March 30, 2007 - It's miraculous enough that it exists at all, but that "Reformation: Post TLC" is something of a high-water mark for The Fall over the last decade can only be considered proof that it's Mark E. Smith's planet and we just pay rent.
May 15, 2006 - After having most of his band walk out on him following a show in Phoenix last week, no one would have blamed The Fall's Mark E. Smith if he had decided to pull the plug on the band's US tour and flown straight home to England.
May 9, 2006 - Despite the sudden departure of three of the band's members after an incident in Phoenix which saw lead singer Mark E. Smith hit in the face by an object thrown from offstage, The Fall will continue its current North American tour with replacement musicians.
April 3, 2006 - British indie-rock icons The Fall have sketched out their first full-fledged North American tour since 2004, as they continue to build support for last year's "Fall Heads Roll" album.
May 7, 2003 - The fact that their forthcoming album doesn't have a current North American distributor won't keep British post-punk legend Mark E. Smith and his band the Fall from touring the continent this summer.
March 21, 2001 - LONDON--Veteran indie group the Fall, which released a new album titled "The Unutterable" last November, will take to the road again in April.
If your name is Mark E. Smith and the year is 2011, there is nothing left to do but make records. Nothing.
It's miraculous enough that it exists at all, but that "Reformation: Post TLC" is something of a high-water mark for The Fall over the last decade can only be considered proof that it's Mark E. Smith's planet and we just pay rent.
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