Pop Will Eat Itself

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Critics Consensus

Based on 8 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Pop Will Eat Itself is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths.

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On tour

Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, United Kingdom (August 2); Academy 2, Manchester, United Kingdom (October 17); Arts Club, Liverpool, United Kingdom (October 18); Cambridge junction, Cambridge , United Kingdom (October 23); 02 Institute Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom (October 24); Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, United Kingdom (October 25); Sub Rooms, Stroud, United Kingdom (October 26); Concord 2, Brighton, United Kingdom (November 7); Tramshed, Cardiff, United Kingdom (November 8); The Fleece, Bristol, United Kingdom (November 9); Boiler Shop, Newcastle Upon Time, United Kingdom (November 13); Oran Mor, Glasgow, United Kingdom (November 14); La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (November 15); Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, United Kingdom (November 20); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, United Kingdom (November 21); The Live Rooms, Chester, United Kingdom (November 22); Electric Ballroom, London, United Kingdom (November 27); The 1865, Southampton, United Kingdom (November 28); Epic Studios, Norwich, United Kingdom (November 29)

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Artist Info

Genre

experimental

Origin

Stourbridge, Dudley, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (1986

Bio

Pop Will Eat Itself (also known as PWEI or the Poppies) are a grebo band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK with band members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. An early version of the band formed in 1981 under the name From Eden

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Critic Concert Reviews

Backseat Mafia

July 1, 2024

Pop Will Eat Itself / Interrobang? – Chalk Venue, Brighton – 10.05.2024

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The Arts Desk (UK)

May 13, 2024

100

Eighties/Nineties indie-tronic dance mavericks take the roof off

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Backseat Mafia

March 2, 2024

Pop Will Eat Itself Brings Four Decades of Alt-Rock Debauchery to Manning Bar – Gadigal/Sydney, 01.03.2024

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Ambient Light (New Zealand)

September 14, 2022

Back into central Auckland on a Wednesday night to what is rapidly becoming my most favoured venue before this year I came to Tuning Fork sparingly, yet in 2022 I have already lost count of how many amazing artists I have seen here.

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Ambient Light (New Zealand)

September 13, 2022

England's finest genre-blenders Pop Will Eat Itself (aka PWEI aka Poppies aka 80's grebos) have returned. The last time I saw them I was still at Uni.

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