Source: Die Morgen This interview was conducted on behalf of the now-defunct GiggingNI in 2018. When GiggingNI calls Ed Lay , he’s got the small issue of a broken shower on his hands. At home in Somerset, housekeeping and rehearsals are keeping him busy before heading out on tour for three months. When not dealing with such mundanities, he is most likely to be found behind the drum kit for Editors , arguably Britain’s most successful post-punk outfit. Hot on the heels of summer festival season, the Birmingham five piece are preparing for a string of dates across the UK and Europe to promote their latest LP, Violence . Belfast’s Ulster Hall will play host to Editors on 15 th October, the band’s first gig in the city in three years. It’s a pleasant coincidence then that a Northern Irish band played such a seminal role in Ed Lay’s musical education. “My first gig was a band called Therapy? at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire; it’s just that feeling, the power of the bass in you
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