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My first gig at 17 was Spear of Destiny at the Powerhouse in Birmingham, supported by Twenty Flight Rock.
My first gig at 17 was Spear of Destiny at the Powerhouse in Birmingham, supported by Twenty Flight Rock.
I don't know if you saw my earlier post, but I saw them last week (despite liking them when I was younger, I somehow managed to not get around to seeing them – the same goes for Theatre of Hate).
My first gig at 17 was Spear of Destiny at the Powerhouse in Birmingham, supported by Twenty Flight Rock.
I don't know if you saw my earlier post, but I saw them last week (despite liking them when I was younger, I somehow managed to not get around to seeing them – the same goes for Theatre of Hate).
Hi John, yes I did, it was meant as a to reply to you but I didn't do it properly and quote you.
Gorilla Biscuits at slay last night in Glasgow. Absolutely brilliant. They normally start gigs with a trumpet reveille but they added a bag piper last night which got everyone off to a really good start. I was just totally bouncing, best gig I have been to in ages
On youtube already
Got Voivod next week in slay and really looking forward to that
Gorilla Biscuits at slay last night in Glasgow. Absolutely brilliant.
That looks a lot of fun. I must check them out.
Nothing but Thieves booked for next year.
Seems bonkers how far in advance we book tickets nowadays! 😀
You will have a great time!
Indeed I did!
Sugar at The Clapham Grand
Bob's vocals were definitely somewhat distant from the original melody a lot of the time, but it didn't really detract from the performance.
Was the same venue where they played their first UK gig apparently. I'm not sure this can be true, but as far as I can recall, after 30 yrs and 100's of London gigs, I think it's the first venue I have been to that's south of the river and not been the Brixton Academy! EDIT; had forgotten the O2, but only been there once.
Went to see James at Leeds Arena a few weeks ago and was pretty disappointed, they played loads of obscure (newer?) stuff - even reading the lyrics off a piece of paper at one point! and missed off loads of great songs from their back catalogue. Overall the mood was fairly downbeat as opposed to the uplifting tunes they're mostly famous for.
Saw Super Furry Animals in Manchester who did a great job of playing most of the best from their back catalogue, altough the O2 Apollo is a strange venue.
Got quite a few lined up for the summer, most notably a short notice purchase of tickets to see Fontaines DC in Cadiz - we're in Andalucia this summer and they anounced this gig whilst we're there, a surprise present for my daughter, who got a Leeds Festival day ticket at xmas to see them there, so twice in one month!
Got quite a few lined up for the summer, most notably a short notice purchase of tickets to see Fontaines DC in Cadiz - we're in Andalucia this summer and they anounced this gig whilst we're there, a surprise present for my daughter, who got a Leeds Festival day ticket at xmas to see them there, so twice in one month!
Enjoy. I have been banned by my daughters from going to Leeds to see them. (as they are there) 🙁 I did see them at Glastonbury in 2024, then shortly after at Leeds Arena – IMO they are the best current band by a country mile.
Looking forward to seeing Beat at Hammersmith Eventim Apollo on Monday night. For anyone not familiar with them, the lineup is Adrian Belew and Tony Levin from King Crimson’s 80’s lineup, along with Steve Vai on guitar and Danny Carey from Tool on drums, playing a bunch of songs from Crimson’s three 80’s albums. Having seen Crimson on their 50th anniversary tour at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019, Tool at the O2 a year or so back, and Tony Levin with Peter Gabriel also a year or so back, it’ll be nice to be in a slightly smaller venue, and possibly the only opportunity to see them together.
Got Billy Fuller (Beak>) later this month, then a dry patch before Bill Callahan in October, and Tortoise, Cat Power, Bonnie Prince Billy and Mogwai all in November. Should help take the edge off the long dark nights.
Happen to be on hols in the same town as Primavera Porto starting on Thursday… so though we won’t go to the festival, we shall definitely catch some of Kneecap, Oklou, The Xx and Big Thief from the beach. Maybe Gorillaz, Viagra Boys… on Friday. Nice 😊
Gigs of a sort on Saturday night there - started off with a RSNO concert at the royal concert hall, pieces by Crumb (which I didn't know at all but interesting backstory), Elgar's cello concerto, Britten, Wagner and Scriaben (new to me) which was really great, then on to A DISCO! LATE AT NIGHT!
Andrew Weatherall (RIP) and Sean Johnson's long-running A Love From Outer Space night, where everything's a bit slower and hypnotic, touches down in Glasgow from time to time - it's been a few years since I'd been to one and, given it was on til 4, I was slightly concerned Mrs Tyred may not have had the stamina (she's no night owl these days) so we booked a taxi home for 2am to reduce the prospect of my getting carried away (I am still a night owl). Was brilliant, such a good time; Mrs Tyred was asking when the next one is. Result!
Just to top things off, I realised that Wilco's show at the concert hall in August does not clash with the Cure in Edinburgh (I thought it did) so managed to get a couple of tickets for that too. That week is going to be incredible.
next up for me is the Damned at kelvingrove bandstand. forecast is rain, so it'll be full waterproofs!
Was not disappointed. they played well, Mrs Wookie seemed to enjoy herself.
Sitting in the pissing rain for 4 hours is not fun however, but there was coffee, and pizza...
I saw System 7 and The Orb in Peak Cavern, Castleton on Saturday night. What a cracking place for some weirdy electronic music. I'd not seen System 7 before so didn't know what to expect. Whirling hypnotic beats certainly widened my eyes.
StourJam last weekend in Stourport on Severn. 15 venues, !30+ bands all free,covers n originals. 3 more pubs have signed up for next year. Everywhere full n everyone very happy.
A great weekend.
We saw Seafoam Green Glasgow tonight. To say it was intimate would be an understatement, there were only about 10 of us there but what a gig. They're a male and female duo who share vocal duties, they've got a soulful Irish Americana vibe. Ronnie Wood played on one of their more recent recordings so it seems criminal that they played to such a small crowd. They have gigs in London and Liverpool later this week, I would thoroughly recommend taking a chance on them, they're proper musicians and they sound even better live. We also had a lovely chat with them afterwards, they were so friendly and appreciative. I'm tempted to drive down to Stockton-on-Tees next month to see them.
I just got a ticket to see Mogwai at the Brudenell in Leeds.
My ears are going to hate me. Can anyone recommend any decent plugs that don't cost a fortune? Mine are all a bit crusty.
I just got a ticket to see Mogwai at the Brudenell in Leeds.
My ears are going to hate me. Can anyone recommend any decent plugs that don't cost a fortune? Mine are all a bit crusty.
Just got some Sennhieser ones. 35 quid. Two options for the noise and 3 sizes. Comfier than foam plugs. Do a good job at cutting out the noise but you can still hear the music clearly.
I was at Hellfest in France last week. It was my 2nd time there, it's a cracking event but my god was it hot!
We bought the tickets before the line-up was announced, and in honesty it wasn't a great line-up for me, but there was just enough to keep us amused. Although to be honest if there had been more to see we'd have struggled in the heat anyway. Tom Morello cancelled, which was a shame as he was one of the main people I wanted to see, but it sounds like his mum's not well, so it's understandable.
Highlights were;
- Bloodywood blended traditional Indian music beats with metal, nice to see someone doing something a bit different
- Die Spitz are channelling Hole and other 90s Grunge/Rock sounds and doing it well
- Papa Roach were a pleasant surprise, I assumed they were a one hit wonder, but they put on an excellent set.
- Alice Cooper was exactly what you'd expect him to be, and it was fun losing my voice singing along to Poison
- The Adicts were another surprise, a band I'd often heard of but not listened to and they put on an ace set
- Napalm Death had to be seen just because they're kind of legendary, interesting how they were the most extreme sound back in the day, but seem relatively "normal" by modern metal standards
- Offspring were fun
- The Hives were also fun, but I've seen their shtick too many times now
Lowlights
- Iron Maiden, I've never really been into them but they're legends, so I've always fancied seeing them, but they were a bit dull
- Limp Bizkit, I've always thought they were crap but at least had some energy about them so I expected them to come out fighting, but Fred Durst just seemed to be a bored middle aged man going through the motions. The best thing I can say is that they opened with 2 of their biggest songs (Faith and Break Stuff), so we didn't have to hang around for the whole set. They should take notes from Papa Roach!
It's the 20th anniversary of Hellfest next year, and they've added more stages/bands, so it should be a strong lineup. Very tempted to go again, but I'll need a portable A/C unit with me if it's going to be those temps again!
The Cure at Blackweir in Cardiff were great on Wednesday.
It was Hot Hot Hot!!! but bearable and The Cure played for nearly two and a half hours. A set list of 28 songs that mixed up hits with a few lesser known tracks.
Unfortunately we missed the first support band, The Joy Formidable but saw most of The Twighlight Sad’s set and enjoyed it.
Bathing Suits at the Green Door Store in Brighton tomorrow. New band in teensy venue, thankfully the crowd won't look anything like that ^^^ 😆
B52s, DEVO, Revillos and Lena Lovich last weekend. DEVO and Lena were very good. The other 2? Great musicians and singers still, but a hard watch. If you allowed for age though, all were impressive performers fair play.
I saw Lemonsuckr at Alphabet in Brighton this week, absolutely great and a good venue too, but my god was it hot despite being well ventilated.
Fair bit of press / photography there, might be OTW
Hi @dove1 - we also saw The Cure at Blackweir Fields in Cardiff on Wednesday evening - absolutely fantastic. We were worried it'd get cancelled because of the heat, but all was fine in the end. I'm somewhere bottom right in that last photo 🙂
Good call on the earplugs - I've taken note for next time!
[edit] In a wonderful coincidence I just spotted @chipps' mention of Simon Gallup, Cure bassist, in this article of his from 2018. Who'd have known?
saw Lemonsuckr at Alphabet in Brighton
Been there once! to see RIP Magic - really liked the venue too. They just don't seem to have anything on there worth the trip over 🙁
Off to see Frank Turner and Bowling For Soup on monday, I think it'll be a sweaty one. It's a coheadliner, which is almost never a good idea, if we don't get a proper full Frank show I am going to shit in my hands and throw it at the big lad out of Bowling For Soup.
Happen to be on hols in the same town as Primavera Porto starting on Thursday… so though we won’t go to the festival, we shall definitely catch some of Kneecap, Oklou, The Xx and Big Thief from the beach. Maybe Gorillaz, Viagra Boys… on Friday. Nice 😊
I'd have bought you a port if I'd seen this as we were there for a week taking in Primavera. Besides the above Idles went down well apparently but on too late for us (it goes on well into the early hours). Viagra Boys were excellent - hardest working tattooed gut in rock'n roll; Baxter Dury I'd not necessarily have down as a great festival act but he was absolutely that: came on to polite applause, left to acclamation. Peggy Gou on Sunday for a bit of a dance. I'd consider going again.
I'm off to see Dead Ringer for Loaf (Meat loaf tribute - just in case you couldn't figure it out...) at a local social club. £7 a ticket. What could possibly be wrong with that 😂😂😂
Me and the wife will be at Brixton academy tomorrow to see Bilmuri. Can’t wait. Although it’s going to be sweaty!! 😰
we were there for a week taking in Primavera.
Cool! I do hope you weren’t wearing a Gorllaz t-shirt 😂 The town became so packed with cars during the festival, was weird. Why would people drive there on the day?!
Fab gig last night, it was like gatecrashing a weird party. Really kicked off during Bathing Suits set, the crowd were mad for it, but really cool atmosphere. Pretty special night.
Not to brag but I’m at a gig right now…about to see counting crows at the Bristol beacon.
Metallica last thursday at Hampden were good. 58000 people!
Knocked loose were the first support and played well, I nearly got consumed by one of the pits that formed...considered it, but then remembered that I'm not really a pit person, and I was with my family..
Gojira played well too. they were really who I was there to see tbh. However the sound was pretty bad, very bassy, vocals very far back in the mix, clearly not the full PA system for the support bands and it showed.
Metallica came on and did about 2.25h set. lots of classics, not too much post loaded, one off the new album. we all love shouting die, die, die at the top of our voices to creeping death. weirdly, although we were not too far off where we'd been for both others, we couldn't see metallica onstage.
Good experience though.
Next up, Gary Numan at Queens Park bandstand.
Off to Llangollen this weekend - 3 nights in the van, seeing Deacon Blue Saturday and Tom Grennan on Sunday. Tom's not someone we'd normally go to see but we're staying locally !
Not to brag but I’m at a gig right now…about to see counting crows at the Bristol beacon.
That's not a brag, that's a plea for sympathy.
Not to brag but I’m at a gig right now…about to see counting crows at the Bristol beacon.
At the exact moment I was watching Frank Turner sing "I've got a taste for techno and I love Counting Crows" you were probably watching Counting Crows! Jinx!
Just in from Stephen Wilson Jr in Dublin. More MrsSalmon's thing than mine, but he was excellent
Stepping back to my teen years next week – OMD, Heaven 17 and China Crisis at York Museum Gardens. I am taking the day off work and going to have a mooch around a few city centre bars before the gig (which has a really odd running time – claimed to be 5pm to 9pm).
EDIT: Within minutes of me posting that, the correct times have been published. Thankfully it doesn't finish at 9pm.
Saw David Gray in Lincoln. His White Album stuff was truly great live. The rest was very self indulgent, and 60% of the crowd used the time for more rewarding purposes, like going to the toilet or getting even more drunk. The Divine Comedy were the support act. Not entirely sure I get them at all. Very clever songs, but more than one or two of them and you get the gist. No real need for more than 2.
Pixies at the Eden project last Friday.
I'm not a "gig goer" normally, but its Pixies, surely in the all time top 5 ?
Fantastic setup, warm evening, Sold out but not rammed full.
They were kind of what i expected. Hour and a half of non stock back to back. The greatest hits, and a few lesser known tracks. Probably 20-30 songs but no chat though,
In, Play, Out. Zero complaints about the performance itself, but did feel a bit hollow because of the lack of interaction.
CT/FrankBlack said two sentences:
"This is the second time weve been to Cornwall"
"Its not going to get dark"
New Bassist, Emma did vocals for "in Heaven", which was good, but very different to the original
I get the impression Frank Black can be hard to work with.
Sammy Hagar at Wolves Civic last night.
Flippin' brilliant - voice still good even at 78!
Joe Satriani on guitar - what can you say, Micheal Anthony on Bass and Kenny Aranoff on drums and a special guest appearance by Jason Bonham at the end.
Good spread of Van Halen, Montrose and solo stuff.
Last saw Sammy Live in '93 with Van Halen at the NEC.
Sammy Hagar at Wolves Civic last night.
Wasn't he originally scheduled to do a much bigger tour (o2 Arenas etc), but it was canned because of dreadful ticket sales?
The Divine Comedy
Crossover post but belongs in the disproportionately cross thread.
Especially that National Express abomination.
