They’ve been absent from the world for a while thanks to a combination of collective tragedy, borderline depression, boredom and the pursuit of delinquency but, finally, Newcastle’s Little Comets are back with a full UK tour that includes a gig at The O2 Academy in Newcastle on October 3. Here are all the dates: 01.10 [...]
Check out this awesome video of Little Comets guerilla gigging in Marks & Spencer on Northumberland Street. The band play The O2 Academy in Newcastle on May 15 and Independent in Sunderland on May 27.
Three of the region’s finest bands co-headline a series of Shockwaves NME Radar Tour gigs next week in association with Club NME. Middlebrough’s Chapman Family (pictured), Sunderland-based Frankie & The Heartstrings and the Toon’s very own Little Comets take to the road for the following gigs: Stockton On Tees’ Georgian Theatre (February 15) York Fibbers [...]
Making their major label debut a week or so ago with the stunning ‘Adultery’, Newcastle-based four-piece Little Comets have firmly established themselves as Tyneside’s brightest young indie-pop hopes. According to Pitchfork: “The strength of ‘Adultery’, as with many offerings from Comets‘ fellow post-punk channelers, The Futureheads, lies in its ability to package bits of asymmetric [...]
Tyneside-based indie-poppers Little Comets have announced details of their first single for major label Columbia. Limited to 1,000 copies, ‘Adultery’ is scheduled for release on October 26. Here’s the full tracklisting: ‘Adultery’ ‘Mathilda’ ‘Figures’ A more refined, melancholic version of ‘Adultery’ The band will be back in toon for a one-off gig at the O2 [...]
Little Comets have been forced to apologise to fans after one unscrupulous promoter started selling tickets for a gig at Independent in Sunderland without checking with the band first: “Our dependables, We’ve had quite a tough week in which our list of breakages has r o c k e t e d to include a [...]
Newcastle-based indie-poppers Little Comets return to the O2 Academy on August 17 as part of their summer tour. The band’s full dates are: 24 Jul 2009 the PLUG! S to the HEF to the FIELD 25 Jul 2009 Shhheeeeeeecret Garden Party C-A-M-B-S 31 Jul 2009 Underground (maybe literally,who knows) BARNstaple 1 Aug 2009 Leopallooza (in [...]
Interview: Toby Rogers In a few short months, Newcastle-based guitar-pop outfit Little Comets have gone from guerrilla gigging on Metros to getting played on daytime Radio 1. Having recently inked a deal with celebrated major Columbia , the four-piece are busy putting the finishing touches to a debut LP that already looks set to fire [...]
