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Pirates get ready to party

By Linda Serck
November 18, 2009

Pete & the Pirates will be helping Reading have a cool yule with a hometown show on Sunday, December 13.

One of the town’s most successful bands, the Brit indie-rock quintet have just returned from a European tour supporting Maximo Park.

The Pirates have recently finished recording their second album, which follows last year’s much acclaimed Little Death.

Pete & the Pirates played at the CMJ music showcase event in New York on Wednesday, October 21, where they received rave reviews, including Time Out NY proclaiming they are “poised to be the indie darlings of 2010”.

For the Reading Christmas gig the band themselves are helping to curate the night.

Opening act will be WORSHIP, a new project fronted Tim Baggott of Fox Cubs which consists of former members of his former band and Godwits.

Their sound takes in everything from Radiohead to Sebastian Tellier, bringing together an impressive array of guitar and electronic sounds.

There will also be a set from exlovers – more bands will be confirmed.

The band will be playing at Sub89 in Friar Street. Tickets cost £7.

Tickets are available now at Sound Machine, Harris Arcade, Reading; the Cell Studio, Cemetery Junction, Reading; HMVs in Reading or online at wegottickets and seetickets.

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Yeah i agree, this band is total yawnfest!!! Check out the metal!!!!

Detective John Kimble, Reading
19/11/2009 at 16:02

The most overrated band in the whole of Reading. Come on Linda, how about a peice that isn't about one of the 5 or so bands you always write about? There are hundreds of undiscovered talented bands and artists in this area if you bothered to look, so how about giving one of them a little exposure for once?