psydoll Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Big fat boo.DiS faves Span are calling it a day. After three years of smashing crowds in the face with a heady cocktail of blitzkrieg pop and breakneck rock' date=' they've issued the following statement: "To push a band forward all members need to share a common dream and ambition, since this is no longer the case with Span, we've decided to end this while we're still the best of friends." Span initially impressed the UK and homeland Norway with 90-mile-an-hour single 'Baby's Come Back', and followed it with a barrage of touring, including supports with Fu Manchu and Biffy Clyro, and a memorable DiS headline tour with support from Kill Kenada and an obscure little band called Bloc Party. The band signed to Island, who held back debut album Mass Distraction until 2004, a year after its original release date, and the band found further trouble in the US with Geffen and Interscope. Their second album, Vs Time, was released in Norway only. Nonetheless, the band's live shows continued to impress, and they maintained a dedicated fanbase. For the hardcore (or indeed Scandinavian) fans out there, Span will play one final show at Oslo's Rockefeller, on Friday 28th October.[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest b-bert Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 a great shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 they were pretty decent, the riff to "i am the papa" was pretty catchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lava p. Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 yeah, they played a stormer of a show at kef.that's a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Read that the other day - awful news. Great band, brilliant at kef as you say paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 when did they play kef? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Keira Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Ah man, that was one of the best shows I'd ever seen at Kef! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 They once took time out during their busy touring schedule to go on a tour of Celtic Park. Other rock 'n' roll luminaries to have done the same include Kasabian, who even met Neil Lennon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acey Trixx Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 ah this sucks big time...mass distraction is an amazing album..and yeah it was an awesome show at kef... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Oh...not so good. I never bought the album, but they were good at Kef. I thought they had more of a future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus.H.Christ Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Yeah i read this too, it is very shit indeed.Great band, great album and great show at Kef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 2nd album = good also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 I thought they were shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 when did they play kef?january 30th 2004 to be exact w/contra and broken sunshine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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