After a year of being back together, Guided by Voices have announced their last show as a reunited act. If you haven’t been lucky enough to see see GBV on one of their many (all too brief) reunion shows, you better start planning because Hopscotch Music Festival is reporting that the band’s set there, on September 9, will be the last for the band’s reunited “classic” lineup.
What this means is that the lineup of Robert Pollard on vocals, Tobin Sprout and Charles “Mitch” Mitchell on dueling guitars, Kevin Fennel on drums, and Greg Demos on bass will no longer be playing highly entertaining shows under the Guided by Voices banner with setlists that focus on fucking-awesome albums like Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes. Which is really sad, because now I’ve lost one more desperate and nostalgic link to the 90s that will surely never be returned or sated by Roseanne DVDs or “Stone Cold” Steve Austin movies. But at least I can hope for Robert Pollard reuniting himself and some random other dudes as Guided by Voices, even if it’s not as “classic.”
Anyway, check out one of the shows below and revel in dated, scratchy, and pixelated memories of a decade long-lost to the unwavering march of time.
The Last Fucking Guided by Voices Tourdates Ever:
08.11.11 - Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08.13.11 - Omaha, NE - Maha Music Festival
09.03.11 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
09.09.11 - Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival
• Guided by Voices: http://www.gbv.com
