PLAY EP RIDE

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TODAY FOREVER RIDE

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I worked in Habitat in the early 2000s. The guy who ran the UK central warehouse was the bassist out of Ride. I used to make up reasons to ring him, and feel indie starstruck.

BLACK NITE CRASH RIDE

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Vapour Trail Glasgow/Scotland based music blog with playlists. By a fan for fans. Blogging about music I love from Scotland and beyond since 2008.

NEW BLOG on the magical ‘Vapour Trail’ by @rideox4official.bsky.social , written by a teenage Andy Bell. Also includes a dreamy swoony cover by Trespassers William.

everythingflowsglasgow.blogspot.com/2026/01/vapo...

RIDE EP

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First look at a few of the Ride goodies that they’ll have at The Merch Market tomorrow

RIDE NOWHERE

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RIDE HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FEEL

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Ride - That Man + Let's Get Lost Live At The Lighthouse YouTube video by Doing It For The Vids

Finally, don't forget the b-side (remember those?) that should have been a single too. Let's Get Lost became a big part of their live set for the next year despite not being on the album and was even re-recorded in 1995.

Ride - Birdman (live) - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. - September 17, 2015 YouTube video by Scott Ellinwood

The song has only been performed live twice since the reunion. Once in New Haven and again in Washington which you can watch below.

Ride - Birdman (Studio, TOTP) YouTube video by TOTP 80s & 90s Archive

Birdman saw them return to the UK top 40 and an appearance on popular UK TV program Top of The Pops. It was their third time on the show.

Ride - Birdman (Mark Goodier session) YouTube video by RideOfficial

The track had been previewed the previous year as part of a Mark Goodier session for BBC Radio 1 the same week as the Daytripper gigs with The Charlatans.

Ride - Birdman (radio/tv edit) YouTube video by RideOfficial

18th April 1994 saw RIDE release Birdman, their first single taken from the forthcoming album Carnival of Light.

It had been a two year gap since their last single Twisterella in 1992 which felt like a lifetime in those days when musical fashions changed rapidly.

RIDE played their first gig outside the UK at The Paradiso in Amsterdam on this date in 1990. This was the first of three dates in Europe supporting The House of Love.

They'd go back to headline the venue in 2015 and 2020.

Image sourced from www.thehouseoflovearchive.co.uk

Ride - Live The ULU, London 06.04.90 (Full Show) YouTube video by TravisBickle1963

You can watch the full gig here. youtu.be/78uYU-u3pVI?...

35 years ago today RIDE headlined a sold out ULU in London. The band asked fans to bring daffodils with them following the release of the Play EP.

Saw them accidentally in Leicester on the previous tour in February and was blown away. Happened to be in Salisbury for the Arts Centre gig - because of the EP cover everyone had handfuls of daffodils from nearby parks and the place was absolutely covered in them.

Crushed daffodils stink.

35 years ago today RIDE released their second EP. ride.band/1990/04/02/p...

Ride - Live @ Brixton Academy, London - 27th March 1992 [FULL SET] YouTube video by olliemorr

RIDE played their second night at Brixton Academy on this date in 1992, the gig was filmed and released on VHS and laserdisc a few months later. youtu.be/hL-bffg1fXo?...

Ride on Tomorrows World 1992 YouTube video by Creation Records

On this date in 1992 RIDE played the first of two nights at Brixton Academy.

BBC TV programme Tomorrow’s World were there testing out some new technology. youtu.be/ZZxxMFGGP58?...

🖤🩶 NEW PRE-ORDER 🩶🖤

Very pleased to announce that @rideox4official.bsky.social bassist @stevequeralt.bsky.social will release his debut solo album ‘Swallow’ via Sonic Cathedral on June 13.

On this date in 1993 everyone was heading to Brighton for the first Daytripper gig with The Charlatans. ride.band/1993/03/12/b...

Ride Going Blank Again

Ride released Going Blank Again on this day in 1992 (9 March 1992). You can replay the listening party (no_5) here:

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Ride - Sight Of You (John Peel session) YouTube video by RideOfficial

35 years ago today the first John Peel Session from RIDE was broadcast on Radio 1.

Recorded on Feb 4th it included three new songs and a Pale Saints cover.

Like A Daydream
Dreams Burn Down
Perfect Time
Sight Of You

All tracks were later featured on the Waves BBC Sessions album.

Ride - Tongue Tied (Live @ 100 Club, London, 19/02/15) YouTube video by Andunemir

10 years ago today Mark and Andy played London’s 100 Club as part of a series of events for Warchild. It was their first live appearance since announcing the Ride reunion.

Melody Maker review cutting

On this date in 1990 the Ride EP tour hit Cambridge where they played a packed Sea Cadets Hall.

Chris Roberts reviewed the gig for Melody Maker where he describes them as “greater than great”.

ride.band/1990/02/17/s...

Released on this date in 2018 was the Tomorrow's Shore EP featuring the previously available Pulsar plus three brand new tracks.

RIDE celebrated the release by returning to the ULU for a sold out gig the same day.