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posted by davidt
on Tuesday November 30 2004, @09:00AM
Belligerent Ghoul sends:
Instead, after returning from a holiday in America, the band were spotted by Morrissey, who promptly asked them to open for him on his Mexican and US tour. Yet still without a contract, and being hounded by their parents to get 'proper jobs', The Thrills had to decline the offer due to a lack of funds. A Mercury Music Prize nomination and Q Award for Best Band later, and having commandeered the approval of everyone from Bono to Noel Gallagher, the group finally did open for the former Smiths singer at his Albert Hall gigs, to rave reviews. Support slots for Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and The Pixies soon followed.
"Yeah, we've been pretty lucky," admits Ben, grinning nonchalantly. "Particularly as they're all bands that we're huge fans of. Especially the Rolling Stones; usually you can't get within half a mile of them." So what was it like getting to know their heroes then? Were they disappointed in any way? "Actually, we only met them before they were about to go on stage - they walked past us, we had a photograph taken and that was about it. The picture didn't even come out properly," says Ben smiling ruefully.
"To be honest, it's surprising when acts that big do manage to catch up with you. These people are so huge they can't even walk down the street without being mobbed - they tend to stay in their dressing rooms, perform and then leave. It's something you get used to."
The band, however, developed a slightly more personal relationship with Morrissey. "He's great - really nice, and very funny and not at all what people make him out to be. And he's kept in touch. He doesn't answer his phone all the time, but someone gave me his fax number the other day, because he prefers to communicate by fax. He said that he'd love to get a fax from us so I'm definitely going to send him one soon."
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They said they'd send on some Marmalade in return.
As yet nothing. Just typical.
Father Neil Horan.