Flashback: Space at the Roxy, Hollywood (05 Mar 1997) (Cancelled)
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They had a whole segment on Liverpool’s Space in the four-hour Britpop documentary… and it made me think about this quirky little band. I love them. I know I went to see them play live in 1997… yet, I have very little, or no memory of seeing the band play. I remember going to Los Angeles with my friend Melinda to see Space. I remember going inside the venue. I remember thinking it wasn’t a very big venue, and that it was … club-ish. Still, why can’t I remember the band? It didn’t help that the band’s name is nearly impossible to find any information about Space in Los Angeles in 1997. Believe me, I’ve tried to look up any information to help me jog my memory.
Even in 2016, I admitted not remembering: “I think for their first US tour, we caught the band in Los Angeles in 1997 (?). It’s been a long time, but it was their first LA gig from what I can recall.”
Well, I asked my fellow Britpop friends if they remember the Space in Los Angeles show, and someone was also there (although we didn’t know each other back then). She told us that the Space show was cancelled at the last minute! It hit me like a ton of brick… it all suddenly all made sense: why I remember going to see Space, yet have absolutely no memory of the show.
You know that scene in Usual Suspect? That was my Keyser Söze moment. All the memories started flooding back. Now it made sense why we watched the music video to “Female of the Species” on the screen of the venue as a consolation prize, and why people started leaving the Roxy dance floor.
According to Wikipedia: “A tour of the US followed in mid-1997, which was less successful than many had hoped, with stories of homesickness and, in Murphy’s, case a severe nervous breakdown, as well as Scott losing his voice for two months.”
Even in 2016, I admitted not remembering: “I think for their first US tour, we caught the band in Los Angeles in 1997 (?). It’s been a long time, but it was their first LA gig from what I can recall.”
Well, I asked my fellow Britpop friends if they remember the Space in Los Angeles show, and someone was also there (although we didn’t know each other back then). She told us that the Space show was cancelled at the last minute! It hit me like a ton of brick… it all suddenly all made sense: why I remember going to see Space, yet have absolutely no memory of the show.
You know that scene in Usual Suspect? That was my Keyser Söze moment. All the memories started flooding back. Now it made sense why we watched the music video to “Female of the Species” on the screen of the venue as a consolation prize, and why people started leaving the Roxy dance floor.
According to Wikipedia: “A tour of the US followed in mid-1997, which was less successful than many had hoped, with stories of homesickness and, in Murphy’s, case a severe nervous breakdown, as well as Scott losing his voice for two months.”
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Space 2023 Tour
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I still love the band, of course. Maybe, if they ever come back to the USA, I will be first in line to see them … now knowing that it would be for the first time.
Currently, the band is on their 25th Anniversary Tour.
The band writes:
It’s a Pleasure to Announce our 25th Anniversary Tour and more – Spiders/Tin Planet/LYMTF/Sub RnR/50FT Kebab/GMYF/MFPMFP.
Our Website Is Being Edited As We Speak.
With Ticket Links
www.spacebanduk.co.uk
Our Website Is Being Edited As We Speak.
With Ticket Links
www.spacebanduk.co.uk
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Space at The Roxy, Hollywood (05 Mar 1997) (Cancelled) |
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