TheProdigy

I'm begging you to come to the UK again We all promise to tear the fuck out of all the venues that you play
Just pleaseeeeee come to the UK again

Have they announced that they're not playing the UK again?

I don't know But i really want them to tour the UK again

not in the know, but i would guess there wont be a uk tour untill there is some new material, either just before or after an album. might catch an odd show or festival appearance before then though.
we may not have to wait as long for a new album as previous, as i have read that liam has the hunger for it, but let them take their time. Invaders was pretty flat out - a lot of shows over a long period - this is downtime for them

Yeah UK tours are 4 real on the videos i watched... I'm waitin for new dates. And yeah I dont think that pauses like between AONO and IMD are nice. Dont push new album immediately after IMD, but not make us wait too long !
In Liam we trust!

factory defect wrote:


4 1/2 years. Pah, the wait between FOTL and AONO was a killer, 7 years 2 months and FOTL was a disappointment after Jilted.

WayneB wrote:


A disappointment but the audiences it brought was a winner. Well I guess I mean the amount of audiences, not the audiences themselves
People seem to forget that the band tours between albums, to test out new material and play around with tracks. I reckon we'll see them pop up for some small venues here and there this time next year?
Bloody hope so. Probably meet some of the people here at the forum out and about for the next era's tour

WayneB wrote:


I remember that period well and it was tough going. I craved new material and craved to see them live so much so I went to both of their Leeds and Reading 2002 festival dates and they were shite. That seven years was a long time. They have only had three years inactive years of no activilty (no tunes or no gigs that was in 2000,2001 & 2003. Not a bad going for a band that have been going for 20 years and played the amount of gigs they've done.

I don't understand where some of these johnny come late fans have came from crying out for more gigd since MK Bowl. They had been on the road constantly for over 2 years prior to that gig and had done every major UK festival at least once and done 3 Uk tours.

I am quite content for all the hype to die down, Liam to write some new tunes and hopefully he'll road test them like he did back in 2008 in the small clubs infront of hardcore fans.

no more gigs this year....

Amplifier wrote:


Seconded. Motion carried.

WayneB wrote:


In one sentence you have summed up whats needs to be said on this topic. You should dust off your hands and we can all sit back in our chairs.

I agree take a rest, write a killer album, maybe do the odd small gig to give us a taster, maybe a Brixton show or the like but other than that just keep heads down, take some time out & let the teeny boppers latch on to something else and unleash some crazy arse beats on the hardcore in a year or 2!

If plans are being made to do something along the lines of the above make sure the last thing you do before the above is realese the blooming WDF DVD

The problem for us old guns is these young guns that have got into them through IMD are likely to stick around just like we did with Experience, Jilted and FOTL because it was such an amazing resurgence for the lads.

The key point is that it was all down to these amazing new tunes that drove the incredible live shows so the only way to keep things going is for Liam to write more classic tunes. I never thought they would not only match the heights in popularity of the FOTL era but smash it by selling out Mk and selling IMD by the bucket loads.

After 20 years of being near or at the top, still sounding fresh and current is a big achievement.

However after milking the fans with the cash cow of merchandise, they missed a big trick, it’s nearly Xmas and there is no MK DVD out in the shops. What a shame, would have made a good stocking filler.

Amplifier wrote:


True about MK DVD...who knows it may crop up soon. (Still hoping its an all round Prodigy DVD rather than just MK...compiling all of Dugs footage onto a disc would be an essential prodigy purchase)

But I definitely don't think the IMD kids will stick around. At least not the ones I see round here, the Prodigy are just fleeting names on their ipods filled with the latest tunes their mates like. You know, IMD last week, pendulum this week, dubstep next week. It's like giving gold to a pig...
But on topic, as I said in my last post, people need to give them at least a year before they even start experimenting new stuff at small venues (like beat 55 before Omen), and even longer before the next big tour, I mean they must be knackered!
Going back off topic, Leeroy's not coming back is he? Always wondered why he left...something to do with his leg at the time or something(?)

Martinstatic wrote:


I suppose you raise a valid point. It is the age of the ipod where it is not about albums but about catchy individual tracks. I'll never understand how they bother with substandard newer acts like Pendulum and the terrible all hype no tunes Magnetic Man but that's me living in a different era when it was tapes and vinyl.

Martinstatic wrote:


I'd love to know how Liam transformed Beat 55 into omen as the former was just a simple beat. Being a regular fan of their gigs, It's wonderful to see some of these tunes transform gig by gig. It's as if Liam uses the gigs to test out what would work in the studio.

Martinstatic wrote:


Nah Leeroy said his knees couldn't hack the dancing no longer but he still attends most of the gigs which is brilliant because he's a top geezer for the other lads to have around backstage.