04/08/00 - E. Sussex, UK @ Camber Sands Holiday Village

Date: Saturday, April 8th, 2000
City: E. Sussex, UK
Venue: Camber Sands Holiday Village -- All Tomorrow's Parties Festival
SET LIST NOTES
J'accuse Ted Hughes 
Free City Rhymes 
Nevermind (What Was It Anyway) 
Renegade Princess 
Side2Side 
NYC Ghosts & Flowers 
-- 
Lightnin' 
Sunday 

  • "J'accuse Ted Hughes" (listed as "NEW DRONE" on the set list) was over 20 minutes long, w/ vocals by Kim.
  • Free City Rhymes & Renegade Princess were instrumental, though the set list indicated that Thurston would sing on Free City.
  • "J'accuse Ted Hughes" was finally released in 2008, on the delicious vinyl-only SYR7.
  • The band released the entire show in digital format on bandcamp in 2020. "Free City Rhymes" also appears on Rarities 1.
  • This would be the band's final show as a quartet until 2006 (aside from a single 2005 gig Jim missed).

    QUOTES

    K: "Aah! How many people saw Shellac play? Woo! Made my heart thump."
    - J'accuse Ted Hughes
    - Free City Rhymes [instrumental]
    - Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)
    - Renegade Princess [instrumental]
    [indistinct stage chatter possibly re: amplifier]
    K: "There's some technical um, things going on. Problems."
    T: "Thanks!"
    - Side2side
    - NYC Ghosts & Flowers
    T: "Thank you my beautiful British brothers and sisters. Goodnight."
    K: "Thanks."
    [encore break]
    T: "Thank you very much!"
    - Lightnin'
    T: "The end."
    K: "Has anyone has trouble making coffee in their, um, chalets? [laughs] Coffee's like a cheap American gimmick, isn't it?"
    - Sunday
    T: "Goodnight, thank you!"
    L: "Thanks a lot!"
    K: "Thanks very much."

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • Ligament
  • And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead..
  • Snow Patrol
  • Clinic
  • Arab Strap

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