Happy New Year from Handbags at Dawn!
Wow, what happened there? A decidedly boozy Christmas turned rapidly into the closing of another year, and suddenly it's time to put up a brand new (Avril Lavigne) calendar, and look ahead to another intense twelve months in the company of the Handbags!
Having narrowly survived Christmas-light electrocution (Tim), nearly setting the stage on fire (Tim), and strangulation by tinsel (Tim again) at December's TERRIFIC gig at the Brixton Windmill, Handbags at Dawn are back, bad, and hungry to rip this new year up.
First up, the Handbags commence their gigging year with a rather strange return to the venue of our second ever gig. Yes, it's back to THE BUFFALO BAR on Saturday the 22nd of January, playing a double-bill with THE ARTICLES at their night called FAREWELL MEAT, HELLO FLESH.
Here's where you need to be:
THE BUFFALO BAR - which is right next to the exit to Highbury and Islington tube station (on the
Victoria line), and also on plenty of bus routes (4, 19, 30, 43, 271, 277, 393).
The doors open at 7:30pm, and the club runs till 2am, with Handbags at Dawn are expected on-stage around 9pm.
That's 9pm on Saturday the 22nd of January in this, the year of the goat, 2005.
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As an aside, while it's true we did have a few problems with some greedy suckfish promoters at our previous appearance at the Buffalo Bar a while back, we'd like to emphasise that our gripe was not with the venue, and we are happy to be invited to play alongside another excellent London band, at what promises to be a wicked night out.
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In other news, check out the current (January) issue of Rock Sound (the one with The Rasmus on the cover) in which the Handbags' very own Guantanamo Babes EP has been crowned demo of the month!