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Gigs & Festivals
Budo Grape announce UK tour dates
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 18 October 2012
Japanese new wavers Budo Grape will be over in the UK for a tour next week and I think you should go and see them. Come on, they’re travelling a long way. And they’re very good too.
The band released their sixth album, ‘Kare No Namae Wo Omoidasenai’, earlier this year, and ahead of their trip to the UK to promote it, guitarist Nagai told It Came From Japan: “It’s our dream to play in the UK, because I’ve loved British rock music since I was a child, like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who. And after that the new wave movement, punk movement, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Smiths. A gig in the UK is our dream. So dreams come true”.
So, there you go, it’s decided. We all have to go. Here are the dates:
26 Oct: Brighton, The Prince Albert
27 Oct: London, Bloomsbury Lanes
28 Oct: Manchester, Gullivers
And here’s the somewhat lo-fi video for the opening track from their latest album, ‘Sutsutenkororin’: