Mike Skinner to retire

blaze1

A sad day,

Mike Skinner has announced that he is retiring

Barring the fact his last couple of albums have been below par Pirate material was a class album.

I've never seen them live but have to catch them this year for sure


http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/07/the-streets-mike-skinner-retires

On the eve of his guardian.co.uk/music takeover – which will be running all week from later today – Skinner has decided to call time on the Streets. This includes all music and interviews, not to mention the wonderful interactive web stuff he has been posting on his website. He will still perform all remaining live dates, however, and will tour the UK this month before playing Oslo on 15 March.

There has been no comment from Skinner, aside from a post on the-streets.co.uk that just reads "Closed". However, Skinner's management has confirmed that he will no longer be operating as the Streets in any capacity.

The final Streets song – Close the Book – will be given away to Guardian readers as part of the Streets takeover. Plus, the music site will feature work from two of Skinner's favourite writers – Chantelle Fiddy and Ben Thompson – with photographs, podcasts and video art in the pipeline too. You will also be able to access more Streets material using the Guardian and Mike Skinner's Scanner iPhone app – details of which will appear over the course of the week.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Dry your eyes mate Blaze

dr.bollocko

Moved from After hours.

blaze1

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Moved from After hours.

Sorry thought this would just steer after hours away from politics for a bit

Hank Scorpio

First couple of albums were incredible, especially opm

After that it just went meh, totally lost the street vibe in his songs

bye mike and thanks!

sunnysummer

the new album is going back to same vibe as his first album. Actually quite liking it - OMG is typical Skinner track

MickShamrock

First the White Stripes calling it a day. Now this! Can life get any better! :pac:

ricero

such a shame if it wasnt for his third album skinner would be mega it was a major let down. original pirate material is brilliant and a grand dont come for free is nothing short of a master piece and the greatest concept album ever made

tiny_penguin

"Computers and Blues" is epic. If you have not checked it out you should!! Soldiers is an awesome song and Rob Harvery really adds a great vibe to the album. It was a sad day when he announced that this is it for the Streets, but very excited for his movie project.

Last tour kicks off this week and its gonna be epic!