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Ash played at The Forum, Tunbridge Wells in Kent on November 14th. Lauren Towner has some excellent photos of the show on her flickr account as well as review. The band played the following songs:

Lose Control
A Life Less Ordinary
Meltdown
Shining Light
True Love 1980
Joy Kicks Darkness
Kung Fu
You Can’t Have it All
Oh Yeah
Space Shot
Starcrossed
Jack Names The Planets
Goldfinger
Walking Barefoot
Orpheus
Girl From Mars
Return of the White Rabbit

Encore:
Arcadia
Twilight of the Innocents
Burn Baby Burn

Ash played a short acoustic set for Kerrang Radio today. The band stopped off at Kerrang’s Birmingham studio before their gig at Loughborough University tonight. The short set contained a mixture of new and old songs including a rare acoustic rendition of debut single Jack Names The Planets. The full setlist was as follows:

Joy Kicks Darkness
True Love 1980
Shining Light
Jack Names The Planets
Girl From Mars
Burn Baby Burn

Ash played at Fat Sams in Dundee, Scotland on Friday night (October 23rd). You can download the show on the Ash Files website. The full setlist for the show ran as follows:

Joy Kicks Darkness
A Life Less Ordinary
Meltdown
Shining Light
True Love 1980
Kung Fu
Arcadia
Wild Surf
You Can’t Have It All
Oh Yeah
Renegade Cavalcade
Space Shot
Sometimes
Jack Names The Planets
Goldfinger
Walking Barefoot
Orpheus
Girl From Mars
Return Of White Rabbit

Encore
Lose Control
Petrol
Twilight Of The Innocents
Burn Baby Burn

Thanks to Ralph Seaton for the setlist.

Ash kicked off the A-Z tour in Aldershot last night. Opening with new song Arcadia, the band then launched into a set packed full of classics. The set also included next single Joy Kicks Darkness and potential future single Space Shot. Unfortunately the band had to cut the set short due to a strict 11pm curfew so Jack Names The Planets, Sometimes and Walking Barefoot were not played despite being on the set list. The full set list was as follows:

Arcadia
A Life Less Ordinary
Meltdown
Shining Light
Joy Kicks Darkness
True Love 1980
Kung Fu
Wild Surf
You Can’t Have It All
Oh Yeah
Space Shot
Goldfinger
Orpheus
Girl From Mars
Return of White Rabbit

Encore:
Lose Control
Twilight of the Innocents
Burn Baby Burn

Ash played the first of two show at London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom last night, the set included two new songs True Love 1980 and Spaceshot. The full set ran as follows:

Walking Barefoot
Girl From Mars
A Life Less Ordinary
Goldfinger
Spaceshot
You Cant Have It All
Petrol
Sometimes
Wildsurf
Oh Yeah
Ritual
Kung Fu
True Love 1980
Orpheus
Twilight of The Innocents
Shining Light
Return of White Rabbit

Vampire Love
Jack Names The Planets
Burn Baby Burn

Photo by machernucha, you can see more photos from this show at the Walking Barefoot Flickr group.

Tim Wheeler has written a mini blog post on Ash-official.com about his recent solo show at Jack Daniels birthday party in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Part of the blog entry runs as follows:

Just got back from the JD Set show at the Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg.

It was a great experience. I got to play with a 9 piece band including 2 drummers. These were some serious musicians with incredible histories. Wayne Jackson, the horn player, has played on 52 number 1 records!

It was also great getting to hang out with Hugh, Roisin and Tom (Aka House Of Lords). Roisin and Hugh’s version of ‘Peaches’ was a real musical highlight for me.

It was interesting stepping out of the Ash world for a moment. I left my 2 brothers behind in NYC that I’ve played with for the last 16 years. They’ve been working away in the studio on 5 new songs while I was away galavanting and I’m looking forward to getting back in the studio and hearing the work they’ve done. Mind you I always get a bit of a nervous feeling leaving them to their own devices. One time I left the studio in Spain to have a weekend back in London when we were recording “Free All Angels”. They were meant to have done a bunch of work, but when I got back they were all destroyed after partying for 3 days and there were bullet hole in my 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG. But I know that had a lot to do with our producer Owen Morris.

Tim played the following seven songs in his set

1.Goldfinger
2.Running Back (Thin Lizzy Cover)
3.Dark & Stormy
4.Always The Sun (Stranglers Cover with Hugh Cornwell)
5.Shining Light
6.Starry Eyes (Roky Erickson Cover)
7.Whole Wide World (Wreckless Eric Cover)

Ash played two shows in London earlier this month to promote the deluxe edition re-release of their debut album ’1977′ which comes out in November. The band played the whole album in its entirety on both nights alongside a few b-sides from that era and a greatest hits encore to finish. You can find set lists, reviews, interviews and photos for both shows below.

London Roundhouse Set List – 5th September
Lose Control, Goldfinger, Girl From Mars, I’d Give You Anything, Gone The Dream, Kung Fu, Oh Yeah, Let It Flow, Innocent Smile, Angel Interceptor, Lost In You, Darkside Lightside.

Encore 1
Sneaker, Get Ready, Petrol, Does Your Mother Know, Cantina Band, Jack Names The Planets, A Life Less Ordinary.

Encore 2
Twilight Of The Innocents, Shining Light, Orpheus, Ichiban, Burn Baby Burn.

London Astoria Set List – 6th September
Lose Control, Goldfinger, Girl From Mars, I’d Give You Anything, Gone The Dream, Kung Fu, Oh Yeah, Let It Flow, Innocent Smile, Angel Interceptor, Lost In You, Darkside Lightside

Encore 1
T-Rex, I Only Want To Be With You, Uncle Pat, Punk Boy, Cantina Band, Jack Names The Planets, A Life Less Ordinary.

Encore 2
Orpheus, Teenage Kicks, Shining Light, Ichiban, Burn Baby Burn, Twilight Of The Innocents.

Reviews
- The Guardian
- The Independent
- Metro
- R*E*P*E*A*T fanzine
- Subba-Cultcha
- Electric Roulette
- Gig Cam

Interviews & Articles
- Oh shit! What comes next?
- Nice Back to the Future Tee!
- The Roundhouse as it happened
- Tim talks to Subba-Cultcha
- Ash talk to R*E*P*E*A*T fanzine

Photos
- Walking Barefoot Flickr group
- Ash facebook page
- Sam Dawson

Ash played a storming set at Glasgowbury yesterday (26th July). The full set list ran as follows:

Meltdown, Burn Baby Burn, You Can’t Have It All, A Life Less Ordinary, Shining Light, Kung Fu, Ichiban, Orpheus, Renegade Cavalcade, Teenage Kicks, End of the World, Blacklisted, Oh Yeah, Girl From Mars, Twilight Of The Innocents. Encore: Lose Control, Jack Names The Planets