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| Elder Stubbs Festival, Oxford | 16 August 2008 |
| Bill: Assassins of Silence, plus others
Set list: Hurry On Sundown (with Huw) - Uncle Sam's On Mars - Lord of Light - Psi Power - The Right Stuff - Orgone Accumulator (with James on bass) - Master of the Universe/Where Are They Now? - Silver Machine (with Huw) No rain this year, and yet again the Assassins played with Huw (with Chris Cox on his first bass assignment and Greg Singh from Xenon Codex again) to a great audience for a good cause. Thanks especially to Chris King for running the sound throughout the day. | |
| Turks, Reading | 18 April 2008 |
| Bill: Assassins of Silence
Set list: Uncle Sam's On Mars - Right to Decide - Magnu - Lord of Light - Reefer Madness - Brainstorm/Camera That Could Lie - Damnation Alley - Spirit of the Age - The Right Stuff - Sword of the East - Master of the Universe/Where Are They Now? - Orgone Accumulator Back at Turks in Reading, almost one year since the last show there: another successful evening's fast and loud performance with Greg Singh guesting on synths and Theremin again. | |
| The Nag's Head, High Wycombe | 12 April 2008 |
| Bill: Assassins of Silence, Xenon Codex, Tribe of Cro
Set list: The Right Stuff - Right to Decide - Magnu - Lord of Light - Reefer Madness - Brainstorm/Camera That Could Lie - Damnation Alley - Spirit of the Age - Only Dreaming/Motorway City - Uncle Sam's On Mars - Sword of the East - Lighthouse - Master of the Universe/Where Are They Now? Encore: Orgone Accumulator - Silver Machine A full-on psychedelic/space-rock evening, with Tribes of Cro kicking off the evening, locals Xenon Codex putting on a storming set and the Assassins finishing off with a hair under 2 hours of a heavier-than-normal Hawkwind set. Thanks to Mike for organising the event, Tom the landlord for having a great live music pub and Greg for standing in on synth and audio generators. And happy birthday Alan! | |
| The Robin 2, Wolverhampton | 6 February 2008 |
| Bill: Assassins of Silence
Set list: Uncle Sam's On Mars/Blue Shift/Brainstorm/Camera That Could Lie - McGovern's Magic Theatre/Steppenwolf - Lord of Light - Utopia - LSD - Psi Power - Damnation Alley - Reefer Madness - Lighthouse - The Right Stuff - Assault & Battery/Golden Void - Magnu - Sword of the East - Spirit of the Age/Paranoia/Right to Decide - Master Of The Universe/Where Are They Now? Encore: Only Dreaming/Motorway City - Silver Machine The first gig of 2008 saw the Assassins at a new venue for them, playing for a solid two and a quarter hours. A great venue, with fantastic engineer, lights and atmosphere. We hope to be back there soon! | |