doing what radiohead did w/o sign up

"The streaming thing will have to do until we get that anticipated U.S. tour announcement (I hope). "

They have already stated that they will only tour in Europe in 2008, with the exception of Coachella.

"They have already stated that they will only tour in Europe in 2008, with the exception of Coachella."

ok, dopey that is just wrong information yet again on here. They are announcing US Tour dates after Coachella. They are most def playing NYC.

ha ha dopey

From the official blog

"Our apologies to anybody disappointed by our recently announced tour not coming close to where you live. We know many cities are missing but we're unable to add more shows this year due to personal reasons. Hopefully we'll be able to get to Australia, New Zealand, the US and everywhere else we've missed at some point".

Unfortunately, Portishead has chosen only few countries to play in Europe for the promotion of their new album for this year. Many fans are disappointed about their decision to have a limited tour period but as Geoff Barrow says, this happens due to personal reasons which he doesn't specify.

Probably, these dates are not a "strict" tour but more like a vacation for them to get rest from their hard time releasing the album. The sure thing is that many people will be disappointed much more because they will have to wait for 2009 to see their band playing again in a location near them! And what about those people who were anxiously waiting Portishead to come in their country and suddenly realized that only few countries were included in their tour dates? (For example, Portishead are playing in Italy but not in the capital or in only one town as they have a "limited" tour but in Milan and Florence which is a very small town for a mini tour and they refused other main countries and important stations for their European tour such as Greece, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and much more)"

the album is a massive disappointment.

Yes dopey Anons2:58 and 3:26, thank you for cutting and pasting from their press release. As well all know artists never change their schedule or rethink things. Yah Right
And yes you may actually have to wait 6-8 months to see them here but they are going to tour the United States and play NYC for sure. All BV was saying is he is waiting for the announcement of the us tour whenever it is. My inside "guess" is oct-nov. Before 2009. Apparently personal reasons have cleared up.

I just finished listening to the album for the first time.

Although Portishead has shed the "trip hop" sound, the new cd should appeal to most of Portishead's fans.

"Third" is a step forward for the band; one in the right direction I think. The songs are beautiful and well-developed, with unexpected changes.

Anon 4:03 is completely wrong. Of course, anon 4:03 probably thinks that Vampire Weekend are the second coming of The Beatles.

Vampire Weekend fan: "Who are The Beatles?"

Best album of the decade so far, people. Get used to it.

Dan, you probably think making snarky assumptions about people's taste is clever. Except you come across like a smug douchebag.