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  • March 28th, 2011 LAST NEWCASTLE SHOW FOR AN ETERNITY…

    It’s been a while. Judging from Facebook’s new junk email trend, we thought you’d be sick of a cloggy inbox, so we have done well to resist. We’ll keep this short, and to the point, though.

    After what has been the best tour so far, and after seeing some of the best (and worst) cities this island has to offer, we have decided to play a home town show. We will be ending the tour on Thurs 21st APRIL at The Riverside, Newcastle, and tickets are available now at the following link. This will be our last headline show in Newcastle for at least a year (second album writing/recording starts soon…) so it’ll be great to see you all down. The supports will be announced soon as well.

    http://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/event/382396/Detroit_Social_Club_Riverside_NewcastleuponTyne_21_April_2011.html

    We still have a few dates of this tour left. Stockton this Friday, with Stoke on the Saturday. Then it’s Sunderland (sold out) the following Friday and MANCHESTER on the Saturday. Talking of Manc, there’s been a bit of confusion with us having to change the venue. The gig is at Night & Day on 9th April. Tickets bought for Gullivers will still be valid. Check out our website for more details.

    Hope you’re all well, and we’ll see you very soon.

    DETROIT SOCIAL CLUB.

  • January 5th, 2011 FUCKPOP 001

    Thought i’d drop a quick line to update you on what we’re up to at the minute, and what you can expect from us in the foreseeable future…

    We’ve just finished the recording of the new single, and are in on Friday to mix it. Some of you will have read my update saying that it’s teh best thing we’ve done. I think that’s an age old cliche, said by any band member about new material. I genuinely believe it, but it has been a long time since we’ve been in the studio, and as anyone who has read any interviews from me knows, it’s where I enjoy best.

    As well as the first 50 orders getting hand written lyric sheets, anyone who pre-orders FUCKPOP 001, on either CD or 7 inch vinyl, will get the special pack, including; 2 x 7″ colour postcards, hand stamped packaging, copy of hand drawn artwork, 2 x badges, and of course, the actual music. The single can be pre-ordered at our website now. CD pack costs just £3.99, and vinyl pack £4.99. You get a free CD with the vinyl.

    The single will also be available digitally, released now on March 7th. Anyone who has pre-ordered their copy will receive it as soon as it’s ready.

    The new video will be available to watch on our new website on 31st January.

    Will keep you posted of further news.

    David

    x

    P.S. Happy new year, hope everyone had a good one!

  • October 20th, 2010 Well I wish it could be…

    Christmas every day!

    But it can’t be. That’d just be daft.

    However, we have got two amazing nights planned at The Cluny on Dec 20th, and 21st. Proper festivities in the way of snow, decorations, santa’s, and all that jazz. It really will be special! We’ll even be giving away some CDs with XMas covers on them!

    The first one sold out in a day, so get your tickets quick from the link below!

    Tickets from here:

    http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user?query=search&region=xxx&category=misc&search=detroit+social+club&x=7&y=10

    We are looking for support bands for these two shows, so if you fancy it, or know of a band that would, please visit the link below. They will have to learn a christmas cover, and record it (the kind people at Generator will be sorting the studio out for us..) so they must be keen to enter into the spirit of the events!

    www.generator.org.uk/detroitsocialchristmas

    SEE YOU DOWN THERE!!!

  • August 6th, 2010 Lost In Translation

    It is pretty fair to say there isn’t a more polarised culture to that of northern England than Japan. But still, I was amazed – and I have to admit slightly disappointed – at the similarity of the Tokyo high street to any English city. They were all there; Subway, McDonalds, Zara, H&M, Topshop, the list goes on. It’s maybe a sad indication of the scale of the capitalistically motivated mass globalisation that has took place in the last few decades. One thing that certainly wasn’t the same though was the temperature. Anyone who has been to Japan in the summer will vouch for how unbelievably, ridiculously hot the place is. It doesn’t get any cooler in the shade, or at night. It’s a persistent bastard, is the heat over there. I spent most of the time flipping between a feeling of immense claustrophobia, and near passing out. Not that I am complaining. Japan is one of the most stunning places I’ve ever seen. The people are amazingly respectful (almost to fault) and the food is the best I’ve ever tasted.

    I will complain about the travelling though. 20 hours it took to get us to Fuji Rocks! By anyone’s standards, that’s a shift and a half. Straight from filming the video for Northern Man (which is gonna be great, by the way!), catching a flight from Manchester via Paris, then a 9 hour transfer from Tokyo up to the festival, which was eventful to say the least. Near death is not something I’ve experienced many times in my short life, and I’d like that to continue, but, whilst crossing a 150 ft bridge, a burst tyre sent us skidding for a good 50m, stopping about 3 feet from the barrier. Very lucky boys indeed.

    The gig on Saturday was on the second biggest stage at Fuji Rocks, in what looked like a massive (6000 capacity), red aircraft hanger, aptly called The Red Marquee. On at 2.30pm (get in, the hottest part of the day!) I had to literally stop moving half way through the set for fear of my body giving up. It was ridiculously hot up there on stage, and I swear I lost about half a stone during that 45 minute set (put back on by all the rice I ate though). It was all professionally filmed, and sounds boss, so we’re hoping to get whatever permission we need to get it thrown up on Youtube for your viewing pleasure. Obviously we’ll let you know as soon as it’s done.

    Unfortunately we didn’t get to stay around the festival for long, it was a case of straight back to Tokyo, and on to a place called Abbey Road. Resident Japanese Beatles tribute band The Parrots were playing. My first experience of (lots of) Saki, and a no-dancing rule in the house just weren’t compatible, so Rapongi it was, a few bars, a few more Saki’s…I’m sure you can fill the rest in yourself!

    David

  • July 8th, 2010 Into The Fields They Went…Part One

    Three years ago, before the band had even been put together, I had just written a song called Black & White. Whilst Glastonbury was on, I went for a few pints with a few mates, and declared that within three years I’d play it. Obviously such a statement was greeted with a bit of laughter, and much doubt. So it was hardly surprising that playing Glastonbury 2010 meant so much to me personally, and the band as a whole.

    It is an institution, a festival like no other. It is a platform and goal for any band to eventually play. It is probably the ultimate gig for any musician, never mind playing it twice.
    If I’m being completely honest, I wasn’t expecting much of a turn out at our first gig, at the John Peel stage, because of the 11am stage time. Most people, I thought, would be mid come-down from the night before. Temper Trap had only managed to bring in 350 people in 2009 in the same slot, after Sweet Disposition had gone radio-tastic. So it was genuinely one of the best moments in my musical life to walk on stage to see 2000 people waiting for us. The biggest crowd for the first band on since 2000. I was completely touched by it. My whole body was rushing with adrenaline, and excitement. My new silver suit jacket that I bought especially for the occasion (£24 in an H&M sale!) lasted about three songs as the sun and crowd heat up the tent in no time at all. We deliberately played a bit more of a chilled out set to suit the early start, realising that most people wouldn’t want an assault on their ears so early in the morning. Ending with Chemistry was a great way to sign off the gig, and the a cappella part in the middle was the best feeling I have ever had, ever. Ever.
    After the buzz of the first gig, we had 6 hours of trying to stay sober. At the worlds’ worst place to try and stay sober.
    The second gig was a completely different affair. A much more rocking, rawkus show. I think by 6pm we were completely drenched in the atmosphere of Glastonbury. A Glasto virgin such as myself had been already converted. The occasion completely took over, and to a packed out Queens Head tent we raised the roof on the place. To pardon the cliché, I felt like a man possessed. I was on auto-pilot, orchestrating the whole place to sing the chorus on Black & White back to me. And sing it they did. I got that excited at one point, I jumped down into the pit, without realising there was no way back up onto the stage, so I just sang it from the pit, standing on the barriers. At the end of the closing track, Sunshine People, I’d waited too long for a drink, and took the easiest route to the bar; straight over the barriers and into the crowd. Job done. I had clocked off. Time to enjoy Glastonbury from the other side of the fence.

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