Gigs We've Done: 2009
Here's all the gigs we played in 2009, along with any details of the night I can remember.| Tuesday 13 January | The Lamb, London First Totally Acoustic of 2009, with Orange Nichole and Superman Revenge Squad |
| Tuesday 20 January | The Camden Rock, London Lovely night for Mr C Flower's birthday, with George Death, Cracktown and Leevilee. |
| Friday 6 February | The Criterion, Leicester 'My Exciting Life In ROCK' SELLOUT show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. |
| Saturday 7 February | The Criterion, Leicester 'My Exciting Life In ROCK' NEARLY sells out again at the Leicester Comedy Festival. |
| Thursday 19 February | Komedia Brighton, Brighton With The Lovely Brothers and The Bobby McGees. |
| Tuesday 24 February | The Lamb, London Totally Acoustic, this time with 'Wiffle Lever To Full' author Bob Fischer and the lovely Tim Evelei gh. |
| Sunday 1 March | The Salmon & Compass, London Co-hosting the Pop Quiz with Mr S Hewitt - featuring Ukelele Intros! |
| Tuesday 10 March | The Green Dragon, London The international world premier of Dinosaur Planet. |
| Friday 13 March | The Boathouse, Cambridge Slightly disappointing return to Cambridge. |
| Sunday 22 March | The Salmon & Compass, London 'My Exciting Life In ROCK' at The Hangover Lounge |
| Saturday 28 March | Private Function, Sheffield Paul's birthday party |
| Sunday 29 March | The Hope, Brighton One audience member (Jimmy) and a GRATE set by The Fighting Cocks. |
| Tuesday 31 March | The Lamb, London A rather brilliant Totally Acoustic with The Gresham Flyers and George Death |
| Friday 3 April | The White Star, Stoke 'My Exciting Life In ROCK' hits Stoke! |
| Thursday 30 April | The Lamb, London Totally Acoustic, with The Lime Chalks and The Fighting Cocks. |
| Sunday 3 May | Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, London Singing 'Do You Remember The First Time' with the (Brit)PopArt Allstars. |
| Monday 4 May | University of Sheffield Students' Union, Sheffield Afternoon slot BATTLING girls dressed as sheep and BABIES. |
| Saturday 9 May | The Fly, London Fantastic night launching 'Regardez, Ecoutez et Repetez' with Typewriter and The Kiara Elles. |
| Saturday 16 May | Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project, Brighton Fitting end to 'My Exciting Life In ROCK', performing to juvenile delinquents in a Forest Clearing. |
| Friday 22 May | Mother's Ruin, Bristol With The Brazen and Horowitz. And BIG JEFF. |
| Saturday 23 May | The Criterion, Leicester Validators + Beer Festival = GOOD TIMES |
| Sunday 24 May | The Wilmington Arms, London LostMusic night with Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring and Royal Trumpets |
| Monday 25 May | The Packhorse, Leeds With The Pete Green Corporate Juggernaut and Bees Niece. Also, tasty Tetley Bitter?!? |
| Tuesday 26 May | The Stockroom, Sheffield Final night of the RER Tour, with The Rocky Nest and The Pete Green Corporate Juggernaut. |
| Friday 5 June | The Buffalo Bar Cardiff, Cardiff Loose night, with Misty's Big Adventure and Brian Jacket Letdown. |
| Sunday 7 June | An Attic, London Lovely afternoon in a Steve Lamacq's attic! |
| Saturday 13 June | Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham An addendum to the official RER tour. |
| Thursday 18 June | Chinnery's, Southend Anti-Folk night at the Southend Fringe |
| Friday 19 June | The Lamb, London My birthday party! |
| Friday 26 June | The Flying Duck, Glasgow Playing behind a pillar at The Pinups Festival, followed by DJ ACTION. |
| Saturday 4 July | Enginuity, Shropshire Craig and Gemma's wedding! |
| Thursday 9 July | The Lamb, London 'Dress Rehearsal' for 'Dinosaur Planet' |
| Thursday 16 July | Lee Rosy's Tea Room, Nottingham 'Dinosaur Planet's' first proper preview! |
| Tuesday 21 July | The Wilmington Arms, London The Official Launch Gig for 'Dinosaur Planet', with a co-headlining set by Chris T-T performing impr ovised piano instrumentals! |
| Thursday 23 July | Firebug, Leicester Indietracks warm-up, with The Crookes and Rose Elinor Dougall . |
| Sunday 26 July | The Midland Railway - Butterley, Derby Hottest gig EVER in a RAMMED train carriage at Indietracks |
| Thursday 30 July | The Southside Cavern, Stockholm My first Swedish gig, with Johan Hedberg and Let's Whisper. |
| Tuesday 4 August | The Green Dragon, London An abbreviated version of Dinosaur Planet, alongside Liz Crawford and Superman Revenge Squad. |
| Friday 7 August | Medina, Edinburgh First night of Dinosaur Planet at The Fringe - about 20 people including two very small children who enjoyed the evisceration then went to sleep and one Bright Young Lad who DEMANDED a sequel. |
| Saturday 8 August | Medina, Edinburgh Second night - 8 people, some slight gabbling! |
| Sunday 9 August | Medina, Edinburgh About 50 people in for the best one so far, MUCH LARFS! |
| Monday 10 August | Medina, Edinburgh Nervous about the press for this one and ended up doing two songs the wrong way round. Needn't have worried so much - the teenager who came to see it doesn't seem to have bothered writing it up! |
| Wednesday 12 August | Medina, Edinburgh One of the most precise, also SOBER performances, tho i got a bit distracted. |
| Thursday 13 August | Medina, Edinburgh Disastrous missing out of TEN WHOLE MINUTES narrowly averted, otherwise lots of fun. |
| Friday 14 August | Medina, Edinburgh First afternoon show with not many in and no drinking beforehand made it a bit heavy going. |
| Friday 14 August | The Newsroom, Edinburgh Lovely opportunity to do some non-Dinosaur songs in the middle of all this! |
| Saturday 15 August | Medina, Edinburgh Saving the best for last, a GRATE night featuring The Space Dinosaur Hornpipe! |
| Sunday 23 August | The Lexington, London Post-Edinburgh 'Lap Of Honour' for 'Dinosaur Planet' at The Hangover Lounge. |
| Saturday 29 August | Ray's Mum's Back Garden, Stourbridge HIBBETTFEST! |
| Tuesday 6 October | The Lamb, London Marvellous Totally Acoustic night with the Gavin Osborn a nd Winston Echo |
| Thursday 8 October | Phoenix FM, Essex Interview and live session of The Mixtape with Mr Eddie Curry |
| Saturday 10 October | Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, London World International John Peel Day, with Tender Trap, Beatnik Filmstars and LOADS more playing all da y. |
| Thursday 22 October | Jamm, London How Does It Feel Presents, with Tender Trap, Leaving Mornington Crescent and Hissing At Swans (feat. T Pattison on drums!) |
| Sunday 25 October | Firebug, Leicester Very enjoyable 80% Validators gig as part of Oxjam. |
| Thursday 29 October | The Shakespeare, Sheffield Penny's leaving do |
| Friday 30 October | Buffalo Bar, London Pic'n'Mixx night with The Lovely Eggs, The School, The Grave Architects, and The Peryls |
| Tuesday 3 November | The Green Dragon, London Freedom of Expression, with Andy Glancy, Jenny Lockyer and Will Stevens |
| Friday 6 November | The Queen Of Hoxton, London Playing 'Glory Days' and... er... 'Boom Shake The Room' in a Bruce Springsteen Covers Band! |
| Thursday 12 November | Bang Bang Club, Berlin First date of our German tour, with Michael Knight. |
| Friday 13 November | Ostpol, Dresden Middle night of the tour with lots of dancing and singing along. |
| Saturday 14 November | Kim, Berlin Final night, with a short solo set before a 'stripped down' Validators section. Then BEER. |
| Thursday 19 November | The Half Moon, London A KRAZY night with San Leon, The Kabeedies, and The Television Personalities. |
| Tuesday 24 November | The Green Dragon, London Hosting at Freedom Of Expression for Mr T Eveleigh's birthday |
| Friday 27 November | The Slaughtered Lamb, London DJ Set at Scared To Dance, featuring insufficient Vampire Weekend. |
| Saturday 28 November | The Windmill, London A VERY rainy night briefly pretending to be George Michael at The Maps Magazine Christmas Party. |
| Tuesday 1 December | The Lamb, London Gorgeous night at Totally Acoustic, with Simon Fox and Pete Green |
| Sunday 13 December | The Hope & Anchor, London The PopArt Christmas Party, where Tim battled MANFULLY without a bass drum pedal and then we had a C hristmas Curry! |
| Thursday 17 December | The Wilmington Arms, London Damnably Christmas Party with Rob Airport Girl, Mordros, and Former Utopia. |
| Saturday 19 December | The Jericho Tavern, Oxford Cold but fun end to the decade, with Superman Revenge Squad, Project Adorno and LOADS of others. |
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