Yeah Yeah Yeahs have added a second London date to their upcoming run of UK shows due to an “overwhelming demand” for tickets.The art-punk three-piece will play their first UK headline shows in over nine years with a trio of dates in June.After kicking off the run at the O2 Apollo in Manchester on June 5 (with support from English Teacher), Yeah Yeah Yeahs will then perform two nights at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on June 7 (support from Dry Cleaning and Anika) and the newly announced June 8 (support from Porridge Radio and Anika).Tickets for all of the shows are on sale now, and you can buy them here.“OK UK! We are coming to lend our light to dark ages and holy shit are we ready to play our hearts out for you!!” the band said in a statement.“Yeah it’s been nine years since we’ve graced your club stages! Yeah we’ve got some tunes so fresh and so NEW to try out on you! Yeah the bill is so MAJOR with Dry Cleaning and Anika in London and English Teacher in Manchester.“Dress up! Make a night of it! Support your fave band that you may have seen debut at Brixton back in ’02!! Yeah let’s not wait another decade to see each other again! CANNOT WAIT! They don’t love ya like we do!! Luv YYYs.” Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ last UK show was at All Points East Festival 2018.
'I rode the tram for a day to see if it was friendlier than the London Underground'
26.02.2022 - 12:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
My previous experiences of riding the Met have been somewhat colourful.
Think - a fight, a man throwing up, a man wandering from carriage to carriage laughing hysterically to himself in such an unnerving fashion I actually got off the tram and waited for the next one, and tearaway teens using the overhead hand rails to do pull ups.
So, it was with slight trepidation I boarded the metro at Whitefield to set off on a jaunt around Manchester, armed with my £4.90 day pass to observe how friendly we are up North - and how we compare to the London Underground, where it is well documented people never, ever talk to each other.
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In 2016 the perception of the London commuter as unfriendly and unapproachable was bolstered by the overwhelming reaction of horror to a campaign that tried to encourage tube passengers to chat.
Badges emblazoned with the question “Tube chat?” were distributed on the tube network in a bid to make the experience more neighbourly.
But such was the horror among regular users, many started their own counter campaign - with badges that boasted: "Don't Even Think About Talking To Me."
But 'Up North' aren't we all supposed to be warm, welcoming, eager for a chat and full of camaraderie? I was about to find out....
A few stops in on my initial journey I disembarked to change direction and was approached by an elderly couple at the station asking for advice on how to use their travel pass. There was nothing on the screen that allowed them to use it and they were flummoxed by the touch in, touch out machine.
I did my best, looking at their concessionary passes and trying to find some clue on the smudgy screen in front of me,
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