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Full MemberI’ve just bought a ticket for John Cooper Clarke in Tenby for tomorrow evening. I’m quite surprised.
Anyone seen him?
Went to see him at Liverpool earlier this year, he was class, really funny to.
Also had Mike Garry with him who did St Anthony which went down really well.
benman
Free MemberAnyone else going to see LG at Knebworth this weekend? Going down with the same bunch of lads who I used to go to Oasis gigs with in the 90’s. Can’t wait 🙂
Got a day free on Friday in the Luton area for a few beers. Everyone says avoid Luton like the plague. Where else is good for a few drinks around there – Harpenden?
Went to see Liam on the Saturday, that was some gig. Kasabian were amazing to, didn’t know what to expect without Tom, but it was mint, really got the crowd going.
The Wonder stuff next Friday in Brum (of course). 30th Anniversary of Never Loved Elvis (well 32 now but you know COVID) can't wait, my favourite song in the whole ****ing world will start the gig!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTsHVZwvaY
Damn just seen it's not next Friday but the one after
Liam Gallagher at Knebworth last Friday. I’m not a fan of his but my brother was keen to go so I kept him company. LG was alright. Loved Kasabian - they got the crowd going massively. Paolo Nutini was great too, loved his new stuff. Big fan of Amyl and the Sniffers so enjoyed that.
James in Edinburgh last night. They are always great live and it was a brilliant atmosphere.
Apparently I'm seeing Johnny & The Baptists this coming Friday.
Can't link to "Let's Do It In The Library" as it's not family viewing.
JCC was brilliant. It’s impossible to know how decrepit he is and how much is an act but he was amazing last night. I’ve never been to an evening of spoken word and probably wouldn’t again but I’m glad I saw him perform. Quite quite unique and funny.
Bob next!
Just back from PiL , small venue, very chilled crowd - stood right near the front in the middle expecting mosh, crush or something! Everyone around me seemed to be standing staring whilst I was going nuts. John said he was ill, but he was brilliant… band were brilliant. Not my usual thing to go watch an oldie, but that was mind blowingly good.
Bob Mould played The Thekla last night. I suspect the hull is probably still ringing.
An hour and a half of exceptional melody and distortion.
His support act, Katie Malco, was excellent too.
Next gig lined up is Simple Minds
Bob Mould played The Thekla last night. I suspect the hull is probably still ringing.
An hour and a half of exceptional melody and distortion.
His support act, Katie Malco, was excellent too.
I'm off to see him on Thursday in Newcastle. Scary it was thirty odd years ago when I first saw him in Husker Du....
Just got tickets for Biffy Clyro in November.
Before that got Tears for Fears in Derby, and local Rock and Blues festival at Pentrich which I can walk to. 🙂
Having not been to any gigs in ages, I've now got two on consecutive nights next week.
Very much a game of two halves
Greta Van Fleet on Wednesday at the Apollo then Crowded House on Thursday at Castlefield Bowl 😀
Idles in Coventry for us tomorrow. itll be a sticky one.....
Saw Nine Inch Nails last night. They were bloody fantastic. Unlike the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs a couple of weeks ago,
No trains though so we had to drive almost 2hrs to Brixton. Which was bloody tedious.
PIL in Nottingham tomorrow, not my usual thing but a mate wanted to go, good to hear that it should be a good gig
Beabadoobee at a small acoustic set + record signing in a few weeks time - looking forward to that
Then also got Beabadoobee / Wet Let and Jake Bugg in the autumn
Khruangbin tonight and Courtney Barnett week on Friday.
Went to First Aid Kit at the Piece Hall in Halifax last night. First gig in about 4 years. It was great! Lovely venue, great sound, quite relaxed and didn't rain that much. They really are very good, the 2-part harmonies are excellent, on a par with The Unthanks.
They had a really good wheelchair accessible area so some friends could go too. Well done Piece Hall !!
idles pre-glastonbury gig at coventry last night, they were excellent as usual.
what a sweatbox it was last night, sooooo hot in there. my wife loves them too and has been lucky with where shes stood at all her idles gigs so far. either right at the front on the barriers, or at the front on a balcony, i said last night her lucks going to run out sometime and was guessing last night would be it.
sure enough it got hotter and hotter as we were waiting for them to come out, more and more packed, and then two big blokes plonked themselves in front of her, she gave me 'that look' and i feared the worst 😀
i spotted a gap near the mixing desk tho, right by the door and it saved the gig for her. spot on view, cold breeze every time the door opened, so in the end i propped the door open so everyone near the door could get a bit of a cooldown.
i dont think she'd have enjoyed the experience at all in any other place but there, so she lives to fight another day.
idles played a 'brutalism-heavy' set last night, so im expecting them to lean that way tonight.
His support act, Katie Malco, was excellent too.
I had tickets for Glasgow but we didn’t make it, I wanted to see Katie Malco. Glad she was good, I’ll have to try and catch her next time.
The Wonderstuff tonight, cannot wait!!
Brass Against a couple of nights ago- fantastic show, very selfindulgent, lots of overlong solos, but when it worked it absolutely bloody worked. Completely gorgeous version of Rooster by Alice in Chains is still completely stuck in my head, proper ebbing and flowing sea of brass stuff
Tomorrow, Biffy at Ingliston, in a big tent.
Saw Wonderstuff in Liverpool last week they were really great and saw few friends from greabo days not seen for 20 odd years which was also great!
Bob Mould in Chester on Monday.
Jack White next Tuesday
Cannot wait!
Katie Malco.
She’s a very good singer/songwriter. Not really from the same mould as Bob (ahem) but she really caught the audience. Considering she was playing to a room of old punks she held her own and made the crowd go quiet. Very impressive indeed.
The Wonderstuff in Brum last night were awesome, played entire Never Loved Elvis, went off and came back on with all the rest!! What a night!
Unfortunately last nights Alanis Morrisette gig in Leeds was added to my lengthy list of cancellations. There were already people in the venue when the announcement was made.
Fingers crossed for Joan as policewoman tomorrow.
Unfortunately last nights Alanis Morrisette gig in Leeds was added to my lengthy list of cancellations. There were already people in the venue when the announcement was made.
Ironic?
After watching their set at Glastonbury (on the teie) I've booked to see Black Midi at Somerset House.
Love seeing gigs there. Saying that, I haven't been for a long time.
I saw the worst Biffy Clyro gig I've ever seen last night, at the Big Top in Edinburgh. It was great.
Jack White next Tuesday
Cannot wait!
Have just seen his unannounced Glastonbury set. How much do you want for your ticket? I'm prepared to remortgage 😉
High on Fire with DVNE supporting in Leeds this Thursday just gone.
I've seen DVNE before, and they weren't quite so "on it" this time (two lineup changes maybe not quite gelling yet, plus rather muddled sound not helping their quieter and more delicate passages). But the good bits were good 😊
HoF were fantastic. Just came out swinging and didn't really stop all set. I felt like I'd been worked over by some kind of hammer action drilling tool by the end. In a nice way of course.
Leon Bridges in Edinburgh tomorrow night. Very much looking forward to it
After watching their set at Glastonbury (on the teie) I’ve booked to see Black Midi at Somerset House.
Haven’t seen that, but they’re one of the twenty two bands on my list to check out at End Of The Road, along with Yard Act, Soccer Mommy, Sudan Archives, Gabriels, Newdad and some others I’ve already listed.
Anyone remember that website that would allow a printout of all the acts at various festivals showing where they overlapped each other, a sort of planner, flowchart kind of thing? I used it before, some years back, but no amount of searching seems to find it, ‘cos I think I’m going to need it!
My first gig for 2023 is next February, and it’s Suzanne Vega, she’s playing the Forum in Bath, I’ve managed to get tickets in Row G, which is pretty good, and Low are playing Bath in November, at The Komedia, a nice intimate venue - they don’t tour over here often, so that should be a good gig.
Rammstein last night at the Coventry Arena, just brilliant 🔥😎🔥
Leon Bridges was fantastic last night, however it was slightly marred by the crowd incessantly talking through his entire performance. Absolutely rage inducing. I can't fathom paying money for a concert just to spend the entire time talking to your friends. It also happened recently at The War On Drugs. They'd just started and 4 guys appeared next to me having full blown conversations at the tops of their voices for most of the first track.
Oh yes, massive pet hate of mine, talking at gigs. I often just tell people to shut the **** up if they are nearby. Saw a band called The Acid - very quiet emotive stuff and the whole crowd seemed to be nattering all the way through it. It's especially bizarre when it's a 1-off gig from a band that only formed for one album and will probably never tour again! I mean WTF?!
oh wow, just got a notification that Sudan Archives is playing in Brighton. Brilliant! Discovered her stuff on Bandcamp back in 2017! Recognition is slow to come, I think she was on Later with Jools last year..? But, man I'm excited to be seeing her in August!
LCD Soundsystem on Saturday night in Brixton, haven't been to the academy since NYE 93 Megadog feat. Orbital and Ozric Tentacles among others apparently, can't remember a thing about it for some reason...
Re people talking at gigs, was it my brother, if so sorry, he ruined Michael Chapman (RIP) at Greenman a couple of years ago by nattering on to a mate all the way through his set, I'd been up all night and was half asleep in a chair in the rain and he was just out of kicking distance.
The Wonder Stuff in Brum last night were awesome, played entire Never Loved Elvis, went off and came back on with all the rest!! What a night!
Mate called me on Thursday evening with a spare ticket for that gig, but I was too knackered from a brutal week at work to go.
I was dragged to see Billie Eilish by my daughter at the NIA, absolute dogshit. The sound techs need a word with themselves. Got Gerry Cinnamon to look forward in a couple of weeks at Glasgow (HWFG) though.
Currently at the shithole Facebar in Reading for The Primitives.
I only know one of their songs (no prizes for guessing which), but I've got nothing better to do of a Tuesday evening 🙂
Let me know how it is - playing local to me tomorrow and I might be tempted.
You'll know a few more I'll bet. Really Stupid, Through the Flowers, Way Behind Me......
Like boardinbob we went to see Leon Bridges but I was disappointed due to the sound quality, the Usher hall has always been good before but upstairs in the circle it was turned up so loud , the bass and the vocals were crap like cheap amp and speakers distorted sound and it wasn't just my lugs that noticed it
Might stick to the queen's hall next time
Oh yes, massive pet hate of mine, talking at gigs
We went watching First Aid Kit a few years back at the Ritz in Manchester. There’s a small area at the back of the sticky carpeted venue that is roped off as some laughable, and I presume ironic ‘VIP’ area. It was occupied by TV ‘celebrity’ chef and all round nobhead Simon Rimmer and his entourage of coked up mates.
In the middle of the set they unplugged and harmonised for a couple of gorgeous acoustic numbers and al you could hear was that gang of pricks prattling on
People were tutting and shushing them, which they ignored, then this booming Manc voice, in the most full on Wythenshawe accent you ever heard piped up with ‘OI!!! SHUT THE * UP YOU SCOUSE * OR I’LL COME OVER THERE AND I’LL *ING DO YOU!!”
They shut up, then quietly shuffled out and left
*s!!
I upset 2 blokes at Underworld doing the dubnobass tour. Yeah cos like they'll be doing loads of dubnobass tours we can all amble along to and chat away like it's the CD playing in our front rooms..! It was too quiet anyway, Underworld? Quiet? I mean come on! But these 2 knobbers talking about their new Meile washing machine and who was babysitting Tarquin. Turned to em and said will you shut the **** up. They, I think the word is bristled, for a few seconds.. then the realisation that they were a pair of middle class ****s hit them. It was a shit gig anyway.
Like boardinbob we went to see Leon Bridges but I was disappointed due to the sound quality, the Usher hall has always been good before but upstairs in the circle it was turned up so loud
Interesting. we were standing downstairs and if anything it was a bit quiet where we were, hence being able to hear all the pricks talking
Saw LCD soundsystem at Brixton academy last night.
Good gig, sound was a bit rubbish though, very top heavy
Underworld doing the dubnobass tour.
Saw them on the dubnobass tour at the Paradiso in Amsterdam....in 94 and 21 years later when they did the anniversary tour. That night in 94 was amazing. It was 30th December and we went to a rave in some gasworks on New Year's Eve. Some trip that was.
This is taken from the same venue on April of 94....
Heh, I went to see Emmy the Great at King Tuts- an acoustic-ish show. There was this one dude constantly talking to his girlfriend, I meant to say something like "scuse me mate, could you turn it down a bit, we're watching the band" but what came out of my mouth was GONNY SHUT THE * UP, *?" loud enough that Emmy heard me on stage. He sort of unfolded off the bench and turned out to be absolutely gigantic, but luckily for me he said "sorry, didn't realise" and walked off to the bar rather than picking me up and squishing me.
Thing is you can't even really have a conversation at a gig, it's too bloody loud, why would anyone ever decide that's the time for a chat? Even leaving aside it being so inconsiderate.
They were good! I enjoyed that.
You’ll know a few more I’ll bet. Really Stupid, Through the Flowers, Way Behind Me……
I only take bets I know I'll win.
Bet accepted - you owe me 10p 🤗🤗
OK, I'm in. Where do I send the 10p?
Saw LCD soundsystem at Brixton academy last night.
Good gig, sound was a bit rubbish though, very top heavy
Hopefully they will have sorted this by Saturday!
Northwind sed> Thing is you can’t even really have a conversation at a gig, it’s too bloody loud
I've had words with people trying to talk during a Meshuggah show. Just the words "What did you say?" during every sudden silence. Why would you?
Saw LCD soundsystem at Brixton academy last night.
Going this weekend, as I may have mentioned a _few_ times on this thread
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/28/lcd-soundsystem-review-o2-brixton-academy-london
looks rubbish
I’m going to eotr too. Can’t wait!
lol should do a stw eotr meetup
I've been to most Green Man festivals over the last 20 years, love the place, but must admit I'm slightly jealous of the EOTR lineup this year, might fancy a change from Wales next year.
Gig didn't happen as Johnny was stuck on a train in Milton Keynes and cancelled on us. I thing we'll be going to the rescheduled one in the future.
Well Greta Van Fleet were absolutely awesome last night.
A real change for me. After many years of going watching really chin strokey bands I heard on 6 music, it’s nice to go and watch some unapologetic, completely preposterous, totally over-the-top ROCK performed by a man wearing a gold sequinned catsuit that Freddie Mercury might have deemed a bit much. Nobody was taking themselves very seriously 😂
Saw James at Warrington Parr Hall last night, brilliant small venue and a nice mixed setlist of usual old and new but a few not heard for a long time but freshly rehearsed oldies since they are playing a 30 year anniversary replay of their Alton Towers gig at the weekend. Seb Lowe superb support.
Killers at Old Trafford were very good a couple of weeks back.
I must try to do more gigs on this side of the pennines. We had Paloma Faith at the end of our road last week, pretty bad, glad I hadn’t paid for that. Nile Rogers is coming in a few weeks, that should be good.
Got James on Saturday in Manchester. Playing a 30th anniversary of the gif I saw at Alton Towers as a teenager.
Any East Devonites or Sidmouthians....
We are playing at the Balfour Arms in Sidmouth Saturday night.
The Supermercados + support from Chasing Zeros.
Original alt rock indie fun.
Even better....it's free entry 😉
The only cover we do 😆
Won some tickets to see the Pet Shop Boys at a small gig during the lockdown years. Part of the Passport Gigs attempt to raise money for bands hit by the pandemic. Eventually it was happening last Friday but had turned from a seated table, spaced out gig to a standard mass crowd at the Electric Ballroom. Now I am a bit of a metalhead so I shouldn't have been excited by this gig, but I was. Being a child of the early 70's PSB were a bit of a soundtrack to my youth.
Family member got very ill, priorities changed, and we had to miss it. Anyone go? Was it as awesome as I am seeing on the socials? Do I want to know? Bit gutted!
So LCD Soundsystem on Saturday night, I take a pair of Alpine MusicSafe pro ear plugs with me to gigs these days in case the sound is bad and I was really glad of them, must have damaged a lot of people's hearing, I don't mean just the band and PA, but the crowd noise, the acoustics of the place just combine to create a really nasty harsh distorted toppy broken sound, with the plugs in the top end was cut just enough to make it comfortable and I could actually hear the band properly.
Who by the way were awesome, great set, particularly nice to hear New York.. live for the first time and Oh Baby, although they did play that in Manchester in 2018. Whole place was absolutely bouncing, roasting hot and sweaty, fantastic.
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Nice pic!
We went last night. They were great. Seriously good time was had. Haven't danced like that since, well, probably the last time I saw them in 2016. Great crowd, good mix of people. Even Mrs llama, not as much of a fan as me, was seriously impressed.
Annoyed that I'm not going to get to see Jonah Matranga/onelinedrawing on his UK tour this week and next but the locations and timings don't work for me sadly. Anyone near any of the gigs should go though, he's fantastic.
Got Jimmy Eat World at Brixton on Wednesday though 😁
Was supposed to be at Guns N Roses tonight in Glasgow. Except they cancelled it last night 🤦♂️
That's the 3rd time it's been cancelled/postponed. It's nice that they've been sitting with £400 of my money since 2020
I'd love to be able to go to The Orb performing U.F.Orb in Manchester but funds won't allow it
Oh wow I would too. Saw them live at the Roxy )now academy) in Sheff 92ish…
If only I wasn’t driving to Northumberland that night…
Saw the Orb at Band on the Wall a couple of years ago, two blokes looking at laptops launching Ableton clips does not make for particularly great entertainment to be honest, I'm not really sure how you would change this into something more interesting (I have the same issue with most "live" electronic artists, whose music I can enjoy (Four Tet, Caribou, Bicep etc).
Tried dancing?
Pearl jam next week in Krakow
The coral at bootleg in Blackpool tonight (indie nightclub with about 150 capacity)
Metal all-dayer at the Exchange in Bristol this Sunday. Predict sweat.
Tried dancing?
Fair point, but no one was dancing that I recall, just watching two blokes and their laptops.
Coral were excellent last night. I know some people have a downer on them, but I've liked them for a long time. Feels special to see a "big band" play such a small venue.
Rubbish photo, but gives you an idea of how "intimate"
Jesus Jones last night at Readipop last night, great fun! Then Sunscream who were excellent.
Pearl Jam and the Pixies last night. Both were excellent. Fantastic weather too which is always a bonus at an outdoor gig.
Went to Hyde park as well yesterday and for me the Pixies were the stand out. Thought they were really on form...and the weather really helped.
Pearl jam were very good and my only criticism was that they played out on Rocking in the free world which seemed odd as they have so many of their own songs to choose from yet did a cover (actually their second).
It’s a pretty regular closer for them - 3 out of the last 4 PJ gigs I’ve been to finished with it. (All along the watch tower being the other).
Working Men's Club in Brighton last night. One of these new fangled "outstore" gigs - cheap, but they only played an hour. Pretty good job really, cos I was a sweaty heap after dancing like a fool since song 1. They're actually better than the last few times I've seen them. Proper intense. Loved it.