This Is A Fix album tour

Tear the Signs Down album tour
Tour by The Automatic
Associated album This Is A Fix
Start date April 2008
End date December 2008
The Automatic concert chronology
Not Accepted Anywhere album tour
(2005-2006)		 Tear the Signs Down album tour
(2007-2009)		 Tear the Signs Down album tour
(2010-present)

The This Is A Fix album tour was the 2008 & 2009 tour surrounding the release of Welsh band The Automatic's second album This Is A Fix.[1] The first leg of the tour was played at smaller clubs and venues around the United Kingdom, whilst later dates were at some of the countries larger venues.[2]

Background

The band's first tour with new guitarist Paul Mullen involved touring some of the smaller less-known venues and clubs of the United Kingdom. The tour involved the band playing a 50/50 split of old and new material. Many of the songs played on the first album were chosen by the bands fans who set up a poll on their forum.[3] By the time the band began touring "By My Side", "Recover" and "That's What She Said" were all favoured by fans, many of the b-sides were also requested. During performances, synthesizer and keyboard duties would be split between Frost and Mullen.[4] The performances at The Blake Theatre in Monmouth on 28 March, Central Station in Wrexham on 29 March, The Galleri in Caernarfon on 30 March, Brycheiniog Theatre in Brecon 31 March 2008 were all re-scheduled after the band required further time to rehearse their new and old songs.[5][6] On 17 April 2008, NME announced the band would be playing "One of their first shows without keyboardist Alex Pennie".[7] The band performed at the UK release show for the video game Rock Band, the gig was held in a secret location in London.[8] The band headlined the Rock Against Racism Left Field stage with Frank Turner, Kate Nash, Dirty Pretty Things, British Sea Power among other bands performing on the stage over the weekend.[9] The band had to pull out of the small festival after T4 On The Beach rehearsal took place on this date, the band apologised on their website saying; "Due to promotional demands we've had to pull out of the Midsommer Norton show on 19 July. We're really sorry to everyone with tickets who was looking forward to the show but we'll be out on tour again soon". Having a strong love for Irish trio Ash, one of The Automatic's main influences have also, and during earlier days of the bands career they would cover Ash single "Kung Fu" from the album 1977, in June 2007 The Automatic were invited for drinks after their show together at Hull University Summer Ball,[10] later in 2008 at Cardiff Big Weekend Ash dedicated the track "Oh Yeah" to the band, who had played earlier that day.[11] Photographer Peter Hill performed bass guitar for the first time with the band during the bands performance of "This Is A Fix" which sees singer Rob play synth instead of bass. Originally the tour was scheduled to take place in from 14 June 2008 to 24 June 2008 however due to the recording of the album This Is A Fix it was pushed back to September.[12]

Setlist

For the club tour the band asked fans to vote for tracks that they wanted to hear from previous album Not Accepted Anywhere, ultimately "That's What She Said", "By My Side", "Lost at Home", "Recover", "Raoul", "On The Campaign Trail" and "Monster" made the setlist for various legs of the tour.[13]

Club tour
Album tour

Tour dates

Club tour

Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
April 2008 Exeter England Cavern2 Viva Machine
3 April 2008 Gloucester Arts Centre
5 April 2008 Northampton Soundhaus
6 April 2008 Stoke Sugarmill
7 April 2008 York Fibbers
8 April 2008 Liverpool Academy
10 April 2008 Dundee Scotland Doghouse
11 April 2008 Inverness Raigmore
12 April 2008 Aberdeen Cafe Drummond
14 April 2008 Leeds England Cockpit
15 April 2008 Hull The Welly
16 April 2008 Tamworth The Palace
18 April 2008 Middlesbrough Cornerhouse (Sumo)
19 April 2008 Leicester Charlotte
20 April 2008 Norwich Arts Centre Viva Machine
Canterbury
21 April 2008 Hitchin Club 85
23 April 2008 Brighton Audio
24 April 2008 Southend Chinnerys
26 April 2008 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
28 April 2008 Plymouth White Rabbit Viva Machine
29 April 2008 Cardiff Wales The Point Viva Machine
Attack Attack
10 May 2008 Monmouth Blake Theatre Viva Machine
Dandelion Killers
Autopilots
11 May 2008 Caernarfon Galleri
12 May 2008 Brecon Brycheiniog
29 May 2008 Wrexham Central Station
25 April 2008 London England KOKO Viva Machine
13 May 2008 Secret central London location The Courteeners
The Whip

Festivals

Date Festival City Country Venue
17 May 2008 The Great Escape Festival Brighton England The Brighton Coalition
28 June 2008 Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Rock Against Racism, Left Field Stage
20 July 2008 Midsommer Norton Norton Main stage
20 July 2008 T4 On The Beach Weston-super-Mare 4Music Stage
2 August 2008 Cardiff Big Weekend Cardiff Wales Main stage
5 August 2008 Ibiza Rocks Ibiza Spain Main stage
12 August 2008 Atticus Live Hoxton, London England Old Blue Last[14]
13 August 2008 Rock Oz'Arenes Avenches Switzerland Main stage
14 August 2008 Gampel Open Air Festival Gampel Main stage
21 August 2008 Reading & Leeds warm-up Pontypridd Wales Pontypridd Muni Arts Centre
23 August 2008[15] Reading Festival Reading England Main stage
24 August 2008 Leeds Festival Leeds
26 August HMV, Oxford Street London Instore Performance
30 August 2008 Bingley Music Live Yorkshire Main stage
6 September 2008 Frodsham Music Festival Cheshire Main stage

This Is A Fix release tour

Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
27 September Glasgow Scotland University of Strathclyde Operahouse
DINOSAUR PILE-UP
28 September Oxford England Oxford Academy
29 September Birmingham Birmingham Academy
1 October Newcastle University
2 October Manchester Academy 2
3 October Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Garage
4 October Nottingham England Rescue Rooms EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
Astro Firs
6 October Sheffield Academy
7 October Bristol Trinity
8 October London Scala
10 October[16] Liverpool Barfly Iglu And Hartly

uLive tour

Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s)
2 November Preston England 53 Degrees Nick Harrison[1]
3 November Liverpool Stanley Theatre
4 November Swansea Sin City
6 November Bath Students Union, Elements
7 November Coventry University of Warwick
8 November Guildford Rubix
10 November Norwich The Waterfront
11 November Essex Students Union
12 November Uxbridge Brunel Students Union
13 November High Wycombe Students Union
15 November Hatfield Hertfordshire Students Union
16 November Leeds University Union
17 November Hull University Union
19 November Bournemouth The Old Fire Station
20 November Reading Students Union
21 November Derby Union
8 December Manchester Academy 1 XFM Christmas Winter Wonderland[17]
20 December Birmingham Birmingham Asylum

References