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Aussie Pink Floyd last week, Pigs, Pigs, Pugs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs next week.
Looking forward to Peat And Diesel in Corby next weekend.
Saw Peat and Diesel supporting The Levellers last night, they were really good
I however have knackered my ankle trying to bounce up and down like a 18 year old!
Saw The Offspring at the Hydro last night, absolutely chuffing fantastic!! 😁
Yesterday I impulse purchases a ticket to see Electric Six at the Liquid Room on Thursday.
I'm still buzzing after Amyl and the Sniffers in Camden on Wednesday night. So much fun. In the mosh pit for the whole set. Brixton tickets for June already booked.
Saw Pete Tong & Orchestra at the Manchester Arena on Saturday (wife’s kind of music) but was genuinely blown away. Everyone up dancing and having a good time and even a cameo appearance from Rick Astley!
So good to see the place rocking again after recent history - still buzzing today
I was at the Happy Monday's and James gig in Birmingham on Friday night, Happy Monday's were a bit better than I was expecting, Bez and Roweta still have it even if Shaun has seen better days!
James were excellent as usual, great performance.
I’m looking forward to Patti Smith next year, Echo & The Bunnymen too. Have a few others in the pipeline but I’m not really planning that far ahead with the current situation.
I bought tickets for Tom Jones and the Stereophonics in Cardiff Principality stadium on the 18th of December
I know a load of people going to this, with a load more telling me that it'll be brilliant, it's Tom Jones and the 'phonics*!! I've spent many of hours of my life standing in rugby stadia in the depths of winter - I know exactly how cold this will feel, or alternatively, how many layers of clothing I'd need to stay vaguely warm. Why on earth would they think it a good idea to put it on in December?
*The same people wouldn't be able to give me the name of a Stereophonics album, or Tom Jones song other than the obvious three, I think. I'm obviously missing something here. 😀
I saw Tom Jones play with the Stereophonics years back, maybe at Reading festival? Not a fan of either and it was bloody freezing too, but somehow it instantly became a totally magical thing once they were mixed together.
I saw Tom Jones play with the Stereophonics years back....
Oh, yeah, don't get me wrong, I saw Stereophonics years ago and they were excellent, and I can't imagine that Tom Jones would be poor, but December, in a huge stadium? (Even with the roof on it's cold..)
got two tickets for LIFE at bodega nottingham tomorrow but me and wife both burning up with bad colds.
free to anyone that fancies them, but theyve got my name on and the bumph says they cant be exchanged, so i dont know how easy thatd be, whether they check names etc....
It's all been a bit 'Cluny' centric for me the last couple of weeks. Saw Holy Moly & the Crackers there on the 13th, then This is the Kit on the 18th and I'm back on Thurs to see Peat & Diesel. HM & the C were wild, T i t K were as good as I've seen them - hoping that Peat & Diesel are even better than when I saw them at Lindisfarne back in Sept. A pal saw them at Fat Sams in Dundee at the start of their tour and said they were pish... Hopefully as they've done plenty of dates between times they've had a bit of practice. The Cluny's a good little venue, about a 300 capacity so I'm sure the crowd'll be awesome.
We saw Damon Albarn playing his new album in a church with a string quartet a couple of weeks ago. Amazing atmosphere, he had his friends and family in the front row. Everyone got a copy of the new album, plus he went through some classic Blur tracks.
Broken Witt Rebels at Nottingham Bodega tonight. Can't wait
Booked for 2 big shows this week, Biffy in a tent in Edinburgh and the one that's making me scream like a teenage girl, My Chemical Romance in Glasgow. Now hear me out here... I know they're supposed to be a kid's band, but the first 3 albums are absolutely killer (and the 4th absolute bobbins). Saw these guys first at the Barras and it was all kids down the front and all dads in AC/DC tshirts up the back and by the end of about the 4th song half the dads were down the front showing the kids how to rock the **** out. Brilliant shows...
If they were British they'd have been out touring with the Wildhearts and Hundred Reasons...slow down Thank You For The Venom and it turns into a Therapy? song, you can totally imagine Andy Cairns shouting out I wouldn't front this scene if you paid me.
So screeeeeeeeeeam! Gerard you're so hot! Shit, I mean, Frank Iero is a really accomplished guitarist.
Saw Eagles of Death Metal in Leeds on Tuesday - were excellent - great fun.
The support (Bones UK) were very good too, had never heard of them previously.
Ticket arrived this week for St Paul & Broken Bones in February at the Brudenell but nothing till then 😕
Managed to get tickets yesterday for The Cure, in exactly a years time
Enter Shikari and Dinosaur Pile Up at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh on Monday night. I can't wait! I also reckon it'll be the last for a while...
Not really an Enter Shikari fan but I got tickets when Hundred Reasons supported them and the fans were just the absolute best. Totally welcomed the support bands, continued to rock out for the DJ between the sets (pits and surfers!) and exploded for the headliners, absolutely bloody joyous. I just got totally swept away with it. Awesome show.
(I bailed before the end and sped across town to see Hell Is For Heroes- randomly got a taxi with half of Hundred Reasons who were doing the same- and I'm a massive HIFH fan but there were never going to be circlepits during the filler music)
Went to see Bicep in Edinburgh on Tuesday with my 18 year old son , they were excellent adn I was the oldest there by about 20 years. Also got the Charlatans a week on tuesday but i, thinking that may get cancelled.
Saw Half Man Half Biscuit in Shrewsbury last night. Band and crowd both on top form with the bonus of a very rare live outing for the seasonal "It's Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas". Fantastic night.
Steve Mason in a village hall last night. A short out of the way venues tour playing solo electric. Amazing performance, good banter and a great sound. Everything from old beta band tunes to new songs from the forthcoming record. Up there with one of the best ever.
I’d love to have seen Steve Mason @theodolite.
Last Friday was Katy J Pearson at Moles. A right laugh. My kids laughed that we were going to Moles, don't know why, it's older than me let alone them. Drank 'too many' plastic cup lagers.
Next is Ride and then Osees in the Spring.
I also see LCD Soundsystem dates are appearing in Europe for next Summer. I'm all over that if they do dates in the UK.
Sounds like a great gig Northwind 👌🏻 I actually got tix so I can see Dinosaur Pile Up again so if ES are as good as your gig it'll be a bonus.
Went to see EMF at the 100 Club last night. They were great as always but it felt really weird being in a packed room with hundreds of people not wearing masks. Literally I saw two apart from ourselves. If that carries on surely it’s going to be rife before we know it.
Have tickets for Pigs x 7 tomorrow in Leeds but really not sure about being in a tiny venue like The Warehouse. Is it worth the risk?
Did two O2 gigs week before last - they needed neg lft or NHS double vacc or evidence of previous infection before entry.
I know what you mean, but you have to balance the risk against the mental health benefits of normaility.
I’d love to have seen Steve Mason @theodolite.
Steve is brilliant - both in small and larger venues. From the Hare & Hounds to the Barbican, he can make the spaces work.
Bernard Butler was great in Worthing last week, played a selection from his back catalogue - including Suede songs! Had a great rapport with audience as well.
Surprise gig at The Fleece was announced the middle of last week, tickets on sale Friday morning with the gig on the 16th of January by Howling Bells! It’s to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the release of their first album, and I’m pretty sure I saw them at The Fleece on their first tour prior to the release of the album, along with The Joy Formidable and Chew Lips! After Juanita their lead singer went solo I’d pretty much given up on Howling Bells getting back together, so I was chuffed to bits at getting the email.
Tickets were obtained as soon as the sale went live at 10am. Roll on next month! 😎
So it turns out my first gig of 22 is going to be idles on first of feb. Rescheduled from last year… daughter’s boyfriend had got tickets to see them in manc and Sheff (they live in Newcastle) and decided coming back to Sheff on a Tuesday night is less of a pita than manny on a Friday so he’s let me have them. A great start to the year.
*waves* see you there doc 👋
also got tickets in the next few months for new model army, amyl and the sniffers and wildhearts.
Got ticket to see Yard Act on the 7th, but our nearly three year old has a horrendous cough (waiting on her PCR result) so who knows what will happen. Bit paranoid about a sold out gig in a small pub anyway tbh.
Also got tickets for Dinosaur Jr and Enola Gay coming up.
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Full Memberalso got tickets in the next few months for new model army, amyl and the sniffers and wildhearts.
Plenty of time for the WHs to split up and reform a couple of times before then
Just had a couple covid-cancelled so hopefully we'll get to Colin Macintyre (Mull Historical Society) in a couple of weeks. Though it'd be kind of nice if Hundred Reasons rescheduled their tour as I've got a clash there, ****ing gutted- choose between 3 nights with the Hold Steady, or Glasgow for 100R and Hell Is For Heroes.
(Hold Steady Weekender in London is going to be savage though... It was damn nearly my last show before it all got shot down, and then their livestream weekender shows for 2021 were awesome but in a really bittersweet "remind me everything that I'm missing why don't you" sort of a way. I'm definitely going to cry when they play We Can Get Together, I'll probably cry quite a bit during random other songs too)
Got back just over a half hour ago from the Howling Bells gig, and it was every bit as good as I could have hoped! The band were just so delighted to be back together and in front of an audience, they haven’t played together for around seven years. This tour was in part a chance to see how everything gelled, but it was like they’ve never been apart. Juanita, their singer, told me that there’s every possibility of new material as a result, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
A great night and I’m still buzzing.
Well my first gig since 2019 has been cancelled, should have been This Is The Kit & Roddy Woomble on Saturday.
But Scotland restrictions 😔
Booked to see Andy Bell in Trowbridge of all places
Saw Idles at Brixton Academy last night, my ears are still ringing, it was LOUD. Love seeing a band with so much stage energy and proper aggression in the playing.
Saw Idles at Brixton Academy last night, my ears are still ringing, it was LOUD. Love seeing a band with so much stage energy and proper aggression in the playing.
been jealously expecting someone to put idles, we have to wait for sheffield on 1st feb. looks like they did a good setlist too. pleased you enjoyed it razor.
Going to see Idles tonight. Looking forward to it.
Saw London Calling, Clash tribute band at the 100 club in December, they were excellent
Taking daughter to see She drew the Gun in a few weeks and then tickets forParquet Courts in June. May try to make it to Sheffield for Sea Power in April.