Ride begin tour with hometown gig – watch
Ride played the first gig as a full band in 20 years tonight (5th April) at the O2 Academy (formerly The Zodiac) to an ecstatic crowd in Oxford.
They sold tickets via their mailing list just a few days ago and tonight just over 400 fans who have travelled from as far as America packed the venue.
The triumphant set spanned across their whole career with the exception of Carnival of Light. If I’m not mistaken it was the first time Cool Your Boots and Black Nite Crash have been played live. In attendance were Jon Leckie, Sam Williams and Gem Archer.
You can watch a video of opening track Polar Bear below.
The full set list consisted of:
Polar bear
Seagull
Twisterella
Unfamiliar
Cool your boots
Black nite crash
OX4
Dreams burn down
Time of her time
Chrome waves
Paralysed
Taste
Vapour trail
Drive blind
Leave them all behind
Like a daydream
Chelsea girl
A Spotify playlist of the set (including intro track by This Mortal Coil) is below:
The band now fly off to the states tomorrow where they follow up tonight’s gig with the following dates:
- Thu Aug 29 2019Ride
Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand - Sat Aug 31 2019Ride
Astor Theatre, Perth, WA, Australia - Wed Sep 04 2019Ride
The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD, Australia - Thu Sep 05 2019Ride
Forum Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia - Fri Sep 06 2019Ride
Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW, Australia - Fri Sep 13 - 15 2019Riot Fest 2019
Douglas Park Cultural & Community Center, Chicago, IL, US - Mon Sep 16 2019Ride
St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, US - Tue Sep 17 2019Ride
The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada - Fri Sep 20 2019Ride
Paradise Rock Club presented by Citizens Bank, Boston, MA, US - Sat Sep 21 2019Ride
Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY, US - Sun Sep 22 2019Ride
9:30 Club, Washington, DC, US - Tue Sep 24 2019Ride
Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, US - Thu Sep 26 2019Ride
Exit In, Nashville, TN, US - Fri Sep 27 2019Ride
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC, US - Sat Sep 28 2019Ride
Orange Peel, Asheville, NC, US - Sun Sep 29 2019Ride
Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, US - Tue Oct 01 2019Ride
Mohawk, Austin, TX, US - Wed Oct 02 2019Ride
Trees, Dallas, TX, US - Fri Oct 04 2019Ride
Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO, US - Mon Oct 07 2019Ride
Venue, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Tue Oct 08 2019Ride
The Crocodile, Seattle, WA, US - Wed Oct 09 2019Ride
Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR, US - Fri Oct 11 2019Ride
The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, US - Mon Oct 14 2019Ride
Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA, US - Tue Oct 15 2019Vetusta Morla, Ride
House of Blues - San Diego, San Diego, CA, US - Wed Oct 16 2019Ride
The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA, US - Fri Nov 29 2019Ride
Waterfront, Norwich, UK - Sat Nov 30 2019Ride
Plug, Sheffield, UK - Sun Dec 01 2019Ride
O2 Institute Birmingham, Birmingham, UK - Tue Dec 03 2019Ride
Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, UK - Wed Dec 04 2019Ride
SWG3, Glasgow, UK - Thu Dec 05 2019Ride
The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, UK - Fri Dec 06 2019Ride
Boiler Shop, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - Sun Dec 08 2019Ride
Engine Rooms, Southampton, UK - Mon Dec 09 2019Ride
Barbican Hall, London, UK - Wed Dec 11 2019Ride
Leeds Beckett University Students Union, Leeds, UK - Thu Dec 12 2019Ride
O2 Ritz Manchester, Manchester, UK
In other Ride related news, the 6th April marks 25 years since their breakthrough sell-out gig at London’s ULU. The same weekend the band had their first top 40 hit with the Play EP. You can see a clip of them at the ULU gig below.