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Destroy, i think you seriously underestimate how popular UW are still...UW have headlined every event they have played at this year...

they are worldwide popular and only they and the Prodigy as dance acts are still going and still going strong...Underworld play gigs in Japan, all over Europe and not tiny venues...who are these people that go see them...fans...who've been waiting to see the best live dance band there is...some times a break is good it keeps things fresh...and makes the fans more eager...

AHDO may have not done that well, but people still know the big tracks, TMO is a massive tune played live...and to say they have been off the scene for so long is wrong - BS (the remixes came out in 2003), Anthology the same year...New Order have just released an album after 3 years, they didn't go back to small clubs to get support, they played Hyde Park (ok so New Order are a more widely popular band, but even so...fans don't forget...)

And also - UW have been keeping their hand in in other ways they were one of the Dance bands that John Peel (Britain's most popular DJ - R.I.P.), most respected - enough so that he asked them, just 1 year a go to sit in and take over his show...now that is profile raising...how many other dance combo's do you see playing 'new & different' music on Britain's largest radio station?

UW don't need to re-establish themselves in the market place...the first single when released will get top of the show plays on the national dance music shows, because of what UW have done and still do for dance music...they have the support and respect from almost all DJ's (this is testified by the numerous big name bootleg mixes of their tracks) (plus the numerous DJ's that remixed BS in 2003) (Judge Jules played a remix of Born Slippy just last week...and by all accounts fans go mad for these tracks still) Paul Wooldord, one of Britain's most up and coming Dj's is working on the new single (we believe), as is Pete Heller...

People know who Underworld are, and playing club gigs - although nice - isnt going to achieve anything, why play a 1200 capacity venue when you can sell out 5 times that...??

As much as i don't like big field venues like GG or Homelands, i think the numbers of people that actually stand and appreciate them when playing is testament to their popularity....people all over the the world are crying out to see UW, North, South America...Canada, Japan, East / West Europe, Ireland, Britain...and will sell out most dates on any forthcoming tours...

and one final thing UW have to play a mixture of new and old in any gig, they have started playing new material, new versions of old songs (mixing them in as well) and some classics that people always want to hear...you are not gonna get UW playing a gig of entirely new tunes...

UW are unique and i'd personally be surprised to see them play a small club venue to get back into things...they are already playing big venues, generating support, they don't need to go back to the old days...those days of dance music are gone....