Superstar Tradesman Video

• 21st Sep 2006

Dundonian 4 piece, The View, release their second single for 1965 Records, Superstar Tradesman, on Monday 23rd October 2006 and you can see the video for it right here:

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Produced by Owen Morris (producer of the Verve’s seminal Northern Soul and Oasis’ debut Definitely Maybe) in rural Yorkshire in two weeks during May of this year, it features on the band’s, as yet untitled, debut album which will be released in early 2007. The bands last single, Wasted Little DJs, went into the UK charts at 15 on its release in August.

The band, who earlier this year supported Primal Scream and played an incendiary set at T In The Park, have also announced a string of UK dates running until the end of the year. Recent dates have sold out in hours (tickets for the bands Edinburgh show on 1st September were fetching up to £100 on ebay) and much of the bands forthcoming headline tour is sold out, including the London Kings College show where tickets went within a day of being put on sale.

September
Fri 22nd Glasgow Strathclyde University (NUS only)
Sat 23rd Ullapool Loopallu Festival SOLD OUT
Mon 25th Stornaway Pointers
Tue 26th Inverness Raigmore
Wed 27th Fort William BA Club
Thu 28th Paisley University (NUS only)
October
Tue 3rd Stoke Sugarmill
Wed 4th Brighton Engine Rooms SOLD OUT
Thu 5th Coventry Colleseum
Fri 6th Perth Ice Factory SOLD OUT
Sat 7th Manchester The Warehouse
Sun 8th Derby Victoria Inn
Tue 10th Nottingham Social SOLD OUT
Wed 11th Warwick University
Thu 12th Bedford Esquires
Fri 13th Birmingham Barfly (MTV2 Gonzo Tour)
Sat 14th Cardiff Barfly (MTV2 Gonzo Tour)
Sun 15th London Barfly (MTV2 Gonzo Tour)
Tue 17th Newcastle Cluny SOLD OUT
Wed 18th London Kings College SOLD OUT
Fri 20th Liverpool Barfly (MTV2 Gonzo Tour)
Sat 21st York Barfly (MTV2 Gonzo Tour)
Sun 22nd Glasgow Barfly (MTV2 Gonzo Tour)
Tue 24th Aberdeen Kef SOLD OUT
Fri 27th Barnsley Lucorum

November
Mon 13th Birmingham Academy (support Primal Scream)
Tue 14th Newcastle Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Wed 15th Aberdeen Music Hall (support Primal Scream)
Fri 17th Glasgow SECC (support Primal Scream)
Sat 18th Manchester Apollo (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Sun 19th Manchester Apollo (support Primal Scream)
Tue 21st Liverpool Academy (support Primal Scream)
Wed 22nd Nottingham Rock City (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Fri 24th London Hammersmith Apollo (support Primal Scream)
Sat 25th Norwich UEA (support Primal Scream)
Mon 27th Cambridge Corn Exchange (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Tue 28th Bristol Academy (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT
Wed 29th Southampton Guildhall (support Primal Scream) SOLD OUT

December
Sat 2nd London Brixton Academy (support Primal Scream)

Already building a fearsome reputation north of the border, where their gigs are known to attract 500 wild-eyed Dundonian acolytes, the band formed in the Dryburgh area of the city some 3 years ago.

Named after the Bayview Hotel, the bar in which they initially rehearsed (they were subsequently banned from the premises for riding a scooter along the bar) the band signed to 1965 records in the spring of 2006 following the release of an extremely limited edition EP on local label Two Thumbs.

The View are: Kyle Falconer (vocals / guitar), Pete Reilly (guitar), Kieran Webster (vocals / bass) & Steve Morrison (drums).