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Arab Strap reunite for 20th anniversary shows
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 17 June 2016
Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton have reformed Arab Strab to play three shows marking their 20th anniversary. They’ve also released a new version of their debut single ‘The First Big Weekend’, retitled ‘The First Big Weekend Of 2016’.
“I think the day we went to the pub and split up, we made a joke about Arab Strap getting back together in ten years’ time to celebrate”, Middleton told Steve Lamacq on 6 Music. “So that’s basically what this is: a chance to enjoy the music we made once more”.
Of the re-recorded single, Moffat added: “It’s probably how it should have sounded the first time. We knew we couldn’t really do much to the song because the story has to stay intact, and by extension the arrangement, but we wanted to give it more of a thump and modernise it a bit”.
Here are those live dates:
13 Oct: London, Electric Brixton
14 Oct: Manchester, The Ritz
15 Oct: Glasgow, Barrowlands
Listen to ‘The First Big Weekend Of 2016’ on Spotify here:
