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In this downtime, a few virtual events have been arranged, with Haim, Rufus Wainright and Glass Animals

Obviously regular shows are dormant over this period. But gigs are getting announced, so do keep an eye on our socials. If you have tickets for to-be-rearranged-gigs, it helps us loads to hold on to your tickets until we know the new date. Get in touch after that. Don't miss out on announcements - turn on alerts from BanquetRecords on twitter, facebook and instagram.

The Academic Thursday 9th July at Streamed Session, 9:00pm On the eve of the release of their new EP, the Irish indie heroes The Academic join us for a world exclusive live performance of their new EP titled Acting My Age. Back and playing live together for the first time since lockdown with a special Q&A. This is a strictly limited-numbers event (/300). When The Rolling Stones handpick you to open up for them at Ireland’s biggest stadium, you know you’re onto a winner. Ireland’s most exciting new export are The Academic; 2020’s Mick Jagger-approved indie-pop princes-in-waiting. A party-starting four-piece, their super-uplifting, hugely melodic guitar-driven sound is the product of a tight-knit gang who’ve been playing together since school, when they first bonded over the sounds of The Strokes and Vampire Weekend. This is a taut six-song EP, led by the brisk new wave styled single Anything Could Happen, which draws from the stop-start rhythms of Talking Heads and Elvis Costello. With lyrics about those who are “saving all your feelings for Saturday night” and going on benders of the emotional kind, it’s a song about personal growth, friendship and accepting that nobody is perfect. The tracks were produced by Nick Hodgson, formerly of Kaiser Chiefs, who has since collaborated with Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson, and Duran Duran. 9:00pm start (BST) Access codes will be sent twenty minutes before the event. (Please check your junk / spam folders if they aren't appearing in your inbox). Please sign in from 8:45pm (and by 8:55pm at the latest). You'll be checked off as you sign in, so please ensure your screen name matches the name on your order. 12" | CD

Rufus Wainwright Friday 10th July at Streamed Session, 7:00pm PLEASE NOTE: you'll need a Banquet account to access this stream, so please be sure you're registered and signed in before you place your order. This event is open to UK customers only. On the day that his new full length album 'Unfollow The Rules' is released, we join the acclaimed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright for an exclusive live performance. This is a limited-numbers event (/300). 'Unfollow The Rules' finds Rufus Wainwright at the peak of his powers, entering artistic maturity with passion, honesty and a new found fearlessness, while remaining as mischievous as ever. Returning to the same legendary Los Angeles studio where he laid down his landmark debut album, 'Unfollow The Rules' acts as both a 'bookend' to his debut and as a distillation of his experience across an extraordinary twenty-one year career so far. 7:00pm start (BST) Access details will be sent 20 minutes before the event. Please check your junk / spam folder if this doesn't appear in your inbox. Please sign in from 6:45pm, and by 6:55pm at the latest. For more information go to www.rufuswainwright.com CD | LP

Rhys Lewis Tuesday 14th July at Zoom Session, 6:00pm PLEASE NOTE: you'll need a Banquet account to access this stream, so please be sure you're registered and signed in before you place your order. This event is open to UK customers only. ----- Following the release of his new album titled 'Things I Chose To Remember', Rhys Lewis links up to play live on Zoom. This is a limited-numbers event (/300). The desire to be present is at the root of Things I Chose To Remember’s emotional heft. Lewis recorded the album on analogue tape, a rare and expensive process that’s barely been used since the early ‘80s. This process comes with both limitations and joys, for instance, it’s common to have over 100 individual tracks in a contemporary pop song. Yet with his 24-track tape machine Lewis limited himself to just two-dozen. “Everything had to earn its place,” he says. “We worked the songs and the productions much harder, and I think we questioned things much more because of it. 6:00pm start (BST) Access codes will be sent 20 minutes before the event. (Please check your junk / spam folders if they aren't appearing in your inbox). Please sign in from 5:45pm (and by 5:55pm at the latest). You'll be checked off as you sign in, so please ensure your screen name matches the name on your order. CD | LP

The Streets Thursday 16th July at Zoom Session, 7:00pm PLEASE NOTE: you'll need a Banquet account to access this stream, so please be sure you're registered and signed in before you place your order. This event is open to UK customers only. To celebrate the release of The Streets' new mixtape, Mike Skinner links up for a Banquet Zoom session with Joe from Idles to play through some tracks and have a chat. We'll be in control of the mute, and some of you will be invited to ask questions direct to Mike and Joe. This is a limited-numbers event (/300). None Of Us Are Getting Out This Life Alive is the 2020 mixtape and marks the return of the innovator, we cannot wait to see where Mike Skinner takes us with "a rap duets album" featuring collaborations with Idles, Tame Impala and Jesse James, among many others. Despite its humble mixtape beginnings, None Of Us AreGetting Out Of This Life Aliveis a precise and very human body of work from a modern UK music pioneer. Emotionally poignant, full of one liners, club ready. More than anything, it’s exciting –a call back to those fun and responsibility free evenings at TONGA. Yet “the result is much more than I thought it would be. It’s become a real album,” says Mike. And so, as the new decade begins, so too does a new era for The Streets... 7:00pm start (BST) Access codes will be sent 20 minutes before the event. (Please check your junk / spam folders if they aren't appearing in your inbox). Please sign in from 6:45pm (and by 6:55pm at the latest). You'll be checked off as you sign in, so please ensure your screen name matches the name on your order. CD | LP

Tom Speight Friday 17th July at Zoom Session, 7:00pm To celebrate the release of Sunset Sound EP, the excellent singer-songwriter Tom Speight links up on zoom for a live session + Q&A, LIVE FROM THE SHOP ITSELF. This is a strictly limited-numbers event (/300). There's an image of the shirt in the Photo tab below. If you're ordering a shirt, please put your desired size in the Comments box at checkout (below Total Price - click / tap Add Comment). 7:00pm start (BST) Access codes will be sent twenty minutes before the event. (Please check your junk / spam folders if they aren't appearing in your inbox). Please sign in from 6:45pm (and by 6:55pm at the latest). You'll be checked off as you sign in, so please ensure your screen name matches the name on your order. 10" | CD

Glass Animals Wednesday 29th July at Live-Streamed Stripped Back Performance + Q&A and Production Tutorial PLEASE NOTE: you'll need a Banquet account to access this stream, so please be sure you're registered and signed in before you place your order. This event is open to UK customers only. ----- Celebrating the release of their third full length album titled Dreamland, the ever-excellent electro-indie-poppers Glass Animals link up for a livestreamed session with a Q&A AND production tutorial! This is a limited-numbers event (/300). “The idea for this album came at a time of confusion and uncertainty. My best friend was in the hospital. I didn’t know if he’d make it. The future was damn scary and completely unknown. During those weeks in the hospital, it was so difficult to look forwards that I found myself looking backwards. Digging around in my mind, pulling up old memories, finding comfort in them even if they were uncomfortable in themselves.” Speaking to friends and family, I’ve realised that a lot of people are experiencing a similar sort of confusion now. Everything that we thought we could see clearly in front of us has been thrown into the air, and all the while, we can’t be out finding our footing. We can’t be out creating new memories, so…we’re diving back head-first into the old ones. I hear that in conversations. I see it in what people are watching on TV. In what we’re listening to. In what we’re eating. In dreams. Submit questions / shout outs / messages in advance via the comments box in the checkout. 7:00pm start (BST) Access details will be sent 20 minutes before the event. Please check your junk / spam folders if this doesn't appear in your inbox. Please sign in from 6:45pm and by 6:55pm at the latest. You'll be checked off as you sign in, so please ensure your screen name matches the name on your order. CD | LP

Skepta / Chip / Young Adz Sunday 2nd August at Pryzm, 8:00pm Date is subject to change, but as it stands we're working on this being on 2nd August. Tickets will be sent out one week before the event, but CDs will be sent right away. We're taking advice from Public Health England about which events will and won't happen around the coronavirus spread. In a fluid situation, things will change, and we'll be constantly monitoring the situation. If an event is postponed, it will be rearranged rather than cancelled, and we'll let you know as soon as decisions are made. --- Following the release of their groundbreaking collaborative album titled Insomnia, Skepta, Chip and Young Adz visit Kingston for a special album celebration at Pryzm. "The UK rap world has never seen three of the scene’s most in-demand rappers surprisingly team up for an album. Here the best of north and south London have come together and paved the way for others to follow suit." Times TBC but expect doors at 8:00pm with a STRICT last entry of 10:00pm; the event runs til 2am. CD/ticket is £15 post-paid, and other formats and combos are available. Pryzm, 154 Clarence Street, Kingston Upon Thames (KT1 1QP) This is an over 18s event. NO ID = NO ENTRY, whatever age you are. You'll need a passport, driving license or pass card, and IDs will be scanned with the ScanNet system. PLEASE NOTE: If you choose Collect In-store as your delivery option your full order will need to be collected from our shop rather than from the venue. CD

Sports Team Thursday 10th September at Banquet Records, 6:00pm PLEASE NOTE: date is subject to change pending government / Public Health England guidance around the coronavirus outbreak. If this event is postponed, we will let you know - please do not contact us until a rescheduled date is announced. Once announced, if you cannot make the rescheduled date refunds will be available. --- A belated celebration of the release of their debut full length record titled Deep Down Happy, the acclaimed indie-rockers Sports Team return to Kingston to for an in-store set. Sports Team a band of six singular characters who have been variously described as one of the most raucous, electrifying and chaotic acts in the UK release their debut album Deep Down Happy. The highly anticipated record, is their first release on the legendary Island Records label. Sports Team came up on the back of word of mouth live hype, drawing round the block queues to chaotic early gigs at The Five Bells and Moth Club before releasing any music. Recording their first EP (Winter Nets) in a converted Timberyard in Hammersmith, the band have consistently set themselves apart from the acts they came up playing with, showing an intoxicating ambition, and their debut album Deep Down Happy, delivers on all bold claims, and confirm their place at the head of a group of young guitar acts. Tickets are for collection from our shop on the day of the in-store, please bring your order number with you. Albums will be posted unless you select Car Park Collection when checking out. In-store Grade A. Priority will be given to anyone who orders a copy of Deep Down Happy from us. CD | LP

Sports Team Thursday 10th September at New Slang, 9:00pm (18+) We're taking advice from Public Health England about which events will and won't happen around the coronavirus spread. In a fluid situation, things will change, and we'll be constantly monitoring the situation. If an event is postponed, it will be rearranged rather than cancelled, and we'll let you know as soon as decisions are made. RESCHEDULED to 10th SEPTEMBER The night before the release of their hugely anticipated debut full length record titled Deep Down Happy, the acclaimed indie-rockers Sports Team return to Kingston to headline New Slang. Sports Team a band of six singular characters who have been variously described as one of the most raucous, electrifying and chaotic acts in the UK release their debut album Deep Down Happy. The highly anticipated record, is their first release on the legendary Island Records label. Sports Team came up on the back of word of mouth live hype, drawing round the block queues to chaotic early gigs at The Five Bells and Moth Club before releasing any music. Recording their first EP (Winter Nets) in a converted Timberyard in Hammersmith, the band have consistently set themselves apart from the acts they came up playing with, showing an intoxicating ambition, and their debut album Deep Down Happy, delivers on all bold claims, and confirm their place at the head of a group of young guitar acts. Times TBC but we expect doors at 9:00pm with Sports Team on stage at 10:30pm After the show, it's a New Slang the day before Easter Friday which means you can stay out to hear hear the likes of The Cribs, Blossoms, The 1975, Wolf Alice, Easy Life, Circa Waves, Sundara Karma and many more until 2AM. CD/ticket is £13 post-paid, and other formats and combos are available. Albums and tickets will be posted separately, the album is released 19th June. If you select Collect In-store, both album and tickets will have to be picked up from the shop but you can't get the album before the release date. Indies and high street retailers exclusive LP is on 'orange' coloured vinyl. New Slang is an over 18s event, and is strict on ID. Please bring photo ID with you on the night, whatever age you are. New Slang is held at Pryzm, 154 Clarence St, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1QP New Slang Ticket CD | LP

This Is The Kit Thursday 22nd October at St John's Church, 7:00pm PLEASE NOTE: date is subject to change pending government / Public Health England guidance around the coronavirus outbreak. If this event is postponed, we will let you know - please do not contact us until a rescheduled date is announced. Once announced, if you cannot make the rescheduled date refunds will be available. --- To celebrate the release of their fifth full length album titled Off Off On, the ever excellent Ivor Novello Award-nominated songwriter This Is The Kit visits Kingston for a release show at St John's Church Since 2008’s debut album Krülle Bol, This Is The Kit (led by Kate Stables) have unpicked emotional knots and woven remarkable stories, but even by their high standards, Off Off On is a beautifully clear distillation of Stables’ song-writing gifts. By the end of 2018, the band had finished touring their last album, the talismanic Moonshine Freeze – leading to Kate’s Ivor Novello nomination, but when it came to Stables’ natural impulse to start the next record, her efforts were diverted by an invitation to join The National on the road for multiple tours and TV appearances – a continuation of the role she took on their album I Am Easy To Find. “It was so brilliant when I was writing to be away from my songs and the responsibility of being in charge of a band or a project – I think it really helped my writing and my getting through whatever I needed to get through.” Richly illuminating and acutely sensitive to the pulses and currents of life, Off Off On shows This Is The Kit overflowing with ideas. In difficult times, it’s a record that feels like a lifeline, moving against the tide, standing against the storm. Keep going. Times TBC but we expect doors at 7:00pm This show is 14+, under 14s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. St John the Evangelist, Grove Lane, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2SU CD | LP

DMA'S Thursday 22nd October at Pryzm, 8:00pm (14+) PLEASE NOTE: date is subject to change pending government / Public Health England guidance around the coronavirus outbreak. If this event is postponed, we will let you know - please do not contact us until a rescheduled date is announced. Once announced, if you cannot make the rescheduled date refunds will be available. --- Following the release of their highly anticipated third full length record titled The Glow, DMA'S return to Kingston to play at Pryzm, operating at a slightly reduced capacity. ‘THE GLOW’ finds DMA’S fulfilling their world class potential with a collection of songs that are destined for arenas. From their emotive heart to their towering, anthemic hooks, the core traits that have earned the band a growing global following are all in place. But with the help of Price, DMA’S have elevated both sides of their sonic spectrum to new heights. Times TBC but we expect doors at 8:00pm with DMA'S on stage at 9:30pm CD/ticket is £22.50 post-paid, and other formats and combos are available. Pryzm is all ages for this show - under 14s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult (18+). Over 18s should bring PHOTO ID (driving license / passport). Pryzm, 154 Clarence Street, Kingston Upon Thames (KT1 1QP) PLEASE NOTE: If you choose Car Park Collection as your delivery option, your full order will need to be collected using this method, rather than collecting from the venue CD | LP

Rhys Lewis Tuesday 10th November at St John's Church RESCHEDULED TO TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER This show has been rescheduled due to restrictions around the coronavirus outbreak. Tickets remain valid for the new date. We're taking advice from Public Health England about which events will and won't happen around the coronavirus spread. In a fluid situation, things will change, and we'll be constantly monitoring the situation. If an event is postponed, it will be rearranged rather than cancelled, and we'll let you know as soon as decisions are made. ------- In support of his new album 'Things I Chose To Remember', Rhys Lewis visits Kingston In what's sure to be a special event, he comes to St John's Church in Kingston with the album just hours old. 2020 is going to be a great year for Rhys but we're sure this gig will be one we all choose to remember. That desire to be present is at the root of Things I Chose To Remember’s emotional heft. Lewis recorded the album on analogue tape, a rare and expensive process that’s barely been used since the early ‘80s. This process comes with both limitations and joys, for instance, it’s common to have over 100 individual tracks in a contemporary pop song. Yet with his 24-track tape machine Lewis limited himself to just two-dozen. “Everything had to earn its place,” he says. “We worked the songs and the productions much harder, and I think we questioned things much more because of it. Times TBC but we expect doors at 7:00pm with Rhys on stage at 8:00pm. Please check back. CD/ticket is £14 post-paid, and other formats and combos will be available. Albums and tickets will be posted separately. This show is 14+, under 14s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. St John the Evangelist, Grove Lane, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2SU PLEASE NOTE: If you choose Collect In-store as your delivery option your full order will need to be collected from our shop rather than from the venue. CD | LP

Sea Girls Thursday 26th November at Pryzm, 8:00pm PLEASE NOTE: date is subject to change pending government / Public Health England guidance around the coronavirus outbreak. If this event is postponed, we will let you know - please do not contact us until a rescheduled date is announced. Once announced, if you cannot make the rescheduled date refunds will be available. --- Celebrating the release of their new full length album titled Open Up your Head, the awesome and anthemic indie-rockers Sea Girls visit Kingston to play at Pryzm. With album Open Up Your Head, the band’s songwriting has elevated, with frontman Henry Camamile stepping into the spotlight as a genuine storyteller for his generation. The album is fit to burst with colourful melodies, guitar and synth hooks - an explosion of joyous indie rock held together to reflect Camamile’s darker songwriting on topics such as a previous traumatic head injury, the anxiety that ensued, and resulting adolescent vices. Times TBC but we expect doors at 8:00pm with Sea Girls on stage at 9:30pm CD/ticket is £14 post-paid, and other formats and combos will be available. Pryzm is all ages for this show - under 14s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult (18+). Over 18s should bring PHOTO ID (driving license / passport). Pryzm, 154 Clarence Street, Kingston Upon Thames (KT1 1QP) PLEASE NOTE: If you choose Car Park Collection as your delivery option, your full order will need to be collected using this method, rather than collecting from the venue CD | LP