Idles Unveil Live Performance Video For Carcinogenic
Friday, 29 January 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Tom Ham
Idles have dropped a video for Carcinogenic.
The rowdy clip was recorded for Independent Venue Week and carries a message of support for the workers in the live music and events industry that have struggled to stay afloat, and are continuing to do so, during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
It finds each member of the band performing the song from grassroots venues in their hometown of Bristol, including the Louisiana, Exchange, the Mother's Ruin, the Old Duke, and Trinity Centre. Guitarist Mark Bowen said:
"Now more than ever independent musicians and the music industry at large need to unite to keep from being decimated. Between the pandemic and a government who not only don’t care about the future of the arts (especially independence within the arts) but take a pro-active role in its diminishment, independent venues are at greatest risk because they are mostly small businesses, not interested in profit or investors but in the nourishment of creative, open-minded, critical thinking.
"Independent venues are the fertile soil in which the future of the performing arts will grow. They are where your future favourite band will play, where the best song ever written will be tested out, where the new can bud and flourish. They are also vital for a sense of community and union, something people sorely need and miss at this time, without them we’re all fucked."
The track, meanwhile, is lifted of their most recent album, 'Ultra Mono', released in September 2020. The band have also shared details of a live AMA (Ask Me Anything) with fans via Instragram at 7pm GMT on January 30.
Idles are due to embark on a run of intimate instore shows in the spring, unless plans get derailed due to the ongoing pandemic. They also have UK and European tour dates in the diary for the summer, along with an Eden Sessions show in Cornwall.
IDLES Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon April 12 2021 - SOUTHAMPTON 1865
Tue April 13 2021 - PORTSMOUTH Guildhall
Thu April 15 2021 - BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Fri April 16 2021 - HULL Adelphi
Sat April 17 2021 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Boiler Shop
Mon April 19 2021 - DUNDEE Fat Sams
Tue April 20 2021 - LEEDS Beckett University Union
Thu April 22 2021 - OXFORD O2 Academy Oxford
Fri April 23 2021 - LONDON Pryzm
Sun April 25 2021 - BRISTOL Louisiana
Mon April 26 2021 - BRISTOL Louisiana
Fri May 07 2021 - GLASGOW Barrowland
Sat May 08 2021 - GLASGOW Barrowland
Sun May 09 2021 - GLASGOW Barrowland
Mon May 10 2021 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 City Hall
Wed May 12 2021 - CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena
Thu May 13 2021 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Fri May 14 2021 - SHEFFIELD O2 Academy Sheffield
Sun May 16 2021 - DUBLIN Vicar Street
Mon May 17 2021 - DUBLIN Vicar Street
Tue May 18 2021 - DUBLIN Vicar Street
Thu May 20 2021 - MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
Fri May 21 2021 - MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
Sat May 22 2021 - MANCHESTER O2 Victoria Warehouse
Fri June 18 2021 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
Sat June 19 2021 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
Sun June 20 2021 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
Mon June 21 2021 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
Thu July 08 2021 - LEEDS Millenium Square
Sun July 11 2021 - ST AUSTELL Eden Project
Sat May 29 2021 - AMSTERDAM Melkweg (Netherlands)
Mon May 31 2021 - HAMBURG Docks (Germany)
Tue June 01 2021 - MUNICH Muffathalle (Germany)
Thu June 03 2021 - MILAN Fabrique (Italy)
Mon June 07 2021 - LISBON Coliseum (Portugal)
Tue June 08 2021 - MADRID La Riviera (Spain)
Thu June 10 2021 - TOULOUSE Le Bikini (France)
Fri June 11 2021 - LYON La Transbordeur (France)
Sat June 12 2021 - BRUSSELS Ancienne Belgique (Belgium)
Tue June 15 2021 - PARIS Elysee Montmartre (France)
Wed June 16 2021 - PARIS Elysee Montmartre (France)
Sun July 04 2021 - BERLIN Columbiahalle (Germany)
Mon July 05 2021 - COLOGNE E Werk (Germany)
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