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MAXÏMO PARK
NEXT NE GIG
Friday 14th October
VENUE
02 City Hall, Newcastle
Heading out on their ‘The Singular tour’, with a sub-title of ‘Nowt but the hitz!’, the upcoming tour from North East art-rockers Maximo Park is a mouth-watering prospect. Damian Robinson caught up with frontman Paul Smith to find out more about the tour and his love for The Beatles’ German 7”s.
I see you’ve just released a German version of ‘Versions of You’...
We always have a great time playing Germany and wanted to do something special for
our German friends. There was always something special to me when I listened to The Beatles or Elvis versions
we’re playing songs we’ve played for a number of years so we’re comfortable with how to play them live.
Can you tell us what the set-list looks like yet?
Well, we’ve actually done some online polls to see what venues and audiences would like, so every night is going to be different. I’m excited about changing the set-lists each night and playing the songs people want to hear and have voted for.
Brilliant. And being a northern band, did you try to end the tour on the Newcastle show? Or is
that a lucky coincidence?
If we can finish a tour in the North East we will, but if not, that’s also okay. We finished the last show in Glasgow, which was an amazing place to end a tour, but it’s also great to be at home. We live in Newcastle, and that’s where the band formed, but we have Teesside connections also, so we try to alternate where we play and, fingers crossed, one of the North East shows ends the tour. The North East means a lot to us, and we carry those feelings with us, so if we can, and if the tour allows, then we will end at home. But the reality of the show means that we try to do what we can - but not everything
is possible.
Maximo Park head to 02 City Hall, Newcastle on Friday 14th October. Tickets, priced from £32.00, are available from ticketmaster.co.uk.
of their songs when they sang in a foreign language, and I thought
it was a really respectful thing to do. I’m not saying my German is the best, and we certainly got help from others in the translation, but we’re really proud of the work.
And you’re in Germany soon as part of
a European-wide tour...
Yeah. The European tour is actually a different tour to the shows we’re playing in the UK as these have been delayed a number of times, what with Covid. So the European shows will be part of ‘The Nature Tour’ and then we’re back for a few weeks and out on ‘The Singular Tour’.
And how have the preparations been going?
Really good, thanks. With ‘The Singular Tour’, there’s some work to be done, but, realistically,
“I thought it was a really respectful thing to do”
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