LCD Soundsystem at Brixton on Saturday night, absolutely superb. Probably the 10th time I’ve seen them now but the first at Brixton, just so bloody good. What a band.
Guns N Roses at the Tottenham stadium this evening. Was good fun, even if Axl's voice was in a spot of bother, played most the the hits that he could handle!
Friday night Axl's voice was probably OK but the sound of everything else was atrocious. The worst live sound I've experienced in 5 decades attending gigs. Axl stopped things twice in response to comments he was getting from bods down the front. That resulted in Slash's guitar getting much louder but nothing else improved. Stadium opened over an hour late - no communication, no explanations. First support, Michael Monroe, was cut with no announcement. Second support, Gary Clark Jnr, was appreciably louder than G'n'R, his sound wasn't great but much less bad than G'n'R's G'n'R started an hour later than advertised. Bars advertised closing time of 10:30pm all were shut by 9:30pm G'n'R did nearly 2 hours up to the encore - we bailed then in favour of dodging the queues for public transport, there was no point sticking around to hear something like Paradise City. First time I've left a gig early just to make the journey home easier. £145 tickets and many people paid an awful lot more than that for a total effing shambles Anybody else been to spurs new gaff for a gig? Is it an echo chamber or was G'n'R sound uniquely terrible?
Guns N Roses at the Tottenham stadium this evening. Was good fun, even if Axl's voice was in a spot of bother, played most the the hits that he could handle!
Friday night Axl's voice was probably OK but the sound of everything else was atrocious. The worst live sound I've experienced in 5 decades attending gigs. Axl stopped things twice in response to comments he was getting from bods down the front. That resulted in Slash's guitar getting much louder but nothing else improved. Stadium opened over an hour late - no communication, no explanations. First support, Michael Monroe, was cut with no announcement. Second support, Gary Clark Jnr, was appreciably louder than G'n'R, his sound wasn't great but much less bad than G'n'R's G'n'R started an hour later than advertised. Bars advertised closing time of 10:30pm all were shut by 9:30pm G'n'R did nearly 2 hours up to the encore - we bailed then in favour of dodging the queues for public transport, there was no point sticking around to hear something like Paradise City. First time I've left a gig early just to make the journey home easier. £145 tickets and many people paid an awful lot more than that for a total effing shambles Anybody else been to spurs new gaff for a gig? Is it an echo chamber or was G'n'R sound uniquely terrible?
Sounds like I was the only person to enjoy it!
Think it was the first gig there, so need to sort the sound and logistics out. Remember seeing rolling stones in the Olympic stadium, part of a two day set, and the sound was apparently crap on the first day, but better when we were there day 2. Maybe the moral is to not go to a stadium for their first gig!
Another fabulous show from RD tonight, his voice is as strong as I’ve ever heard it live. Bumped into @Solidgone at the end of the night, sounds like he made good use of the bar in the lounge his mates had booked for his birthday!
Daltrey’s singing was excellent and very impressed with the band. A great show! I was treated to the Exclusive lounge where the champagne flowed and flowed. It was great to bump into @Davemehmet but a shame we couldn’t meet up beforehand for a beer.
Went and saw The Human League in Southend on Saturday. They were superb, but the support wasn't up to much. The Rochester date had Blancmange and Altered Image as the support acts, whilst Southend got DJ sets from Martin Kemp and Rusty Egan and the only support band was China Crisis (who!?! even after having now seen them live I would still ask the same question, their biggest "hit" got to number 9 in the early 80s, they had a grand total of 3 visits to the top 20)
Still, worth the entrance fee alone for Human League, great live show and Phil's voice hasn't changed one bit since 1982 (40th anniversary of their album Dare this year)
Sam fender Friday (not with kids), George Ezra Sunday (with kids). Quite well run sites (despite what was noted at wireless the weekend before) and decent sound. Fender was much better than I had seen on TV (engaging with the crowd more). Ezra writes good pop songs and is engaging (if repetitive in his stories and on stage patter). Would go again.
Saw Kokomo at the Half Moon, Putney, a few weeks back. That’s the third time I’ve seen them there. Excellent night. Tony O’Malley, Frank Collins, Mel Collins (Ex King Crimson etc), Jim Mullen all still playing with the band.
Halestorm, Pretty Reckless and Lilith Czar at one of my favorite summer venues, a large permanent tent like structure right on the Boston waterfront. It’s about 33c, but as we’re on the ocean there’s a nice breeze.
The Jam/Style Council exhibition was great. Probably not worth going all the way down there just to see that, we were only there for an hour and a half and took our time.
I took the wife to see Abba Voyage tonight. I'm not a fan, but appreciate their talent & quite like them on the radio. I wouldn't recommend a load of blokes going, but if you're going in a group including females or taking your better half I thoroughly recommend. A unique & unforgettable night. 9/10.
One of the members (Sam) of the band Dutch Criminal Record is a lifelong Charlton fan who always goes to The Valley, they headline a 500 capacity venue in Camden, London (PowerHaus formerly known as Dingwalls) in March. They’re really good. I highly recommend you guys check them out and get a ticket to support one of our own.
Went to The Damned reunion gig at Hammersmith on Friday. Not great as the sound was poor, the band showed little on stage charisma, and the set list wasn't the best. Wouldn't be surprised if guitarist, Brian James, doesn't make it to the end of the tour. Skids were great though, sung my heart out to Into The Valley.
Took herself to the O2 last night to see the Kaiser Chiefs. They normally put on a good show, but Ricky was wasted and it was awful. The Sherlocks & The Fratellis were very good.
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Stadium opened over an hour late - no communication, no explanations.
First support, Michael Monroe, was cut with no announcement.
Second support, Gary Clark Jnr, was appreciably louder than G'n'R, his sound wasn't great but much less bad than G'n'R's
G'n'R started an hour later than advertised.
Bars advertised closing time of 10:30pm all were shut by 9:30pm
G'n'R did nearly 2 hours up to the encore - we bailed then in favour of dodging the queues for public transport, there was no point sticking around to hear something like Paradise City.
First time I've left a gig early just to make the journey home easier.
£145 tickets and many people paid an awful lot more than that for a total effing shambles
Anybody else been to spurs new gaff for a gig? Is it an echo chamber or was G'n'R sound uniquely terrible?
It's a tradition for them at this point. I remember seeing them at Reading Festival way back when and they were 90 minutes late and awful.
Think it was the first gig there, so need to sort the sound and logistics out. Remember seeing rolling stones in the Olympic stadium, part of a two day set, and the sound was apparently crap on the first day, but better when we were there day 2. Maybe the moral is to not go to a stadium for their first gig!
Was there for the Saturday gig - weather was brilliant, Johnny Marr was a cracking support and Pearl Jam played an absolutely blinding set too.
Still, worth the entrance fee alone for Human League, great live show and Phil's voice hasn't changed one bit since 1982 (40th anniversary of their album Dare this year)
Skids were great though, sung my heart out to Into The Valley.