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Pavement planning reunion



The former members of Pavement have been in discussions about reforming - and may get back together in 2009.

The band have pencilled in the forthcoming Matador Records party, due to be held in 2009 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the record label's conception, as a possible date for their live return.

Ex-Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg, speaking to EW.com, said, "Matador is having a 20th anniversary party soon, so maybe we'll try to do something for that. The only hurdle might be getting everyone to drop what they're doing, but I'm sure the excitement of playing again will make it OK."

Frontman Stephen Malkmus, however, said that he favoured a one-off reunion further down the line.

"Something small in ten years like the [Led] Zeppelin thing [their London O2 Arena gig in December last year] sounds good to me," he said. "Obviously, the arena would be smaller than theirs, though."

Bassist Mark Ibold, meanwhile, joked, "Why not next month? No, it needs to be carefully planned. What obstacles stand in the way? Learning the songs again. I've actually dreamt that there was a reunion show and I couldn't remember the songs."

The band originally
split in 1999.

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I'm over reunions but at least Pavement are a band that I'd love to see and they finished when they still had ideas I think.

oh happy day, first My Bloody Valentine and now Pavement

I wonder how broke Chapterhouse are

As much as I'd love to see a Pavement reunion, I don't think we should be holding our breath just yet...

From Pitchfork:

Sorry Kids, It Isn't Time to Get Too Excited About This Pavement Reunion Thing Just Yet

Were there indeed a Pavement reunion in the works, we would almost certainly be freaking out a little too hard to gather our puns enough to write a story about it. So you'll note our calmness when we tell you this: the scuttlebutt about the reformation of one of the greatest bands of all time flying around the old internet today, springing from a story on EW.com entitled "Wait... a Pavement reunion!?", is a lotta nice talk, it is. But, for now anyway, that's really all it is. And it's not even new talk.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly in this week's issue, Stephen Malkmus cheekily mentioned that he wouldn't be averse to "something small in 10 years like the Zeppelin thing," adding "obviously, the arena would be smaller than theirs." In a separate interview, bassist Mark Ibold chimed in and announced that he's game, but that it "needs to be carefully planned" just so he can stave off a recurring nightmare he's had of "a reunion show [where] he couldn't remember the songs."

Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg is quoted as saying, "Matador is having a 20th anniversary party soon, so maybe we'll try to do something for that." EW.com adds, "[When contacted, Matador had no response.]" Matador tells us that no such party is even in the works just yet. But the anniversary isn't until 2009, so that's plenty of time to get a party together, right guys?

Of course, anyone looking at those quotes individually can tell that these dudes aren't ruling anything out, but they aren't suggesting anything concrete, either. Really, the talk doesn't differ much from what Spiral Stairs told us back in September of 2006 when he claimed that "it would probably work well for a 20 year anniversary or something like that... but I don't know."

Certainly we can see why folks would get excited-- it's fucking Pavement, after all!-- but this truly (and sadly) isn't anything to get your hopes up about at the moment.

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Were they ever that rich? I need a Ride reunion, and I need it now. Andy Bell must have made enough money from Oasis that he can go off and make music he actually wants to make.

I skim-read Jase's post, and I was sure I saw the word "Moroder" and I was a little surprised. Then I stopped and looked more carefully and I saw that it was "matador".

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I escaped somehow. Let's go

actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter