The apostrophe on that ticket... ugh.

At least one (possibly 2) member(s) of sultans of ping live here in Stockholm and do an indie club - there's no mention of this on their site though - curious

give him a ball and a yard of grass

those were the days

Bloody hell. My dog will be so, so angry.

Morty lives in Stockholm, Niall is in north London, the others are in Ireland I guess. Morty was the one who put the reunion/tour together.

Back In A Tracksuit and Give Him A Ball were just pure class!

ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod
fucking
YES!

Hooray!

Out in the ocean at the bottom of the sea
There's a tiny little Turnip fish having his tea...

Good GOD!!!

"Pull on your flip-flops and lets go shopping dear
Pull on your flip-flops, we'll go flip-flopping dear
You can buy crisps and I can buy jam
You can push the trolley, I'll push the pram"

"dacning at the disco pumparty pumpah/wait a minute where's me jumper?" is the greatest couplet in the english language.

100% true

George Best, Mae West, Jack The Ripper
Pop Robson, Bobby Robson, England skipper!

Does this reunion render Art Brut irrelavent then?

WOWEE!!

Think a trip to Ireland is in order!

I realised the other day my friend knows one of them...but didn't know of his previous existance. We found pix of him in a PVC suit...wowza! I shall try to find out what lies in store Ping-wise!

#started a riot at the sheepdog trials#....classics!

"And my brother will be so so angry"
He's moving to the States and will gutted not to be able to see the legendary Sultans reform, I feel 17 again.
Funnily enough I was searching google last night for an mp3 of Where's My Jumper after catching my self singing it for no apparent reason.

Took my SoP records down to Oxfam only last week. Are they doing any new stuff? And if so, is Niall still professing his love for all things Nottingham Forest or is he keeping quiet about that nowadays?!

Very unlikely that there will be new recordings. However there may be more shows next year, although more likely outside the UK/Ireland. From memory there are 2 Cork shows, 1 in Dublin and 1 in Belfast. They are selling really well. Jimbob (ex Carter USM) is supporting in Dublin (as you can see from the ticket) and Belfast. The other band, Rulers of the Planet, are quite sultanesque too.

Niall is very upset at Forest's demise, but has kept the faith.

I made two appearances on Fifteen to One, one with a Popguns t-shirt and the second time with a Sultans of Ping one. Fame, fame, fatal fame.

Michiko I Love You!

Fantastic news.

Wow. Shame I live in the ludicrous USA. Ach well, if you like them you can see a couple of pictures I took at http://photos.imageevent.com/midline/rockband/websize/Sultans%20of%20Ping%202.jpg
and
http://photos.imageevent.com/midline/rockband/websize/Sultans%20of%20Ping.jpg

Phil Rose esq

jeez, perhaps the band i thought would most be met with howls of derision when this was announced. delighted to be wrong. bring on november!
a man can have no greater love than give ninety minutes to his friends....

Great news, though they little more than a fun rock punk outfit.

I've got 'casual sex in the cineplex' on now, as a 'take me back' moment - they were fab supporting Carter USM back in the day!

Did they do any other albums?

Al

Warm up show in Essex currently being planned - you can sign up for updates here - http://www.redpenguin.net/sultans/

Good news.

If only this meant that the Golden Horde were also going to reform.