WHITE LIES - LIVE! Esplanade Concert Hall
Monday 11 April 2011

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WHITE LIES - LIVE!

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White Lies

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Monday 11 April 2011
Apr 11

Esplanade Concert Hall

1 Esplanade Drive
Singapore 038981
Singapore
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To Lose My Life entered the UK charts at number one when released in January 2009 and went on to sell well over 750,000 copies around the world. New band of the year gongs at both the Q and Mojo awards alongside NME cover features and a coveted number 2 slot in the NME readers album of the year poll confirmed that 2009 had been some year for White Lies. And so to late 2010. Recharged, excited and buoyed by a new-found self-belief, White Lies have taken the experiences they gleaned traveling the world and alchemised them into Ritual, their full-blooded, big-booted tech-rock second album.

The trio’s confidence, gung-ho vigour and ambition are on display in the moody, classically-framed electronica of Peace And Quiet, Lawrence-Brown’s favourite track. “It means a lot to me. It was the last one we did in the studio, so there was quite a lot of closure involved. But, for me, it’s the high point of the record. It felt different recording it - freer, much looser. It has the most organic feel, even though it has electronic drums at the start and end.”

And then there’s the band’s choice of Alan Moulder as producer. Alongside Max Dingel, who worked on To Lose My Life, the legendary man behind classic records by everyone from Them Crooked Vultures back to My Bloody Valentine, helped the band shape their ideas in his Assault And Battery studios in northwest London. “Alan’s the man we needed,” says Cave. “He’s older, wiser, a technical genius, and without a doubt he helped us realise everything we wanted to do but didn’t quite know how to get there.”

And those qualities are the foundation of Ritual – a record that was written in five quick-smart weeks and recorded in six. No messing around, no faffing or flailing in search of a “new direction” or “sure-hit singles”. Just a band of teenage friends, evolving into a tight, focused, imaginative, mutually supportive three-way unit.

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  • neon_unicorn

    Greenhorn Productions We have just been informed that WHITE LIES have regretfully had to cancel their Asian tour due to the situation in Japan. The band hopes to perform for their fans in Asia another time soon. Ticket holders who bought by credit card will receive an automatic refund from SISTIC. Other ticket holders will be able to get their refund from SISTIC directly.

    March 2011

  • mayday123mayday

    aannd it's canceled....................................................... damn

    March 2011

  • unnamemeN

    I would love to go but would be my first proper gig and I really don't want to go alone.

    February 2011

  • hadikid

    TICKETS FOR WHITE LIES - LIVE! WILL GO ON SALE THROUGH SISTIC ON 23 FEB 2011. THANK YOU. WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE PASSWORD FOR THE 5% EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON THIS PAGE ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE SALES START. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! shh.

    February 2011

  • chaotarroo

    best thing after owen pallett. anybody knows when will the tickets be open for sale?

    February 2011

  • hadikid

    Weeeee!

    February 2011

  • neon_unicorn

    woooooooooo!!!

    February 2011
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