The Cribs to play 10th Anniversay gig in Wakefield

[Lager]

The Cribs have confirmed that they will be playing the Wakefield Theatre Royal on May 16th. Needless to say I AM SO BLOODY EXCITED!!!!!!!!

http://www.nme.com/news/jd-roots/62854

The Cribs, The Horrors and Twin Atlantic will all play intimate, hometown shows as part of NME's campaign to find Britain's Best Small Venue, in association with J.D. Roots.

NME has launched a campaign to find Britain's Best Small Venue for a second year and, as part of that, the Cribs, the Horrors and Twin Atlantic will all be performing in intimate settings in their respective hometowns.

Twin Atlantic kick things off on May 3 with a show at Glasgow's King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, the winning venue of last year's campaign. Speaking about the show, singer Sam McTrusty told NME: "We've played every small venue there is in Glasgow, and it’s going to be memorable getting up close and personal in a venue where we've played some landmark shows."

It's then the turn of The Horrors to scale down when they headline Southend's Chinnerys venue on May 9. The band, who have just finished supporting Florence And The Machine, told NME that the 400 capacity venue holds a lot of happy memories for them, including sneaking inside to see Blur when they were teenagers. Bassist Rhys Webb said: "We went to see Blur and Sleeper at Chinnerys, and Primal Scream, too – we had to sneak in because we were underage, and got right up to the stage for a couple of songs before getting chucked out…"

Finally, The Cribs round things off on May 16 with a show at Wakefield's Theatre Royal venue. To read more about the intimate shows and for interviews with all the bands, pick up the latest issue of NME, which is on UK newsstands on Wednesday (March 28) and available digitally.

As part of the campaign voting is open now at NME.COM/smallvenues for users to vote for the UK small venue they think is the best in the land. You can choose any UK venue with around 500 capacity or less and can also outline why you think it's the greatest.

Voting closes on April 20, then soon afterwards we'll announce the shortlist. A panel of artists and experts will then pick one as the overall winner, which will be declared Britain's Best Small Venue. Head to NME.COM/smallvenues for more details and to vote - and watch the video at the top of the page to see a host of musicians, including Kasabian and Carl Barat, explain why small venues are so important.

[The Rhubarb BomB]

Bit more from the JD Roots press release:

JD Roots finishes its UK tour on Wednesday 16th May when THE CRIBS return to Wakefield to play an ultra-rare home town gig at what is sure to be a crammed and excitable show at the Wakefield’s Theatre Royal. The trio have redefined the idea of independence, never shying away from standing up for the values that are inherent in both their music and their approach to their art. A peerless live act and a fanatically supported example of all that is great about British independent music, The Cribs embody the ethos of JD Roots.

‘We haven’t played in Wakefield since 2007 as all the venues seem to have disappeared. We last played at a place called Escobar. There were loads of kids who couldn’t get tickets for the show, so the streets were lined with people watching through the windows. It will be great to finally play here again after 5 years.’

[Jemma]

Any details about how to get tickets for it?

[The Rhubarb BomB]

It's looking like it will be through competitions; the main one is setup here:

http://www.jdroots.co.uk/competition#gig=wakefield

I think others will be through NME and things like that

[Lager]

It's looking like it will be through competitions; the main one is setup here:

http://www.jdroots.co.uk/competition#gig=wakefield

I think others will be through NME and things like that

I hope it's not all done through competitions, I've never won anything in my life! Except eBay auctions, haha.

[levana]

I'm kinda lucky with competitions. I've won all the ones to do with Kasabian in the past 6 years.
Maybe be lucky for The Cribs.
If it is thru nme then I doubt hard core fans will get a chance. I read it's a 499 seating capiticy

[Lager]

I'm kinda lucky with competitions. I've won all the ones to do with Kasabian in the past 6 years.
Maybe be lucky for The Cribs.
If it is thru nme then I doubt hard core fans will get a chance. I read it's a 499 seating capiticy

I can't imagine the floor section being seated so that may bump up the capacity somewhat

[levana]

If you look on website it shows a few seats on balcony and rest on floor, unless they are more rooms.
The place has got to be small if it's for supporting small venues,

I just went to enter and it told me that my date of birth is wrong! ??

[The Rhubarb BomB]

The Theatre is all seated and yr right, capacity is 499. I know they went round Wakefield looking for different possibilities but they dont have much choice really. The only venue over 500 went into administration a few weeks ago.

[levana]

Seating at a cribs gig. Lets hope those chairs are chained to the floor. Haha.
Infact i'd love to see a cribs gig sitting down.

[Emma B]

The Theatre is all seated and yr right, capacity is 499. I know they went round Wakefield looking for different possibilities but they dont have much choice really. The only venue over 500 went into administration a few weeks ago.

Aye, it is a shame about that although I didn't think it was a great venue......

[moomin]

The Theatre is all seated and yr right, capacity is 499. I know they went round Wakefield looking for different possibilities but they dont have much choice really. The only venue over 500 went into administration a few weeks ago.

Aye, it is a shame about that although I didn't think it was a great venue......

soo if its going to be seated that gives some room to do something a bit different
you know like an acoustic type affair.....

[Emma B]

The Theatre is all seated and yr right, capacity is 499. I know they went round Wakefield looking for different possibilities but they dont have much choice really. The only venue over 500 went into administration a few weeks ago.

Aye, it is a shame about that although I didn't think it was a great venue......

soo if its going to be seated that gives some room to do something a bit different
you know like an acoustic type affair.....

That wouldn't surprise me, considering that it's a Jd's gig too....

[mikey]

i just entered.....good that it's free,but chances of winning is pretty limited as i imagine a lot of people will enter

[Zoey]

Winners will be chosen from all valid entries who have selected to attend that gig. However, 80% of the prizes for each gig will be awarded to entrants from postcodes within the local area of each gig. The designated postal codes are:

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