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Artist News
Idlewild plan hiatus
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 27 April 2010
Idlewild plan to go on one of those “hiatus” things once their current tour is completed next weekend.
The news arrived via a blog post by frontman Roddy Woomble, who seemed decidedly down on the whole Idlewild venture. Seemingly disappointed by the response to the band’s sixth album ‘Post Electric Blues’, Woomble posted: “At the end of this final part of the tour we will have played 40 gigs around the UK and Ireland in support of ‘Post Electric Blues’, which seems more than enough for some time. There isn’t the demand for our music that there was in the past, especially not outside of Britain, so it seems after this year it’s an appropriate time to take a break, a ‘hiatus’ or whatever you want to call it”.
However, seemingly keen to stop anyone from inferring Woomble’s message meant this was really the end of Idlewild, bassist Gareth Russell subsequently posted on Facebook: “So, there’s been a bit of speculation flying about regarding Roddy’s latest tour diary. The current situation is that we’re working on our plans for the rest of the year, when these become more definite we’ll be announcing them. What’s certain is that there will be no more UK tours in support of ‘Post Electric Blues’ and there’ll be a significant break/hiatus/rest before we’ll begin writing another Idlewild record”.
