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Well a week of contrasts, started last weekend with Depeche Mode at Twickenham, long time fan, seen them 5 times now and so great being with the DM tribe, what a show...
Then QOTSA at Margate Dreamland, covered some of their new album and quite a contrast to the Glasto set, running out of time and literally playing the last song with monitor audio only!
I've got Iron Maiden on Wednesday, followed by a couple of days off work which I am really looking forward to.
Sudan Archives in Brighton last night - she was bloody superb.
Getting popular now though, so doubt I'll see her live again. Getting far more grumpy about big crowds these days!
Foo Fighters booked for June next year - I'm far too giddy about this for a 40-year-old man
id be surprised if this means anything to anyone except me, but im off to see six by seven playing their first album in full in nottingham saturday.
theyve always been 'my band' since first seeing them back in the day and being blown away by them. however, they never quite made it as big as i think they deserved.
theyve split up a few times, re-invented themselves, lead singers gone down a more krautrock electronic route now which i dont particularly care for but theyve got the original line-up back for 2 shows only playing that first album, so its a 'farewell' gig really.
It's over 41 years since my first ever gig as a spotty 14yr old (Iron Maiden on the 'Beast on the Road' tour at St George's Hall, Bradford) and I went to see them again last night at Leeds O2 Arena. I have seen them many, many times over the years and they are becoming more and more 'panto' with their stage sets and general carry on, but they can still play amazingly. Bruce's voice is still amazing and he has more energy than should be allowed for someone approaching retirement age. Great fun.
Next up, some Dire Straights tribute band in a Working Men's Club in York.
Tonight 🙂
Dog day afternoon yesterday, amazing day out with my boy.
Shocked at the attendance, read a few online moaners saying no way due to the non punk ticket price. 12s and under were free so that was a bonus😃
Picture from Twitter behind Gen Sex, it was more packed out later.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/193473136@N05/53016903875/in/dateposted-public/
Loads of fat, old, bald & grey types so felt at home, bit like BPW when you go during the week.
Top quotes from Ruaridh
“He needs to put a top on”
”Buzzcocks were rubbish, only liked the one from Shrek”
Cancer Bats tonight in Manchester.
Haven't seen them live before so looking forward to it
Just in from Gabriels outstore gig in Kingston. Oh my what a voice that Jacob fella has. Absolutely stunning. They played a stripped down set with no drummer and it was a beautiful experience.
Just got tickets for The Pine Hill Saints in Leeds in September.
Just in from Gabriels outstore gig in Kingston. Oh my what a voice that Jacob fella has. Absolutely stunning. They played a stripped down set with no drummer and it was a beautiful experience.
We went to see them at Wasing Park a couple of weeks ago, in fact the Friday night before they played Glastonbury, it was an amazingly under-attended Gig but they were still fantastic.
My Missus is a big fan, that lad can sing...
Last weekend we were at Pulp in Finsbury park, another great Gig But there were so many events on in London that same night that the tubes and trains were a but overrun.
Last weekend we were at Pulp in Finsbury park
London based friends went and said it was great.
The Cult for me tonight in Scarbados!
I'm going watching Kiss tomorrow night. 16 year old me would be delighted!
I’m going watching Kiss tomorrow night. 16 year old me would be delighted!
I've seen them several times in the past and they are good fun – I wanted to get tickets after the Ozzy tour was cancelled but there was no way I was going to pay >£100 for Kiss. Not a chance.
I just looked on TicketMaster and it looks like there's going to be a fair few empty seats.
I got *extremely* cheap tickets. No way was I paying full whack!
I got *extremely* cheap tickets. No way was I paying full whack!
On this, does anyone remember or did anyone attend any of the Heineken Big Top Festivals in the 90s? I've had a few conversations about them lately because they've popped up a bit on SM.
I remember seeing the Manics, Fairport Convention, The Troggs, maybe The Tansads, maybe Steve Harley. Looking back there was a stellar list of acts playing around the country, or maybe acts who became massive shortly after - Oasis, The Verve, Pulp, Blur, Catatonia, The Stranglers, The Pogues, the list is huge. All for free, which makes me wince when I see acts charge over £100 per ticket these days. But that's the difference between a time when you toured cheaply to promote record sales, and now, when streaming sales amount to zero.
I got *extremely* cheap tickets.
Was that through SeeTickets? I saw some at half price but I thought 'nah, stuff you, you had your chance to price tickets fairly in the first place so you're not having my money now.
Heineken Big Top Festivals in the 90s?
Yeah I went to Roundhey Park in Leeds (the beer tents ran out of Heineken which I found amusing). Pulp had just started to make it big and they headlined one night. It was a cracking line-up, especially as it was free!
Laura Cantrell in Twyford Church (Winchester) last night. Sold out but Ticket popped up. Lovely evening, great songs, simple presentation but really engaging. Seen a few times in the past and Mark Spencer was again on guitar. Great player.
@johndoh - I must admit I was expecting quite a few but no, not many at all tbh.
James at the piece hall last night, heavy rain and a lightening enforced break in the set. This had a beneficial effect, galvanising the crowd and the band for a rousing forty minute finale. Until the break it seemed a bit pedestrian, but ended up as an uplifting singalong.
Flook last night at my local Folk festival, absolutely stunning.
Bruce in Hyde Park last night.
Bloody brilliant. For Bruce and the E street band to play pretty much non-stop for 3 hours. Quite incredible. A quite funny nod to the last time he played at Hyde park as he did twist and shout, which the whole crowd seemed to love.
<p style="text-align: center;">Saw comet is coming last night in Milton Keynes. Heard them on the radio a few times and thought they sounded ok and quite different and was very impressed with them live. They are a three piece, keyboards, drummer and the sax guy. The Sax guy seems to get the focus and he,s got quite the set of lungs but for me the drummer was superb. Anyway we'll worth catching this band live.</p>
I'm going to 'Alchemy Live' – a Dire Straights tribute act – tomorrow night in a lovely little venue (a working men's club) in York.
Damn it, forgot about Comet Is Coming. I would have liked to have gone to that. I've bought tickets for Dreadzone at the Craufurd for me and a mate. He's bought the Kosheen tickets, also at Craufurd Arms.
Yep I'll be at the Craufurd for dread zone....again. The Craufurd have a little festival on next month which should be good (was last year)
Well my 14 year old daughter has managed to get tickets to Blur performing their new album at Hammersmith next week so I have been press-ganged into taking her.
Will be my first gig as a punter in about ten years, but only her second ‘big’ one so will try and feed off her energy and enjoy the experience with her.
Mildly hungover following a pretty special night last night - Thurston Moore with his band (including Debbie from My Bloody Valentine) played at Mono in Glasgow, a cafe with a record shop. Utterly brilliant, even went and had a chat with him after, lovely guy. The 17 year old me would not have known what to make of that!
I went to the first night of Tramlines, before the big washout. My first time at this festival, it was a bit of an odd one - most people didn't seem at all interested in the music. Lots of groups of young kids and older folks having a catch up with mates - no problem with that but shut up waffling during the bands ffs! There was a weird 1 hour break on most stages before the headliners, which seemed unnecessary. At least I only had to endure the partial mudfest, unlike Sunday. On the music side Sea Girls, Circa Waves and Bloc Party were great and I saw Ashcroft doing Lucky Man and Bittersweet Symphony.
Can't wait to get home tonight and get a report from my daughter. She's been at Truck Festival, her first proper festival type event (went to one big country house day gig last summer but this time had the camping, etc.)
She's seen a ton of bands, it's rained and got filthy muddy, she's been up all hours in random dance tents, she's eaten and drunk all kinds of crap from the various stands, I'm so jealous.
You're not 19 forever.......
I haven't got anything planned now until the end of the year 🙁 as all my local small venues don't have anything that really excites me (or the ticket price is too steep – £50 for The Streets WTF)!
Trying to convince my mates to go to see Spear of Destiny but I'm the only real fan and that's not until November anyway.
£50 for The Streets WTF
A Grand Don't Get You Much Nowadays
Bombay Bicycle Club at the new Brudenell Project venue in leeds last night.
Fun gig, good atmosphere, the band looked like they were really enjoying it and the crowd's reaction to them.
The last song was ruined a bit by the tone-deaf c*** behind me bellowing it out. I don't mind a bit of singing along, I'm partial to a gentle a sing-along-warble myself, but christ on a bike he was loud and out of tune
Got to love a gig where the band bring a three-piece brass section on tour with them
just back from seeing Ferocious Dog at lincoln drill hall. better than i was expecting, loved the celtic punk type vibe, violinist was spot on, although they all were tbh. apparently they were last here supporting levellers, but to me they were far better than them. (he says, not having seen the levellers but was underwhelmed by NMA not so long back.)
i know id rather see FD again than either NMA or levellers given the choice. first date of the tour so if you get the chance go see them.
Jungle in Kingston, Pryzm. Yeah right now, 6pm early outstore show. Saw them here in lockdown and there was about 30 people in the crowd. .. not this time, it's packed and sweaty. Should be fun. Better be, took me an hour to get here.
Clipping in London on Tuesday. Waited 12 years to see them, now 3 times in 10 months 😁
If anyone has seen or heard Personal Trainer, their tour van was ransacked last night and 20K worth of gear stolen. Some of the kit is of course irreplaceable, guitars that they've had a long time, etc, but with no gear they can't even play. There's a Gofundme, worth the price of a ticket if you can.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-personal-trainer-after-stolen-equipment
just back from seeing Ferocious Dog at lincoln drill hall.
I know the ferocious dog lot - they're from our ex-mining town. I know Kenny well.
They've done very well and kept their integrity.
That gig yesterday evening was the hottest one I can remember. I was wringing my shirt out by the end of it! Had to leave the dance floor before the encore and watch from the back. Jungle, indeed!
Clipping. chapter 3 last night. In that there London Town, not somewhere I usually bother with, but it was great. Nice venue, but too full of Londoners and oh man the 2nd support was some kind of metal shit, death or black or whatever, absolutely boring crap, the same as every other metal with that grunty (ooh don’t I sound like a scary monster) vocals… couldn’t get away cos the venue has speakers and TVs everywhere 😂 Never experienced that stuff live before and it’s even more boring in the flesh !
Anyway, Clipping were amazing, I had an hour train journey soaked with sweat after, which was nice. Few weeks before the next gig, need the rest!
Bring me the Hearts for me this evening 🙂
