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Clinic cancel show after student threats

Clinic have been forced to cancel their show at Central St Martin's in London after students threatened to stage a sit-in if it went ahead.

The concert was due to take place on December 14, and was also set to feature These New Puritans and The Archie Bronson Outfit.

However the show was pulled because, according to a statement, "A small minority of students...saw the show as a perceived disruption to their studies and were threatening to stage a sit-in protest."

A replacement for the show will be announced at a later date. A full refund is available from point of purchase.

The band are set to release their single 'If You Could Read Your Mind' on February 5.

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link

I expect they could do with the publicity - compelling single title.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:48 (seventeen years ago) link

what are they protesting? SHITTY MUSIC AMIRITE

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link

hilarious

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:54 (seventeen years ago) link

what? this doesn't make any sense!

― wogan lenin (doglatin), Friday, 8 December 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Fuck sit-ins. STUDY-INS!

― Oddly enough, staying here I saw seven golden bowls make cakes and religion (goo, Friday, 8 December 2006 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah get on with your work you idle sods ON MY TAXES

*tell me when I've turned into Polly Toynbee*

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 8 December 2006 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link

2003

― Blaze the Violet Flame (nu_onimo), Friday, 8 December 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

If you don't behave yourself I'm getting Scottie McClue to come and post here!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 8 December 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

is there any real explanation besides the kids wanted to study? I'm not very familiar with St. Martin's is it a small enough school that a Clinic show would bother people?

What the hell.

― Cap'n Guthrie (retardo1), Friday, 8 December 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

"She studied sculpture at St. Martin's college/That's where I/Didn't see her at the Clinic show"

― wogan lenin (doglatin), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Clinic's records have been underselling of late and they need some "controversy" to maximise sales of their last album and forthcoming single.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

never exactly an 'overselling' band; amazed they still going tbqh.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Bands have terrible names these days. These New Puritans - The Archie Bronson Outfit - what is this, Camden Underworld 1991?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link

haven't yet heard the single, but it makes me imagine Clinic covering Jim Croce...(which by extension makes me chuckle)...

do they still rock those surgical masks?...

― henry s (henry s), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link

it makes me imagine Clinic covering Jim Croce

It's actually Clinic covering themselves. They're like the Stereolab of garage-dub-beatnik-dance-rock. (not necc. being pejorative here.)

― nathan explosion (natepatrin), Friday, 8 December 2006 17:08 (seventeen years ago) link

It's just like 1968 but a bit quiter.

― FREE ESTEBAN BUTTEZ (FREE ESTEBAN BUTTEZ), Friday, 8 December 2006 17:12 (seventeen years ago) link

This is amazing.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Saturday, 9 December 2006 03:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Is there any real explanation besides the kids wanted to study? I'm not very familiar with St. Martin's is it a small enough school that a Clinic show would bother people?

The thing is, if they need to study so bad that night, why are they going to a noisy club that night to protest. They wouldn't get any studying done like that, regardless of whether or not Clinic played. So maybe the ones who agreed to do the sit-in were doing it in support of friends who had to study that night? And why don't the people who want to study go the library, instead? Unless - was the Clinic show supposed to be in the Library?!

SCANDALOUS!

― Zachary Scott (Zachary S), Saturday, 9 December 2006 04:28 (seventeen years ago) link

It's impossible to do anything at a university without some students protesting about it. I'm kind of amazed anyone thinks this is newsworthy or surprising.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 9 December 2006 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link

(From the mindset that brought you the current season of Veronica Mars, it's ... PCU, starring Jeremy Piven, David Spade, and Matt DC!)

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 11 December 2006 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I hate my generation. Ugh... That makes me want to go smoke a joint and throw on some BOC.

― Andi Headphones (Andi Headphones), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 04:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i like that first clinic record okay.

i wish they had a different singer though. yikes.

newsflash: college students are dipshits.

― M@tt He1ges0n (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 04:06 (seventeen years ago) link

That makes me want to go smoke a joint and throw on some BOC.

Boards of Canada or Blue Oyster Cult? Or both simultaneously?

― nathan explosion (natepatrin), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 05:16 (seventeen years ago) link

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