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Kicks off This Thursday: THE BASEMENT's Seven-Date Irish Tour

  • 19-03-2003 11:31am
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    jmc
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    'Medicine Day' is bleedin' great! So is 'Stuck on the Streets' come to think of it...

    THE BASEMENT IRISH TOUR, MARCH 20th - 28th!

    THE BASEMENT are:
    John Mullin, 21, Guitar/Vocals
    Mark McCausland, 21, Lead Guitar/ Backing Vocals
    Declan McManus, 20, Drums
    Graeme Hassall, 21, Bass/Backing Vocals

    Following their recent appearance with John Squire at The Ambassador and some UK shows with The Thrills and Gomez, THE BASEMENT play a full
    seven-date Irish tour kicking off at The Lobby in Cork this Thursday, March 20th!

    The hotly-tipped four-piece from Omagh are fronted by George Best look-a-like, John Mullin, and have just released their brilliant (it is!) double A-Side single, 'Medicine Day/Stuck On The Streets (At Minus 10)' through the Deltasonic label (also home to The Coral).

    - THE IRISH TOUR DATES IN FULL ARE:
    Thursday, March 20 - CORK, The Lobby
    Friday, March 21 - LIMERICK, High Stool
    Saturday, March 22 - KILKENNY, Cleeres
    Sunday, March 23 - DUBLIN, Whelans
    Tuesday, March 25 - DUNDALK, Spirit Store
    Wednesday, March 26 - BELFAST, Auntie Annies
    Friday, March 28 - DERRY, Nerve Centre


    Single of the Fortnight, Hot Press:
    "Produced in Liverpool by Ian Broudie, the Omagh four-piece seem to have found their spiritual home in the city. That they're supporting label-mates, The Coral comes as no surprise, as
    'Medicine Day' sounds like the Scousers jamming
    with Bob Dylan and the Band, with the Stray Cats rhythm section. Quite, quite mad but quite, quite brilliant. If there's more where this came from, their upcoming Irish dates could well fall into the 'you had to be there' category."


    "What do they sound like? They reckon they’re influenced by 'Franz Kafka' (John), 'Planet Of The Apes' (Mark) and 'The Clancy Brothers' (Declan). We can hear Dylan, The Byrds and Van Morrison" - NME.


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