{"id":39015,"date":"2018-08-02T21:12:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=39015"},"modified":"2018-11-02T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T15:37:54","slug":"stupidly-happy-tci-announce-swindon-mini-residency-half-of-xtc-live-its-really-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/stupidly-happy-tci-announce-swindon-mini-residency-half-of-xtc-live-its-really-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"STUPIDLY HAPPY &#8211; TC&amp;I Announce Swindon Mini-Residency &#8211; Half of XTC LIVE! It&#8217;s Really Happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>There was a stirring in The Downs this week as\u00a0TC&amp;I &#8211; the new collaboration between\u00a0XTC&#8217;s\u00a0Colin Moulding\u00a0and\u00a0Terry Chambers &#8211; announced Autumn live shows.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The duo, who released their debut EP\u00a0<em>Great Aspirations\u00a0<\/em>at the end of last year, will perform at home town venue\u00a0The Swindon Arts Centre for four consecutive nights from October 29 to November 1.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides playing their own material, the pair will play a selection of Moulding&#8217;s songs from the\u00a0<strong>XTC\u00a0<\/strong>back catalogue &#8211; some of which have never been played live before as the band famously quit touring in 1982.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fan favourites which could make the setlist include\u00a0<em><strong>Making Plans For Nigel<\/strong><\/em>, <strong><em>Life Begins At The Hop<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><em>Generals and Majors<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(see below video).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s likely they will also dip into the canon of XTC&#8217;s psychedelic alter egos\u00a0<strong>The Dukes of Stratosphear<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bassist Moulding first mooted the prospect of live dates in an<strong> EP<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/02\/making-plans-xtcs-colin-moulding-and-terry-chambers-ponder-live-shows-after-diy-great-aspirations-ep\/\"><strong>interview<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in February, casually mentioning that if he and drummer Chambers &#8220;could find two &#8216;erberts to come along with us&#8221; they might play a few shows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those two &#8216;erberts will be veteran musicians\u00a0<strong>Steve Tilling <\/strong>of<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.circu5.com\/thank-you-website\"> Circu5<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>on guitar and\u00a0<strong>Gary Bamford<\/strong>, who will contribute both keyboards and guitar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new shows coincide with a revival of interest in XTC following a series of album re-issues, a book <em><strong>The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and a feature-length documentary\u00a0<em><strong>This Is Pop<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39021\" style=\"width: 658px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/stupidly-happy-tci-announce-swindon-mini-residency-half-of-xtc-live-its-really-happening\/images-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/images.jpg?fit=267%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"267,189\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"images\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chambers (left) and Moulding (second right) with Partridge and Barry Andrews in an early XTC line-up&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/images.jpg?fit=267%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/images.jpg?resize=640%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chambers (left) and Moulding (2nd right) with Partridge and Barry Andrews in an early XTC line-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the band&#8217;s debut long player\u00a0<em><strong>White Music<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explaining the decision to go for more a mini-residency rather than a conventional tour, Moulding said it fitted in with the duo&#8217;s DIY approach.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We\u2019re not going to do the usual promoters&#8217; circuit. Besides it\u2019s kind of special this way. Like a stationary West End show or something,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chambers who quit XTC, partly because they stopped touring, could not disguise his thrill at playing live again.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Exciting times. 18 months ago couldn\u2019t see this happening &#8211; I\u2019m as excited about these gigs as I was in 1973 playing our first gig at the Arts Centre Swindon as a 17-year-old <strong>Helium Kid<\/strong>,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not surprisingly, the momentous news that half of XTC will be playing live together for the first time in 38 years has received a rapturous response.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even Moulding&#8217;s old sparring partner\u00a0<strong>Andy Partridge\u00a0<\/strong>was prompted to respond on Twitter, posting:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Well I never, CM and TC playing live. They should have done it years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span id=\"0.38702340425615755\" class=\"highlight\">TC&amp;I<\/span>\u00a0&#8216;Great Aspirations&#8217; CDs (both signed and unsigned copies) are available exclusively through\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pledgemusic.com\/projects\/tc-and-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pledge Music<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/burningshed.com\/tcandi_great-aspirations_cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burning Shed<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tickets for\u00a0<span id=\"0.1378633777739009\" class=\"highlight\">TC&amp;I<\/span>&#8216;s first four dates are on sale now from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/swindontheatres.co.uk\/Online\/tickets-tcandi-swindon-2018.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swindon Arts Centre<\/a><\/span>\u00a0box office (Tel. 01793 524481) between Mon-Sat 10am-6pm or online<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/swindontheatres.co.uk\/Online\/tickets-tcandi-swindon-2018.\">here<\/a><\/span>. 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