111-565: The Godiva Festival is a three-day music festival held each year in the War Memorial Park , Coventry , England , named after the city's famous former inhabitant Lady Godiva . It first appeared as a day-long event in 1997 and became a three-day event the following year in 1998. It is the largest family music festival in the UK, and is made up of two fields; a Main Field and a Family field, which each offer
222-406: A demo tape to The Echo Label . Representatives at Echo listened to the tape, sent an employee to see the band play live, then offered them a record contract. In 1995, Feeder recorded their first EP, Two Colours . Limited to 1,500 CDs and 1,000 7" vinyl singles, the band sold Two Colours at gigs. 1996 was an eventful year for Feeder. In February, Kerrang! and Edge gave away a promo tape
333-652: A double A-side with "Tender" (#11), released following a fan-petition to see "Shatter" released as a single in its own right. Other singles included " Tumble and Fall " (top five), " Feeling A Moment " (No. 13), and " Pushing the Senses " (No. 30). The album was after ten weeks on sales of 111,214 units, 22 percent ahead of Comfort in Sound at that stage. However, the album did not keep up this momentum while also not going platinum. The last reported sales were that of 160,183 in October of
444-545: A live six-track EP release of their performance, before playing the 2008 Reading and Leeds festivals in August, on the main stage. In July the band played at T in the Park, with an appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival the month previous. In 2008, the band also introduced live keyboard player Dean Deavall, of the band Casino . During the same year, on 25 October at 06:00 GMT after playing
555-524: A piano played by their manager Matt Page, with "Godzilla" being one of two tracks on the album to use loud guitars. The album was their first release to be certified platinum, (with Echo Park going platinum later on). It also spawned their second top 10 single, with " Just the Way I'm Feeling " in January 2003. In December of the same year they took on their only arena tour, after the album's first nationwide tour
666-456: A Day " single in December. In July 2024, "Buck Rogers" gained a platinum certification for 600,000 physical sales, digital downloads and streaming points combined . One year prior to this, "Just a Day" also passed 400,000 sales to be certified gold. In July 2001, Feeder's EP Swim was re-released with extra tracks, being a selection of b-sides from their earlier singles, alongside the videos for
777-607: A Gold award from the BPI for sales of 100,000; almost 20 years to its release date. Despite having dropped out of mainstream radio play since 2008, Silent Cry reached No. 8 on the UK albums chart in its first week of release, with 16,000 units sold. It has sold less than 50,000 units to date according to Chrysalis, the owners of the now defunct Echo Label. The Silent Cry tour was Feeder's longest, playing 29 dates, with many selling out. Nevertheless, Silent Cry remains Feeder's first album not to achieve at least gold status. 2010's Renegades
888-406: A UK top five Platinum-selling single . Jon Lee died by suicide at his Miami home in January 2002, after which the remaining members began to record and play with former Skunk Anansie drummer Mark Richardson . They released their fourth album, Comfort in Sound , later that year; it touched on themes such as loss and coming to terms with death, while also exploring themes of positivity. Richardson
999-530: A Welsh rock band formed in Newport , South Wales in 1994. They have released 12 studio albums, 12 compilations, four EPs, and 43 singles while accumulating 25 top 75 singles between 1997 and 2012. At the peak of their commercial success, Feeder won two Kerrang! Awards in 2001 and 2003 and were inducted into their Hall of Fame in August 2019. Feeder are one of the prominent acts of the ‘ Cool Cymru ’ movement in Wales in
1110-507: A band. I'm just being realistic. We've been around for seven or eight years and I am not planning on giving up, but we're putting everything into this record and I'm just hoping that people like it". The album campaign helped the band in August 2001 win the "Best British Live Act" accolade at the Kerrang! awards, before ending the year supporting the Stereophonics , and then releasing the " Just
1221-509: A case of writer's block . Eventually, his pent up frustration with both the state of the world, and his writer's block, lead to an outpouring of content, enough for two album's worth of material. The material was separated into two batches; the material written second - during the COVID lockdown - was put together to make up the Torpedo album, while the earlier, pre-COVID material, was put together for
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#17328551393921332-475: A commercial failure. The week after the album's release, "Children of the Sun" was released as the album's second single. It did not chart. The album's title track was due to be a single, but was later pulled despite promotional CDs already being pressed and sent to radio. "Idaho" became the third single from the album, released on 27 August. Like "Children of the Sun", it also failed to chart. The band later announced
1443-426: A critical level was mixed, with Dan Genroe of Q magazine claiming that the listener will still be "feeling hungry half an hour later", alongside suggesting that the album is "hard to love". Ben Myers of Kerrang! gave the album 4/5 (KKKK) which indicates "blinding", while citing that the band "hit their stride" on the album, alongside suggesting that the album is "fat free and stripped to the bone". The album saw
1554-627: A different experience. The modern three-day music festival is a non-profit making event organised by Coventry City Council . The festival attracted 148,000 visits in 2016 to a 12-acre (49,000 m) site in Coventry's War Memorial Park. The festival includes a dedicated Main Stage which has played host to a wide array of mainstream and independent acts, including Kasabian , Biffy Clyro , The Charlatans , The Boomtown Rats , Scouting For Girls , The Wombats , Don Broco , Embrace , Fun Lovin' Criminals ,
1665-479: A follow up album. The two wrote and recorded an album's worth of material across late 2019 and early 2020, with the album being largely complete outside of final audio mixing . However, progress halted with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Frustrated, Nicholas and Hirose turned to writing further material instead. Early sessions written during the COVID lockdown were slow, with Nicholas suffering with
1776-524: A free download in April, and gained over 8,000 downloads on its first day of release. As of December 2008, sales of Silent Cry stand at less than 50,000 units, less than was what hoped for by their label. Shortly after the album was released, the band recorded a cover of Public Image Ltd 's 1978 self-titled single "Public Image", for a compilation album to celebrate Independents Day which celebrated independently released music. The second single from Silent Cry
1887-516: A headline slot at 2005's Download Festival . Shortly afterwards, Feeder supported U2 for a brief period on their Vertigo Tour , then played at the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh (the second charity event the band played that year after Tsunami Relief Cardiff ). The campaign in total spawned four UK top 40 singles, which included " Shatter ", a reworked version of the "Tumble and Fall" b-side that became
1998-521: A headline tour with "High", which had been released to radio stations and charted at No. 24 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The band travelled back to the UK to play at V98 . In March 1999, Feeder returned with a new single, " Day In Day Out ", which charted at No. 31. Two more singles followed, "Insomnia" in May (charting at No. 22 and resulting in their first appearance on Top of
2109-474: A later 2023 release on a yet-to-be-titled twelfth album. Torpedo , has subsequently been released as of 18 March 2022. The album would later chart at No.5 on the album charts, giving the band for the first time in their career consecutive Top 5 albums, and their second No.1 in a row on the Official Record Store Chart . In October 2023, the band announced a new album, and released two singles on
2220-481: A little studio up by where I live in North London. I demo the album in its full form before the rest of the band play on it. Its difficult to know at this stage what it will turn out like, but so far its slightly more mature sounding". Grant later added "Each album is a journey and a reflection of the past, there is some stuff that touches on what has happened, but there are songs about love, songs of loss and songs about
2331-482: A mini-tour at the end of the year to mainly showcase the new material. The release of the single on 8 January 2001 was coupled with a signing session at London's now defunct Tower Records store and then a TV appearance on Top of The Pops before the single charted. The single charted at number five, becoming the band's first top 10 entry in the singles chart before appearing on Top of the Pops again. "Buck Rogers" then spent
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#17328551393922442-414: A non-album single, "Criminal" on 1 November of that same year. Although this single failed to chart, the album became the band's most successful studio album in 14 years, due to charting at No.4 on the UK album chart on its release week. Reviews were limited, but four out of the five it received from major sources were positive. After the success of Tallulah Nicholas and Hirose immediately began work on
2553-487: A peak position of No. 26. The album itself made the Irish top 20 artist album chart at No. 16, one week before its UK release. Feeder would end the year seeing their then latest album appear at No. 39 on Q ' s end-of-year list, with "Feeling a Moment" voted the 98th best song of the year by its readers. However, on 3 December 2005, they were forced to postpone a winter tour, after Grant picked up bleeds on his vocal cords
2664-532: A performance of " Breed " (originally recorded by Nirvana ), Feeder returned to the UK for a sell-out tour in late October which started at the Leeds Metropolitan University , before ending at Southampton University . This was followed by a small tour of Europe, South Africa and Australia, before a brief return to the UK ended their year. " Down to the River / This Town " also became the final single from
2775-609: A re-recorded version of " Paperfaces ", which charted at No. 41. The year ended with the band supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Wembley Arena and Manic Street Preachers at the Millennium Stadium . Feeder spent most of 2000 writing and recording for their next album. They previewed new material at festivals around the country, including V2000 and Glastonbury . They would end the year promoting " Buck Rogers ", their first single since November 1999 and then playing
2886-603: A result, Feeder were until 2010 no longer on a record contract in their own country, while still being signed to their Japanese label Victor and Play it Again Sam (PIAS), their European label. Their 2008 UK tour, seen their first ever gig in Loughbrough, and their last show at the London Astoria on 18 November 2008. The venue was later torn down in early 2009 and was also their last show as an Echo Label artist. After ending their tour at
2997-444: A sample of a new song "Sentimental" was added to their website, which was later replaced with a 20-second clip of another song called "Renegades". Later on that month the website announced a six date tour and the release of a tour-only EP which was released on "Big Teeth Music", also their own record label. After the tour was completed, another six date tour was shortly announced with the band this time playing bigger venues. Another EP
3108-405: A second week in the top 10. Grant wrote " Buck Rogers " with The Pixies as an influence, but "on a comic book level". He had originally written the track for another band with whom Echo Park producer Gil Norton was working, but decided not to give it away, for he felt Feeder themselves could have a hit with it. " Buck Rogers " still receives regular airplay on alternative radio stations in
3219-466: A series of changes at Echo making them into an "Incubator label", enabled the company to report a "modest profit" for 2006. Feeder returned to the Reading and Leeds festivals after a four-year break, having a late slot on the main stage, before ending the year with a small tour of London, playing The Roundhouse , and The Coronet . These were in aid of War Child who the band are patrons of, having earlier in
3330-459: A skate board area, but it mainly comprises large open green areas with many trees and shrubberies. A perimeter path lies just inside the park's boundaries, and now encircles the entire park following completion of groundwork on the south-western segment in the summer of 2006. The park is the venue for a number of annual events including the Godiva Festival , Donkey Derby, Caribbean Festival and
3441-515: A tour to complete their year, which would end at the Brixton Academy. It was at this Brixton show on the 23rd November 2012, Nicholas repeated on stage a statement he made months prior to the tour, being that the band were going to take a break and decide on what to do next. This caused a joint misinterpretation, suggesting either that the band were going to later split up, or were going to re-evaluate their musical direction. The commercial failure of
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3552-559: Is a Grade II* listed building in its own right. In July 2013 the park gained green flag status, retaining it in 2017. On 16 July 2014 Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visited the park to formally launch the Centenary Fields programme of the Fields in Trust by granting the first designation under the scheme to the park. At around 90 feet (27 m) high, the war memorial monument
3663-522: Is a large tarmaced area with access from Kenilworth Road. Travel de Courcey (in conjunction with Coventry City Council and Transport for West Midlands ) operates a park and ride scheme between here and Coventry city centre. There is a much smaller car park on Coat of Arms Bridge Road on the southern side of the park and another small car park near the northern end of Leamington Road. [REDACTED] Media related to War Memorial Park, Coventry at Wikimedia Commons Feeder (band) Feeder are
3774-482: Is the most prominent construction in the park. It was designed by local architect T. F. Tickner and £5,000 was raised from a public appeal that commenced in 1924 to fund the building work. It was built in 1927 and dedicated by Field Marshal Douglas Haig on 8 October 1927. It is made of Portland stone, and was built by John Gray who also built the Courtaulds works at Foleshill and a number of housing estates. Inside
3885-837: The Polythene singles " Crash " and " Cement ". Overall unit sales for Swim stand at 40,000 as of February 2005. In January 2002, Jon Lee died at home in Miami . The band kept out of the public eye for most of the year. It was during this time that lead-singer Grant Nicholas wrote a series of songs relating to their emotions and reactions to Jon's death, which formed their fourth album Comfort in Sound . The band brought in former Skunk Anansie and Little Angels drummer Mark Richardson , whom Grant first met in 1994, when Feeder went on tour with Richardson's then-band, B.l.o.w. The album focused mainly on themes such as loss, depression, grief and positivity, while dedicating "Quickfade" to Jon. The album
3996-678: The Buzzcocks , the Happy Mondays and The Enemy . The other large stage on the Main Field is the Rock/Rhythm Tent, which plays host to rock/metal acts on Friday night, and has seen artists such as Neck Deep , Slaves and Kids in Glass Houses perform since its introduction in 2014. Saturday's Rhythm Tent has seen acts such as Fuse ODG , JME , Big Narstie and D Double E. Other features of
4107-501: The COVID-19 pandemic . The Saturday night headline was announced on 26 July 2021 as Craig David who would be performing his TS5 DJ Set. The headline act for the final day of the festival was announced as Sister Sledge , with Fun Lovin' Criminals and David Rodigan also appearing. Another performer for the Saturday was announced on 5 August 2021, Sophie Ellis-Bextor . The 2020 festival was announced as taking place from 3 to 5 July, but
4218-559: The Comfort in Sound album and their live shows. Their show at the Birmingham National Indoor Arena was reviewed by Kerrang! , which seen Steve Beebee give the band 4/5 (KKKK) for their performance. The album's final single, the title track , was only available to buy as a limited edition of 3,000 CDs on their 2003 arena tour. Four singles were released commercially, with those being " Come Back Around " (No. 14), " Just
4329-558: The Coventry Bears and the Fire Service . Godiva Festival was a free, ticketless festival, that anyone can attend, until ticketing and charges were introduced in 2019. In 2019 the capacity of the festival was 40,000. The 2023 festival will take place from 30 June to 2 July. In February 2023, it was announced that The Enemy would headline on Friday 30 June. The Saturday headline was next to be announced as Rudimental . Mel C would be
4440-596: The Glasgow Barrowlands as part of their 29-date UK tour, the band's crew bus caught fire on the M62 motorway whilst travelling between Glasgow and Lincoln , destroying it and the crew's personal items. It was also announced by Chrysalis later on in the year, that Echo have been restructured into a copyright exploitation company, in which its main duty is maintaining the copyright on existing releases while no longer releasing any new records or signing any more artists. As
4551-689: The Portsmouth Pyramids Centre , a six track EP titled Seven Sleepers was released in Japan, the same time they toured there in March. It included a collection of B-sides from the Silent Cry album, plus two new songs. After starting 2009 with two warm-up shows for their tour of Japan in Scarborough and Crewe (which was a rescheduled gig from the previous tour and had appeared on early promotional posters),
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4662-424: The 1990s. Their 2024 album Black/Red debuted at number eight, three decades after the group formed, and 25 years after their first top 10 album Yesterday Went Too Soon . The band was formed in 1994, although an earlier incarnation under the name of "Reel" was formed in 1992 by vocalist and guitarist Grant Nicholas , drummer Jon Lee and bassist Simon Blight, three of the four members of Raindancer , after
4773-451: The Coventry band The Enemy . Friday Saturday Sunday The 2007 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 13 July to Sunday 15 July with headliners Super Furry Animals . It was also the tenth year for the festival. Friday Saturday Sunday The 2006 festival took take place from Friday 14 July to Sunday 16 July with headliners Mercury Rev . Friday Saturday Sunday The 2005 festival took place Friday 8 July to Sunday 10 July. It
4884-415: The Pops ) and " Yesterday Went Too Soon " in August (charting at No. 20). That summer, Feeder added guitarist Dean Tidey to their live band. They performed on the main stage of the Reading and Leeds festivals. The album Yesterday Went Too Soon was released on 30 August. Yesterday Went Too Soon entered the UK albums chart at No. 8, an unexpected position for the band. The UK music press warmed to
4995-557: The Saturday were Professor Green , Jonas Blue , Blood Red Shoes and Little Comets . The Friday night headliner was announced in June 2018 as Jake Bugg , at the same time Rae Morris and Kyle Falconer were announced as performers in the Rhythm Tent on the Saturday. As the end of July 2018 Editors were announced as the Saturday headline act on the main stage. Godiva Festival 2017 was confirmed in January 2017 for 7–9 July, and took place in
5106-458: The UK album chart, giving them their seventh top 20 album with sales of 8,729, before being followed-up by the single release of the title track, also only on vinyl and download. In Japan, the album charted at No. 93, making it their least successful since Comfort in Sound . Dean Deavall then departed from Casino to concentrate more on his time with Feeder, including his own band The High Hurts, while live band guitarist Dean Tidey in 2009 departed
5217-674: The UK leg of the Sonisphere Festival , stating that this would be their only UK festival appearance of 2009, as they would be working on their seventh studio album. It was then later announced that they would be appearing at the Hevy Music Festival in Folkestone . Here they previewed a new track titled "Sentimental", with the announcement that they had been in a recording studio in South Wales. At first, Tim Trotter then of Mexicolas
5328-561: The UK's major venues, such as Wembley Arena, Birmingham National Indoor Arena, Birmingham LG Arena, Bournemouth International Centre and the Cardiff International Arena. Feeder's overall album sales stand at 1,957,016 in the United Kingdom, as of 6 October 2017. Their second-highest selling release is 2002's Comfort in Sound , shifting over 506,000 units in the UK. As of October 2017, The Singles has sold 524,000 copies. In
5439-472: The UK, Feeder has accumulated seven gold and platinum records. Gold records in Ireland for The Singles , Comfort in Sound and Echo Park brings their worldwide total to ten. In 2024, " Buck Rogers " received a Platinum award for 600,000 UK consumption sales, 23 years after its release. 2001's "Just a Day" was certified Gold in 2023 for 400,000 consumption sales. That same year also seen 1997's Polythene , receive
5550-532: The United Kingdom. Kerrang! ' s writers also approved of the track as one of their "666 Songs You Must Own", when it appeared at No. 5 in their rock songs list in November 2004. After a sell-out tour of two legs ending at the London Astoria , the album Echo Park entered at number five in the UK album charts, shortly after " Seven Days in the Sun ", the album's second single charted at No. 14. Shortly before
5661-602: The Vaisakhi Mela. The park also holds weekly parkruns – free, timed 5 km (3.1 mi) runs – that attract over 300 people to the park every Saturday. The park was also the host of Radio 1 's Big Weekend festival, the first event since 2019. The festival took place there from 27 to 29 May 2022 and featured big stars, including the likes of Ed Sheeran , Calvin Harris , Anne-Marie , AJ Tracey , George Ezra , Lorde , Sam Fender , Foals and Harry Styles . The main car park
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#17328551393925772-679: The War Memorial Park. On 8 February 2017, The Darkness was announced as the Sunday headline act. On 20 February 2017, The Stranglers were confirmed as the Friday night headline act. Coventry Godiva Festival 2016 was confirmed in January 2016, and took place on 1–3 July in the War Memorial Park. The Friday night headline was the Boomtown Rats supported by Space . The Saturday headline was The Charlatans supported by Mystery Jets . The Sunday headline
5883-506: The Way I'm Feeling " (No. 10), " Forget About Tomorrow " (No. 12), and " Find the Colour " (No. 24), which was released following their V2003 appearance and Kerrang! award win for "Best British Band", beating competition from Muse and the Stereophonics , which Grant dedicated to Jon saying it was the award he had always wanted the band to win. The band later went on to win an Internet Music Award for their "Just The Way I'm Feeling" video, while
5994-474: The album became their first to appear on the end of year top 75 album charts, appearing at No. 66. The album's commercial reception helped Echo experience their most successful financial year. Feeder then received their only nomination to date at The BRIT Awards, in which they appeared in the "Best British Rock" category at the 2004 event, before making their only appearance in the charts that year as part of Bob Geldof 's Band Aid 20 charity ensemble. The single
6105-401: The album has shipped 300,000 units in the UK going platinum, with counter sales standing at 293,000 as of February 2005. Grant said in a Melody Maker interview that if the album did not sell well enough the band would probably split up; he said at the time that "It's the same with any band. That's just the way the music business is. There is only a certain amount of money a label will put into
6216-402: The album was a contributing factor to the decision to take a break, before releasing their comeback album in 2016. In the meantime Feeder would in 2013 play at Reading University as a private event, before Nicholas embarked on a two year solo career. It was before Nicholas began his solo career that he announced "Feeder's heart still beats strong". On 15 June the band released "Universe of Life",
6327-446: The album was mixed. Kerrang! were brutal towards the band for all of their review, with Ben Meyers referring to them as a " Radio Friendly Unit Shifter ", including comparisons to a "Pastel box". Grant later said in a documentary with Kerrang! Radio that he was "pissed off" with the review their magazine counterpart gave them, while citing "It was a very unfair review and reviewed by the wrong person". The album helped them secure
6438-468: The album's distributor. The album reached number two on the UK albums chart with first week sales of 50,003 entering at number three, and was certified platinum in under three months, with a total of 497,700 units sold as of April 2012, including a gold certification in Ireland after charting at No. 13. The album also made the top ten in Europe with a debut top 40 peak in Japan at No. 37, while " Save Us "
6549-517: The album, released only as a download and vinyl on 6 December. In 2010, a number of tracks were left off the Renegades album before then being considered for inclusion for the follow-up. In March 2011, Feeder released " Side by Side ", a download-only single in aid of the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . "Side by Side" charted at No. 91, Across 2011, Feeder played a number of shows with Damon Wilson on drums. On 30 January, "Borders"
6660-452: The album. It was Melody Maker ' s Album of the Week (and later No. 24 album of 1999 ), while Metal Hammer placed the album in at No. 6 and Kerrang! ranked it at No. 16. As of March 2003, the album has been certified gold shipping 100,000 units in the UK, with total counter sales standing at 110,000 as of February 2005. In November, Feeder released a final single from the album,
6771-423: The band adopt a more 'commercial' sound, also incorporating synthesizers. Lyrically, Echo Park contains both a comedic approach, as with "Seven Days in the Sun", and dark emotions, such as those shown on "Turn", "Oxygen", and "Satellite News". It was during the campaign for Echo Park that the band played another slot on the main stage at the Reading and Leeds festival, including T in the Park . As of August 2003,
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#17328551393926882-487: The band announced the compilation The Best of Feeder , featuring all the previous singles from the band's career, as well a mini-album of new material within called Arrow . Its lead single, "Figure You Out", was released on 20 July 2017. The compilation later charted at No. 10 on the albums chart, giving Feeder their second album to chart in the upper tier in less than a calendar year. On 9 August 2019, Feeder released their tenth studio album, Tallulah , before releasing
6993-406: The band later on in May announced that Feeder had "ended their partnership" with drummer Mark Richardson, who returned to his original band Skunk Anansie. Mark was replaced by session drummer Karl Brazil who had just come off tour with James Blunt , and had also played drums for British band Ben's Brother . Karl's first live appearances with the band, after a series of university events were at
7104-481: The band made with producer Chris Sheldon . Called 'Two Tracker', it featured two songs that would feature on Feeder's debut album . In July, Feeder released their first commercially available release, Swim . In August, the band made their first appearance at the Reading festival and in October, they released their first single, " Stereo World ". Feeder's debut album, Polythene , was released in May 1997. Polythene
7215-571: The band signed a deal with Believe UK to release their tenth studio album, Tallulah . In 1994, Reel/Real's bass player, Julian Smith, left the group. Grant Nicholas and Jon Lee went 'back to the drawing board'. They placed an advert in Loot for a new bass player. The advert was answered by Taka Hirose , a Japanese ex-pat working in London as a graphic designer . The trio changed their name to Feeder, after Nicholas's pet goldfish. In 1994, Feeder sent
7326-405: The band then announced their new single " Call Out " under the name of Feeder before shortly revealing the name of their seventh album as Renegades . All of the new songs performed live as Renegades were listed on the album; the free download track "Fallen" was a B-side on "Call Out" and was released as a download and vinyl single, the album being released on 5 July. Renegades peaked at No. 16 on
7437-525: The band with the reasons disclosed. His final show with the band would later turn out to be at the Sonisphere Festival on the 5 August 2009. The album received mostly favourable reviews, although some critics as Will Dean of BBC Online did not praise the album giving it a mixed response After a tour of Japan which saw Luna Sea guitarist Inoran join them on stage at the Daikanyama Unit for
7548-537: The chart regardless of position over the course of their career. The album also debuted at No. 1 on the Official UK Rock Albums chart. Still, Renegades has yet to accumulate sales that approach or eclipse any of their other studio albums before this. 2012 follow-up Generation Freakshow , charted higher at No. 13 although on lower debut week sales, before 2016 saw the band return to the top 10 with All Bright Electric , then less than 12 months later appeared in
7659-419: The departure of that band's other member, guitarist John Canham. However, Blight left Reel later in 1992, and the band played with many session bassists before hiring Taka Hirose in 1994 and re-establishing themselves as Feeder; that year, the band signed with The Echo Label . Feeder garnered media attention in 2001 for their third album, Echo Park , and its lead single, " Buck Rogers ", which later became
7770-456: The festival include the Family Field, an Acoustic Stage, a Paradise Tent, food stalls, a Hilltop bar, craft stalls, an Urban Youth Tent, a vintage market and a fairground. The Family Field often sees attractions such as a petting farm, charity village, Community Stage, Lives and Times area, Greenspace area, Make Space tent, a funfair, cycle training, falconry and visits from local groups such as
7881-512: The first single to promote the collection, and reached No. 12 in the UK singles chart in May 2006, after completing their delayed winter tour, which ended at the LG Arena in Birmingham in front of 8,000 fans. The Singles , released in the same month as "Lost and Found", was the first Feeder album to have involvement from a major label, with EMI taking part in a one-off collaboration with Echo as
7992-414: The future. I don't want to give too much away but there's one track called "Bitter Glass". Its quite dark but uplifting too. Its about pulling yourself out of a big hole". The album was Feeder's highest-charting release, at number two on the UK album chart selling 42,951 units in its first week, while receiving a gold certification, and becoming a top 100 album in six other countries. Press response to
8103-407: The headline for the Sunday and final day of the festival. The 2022 festival took place from 2 to 4 September, to avoid a clash with BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend. The headline acts were announced in April 2022, The Libertines played the Friday slot, Tom Grennan on Saturday and Bananarama headlined on Sunday. The 2021 festival took place from 3 to 5 September, but with a limited capacity because of
8214-429: The lead single for All Bright Electric , which was released on 7 October 2016. This was followed on 26 August by the single "Eskimo", along with its music video. Both singles were released free for people who pre-ordered the album. After the band completed their UK tour between September and October 2016, All Bright Electric saw Feeder return to the top 10 of the album chart after an eight-year absence. In July 2017,
8325-787: The lighting of the Olympic beacon in the park. The festival was cancelled by Coventry City Council on 29 June 2012, owing to the recent 'bad weather conditions causing unstable ground'. The Olympic torch procession continued unaffected. The 2011 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July. The headline acts were Heaven 17 and Athlete , attended by a record-breaking crowd of 120,000 people. The 2010 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 2 July to Sunday 4 July. The 2009 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 3 July to Sunday 5 July, headlined by Scottish alternative band Idlewild . Friday Saturday Sunday The 2008 Godiva Festival took place from Friday 4 July to Sunday 6 July, headlined by
8436-554: The memorial is a room called the Chamber of Silence which contains the "Roll of the Fallen", a list of all Coventry men killed in the two World Wars and the Gulf War, and is open to the public every year on Remembrance Sunday . Work started in August 2010 on a multi-million pound refurbishment of the park, involving about 30 projects taking place around the park over a ten-month period. The work
8547-659: The most prominent structure in the park is the city's war memorial , built in 1927. The park was opened in July 1921 as a tribute to the 2,587 Coventrians who died between 1914 and 1918 fighting in the First World War . Coventry Council used money donated by the public to purchase the land from the Lords of Styvechale Manor, the Gregory-Hood family, when it was little more than a large grassed area that once formed Styvechale common. In
8658-492: The next. Grant also mentioned that at the time their fourth album already had a series of backing tracks recorded, with a total of 15 when recording is completed with then 10 chosen for the final album, when the final track listing was revealed, this was increased to 12. The album is currently Feeder's best-seller with an estimated 503,706 units sold as of April 2012. The album charted at No. 98 in Japan and No. 28 in Ireland , beating
8769-554: The night before during a gig in Brighton , causing the show to be abandoned and later rescheduled along with the rest of the outstanding dates. During the year, Feeder's domestic studio album sales passed the one million units mark. In late 2005, Feeder already returned to the studio, with Stephen Street working as the band's producer to record three new tracks to appear on their then forthcoming singles collection. " Lost and Found " (which Grant described as "an urban love song" ) became
8880-633: The north of the park, the landscaped gardens and sports areas were created in the late-1920s and 1930s, During the Second World War , barrage balloons and anti-aircraft guns were sited in the park, and the large concrete blocks where they were positioned still exist in the Coat of Arms bridge area of the park. In 2013, the park was listed at Grade II on the statutory Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England . The war memorial
8991-575: The past, credited Feeder for creating another strong addition to their back catalogue. The album, which was released to coincide with a week-long tour, improved upon the response of Renegades by charting at No. 13, which increased the band's UK album charts span to fifteen years, while selling 7,338 units in the same week. In Japan, Generation Freakshow improved upon the chart position of Renegades , when it entered at No. 57 and became their most successful studio album in almost four years. Retrospectively, this album alongside Renegades , has been seen as
9102-403: The peak position of No. 57 that Echo Park managed during the previous year. In Japan, it would be the first time Feeder ever charted there. The album charted at number six in the UK. Musically, Comfort in Sound is mellower than Feeder's previous albums, with the use of a string orchestra on " Forget About Tomorrow ", while other tracks on the album also used an accordion , trumpet , and
9213-419: The project was not a big marketing plan, but announced it without saying exactly what was happening. Some people thought it was a name change, Grant recording a solo album, while others got the idea from the start. He described problems with promoters printing "Feeder" on the tickets, leading to a misunderstanding that a more mainstream set was expected. After completing their second and final tour as Renegades,
9324-415: The resulting album Silent Cry being released on 16 June 2008. On balance, the album received moderate reviews. While some like The Guardian were negative towards the album, others like Rock Louder were more positive. On its release week the album charted at number eight with sales of 16,029. In its second week the album then fell to number 30, with a third week drop to number 60 before leaving
9435-507: The same day, "Playing With Fire" and "Elf". Black/Red was released on 5 April 2024. It the band's first double album , completing a trilogy begun with Torpedo . Nicholas explained of the album: "I really wanted the album to be split in two parts for the listener, CD1 and CD2, black and red rather than be one long player, almost like a musical production with an interval." Between 1997 and 2012, Feeder accumulated 25 top 75 singles when guest singles are excluded. They have headlined many of
9546-422: The same lyrical themes and musical styles, and also said that it had more of an organic sound, with more upbeat tracks added into the mix. It contains a number of piano -driven tracks, "Frequency" being an example. "Frequency" was produced by Coldplay producer Ken Nelson , while for the rest of the album, Gil Norton was on production duties. Grant told Kerrang! in May 2004, "I've done some recording on my own in
9657-509: The same year, which fell below Echo's expectations. It is however the band's most successful record based on peak chart positions in each country of release, while also being their only album so far to spawn a charting single outside of the UK and Ireland when "Feeling a Moment" peaked at No. 32 in Australia. Feeder already at the time charted four top 50 singles in Ireland , with "Tumble and Fall" being their first and only top 40 to date reaching
9768-437: The side-project band's sudden increase in success and awareness, in which he claimed that he wanted the band to continue playing in clubs with a slower ascendency to the bigger venues. The tour promoter however suggested that Renegades should play slightly bigger venues for the second tour than of those seen on their debut. Looking back on this version of the band, Grant Nicholas explained in an interview with Culture Deluxe, that
9879-408: The single's release, the band's rise up to the mainstream was recognised by the now defunct Scottish Television live music show Boxed Set , where a half-hour-long live-set with a studio audience was played. A third single, " Turn " reached No. 27 in July before festival season. " Just a Day ", a b-side from "Seven Days in the Sun", later reached No. 12 in December. The response the album received on
9990-520: The top 75 albums listing. In Japan it peaked at No. 53, which is currently higher than any of their studio albums, but lower than the peak of The Singles . Before the release of the album, " We Are the People " charted at No. 25 in the singles chart, making it their lowest chart position for a lead single since 1999's "Day in Day Out". " Miss You " from the album was given away by the band's official website as
10101-531: The track listing, along with some other changes. In early 1998 Feeder toured the United States as a support act for Everclear . During their tour, the band released a re-worked version of " Suffocate " for UK release, which charted at No. 37. After their return to the UK, they played their own headline tour with Everclear in support. They stayed in the US for most of the year, playing various music festivals alongside
10212-402: The year visited The Congo as part of their work for the charity. Although their appearances at The Roundhouse would be their first two, their appearance at The Coronet would be their first and last as it was later demolished in 2021. In 2006 Feeder announced in an interview with XFM that their next album would be reminiscent of their earlier material. They spent most of 2007 recording, with
10323-409: Was Scouting for Girls , who were supported by The Pigeon Detectives . The weekend saw Godiva Festival visited over 148,000 times and was the most successful festival to date. The 2015 Godiva Festival took place from 3 to 5 July. The headline act for Friday was Fun Lovin' Criminals , Saturday The Wombats and Sunday Embrace . The 2014 Godiva Festival took place from 4 to 6 July. The headline act
10434-542: Was Feeder's first download-only single, consisting of " Tracing Lines " and the album's title track which failed to make the charts. In May 2008, the band played an eight-date tour to promote Silent Cry . Tickets sold out in six hours. These dates was followed by a one-off gig on 12 June at the Proud Galleries in Camden , which sold out in six minutes. The band then went on to play at the iTunes festival in July, which saw
10545-519: Was a sell out with 50,000 tickets sold, and visited 21 different towns and cities in the United Kingdom over 23 different dates. In reaction to this, the band were invited to the Glastonbury Festival being placed third on the last day, playing the "Pyramid Stage". Shortly after the release of the single, the band were invited to support Coldplay on their UK and Europeean tour, due to their frontman Chris Martin often saying how much he liked
10656-712: Was acclaimed by critics, including Metal Hammer and Kerrang! , who placed the album at first and sixth in their respective end-of-year lists. Some critics labelled the band "The UK's answer to the Smashing Pumpkins ", and also drew comparisons to The Pixies and Talk Talk . Feeder would go on to release three further singles from Polythene , " Tangerine " (charting at No. 60 in the UK singles chart . ) and "Cement" (No. 53), " Crash " (No. 48). In October 1997, Feeder released their breakthrough single " High ", which charted at No. 24. They also reissued Polythene , adding "High" to
10767-493: Was announced as Welsh rock band Feeder . Cornflakes at Kelly's, a local Coventry punk band also performed their festival debut, on the main stage on Saturday too. The 2018 festival confirmed in February that it would take place from 31 August to 2 September. Ronan Keating was announced, in March 2018, as the Sunday headline act. A Saturday main stage act was announced at the end of April 2018 as Gabrielle . Other acts announced for
10878-538: Was cancelled in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . The 2019 festival took place from 5 to 7 July. The first act to be announced was Busted who headlined on the closing day of the festival. Subsequently, Brighton based folk-rock band Levellers have been confirmed as headlining on the opening night (Friday). as well as Frank Iero and the Future Violents in the Rock & Rhythm tent. The Saturday headline act
10989-434: Was filling in on drum duties in the studio also as a session drummer, before Karl stepped in. With Karl playing drums for Robbie Williams , Natalie Imbruglia and Ben's Brother, Tim once again took over drum duties in the studio. On 2 December, the band's official webpage was changed to display the word "RENEGADES" and the names of each of the band members by their surname, with "BRAZIL" mentioned amongst these. On 17 December
11100-538: Was funded by a £2.8 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund together with money from Coventry City Council . Additionally a grant of £50,000 was awarded in February 2011 to create a new under-8s play area in the park. The park's facilities include football pitches, bowling greens, a small golf course, tennis courts, a splash and play area, an aviary for small birds, and
11211-415: Was its second and final single in the UK, charting at No. 34 in late July. A version of the album included a DVD of all their videos filmed up to that point, along with extensive sleevenotes by Ben Johncock. The album became only their second to appear on the end of year top 75 this time at No. 48, while becoming their first album to spend more than one week on the top 10. Sales of The Singles , alongside
11322-449: Was less successful. It entered the UK chart at No. 16 – Feeder's first album since 1997's Polythene not to chart within the Top 10 – and dropped out after 2 weeks. However, the charting of Renegades , marked the third decade in which a Feeder album had been released and charted at least in the Top 20. This marked their 6th studio album to appear in the Top 20 and the band's 9th album to appear on
11433-465: Was released in October of the same year to widespread critical acclaim in the British music press , with Kerrang! alongside the heavy rock magazine Metal Hammer giving the album their respective Album of the Week accolades. The band were invited to the Reading and Leeds festivals that year, headlining the second stage at Reading on the first day which took place on 23 August, before heading off to Leeds
11544-448: Was released on CD, on 7" vinyl and on cassette – the first time Feeder released a cassette single since 2001's "Just a Day". "Borders" charted at No. 52, giving the band their 25th top 75 single and their first official chart visit since 2008's "We Are the People". Generation Freakshow was released on 23 April 2012. The critical response was mixed. BBC Music praised the album, while Drowned in Sound , despite negative reviews in
11655-656: Was released to coincide with the tour, which included a further four new songs with one of these being titled "Home"; one of the new songs the band performed on their first tour under this alias. The side-project was used as a method to promote the seventh Feeder studio album titled Renegades at live shows where they would mainly play the new songs, thus avoiding having to play any of their hits if they played as Feeder. The side-project would cease in 2010 after playing their final gig as Renegades at that year's Sonisphere Festival. In an April 2010 interview with South Yorkshire newspaper The Star , Grant expressed his disappointment with
11766-501: Was scheduled to take place Friday 30 June to Sunday 1 July, but bad weather forced the event to be cancelled. Friday was scheduled to be headlined by Echo & the Bunnymen with Space in support. Saturday was scheduled with Cast as headliners, with support from The View and The Pigeon Detectives . Sunday evening was scheduled to link in with the arrival of the Olympic torch relay and
11877-638: Was the Christmas number one , and became the year's biggest-selling UK single. Alongside only making one singles chart appearance in 2004, Feeder also only made one live appearance during the year as part of the Carling Live 24 event, playing their show at the Hammersmith Apollo on 1 May. Feeder returned to the studio to record their fifth album Pushing the Senses . The album was seen by Grant as more of an extension to Comfort in Sound , as it focused on
11988-479: Was the Happy Mondays . The 2013 Godiva Festival took place from 5 to 7 July 2013. Friday was headlined by Echo & the Bunnymen who were to headline in the 2012 cancelled event. Saturday was headlined by Maxïmo Park and Sunday starred the Loveable Rogues and Amelia Lily . The festival claimed to have broken attendance records with over 125,000 visits being estimated over the three days. The 2012 festival
12099-411: Was the fifth year the festival had taken place. War Memorial Park, Coventry The War Memorial Park is a large park of about 48.5 hectares in southern Coventry , England. The park was opened in July 1921 as a tribute to the 2,587 Coventrians who died between 1914 and 1918 fighting in the First World War . The landscaped gardens and sports areas were created in the late-1920s and 1930s, and
12210-525: Was the first time the comedy stage appeared and featured Shappi Khorsandi . Also on the Friday night Nerina Pallot performed and John Burnside recited poetry. On Saturday the main stage lineup was: Whilst EcoRhythm consisted of: The 2004 festival took place Friday 11 June to Sunday 13 June. The Saturday-night main stage lineup was: The 2003 festival took place Friday 6 June to Sunday 8 June. The Saturday-night main stage lineup included: The 2002 festival took place Friday 7 June to Sunday 9 June. It
12321-443: Was ultimately made an official member, remaining so until May 2009 when he returned to a reformed Skunk Anansie. Feeder have since worked with a roster of drummers live and in the studio, including Tim Trotter, Karl Brazil and former Elviss drummer Geoff Holroyde. Between 2010 and 2017, the band charted four more top 20 albums, with the latest of these being 2017's The Best of Feeder their second consecutive top 10 album. In 2019,
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