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Late to this thread, but hey ho. I took junior 1 to see New Order in Amsterdam in October. Very good, but amazed by the number of folk filming rather than enjoying the gig.
Got tickets for The Killers in Falkirk next year. Was hoping for an english gig where Manics are supporting, but no luck 🙁
#dadrock
Continuing the Wedding Present theme I saw them in a converted church in Salisbury last week, they were great as always. It was the Bizarro set with a few others (new and old) thrown in. This year I've seen them in a cave and a church. I also went to see their documentary film 'Something Left Behind' which is well worth seeing if you're a fan - it tells the story of the formation of the band and making George Best, concluding with the GB 30th anniversary tour. It has just been released on DVD, too.
He is going to play bizarro, right? Be funny if he started unveiling new material.
They've done loads of new stuff, last album was 2016 and he's writing new stuff as we speak. It's evolution rather than revolution, still recognisably TWP but not just masses of guitar thrashing. Example from that album:
I also went to see their documentary film ‘Something Left Behind’ which is well worth seeing if you’re a fan – it tells the story of the formation of the band and making George Best, concluding with the GB 30th anniversary tour. It has just been released on DVD, too.
I paid for that to be made
(OK, a bit of it through a Kickstarter)
Myst - Crofters Rights in Bristol this evening.
i feel ive let myself down, i now feel slightly ashamed of last nights gig. whatever possessed me???
few months ago me and a mate decided we'd get tickets for the macc lads at lincoln last night. was our works day on the ale too, and wasnt bothered about going but thought ahh itll be a laugh, just like the old days. oh dear. how did i ever listen to them all those years back??
sexist, misogynistic, racist, childish humour, it really was a panto for the lowest level of intelligence.
the two support bands, prisoners of war and billyclub, both hardcore thrash punk, sort of thing i loved listening to early 80s, GBH, One way system etc, i dont mind that but oh dear....
"this next ones about police brutality, its called **** the police" or somethings like that. big cheer.
"this ones our last one, we've dressed our mates up as singing nuns and its called '**** that sh1t'. i want you all to join in and shout it at the end of each line" big cheer goes up and yes, they all shouted it.
second band.... "this ones called '**** you' and i want you all to shout it when i tell you to.... big cheer and they all shouted it.
macc lads on and hundreds of glasses of beer/p1ss thrown at them throughout the night.
im sorry. it was sh1t. we walked out halfway through and i can safely say ive learnt me lesson :-/
i feel ive let myself down,
Nope absolutely nope!
Your tastes and priorities have merely shifted and yes maybe/probably for the better.
However never ever regret what bands you listened to or watched when younger.
No one has the perfect playlist !
However never ever regret what bands you listened to or watched when younger.
oh i agree with that, i dont regret anything from back then. i just feel a bit ashamed that in 2019, i put £25 of my cash into their sexist, racist thick b*st*rd pockets. grrrrr......
This ^, ladies and gentlemans, is what we call nominative determinism.
I very much enjoyed the gig I went to yesterday and the jazz quartet weren't bad tonight.
@wordnumb
nominative determinism
First the builders amongst us do please explain.
Anyone else shocked and appalled that the band that did Knock Knock are horrible misogynistic cartoon characters?
Was supposed to be seeing Max and Igor Cavalera do their Sepultura covers band thing tonight but had to cancel 🙁 I will just have to shout UN DOS TRES QUAT BLARAHGRHAGHGAHRG by myself instead.
Next one is Idlewild on Hogmanay, which is sort of nicely circular, because I loved Idlewild back when they, quote NME, sounded "like a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs", lost all interest for a long time when they became Happy REM... (*) then happened to see them support Biffy at Hogmanay, and unexpectedly they rocked out.
(* seriously, if you do the "sad songs changed to major key" thing for Losing My Religion it turns into These Wooden Ideas)
First the builders amongst us do please explain.
He's a "sad" "ex-punk" !
Nostalgia-fest touring band in "gives the old bastard crowd what they want" shock 😆
Was supposed to be seeing Max and Igor Cavalera do their Sepultura covers band
Managed to briefly get on (hang off more like) the tour bus (back in 92 I think) outside rock city in notts. Now that's nostalgia!
Did they do '20 pints' sadexpunk? Stone classic that one.
They're not sexist, racist thick b*st*rds in case you didn't know - they're middle class public school fannies pretending to be. A cynical act but they had their moments.
The weddoes were sound on Fri, as expected from reading this tread - band in good form and Gedge effortless with the crowd. Not been to a gig for ages so had to check the pipe and slippers in, disappointed there were no comfy chairs available, but had a great night.
Steve mason at the trades club tonight, a short but excellent set, delved into early beta band wonders including Dr baker, dogs got a bone and yes, dry the rain. Great post election pre Christmas pick me up!
beer/p1ss thrown at them throughout the night.
im sorry. it was sh1t. we walked out halfway through and i can safely say ive learnt me lesson :-/
I always thought they were meant to be ironic, but watching them at The Gallery in Manchester back in the day was like going to a BNP sponsored Alf Garnett appreciation night.
Not many people seemed to get the joke.
Did they still have a stripper and a Guinness drinking competition? I would have won that if someone hadn't gobbed in my third pint.
Steve mason at the trades club tonight, a short but excellent set, delved into early beta band wonders including Dr baker, dogs got a bone and yes, dry the rain. Great post election pre Christmas pick me up!
Bollocks, cannot believe I missed that.
Less than a week till I see The Wonderstuff for the first time since there "last gig" in 1993 or whatever it was, going to play all of Groove Machine and Hup!!!
Was offered a last minute ticket to see Buzzcocks in Manchester last night. Good fun and properly noisy, funny watching young lads not being able to stand a bit of moshing but the 40and50something women in there not being put off : )
Buzzcocks? christ, hopefully Steve Diggle's actually still in it?
Wonderstuff last night in Birmingham, ****ing awesome, played all of 8LGM and Hup. Covered in bruises today!!!
Clutch on Friday night. Totally rocked.
Despite feeling too old for it I had a jump around in the pit. Too out of shape to last long though!
Got Guns n Roses tickets for next year, golden circle, standing.
Wish I'd seen them 20 odd years ago, but I didn't. Just ticking off another band that I don't want to miss altogether.
Missed out on Aerosmith though, unless I want to cough up a premium
Chatting to a really long-time friend who’s very much into music, and has one of her two sons working for a promotion company based in London, she’s managed to get onto the guest list for Idols, Squid, and Fleetwood Mac! Turns out Squid’s lead singer is a Chippenham lad, went to school with one of her sons.
Anyway, she happened to mentioned Cara Dillon, a singer-songwriter who I’m quite partial to was playing Chippenham Neeld Hall! The hall has some musical history, The Who played there, as did Roxy Music, neither of which I got to see, sadly, and many years have passed since, but a fair bit of money has been spent on the place, new lighting and retractable seating, bar, etc, and they’re starting to get some interesting artists there. Delighted to get tickets for Cara, hopefully the bookers will continue to book more and more quality artists and bands.
just back from fontaines DC at rock city, nottingham. i love the songs, the light-show was good too, but...... they just dont speak. none of them, no inter-action. so they turn up, play the songs and eff off. coupled also with quite a dark setting (couldnt see the drummer at all really, just his drumsticks moving), there were no spotlights on the faces.....
im pleased i went, like i say i love their music, but it wasnt much of a live experience. a lively crowd with plenty of crowdsurfing, im reading all the comments on the facebook group saying it was 'insane', 'it went off' etc etc and im just thinking hmmmmmm did it? really? 😀
We’re off to see John Bramwell next Saturday at Hebden Bridge Trade Club. He’s the total opposite of that. His gigs go on for hours as he’s partial to having a glass of red between songs and telling you amusing stories. He’s a very funny bloke, as well as a brilliant songwriter, who’s had a hell of a life.
We saw him at Clitheroe Grand and had to retrieve his dog after it emerged from backstage and disappeared into the audience, legging it about everywhere 😃
Tickets for Agnes Obel (in april) arrived friday...
Definitely looking forwards to seeing her.
Slipknot in a week, long time fan so every gig is a pleasure. Very tempted to get Pearl Jam tickets for London in July. £162!
Ah top trupmed you krackow on the 10 club ticket scheme.
Kendal for massive wagons
Waterloo music bar for gorilla riot and boot yard bandits
I've got mixed feelings on this one
I'm seeing The Smyths tonight. I have been recommended them many times, but this'll be the first time.
1/ The real Smiths are an all time favourite, and the songs are still fabulous
2/ I never saw them live - although i did have tickets once it was cancelled due to illness and i couldn't make the rearranged date. They separated soon after.
3/ They aren't going to reform. Just won't happen.
4/ The Smyths are all supposed to be decent musicians and to hear the songs live in a concert atmosphere will be good.
BUT
5/ They're a tribute band, and while I love a good cover version, a tribute band is different
6/ Morrissey is a colossal bell-end nowadays and even this feels a bit 'guilt by association'
7/ The lead of the Smyths is apparently a good likeness in voice, styling and demeanour - but he's ginger.
I think the only way to get through it is by going as a tribute version of me ca. 1985. Which means there'll be at least two tribute colossal bell-ends there.
Anyone else going by any chance (Reading Sub89) - or shall i go and stand on my own, leave on my own, go home, cry, and want to die?
My complete aversion to tribute bands prevents me from saying anything further. bleugh
Not sure how this happened but...
Me and some mates usually go to Download, but this year the line-up wasn't grabbing us so we've binned that. We saw Aerosmith there a few years ago and were a lot more impressed by them than we expected to be, they announced a tour which looked like being a good alternative but the ticket prices for London were OTT.
One mate spotted that they're playing Milan and it's half the price of London - obvs there's other incidental costs, but it's a bit of lads weekend away so should be a laugh... He then noticed that Foo Fighters are playing the next night, also considerably cheaper than they would be over here - bonus.
The other halves, on hearing of our plans to gallivant off to Milan for a weekend decided they'd like to be involved too...
So rather than a weekend in a muddy field in Leicestershire, we'll be living it up in Milan! It's all a bit dad-rock, but should be a cracking weekend.
I've been really slack on gigs over the past few months. Nothing has grabbed me, I've been spending my fun money on surf trips instead. However I have got tickets for Dub Pistols at the Craufurd Arms in Wolverton next month.
I've got Black Midi, Yacht & The Murder Capital in Feb. (I really should listen to see if I like The Murder Capital!)
Squid in March
Girl Band (yay!), Squarepusher and Jimmy Carr all in the same week in May.
Good job it's not many cos I'm poor.
Might rob a bank and go to this in June
https://pitchfork.com/news/primavera-sound-2020-lineup-pavement-strokes-tyler-bikini-kill-bauhaus-more/
@theotherjonv - go and see Jonny Marr. He's fantastic live and is a thoroughly lovely bloke who seems to get increasingly cooler as Morrisey carries on his transformation into Nigel Farage.
His solo stuff is great, but he also chucks some classic Smiths tunes into his set nowadays, after not doing do for a very long time
We were lucky enough to go to his first solo gig (at the Deaf Institute in Manchester) where he played some Smiths stuff. Hearing him play 'How Soon is Now' and 'There is a Light That Never Goes Out' for the first time since the Smiths split up was actually really emotional
I saw the Murder Capital last year, didn't do anything for me.
As well as the Italian Job (above)...
I'm seeing The Interrupters next month and I've got tickets for Squid in March too.
We’re off to see John Bramwell next Saturday at Hebden Bridge Trade Club
Saw him as a support act last year and it was lovely - he's genuinely good company.
Steve mason at the trades club tonight, a short but excellent set, delved into early beta band
I've seen him quite a few times in recent years and he's never played a single Beta Band track that I can remember. Might all have been festival gigs so shorter?
Saw Baloji at Rich Mix this week. Great band, loads of energy.
he's on my to do list. I love this version of Please, Please Please......
A friend of my wife married a music engineer who did some session work on the side; their wedding was ace - we had a proper stand up comedian as best man, and an eclectic covers band as the evening entertainment where the make-up changed frequently because a huge proprtion of the guests could sing, or play an instrument and went and had a turn. Including Boz who can play a decent version of How Soon is Now too......
I quite fancy seeing Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs @ Leeds (April I think).
Just noticed my tickets for The Hold Steady on 7 March. Ariel Sharon and Matthias Kom (Burning Hell) in April, plus just booked Juniore at Bush Hall at the end of April.
Glastonbury tickets also in the bag though yet to hear an announcement of a band I actually want to see. Not that that matters a jot at Glastonbury.
Have tickets for Warmduscher and Squid both at esquires in Bedford in the coming months plus the pixies and Pearl Jam at Hyde park in the summer.
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However I have got tickets for Dub Pistols at the Craufurd Arms in Wolverton next month.
I'll be going as it's a 2min walk from my house so might see you down there MrP... Just look for the mid 40's bloke with a beard....Lol its the Craufurd beards are regulation.
Not not much planned yet, Ian brown at neighbourhood and just got tickets for the oh sees at the Albert hall. That's it so far. Might go to the chats in October, but that's a bloody long time away!
(I really should listen to see if I like The Murder Capital!)
i like what ive heard so far, they seem to be being bigged up by the idles and fontaines facebook groups i look at, ive got tickets for nottingham next month.
First one of the year is skam at the musician in Leicester on Friday 31st.
Clutch-esque 3 piece, sound pretty good on recordings. Plus the bassist is the dad of one of my daughter's friends.
i like what ive heard so far, they seem to be being bigged up by the idles and fontaines facebook groups i look at, ive got tickets for nottingham next month
Yeah, from what I’ve read they’ll be good. Last band I saw without hearing, from reading about them, was Working Mens Club and they were brilliant 😊