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Spacehog Tour 2025
Spacehog is hitting the road in 2025 with British dance-rock legends EMF for a long-awaited return to the stage. The Spacehog tour 2025 will bring the alt-glam icons across the U.S., starting on June 14 in San Jose, CA, and spanning 11 cities before wrapping up in Las Vegas. Fans in San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, and Los Angeles can expect an electrifying set featuring classics like “In the Meantime” alongside deep cuts.

With support from experimental rockers Ecce Shnak on select dates, this tour marks a major moment for fans eager to experience Spacehog’s signature Bowie-influenced sound live. Don’t miss your chance, secure your tickets now!

"In the Meantime" is killer song.........but I remember buying and being totally disappointed by the rest of the CD? Aside from the cover of "Cruel to be Kind", the rest was throwaway filler.

Did I miss something?, or is my 30 year old assessment of the album correct?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsGRCf8T9Y

Talk about the answer to a question nobody asked.

Waiting for T-Ride reunion

Saw Shotgun Messiah (Second Coming) / T Ride tour
Venue next to Spaghetti Factory
10/10

Spacehog OC show short walk to Carls Jr
2/10

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:14 am "In the Meantime" is killer song.........but I remember buying and being totally disappointed by the rest of the CD? Aside from the cover of "Cruel to be Kind", the rest was throwaway filler.

Did I miss something?, or is my 30 year old assessment of the album correct?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsGRCf8T9Y

No. Do they even have any other songs? They were emblematic of the mid-90s alternative OHW phase that killed the movement by the millennium.

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:14 am "In the Meantime" is killer song.........but I remember buying and being totally disappointed by the rest of the CD? Aside from the cover of "Cruel to be Kind", the rest was throwaway filler.

Did I miss something?, or is my 30 year old assessment of the album correct?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsGRCf8T9Y

That is a pretty accurate assessment

Vince Neil Eats wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 9:52 am

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:14 am "In the Meantime" is killer song.........but I remember buying and being totally disappointed by the rest of the CD? Aside from the cover of "Cruel to be Kind", the rest was throwaway filler.

Did I miss something?, or is my 30 year old assessment of the album correct?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsGRCf8T9Y

That is a pretty accurate assessment

Exact same game goes for their 2nd record "The Chinese Album". I bought it, terrible, but "Carry On" is an excellent tune. https://youtu.be/rXoBfJEcsfw

So...after each band does their 1 song, what happens?

It's so unbelievable.

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:40 pm It's so unbelievable.

Technically, EMF had a second top 40 single with “Lies”. So both bands have two hits each. I remember first hearing “In the Meantime” on my local rock station back when it first came out, and it’s a great song, BTW.

Sleek wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 12:01 pm So...after each band does their 1 song, what happens?

The best instance of an artist being self-aware about this was when Robert Tepper played the Whisky a few years ago... right before No Easy Way Out he said, "This is what you paid your $20 for..."

Shouldn't Spacehog and EMF be opening for a 90s band with at least 2 or 3 songs people might remember?

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:14 am Aside from the cover of "Cruel to be Kind", the rest was throwaway filler.

That's a cover? I know Nick Lowe had a song of the same name, but it is a different song. I like their records, not great, but some good stuff on them.

Sleek wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 12:01 pm So...after each band does their 1 song, what happens?

Saw Lit in scorching heat a few weeks ago and it was like can you please just play the one song so we can find some shade.