divas
March 3, 2006 Northampton England Soundhaus
March 4, 2006 Bedford Esquires
March 5, 2006 Exeter Cavern
March 7, 2006 Southend Chinnerys
March 8, 2006 London Barfly
March 9, 2006 Cardiff Wales Clwb Ifor Bach
Kaiser Chiefs headline (April 2006)
April 29, 2006 Leeds England Millennium Square Kaiser Chiefs (headline)
April 30, 2006
NME New Music Tour (May 2006)
May 6, 2006 Bristol England Bristol University Boy Kill Boy
¡Forward, Russia!
Howling Bells
The Long Blondes[55]
May 7, 2006 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University
May 8, 2006 Wolverhampton England Wulfrun
May 10, 2006 Glasgow Scotland QMU
May 11, 2006 Middlesbrough England Empire
May 12, 2006 Manchester Manchester University
May 14, 2006 Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
May 15, 2006 Leicester Leicester University
May 16, 2006 Cambridge Wales Junction
May 18, 2006 Norwich England UEA
May 19, 2006 Sheffield Leadmill
May 20, 2006 Liverpool Carling Academy
May 23, 2006 Oxford Brookes University
May 24, 2006 London Electric Ballroom
Summer tour (June–August 2006)
May 31, 2006 Merthyr Tydfil Wales Studio Bar Viva Machine
June 1, 2006 Cowbridge Sports Centre
June 2, 2006 Neath Windsor Club
June 3, 2006 Narberth Queens Hall
June 5, 2006 Brecon Brycheiniog Theatre
June 18, 2006 Weston-super-Mare England T4 on the Beach, Main Stage Festival
July 8, 2006 County Kildare Ireland Oxegen, Punchestown Racecourse, Main Stage Festival
July 9, 2006 Balado Scotland T in the Park, Futures Stage Festival[56]
July 11, 2006 Liverpool England Barfly Cat the Dog
Viva Machine
July 12, 2006 Norwich Waterfront
July 13, 2006 London University of London Union
July 15, 2006 Abersoch Wales Wakestock Festival
July 16, 2006 Oxford England Zodiac Cat the Dog
Viva Machine
July 17, 2006 Birmingham Carling Academy
July 19, 2006 Brighton Concorde 2
July 20, 2006 Bristol Carling Academy
July 23, 2006 Cardiff Wales The Point
July 28, 2006 Niigata Prefecture Japan Naeba Ski Resort, Fuji Rock Festival Festival
August 4, 2006 Newquay England Rip Curl Boardmasters Unleashed '06 Festival
August 5, 2006 Cardiff Wales Cardiff big weekend Festival
August 5, 2006 Canterbury England Electric Garden Festival Festival
August 20, 2006 Huntingdon Secret Garden Party Festival[57]
August 26, 2006 Reading Festival, Reading Radio 1 Stage Festival
August 27, 2006 Leeds Festival, Leeds
Album release tour (October–November 2006)
October 3, 2006 Exeter England Lemon Grove Frank Turner
Mumm-Ra
Alterkicks
Viva Machine[58]
October 4, 2006 Southampton Southampton University
October 5, 2006 Loughborough Loughborough University
October 7, 2006 Belfast Northern Ireland Mandela Hall
October 8, 2006 Dublin Ireland Temple Bar Music Centre
October 9, 2006 Glasgow Scotland ABC
October 10, 2006 Aberdeen Lemon Tree
October 12, 2006 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle University
October 13, 2006 Kingston upon Hull Hull University
October 14, 2006 Manchester Manchester Academy 1
October 15, 2006 Leeds Leeds University
October 17, 2006 Cambridge Corn Exchange
October 18, 2006 Nottingham Trent University
October 19, 2006 London London Astoria
October 20, 2006 Sheffield Sheffield Leadmill
October 22, 2006 Bristol Carling Academy
October 23, 2006 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University
October 24, 2006 Brighton England Corn Exchange
October 26, 2006 Oxford Brookes University
October 27, 2006 Bournemouth Old Fire Station
October 28, 2006 Saint Helier Jersey Jersey Gloucester Hall
October 30, 2006 Brecon Wales Brecon Market Hall
October 31, 2006 Warwick England University of Warwick
November 1, 2006 Aberystwyth Wales Aberystwyth University
November 3, 2006 London England London Forum
European Dates (November 2006)
November 10, 2006 Paris France La Boule Noire The Blood Arm
November 25, 2006 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso London Calling Festival[59]
January 23, 2007 Cologne Germany Prime Club
NME Rock Tour (January–February 2007)
January 29, 2007 Belfast Northern Ireland Ulster Hall Mumm-Ra
The Horrors
The View
January 30, 2007 Dublin Ireland Ambassador Theatre
February 1, 2007 Glasgow Scotland Carling Academy Glasgow
February 3, 2007 Manchester England Manchester Academy
February 6, 2007 Newcastle upon Tyne Carling Academy Newcastle
February 7, 2007 Birmingham Carling Academy Birmingham
February 8, 2007 Norwich University of East Anglia
February 10, 2007 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University Mumm-Ra
The View
February 11, 2007 Sheffield England Octagon Centre
February 12, 2007 Reading The Hexagon Mumm-Ra
The Horrors
The View
February 14, 2007 Nottingham Nottingham Rock City
February 15, 2007 Liverpool Liverpool University
February 16, 2007 Southampton Guildhall
February 18, 2007 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange
February 19, 2007 Exeter Exeter University
February 20, 2007 Bristol Bristol Carling Academy
February 23, 2007 London Brixton Academy
Summer festival circuit (March–June 2007)
March 17, 2007 Austin United States South by Southwest, SXSW Emo's Festival
March 18, 2007 South by Southwest, SXSW Bat Bar Festival[60]
March 19, 2007 New York City Pianos
April 30, 2007 London England Give It A Name, Earls Court, Main Stage Festival[61]
May 25, 2007 Lausanne Switzerland Balélec Festival, Grande Scène Festival
May 26, 2007 Pontypridd Wales The Full Ponty, Ynysangharad Park, Main Stage Festival[62]
June 10, 2007 Dores Scotland RockNess, Main Stage Festival
June 22, 2007 Glastonbury England Glastonbury Festival, The Other Stage Festival
Warped tour (June–July 2007)
June 29, 2007 Pomona United States Pomona Fairgrounds Warped Tour
June 30, 2007 Ventura Seaside Park
July 1, 2007 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 3, 2007 Vancouver Canada Thunderbird Stadium
July 5, 2007 Calgary Race City Speedway
July 7, 2007 Salt Lake City United States Utah State Fairgrounds
July 8, 2007 Denver Invesco Field Mile High
July 11, 2007 Phoenix Cricket Pavilion
July 12, 2007 Las Cruces NMSU Practise Field
July 18, 2007 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 19, 2007 Jacksonville Reynolds Park Yacht Club
July 15, 2007 Tampa Vinoy Park
July 21, 2007 Miami Bicentennial Park
July 22, 2007 Orlando Tinker Field
July 23, 2007 Charlotte Verizon Amphitheatre
July 24, 2007
USA/Canada headline tour (July–August 2007)
July 26, 2007 New York City United States Bowery Ballroom Liam and Me
Mile High School
What A Great Audience
The Sterns
Various
July 27, 2007 Hartford Sweet Janes
July 28, 2007 Washington, D.C. Rock N Roll Hotel
July 30, 2007 Boston MA Great Scotts
July 31, 2007 Philadelphia Northstar
August 1, 2007 Toronto Canada Mod Club
August 3, 2007 Detroit United States MI Shelter
August 4, 2007 Chicago Subterranean
August 6, 2007 Charlotte Tremont Music Hall
August 7, 2007 Atlanta GA Vinyl
Get Loaded in the Park (August 2007)
August 26, 2007 London England Clapham Common, Main Stage

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