[NEWS] QN5 Show In London: 04.20.09

Posted 10 years, 2 months, 5 hours, 6 minutes ago by Kno

CunninLynguists In UK

Since UK promoters have obviously been too busy or incapacitated to show any interest in booking CunninLynguists over the course of our numerous trips to Europe, we have decided to do what we always do and take the initiative to prove our worth to a world that shouldn’t, at this point, need proof.

We, along with our friends at Bad Taste Records, have booked The Luminaire at 311 Kilburn High Road for a hip-hop bonanza on that holiest of high holidays, 4-20. How does a hip-hop group from Kentucky expect to succeed in throwing their own show some 6700 kilometers away? The same way we do everything; elbow grease, a dedicated fanbase, good ass music and no handouts from anybody. Don’t want to book us? We’ll book our motherf*ckin’ selves!

This decision was made strictly for the fans who have watched us take 2-3 trips per year to Europe with nary a UK show to speak of, so now is your time to show and prove! Contact tour@qn5.com to sign up for street team duty, we need you!

Capacity of the venue is only 275, so order your tickets NOW.

BUY TICKETS @: [THE LUMINAIRE] | [WEGOTTICKETS.COM]

This is our only gig in the UK on this trip and we nixed our “Laundry/Wash Yo’ Ass” day between Germany and Holland to do it, so when I show up rockin’ the same pair of draws from Stuttgart I expect to see heads from Brighton, Cambridge, Southampton…hell, if you can get there by boat, plane or car…because obviously if it’s left up to promoters we might never come back!

Gotta work Tuesday? Tell your boss to piss off…

“DO YOU HEAR THAT DOUG? WE’RE COMING TO LONDON!”

Strange Journey European Tour:

04/02 – Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark
04/03 – Tarantino Club – Vilnius, Lithuania*
04/04 – Ninkasi Kao – Lyon, France
04/05 – Elysee Montmarte – Paris, France (w/ Pharoahe Monch)
04/07 – TBA
04/08 – Ubu – Rennes, France (w/ Pharoahe Monch)
04/09 – TBA
04/10 – Sommercasino – Basel, Switzerland
04/11 – Härterei – Zürich, Switzerland
04/12 – Dachstock – Bern, Switzerland
04/14 – Szene – Vienna, Austria
04/15 – E-Werk – Erlangen, Germany
04/16 – Conne Island – Leipzig, Germany
04/17 – Skaters Palace – Münster, Germany
04/18 – Nachtleben – Frankfurt, Germany
04/19 – Die Röhre – Stuttgart, Germany
04/20 – The Luminaire – London, UK
04/21 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Holland
04/22 – Tivoli – Utrecht, Holland

Shows with * are CunninLynguists & DJ FlipFlop only.

Category: General

52 comments

del preston said on Feb 25, 2009:

Snatch ftw.

what said on Feb 25, 2009:

oh snap, that’s so very awesome! british blue schoolers, you best sign up to promote this show. no excuses. make us proud!!!

Osiris said on Feb 25, 2009:

“Osiris Feb 24, 2009
Awesome news, 2009 IS full of suprises. Thanks guys”

Like I said

Eddy said on Feb 25, 2009:

shit, only uk show and it’s in london. i would go through the effort to get down there but thats my first day back at uni. arrrrrrgh. need to try and come up with some sort of plan.

ScottA said on Feb 25, 2009:

I just need to find ONE person to go and I’ll be there.

Anyone know what the parking is like around the area?

RN9* said on Feb 25, 2009:

yeeeaahhh baby! you guys are truly amazing! Just about to buy 5 tickets…

irongrrl said on Feb 25, 2009:

This is great guys!
UK, show some love. And woa, 2009 IS full of surprises… “a surprise a day keeps bad moods away.” And a 4/20 show…. great, just great!

hiphopjunkie said on Feb 25, 2009:

omg wow wasnt ready for that….I’m torn tho…..I had already planned to spend my 4:20 gettin blazed at my mates house ALL day and night, about 6 of us…..but CunninLynguists at the other end of the country…..shit! I need to be there, fuck I hate decisions like this, I’m gona have to think about this one, so intense lol

conshus said on Feb 25, 2009:

sometimes (read: most of the time) you gotta take the initiative to make shit happen! especially being indie. radio in orlando wasn’t really reppin for the shit we like so eff it, we got OUR show.

ya’ll got any locals performing? they could help promote at the same time.

good luck!

side note: you should always MAKE time to wash your ass! haha even if you run through the fountains! haha

peace piece
conshus
http://twitter.com/conshus
http://myspace.com/OURshowRadio
OUR show – WPRK 91.5fm – Orlando, FL – Sats 5-7pm

theo said on Feb 25, 2009:

YUSSS, finally, I have been waiting and hoping for this for years, see ya’ll in april!

anonamos said on Feb 25, 2009:

DAMN… that’s dedication.

i can’t go… being in canada and all… but i wanna buy a ticket just to show support…

i’m guessing i shouldn’t though, right?

artistKno said on Feb 25, 2009:

“shit, only uk show and it’s in london. i would go through the effort to get down there but thats my first day back at uni. arrrrrrgh. need to try and come up with some sort of plan.”

“I just need to find ONE person to go and I’ll be there. Anyone know what the parking is like around the area?”

“I’m torn tho…..I had already planned to spend my 4:20 gettin blazed at my mates house ALL day and night, about 6 of us”

Shiiiiettt…want to know what I’m going through to get there?

We have to get offstage at 2-3 a.m. in Stuttgart, hop in the van and drive straight to the airport with no hotel, sleep or shower and fly to Heathrow at 7 a.m. then spend part of my first day EVER in London when I should be seeing some cool shit setting up backline for the show because there is no promoter and then maybe taking a power nap.

Then we have to do it again the next morning at 7, fly back to Stuttgart to get the tour van and DRIVE to Holland.

Not to mention we now have 9 consecutive shows with no offdays when we could have had 4-20 off in Amsterdam.

If you can’t top that, you better make it happen…LOL.

Inferno said on Feb 26, 2009:

Damnit Londoners, don’t waste this awesome opportunity!

ScottA said on Feb 26, 2009:

Haha I guess that means I HAVE to go..

Plus I got a group of people who are up for it now, so I don’t have any excuses… not that I’d want to make excuses to miss one of the livest shows to hit London.

I’ll make a deal with you, I’ll only come if you play Hellfire first, then I’ll bounce lmao.

artistKno said on Feb 26, 2009:

I’ll make a deal with you, I’ll only come if you play Hellfire first, then I’ll bounce lmao.

Hellfire last it is.

SAM said on Feb 26, 2009:

Fuuuuuuuckkkin amazin news, been wating for forever for this, i went all the way to the czech republic to see you guys (and redman, heltah skelta, dialated peoples and black milk, but who are they) in 07. the luminaire is alot closer to home.

Rketekt said on Feb 26, 2009:

Damn nice! But I will be attending the show in Holland, so you better have some energy left. The last time it was us who had to drive all the way to Germany to see you guys, so I guess you’ll have to return the favor this time, hehe.

SoFly said on Feb 26, 2009:

I’m caught between London and Amsterdam. London would be cheaper but Amsterdam has weed >_>

PackFM said on Feb 26, 2009:

they don’t have weed in london?
barring a funeral (at night) anybody who can physically make it to THIS show NEEDS to go to this show and help make it a success which would mean MORE QN5 shows in the future in the uk.
so if your excuse for not going is “i wanted to smoke weed instead”, you have no right to ever wonder why QN5 doesnt roll thru the UK
im just saying

what said on Feb 26, 2009:

for all you people who are for some DUMBASS reason still on the fence about going, STOP IT!!! there have been so many times where i was hesitant about going to a show because i had a midterm the next day, because it would mean that i would get only two or three hours of sleep, because i could come with another 2348592887 lame excuses, i’m so glad that i decided to go. in my very limited experience of QN5 live shows, i’ve had the most incredible time ever. it will SO be worth the effort. just prioritize and manage your time and you can make it happen. seriously after you see them live you will listen to their music differently because you’ll recall little tidbits from the show, your love for their music exponentially increase, and you’ll be so fucking thankful and grateful that you went. and what’s more, and i think people forget this, is that this is SUCH A RARE OPPORTUNITY. if you see them this time, or if you miss them this time, you may have to wait YEARS before you get another chance. and if you go, you will look back and remember it as one of the highlights of a certain period in your life (months, years, weeks, whatever).

so please, GO. I CAN’T STRESS THIS ENOUGH! GO! AND PROMOTE THE SHOW! TELL OTHER PEOPLE TO GO!!!

UGHH-Roach91 said on Feb 26, 2009:

Shit I have mailed 2 promoters in Stockholm to book Cunninlynguists and still no fucking answer.. YOU GOTTA COME TO SWEDEN AGAIN, I can’t belive I missed your show the last time you were here :/

Substantial said on Feb 26, 2009:

what = AWESOME!

Carry on.

ScottA said on Feb 26, 2009:

What time will the show finish roughly?

RN9* said on Feb 26, 2009:

say this sells out real quickly.. which im sure is a possibility.. is there any chance these figures will be used to encourage other promoters from the UK to book another show between 6th-9th April? Or will it just have an effect on future QN5 tours?

mykraphone said on Feb 26, 2009:

“bad food worse weather” London!!!!

jlee said on Feb 26, 2009:

What and Pack owned everyone
seriously you guys have no excuse not to go
people always begging for a show, saying they support the artist, then not going to the show…stupid

It really is a rare opportunity. I’ve been to every QN5 show in Los Angeles after going to my first show, and they’ve had shows pretty much at the most inconvenient times for me almost every time. Shit, I went to see Pack the night before my final and CL night before a test. They are just that good live.

You never know when they’ll be back for a show (ps Tone come back to LA it’s been two years!!!!) so make sure you guys are there! you won’t regret it.

hiphopjunkie said on Feb 26, 2009:

I’ll deffo be there!

Al* said on Feb 26, 2009:

What a day, I come on to QN5 and pre-order my copy of Strange Journey Vol 1 then book tickets to see CL live, it doesnt get any better!!!! I’ve got to agree with PackFM, you dont do the fanbase over here any favours by contemplating missing the show to “smoke weed instead”, sounds like the weed has truly fucked your head up already. Thanks to everyone who is making this happen, hope we make it worth your while Kno. See you at the show

1RichRelative said on Feb 26, 2009:

So so so excited for this! Booked my tickets as soon as I heard! Waited for CunninLynguists to come to Orlando for years and then I moved to London, thinking I’d have to go to Sweden to see them….well, not anymore!

And on my favorite day of the year…this is all too much!
Kno–I’ll have a blunt with your name on it.

Got my tickets already and am down to help promote the show. I’M TELLING EVERYONE! For all you people with excuses…lame! I can’t afford to take the next day off work cause I’m going on holiday like 2 days later but I don’t give a F*CK! Be there or wait another 5 years!

ianism said on Feb 26, 2009:

hmmm… im in edinburgh and was planning on hitting the paris show since its cheaper to get there (ryanair doesn’t fly to london). the 5th is also better for me as i start exams the 20th. and its fucking paris.

fuck it, maybe i’ll go to both since you guys are that good AND DESERVE SUPPORT. that includes substantial

Eddy said on Feb 26, 2009:

Shiiiiettt…want to know what I’m going through to get there? We have to get offstage at 2-3 a.m. in Stuttgart, hop in the van and drive straight to the airport with no hotel, sleep or shower and fly to Heathrow at 7 a.m. then spend part of my first day EVER in London when I should be seeing some cool shit setting up backline for the show because there is no promoter and then maybe taking a power nap. Then we have to do it again the next morning at 7, fly back to Stuttgart to get the tour van and DRIVE to Holland. Not to mention we now have 9 consecutive shows with no offdays when we could have had 4-20 off in Amsterdam. If you can’t top that, you better make it happen…LOL.

I never doubted the amount of time or effort you all put into it. All I’m saying is it is on the most impractical day of the year. The day before I’ve got to travel from manchester to leeds, then if i were to go i would have to miss all my first lectures and seminars (resulting in losing actual marks for my degree) and then i’d have to find somewhere to stay in london for that night. Overall the total cost would go over £100 and as a student i don’t know if i can afford that. Now i’m not saying im not going, i’ve already been exploring different ways of getting there and possible places to stay, but to say that it’s a prerequisite to see a band you like live even if they are only playing at the other end of the country and doing so would result in other negative shit, then that kinda takes the piss. Btw, the other week i took the time to contact different promoters and clubs in the north about booking CL but obviously to no avail.

Kimo Ting said on Feb 26, 2009:

Damn.

I have never ever bought something so damn fast. I didn’t even read the details of the event, where it was, the site I just signed up to or how much it cost. Shit, I even have work that day and the next… have no idea how to get to london (or home again) but I BOOKED THAT S*** IN SECONDS.

I have been waiting for this moment for years. You have made my F***** Day, my week and possibly my year!

Props to the snatch quote too.. didn’t realise Americans appreciated top class British film making. Hopefully this will be first and far from the last appearence QN5 makes in the UK. I want Tone and Pack next time – so Kno + Stan, please tell them how great we are! I’ve always felt somewhat a pseudo-blueschooler for not being able to turn up at events.. I can finally represent in some fashion.

Also, accroding to that website there’s only 38 tickets left.

Tonedeff said on Feb 27, 2009:

The day before I’ve got to travel from manchester to leeds, then if i were to go i would have to miss all my first lectures and seminars (resulting in losing actual marks for my degree) and then i’d have to find somewhere to stay in london for that night.

Ok, cool. Next time around (if there iis one), we’ll be sure to coordinate our tour planning with your schedule. Better yet, if everyone could send a copy of their dayplanners to QN5, we’ll see if we can fit in a 5-minute performance between uni and footie practice.
My point is, if you can’t make it, whatever the excuse..then it is what it is. We just don’t wanna hear the violins play with multiple sob stories. Especially when our guys are making the financial/traveling/inconveniencing effort to be there and provide blue schoolers with something they’ve been literally asking for since we started. S’not to single you out, but just imagine how irritating these kinds of responses can get over the years with all the effort we put forth to set these tours up.

Props to everyone who pre-ordered and IS going. We sincerely appreciate your support! We’re relying on YOU to make this show a success and open the possibility of future UK QN5 shows. Spread the word!

Hollerate,
Tone.

ScottA said on Feb 27, 2009:

Fucking ORDERED!!!

WOOO

Now just sorting out transport

UGHH-Roach91 said on Feb 27, 2009:

Does anybody know where I can book tickets for the show in Paris? I’m from Sweden, but I just realised I will actually be on vacation in France when The Cunninlynguists are there, which is fucking awesome!

Tone- When are you coming to Sweden?

Mika said on Feb 27, 2009:

HAHAHA that kind of comments will allways make me laugh!!!

Last year, with some friends (all 100% blue schoolers) we did 400km for the Dirty Acres’s show in Paris!! And we all had lessons the next day! WHO CARES????? Damn, a QN5 tour is a funking event!!!!

Now, in 2009 we are honored by the European Tour of an album witch is not even released yet!!! So what do you want more??!!

My Blue schoolers friends and myself will be in Paris 04.05, in Frankfurt 04.18, in FUNKIN Amsterdam 04.21 and Utrecht 04.22!! And if we could we would be present to every single show!! So stop talking shit and buy you a fuking ticket coz this tour is gonna awesome!!!!!

So to every Qn5 artist, THANK YOU for what you’re doing for us!!

artistKno said on Feb 28, 2009:

Its just bustin’ balls (ayo) as a means of encouragement, don’t take it too seriously. If you can’t go, you can’t go.

I think Amen said it best on the forums when he was talking about how folks will beg us for a show within car/bus/train range and when we announce it the first 3-5 replies are from those same people on some “Aw, man…gotta clip my toenails that night, sorry.”

LOL

Ultimately at a 250-500 capacity show I might only meet 1 person who says they post at QN5.com, so it really isn’t indicative of what actually ends up happening. Just a funny observation about the most vocal of folks.

Mike Mason said on Feb 28, 2009:

Man to all you UKers bitching about work the next day, grow a sack and go. Therse guys are taking time off their tour for YOU…so instead of sayin “i dunno if i can go?” make the damn trip. If your a REAL fan you shouldn’t even have to think about it!

chris said on Feb 28, 2009:

Ultimately at a 250-500 capacity show I might only meet 1 person who says they post at QN5.com

They can’t post because they have to clip their toenails.

But yes, I’m going to add a checkbox to all comment forms. “[ ] is this an excuse?”

if ($is_excuse) { comment.delete(); 2girls1cup.show(); }

Foxas said on Feb 28, 2009:

One question – will Substantial be in Vilnius? If not, why?

artistKno said on Feb 28, 2009:

No, Substantial will not be in Vilnius, too many internal travel and budget issues. The only way we could make it happen is CL+DJ+day bags.

geo said on Feb 28, 2009:

You’re coming to LYOOOOOOOOOOON YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Ive come to the previous paris concert, I’ll sure come to this one, I live in Lyon!!!
Now I thought my reason to come was to preorder that brownie song album, but that’s even better !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!! The Paris concert was one of my favorite concerts ever (and I’ve seen Talib, Nas Wu tang etc)!!!!
Funny non-interesting fact : I was planning on going to the Ninkazy tonight with some friends.
THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Moose said on Feb 28, 2009:

Sheeeit geo.
I’d mission to Paris again to see a MonchCL show if I were you.
Sounds niiiiiiiiiiiice

ianism said on Mar 03, 2009:

do you have any idea which cities you’re gonna be in between Paris and Basel yet?

L 1 ‘ said on Mar 03, 2009:

ok so i ordered 3 tickets the second i heard about this. because hell. i will not miss it regardless. now straight after i remembered its my sisters birthday that day. but thats cool. i’ll see her in the day time. then i find out i have an exam re-sit thursday. still no biggie whats one night. so im set to go. but then i read my reference email and realise its only open to 18 year olds. now usually thats not an issue for me. im a matured 17 year old. but when you have to show photo id to get the tickets. im fucked. guys. help me.

Logic said on Mar 04, 2009:

Basically im there… And to all those people complaining that they would go but cant… What the fuck?!!!??!?!!?

For im not sure how long all of us in the UK have been complaining that there isnt a QN5 show here and when there is one its suddenly too hard to get to?

you have to be fucking kidding me!

you already read what they are actually going through to get there? im coming from half way across the country on the train…. and this is the british rail service im talking about, im gonna party my ass off, kip down and make spoons with a tramp somewhere, wake up the next day, and get back on the train.

Hashman_DEE said on Mar 05, 2009:

BOOKED- CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!! Anyone need a lift to Cornwall the next morning?

robert42jh said on Mar 06, 2009:

im there im there im there! shit is gonna be crazy got my tickets + moreeee

robert42jh said on Mar 06, 2009:

spreading the word right now – cant believe yall comin to the UK been waiting for years – man i i’d pay £20 just to hear the gates be played!

dont miss out ppl ull regret it

Koaste said on Mar 11, 2009:

Damn… The one time you get over to the UK and I’m off in Australia? You got any plans to get over to Oz this year? I noticed you got Hilltop Hoods on a track off the new LP. Met you guys in Calgary a few years back… still got the T-shirt… ha ha… Big Props.

Koaste

damien99 said on Mar 13, 2009:

dam cannot wait for this! how are the ticket sales going?

Paul 420 said on Apr 02, 2009:

Man my wife says the only way i get to go to this London show is if you guys play Mexico. Secretly i already bought tickets hell seeing your show and getting a tee is worth the divorce. due to my own incompetence i missed the preorder wondering if its for sale at the show??
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