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Gigs & Festivals
Child Of Lov cancels all live dates
By Aly Barchi | Published on Friday 31 May 2013
Alt-pop artist The Child Of Lov, real name Cole Williams, has rinsed his live itinerary of all its dates, which means he won’t be playing again until… well, whenever he changes his mind, really.
Sharing his reasoning in cancelling appearances at Glastonbury, Benicassim and Bestival with NME, Williams said: “If there’s one thing I know, it is that I have to be able to express myself in what I do musically. I will not go as far as saying that performing live is worth less artistically than producing and composing a record, but on a creative level, they are two entirely different things”.
He added: “Even though I do feel pressure to do a tour that involves some great festivals lately, I’ve come to realise that playing gigs cannot occupy a rewarding role if it is not exactly as I envisioned it, exactly as I want it, and exactly the way I know the audience deserves it”.
As we all try to translate what that’s meant to mean – perhaps it’s that he wasn’t happy watching this back – let’s have an artistically gratifying look at ‘Give Me’, a track taken from TCOL’s eponymous first LP: