Orange Juice Guys Reconvene for Awards Event, No Gig

Orange Juice Guys Reconvene for Awards Event, No Gig

The web has been abuzz these past days with news that all four original members of canonical indie-poppers Orange Juice are getting back together again for the first time in ages, as noted in a report from Scotland's Sunday Mail and elsewhere. But this reunion, as it turns out, won't be the on the order of My Bloody Valentine/Pixies/Slint/JAMC/Swervedriver/whichever recently reunited band you may be thinking of-- at least not just yet.

While OJ OG's Edwyn Collins, James Kirk, David McClymont, and Steven Daly will be on hand as guests of honor at the 2008 Tartan Clef Awards ceremony in Glasgow later this month, a rep for Domino Records-- which released a package of early Orange Juice recordings called The Glasgow School back in 2005-- tells us there will be no reunion performance at the event.

The Tartan Clef Awards honor "Scotland's best music talent" and also serve as a fundraiser for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy, a favorite organization of Collins' that assisted in the singer's recuperation following his brain hemorrhage in 2005. The ceremony will take place November 22 at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow, and will mark the first time the above-mentioned Orange Juice guys have shared a stage since 1982.

For fans holding out for a real deal reunion, here's something to cling to: "It's all part of the renaissance of Orange Juice," Collins told the Sunday Mail in regards to the Tartan ceremony. "I have fond memories of the band and am looking forward to seeing them all again."

Posted by Matthew Solarski on Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:45pm