that stage where you think they aren't popular anymore but are actually way more popular than they were when they had "buzz"

i feel like the strokes might fit in here

I keep expecting Hot Chip to drop off the spectrum, but they never seem to.

Placebo went on a series of arena-sized concerts across Europe, in October–December 2009. That leg of the tour culminated in a concert in London's O2 Arena which was Placebo's largest gig ever in the United Kingdom.

^ didn't even realise Placebo were still going

h8 311 SO MUCH, "amber is the color of your energy" stopped me from listening to the radio for like five years. (...)

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Well, I hadn't heard about this song, but I just googled the lyrics and creased up.

Placebo are HUGE in europe, especially in france. someone i know at their label told me that it seemed like about half of the O2 audience were french.

I don't know anything about 311 but is that some kind of intentional or even unintentional misquote from PiL's "Rise" ("Anger is an energy")?

xp

Nice to be massive in some country other than your own. Go over, get attention, then come home and chill out.

A bit like being hannah Montana, for real!

xp I don't know, but now you are making it more awesome!

There was a 'not-soundtrack' album for the Alice in wonderland film, so lots of songs featuring references to Alice.

There's not so many Amber songs, One by The Residents but it sounds like she'd died in that one, so no.

Deftones in the UK

Placebo is an excellent one

Nada Surf?

Transistor
04-20-2008

as corny as it may sound, this is for real - he felt the feeling 311 is conveying when he saw me. he stole my number because he sensed an amber aura. this song came to his mind. i didn't know who he was when he texted, but for some bizarre reason i went with it. we talked on the phone for a month before we saw each other again - he remembered what i looked like, but i couldn't remember him! anyway, he told me he'd wanted to sing me a song that reminded him of me weeks before the date. when he did, i was blown away. the sound fit the night perfectly - the peaceful vibe of chilling with him and the exciting overtones of finding someone i totally clicked with was captured by the song - and the idea that he thought this way about me still thrills me. as we're in our 6th month of a long distance relationship and i'm still fighting impulses to regain my independence, even though he's so awesome, "amber" still resonates with me, for reasons beyond its great vibe.

o_O

Wow @ Placebo.

The Bluetones pottered on for years and years and may still be going, but they're not big enough to really fit in this equation.

Placebo are HUGE in europe, especially in france.

yep. this makes sense now.

The Eels

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yeah know a dude from mpls that is Eels lighting tech, they do pretty huge tours overseas

what about lambchop are they still huge in the u.k. like the eels. they should all tour with the fun lovin' criminals. bands the yanks forgot tour.

nope not on the same level as eels but they do okay.

Almost every artist featured in The O.C. soundtracks (Death Cab, Modest Mouse, Imogen Heap, Ryan Adams)... they had a certain second rise in popularity post-oc when in reality the days of glory seemed long gone.

'days of glory'

yeah it was all downhill for those guys after 2004, so sad, what a waste of talent

The Shins

are they still putting out records??

the lead singer put out that dangermouse collab but that's all i've heard lately?

oh god that song is so dull

loooool

guys, every band that you and everyone in your office know the name of can sell out 30 800 seat clubs on a tour regardless of their level of quality or how recent they had an album released.

nope.

if that were only true ... *sigh*

name the band you're thinking of.
cuz winger can do it.

nb: i mean anyone who had at least one major radio single

forks, i work for a contemporary classical music non-profit.

there should be an "office full of hipsters/subculturists" caveat

like, I'm sure that if I started a company with my high school friends, we could spend hours talking about Grotus and Savage Aural Hotbed and everyone would know who they were, but they are not filling 30 800 seat venues across the country

Yah I do mean an "average" office
Sara where do you work?

that's the most detail i'm giving about my day job, sorry.

lol, u think the internet is real

lol, i'm being chided by a kitchen utensil embedded in a meat substitute

http://ranger.gamebanana.com/img/ico/sprays/thats_racist.gif

I know they've already been mentioned but Cake kind of owns this thread

Nick upthread - The Bluetones are splitting up! They're playing a farewell tour including Shepherds Bush Empire which is the same as they have done almost every time in the last ten years. Not quite big enough for this thread, honestly surprised that it's happening now and hadn't before.

Most amazed I've been at seeing a gig listing apart from the aforementioned Placebo at the O2 is usually US bands that I thought never had any UK chart or radio presence but still sell out big shows - e.g. Brand New playing Wembley Arena.

savage aural hotbed is such an amazing show, esp an outdoor show when they can bring the 15 foot drums made out of industrial sewer pipe

Sigur Ros

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/392201/jon-bon-jovi-still-rockin-and-making-a-killing/

Didn't Bon Jovi have the top grossing American tour last year?
And that "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" song is on country radio every other hour still.

perennial stadium acts still playing stadiums is kind of a different deal imo

don't believe winger can actually fill as many 800-seat rooms as is being asserted upthread

Conversely, you'd think They Might Be Giants or Ween would be able to pull off a headlining UK tour, but they just don't arrive.

So also: latter-day Weezer (who are a considerably bigger draw)

The 17 year olds Kip was singing about in 1988 are now 40, and I'm sure they're just as desperate for his attention now.

i have personally witnessed kip winger sell out a standing room crowd of 850 or so in times square.
and yeah, it's almost invariably a special variety of woman living out th' dream.

Winger and Kip Winger
at Havana



Havana
New Hope, PA, US
Friday 03 June 2011
Winger and Kip Winger
at Crazy Donkey



Crazy Donkey
Long Island, NY, US
Saturday 04 June 2011
Winger and Kip Winger
at Recher Theatre



Recher Theatre
Towson, MD, US
Friday 15 July 2011
Kip Winger and Winger
with Soft Parade at Showcase Live



Showcase Live
Foxboro, MA, US
Buy tickets Saturday 16 July 2011
Winger and Kip Winger
at The Cube



The Cube
Newark, DE, US