Oya and deBeschaving

two further festival confirmations today:

Øya Festival, Oslo (6th August)
http://oyafestivalen.com

deBeschaving Festival, Utrecht (30th August)
http://www.debeschaving.nl

No Transmission?

mogwai have disappeared from the listing for the transmission festival in austria in july, and the date has been removed from their official site.

Tramway, 26th April setlist

mogwai's first show of 2008 included six new songs. thanks james.

further details as we get them: brightlight gigography

update: 'batcat' was introduced as 'our new single', as previously mentioned here:
http://brightlight-youngteam.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-ep-due-soon.html

update 2:

"the full names of the new songs we played are 'the precipice', "i love you, i'm going to blow up your school", 'i'm jim morrison - i'm dead', 'thank you space expert', 'batcat' and 'scotland's shame'

thanks stuart.

update 3:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50257-photos-triptych-festival-glasgow-scotland-042608

Antwerp, 31st August

from livenation:

31 août 2008
mogwai
rivierenhof, antwerpen

update:

venue website and ticketing link:
http://www.openluchttheater.be/agenda/event/23

thanks jean-paul

ATP NY

announced this morning:

http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atp-ny/

all tomorrow's parties ny
sept 19-21
kutshers country resort, catskills, ny, usa

mogwai are billed to perform on sunday 21st sept. the line-up also includes my bloody valentine, polvo, low, shellac, thurston moore. icing on the cake - built to spill performing 'perfect from now on'.

MYT reissue packaging

a first look at the slipcase packaging for the 'mogwai young team' reissue, due for release by chemikal underground on 26th may (uk)/27th may (us). the packaging also includes sleevenotes from keith cameron. thanks stuart.

Toronto, 30th June

http://www.groundcontroltouring.com/artists/mogwai/ confirms that mogwai play the sled island festival in calgary on 28th june, and adds a second canadian date at the phoenix concert theatre, toronto on 30th june.

more dates to follow?

update: looks like mogwai's north american visit won't go far into july:
transmission festival, kufstein, austria - 5th july

New ep due soon?

a couple of key points from stuart's post at mogwai.co.uk today:

"we got our new ep mastered"

first mention of this - new material for a pre-summer release?

the triptych show (glasgow, 26th april) is sold out

additionally, http://ironworksvenue.com has the support for mogwai's show in inverness (may 9th) as aidan moffat.

MYT live in Spain - dates confirmed

as we reported previously, mogwai have been invited to play 'young team' live in its entirety at this year's summercase festival in july.

the dates for these shows have now been confirmed:
fri 18th july - summercase festival, boadilla del monte, madrid
sat 19th july - summercase festival, parc del forum, barcelona
tickets: http://www.ticktackticket.com

Inverness - May 9th

from mogwai.co.uk:

new date - inverness
we've a new show to announce, this time it's in inverness on may 9th at the ironworks. box office number to call is 0871 7894 173 and you can book online through the ironworks website.
http://ironworksvenue.com

Young Team - May 19th?

apparently the 'young team' reissue is scheduled for may 19th? can anyone confirm this?

update: teletext music news appears to confirm this?

update 2: pitchfork reports that the release date is may 26th (uk) and may 27th (us). in jetset's absence, does this mean that matador are handling the us release?

Supersonic 2008

supersonic festival
custard factory
birmingham
11th - 13th july

weekend tickets go on sale tomorrow (fri 4th april). a three day pass costs £65.
ticketweb
polar bear and swordfish (birmingham), rough trade east (london)

further info:
http://www.capsule.org.uk/Coming_Up/209/97.aspx

Errors album and single

forthcoming on rock action records:



errors "toes" limited 7"
may 12th
rockact35
b-side 'period drama' exclusive to this release



errors "it's not something but it is like whatever" cd/lp
june 2nd
rockact36

tracklist:
dance music
national prism
salut! france
still game
toes
crystal maze
cutlery drawer (feat. george pringle)
pump
the bagpipes
a lot of the things you don't isn't

scheduled to appear later in 2008:
rockact38cd - DESALVO - MOOD POISONER (CD)
rockact39 - ENVY - TRANSFOVISTA (DVD)
plus new albums from james orr complex and part chimp, and the debut release from rememberremember

links to band websites can be found in this previous post:
http://brightlight-youngteam.blogspot.com/2008/03/rock-action-sampler-spring-2008.html

Mogwai Young Team live in Spain

from http://www.mogwai.co.uk/

Mogwai Young Team - Live
Afternoon, a special announcement of sorts.
We're going to be doing a exclusive performance of the 'Mogwai Young Team' record live in its entirety at this year's Summercase in July. For more information about the festival you can visit their website here .

the summercase festivals take place in barcelona and madrid over the weekend of 18th and 19th july. further details to follow.

Two shows for Tramway

brightlight understands that mogwai will play two sets at the tramway, glasgow (26th april) after an invitation from the promoters of a mogwai tribute show being held in tokyo on the same day.

it is anticipated that mogwai will take the stage for the first (shorter) set at 4pm, enabling a live video link-up as the climax of the 'raidworld festival'. the festival also features performances from explosions in the sky, mono, envy and world's end girlfriend.
http://www.myspace.com/raidworldfestival

the second mogwai set will take place at the end of the glasgow show, after performances from clinic, dirty projectors, malcolm middleton, errors, frightened rabbit, magik markers, correcto, rememberremember. further info as we get it.