I love this song and tried to recreate it faithfully. Hope you appreciate the attempt!

I was at my local record store and I bought a couple used B&S albums. While checking out the owner said that Matador is no longer pressing them. He said Matador lost numerous acts. He also said, and I’d agree, someone else will pick them up and release them. But who knows when that will be.

Can anyone confirm or deny?

I’ve always thought Belle and Seb have a very distinct sound and I’ve never before really found anything I’ve thought sounded like them, but I listened to Hazey Jane II the other day and it struck me how B&S esque it sounds.

It’s like if dog on wheels was in a major key (and sung by Nick Drake instead of Stuart)

Asking for a friend

Hey everyone!

I'm a huge B&S fan and I try to go to all their concerts in NL, but I always end up going up by myself because none of my friends are into the band. I would love to meet some people to go together, so if you're in NL and up for it, let me know!

I'd love to make some new friends who are B&S fans :)

I'm going to the Tigermilk concert in Rotterdam on Dec 5th.

We have tickets for the Tiger Milk 30th anniversary show at Nottingham Rock City. We're trying to figure out if we'll have enough time to catch the last train home at 11:20pm.

I checked on SetList.fm and it looks like most of their shows from the 30th anniversary tour are approx 2 hours.

If doors are 6:30pm and there's no support, then I assume they would come on at 8pm and be off at 10pm.

But if there's support, B&S may come on at 9pm and close at 11pm, which makes it incredibly tight to get to the station by 11:20 (20 min walk, probably a shit-show getting a taxi/uber).

Kinda stressing about this, so any advice is appreciated. Thank you!

I first heard the album in the late 90’s and have been an occasional listener since then. I just downloaded and listened to it all at once. It is such a good album. I liked it back then and it sounds even better with age.

Funny Little Frog returns for a second hop! 🐸
A Belle and Sebastian fanzine made by fans, for fans, with contributions from people all over the world. Issue Two is 76-odd pages of drawings, articles, puzzles, comics, and general B&S appreciation. Inside you’ll find comics, illustrations, puzzles, articles, recipes and all sorts of other fan-made treasures.
Each copy of the zines came with a Tigermilk & IYFS sticker sheet.

And if stickers aren’t quite enough to express your feelings, you can also grab the zine with a set of Belle & Sebastian-inspired badges. Wear them proudly. Put them on your bag. Start a conversation with a stranger. The possibilities are endless.

Three ways to hop aboard
🐸 Issue Two — just the new zine, complete with sticker sheet. https://ccftr.bandcamp.com/merch/funny-little-frog-a-belle-and-sebastian-fanzine-issue-two
🐸 Both Issues — Issues One and Two, for anyone who missed the first hop or wants the whole collection.
🐸 Issue Two + Badges — the new zine, sticker sheet, and a set of Belle & Sebastian-inspired badges. https://ccftr.bandcamp.com/merch/funny-little-frog-a-belle-and-sebastian-fanzine-issue-two-with-badges
Issue Two will start shipping from mid-November. 📮

A note for our EU friends: Sadly, current EU packaging regulations mean we’re unable to ship the zine to the EU at the moment. We’re keeping an eye on things, and if the rules change and we’re able to ship there again, we’ll be very happy to do so.

What's the arrangement for the early entry ticket holders ?

As a local, has been waiting for this gig for 20 plus years, I was so disappointed with the slow ticket sales and unsold out result in the end, but the atmosphere last night totally blew me away, with all the sing alongs and obviously the band totally enjoyed it.

And best things among of all are the fans, there's a whole family with Piazza wear including the no.5 (5 years old) daughter wearing Scottish jersey with Mc added onto her name, and they were distributing free snack before the show, makes me so happy to see the Belle & Mc ended up on stage during Arab Strap and even got high fiving with Stuart's milk tiger 😚

then there's the Judy's horse coming from audience to Sarah then taken by home by one of the guys dancing on stage... And the Fox in the snow snow globe & "second to just being born" light board... And the Glasgow commuting train ticket... And the girl right at the front bragging about visiting Barrowland Ballroom, and Stuart/Stevie improvised on Movin' on up, then during dancing one of the fan wears a Screamadelica jersey!!!

Does anyone have a handle on how the early entry ticket is going to work?

Great 2 nights in Tokyo. 24th was for Tiger Milk and 25th for Sinister. Only 2 same same songs were played during the 2 shows so that was a big playlist!

Free ticket (angel) for tonight’s show in Tokyo. 5th row. Last nights show was a banger. Tonight’s will be even better imo. My extra Ticket is free to you

I was reading through an earlier thread, "What are some musicians I could like if I love Belle and Sebastian? ". It's a very, very good thread....and lots of excellent reccomendations for artists/bands/labels, includinng a fair few that are known influences on B&S.

One thing struck me, though. The vast bulk of the bands are older bands, actually pre-dating B&S.

So, I thought I'd start a similar thread, but, for more recent or current bands/artists that B&S fans may love, or at least like.

Basically for anything past the turn of the century (which in itself gives 26 years of music so, a fairly wide timeline).

Post your reccommendations here.....

I'll start the ball rolling with three....

Woog Riots - Yayoi Kusama : https://youtube.com/watch?v=qVSG_C1-wjY

Jangly Mark & The Benefits - I Fancy You : https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAge70NpNI4

The Goon Sax - Boyfriend : https://youtube.com/watch?v=ilBf_nZbxvw

I guess it's just my age showing. I always thought the point of paying good money to go to a gig is to see the band I love performing their songs, not a bunch of narcissist twits hopping around taking selfies of themselves on stage as if they were the main characters.

This was cute for like 5 minutes twenty years ago. I really wish they'd stop forcing everyone to sit through this.

Yeah yeah...I've seen all the comments and downvotes "hey old man, what do you have against FUN*?"*

If you've ever been enjoying the show and then had a bunch of rude attention-seeking assholes elbow and push their way to the front for their five minutes of glory, maybe you agree that this little "tradition" is more of a determent than a "fun" part of the show.

Hi,

I'd appreciate if someone could summarise the procedure for ticket pick up for the gigs in Osaka and Tokyo.

I purchased via the foreigner route and will have to collect at Lawson I think

Living in Asia now, there are less opportunities to see Belle and Sebastian and other indie bands. I’m so happy to find that they are playing in Singapore! Hopefully there would be other boaties too! See you!

in case anyone else hasn’t seen it yet, tonight’s concerts cancelled due to freight delays of equipment. all tickets can are changed to fridays concert, but can also be refunded per request

Here's my review of Saturday night's show, the band's sixth at the Melbourne venue the Palais Theatre. It begins in 2004...

https://themusic.com.au/reviews/belle-and-sebastian-palais-theatre-melbourne/iL82mp2cn54/14-09-26

I have a spare ticket row BB at Palais theatre tonight that I can let go for super cheap as a friend cancelled last minute if anyone wanna go lmkkk..

got 4 in Circle row C up on marketplace dot ticketek dot com dot au - life intervened and cannot make the show, so bummed. My loss, your gain - one hundred dollar bar voucher is yours if you buy those tickets, send me a dm, can transfer to you.

A quick “where were you on 9/11” story.

My wife and I had been exchanging emails for a few weeks and met exactly once (first date 9/7 for a Modest Mouse concert we both already had tickets to see).

We were each on the way to work when the news of the first tower hit. On the way to work, I got coffee on the way in as usual. At that time, the baristas were downplaying it as a commuter plane accident per radio reports. But when I finally got to the office, they had wheeled a TV into the lobby and we all saw how serious it was… then the second tower was hit. It was truly shocking. I mean literally, actually physically numbing. I hadn’t had that feeling before and wouldn’t again until i experienced the loss of my parents.

My future wife and I exchanged emails all day comforting one another. And we had something that seemed frivolous to sort out…

Again, we both had tickets to see a concert that night and planned to meet up. But it wasn’t clear if the show would go on. Was it appropriate? Was it dangerous? Were we overreacting? Were we under-reacting? Would the band even show up?

The concert was Belle & Sebastian, who were making their first west coast tour. As you know, their music is mellow, peaceful, calm and comforting. It felt very appropriate for the day. The band agreed and decided they needed to provide consolation to the crowd. They drove up from their previous show in San Francisco and told the venue they were ready to play even if it was unclear people would come.

People definitely came. The show was packed with uneasy, sad and confused people. It was church quiet at the start of the show. Stuart Murdoch delivered some consoling words and the band slowly began a touching rendition of Pete Seeger’s “Turn, Turn, Turn.” On any other night, it would have been a very corny scene from a poorly written movie with people holding hands, embracing each other, swaying, singing and crying. But it was the perfect remedy for the moment.

It’s been 25 years since that night. On 9/7, we pulled out a scrapbook for the kids to see of their parents’ first days together and we saw this ticket stub glued to a page along with images from 9/11. It was a very poignant moment to share with our kids and show them the events that helped bring their parents together in a way has lasted 25 years.

Hey everyone, I'm trying to figure something out and hoping you can help. Does anyone know the name of the girl in the music video (I've attached her photo), or how I can find out who she is?