CONCERTS AND TOUR DATES
- 30/01/10 MO'FORUM, Paris (FR)
- 17/02/10 Espace B, Paris (FR)
- More information
- Photos from our set at MO'FORUM last weekend here: http://bit.ly/9TpI0O Merci @frall!
- Happy to report that the poster design misappropriation fiasco has been resolved...
- I've seen this flyer before somewhere: http://bit.ly/9NzMa0 Hmmm: http://bit.ly/9kiiFS They could have at least removed the "H"...
- Playing a showcase set this Saturday at MO'FORUM as part of MO'FO'10 in Paris... Onstage at 20h15... Details here: http://bit.ly/5WtIB3
- RT @messandnoise: Melbourne's iconic The Tote to close: http://www.messandnoise.com/news/3845158
- Very sad to hear that The Tote in Melbourne is closing. Terrible news for the live music scene. http://bit.ly/8BE1zq
- Interview with Robin Guthrie, producer of Heligoland's forthcoming new album, listen here: http://bit.ly/5T8cFu
- Acoustic version of 'What was it worth?' from the release party for Kwoon's new album in Paris the other week... http://bit.ly/6LUE3t
- Final show for 2009 tomorrow night at l'International in Paris... http://bit.ly/8I3yUR
- @nexus1111 How was the Underground Lovers concert? Would have loved to be there...
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LATEST NEWS: We've recently finished recording a new album in Paris which has been produced and mixed by Robin Guthrie. So far this year we've played concerts in Germany, Czech, France, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and the UK with more concerts and tours coming up soon...
Final show for 2009 and acoustic video
Heligoland’s final (we think!) show for 2009 will be next Tuesday, December 22 at l’International in Paris for We Are The Lions #33. Doors open at 19h45 with Heligoland playing third on the bill later in the evening.
Last week Karen, Dave and Stéphane played a short acoustic set at the launch party for the release of the second album by Paris band Kwoon. Here is a video from the concert of the song ‘What was it worth?’ from Heligoland’s first album ‘Shift these thoughts‘. The concert took place in a small apartment with about forty people crammed in to the lounge room to see acoustic performances by Heligoland and Kwoon. Thanks to Drou for the video and thanks to Kwoon for inviting us to play!
London shows
We’re once again back in Paris after a very short but eventful visit to London for our first ever UK shows. On Friday night we had the great pleasure to play another concert with Trespassers William on the final night of their UK tour at the Luminaire for Club AC30. The following morning we were up bright and early for a mid-morning soundcheck at the Union Chapel in Islington for a midday concert as part of the Daylight Music series of shows. The Union Chapel is an amazing venue and if you ever have the chance to go to a concert or play a show there, we highly recommend it!
Our thanks to everyone who came along to the concerts, Robin and Duncan from AC30, Ben from Daylight Music and to The Zephyrs and Monroe Transfer for loaning us their backline at the shows.
Heligoland’s next show will be on December 22 in Paris at l’International.
Videos and tour diaries from our September tour coming soon…
UK/London shows this week
Heligoland will travelling to London in the next few days to play our first ever shows in the UK.
Friday 6 November, 2009
Club AC30
Trespassers William (US), The Zephyrs, Heligoland
The Luminaire
311 Kilburn High Road
London, NW6 7JR, UK
Saturday 7 November, 2009
Daylight Music @ Union Chapel
Compton Terrace, Islington, N1 2UN, London (UK)
Monroe Transfer, Sam Sallon, Heligoland
Back from tour
We’re now back in Paris after our longest tour to date: three weeks of shows in Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. The return trip to Paris, a combination of a twenty six hour ferry trip from Helsinki to Rostock, driving non-stop through the night from Rostock to Cologne and then a train back to Paris was a little tiring to say the least, but everyone is slowly recovering ahead of our concert this coming sunday in Paris as part of Festival Out Of The Blue.
Our thanks to everyone who came along to the concerts and everyone who helped with the organisation for the tour.
Tour blog, photos and video coming soon…
September 2009 Tour
Heligoland’s September 2009 tour begins on Sunday with a concert at Astra-Stube in Hamburg.
Over the next few weeks the band will be playing shows in Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
All the details of the dates, concerts and venues can be found on the concerts page.
We’ve just added a last-minute show in Vilnius on Sunday September 19 at Muse Club.
Hope to see you on the road!
Interview – Dans le mur… de son !
A new interview with Karen and Steve has been published online this week by French webzine Dans le mur… de son !
Heligoland interview [FR]
Merci Lyle et Dans le mur… de son !
Two shows in Paris this week
Heligoland will be playing two very different shows in Paris in the next few days.
On Wednesday night we’ll be playing at Glazart with FareWell Poetry and Jason Edwards. Doors at 7pm, free entry, Heligoland onstage at 9pm.
This concert is a special preview show for the Out Of The Blue Festival which we’ll be playing at in September. The festival runs for three days and has an amazing lineup. Full details on the Out Of The Blue MySpace.
On Saturday night Heligoland will be playing at Out Of The Blue Acoustic Session No1 at Café de Paris in Menilmontant supporting Damon&Naomi. Doors at 8pm, 5€ entry.
As with the other recent Heligoland acoustic concerts, this will be another trio show comprising Karen (vocals), Dave (acoustic guitar) and Stéphane (acoustic guitar). The Heligoland acoustic shows of late have featured numerous tracks from the Heligoland back catalogue, so expect a very different setlist to Wednesday night’s full band/electric concert.
Photos from Le Réservoir
Some photos from our concert in July at Le Réservoir in Paris.
All photos by Micky / L’esprit d’escalier
Session acoustique #145 (03/2009) sur Le Cargo!
Earlier this year Karen, Dave and Stephane recorded an acoustic session for the webzine Le Cargo!.
The session was filmed in a quiet and secluded park tucked away in a backstreet near the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris’ 20th Arrondisment. Four songs were recorded for the session: ‘The Light Inside’, ‘Nearness’, ‘Cabo de Gata’ and ‘The Whole Way Round The Circle’.
“Heligoland et le cargo. Une histoire de jardin pourrait on dire. Juste après leur merveilleux concert pour la fête de la musique, dans notre jardin parisien pas si secret, nous mettons enfin en ligne la session acoustique tournée quelques mois plus tôt dans un jardin jouxtant le cimetière du Père Lachaise.
Cadre idéal pour cette musique envoutante. Des bruits d’enfants, des roucoulements d’oiseaux, voilà ce qui se marient à merveille avec la musique de Dave et Stéphane et la voix de Karen.”
Watch the session on the Le Cargo! website
Photos from the Le Cargo! acoustic session
Merci Renaud et Le Cargo!
More photos from Le Cargo Fête de la musique
Some more photos from Karen, Dave and Stéphane’s acoustic set for Fête de la musique in Paris hosted by Le Cargo.
All photos by Anne-Hélène Lebrun / frall-photo.com
All photos by Anne-Hélène Lebrun / frall-photo.com
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