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Water Rats Theatre 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross London WC1X 8BZ

Eamon Genuine spat with his ex-girlfriend? Or a couple of stage school brats put up to it by the label? You decide... Only 17.50 to you squire! He's opening for Britney Spears in the US of States you know... Leas Cliff Hall The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DZ 01303 228600 [Monday 19 July 2004]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead plus Clinic, The Faint and British Sea Power. NME Brats? Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Thursday 7 February 2002]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead NME Brats show, plus Rocket From The Crypt, Peaches, and The Strokes, yes I did see them... Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Saturday 3 February 2001]

The Charlatans NME Brats? Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Monday 11 February 2002]

The Beta Band NME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolleyed o Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Tuesday 25 January 2000]

Baby Bird plus Idlewild, Scott 4, and Unbelievable Truth - unbelievably SHIT more like. Thom Yorke's brother's band. Part of NME Brats week. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Tuesday 21 July 1998]

Elastica NME Brats show, think they'd lost it by this point... Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Saturday 29 January 2000]

The Lightning Seeds NME Brats show? Plus Octopus, Mundy and Stereophonics again apparently. Must have been a week of gigs around this time.
Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 19 January 1997]

NME Brats Tour Stereophonics, Asian Dub Foundation, Warm Jets, and theaudience (Sophie Ellis Bextor)
Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 25 January 1998]

Doves Doves, Ed Harcourt, Elbow and Cooper Temple Clause were last minute replacements for Kings of Convenience. NME Brats show. Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Monday 5 February 2001]

Let's Twist Again... Feisty female four-piece TWIST play at the Water Rats next week... [Wednesday 22 March 2000]

Midweek hardcore ACTION Baxendale, live, Water Rats, London, Wednesday... [Tuesday 18 April 2000]

Twist live @ Water Rats Twist play live on Wednesday 28th at Kings Cross Water Rats... [Tuesday 27 June 2000]

Famous for 15k Baxendale rock Kings Cross Water Rats on Wednesday night... [Tuesday 25 July 2000]

David Letterman Water Rats King's X [Monday 4 September 2000]

Mew from Elastica Outside the Water Rats [Tuesday 5 September 2000]

Cooper Temple Clause @ The Water Rats Kings Cross! Are you ready to be freaked out! This was an TOP GIG... [Thursday 30 November 2000]

Another Strokes show Rah, February is hotting up... [Friday 19 January 2001]

U2 Secret Warmup Gig U2 play NME Brats gig... [Friday 26 January 2001]

Saturday @ The Brats An REVIEW, of The Strokes, Trail Of Dead, RFTC, and Peaches... [Monday 5 February 2001]

Cancellations... and a silver lining. Outkast and Kings of Convenience go out, but THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE step in... [Monday 5 February 2001]

Last minute reprieve... Got there in the end... [Tuesday 6 February 2001]

Are y'dancing? Uncle Bob's Tonight... [Saturday 7 April 2001]

Devant live again! David Devant make a return in August... [Thursday 28 June 2001]

Something For The Weekend Part Two [Friday 3 August 2001]

NME Award Tour Andrew WK, LostProphets, The Coral and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club tour together in Jan and Feb... [Tuesday 13 November 2001]

Radio Four Axe Frenzy Darkness in Notting Hill Wednesday, and at the Water Rats on Saturday... [Wednesday 28 November 2001]

Brats Tour Reviewette Coral, BRMC, Lost Prophets, and that other band... [Monday 11 February 2002]

David Devant, Saturday night The Water Rats, Kings Cross, seeya there... [Wednesday 27 February 2002]

Chrissie Hynde Water Rats - Kings Cross [Wednesday 7 August 2002]

Tony Wilson Water Rats, Kings Cross [Thursday 26 September 2002]

Carey and Steve Water Rats, Kings Cross [Thursday 26 September 2002]

Love on the 'Rats I liked the Raveonettes before you did. [Thursday 26 September 2002]

The Wifes gone up Kings Cross Readers Wifes at the Water Rats, be there... [Friday 1 November 2002]

Stock Car Racing Is Magic Uncle Bob's is at the Water Rats tomorrow... [Friday 28 February 2003]

Camera Obscura @ Kings Cross Water Rats [Tuesday 23 September 2003]

Lucas Arms [Wednesday 24 September 2003]

Quizno's singing rats [Friday 27 February 2004]

RE: Quizno's singing rats [Wednesday 17 March 2004]

Spongmonkeys [Thursday 18 March 2004]

Mark Owen Water Rats, Kings Cross [Friday 30 April 2004]

How To Steal Wi-Fi - And how to keep the neighbors from stealing yours. By Paul Boutin [Tuesday 22 February 2005]

We're BACK! [Tuesday 16 August 2005]

Congrats!! [Tuesday 16 August 2005]

Nice one matey, it looks like you had a splendid day. I especially liked this photo:

congratulations from The Fighting Cocks [Tuesday 16 August 2005]

Bo! [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

Don't my hands look big though? [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

It was SUCH a fab day [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

congrats from ME [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

No, hired the suits from Canterbury [Wednesday 17 August 2005]

that's a really good setting [Thursday 18 August 2005]

you should cancel yours and just use theirs! [Thursday 18 August 2005]

Congrats to Kevin and Guiselle [Friday 28 December 2007]

RE: Congrats to Kevin and Guiselle [Friday 28 December 2007]

je ne regret rien [Saturday 29 December 2007]

Cure tickets on sale at 9am [Monday 10 November 2008]

Running times for The Cure next week [Friday 20 February 2009]

PLEASE NOTE Seats located on Level 4 (Upper Tier, Upper Bowl) are not recommended for those who have a fear of heights #Cure #O2 gig experience on Thursday is sounding rum [Tuesday 24 February 2009]

NME Brat Awards on youtube frome one of the times I was there, ancient history [Wednesday 25 February 2009]

Toasted bagels Lunch today from Brill in Exmouth Market, nice. [Wednesday 23 March 2011]

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