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Due to demand, another event has been added to the final Euro leg of Recoil’s ‘Selected Events’ tour. Poland has been asking for another show for some time now following the great evening back in April in Lodz. This time, ‘A Strange Hour’ will be presented in Warsaw at Progresja on 29th November.

Architect will also be appearing on the bill.

Says Alan: “The presentation has been updated since the last time we played in Poland. We added some new films and mashed up Recoil/DM versions for the US and South American leg which have gone down really well. Daniel Myer has also been slipping in some glitched up, Myer-style DM and Nitzer Ebb beats into his live set. You never quite know what he is going to come up with each night!”

Details below:

Date : 29.11.2010

City: Warsaw

Venue : Progresja

Address : 01-476 Warszawa

ul Kaliskiego 15a

Phone: +48 22 683 75 42

 

Tickets : www.eventim.pl

 

Venue Link | Facebook Event Page

 

Due to reasons which were completely out of our control, the Cordoba event in Argentina was unable to go ahead yesterday. Rumour has it that the local promoters failed to get the proper permissions from local authourites to clear the event in advance, and the police turned up to shut it down before it even got underway. The engagement was due to be held as a mini festival including three separate tents in an outdoor location. Recoil was scheduled to headline in the main tent. Our crew arrived in Cordoba in plenty of time but got word that the show was experiencing difficulties at 10pm when we were still waiting to set up our projection system and conduct a soundcheck. 2000-3000 people were expected to attend and we don’t have information at this time about how refunds will be handled.

Says Alan: “I’m sure the fog will clear over the next days and we will get a full explanation of what happened. I just hope no fans will hold Recoil responsible in any way because we were in Cordoba and ready to play. I had already held a press conference in anticipation at the hotel in town, and we all sat in the lobby waiting to go to the venue when we heard the news that the show was in trouble. The crowds so far in Santiago, Buenos Aires and Rosario have been nothing short of incredible. It has been so uplifting to perform to such enthusiastic and appreciative people and Paul & I are naturally very disappointed to not be able to fulfil the Cordoba date. It is not altogether surprising that something like this might happen along the way – whatever people may think, South American countries do have a reputation for chaos and we have experienced plenty of that so far on this leg, including wasted appointments at embassies, travel delays, lost baggage, road strikes, corrupt authorities, equipment troubles and so on. I try to rise above it and am mainly philosophical because the warmth of the people makes up for the misgivings of the bureaucracy. I am just saddened that, having come so far and after 25 years, we got so close and yet so far away from playing to the fans that bought the tickets. If something can be rearranged, then it will be done. Our sincere apologies to the Cordobans.”

We know it’s a different country but there are still a few tickets left for the next event in São Paulo at Inferno Club on November 10th – we are really looking forward to visiting Brazil (assuming they let us in!).

Date : 10.11. 2010
City : São Paulo
Venue : Inferno Club
Address : Rua Augusta, 501
Phone : 55 +11 3120 4140
Tickets : Directly at the venue and on POS (CD stores) / Buy tickets

Venue Link | Facebook Event Page

Go here for a quick video report & update from Alan about the final dates on Recoil’s North American tour. It’s nearly Halloween so get along (in fancy dress) to the Recoil party event in Baltimore at Bourbon St on 31st October. Along with Recoil, Architect and Conjure One, we also have The Perfects on the bill.
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For the closing event in New York, Alan has invited Nicole Blackman to join him on stage and he says there may be some other very special guests showing up for the evening;) – don’t miss this one. It takes place at Highline Ballroom on 01st November. Join us for this final celebration before ‘A Strange Hour’ heads off to South America! – there are still some tickets available…

We have some VERY exciting news – Recoil’s show in Bogota, Colombia will now be a late performance, as part of an official Recoil/Massive Attack event.

This one-off happening will now take place at the changed venue Antiguo Siam and is designed to celebrate both bands being in the same city on the same evening. The event has been officially sanctioned by both artists and promises to be a great combination. Massive Attack will be playing earlier at Coliseo El Campin as part of their Heligoland tour, and that performance will be followed by Recoil’s later to allow everyone to come along and enjoy both bands on the same evening!

Recoil’s show will be everything that it should be but the event will also act as the after-party for Massive Attack – a perfect opportunity for fans of both to get together in celebration. We very much hope that Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and the rest of their touring band will be taking part.

As with the Gary Numan double bill in Chicago, rather than detract from each other’s crowd, we have worked together with the Massive Attack team to ensure that anyone wishing to attend both events will be able to do so.

Says Alan : “I’m even hoping to see their set myself before heading off to play after. Obviously Massive Attack’s audience is very similar to Recoil’s and we wouldn’t want anyone to miss out on this unique possibility.”

All the details are below:

‘A Strange Hour’ will be presented in Bogota at Antiguo Siam on November 12th – and there will be significant ticket discounts for attendees of both shows.

Date : 10.11.2010
City: Bogota
Venue : Antiguo Siam

Venue : Antiguo Siam
Address : La Candelaria, Calle 9, 2-4 Este, Bogota

Tickets :  (links to come)

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