Ash performed at a trouble hit Z008 festival on Saturday despite problems with promoters and bands canceling. Dizzee Rascal, Athlete, The Rascals and Wiley were among the bands who scrapped sets at the Zoo8 event. Mark Ronson, The Cribs, The Hives and Ash were among the acts who did appear. There were also issues with the facilities, while the second stage was closed for much of the festival after its tent became unstable.
Ash’s performance was also in doubt with bassist Mark Hamilton quoted as saying “We didn’t know if it was going to go ahead earlier on. There were a lot of issues with the promoters.”
it is understood the band were meant to be paid half of their fee before the performance and half after. When this wasn’t the case the park’s managing director Bob O’ Connor had to step in to pay the band and their performance went ahead as planned.
The band did eventually play a 12 song set, which ran as follows: Meltdown, Burn Baby Burn, A Life Less Ordinary, Orpheus, Shining Light. , Ichiban, Kung Fu, You Can’t Have It All, Orpheus, Oh Yeah, Girl From Mars, Twilight Of The Innocents.
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Ash have today confirm that they will be playing a show at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The support for this show will include The Gentlemen, The Vintones and Aunty Doubles. Radio 1’s Collin Murray will be hosting the night too.
Tickets are on sale from ticketmaster on Monday (23rd June) at 9:00AM. For more info on the event and other bands playing visit Jammin Productions
Ash played another triumphant UK show at Loughborough University last night. The setlist ran as follows:
Lose Control, Orpheus, You Can’t Have It All, A Life Less Ordinary, Shining Light, Angel Interceptor, Walking Barefoot, Goldfinger, Ritual, Kung Fu, Ichiban, Sometimes, Renegade Cavalcade, Blacklisted, Oh Yeah, Girl From Mars, Twilight Of The Innocents
Ash made their debut appearance at the Download Festival yesterday (June 14). The band took to the Tuborg Stage at 19.30 (BST), and played a selection of songs spanning their entire career, from ‘Kung Fu’ to ‘You Can’t Have It All’.
Tim and Mark spoke to NME before the gig and you can see the video below.
The full setlist ran as follows
Orpheus, Burn Baby, Burn, You Can’t Have It All, A Life Less Ordinary, Shining Light, Clones, Kung Fu, Renegade Cavalcade, Blacklisted, Girl From Mars, Twilight Of The Innocents.
Ash’s cover of The Rentals ‘Please Let That Be You’ is now available to download from the US iTunes Music store and Amazon.com. The song is lifted from the album ‘Friends of P - The Rentals Tribute’.
The track costs $0.99 and can be previewed on both Amazon and iTunes. The Rentals frontman Matt Sharp was the original bassist of the band Weezer and is also credited in the Meltdown sleeve notes for band photography and lending a bass amp.
Ash have confirmed their appearane at the Glasgowbury Festival in Draperstown, Derry, N.Ireland on 26th July. The band have also confirmed their appearance at the Raumarock Festival in Norway on August 2nd and that they will be headling the Cardiff Free Music Festival on 3rd August. Check the tour dates section for a full list of upcoming shows.
Tickets for Ash’s special ‘1977′ show at the Astoria will be available from 9am on Tuesday 10th June.
