In the evening 27th October TG members and their associated managements received two emails from Genesis P-Orridge stating he was no longer willing to perform in Throbbing Gristle and returned to his home in New York.
Cosey, Sleazy & Chris have concluded that once more, and for the time being, Throbbing Gristle has Ceased to Exist, at least as a live entity.
Therefore, and with deepest apologies, TG must cancel their scheduled performance at Archa Theatre, in Prague, Czech Republic on 30th October. It being too short notice to offer an alternative set.
In order not to disappoint fans of the old quartet, Cosey, Peter & Chris performed under the name X-TG at Arena Del Sole, Bologna, Italy on 2nd November & at Casa Musica, Porto, Portugal on 5th November.
We hope fans will appreciate and enjoy this new project and the trio is looking forward to performing exciting new and radical electronic musics together.
Industrial Records Ltd, London. 29th October 2010
X-TG 2010 PERFORMANCES
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2nd Nov - ARENA del SOLE THEATRE, BOLOGNA, ITALY
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5th Nov - PORTO CASA MUSICA, Portugal
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X-TG at ATP on 3rd December is confirmed.
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Gone but not forgotten.
ReplyDeleteHope Gen is okay.
X-TG sounds fascinating, though.
Love and respect to all four.
..Even without Gen, I´m sure all the effort for an extraordinary sound experience will take place on this events at no doubt.. we really hope to hear soon one of this gigs at least as a final legacy of TG..
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What a xtraordinary Sonic experience yesterday in Bologna! Thank you X-TG!!!!
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ReplyDeleteDear Friends,
We have seen and heard various inaccurate, erroneous, even sometimes libelous speculations about why we felt compelled to drop out of the current Throbbing Gristle tour. As a result we intend to address these matters in full as soon as possible. We hope that what we state now, and later, will be clear, will not fan the flames of destructive gossip, will not seem negative and will reduce an somewhat dramatic situation into a simpler story. We want to make it clear right now that we did not, and have no wish to quit TG. Obviously there is more involved than just that simple statement. Personally, at this point of my life, my position is that the inner workings and dynamics of any band, but especially of TG, are as intimate, unique and most of all complex as they are within any family.
Unfortunately, even at the level TG occupy in popular culture, band business becomes potentially everyone’s business. We all know the internet has amplified the speed of distribution of “information” almost as fast as it has accelerated the decline of accuracy worldwide. We have no interest in pointing fingers (or is it claws?) at various people or sites and accusing them of letting the cat out of the bag. Bickering is never attractive, not one on one nor within the realms of an ever expanding media fueled by smart phone technologies and laptops. As soon as we have composed a written version of what series of events we believe led to my feeling unable to remain part of THIS short tour by the re-grouped TG that feels acceptable we will post it here.
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge & Ryan Martin
If you are a fan of anything noise [from Throbbing Gristle to Sonic Youth], you should check this out
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thanks for this announcement
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