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I used to love them, but now they’re just grating on me. Palladium have announced another month long tour of the UK, stopping at a tonne of places I’m sure they’ve stopped at before.

Tickets are on sale now I think.

Monday 5th May - Truro Tuck Shop 14+
Tuesday 6th May – Plymouth Tuck Shop
Friday 9th May – Dublin Trinity Ball, Ireland
Monday 12th May – Hertford Marquee
Tuesday 13th May – London Bush Hall
Wednesday 14th May – Cambridge Junction 2
Friday 16th May – Peterborough Met Lounge
Saturday 17th May – Bedford Esquires
Sunday 18th May – Leicester Sumo
Monday 19th May – Birmingham Bar Academy
Wednesday 21st May – Derby The Venue
Thursday 22nd May – Liverpool Barfly
Saturday 24th May – Bristol Dot to Dot
Sunday 25th May – Nottingham Dot to Dot
Tuesday 27th May – Dundee Fat Sams, Scotland
Wednesday 28th May – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire, Scotland
Friday 30th May – Shipley PM Bar (Bradford Music Week)
Saturday 31st May – Cheltenham Wychwood

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Sometimes when you go and see a band you have the mis/fortune of seeing a support act who are actually just as good as the band you’ve paid out to see – tonight at Oxford’s Carling Academy was just that, when Alphabeat eclipsed Palladium’s headlining set.

My first night back at the Carling Academy since its costly refurb, I was impressed at just how nice it had turned out – no more whiffs of the loo if you’re near the front of the stage. Still, the nicer surroundings didn’t help the first band up sound any better, The Anydays. Sounding like a reasonably competent Battle of the Bands winner, they were reasonably strong, however had a sensation of going through the motions, and frankly, not that memorable.

Next up were a band I’d been waiting to see for a considerable length of time, Alphabeat. The Danes who I profiled at the weekend didn’t disappoint, putting in a fine showing, even though the crowd was rather meagre. Performing as if their lives depended on it, what they lacked in words they more than made up for with their enthusiasm. Rattling through the majority of their self-titled debut album, they managed to get everyone humming along, even the drunk guy behind me conceeded at the end that “they’re pretty f***ing good”. Indeed they were Rory, indeed they were.

Finally came the big moment, Palladium. I’d previously seen them support the Thrills last summer, and had a series of brilliant songs, which still are brilliant. However, the rest of their album material does sound very much like filler to go between such pop-greats as “High 5?, “Happy Hour” and “White Woman”. Peter Pepper was distinctly untalkative, and the rest of the band seemed a bit hurt at the low attendance, but if we’re honest, it’s a Monday night in January - is it really going to be packed? Ending with a new song wasn’t their brightest idea, instead penultimate “Happy Hour” was my personal highlight, and one that almost got the whole crowd going. Well, some people take some warming up, others were so drunk they danced all the way through.

They’re certainly ones to watch, but after tonight Alphabeat are a better bet for me.

After the jump: More photos.

Above: Alphabeat supporting Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

Above: Alphabeat supporting Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

Above: Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

Above: Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

Above: Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

Above: Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

Above: Palladium @ Oxford Academy Zodiac

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Those camp-pop (soon to be) superstars Palladium have announced a new UK tour next February. Expect more dates to be added to their five night tour of the UK soon

Thursday 24th January - Southampton Joiners
Friday 25th January - Brighton Barfly
Saturday 26th January- Exeter Cavern
Sunday 27th January - Bristol Louisiana
Monday 28th January - Oxford Academy
Wednesday 30th January - Liverpool Barfly
Thursday 31st January - Belfast Auntie Annies
Saturday 2nd February - Birmingham Bar Academy
Sunday 3rd February - Leeds Cockpit
Monday 4th February - Aberdeen Tunnels
Tuesday 5th February - Glasgow Oran Mor
Wednesday 6th February - Newcastle Cluny
Friday 8th February - Stoke Sugarmill
Saturday 9th February - York Fibbers
Sunday 10th February - Nottingham Bodega
Monday 11th February - Manchester Night & Day
Wednesday 13th February - Sheffield Leadmill
Thursday 14th February - London Borderline
Saturday 16th February - Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach

MP3: Palladium - High 5 (iTunes /
Amazon)

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Currently climbing the ropes to superstardom, Palladium have announced a free show in London.

They’ll be playing Time Out Magazine’s ‘On The Up’ event on Thursday October 25, at the Bar Academy Islington.

Tickets are completely free of charge and are available from here.

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Those camp-pop (soon to be) superstars Palladium have announced a full UK tour at the end of the month and most of October.

Tickets are on sale for all dates now at about £10 a ticket. Catch them at:

Friday 28th September - Northampton Soundhaus
Saturday 29th September - Cardiff Barfly
Sunday 30th September - Bristol Louisiana
Monday 1st October - Coventry Colleseum
Wednesday 3rd October - Brighton Barfly
Thursday 4th October - Southampton Joiners
Friday 5th October - Hertford Marquee
Sunday 7th October - Oxford Jericho Tavern
Monday 8th October - London Madame Jo Jo’s
Tuesday 9th October - Cambridge Portland Arms
Thursday 11th October - York Barfly
Friday 12th October - Glasgow King Tut’s
Sunday 14th October - Sheffield Leadmill
Monday 15th October - Nottingham Social
Tuesday 16th October - Hull The Lamp
Wednesday 17th October - Birmingham Bar Academy
Thursday 18th October - Liverpool Korova
Saturday 20th October - Leeds Faversham
Sunday 21st October - Manchester Dry Bar

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“This is a slower song – hope you don’t mind” Palladium’s Peter Pepper says before launching into “White Woman”. The audience certainly didn’t, as it gave a welcome respite from the scintillating pace they’d been playing at for the last twenty minutes.

Opening up with their new single “Happy Hour”, they quickly set out their manifesto: fast, friendly and frantic pop. Racing through 7 songs in 30 minutes, they worked the crowd well and had more arms flailing down the front than The Thrills did half an hour later for the main set of the evening.

Whilst trying to think of a band to compare them to, this Londonista really couldn’t decide, in the end settling on Klaxons fronted by Patrick Wolf playing Delays and Sunshine Underground. They really are an oddball group of people that really shouldn’t be in a band together, but somehow it just works.

There were three songs in the set (their opening two and closing song) which were very promising, easily able to outshine most of the current crop of pop-wannabes; however the middle of the set did seem to largely be filler that started to sound very similar. Their energy may have been unstoppable, but it’s no good if the tunes all sound similar but slightly re-jigged.

Peter Pepper (if that is his real name…) introduced the last, and perhaps best, song of their evening, Hi-5, by giving the record company spiel about buying their new single in a decidedly boring and un-Palladium like way… they might as well got the guys from EMI to do it themselves. This is one band where they should leave the music to do the talking for them.

Whilst at the moment Palladium are only playing small venues supporting bands at the moment, expect in time them to be playing their own palladiums and theatres near you

Palladium support Amy Winehouse at Somerset House tomorrow, then play Lovebox on Sunday and a headline show at the Barfly on Thursday 2nd August.

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So, last night I was lucky enough to catch The Thrills and Palladium at Scala in London. I’ve already written a quick bit on Palladium for Londonist (who gave me the free tickets), but now for The Thrills, a highlight of the month for me.

I caught The Thrills for the first time last month at the Millennium Dome, and loved their short set, and now I’ve finally got to see a full set I must say they’re a brilliant live band… full of energy, pizzaz and Conor sure knows how to work a crowd.

Working their way through all of the favourites and a lot of their new album, the guys from Ireland via America bought a tiny bit of summer to a rain swept London. Introducing new song “Restaurant” Connor jokes “This is the bit the whole band hates – I’m on rhythm guitar, holding it all together, and, well, my rhythm is non-existant”. Still, the track passes without a hitch. Undoubtedly the highlights of the evening are the ol’ classics “Big Sur”, “Santa Cruz”, “One Horse” and “Corey Haim”, however “Long Forgotten Song” definitely has the chance to join the favourites, sounding brilliant both on record and live.

After the jump find some pictures and the setlist. If anyone wants any of the pictures bigger just shout or leave a comment.

The Midnight Choir
Big Sur
Long Forgotten Song
Rosebud
When the tide creeps in
Restaurant
Santa Cruz
I Came All This Way
Not For All The Love
Nothing Changes
Gate crashing
One Horse Town

Encore:
The Boy Who Caught all the breaks
Corey Haim