Doves played a lunchtime set at The Ritz in Manchester on Saturday as part of Carling 24. Read the Manchester Evening News' review here.

Last night the band recorded three songs: Black and White Town, Snowden and Sky Starts Falling for transmission on Later with Jools Holland on 10 June (this Friday's show features New Order).

www.doves.net

Labels: Doves, New_Order

Today's Friday Review in the Guardian has an excellent interview with Doves (complete with wrongly-captioned photo) whose album 'Some Cities' has just been released.

The tour begins, rather appropriately, at a location significant in Doves history: "near the remnants of the studio where they once recorded as successful early 1990s dance act Sub Sub, before it burnt down along with all their equipment. This led them to regroup, using guitars, as Doves. Now the place is a burned out shell." Sub Sub were one of the most successful acts on the late Rob Gretton's Rob's Records.

The modern day Doves find out that "There's nothing left to signify Doves were ever here at all, but they leave a present for local dogs by urinating on the building. Peeing on their legacy is a typically mischievous act at odds with Doves' media image (they're mostly described with the words "miserable", "Mancunian" or "dour")."

Labels: Doves, Robs_Records, Sub_Sub

The Durutti Column and The Grateful Dead are this week's "Live Freaks" on The Freak Zone with Stuart Maconie this Sunday 30 May from 10.00 (BST).

Don't forget to check out the live session by Doves including an acoustic version of Bizarre Love Triangle featuring Bernard Sumner on vocals on Marc Riley's Rocket Science as these will be disappearing from the 6 Music website tomorrow.

Thanks to Paul for spotting.

Labels: Bernard_Sumner, Doves, The_Durutti_Column

Check out the v1.0 discography of Rob's Records, the record label set up by the late Rob Gretton which featured releases by A Certain Ratio and Sub Sub (who were later to mutate into Doves). All comments / suggestions / corrections / cover scans welcome!

Labels: A_Certain_Ratio, Doves, Rob_Gretton, Robs_Records, Sub_Sub

According to a totally unconfirmed thread on the Popbitch messageboard [thanks to AJ for spotting] a Rob Gretton tribute concert is planned in the near future. Doves, A Certain Ratio and even possibly New Order could appear.

Labels: A_Certain_Ratio, Doves, New_Order, Rob_Gretton

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