Spoon have announced details of their first London show in five years, with frontman Britt Daniel talking to NME about their forthcoming tour with The Black Keys, covering David Bowie and how he should have ended up in the Meet Me In The Bathroom documentary.The Texas indie veterans will be performing at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on June 20 as a one-off headline show in support of their Grammy-nominated 2022 album ‘Lucifer On The Sofa’, and ahead of their UK arena tour with The Black Keys.“It’s just been too long since we played in London,” Daniel told NME. “Alex [Fischel, keys and guitar] and I were over there last year doing some acoustic things in shops but I think we can all agree that five years have gone by since Spoon played a gig in London, and that’s too long.”We caught up with Daniel, to talk about the show, the arena tour, Bowie, indie legacy and more.Britt: “Yeah, it’s his birthday.
I’m hoping he doesn’t hear about that and he’s just inundated with flowers being thrown at him during the show.”“My other band Divine Fits did some shows with them and I’ve known Patrick [Carney, drummer] for some time.
I don’t really know Dan [Auerbach, singer] very well but I knew Patrick before they blew up and he’s always been a good dude with a lot of varied interests in music and we’ve always been in touch.”“Yeah.
It’s a different kind of gig but there’s something cool about any type of gig you play in my book. You’re not gonna get an intimate connection with an audience at a festival gig or an arena gig but there’s something about playing in front of that many people and the type of energy that puts out that is a real event.”“I was there until Saturday.
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