Friday 21st December will be a night of dance and jolliment down at the Concorde 2 in Brighton, as there will be a rare live performance by Pop Will Eat Itself as well as a support DJ set by Utah Saints.
Pop Will Eat Itself who are also known as PWEI and also the Poppies, formed in the West Midlands back in 1986 and in the following decade they had some great chart success, with hits including ‘Def. Con. One’, ‘Can U Dig It’, ‘Wise Up! Sucker’ and my fave a cover of Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s ‘Love Missile F1-11’.
In 1996 they called it a day, only to briefly reform in 2005 and now have been back together since 2010 and they have gone down a storm at Festivals and sold out shows around the country including the Indie Daze Festival 2015 and 2016.
The current Pop Will Eat Itself lineup are Graham Crabb (original drummer, later co-frontman/vocalist and main songwriter), Richard March (original member and later Bentley Rhythm Ace), original member Adam Mole (keyboards), vocalist Mary Byker (Gaye Bykers On Acid, Apollo 440), drummer Fuzz Townshend (Bentley Rhythm Ace, General Public) and bassist Davey Bennett (This Burning Age).
Cherry Red Records have just released a 75 track 4CD set of PWEI career spanning work. It’s entitled ‘PWEI: Def Comms 86-18’ and you can grab yours HERE.
More on PWEI HERE.
Utah Saints are made up of Tim Utah and Jez Willis. Together they have been making music, DJing and playing gigs around the globe since the birth of house music. In that time the world renowned duo have released 9 Top 40 UK hits, 4 of which hit the Top 10. They have sold over 2 million records worldwide, sampled a huge range of artists from Annie Lennox to Slayer and have supported U2 on a UK and European tour.
The Utah Saints lads have set up and promoted award winning and legendary club nights, SugarBeatClub, in Leeds, London and Edinburgh and have been regulars on radio stations such as BBC Radio 1, XFM, Galaxy, Kiss and Ministry of Sound. Tied to no sound in particular, the Utah Saints have always hovered between genres and between commercial success and underground kudos. 20 years later, they are still as in demand as ever.
“Utah Saints – Legends in the game “ – Zane Lowe – Beats 1
“The first true Stadium House band” – The KLF
More on the Utah Saints HERE and listen HERE.
Grab your Concorde 2 gig tickets HERE and HERE with door times 7pm to 10pm.
