Biffier than thou

For those of you on the East Coast of Scotland, we've got some good news for you...

As some of you will be aware, our show in Edinburgh Potterrow, was closed to anyone under 18.
This was not something we agreed with or consented to, yet still the venue insisted, and would not bow to pressure from ourselves, our booking agent, and promoter.

Rather than move the show to a larger venue that would allow all ages, we want to preserve the intimacy afforded at Potterrow, but also give younger fans opportunity to see the band without having to travel long distances.

As such, we've added an extra show, on June 2nd, at the smaller 400-capacity Edinburgh Exchange.

Tickets for this show will be available from 9am on Wednesday 18th April from the following outlet
ticketmaster - 0870 1690100 / gigsinscotland.com / ticketmaster.co.uk

Whilst it's hard to ensure all tickets go to those who missed out at Potterrow, we hope this will give you enough time to let the news filter around, and to get yourselves into position come Wednesday.

In addition to the online tickets, 150 tickets will be available over the counter at Ripping Records in Edinburgh.
These tickets will ONLY be available to people under 18.
Some sort of ID may be required if you look older than 18.

We hope this goes some way to make it up to those who thought they would miss out on seeing the band in May.x

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December 07, 2006

XFM Winter Wonderland

Their first Glasgow gig in 360 days. Longest. Wait. Ever.

Cheers to Scott for the Photos...

Arguably, a bit of a strange bill; the best of Scotland as it currently stands, and Ocean Colour Scene, Get.Cape... odd.

But not to worry. It was always going to be the case that the crowds were slightly seperate for this, and it's certainly what I witnessed; the people going crazy for the view definitely departed when Biffy came on, and came back after they'd finished for OCS.

And for the record, the Biffy fans weren't booing OCS. Idiots.

Setlist:
Glitter and Trauma
Semi-Mental
Justboy
Now I'm Everyone
All the Way Down Chapter One: Prologue
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Who's got a match?
Saturday Superhouse
My Recovery Injection

Suffice to say, Saturday Superhouse is by FAR the strongest of the new tunes i've heard to date. Utter beast.

There're numerous rips of the gig kicking about -you won't get it here though, but I'm sure if you ask someone on the main www.biffyclyro.com site, you'll get it there. Maybe after the album's out.

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December 06, 2006

Ice Factory, Perth

The boys returned to the live arena with a warm up gig in Perth, on the banks of the River Tay in Scotland.

The set was a mixture of both new and old, with one song getting it's first ever airing to the paying punter, that being 'Saturday Superhouse'. We were also treated to rare outings from 'All The Way Down (Prologue, Chapter One)' and 'Hero Management'. The support band were The X-Certs from Aberdeen, who seem to be heavily influenced by the Ayrshire trio.

The most important feature of the night though is the reminder that Biffy Clyro are still the best live band in the world.

The full set;

Semi-mental
Glitter and Trauma
Justboy
Some Kind of Wizard
Who's Got A Match
All The Way Down (Prologue/Chapter 1)
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Now I'm Everyone
Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave
Saturday Superhouse
My Recovery Injection
Hero Management

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There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake

If anyone has any photos etc. please send them in and we'll get them on the site ASAP.

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June 21, 2006

Preston Mill

Semi-mental
Bodies in Flight
Some Kind of Wizard
Joy.Discovery.Invention
Liberate the Illiterate
Glitter and Trauma
Who's got a match
All the way down - prologue / ch1
My Recovery Injection
57
Wave upon wave
Now I'm everyone
Eradicate the doubt
Justboy
Kids of Kibble
Scary Mary
Jaggy Snake

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May 31, 2006

Zodiac, Oxford

I've used MexicolaSoul from the community's comments on the gig, as I think they speak volumes.

"Zodiac was a return to form if you ask me. Pure unadulterated energy from the outset. I thought the KOKO gig earlier in the year was good, but a little flat? This one ROCKED proper-stylee!!!! Bodies in Flight shifted severe amounts of airwaves, Jaggy was killer (as always).....oh and good to see Simons beard back, bad and in full effect ha ha. Oh and Now I'm Everyone is an awesome tune. Like all the best Biffy stuff it's a grower. This is the one. Believe."

Semi-mental
Bodies in Flight
Some Kind of Wizard
Joy.Discovery.Invention
Liberate the illiterate
Glitter and Trauma
Who's got a match
All the way down - prologue / ch1
My Recovery Injection
57
Wave upon wave
Now I'm everyone
Eradicate the doubt
Justboy
Kids of Kibble
Scary Mary
Jaggy Snake

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December 28, 2005

Ticket Gallery

Just starting to build up a gallery of all the tickets from the individual entries. :-) Question - would you guys prefer the clickable thumbnails to take you to the larger version of the image, or to the entry for the gig in question?

C

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December 21, 2005

Very old Biffy photos from King Tut's

Thanks to Peter Rooney for those wicked shots of Biffy! These used to be on the actual bc.com site a couple of years back, and they're very very high quality.

King Tut's 2001

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December 08, 2005

Belfast, Spring and Airbrake

Setlist:

Some Kind of Wizard
Kill The Old
Semi Mental
Glitter and Trauma
When The Faction's Fractioned
Living Is Easy
A day of...
Joy. Discovery. Invention.
I'm Behind You
Kids From Kibble
Justboy
Now I'm Everyone
Toys
Christopher's River
My Recovery Injection
Bodies In Flight

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There's No Such Man As Crasp
There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake

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December 06, 2005

Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh

One of the precursors to the '4 in a row' shows at King Tuts. Supported by Orko, who are celebrating the release of their first single, on Raskol Records, called 'Travel Plans'. This was one of the first opportunities that Scottish fans have had to hear the new material in a live setting.

Given the length of time it's actually been since the band played live, they were startingly tight - obviously all that practice before tours start (check out the Zane Lowe interview) pays off. The new material sounds rather good - particular interest comes in the form of 'Get fucked, Stud', and 'Semi-Mental', the two that I picked up on and got really into while they were being played - it's always a sign of a good song when you're trying to sing along on first listen.

There were a great many comments that the other, previously unheard song (Love has a diameter) sounded like Arcade Fire - I can't really comment on it, but it did have a nice sort of gallopy feel to it. Overall, the sound was as spot on as I've heard it, and the performance was pretty flawless. The band tend to vary quite a lot in terms of passion and technical performance live, but it was good to see that this was up there on both scores. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the new stuff next week at Tuts!

Setlist:

This is the setlist as originally specified:

And this is the setlist played...

Some Kind of Wizard
Convex Concave
asexual Meat Kitchen
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Eradicate The Doubt
The Ideal Height
Get Fucked, Stud
My Recovery Injection
Wave upon Wave Upon Wave
Love has a Diameter
A Man of His Appalling Posture
Semi-mental
Questions and Answer
Glitter and Trauma
Stress on the Sky
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No Such Man As Crasp
There's No Such thing as a Jaggy Snake

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September 14, 2005

Queen Margaret Union - Glasgow University Fresher's Week

Aside from mass drunkeness, and the fact that it was 'fucking class', no one seems to be able to tell me anything apart from the setlist...

Some Kind of Wizard
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Asexual Meat Kitchen
The Ideal Height
Justboy
Wave upon wave upon wave
All the way down chapter 1
Christophers river
Semi-mental
Strung to your ribcage
Get Fucked stud (new song?)
My Recovery Injection
The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light
Hero Management
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Glitter and Trauma
Theres no such thing as a jaggy snake

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September 10, 2005

Kerrang

Why... I do believe that's Langey holding up a sign during all american rejects....

(If anyone knows the date of this article, that'd be cracking...)

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September 08, 2005

New Biffy Shows

Fresh off the press from the Biffyclyro.com site:

We're excited to announce some very intimate shows at the end of the year in Scotland and Ireland...

We're very excited about these shows, and hope to see as many of you as possible.

FUCKING AWESOME.

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August 30, 2005

Glasgow Uni Freshers Gig

Rumour has it that Biffy are to headline the Freshers gig at Glasgow Uni for the second year in a row, with support coming from the shockingly good Fickle Public...

The gig, to be held on the night of September 14th, will be open to all uni freshers free of charge - plus much cheap drink will be attainable at the bar. God bless student unions.

As of yet, no details have been released about the public sale of any tickets - although it may indeed be a possibility if last years Freshers gig is anything to go by!

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June 15, 2005

Biffy in France again next month?

It appears Biffy are going to play a french Music festival next month - July 15th, the Festival betes De Scene. I have no idea what that translates as, but i'm sure it's something to do with scene kids and floppy hair attending. Or something.

Tickets

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June 09, 2005

SECC, Glasgow

Another date supporting VR, and a slightly better response this time round.

Glitter and trauma
Semi-Mental
Justboy
My recovery injection
All the way down chapter 1
Eradicate the doubt
Liberate the illiterate
57

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June 08, 2005

Odyssey, Belfast

Short set as the band support 75% of the Appetite for Destruction era Guns N Roses! In the form of the rather good Velvet Revolver Mmm... spandex-a-licious. :)

Seems to have been quite a good gig and has won over some more fans, despite some boo-ing from some of the (presumably) more narrow minded VR fans...

Glitter and Trauma
Bodies In Flight
My Recovery Injection
New Song (Not sure which one yet!)
Eradicate The Doubt
All The Way Down
57

Nice little set - I'm liking the inclusion of All the Way Down these days - probably my favourite Biffy song, so I'm a little biased... Just trying to see if I can hunt down some photos.

There's some pretty scathing comments on one of NI's music discussion forums about the gig... most of them strike me as pretty ignorant and narrow minded, rather than founded on any real substance. They seem to have picked up on one facet of the performance and have run it into the ground. Still... who gives a fuck what some mulleted-stuck-in-the-80s-hair-metal-fans think?

C

Some fan-level shots from in the crowd:

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June 02, 2005

Loughborough Uni

Bit of an interesting one this...

Setlist, review, and photos, all inside!

One of the venues that isn't exactly on the touring circuit, so there were a few 'issues' around the security and crowd arrangements. Despite the band's tech rider having a crush barrier specified, the Uni didn't provide one. Mistakes were made, and lessons learned, although possibly at the slight bruising expense of some of the crowd at the front.

Support bands were Halfway Tyler, and Johnny Panic.

Setlist:
Glitter and Trauma
Bodies in Flight
JDI
MRI
Semi-Mental - new song
Justboy
Eradicate the doubt
All The Fucking Way Down
Asexual - new song
Kids from Kibble
Only one Word
Q and A
Jaggy
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Wave upon Wave
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(Thankyou Frances.)

And a review, courtesy of Garvey which is much appreciated. Photos to follow!

"Fantastic show

My thighs are covered in the biggest bruises I've ever had after spending most of the gig being sprawled on the stage against the amps but it was worth it. A bath certainly wouldn't go a miss anyways. By the time 'Eradicate the Doubt' ended I had to get out. But I did worm my way nicely back to the front after a much needed rest. My legs wouldn't stop shaking from the sheer pressure of everyone behind me.

We got there about 7.15-ish and briefly, as we walked by to the entrance we saw a fire exit open and heard what sounded like a new song. So we huddled around the fire exit watching Biffy soundcheck. Unluckily, it didn't last long though as a security guard came up and closed us out.

We did speak to the local support guitarist while we were there who was so genuinely excited about playing with Biffy. They were fairly average though but much better then the band that followed them.

I really I'm suprised about the lack of crowd barrier. After seeing the venue and noticing that there wasn't one there in the soundcheck. I thought the reason they extended the door opening time from 8 to half 8 was to put one up. A line of white duct tape isn't going to stop anybody.

I really thought Johnny Panic were terrible. It was hilarious when the singer fell and I thought they were extremely funny without really trying to be. The lyrics, stage presence and banter between songs had me in hysterics. "Our debut album has just come out and it is without a doubt the best album of the year" and "this song really could be a hit".

Tthe setlist was great and the sound was really good too for Biffy. The two new songs and of course 'All the Way Down' were highlights.

Neil and Adam did look slightly concerned and it was a relief that no-one was hurt too badly. Thanks go to Neil for handing out the much needed water as the security only really started to notice and help once he intervened. Once Biffy started too the guard used both me and Fran to shove everyone back. I ended up on the floor from the force of him and everyone pushing me. "

Garvey

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Up to date tour dates...

Much festival fun to be had over the summer, plus a couple of big name supports... namely the legends that are most of Guns N Roses - Velvet Revolver!

08/06/2005 Belfast Odyssey Arena
09/06/2005 Glasgow SECC
10/06/2005 Donington Racecourse Download Festival (main Stage)
11/06/2005 Northampton University
19/06/2005 Reading BukandSkit Festival
02/07/2005 Bonn, Germany Rheinkultur Festival
10/07/2005 Balado, Kinross T In The Park (main Stage)
23/07/2005 Hill Farm, Oxfordshire Truck Festival

Full details of each venue are available on the official Biffy Clyro dot com site. :-) These are just for the sake of completeness, kids!

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May 27, 2005

Student Union, Reading University

Review of the Reading University gig.

BBC Berkshire

Glaswegian rockers Biffy Clyro must be a fan of Reading. Last year they played at BukandSkit Festival in Emmer Green, and they're playing there again this year on 19 June. If that wasn't enough, they also gigged at Reading Uni. Read the review.

In the midst of exams, the students of Reading University had been working hard, so this was the night for playing hard. Formed in the 90s, the Glaswegian Biffy Clyro is a band that likes to play it their own way, shunning the commercial musical rat race and ‘keeping it real’. They prove this in every live performance.

With vague comparisons to Weezer and Jimmy Eat World, Biffy are not a band that I’d like to see get any bigger, just because the touring of smaller venues makes their powerful chords and emotive tracks seem even more individual.

Opening up with Glitter And Trauma, the first track from their first album Infinity Land, Biffy Clyro strike down upon the beying University crowd. The bouncers are out straight away as the whole room jump from the first chord. Their powerful lyrics and emotive guitar riffs inspire the audience to chant: “Biff-y! Biff-y!” once this first track is over. The first mosh pit of the evening starts heaving during the second, heavier song, Babes.

Their power and energy is, in a word, overwhelming. With the first crashing notes of anthemic track Just Boy, there isn’t one person not jumping and singing along with the band.

As a three-piece, this band knows how to work the stage, with all of them sharing their vocal duties. The musical build-up during All The Way Down sends the crowd palpably crazy, the first crowd surfers riding on the crest of the energetic pit. Everyone feels the intensity, and heavy-laden new track Kids starts a circle pit with more frenzied fans. Quite rightly the Captain receives a welcome chant of: “We love you Biffy, we do!”

If you think it can’t get better than this, Questions And Answers becomes the sweat-dripping track that bathes the venue. With its powerful lyrics, a move away from the distortion pedal and drummer Ben Johnston pounding every muscular fibre into every drumbeat, this track is the reason Biffy are truly amazing.

This phenomenal buzz that enraptured us from the start of the night climaxes with a stage dive from guitarist Simon Neil during final track Now The Action. The crowd naturally welcome Simon into their dripping arms, sealing off an electric gig that will certainly be filed under one of the best Reading University gigs of all time.

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Student Union, Reading University

Also: An excellent Review of the gig from the BBC.

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May 26, 2005

Preston Mill

Setlist scans included...

Cheers to Dan Shelley for the setlist and scan. :)

Glitter and Trauma
Bodies in Flight
Joy.Discovery.Invention
My Recovery Injection
Asexual (new song!)
Justboy
Eradicate the Doubt
All The Way Down
Strung to your Ribcage
Easy Living (?) (New song!)
The Kids from Kibble and The Fist Of Light
Only One Word Comes to mind
Questions and Answers
There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake
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Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave
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May 22, 2005

Review - Leeds Met Uni

From Stereohead.co.uk

The amount of times I here ‘Mon The Biffy’ tonight, if stretched in font 10
end to end would circum navigate the world 6.5 times. Fact.
Is their a limit to the amount of times a band is medically able to tour? If
there is pray for Biffy Clyro as they play way too many shows for their own
good. This tour, tentatively in promotion of new single ‘Only One Word
Springs To Mind’, is another biggy from one of the most credible UK bands
doing the rounds at the moment. It seems as if they don’t really need an
excuse to tour anymore anyway, in house conversations must go something like
- “oh look it’s the 10th Sunday after Pentecost? Right here we go again
lads.“ Now that’s grafting.

Truth is Biffy really do deserve all the recent plaudits from media and fans
alike, after so many years in the wilderness it turns out diversifying their
sound and upping the weirdness factor actually progressed their careers, go
figure. Ah yes it’s the age old tale of the hare and the tortoise re-written
for the modern day UK rock chronicles. While Hundred Reasons and Hell Is For
Heroes rushed out of the blocks and had big selling debut albums but were
then unceremoniously dropped earlier this year, Biffy Clyro have kept
plugging away, playing the toilets of the British Isles, building up a vast
fan base and releasing ever advancing, more challenging albums and finally
they’re approaching the finishing line. To add extra irony to the saga it’s
the very same Hell Is For Heroes that are supporting tonight. It’s a
touching tale of how hard work, determination and sacrifice can pay off.
Stay in school kids.

So then, Leeds Met. it is, definite proof Biffy have stepped it up a notch
after playing the Cockpit in September? or a one off? They’ve sold this
place out easily so it looks unlikely they’ll be disappearing any time soon,
unluckily for anyone that hasn’t witnessed them in full flow in a more
intimate setting but tonight Biffy Clyro prove they can rock with the best
of them no matter what the setting,
Formed from the ashes of hardcore mob Will Haven , er, hardcore mob
Ghostride have the relatively tame task of warming an already pumped crowd
up. But seriously, hardcore thrashing on a Biffy bill? It’s not the best of
choices. They aren't that bad in reality. Very grimy in a ‘we haven't
cleaned behind the toilet in 25 years’ kinda way and equally as unpleasant
to look at (sorry, I didn’t have a chance to smell them but I assume
similar), They chug away incessantly with the vocals just this side of
screamed and there is enough melody there to be bearable but after 3 songs
it’s fair to say I've had enough and retreat to the bar.

Do people still care about Hell Is For Heroes? You bet your left testicle
they do. A very dishevelled looking Justin Schlossberg has to be in with a
shot of winning most intense and self harming frontman around at the moment
(as well as vocalist with hardest to spell surname which he’s won 3 years
running and has a meticulously polished trophy on his mantelpiece to that
effect). Kicking off with comeback song ‘Kamichi’ its a set of superb
numbers which go to prove how vital HIFH are. I almost wish this was a
co-headlining show as Hell Is For Heroes are just superb in whatever format
you find them. ‘Retreat’ is the only sorely missed absentee but
‘Nightvision’ and ‘I Can Climb Mountains’ are as immense as ever and the
crowd lap it up in a big way. The new songs in some respects pale in
comparison (case in point ’Models For The Programme’) but hopefully that’s
just down to the fact their growers. HIFH deserve to be back on top of the
pile in 2005, check them out headlining in April.

It’s time for the purveyors of the anti-overnight success Biffy Clyro then.
Do you like pretentious band introductions? Then you’ll love Biffy, 5 odd
minutes of rumbling and lighting effects that even Space Mountain couldn’t
top are the preview to a stonking ‘Glitter and Trauma’ where not pogo-ing
would result in premature death. It’s just not an option for a long while.
It’s amazing just how many amazing hits Biffy Clyro have in their arsenal,
at least 3 huge classics from each of their 3 albums plus a supporting cast
of many more extremely strong tunes. Tonight's setlist turns out to be a tad
toooo long though (as a sprint to the train station ensured following
completion), it could have been condensed slightly more but maybe Simon Neil
and the Johnston Brothers are saying a big thanks to all the diehard (of
which their are many) fans here in Leeds tonight by playing such a
substantial amount of material. On top of that it appears lead vocalist
Simon is enjoying it more tonight than he has previous, my last Biffy
experience in September for example I believed was a much more lacklustre
display than tonight's excellent display. Highlights are impossible to
trace but the usual suspects of ‘Justboy’ and ‘Ideal Height’ are never going
to be less than exquisite. Everything a show should be, great music, great
atmosphere, great band.

A notch has indeed been risen but will this be the last stop of Biffys road
to domination or have they got more in the bag? If you’re a Biffy Clyro fan,
I don’t think you need me to answer that.

9/10
Luke_Ramsden_

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April 17, 2005

More Euro Dates!

The band will be out and about in Europe during May, with the potential for some low-key shows in the UK after that, although nothing is even close to being confirmed.

MAY 2005 - Euro Tour

• Sun 8 - Oslo, Sweden - Garage


• Mon 9 - Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser


• Tues 10 - Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega


• Wed 11 - Hamburg, Germany – Molotow


• Thurs 12 - A day of rest!


• Fri 13 - Ahlen, Germany – Alte Schuhfabrik


• Sat 14 - Berlin, Germany – Mudd Klub


• Sun 15 - Puttlingen, Germany – Pacco Del Sclacko


• Mon 16 - Essen, Germany – Pfingst Open Air Fest


• Tues 17 - Heidelberg, Germany – Karlstorbahnof


• Wed 18 - Stuttgart, Germany – Schocken

Cheap flights? Ryanair and Easyjet seem like the way forward...

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April 16, 2005

Dublin

Setlist:

Glitter
go slow
wizard
Justboy
eradicate
pause and turn it up
recovery
(new song)
joy discovery
fist of light
only one word
Questions
(new Song)
No Such Thing

Atrocity
Toys
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April 15, 2005

Derry

Joy.Discovery Invention
Justboy
The Go Slow
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Glitter and Trauma
My Recovery Injection
ATROCITY
Some Kind Of Wizard
Only One Word Comes to Mind
There's no such thing as a Jaggy Snake
The Kids from Kibble
Pause it and Turn It Up
Questions and Answers
Eradicate the Doubt
Toystoystoys

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April 05, 2005

Tour dates

Tour dates for Ireland are as follows:

Thurs 14th:Belfast Limelight with mojo fury and berkeley

Fri 15th:Derry Nerve Centre with Berkeley

Sat 16th:Dublin Voodoo Lounge with Mike Got Spiked and Dead Girls and Boys

Sun 17th:Cork An Cruiscin Lon with My Remorse and Racing for Pinks

Mon 18th:Galway Roisin Dubh with The Boy Who Hit You Is Dead and Berkeley

Wed 20th: Le Splendid, Lille, France

Thu 21st: Palais D'Auron (printemps Do Bourges Festival), Bourges, France

Fri 22nd: Ninkasi Kao, Lyon, France

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March 06, 2005

Kulturfabrik Loeseke, Hildesheim, Germany

Muchos thanks to Sid for the photos!

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March 05, 2005

FZW, Dortmund, Germany

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March 04, 2005

Forum, Beilefield, Germany

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March 03, 2005

Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland

More of Jamie's Dutch trip...

So now on to the amsterdam gig, which was fucking aweeeeeesome. Met some other english people in there that had come over for a college trip, and where lucky enough to have one of there favourite bands playing at the same time. I started chatting to one of the girls who was quite fit. We was getting on ok. Then i offered to buy her a drink and she seemed to go off me. Oh well...

So yeh back to the gig..

Glitter and Trauma
The Go Slow
Some Kind of Wizard
Justboy
Liberate the Illiterate
My Recovery Injection
Eradicate The Doubt
Pause it And turn It Up
The Ideal height
Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave
Joy Discovery Invention
Only One Word comes to Mind
Questions and Answers
The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light (on running Order, not played)
Convex Concave
There's no Such Man as Crasp
There's no Such thing as a Jaggy snake
ToysToysToyschoke...Toystoystoys

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March 02, 2005

Rotown Rotterdam, March 2nd 2005

We've taken some of the photos from Den, much appreciated, and I've taken the liberty of using's Jamie's post as a little review...

Is fucking freezing. There has been massive amounts of snowfall. Infact the most holland has seen in over 20 years. What a time for me to come over to a different country and see my favourite band.

So my plane was only delay by half an hour which was quite a suprise. Thought it would of been much longer. Met up with Den (Toilet guy) And off we went from amsterdam schiphol airport to Rotterdam.

We found the venue quite easy and went in there and had a few pre-gig drinks where we met up with eddie, stars and shites, amnesiac and some other people i can't remember the name of. The difference in price between beer and spirits here is amazing. 1.70 euros for some heineken and 4.70 for bacardi and orange. So i had bacardi and orange because i'm camp, innit vicky.

The venue was tiiiiny, and was nowhere near sold out. I would say there was about 80/90 people at most. It was quite surreal going from seeing them at sold out bristol/london/southampton shows to seeing them in a place like the rotown. Setlist, well i got one but i haven't got it on me.. it was erm..

Glitter & Trauma
Some Kind of Wizard
Justboy
Jaggy Snake
Liberate The Illiterate
My Recovery Injection
Eradicate The Doubt
Joy.Discovery.Invention
Only One Word Comes to Mind
Questions and Answers
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Scary Mary
Now The Action

They played a really good show, and scary mary was unexpected because it wasn't actually on the setlist..

Then we went home, although we did have a snowfight first, which the biffs didn't wanna participate in

So now i'm in amsterdam, in an internet cafe, all by myself. It's freezing outside and my trousers are soaked where i have been attempting to wade my way through the masses of snow. I'm really hungry and i fancy a nice english breakfast. Although i'll settle for some pannekoek

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March 01, 2005

Sojo Club, Leuven, Belgium

Setlist:
Glitter and Trauma
The Go Slow
Some Kind of Wizard
Justboy
Liberate the Illiterate
My Recovery Injection
Eradicate the Doubt
Pause it and turn it up
Joy.discovery.invention
Only one word comes to mind
Questions and Answers
The kids from kibble and the fist of light
There's no such man as crasp 
There's no such thing as a jaggy snake
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Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys
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February 28, 2005

La Boule Noire

Venue was changed from the Nouveau Casino!

Amazing amazing amazing...
First thins first,setlist:

G+T
Go Slow
Wizard
Justboy
Liberate The Illiterate
Injection
Eradicate
Pause It
Toys
JDI
Only One Word
Q+A
Kids From Kibble
Crasp
Jaggy Snake
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Now The Action

Excellent gig,in a venue of less than 200 people.Excellent sound,rarely seen a band with such a good sound.Really better than the last time I saw them last october.As you can see,slightly different setlist as what you guys and girls have had on the Uk tour,I missed wave upon wave but apart from that it was awesome.Simon was playing in the pit as soon as the middle of the go slow,no joking,he just climbed on the speakers then went down in the crowd.He also looked very upset with people crowd-surfing/moshing during OOWCTM,which I admit wasn't the most intelligent thing to do.
Daddy loved it,which is always a good sign,he came with me cause I didn't want to be alone so he came along.Cheers to him.

Thanks to FrenchBuckRogers for that one!

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February 26, 2005

Southampton university

Glitter and Trauma
Go Slow
Wizard
Justboy
Liberate
Recovery
Eradicate
Pause It
Ideal Height
Wave
Joy.Disc
Only One Word
Questions
Kids
Crasp
Jaggy

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Atrocity (acoustic!!!)
Toys
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February 25, 2005

London Astoria 25/02/05

Glasgow have often made the claim to be the best city for gigs in the country. Having seen gigs up and down the country now, I think it's a claim that's generally true.

But this gig gives lie to the fact that Biffy's hometown gigs are the best. Put simply, this was the band on their top form, with an absolutely rabid crowd that sang every word, felt every drumbeat and lived every moment of the performance.

The last time I remember a gig like this was back in Tuts a couple of years ago, and it was the same there - every word sung to the heavens. Sorry, Glasgow, but you're spoiled when it comes to Biffy.

Intro
Glitter And Trauma
The Go Slow
Some Kind Of Wizard
Justboy
Liberate The Illiterate / A Mong Upon Mingers
My Recovery Injection
Eradicate The Doubt
Pause It And Turn It Up
The Ideal Height
Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave Upon
Joy. Discovery. Invention
Only One Word Comes To Mind
Questions And Awnsers
The Kids From Kibble And The Fist Of Light
Theres No Such Man As Crasp
Theres No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake
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The Atrocity (Acoustic)
Toys Toys Toys Choke Toys Toys Toys
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Cheers to stephen for the setlist.

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February 24, 2005

Bristol Anson Rooms

Review from Rock Review

Setlist:
Glitter and Trauma
The Go Slow
Some Kind of Wizard
Justboy
Liberate the Illiterate
My Recovery Injection
Eradicate The Doubt
Pause It and Turn it Up
The Ideal Height
Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave
Joy.Discovery.Invention
Only One Word Comes To Mind
Questions and Answers
The Kids from Kibble and The Fist of Light
There's no such Man as Crasp
There's no such Thing as a Jaggy Snake

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The Atrocity (Simon acoustic)
Toystoystoyschoketoystoystoys
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February 23, 2005

Cardiff Coal Exchange

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February 22, 2005

Leeds Metropolitan University

Photos by Frances. :-)

Someone please tell me the setlist for this chap! I know it'll be roughly the same as the other gigs on this tour, but it needs to be right, damn you!!!

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February 20, 2005

Wolverhampton Wolfrun

Glitter and Trauma
The Go-Slow
Some Kind of Wizard
Justboy
Liberate the Illiterate / A Mong Among Mingers
My Recovery Injection
Eradicate the Doubt
Pause It and Turn It Up
The Ideal Height
Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave
Joy.Discovery.Invention
Only One Word Comes To Mind
Questions and Answers
The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light
There's No Such Man As Crasp
There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake

Encore..
The Atrocity
Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys
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February 19, 2005

Norwich University of East Anglia

Glitter and Trauma
the go-slow
Some kind of wizard
justboy
the ideal height
liberate the illiterate
pause it and turn it up.
Joy. Discovery. Invention
eradicate the doubt   
my recovery injection
wave upon wave upon wave
only one word comes to mind
questions and answers           
kids from the kibble
no such crasp/jaggy

encore
The Atrocity (acoustic)
Toys, Toys, Toys
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February 18, 2005

Manchester Academy

Glitter and Trauma
The go Slow
Some Kind of Wizard
Justboy
Liberate
Recovery
Eradicate
Pause it
Ideal height
Wave Upon
Joy Discovery Invention
Only One Word
Questions
Kids from Kibble
Crasp Jaggy Snake
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Atrocity
Toys
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February 17, 2005

Glasgow Carling Academy

The largest, to date, venue that the band have played in Glasgow.

J.D.I
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justboy
The go-slow
Ideal height
liberate
Q&A
Eradicate
Toys
G&T
M.R.I
The Atrocity
Some kind of wizard
wave upon...
OOWCTM
Crasp
Jaggy
Kibble
PIATIU

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February 16, 2005

Aberdeen Music Hall

I got the setlist, this was the order;

Glitter
Go Slow
Wizard
Justboy
Liberate
Recovery
Eradicate
Pause It (B-A-D-F*-B-D)
Ideal
Wave
Joy e-tuning
Strung
Only One Word
Questions
Kids
Atrocity (Si acoustic)
Crasp (vocal)
Jaggy

Toys
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December 13, 2004

The Exchange, Edinburgh - Exclusive Gig!

The band play a 'competition winners and guestlist only' gig at the Edinburgh Exchange, in conjunction with Beat 106, who ran a competition for the two weeks prior to the show. The band ran a poll on their website asking fans to vote for the songs they most want to hear.

The setlist looks a little something like this:

Hope for an Angel
The Go Slow
Kill The Old, Torture Their Young
waiting for green
Wave Upon Wave Upon Wave
Breatheher
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...andwiththescissorkickisvictorious
The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light
Bonanzoid Deathgrip
Instructio4
The Ideal Height
My Recovery Injection
There's No Such Thing as a Jaggy Snake
Justboy
Toystoystoys...chokeToystoystoys
Glitter and Trauma
Stress on the sky

The venue was a little bit of an odd choice... a new venue, it was more vaguely reminiscent of a school hall/community centre deelie than anything else, but there was still the full set-up there, which was pretty good. The exclusivity (real word?) was added to because the venue hall seemed to be just a bit smaller than the 800 capacity Glasgow Garage, it was distinctly less than full, meaning plenty of room for people to mill about, mingle and generally whore themselves out.

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December 08, 2004

Inverness Blue

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December 07, 2004

Dundee Fat Sams

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December 06, 2004

BIffy Clyro - Live in Your Living Room

The original thing on the biffy news page said:

"How many times have you listened to Biffy in the comfort of your own home...?

Ever imagined the band set up inbetween your tv and coffee table...?

Next week, the band will perform a full electric set, in Glasgow, in one of your homes...

If you think that you or a friend have a room in your house that could accomodate the band, yourself, and around 30 of your friends, family and pets, (and don't have any un-cancellable plans on the 6th or 7th of December...) we're looking to hear from you...

E-mail us your details right now, to neil@biffyclyro.com

Let us know your name, age, the address of the house, and some reasons why you think you could play host to a startlingly unique Biffy show... If it's not your name on the mortgage/lease/deeds, we will also need to clear things with your parents/flatmate/girlfriend, because we don't want to land you in any unwanted trouble (please include these contact details)

We will read all the replies, work things out, and get things underway for the house party with a difference...

Again, neil@biffyclyro.com is the address to email your replies,

we look forward to hearing from you, and hope you can make a decent cup of tea..."

Needless to say, I applied. I've been a huge fan of Biffy for a couple of years, so this was just a dream come true.

Come 6 o'clock on the 6th of December, my buzzer in the flat goes.

"Heylo?"
"Hiya Chris... it's Biffy Clyro."
"Aye aye, very good... mon up."

Door opens, and a begloved Mr Simon Neil enters. Followed by Ben, James, Neil, Dee, a photographer from Kerrang, a journalist from Kerrang, the press woman from Beggars, and various roadies and technical types. Ulp. We sit around for a bit talking to the band and to the journalists, and I look over worriedly as furniture is shifted around with great aplomb. (No pun intended.) I'm pretty sure my face went white as they set up this lot of kit:

The final straw for my rather jangled nerves is when one of the roadies comments... "you know... you should probably open those windows. We're not entirely sure what this level of sound's going to do to them." I hit the bottle, with Mr Beam and his friend Mr Daniels looking entirely attractive, not to mention the multiple cases of beer that the band have brought with them, nice guys that they are. By this point i've phoned everyone I can think of, and it's looking fairly busy, with about 20 people there, plus all the band people mentioned above. As well as my friends, the runners up in the competition are there as well, which is pretty cool.

Finally we get settled down - all the furniture pushed over to the windows and the band set up on the other side. For some reason, I'd assumed they'd play where the TV was - under the windows, but they did the opposite. Made it stick in the head even more!

(tbc)

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November 23, 2004

XFM Xposure Gig @ London Barfly

Very special London gig, unleashed on radio!

XFM Jingles

Interview with John Kennedy

Introduction

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Eradicate the Doubt

My Recovery injection

The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light

Hero Management

There's No Such Thing As a Jaggy Snake

The Atrocity

Joy.Discovery.Invention

Liberate the Illiterate

Strung to your Ribcage

Justboy

Glitter and Trauma

Bodies in Flight

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September 30, 2004

Swansea Patti Pavilion

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June 19, 2004

Durham University

Supports:Cayto and 1 other
Setlist:
Bodies in Flight
The Ideal Height
Convex Concave
Glitter and Trauma
Justboy
There's no such thing as a jaggy snake
JDI
Eradicate the Doubt
Wave upon Wave upon Wave upon...
Questions and Answers
Now the Action is on Fire

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April 27, 2004

Islington Academy

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April 04, 2004

Nottingham Rock City

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April 03, 2004

Manchester Academy 3

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March 19, 2004

London Astoria

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London, Mean fiddler

Supporting Hundred Reasons - unsure of the venue!

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December 06, 2003

Review - Glasgow SECC, Supporting Feeder, with Aqualung

From Glasgow UNi's Subcity Radio site. :)

How dare anyone nominate the SECC as the best gig venue in Glasgow. Let this be a lesson to the misguided: you can criticise the QMU for its preposterously early starting times, but they have their money-spinning club nights to host. What exactly was going on at the SECC that required Biffy Clyro to kick off proceedings at 7.30? If a gig is on a Saturday night i don't start thinking about it until 7.30- who do they think we are?

I know most support bands are largely ignored, with good reason, but a lot of locals who wouldn't have minded seeing the cacophonous Glasgow trio on that huge stage arrived at the reasonable time of eight to find Biffy winding up their last song. Why exactly were Biffy first on the bill? What have Aqualung done that's so amazing? Oh yeah, that car advert. Well, both bands suffered the curse of the SECC support act- the poorest sound quality you will hear in a Glasgow venue is here in this huge hanger during the support slots. I came here to see Idlewild support Coldplay in 2002 and was sickened by what they did to my favourite band. On the other hand that night saw me fully converted into a Coldplay fan- i nearly bought a coffee table upon which to rest my copy of Rush of Blood to the Head.

It is safe to assume that the headline act at the SECC will sound awesome, it's a stadium- that what they're for- but support bands deserve their chance to warm up for the headliners properly. They are not just names that look nice on the poster, the punters pay to see them too and it's a chance for second-album bands to prove themselves to a wider audience, the kind of audience that shells out fifteen pounds to see Feeder. I doubt anyone was convinced by Biffy, as they sounded like they were coming to us live via internet radio from the abyss.

It seems that not only are Aqualung the perfect backing music for selling a pretty wee car, but hearing them as a distant rumble provides the perfect soundtrack for twenty minutes of standing at an understaffed, overcomplicated excuse for a bar, being ignored by a juvenile ginger hireling who seemed only to serve women who stood either side of me and the plump fellow who spent ten minutes leaning on my shoulder before he was served. Adding insult to that injury, said plump fellow addressed me with the following words in what he thought sympathy sounded like, 'you were here before me weren't you'. Thanks mate, for acknowledging that you had so self-servingly intercepted the barman when you knew full-well I should have been served first! I hope you had a brilliant night and went home to your Stereophonics albums warm in the comfortable aura of the guiltless pride you take in your own selfishness. For heaven's sake, I only wanted a bottle of water and an Irn Bru. Twenty minutes!

Despite the frustrations I encountered at the SECC and my grievances with that particular Feeder fan, I was looking forward to seeing the headliners, who are arguably one of the biggest bands in Britain. Although their most recent material is a little on the muddy side, their first and second album yielded a handful of songs that excite something like nostalgia in me. You'd also be surprised at how many Feeder songs there are and how many you know. Also bear in mind the tragic loss of their drummer not so long ago. While it seems to the idle record buyer that Feeder churn out album after album without progressing too far in sound or scope, it might just be possible that when other, dare I say it, cooler bands than this are forgotten, Feeders back catalogue will characterise this era of British music in decades to come. They've had their hits of course, and I must say I looked forward with some interest to how the crowd would react to Buck Rogers. I was personally more excited to hear songs like Insomnia and the frankly beautiful Yesterday Went To Soon.

I was reminded that there is nothing really offensive about Feeder. They don't shout too loud or sing too low. Yes, they do deploy the simplest guitar riffs of all time and have a predisposition to start verses with some summary of the writer's "feelings". But having said that, songs like Just The Way I'm Feeling are bearable. The visual backdrops make proceedings move that little bit quicker for the poor souls in the seats, from which perspective the sight of about 10,000 people heaving themselves into the air for Buck Rogers and chanting 'I think we're gonna make it' was practically life-affirming.

A few rows down from us in the stands was a man and his young son in matching leather jackets and throughout the gig the boys father held his arm firmly around his son's shoulders. That alone warmed my heart. That may well have been the boy's first gig and I'm happy for him. Hopefully it was an inspiration for him and a source of pride for his dad. Feeder are a fine band for a first gig; fine family fun all round.

Added: Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Reviewer: Robin Davis
Score: 3/5

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November 03, 2003

Glasgow Barfly

Glasgow Barfly play host to Zane Lowe and the MTV Gonzo tour. BIffy headline the televised set, and play alongside the, at the time only moderately well known Snow Patrol, and the up-and-coming Yourcodenameis:milo.

Setlist:

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October 14, 2003

London Mean Fiddler

Setlist as follows:

bodies in flight
go slow
justboy
eradicate
all down: pro, ch 1, ch 2
ideal height
toys, toys
convex
joy, disc
day of
liberate
scary mary
q&a
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27
now the action

(cheers to Justburn)

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October 10, 2003

Newbury Corn Exchange

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October 03, 2003

Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow

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October 01, 2003

Newcastle Northumbria University

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September 02, 2003

Finsbury Park

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July 10, 2003

T in The Park Warmup Gig - King Tut's

In the two days running up to TITP 2003, Biffy played a couple of warmup shows, the first being at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut , in Glasgow on the 10th. This was the bands smallest gig in a while, and sold out in no time at all. Muchos thanks to Alasdair for the excellent photos.

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June 14, 2003

London Mean Fiddler

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London Mean Fiddler

Toys Toys Toys Choke Toys Toys Toys
The Ideal Height
Justboy
Eradicate The Doubt
Christopher's River
Liberate The Illiterate / A Mong Among Mingers
Joy.Discovery.Invetnion
A Day Of
Hero Management
27
Convex, Concave
Questions And Answers
57
Now The Action Is On Fire!
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Hope For An Angel

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Cardiff Barfly

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June 13, 2003

Cardiff Barfly

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June 12, 2003

Oxford Zodiac

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June 11, 2003

Colchester Arts Centre

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June 09, 2003

Liverpool Barfly

Cheers to Rob for the excellent photos.

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June 08, 2003

Manchester Hop & Grape

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June 07, 2003

Coventry Godiva Festival

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June 06, 2003

Northampton Soundhaus

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June 03, 2003

Braehead Arena

Supporting Deftones, with Mercury Tiltswitch

Wrexham show cancelled

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June 02, 2003

Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh

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April 12, 2003

Brixton Windmill

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March 26, 2003

Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow

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March 13, 2003

Camden Underworld

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March 10, 2003

Southend Chinnerys

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March 08, 2003

Tunbridge Wells Forum

The Ideal Height Tour

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March 07, 2003

Aldershot West End Centre

The Ideal Height Tour

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March 06, 2003

Newport TJs

The Ideal Height Tour

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March 05, 2003

Milton Keynes Woughton Centre

The Ideal Height Tour

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March 04, 2003

cambridge Boat Race

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March 03, 2003

Stoke Sugarmill

The Ideal Height Tour

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March 02, 2003

Leeds Cockpit

The Ideal Height Tour

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March 01, 2003

Leicester Charlotte

Ideal Height Tour

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February 28, 2003

Dundee Reading Rooms

Ideal Height Tour

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February 27, 2003

Perth Twa Tams

Ideal Height Tour

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February 26, 2003

Edinburgh Venue

Ideal Height Tour

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February 16, 2003

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

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February 01, 2003

Southampton University

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January 21, 2003

Durham University

supporting Inme

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December 15, 2002

London Marquee Club

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November 03, 2002

Arches - BeatRoom Recording

Date's a bit iffy! The band played three or four songs to the television cameras, while the former Pulp guitarist bored the crowd to tears in between songs. Was later broadcast on...?

Justboy

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October 19, 2002

Aldershot West End Centre

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September 27, 2002

Razzmatazz 3, Barcelona, Spain

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September 26, 2002

Gruta 77, Madrid, Spain

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August 22, 2002

204 Club Greenock

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March 16, 2002

King Tuts Wah Wah Hut Glasgow

Headline show, BBC Session In Scotland tour

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March 14, 2002

Biffy Clyro @ On Air East, Dundee

Session in Scotland tour, recorded for BBC Radio Scotland.
My first Biffy gig!

Thanks to Burns for submitting these tracks to Biffier!

Update: 23/12/06 - we also have a video of the toys track. :)

01 - Hope For An Angel
02 - The Go-Slow
03 - 27
04 - Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys
05 - Convex, Concave
06 - Justboy
07 - Kill The Old, Torture Their Young
08 - Scary Mary
09 - 57
10 - Stress On The Sky

Toystoystoysvideo

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February 04, 2002

Falkirk Martell

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November 16, 2001

Barrowlands, Glasgow

(Supporting Weezer?)

Not only could I not get tickets for this, BIffy ended up supporting at short notice.
Gutted.

Setlist:
All The Way Down: Chapter 2
The Go Slow
27
Toystoystoys...choke...toystoystoys
Justboy
Hero Managment
Stress on the sky
57

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October 31, 2001

Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow

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QMU, Glasgow

Supporting OPM

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October 16, 2001

Life Cafe, Manchester

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October 15, 2001

Lomax, Liverpool

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October 14, 2001

Rocket, Leeds

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October 12, 2001

Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

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October 11, 2001

Newcastle University, Newcastle

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October 10, 2001

HIghbury Garage, London

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October 08, 2001

The Barfly, Cardiff

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October 07, 2001

Leadmill, Sheffield

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Leadmill, Sheffield

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October 05, 2001

Cornerhouse, Middlesbrough

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October 03, 2001

On-Air East, Dundee

Toys Toys Toys Video

This is SO worth it just for the "We've actually played the go-slow!" comment... :)

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October 02, 2001

Raigmore, Inverness

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September 29, 2001

The Venue, Edinburgh

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August 26, 2001

Carling Weekend, Reading

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August 24, 2001

Carling Weekend, Leeds

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August 14, 2001

Camden Palace, London

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July 07, 2001

T in the Park, Balado, Kinross

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June 17, 2001

Town Hall, Cumbernauld

Moomin show... the beginning of a long and beautiful relationship with a certain Mr Anderson...

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June 15, 2001

Woodside Social Club, Glasgow (CANCELLED)

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June 11, 2001

Camden Water Rats Theatre, London

with: Lift to Experience

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June 08, 2001

West End Festival, Glasgow

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May 17, 2001

Newcastle University, Newcastle

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May 16, 2001

Mean Fiddler, London

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May 15, 2001

Bierkeller, Bristol

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May 13, 2001

Manchester University, Manchester

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May 12, 2001

Wolfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

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May 11, 2001

Leadmill, Sheffield

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May 10, 2001

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow

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King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow

The gig was at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut on 10 May 2001 when they were out on tour as support to Sunna.

a quite young Simon

another shot of Simon

again Simon

an enthusiastically drumming Ben

Ben

Ben

James doing some backing vocals

Jimbo doodling away on his bass

Jimbo again....

very special thanks goes to Peter Rooney for taking and sending us these quality shots! Thanks!

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May 08, 2001

Newcastle University, Newcastle

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May 07, 2001

Lomax, Liverpool

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May 06, 2001

Cockpit, Leeds

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May 04, 2001

Arts Centre, Norwich

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