The shoegaze reunions are in full swing ever since Slowdive’s return earlier this year. Creation Records posted a photograph this morning of a Ride poster—along with caption, “Ride Reunion 2015 photo from Primavera this morning,” including a #RideReunion hashtag. At this time, the caption and hashtag seem to be missing, but it’s official —Ride are reunited for the first time since their brief 2001 reunion-following the example of Slowdive with an appearance at this year’s Primavera Sound Music Festival in Barcelona, Spain. and more European, and North American dates (below).
“People bought our records first time round, but our music has grown in significance since we’ve been away… We want to give the people what they want. We’d be idiots to go out and play a new album, but that’s not to say we wouldn’t make new music.”-Mark Gardener
Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/81190#IDPc7IppPpSrzHt2.99
Tourdates:
05-22 Glasgow, Scotland – Barrowland Ballroom
05-23 Manchester, England – Albert Hall
05-24 London, England – Roundhouse
05-26 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
05-27 Paris, France – Olympia
05-29 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
06-02 Toronto, Ontario – DanForth Music Hall
06-04 New York, NY – Terminal 5
06-07 London, England – Field Day
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