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DGM News are currently running a competition with the prize of ‘We Are The Humans’, plus the spiffingly rare CD version of ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin’:

When did Robert Fripp last play a non-soundscape / King Crimson gig in the UK? If you know the answer to this head-scratcher you could win a copy of The Humans album, We Are The Humans, and a CD copy of their cover of These Boots Are Made For Walking featuring RF on guitar.

As Robert prepares for his guest slot as part of The Humans’ gigs next month in Leamington Spa, Cambridge and London we wondered when he last appeared on a UK stage where he wasn’t soundscaping, Crimsonising, Craftyising or even RFSQing!

So the question is this: when did Robert last play in the UK where he wasn’t soundscaping? Providing the name of the group gets you The Humans booty for your trouble.

All you need to do is send an email with the answer to competitions@dgmlive.com with HUMANS in the subject header and we’ll announce the lucky winner on Tuesday 2nd February.

NB: John Young has just been announced as support for The Humans on all of their forthcoming live dates. Visit the John Young MySpace here.

DSD, aka Die Shellsuit Die, reviewed ‘We Are The Humans’ at the end of 2009:

It would appear we have the President of Estonia to thank for the existence of this band – or perhaps it should be Robert Fripp, who declined the Presidential invitation to tour the country, thus galvanising his hard-working wife, Toyah Willcox. Whoever deserves the gratitude; let us not bow down too far, too soon – although by no means a poor effort, this debut album is far from exemplary. Plenty of it is self-indulgent, bass-heavy dribble, with la Willcox’ oh-so-serious tones singing of who-knows-what around the sides. Quicksilver is a genuine score, however, with Labyrinth a close contender. Both capture a genuine sense of other-ness without seeming as arch as the other tracks. I sense that without the big names, this would not stand up for long on its musical merits but who knows where the band may go next? At least it isn’t more turgid identi-pop.

Review by Palmer Eldritch – 30/12/2009

Read the review online here or here.

Local Secrets, “the lively guide to everything local”, are offering visitors to their website the opportunity to win two tickets to see The Humans live at The Junction in Cambridge on 23rd February.

Enter the competition at their website here. There’s no closing date but they say they will inform the winner on 31st January.