Sunday, 7 January 2024

The Archive Index

"Don't let it get lost..."

Welcome to the Lemming Archive.

What you'll find here is everything that I have ferociously, and often indiscriminately collected by the UK band Editors since I first became a fan in 2006. There's no officially released material here as it's not my intention to take money out of anybody's pocket. What it does contain are live shows, interviews, television appearances and some other memorabilia that isn't quite as easy to categorise (Editors condom tin, anyone?). The whole idea in setting this blog up was to assemble everything in one place so that other Editors fans would be able to delve into the band's history, as well as catching up with their current activities. The links below will help you do that.

Whether you've been an Editors fan for a while or you've only just discovered them, I'm really glad you're here. Have a look around and take whatever you want, support the band and most importantly of all enjoy the music ;)

The Lemming Archive - Table of Contents
For hidden extras, scroll down to "Covert Shares"

Editors in 2003 (as Snowfield)

 
 


 

 

Notifications and updates *new*


The Lemming Archive (main blog)
 

The Archive on YouTube (for all hosted videos)

 

Editors' online message board

 

The Lemming Archive's email address
 

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Sunday, 31 December 2023

Editors Instagram - October 2025



This month saw the end of Tom and Nic Willes' trek in aid of raising public consciousness of There is Nothing in the Light That Isn't There in the Dark.  Although there was the initial deflation of learning that the tour was over, it was later tempered by  promotional appearances in Mainland Europe. Before that happened, however, we were treated to an acoustic version of a new song called Saturday. It means that the only song we haven't heard from the new album is Souls. All the other compositions are now, as Echo and Bunnymen would have said, Songs to Learn and Sing.   

At the very tail end of the month, Tom and Nic played a couple of songs on Radio Freccia. One day later, Tom appeared on Virgin Radio to chat with Giulia Salvi and also play some music. 

I'm typing this in November, and I was going to make another impassioned plea for a continuation of these kinds of shows. So Tom's album gets the kinds of support it deserves upon release. Within the first few days of November, however, a Spring tour was announced, making any entreaty on my part now utterly irrelevant. Yay!

Editors Instagram - October 2025


For all of Editors' other Instagram posts, go here.

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Broken Time (acoustic) 10th November 2025


With a festival show to be played this week, here's Tom further fortifying his muscle memory by playing an acoustic version of the song Broken Time. Enjoy the music ;) 


MP3

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3FM Session 4th November 2025


This is Tom paying a visit to the folks at 3Fm for another live acoustic session, as part of his brief European promotional media tour. There is, of course, a much more extensive one coming next year, the details of which you can see by using the link below:-


3FM have been supporters of Editors for decades, and one of the earliest examples I have of this at the Archive is a radio session Editors did for them in 2005, which you can listen to using this link.

This acoustic session includes 4 songs, all of which are the true definition of "solo" with only Tom on performing duties. 

Enjoy the music ;)
 
Video

MP3s
Life is For Living - download here
Lights of NYC - download here
Smokers - download here

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Tom announces his 2026 European Tour - 4th November 2026

 


From a windswept walk somewhere, this is Tom letting the world know about his 2026 European tour, and some new music. I am thrilled to hear this news about the tour because, I had a horrible fear that his debut album would suffer the same fate as the second Smith and Burrows album. Covid ensured that they never got the chance to take that record out on the road and really give people a chance to hear it live. With the UK tour having just wrapped up, it was looking like There is Nothing in the Dark... would suffer a similar injustice of just being quietly released and then everything would move on to the next Editors record. Not so, and I couldn't be happier. 

If you join the mailing list, you will get a chance to grab the pre-sale tickets when they go live on the 5th November 2025, exactly one month away from Tom's new album coming out. The regular sale is on Friday 7th November 2025. Here's a link to the mailing list

The full list of dates is as follows:-
11.03.26 – Kulturkirche – COLOGNE, DE
12.03.26 – Den Atelier – LUXEMBOURG, LU
13.03.26 – Manufaktur – SCHORNDORF, DE
15.03.26 – Kaufleuten – ZURICH, CH
16.03.26 – Teatro Comunale – FERRARA, IT
18.03.26 – Culture Factory – ZAGREB, HR
19.03.26 – Simm City – VIENNA, AT
21.03.26 – Akvárium – BUDAPEST, HU
23.03.26 – Klub Palladium – WARSAW, PL
25.03.26 – Passionkirche – BERLIN, DE
26.03.26 – Christiankirsche – HAMBURG, DE
28.03.26 – Röverstaden – OSLO, NO
29.03.26 – Pustervik – GOTHENBURG, SE
30.03.26 – Hotel Cecil – COPENHAGEN, SE
08.04.26 – De Vooruit Theatrezaal – GHENT, BE
09.04.26 – Sint-Jakobskerk – BRUGES, BE
10.04.26 – Alhambra – PARIS, FR
11.04.26 – Zonnehuis – AMSTERDAM, NL
12.04.26 – De Nieuwe Kerk – GRONINGEN, NL
13.04.26 – Tivoli Hertz – UTRECHT, NL
15.04.26 – Eglise Notre Dame de Laeken – BRUSSELS, BE
16.04.26 – Eglise Notre Dame de Laeken – BRUSSELS, BE
17.04.26 – Eglise Saint Jacques – LIEGE, BE
19.04.26 – La Coopérative de Mai – CLERMONT FERRAND, FR
20.04.26 – Sala Apolo – BARCELONA, ES
21.04.26 – Teatro Lara – MADRID, ES
22.04.26 – Teatro Maria Matos – LISBON, PT
24.04.26 – Host – THESSALONKI, GR
25.04.26 – Venue TBC – ATHENS, GR 

Additionally, there's a new single. It's called Broken Time, and you can listen to it here

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Tom Smith - Live on Virgin Radio Italy 31st October 2025

 


This is another stop on Tom's Italian promo tour, this time it's with a big Editors fan, Giulia Salvi. How big a fan? She has "Hyena" tattooed on her right ankle in honour of the band. True fact.

As with the recent Radio Freccia session, both Deep Dive and Smokers are played but without the additional harmonies and strumming from Mr Willes. There's also some insider information about the current activities of Editors, including a summer of rehearsals (but not recording), and the lack of involvement of Blanck Mass this time around. No acrimony, only scheduling conflicts. Now that the band is effectively returning to being a 5 piece, I wonder how that will shape the sounds being created. Particularly given the way EBM really appears to have been a very shared construction, not necessarily tilted in the direction of its traditionally primary songwriter. 

Enjoy the music ;)

Full broadcast

Deep Dive MP3

Smokers MP3

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Tom Smith - Live at Radio Freccia 30th October 2025


Thanks to Hannah for pointing me in the direction of this very beautiful thing. 

A little piece of housekeeping first. The original broadcast for this session ran for almost 30 minutes, but there was some official stuff played along the way so I excised it leaving two acoustic songs and an interview.  

First up is Tom being interviewed by Editors fan and DJ Cecile B. Some things to learn and enjoy from this encounter:-

How cool does the title of Tom's album sound in Italian? Very cool.
There's a new Editors record coming
Fangirling over the song Munich
There will be more Italian shows before Summer next year

As an aside, there's something profoundly disturbing about hearing that Tom's kids are now 17 and 12 respectively. As far as markers of passing time go, that's a pretty stark reminder that we're all a little older than when all of this began.  Yikes! 

Interview

Next up is Tom and Nic playing Deep Dive. You can still feel the flow that was constructed and accumulated during the recent September/October tour, as they're still very much locked in and attuned to each other. Lyrically, the idea of reducing all our usual contemplation and considerations to a simple "I'm alive and you're alive" is a real favourite of mine. This song is, of course, where the the title of Tom's debut album comes from. One month away... 

Deep Dive


Lastly, they dug right back into the catalogue to play Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors, from the An End Has a Start album. There's something about Tom and Nic playing that has the ability to make very old songs sound like they just had a B12 injection or something. The tempo is changed, the bombast removed and what remains is melody and harmonies in its most pure form. I love the studio version of Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors, and that original recording will always endure, but I do like it when the essence that underlies all that energy and noise is revealed once in a while. 

Smokers


And if you'd like to revisit some other times when Editors have been on Radio Freccia:-


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