2004
Space Ritual, Guilfest 18-07-04 - source image by Melissa Joseph
Abercych, nr. Newcastle Emlyn - Fox & Hounds - 01239 698 308Galaktikos - onstage 9:30 pmT junction opposite the old stone arch bridge
Gagliardi ArchivesAural Moon - broadband v dialup - 88.5 & 95.1 FM in the Delaware Valley - 11am-3pm Eastern USA (1900-2300 GMT)evidently a rebroadcast of Programme No. 876, Part 1 of 3; Global Progressive Rock Network's 8th annual 'Top 100 CDs Of 2004' poll places Nik Turner & Spaceseed, Future Cities Of The Past Part I at number 92
Gagliardi Archives - web/radio10pm-2am Eastern USA (Sunday 0600-1000 GMT) - Programme No. 876, Part 1 of 3; Global Progressive Rock Network's 8th annual 'Top 100 CDs Of 2004' poll places Nik Tuner & Spaceseed, Future Cities Of The Past Part I at number 92Aural Moon: broadband or dialup; WBZC.org: RealPlayer; 88.5 & 95.1 FM in the Delaware Valley
Bristol - Fiddlers Club - [map] - 0117 987 3403Space RitualWillway Street, Bedminster BS3 4BG
- "moments when there was a real transference of energy and rapport between stage and floor... jazzy improvisation... interspersed poetry..." - Chris
Stourbridge - Rock Cafe 2000 - [map] - 01384 390 918Space RitualMill Race Lane, DY8 1JN
Ashton-under-Lyne - Witchwood - [map] - 0161 344 0321Space Ritual152 Old Street, OL6 7SF
Crewe, Cheshire - Limelight - [map] - 01270 251 929Space RitualHightown, CW1 3BP
Thu 18 Nov 2004
Southampton - The Brook - [map] - 023 8055 5366Space Ritual446 Portswood Road, Portswood, Hampshire SO17 3SD
FennerFest featuring GalaktikosSlough - Vikram's Occasions Palace...going to be the show of the year, without a doubt"The most fanastic Punjabi wedding venue in Europe" features Burlesque Cabaret from 8-12 in the Majarajah Suite, Herschel Street, and only a fiver! Also performing: rockabilly Zipgun and the best from London's infamous Subterfuge Cabaret. Hosted by Vis the Spoon. Tickets £5 now available online and from the Herschel Arms, coincidentally also on Herschel StreetLoads more events on in various venues from the 6th to the 26th... FennerFest, a celebration of the life and legacy of Fenner Brockway, pacifist ex-MP for Slough & Eton
Fri 12 Nov 2004
London - 100 Club - [map] - 020 7636 0933Space Ritual100 Oxford Street W1D 1LL
Club Bang! Bang! ...doors open 8pm, onstage 9:30pm for a two hour set
TICKETS: £12 advance (£14 on the door) - purchase online
Train: Charing Cross (15 mins), Euston (17 mins)
Tube: Tottenham Court Road (Central & Northern - 3 mins), Oxford Circus (Central, Victoria & Bakerloo)
Bus: directly outside: 7, 8, 25, 55, 98, 176 and N8, N25, N176, N207; 30 metres away: 10, 73, N73
Leicester - The Charlotte - [map & directions] - 0116 255 39562003's gig here saw the first manifestation of John Greves on synthesisersSpace Ritual8 Oxford Street, LE1 5XZ
book online or by phone (credit/debit card) 0115 912 9000
Stoke on Trent - The Sugarmill - [map] - 01782 214 991Space RitualBrunswick Street, Hanley, Staffordshire ST1 1DR
Sheffield - Boardwalk - [map] - 0114 279 9090read metalliville.com gig reviewSpace RitualSnig Hill S3 8NA
Manchester - Academy 3 - [map] - 0161 832 1111Space RitualManchester University, Oxford Road M13 9PQ - Ticketline.co.uk
USA Invasion 2004
Future Cities of the Past, Part INik Turner & SpaceseedTheremin lies a Tale...
Sun 10 Oct 2004
Chicago USA - J.J. Kelley's - [map] - 708 474 9977Nik Turner & Spaceseed + Cotton & Billatwm2455 Bernice, Lansing IL 60438-1055
Sat 9 Oct 2004
Strange Trips FestivalCleveland USA - Phantasy - 216 228 6300Nik Turner & Spaceseed + Harvey Bainbridge + Cotton & Billatwm11802 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH (2 blocks west of Cleveland city line)
Fri 8 Oct 2004
Detroit USA - Magic Stick - [map] - 313 833 9700, ext. 203Nik Turner & Spaceseed + Matt Borghi4120-4140 Woodward Avenue - part of the historic Majestic Theater Center - Rock & Bowl!
Thu 7 Oct 2004
Pittsburgh USA - Garfield Artworks - [map] - 412 802 7096Post Gazette gig announcementNik Turner & Spaceseed + Cotton & Billatwm4931 Penn Avenue 15224
All Ages Show, advance tickets $10 ($15 on the door)
Wed 6 Oct 2004
New Brunswick (NJ) USA - Court Tavern - [map] - 732 545 7265Nik sits in on: High Rise with Cosmic Brotherhood of Ra, Hurry on Sundown with One Eyed BishopsNik Turner & Spaceseed + One Eyed Bishops + Cosmic Brotherhood of Ra124 Church Street, downtown 08901 - presented by Electric Yeti
Mon 4 Oct 2004
Boston USA - Milky Way Lounge & Lanes - [map] - 617 524 3740Nik Turner & Spaceseed + Paul Angelosanto & the Melting Poetry Collective + Tim Mungenast & his Pre-existing Conditions403-405 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain 02130 - Rock & Bowl
Sat 2 Oct 2004
Landing Pad IV - Space Rock FestivalNik Turner & Spaceseed + Scattered Planets + Sub-Primitive + Greet + Cotton & Billawtm + Muscle FactoryPhiladelphia USA - The Rotunda - [map] - 215 573 3234
University of Pennsylvania, 4014 North Walnut Street, 19104ESNIPS.com VBR mp3
- setlist: (Spaceseed tune), Nik's introduction, The Right Stuff, Sonic Attack, Ejection, Children of the Sun, The Awakening, Orgone Accumulator, D-Rider, Welcome To The Future, You Shouldn't Do That/ Opa-Loka, Brainstorm, Masters of the Universe; Silver Machine
- "light show was awesome... very nice performance from Bob Lennon and the (Sub-Primitive) guys. Cotton and Billawtwm and friends... nearly took the top of my head off... Spaceseed was fantastic - I was really blown away" - Eli Friedman
recording by Frank Bellina aka Murcury Vapor
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Fri 1 Oct 2004
New York City - Tonic - [map] - 212 358 7501Nik Turner & Spaceseed + Steve Mackay's Radon + Barbez107 Norfolk Street between Delancey and Rivington 10002 - Subway: F train to Delancey Street or the J/M/Z trains to Essex Street
Washington, DC - Warehouse Next Door - 202 783 3933Nik Turner & Spaceseed + Cerberus Shoal1021 7th Street NW, adjacent to and associated with the Warehouse Theater
Tue 28 Sep 2004
Baltimore USA - The Mojo - 410 325 7427Nik Turner & Spaceseed + Cotton & Billawtm4825 Belair Road
Gagliardi Archives - Aural Moon web radio11am Eastern USA (1900 BST) - re-broadcast of Saturday's 4 hour show purported to include "a spotlight on Nik Turner of Hawkwind and his new release with Spaceseed titled Future Cities Of The Past Part I as he makes his way to Philadelphia next weekend, and visits our program." (Nik will record an interview which will also air in Philly & Southern New Jersey)
Gagliardi Archives - Aural Moon web radio10pm Eastern USA (0600 Sunday BST) - 4 hour show evidently including "a spotlight on Nik Turner of Hawkwind and his new release with Spaceseed titled Future Cities Of The Past Part I as he makes his way to Philadelphia next weekend, and visits our program." (Nik will record an interview which will also air in Philly & Southern New Jersey). The webcast will reportedly be re-run Tuesday the 28th at 11am Eastern USA (1900 BST), again on http://www.auralmoon.com/
Sat 25 Sep 2004
Atlanta USA - Masquerade - 404 577 8178Tour CD release partyNik Turner & Spaceseed + Gargantua + Lust + Dig your hole + Weerd + Line of Sight695 North Avenue NE - doors 7pm, tickets $10
The long, strange trip that has befallen cosmic prog-rock outfit Spaceseed is a 16-year overnight success story. Or at least that's how guitarist/vocalist John Pack views his band's journey from its earliest rumblings circa 1988 to becoming the U.S. backing band for Nik Turner of British space-rock pioneers Hawkwind. With its self-released first offering, Future Cities of the Past Pt. 1, Spaceseed literally carries the lineage of its most apparent musical influence into the future. For a strikingly Hawkwind-inspired group that, previous to pairing with Turner, had released only one cassette nearly a decade ago, this seems an unexpected realization of Spaceseed's work. But the union has been a long time in the making. "We started supporting Nik in the '90s after opening for him at the Masquerade," says Pack. "We maintained correspondence for about eight years before we did our first work together."
Future Cities is a jaunt through metallic science fiction, rock and psychedelia, where Turner's acid-drenched vocals and trademark saxophone help create a labyrinthine swirl of sound. Live, Turner and Pack front a fluctuating lineup that includes such colorful full-timers as Gal Axy (keyboards) and the Subliminator (vocals). Crafting a head-expanding presence that wafts between Spaceseed numbers and classic Hawkwind material, the group yields results that combine structure with improvisation, changing shape according to venue. "If you're playing at the Masquerade, you tend to improv with the heavy-metal aspects of the music," explains Pack. "But if you're in an art gallery in D.C., you want to do something that sounds like Yoko Ono making out with a Theremin."
Chad Radford
Fri 24 Sep 2004
Space Rock ConventionCullman (AL) USA - Cullman Civic Center - 256 734 9157info: Carlo, tel. 256 734 7496, strangemage57@hotmail.comNik Turner & Spaceseed + Jones Ave. + Sigmund Snopek III, Paul Angelosanto & the Melting Poetry Collective, Valles Spaceship, Superzcar, Superheaven & the Subliminator510 5th Street SW - Alien dancers, heavy space, ambient tech... b.y.o. food/refreshments only NO ALCOHOL and NO SMOKING inside; 5pm doors, $10 admission, 11:30pm closing
Thu 23 Sep 2004
Athens USA - Caledonia Lounge - 706 549 5577Nik Turner & Spaceseed256 West Clayton Street
WRAS 88.5 FM Atlanta - Georgia State UniversityNik Turner - Live Radio InterviewTune in to Nik's live interview by James Lewis
ACE - [map]Wild Wild West WalesGalaktikos + many othersAfrican drumming & dancing, those sorts of funky things. Advance bookings only, limited space - book early, share transport! Camping, kids space, other facilities on rural farm site. Adults £15, 12-16s a tenner, 5-12s a fiver, under 5s free; day memberships available - NO DOGS. Cheques payable to ACE, with SASE to ACE, Pencraig Uchaf, Llanwinio, nr Whitland, Carms. SA34 0DT tel: 01994 484 708
Pendine Carnival - Pendine, Pembrokeshire - Pendine BeachGalaktikos ...onstage sometime
Celtic Blue Rock Festival - [map]Trefawr Farm, Llanfyrnach, nr. Cardiganencouraging Ride Share (parking fees apply)Galaktikoscamping Friday and Saturday - events Saturday only
Earthwise Festival - Dorset - "on a farm by the sea"Galaktikos ...onstage 9pm
Fri 23 Jul 2004
London - 100 Club - [map] - 020 7636 0933Space Ritual ...doors open 8pm, onstage 9:30pm for a two hour set100 Oxford Street W1D 1LL
Club Bang! Bang! - TICKETS: £12 advance (£14 on the door) - purchase online
Train: Charing Cross (15 mins), Euston (17 mins)
Tube: Tottenham Court Road (Central & Northern - 3 mins), Oxford Circus (Central, Victoria & Bakerloo)
Bus: directly outside: 7, 8, 25, 55, 98, 176 and N8, N25, N176, N207; 30 metres away: 10, 73, N73
Ilfracombe, North Devon - The Vault - [map]Held over by popular demandSpace RitualFortescue Road
Ilfracombe, North Devon - The Vault - [map]setlist: indian chant, born to go, watching the grass grow, sonic savages, d rider, brainstorm, orgone accumulator, time crime, jazzy, sonic attack, children of the sun, ejection, shouldn't do that (band introductions), masters of the universe, silver machineSpace Ritual - Second show added tomorrowFortescue Road
Guildford Festival - Guildford, Surrey - 01483 454 159Space RitualTickets: online and by telephone 01483 454 159
UNCUT Magazine 'Aladdin's Cave' stage, Sunday afternoon
Sonic Rock Chillout - Swallowfalls Hotel - [map] - 01690 710 796Bettws-y-Coed, nr. Snowdon/Conwy'Private Party', tickets £18, capacity 300, pre-booking required - info/application forms via: email, post SAE to SRP, 21 Woodstock Road, Croyden, Surrey CR0 1JS or ring 6:30-10pm 07976 218 996Harvey Bainbridge, Assassins of Silence, Mr. Quimby's Beard, Dr Hassbeen, Big Amongst Sheep, Galaktikos, Judge Trev, Tractor, others?Holyhead Road, Gwynedd LL24 0DW
Bar, restaurant, camping facilities on site... Galaktikos onstage 9pm (or so)
Bristol Downs - in a marqueeGalaktikos - 11th hour booking for the pocket trio
Glastonbury FestivalSpace Ritual - Avalon Stage - Sunday, 9pm
Galaktikos - Lost Vagueness Ballroom - Friday 7pm
BBC Radio 4The Archive Hour - Summers of Mud & MadnessAnnie Nightingale's pre-recorded interviews with Nik, Michael Eavis' daughter and others ought to put us all in the mood for Glastonbury..."It's Glastonbury weekend, and Annie Nightingale conducts a guided tour of the Great British Pop Festival, from its decorous beginnings to its wildest excesses"
London/Leytonstone - Photo/Film Exhibition - 491 GalleryNeil Goodwin, who made Operation Solstice, the 1991 documentary film on the Battle of the Beanfield, with hopefully some music and performance, includes Andy Worthington, author of newly published Heart of Albion Press title, Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion, a "counter-cultural history of Stonehenge Free Festivals"491 Grove Green Road - [map]
Andy also be appears Wednesday 16 June for the Heart of Albion Press book launch at Treadwell's, "a small pagan bookshop" in Covent Garden, and selling the book at Glastonbury Festival in Andy Hope and Sally Howell's Green Roadshow Field
London - Covent Garden - Treadwell's - [map] - 020 7240 8906Stonehenge: Celebration and Subversion - Andy Worthington34 Tavistock Street - Heart of Albion Press "counter-cultural history of Stonehenge Free Festivals" book launch "at a small pagan bookshop"The author, who will be selling the book at Glastonbury Festival in Andy Hope and Sally Howell's Green Roadshow Field, will also mark the 20th anniversary of the last Stonehenge Free Festival on Saturday 19 June at the 491 Gallery in Leytonstone with Neil Goodwin (who made Operation Solstice, the 1991 documentary on the Battle of the Beanfield)
Cardiff - Toucan Club - [map] - 02920 372 212Galaktikos...onstage 11:30pm: Nik, Meurig Griffiths (Allstars drums), Gordy Everitt (bass), other(s) tbd?95-97 St. Mary's St., CF10 1DX
London - Kentish Town - Bull & Gate - [map] - 020 8806 806246,000 Fibres featuring Nik Turner + Pink FA (Pink Fairies tribute)389 Kentish Town Road NW5 2TJ - 8pm-12 midnight, over 18s only - 50 TICKETS currently available online at £5 each
46000 Fibres are an improvising 'arthouse' rock outfit of guitar, drums, keyboards-sampler-mixer. For their 5th anniversary, they staged a show with 3 sets, each with a different guest - Scanner, Lol Coxhill and Nik Turner - recordings of which are available from Wayside Music (Cuneiform Records) and Out of Print Music, plus a 7" vinyl pressing shared with Nik Turner's Fantastic Allstars from Abandon23
Swansea - Uplands Tavern - [map] - 01792 458 242Nik Turner Band ...onstage 9pm: Nik, Meurig Griffiths (Allstars drums), Gordy Everitt (bass), Paul 'Waffle' Euder (guitar)27 Uplands Crescent, Uplands, West Glamorgan SA2 0PG - live music since 1998 - capacity 330 - a premier venue for unsigned indie and rock acts
Cardiff - Clwb Ifor Bach - [map] - 029 2023 2199Damo Suzuki hosts Nik Turner11 Stryd Womanby CF10 1BRDamo joins Carlton B. Morgan (Woodwinds), Julian Hayman (Mini Disc & Sampler) and Manchuko: Llion Robertson (Drums), Dewi Parry (Bass Synthesizer), Meilir Rhun (Vocals), Deri Evans (Guitar, Synthesizer) and Steven Goundrey (Guitar, Synthesizer) ...and Nik sits in
Cardiff - Toucan Club - [map] - 02920 372 212Fantastic All Stars95-97 St. Mary's St., CF10 1DX - "The only privately owned club in town."
Fri 30 Apr 2004
Benefit Rock Nite - in aid of The Robyn Brooks AppealHeywood, Lancs. - Civic Centre - nr. Manchester - [map] - 01706 368 130Tickets £10 from the venue, as well as:Space Ritual + RoadRunner + Stevie + Element + DJWood Street OL10 1LWSigning session - the lads will make their mark for an additional donation, so bring small (or indeed large) unmarked notes along with your favourite album and sundry forgettabilia...
- Rocks Off, 65 Drake Street, Rochdale OL16 1SB, tel 01706 521 818
- Vibes, 3 Princess Parade, Bury BL9 0QL, tel 0161 764 3013
- Robyn's Fund, c/o Andy C., 3 Birch Street, Bacup, Lancs. OL13 8BQ (please add 50p for postage), cheques payable to 'Robyn's Fund'. If you can't attend but would like to support Robyn's family, donations are warmly welcome.
7pm-1:30am (bar 'til 1am); Space Ritual scheduled onstage 10:30-12:30
Fund Hotline - 01706 643 965. The Robyn Brooks Appeal thanks Space Ritual and all the other performers, Striking Lighting and Stav Sound Services for their valued help and support.
Wed 17 Mar: With great sadness we report Robyn's passing, in the early hours... The Benefit is going ahead as a tribute, to give Robyn a cracking send off, to defray massive medical bills and, in Robyn's memory, to further research.
Aldermaston March - Slough Stopover - [map]Nik's "Weapons of Mass Destruction" - 10pm till late ...with Meureg, Gordy, and Judge TrevUpton Court Park - The Scout Hut - SL1 2DA
Sat 3 Apr 2004
Big Green Pink - in aid of the South West Green Party European Election CampaignBristol - Fiddlers Club - [map] - 0117 987 34038pm - doors open & DJFantastic Allstars + Tragic Roundabout + The Rhythm Project and films from the Groovy Movie Picture HouseTickets £6 until 2 pm sharp the day of the show - thereafter £8.50 at the doorWillway Street, Bedminster BS3 4BG
9pm - Rhythm Project
9.45 - Groovy Movies
10.15-11.15pm - Tragic Roundabout
11.35pm Speaker: David Taylor TBC
11.45pm-1.15am - Nik Turners Fantastic All Stars
1.15am - some more Funky Tunes please!
2am doors shut (note: this is the only time which is NOT approximate!)
Swansea - Uplands Tavern - [map] - 01792 458 242Fantastic Allstars ...onstage 9:30pm27 Uplands Crescent, Uplands, West Glamorgan SA2 0PG
London - Camden Town - Underworld - [map] - 020 7482 1932what they didn't rehearse: lonesome train [E], cadillac [E], king bee [E], elvis [B], solitary [G], space inv [G], walking in sand [Am], fungus [G], gas money [F], lsd [A], watching the grass grow [G], little black egg [A], skinheads [E], rajneesh [E], masters of universe [E], brainstorm [E], d rider [D], ejection [A or E??], orgone accumulator [E], right stuff [E]Space Unit + Landmarq174 Camden High Street NW1 0NETICKETS: Ticketweb (£10+?p) & StarGreen (£12+85p)
Nik, Judge Trev, Dave Anderson, Gordy Everitt (bass), Meurig (Allstars' drums) "plus surprise guests numerous and diverse" (rumoured to include Angie, Commander Jim, Jackie Windmill and perhaps Ola) airing ICU, Pompadour, Space Ritual and Allstars material. Nik sat in with support Landmarq at a Baja Prog Fest some years back...
Shrewsbury - Buttermarket - [map] - 01743 231 142Space Ritual - DVD Shoot II - Just when you thought it was safe to go into space again...Howard Street, SY1 2LFPlaces, everyone! Dust off your best space drag (again) as the cosmic size queens append critical footage to their earlier DVD shoot of nearly a year ago. The Buttermarket has had a makeover as well in the meantime - you've come to the right place...
Worcester - Marr's Bar - [map] - 01905 613 336Fantastic Allstars12 Pierpoint Street WR1 1TA
Fri 9 Jan 2004
Cardiff - Winter Wonderland - [map]Fantastic AllstarsThe Bandstand, City Hall Lawn (stone's throw from the Castle)