Taken from The Rip It Up Newsgroup:The Fire Engines are splitting up and I'm gutted to say this time it's for good.
The legendary Scots rockers - fronted by singer Davey Henderson - will play their last gig at Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, on Saturday (13th May 2006) as part of Tigerfest.
The band reformed in 2004 - after 23 years apart - when offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to support their rock heroes The Magic Band. Davey and the group - Graham and Russell Main and Murray Slade - also opened for the Sun Ra Arkestra, their biggest music influences, during last month's Triptych Festival.
But the reunion has lasted longer than their original career and now Davey has decided to kill off the group.
Luckily I managed to catch the band last year when they played London's ICA and it was well worth it. So if you are around in Dunfermline I suggest you get yourself to Carnegie Hall on Saturday night.
The Fire Engines - Untitled One
Stream and download tracks from their My Space page.
hello! i was at this gig on saturday night and can confirm they were bloody brilliant :)
That's a shame. Tremendous band.