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Archive of the band RIDE from 1988 to the present day. ride.band

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 29/07/2026

RIDE have announced a UK tour for next year. Tickets available now via Priority and everywhere else on Friday

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 18/04/2025

RIDE played their first gig outside the UK at The Paradiso in Amsterdam on this date in 1990. This was the first of three dates in Europe supporting The House of Love. They'd go back to headline the venue in 2015 and 2020. Image sourced from www.thehouseoflovearchive.co.uk

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 06/04/2025

35 years ago today RIDE headlined a sold out ULU in London. The band asked fans to bring daffodils with them following the release of the Play EP.

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 02/04/2025

35 years ago today RIDE released their second EP. ride.band/1990/04/02/p...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 12/03/2025

On this date in 1993 everyone was heading to Brighton for the first Daytripper gig with The Charlatans. ride.band/1993/03/12/b...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 17/02/2025

On this date in 1990 the Ride EP tour hit Cambridge where they played a packed Sea Cadets Hall. Chris Roberts reviewed the gig for Melody Maker where he describes them as “greater than great”. ride.band/1990/02/17/s...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 16/02/2025

Released on this date in 2018 was the Tomorrow's Shore EP featuring the previously available Pulsar plus three brand new tracks. RIDE celebrated the release by returning to the ULU for a sold out gig the same day.

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 13/02/2025

Five years ago today RIDE played the final night of their This Is Not A Safe Place tour in Paris. It was to be their last gig for two years due to covid restrictions.

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 27/01/2025

On this date in 1989 RIDE played their first proper gig at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford supporting Satan Knew My Father. ride.band/1989/01/27/j...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 19/01/2025

The event was split over three nights with a baggy night on the Friday, indie on Saturday and a rock night on the Sunday. Tickets cost £12.50 for each night. ride.band/wp-content/u...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 16/01/2025

16th January 1990 RIDE played Camden Palace (now Koko) club night Feet First. Entrance fee was £1 with a flyer before 11pm. You can hear the gig at youtu.be/Rn4JQatZSZI?...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 15/01/2025

Finally, three tracks from the EP are still played live now. Here's Close My Eyes, the closing track from the EP, recorded in London at a recent @soniccathedral.bsky.social gig. Watch the full clip here www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XnV...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 15/01/2025

The EP went straight in the UK singles chart at number 72 staying there for 4 weeks. It was the first time Creation Records had made the Top 75 of the UK singles chart. It was released on 12" and CD which was unusual as the 7" single was still a dominant format for singles in 1990.

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 15/01/2025

Steve Lamacq had also been singing their praises in the NME the week before the release with a near full-page article in the ON section.

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 15/01/2025

A live version of Drive Blind was shown on popular BBC music show Snub TV recorded when they supported Galaxie 500 in London the month before. Watch the full clip here www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FZ...

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RIDE Archives @ride.band · 15/01/2025

RIDE released their debut EP 35 years ago today (January 15th 1990) on Creation Records. Here's a 🧵 @rideox4official.bsky.social @markgardener.bsky.social @andybebop.bsky.social @stevequeralt.bsky.social @lozcolbert.bsky.social

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