Albert Hammond, Jr. To Support Coldplay For European Tour

[busybeeburns]

Exclusive news from Albert Hammond, Jr. website:

We are very pleased to announce that Albert Hammond, Jr. will be supporting Coldplay for their upcoming European tour! Albert is now fully recuperated from his throat infection, and is anxious to head out on the road. The tour kicks off on September 1st in Strasbourg, France.

Tour itinery for Coldplay with Albert Hammond, Jr:

Sept. 1 – Strasbourg, France – Zenith
Sept. 2 – Manheim, Germany – SAP Arena
Sept. 4 – Lyon, France – Tony Garnier Hall
Sept. 6 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau St. Jordi
Sept. 7 – Madrid, Spain – Palcio des Deportes
Sept. 9 – Paris, France – Bercy
Sept. 10 – Paris, France – Bercy
Sept. 12 – Cologne, Germany – Koln Arena
Sept. 14 – Hamburg, Germany – Colorline Arena
Sept. 15 – Berlin, Germany – O2 World Arena
Sept. 17 – Stockholm, Sweden – Globe Theatre
Sept. 18 – Stockholm, Sweden – Globe Theatre
Sept. 19 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum
Sept. 22 – Prague, Czech Republic – Sazka Arena
Sept. 23 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Arena
Sept. 24 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle
Sept. 26 – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle
Sept. 28 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
Sept. 29 – Bologna, Italy – Palamagotti
Sept. 30 – Milan, Italy – Datchforum
Oct. 2 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – The Ahoy
Oct. 3 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – The Ahoy
Oct. 4 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportspalais

[Glossal Fragster]

have coldplay said who are supporting them on their U.K. Tour Yet? :D


hopefully it's albert and a few of his mates ;) ...get what i mean!! :D

[busybeeburns]

not yet. They haven't even confirmed Albert Hammond Jr. yet!

[Glossal Fragster]

ahh okay...i jumped the gun a bit their didnt i :D

[BG3eb]

AHJ is awesome...if you haven't heard his stuff yet, check it out. It'll be very energetic and get you ready for Coldplay.

[crazyduckette]

Oh! Please be for the UK dates too??

[Mimixxx]

Woah! That's awesome! :stunned:

*crosses fingers for UK dates*

[cpfan50]

wow that is brilliant! I saw him perform last year and he was great. I think he's a friend of Jonny's as he and his girlfriend - pregnant at the time - were there and they went back stage afterwards. Albert's first album was better than his second. The first one was really good.

[fakfak]

A few rumors were going around a few weeks back suggesting Your Vegas was a strong possibility for the UK dates support.nothing seems to have come of that (yet), and I can't find anything on it now. Perhaps they were based on faulty info and that's why they seem to have fizzled?:embarassed:

[ivette_e]

aww now i wish i was going to one of the european shows :(

[Kite]

No 4th Strokes album for a while longer then

[fakfak]

"No 4th Strokes album for a while longer then"

As I understand it, the 4th Strokes LP was never supposed to begin recording until the end of the year. (if it ever does at all), so I don't think this will have much of an effect on that at all.

[Carlaatje]

yayy :dance:
does it count if mojo the concert organisation have it on they're website?
that means it's confirmed right?!
http://www.mojo.nl/agenda/evenement.asp?pid=1421

[Texasluvsjonny]

Oh man. you lucky fuckers! Last tour you got Interpol, we got Black Mountain :dozey:...you get Albert Hammond Jr., we get Santagold. :cry:

Life sucks sometimes. :bigcry:

[the_escapist]

awesome! now I am even more excited for september 1st!!!

[Larry]

Oh man. you lucky fuckers! Last tour you got Interpol, we got Black Mountain :dozey:...you get Albert Hammond Jr., we get Santagold. :cry:

Life sucks sometimes. :bigcry:

Hm last tour we got Goldfrapp and the singer's voice was just horrible! :D

Anyway great news! :dance: Can't wait for the concerts!

[Gitta Rensolo]

Hm last tour we got Goldfrapp and the singer's voice was just horrible! :D

Anyway great news! :dance: Can't wait for the concerts!

Hehe well I hated Goldfrapp, but now I listened to some of their songs and I really like them-.---bah I want to see them again...:mean:

[Larry]

Hehe well I hated Goldfrapp, but now I listened to some of their songs and I really like them-.---bah I want to see them again...:mean:

Hehe, I have to admit that I like "Number One" but that's all!

Saw them twice as support bands of Coldplay in Oberhausen and of Depeche Mode in Bremen and both times I had the feeling that my ears would blow up! The singer's voice was too high! :D

[Carlaatje]

I really like Godlfrapp's music.. But I don't know what they're like live so that could have sucked...

we had richard ashcroft last time, but he wasn't much fun,'he had good reasons though that day were the bombings in London and I guess they were all extremely shocked

[deborahbr]

Albert Hammond, Jr. is great! I love his music! I didn't like the second album, but the first one is amazing!!!!!

[fakfak]

"...we got Black Mountain"

To be fair, the larger percentage of 2005 U.S. dates got Rilo Kiley, which is IMHO, a pretty decent band.

Although, though I'm decidely in the minority on both counts, I like both Santogold and Black Mountain.

[Chavi]

Albert Hammond Jr to support in Europe
August 26, 2008 11:42 am
Strokes man to play 23 shows
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We're very pleased to confirm that Albert Hammond Jr (http://www.alberthammondjr.com/) will be joining us for our trip across Europe in September and early October. We chose him because he's brilliant and we love him.

Sept 1 – Strasbourg, France
Sept 2 – Mannheim, Germany
Sept 4 – Lyon, France
Sept 6 – Barcelona, Spain
Sept 7 – Madrid, Spain
Sept 9 – Paris, France
Sept 10 – Paris, France
Sept 12 – Cologne, Germany
Sept 14 – Hamburg, Germany
Sept 15 - Berlin, Germany
Sept 17 – Stockholm, Sweden
Sept 18 – Stockholm, Sweden
Sept 19 – Oslo, Norway
Sept 22 – Prague, Czech Republic
Sept 23 – Budapest, Hungary
Sept 24 – Vienna, Austria
Sept 26 – Munich, Germany
Sept 28 – Zurich, Switzerland
Sept 29 – Bologna, Italy
Sept 30 – Milan, Italy
Oct 2 – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Oct 3 – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Oct 4 – Antwerp, Belgium

coldplay.com (http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=105&page=0)

[busybeeburns]

Albert Hammond Jr interview
September 2, 2008 7:22 pm
We catch up with Coldplay's latest support act

http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=114

With Albert Hammond Jr supporting Coldplay on the current European leg of the Viva La Vida tour, we gave The Strokes' guitarist a shout before the Strasbourg show to find out more about his solo project.

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Albert, second left, and his band

Hi Albert. So, it's the first gig of the European tour today.
Yes it is. I'm about to do soundcheck.

Are you excited?
Are you kidding? Yeah, I'm very excited.

It must be quite strange to be supporting when you're used to being in a big headlining band yourself?
No, it's not strange. I feel really lucky, happy and excited. You have all the excitement of the venue and being a part of something that's so big, but without the pressure. It's not your show, so even if you fuck up terribly people will just be like, "Oh well, the support band wasn't so good". But when it's your show - people have come to see you so you feel that pressure to really deliver for your fans.

Do you approach a support gig differently to a headline one?
I guess my goals are always big. I try and make an impact on people, to leave the crowd feeling excited for what's coming next. I'll just be pushing and trying to do my best.

When you're with The Strokes, do you guys pick your support bands?
Yeah, we do similar things to Coldplay. We do shows that we can sell-out alone, so then we can bring in whoever we want. We'd much rather do it that way.

Presumably you'll hope to win over some new fans on this tour?
Yeah, that's the great thing about opening - you can reach people that might not have heard you. You're playing to a different crowd every night and to an awful lot of people. If I saw an opening band and I liked it I would assume that the headlining band like them too. I never see an opening band and think, "They must hate them!" Ha ha!

But you do hear about tours where support bands get bought on by their labels.
For sure, but you can always feel that vibe. The whole fun thing that made me so excited about doing this tour is that I know some of the guys from Coldplay. They're a good bunch of guys and I'm looking forward to hanging out, playing music and having fun.

It's quite a long tour across a lot of countries.
Yes, 22 shows in like 30 days.

Are these countries you've been to with The Strokes?
I think I've been to most of them with The Strokes and last year with my solo stuff, but a lot of the smaller cities in these countries I've never been to. So it'll be interesting to see what they're like.

Do you get time to sight-see when you're on a tour like this?
I imagine we will have a chance to walk around and see some things. I hope so.

For those who don't know your solo music, can you give us a rough idea of what it sounds like?
It's melodic music - I like melody and I like rhythms. I think it'll be a fun half a hour before you see Coldplay - I think it's a really good match. That's what I remember telling them when I was saying that I wanted to open for them. I thought we'd make a really good match musically. I felt it would feel like a great show.

So did you ask if you could support them?
Yeah, we were actually making our records at the same time and we were going to be putting them out at the same time, so I was saying "Let me come out on the road". But I was actually surprised that I got the gig. Every band would want to come and do this tour. It's an amazing experience. Even though I know them, I still feel very lucky that I got it.

When did you meet them?
I think the first time was backstage at an Oasis show in New York, when I met Chris and Guy. And then I met Jonny and became really good friends with him. Every time he comes to New York and every time I go to London we always go for dinner. He's great. We just really click as friends.

Some people would imagine that someone like you who's in a massive band might be too proud to support a band like Coldplay.
I don't really like that mentality. I don't understand it. We're all doing the same thing, just trying to get by playing music. I'm excited for them that they've reached the level they have. And it's fun to be apart of it.

Presumably you've been to see Coldplay live before?
Yes, many times. A few years ago I almost actually came along for a week of shows with them. I had my bag packed and everything, then I had to goon tour. But the last time I saw them was in New York earlier this year when they did the free show at Madison Square Garden.

What did you think of the New York show?
It was great. I love how they go on a little stage and then go to the back of the crowd. You can see it's really fun for the fans. It's really cool to still try to find a way to make something feel intimate, especially at the back where the people usually never see the band. And then, of course, all the lights and stuff are something you have to do on these big shows, but they do a great job of it. It's very beautiful.

Do you think you'll be playing music with them on this tour? Either backstage or onstage?
I have no idea. But I hope to hang out, yeah.

And finally, what's your favourite Coldplay song?
Probably Fix You. I remember I was on tour and I hadn't heard the song and I saw the video. It really got me. The video really works with the song. I was just like, "Wow! This is amazing!".

Well you'll get to hear it 22 times in the next 30 days. :inquisitive:
Yeah! I'll have it memorised. I'll be able to do the lights.

To find out more about Albert Hammond Jr, click here (http://www.myspace.com/alberthammondjr) to check out his MySpace.

[Mimixxx]

Awesome interview :D

[Glossal Fragster]

cool interview :D i've also got albert supporting me on a tour of local schools :D

[Evori]

Erm He should be a bit more... mmm let's say happy. Haha dunno but he was a bit bored.

[swiny]

Last night Albert Hammond Jr was great it was perfect before coldplay entrance

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

They were pretty average! Nothing special or great...

[mc_squared]

Erm He should be a bit more... mmm let's say happy. Haha dunno but he was a bit bored.

Yes - he seemed like he couldn't wait to get off stage.
Plus I found his songs all sounded pretty alike, and pretty depressing.
We Are Scientists (who supported R.E.M.) were much better.;)

[Chavi]

just thought i'd share some pics.. poor him who doesnt get that much love :rolleyes:

Lyon
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2576/dsc00581kn3.jpg

Paris 9th sep
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4617/dsc00595dk4.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2935/dsc00596ir9.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9051/dsc00597yp1.jpg

(taken with a cellphone..)

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

his album Yours to Keep is superamazing!

I cant get enough of it

[Chavi]

Reno rocks ! :D