A lot of people hate Reef, mostly because they're lumped in with yankie-crooner, fluffy-chested rock (see also: Black Crowes or Pearl Jam or Creed.. Eurgh! Yuk! Yukkity yuk!) and constantly trapped by that horrible Tfi "It's your letters!" thing Chris Evans loved so much. People generally don't know about the 1995 debut 'Replenish' with its mellowing, soaring, Led Zep getting stoned with the Stones at a beach partyness.. but anyway, a lot of people hate Reef. They're a straight forward, entertaining, stadium-filling, british rock band, of course people are gonna hate them!
The last album 'Getaway' was a bit of a let-down for reef fans, it just sounded like Reef being Reef. It may surprise some people then that they have a 'Best of..' coming out later this month… hang on… no, that's not happening anymore! The 'Best of..' with 5 new songs, including the new single 'Give me Your Love' (which was meant to be out this week) has now been delayed til January 2003. There's not been any announcement as to why. But the November tour is onsale…
November
28th - Milton Keynes, Woughton Centre (Box Office: 01908 660 392)
29th - Newquay, Walkabout (Box Office: 01637 853000)
30th - Bournemouth, Trigonwell Hall
(Box Office: 0870 040 6565)
December
2nd - Leicester University
(Box Office: 0115 912 9000)
3rd - Reading University
(Box Office: www.wegottickets.com )
4th - Aberystwyth University
(Box Office: 01796 654226 )
5th - Llanelli, Sol Bar
(Box Office: 01796 654226 )
7th - Keele University (Box Office: 01782 713 145 or 01782 206000 )
8th - Newcastle University
(Box Office: 0191 261 2606 or 0191 233 0444)
9th - Aberdeen, Lemon Tree
(Box Office: 01224 642 230)
10th - Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
(Box Office: 0870 220 1116)
12th - London, Astoria
(Box Office: 020 7244 0044)