From the NME (sorry its formatted so weird). I know people where asking
about this. Here you go:
ORBITAL'S NEW YEAR REVOLUTION:
ORBITAL crown one
of the most successful
12 months in their
six-year history with a
huge New Year's Eve
gig at London's
Alexandra Palace. The
duo, who headlined London Albert Hall in the
summer, will
play before 12,000 people as the climax of a
12-hour party
organised by Universe, which staged this year's
Tribal
Gathering and Big Love dance music festivals.
Their set is
also being recorded by Radio 1, which will
broadcast the
show the following day. DJs billed to play at
what will be
the first dance music event at the venue
include The
Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Sven Vath,
Gayle San,
Sasha & Jon Digweed, Mo'Wax boss James Lavelle
and
Jeff Mills. Live sets from top comedians and
cinema
screenings are also planned for the three-hall
venue.
Orbital's Paul Hartnoll said they had had a
"Jim'll Fix
It-like" year, with their last single 'The Box'
reaching
Number 11, their highest placing yet. He told
NME the year
had been "very busy" as they went out on tour
as soon as
they finished their album 'In Sides'. The LP
entered the UK
charts at Number Five and became their
biggest-selling
album to date, going silver in its first week
of release.
Hartnoll added that their gigs, which included
'V96' at
Chelmsford and the Earth Energy Festival at
Sutton, Surrey,
had provided an even greater reward.
He said: "We forgot where we lived sometimes,
but from a
musical point of view, there were so many gigs
which made
the year. The one in San Francisco with
Underworld was
pretty immense, but the Albert Hall was the
real Jim'll Fix
It moment. There were ushers opening doors for
us, men
with perfect hair saying, 'There's a young lady
out there who
says she knows you personally.' It was wild.
It's always nice
to play a gig on New Year's Eve, so we're
really looking
forward to the Alexandra Palace date."
He added that the band would start writing and
recording a
new album early next year, but that their main
New Year's
resolution was to write a film score. "My
father used to
listen to a lot of film soundtracks. We'd be
racing round the
house listening to Ben Hur. Some of the best
music in the
past 30 years has been film music, from the
John Barrys and
Ennio Morricones of this world, so that's what
we really
want to do."
Orbital also plan to release a live version of
'Satan' in
January, recorded at a concert in New York
earlier this
year. The band are still deciding which other
tracks to
include on the EP. Tickets for the Alexandra
Palace event
cost £27.50. For more details, call Universe on
0181-963
0940.
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