May 8th: Bo Ningen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fimXT68YI4E)I've failed to see Bo Ningen on a couple of occasions and what's this I see? I'm in Glasgow next week and they're playing there the week after!
Awesome noisy psych Japanese group who get lost in forests of fuzz. First saw them freaking out supporting my favourite recent(ish) group Chrome Hoof - love them to pieces.
May 28th: Swans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs6m9HeWXck)I've been to the last couple of Swans tours and it's an exhilirating proposition. It's not just played louder, they really are setting out to create something which uses the acoustic properties and physical pressure of intense volume as an intrinsic part of the music. Sounds wanky; feels amazing.
I'm a newbie to Swans but I was hugely taken with their ridiculously diverse recent album The Seer - anything that noisy n' bewildering is right up my alley. Live they look hugely intense also - so again - probably not within the O-price bracket but likely an unforgettable experience.
I saw Bo Ningen supporting the Cult last year. Simply crazy bandMay 8th: Bo Ningen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fimXT68YI4E)I've failed to see Bo Ningen on a couple of occasions and what's this I see? I'm in Glasgow next week and they're playing there the week after!
Awesome noisy psych Japanese group who get lost in forests of fuzz. First saw them freaking out supporting my favourite recent(ish) group Chrome Hoof - love them to pieces.
Does anyone here have the recent first hand experience to tell me whether Bruce Dickinson has still got the vocal dexterity he once possessed?
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - BLUES EXPLOSION! BLUES EXPLOSION! BLUES EXPLOSION! YYEEEEEAAAH! THAHNYUVERRMUCH! One of my favourite bands of all time and I've seen them about 7 times over the years. They're probably the best live band I've seen for energy and pure rock and roll.
On Wednesday I will be seeing the always awesome, Clutch. :-)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - BLUES EXPLOSION! BLUES EXPLOSION! BLUES EXPLOSION! YYEEEEEAAAH! THAHNYUVERRMUCH! One of my favourite bands of all time and I've seen them about 7 times over the years. They're probably the best live band I've seen for energy and pure rock and roll.
One of the most terrifying nights of my life was spend trying to get to a JSB Explosion gig. Long story short me and four friends travelling over Snake Pass between Sheffield and Manchester in some hammering rain in a car with no windscreen wipes.
When we eventually got to the venue we reckoned we catch the encore to be told it was finished as they'd started a bit early. WHO THE HELL HAS HEARD OF A ROCK AND ROLL BAND STARTING EARLY!
White Denim - One of the best new bands of recent years touring their latest album Corsicana Lemonade. Slurp! Now for lovely musicianship!Decent band. I went to one of their gigs a couple of years ago.
CFM - I LOVE Gong. Love, love, love them. I'm gutted that I missed the recent reunion tour with Steve Hillage. Which line-up will be playing at the gig you're off to?
Bad news Colin. I don't want to rub it in but you probably missed a blinder of a gig.
Very excited for the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in Belfast this year.
I'm going to see De La Soul and MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS!
May 22nd: Electric Eel Shock (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlu4g1DKUeo)
Cult noisy metallic punk hard rock trio whose pronunciation is as loose as their energetic performances. Tickets for this are only £8 so this seems more in my range! :D
Black Sabbath, Faith No More and Soundgarden at Hyde Park on July 4th!
Can't wait! :)
Just announced (or recently anyway) Orange Goblin are around at the end of October :D
Fields of The Nephilim, December 6th, Shepherds Bush Empire. :D
Fields of The Nephilim, December 6th, Shepherds Bush Empire. :D
Just clocked that one myself. Assembling a posse and making plans right now… :-)
Cheers
Jim
I'm off to see an all dayer headed by Iron Maiden this June. The main draw was my faves Opeth, who are relegated to third position before a band I've never heard of called Alter Bridge.
I know next to nothing about the Irons' music bar the songs most people know but I guess these are the ones they'll play since they're the most popular. I hoping they'll have the stageshow and enormous Eddie puppet they had in their heyday.
Does anyone here have the recent first hand experience to tell me whether Bruce Dickinson has still got the vocal dexterity he once possessed?
After that, in July, Echo and the Bunnymen will be playing a free gig where I live. Here is another legendary band from the 80s of which I know only one original song, Killing Moon, and their contribution to the Lost Boys OST, People Are Strange. But it's free, so it be be remiss not to go.
Is that the Sonisphere gig ThirdEstateNed? I wanted to go to that but it didn't work out.
Maiden, Slayer, Ghost and The Prodigy...something for everyone
Da Bunnymen are quite brilliant live. You are in for a treat sir.
off to Wreckless Eric tonight :D
Nice one. I was at work late last night and almost couldn't be arsed getting the train to see EMA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLHAe46_1Uk). Glad I dragged myself through as it was a good gig in a really smart little place.off to Wreckless Eric tonight :Dand got a free Kid Congo gig thrown in!
Jesus and Mary Chain at Barrowlands in November! Probably 25 years since I last saw them live. I shall try lick one of them.Careful you don't drop your falsers.
I suppose this thread is only for music?
Sweet Baboo be very good.Yes. And Dean Wareham. And The Just Joans..
Sweet Baboo be very good.Yes. And Dean Wareham. And The Just Joans..
Dean Wareham was the frontman of Galaxie 500 and Luna. The Just Joans are my mates, so might want to take that recommendation with a pinch of salt.Don't know um will check um out though.Sweet Baboo be very good.Yes. And Dean Wareham. And The Just Joans..
first time I saw Fuck Buttons was supporting Mogwai at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh a few years ago and I initially assumed they were a similarly instrumented guitar band: I still think that Bright Tomorrow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMRhTMLHBLU) is the closest anyone's ever got to expressing the mix of drum machines and noise in my heart; Mogwai are Mogwai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSR2dC6fOLQ).
Jealous of your Soundgarden opportunity, isn't that the same bill as Faith No More? Amazing.
Jealous of your Soundgarden opportunity, isn't that the same bill as Faith No More? Amazing.
No, they were just doing the one date in Verona with Wolfmother. They were brilliant but I was disappointed to find out today the drummer wasn't actually Matt Cameron but a stand-in (I couldn't see him from where I was standing). It's my problem I guess because the drumming that night was excellent but it doesn't feel like I've seen the full group because Matt's sound is so integral to the songwriting.
Another reason to dislike Pearl Jam, since he was doing promo activities for them.
NEIL YOUNG in Liverpool on Sunday... (sorry went a bit Suzanne Vega there...)
NEIL YOUNG! and CRAZY HORSE! It's all one song!
Brudenell Social Club in Leeds
should be a rather pleasant night at work :D
was at these chaps rather excellent gig on Tuesday:
http://www.vintagetrouble.com/ (http://www.vintagetrouble.com/)
highly recommended.
Hoping to slide off and see Geno Washington in the Speigeltent over the summer, those of us who were at HiEx 2010 might remember our night with him :D
HAWKWIND are appearing at 'Exeter Corn Exchange' on the 26/09/14.
http://apps.exeter.gov.uk/dnRSS/ShowMediaReleases.aspx?ID=1679
Cheers
In upcoming gig news, it's taken him very nearly a year but Billy Bragg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgwU4zCEJtY) is finally coming to just over the border in Germany in July.Billy Bragg was as great live as ever. He managed to speak slowly enough to get his political points across but lost most of the crowd during a hilarious diversion about Kraftwerk being the spiritual heirs of Woody Guthrie.
Hopefully some raucous fun at Cloud Nothings next Friday, Richie Hawtin in three weeks and possibly Dillinger Escape Plan too.
Should come as a surprise to no one that I'm off to see the Fields of the Nephilim at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on Saturday…
Cheers
Jim
Just to report that the Fields of the Nephilim were in fine form on Saturday night......
So, it's a New Year with plenty of new gigs to enjoy. What's coming up for you?
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Off to see the Growlers at the Roadhouse in Manchester next month.And which band is going to be on while you're 'seeing the growlers' ;-)
Just to report that the Fields of the Nephilim were in fine form on Saturday night......
Indeed they were. It was an excellent gig.
Much better than when I last saw them in 2007. For some reason that show, at the London Astoria I believe, didn't quite grab me. They sounded much more like the Neph this time.
I'd still love to see the original lineup but Saturday night was marvellous and it restored my faith in Nephilim gigs once again.
Magnificent.
Just 2 Anathema gigs lined up so far - first in March @ Winchester Cathedral, doing an 2 hour acoustic set and looking forward to that. Second in April, up in London, and that's going to be a doozy - will be covering all their musical output back to their death/doom origins and will have guest appearances from ex-members of the band.
So, to try and makes things a bit more definite, I bought tickets to see Bjork in New York at Easter. Quite interested in any other potential rhyming gigs: U2 at the zoo, AC/DC at the bottom of the sea, that sort of thing.Hilariously, this gig was cancelled.
Last week me and a mate went to see Twilight Sad. Arrived around 9:15, saw two and a half songs, then they finished and I've just realised I'm missing A Place to Bury Strangers tonight as well. Gah!
That sounds like a ridiculously early start! Been stung by that sort of thing occasionally, 9pm is usually the optimal arrival time if I want to skip the support bands but once in a while they'll catch you out.Yeah. 9pm is always my strategy as well, unless they actually tell you it's an early start. I do have one mate who always insists on being there at starting time. I genuinely believe he's seen every band on every bill at every gig he's been to since he was 14.
I was aware that Dylan is always on stage early and never has a support these days. He played the SECC a few years ago with a 7:30 doors open time on the ticket. We got there around ten to eight to be told we'd already missed five songs.
Being an optimistic sort, I'm now planning to see Bjork at Spandau Citadel in Berlin. Bit disappointed it's not the prison, but you can't have everything.... tickets to see Bjork in New York at Easter ...Hilariously, this gig was cancelled.
Got a few June gigs to go to... Mogwai (twice)I would exhort you to ignore the recently discussed 9pm arrivals policy and make sure you get to the Barrowlands in time to see Prolapse. Not sure exactly how it'll translate to a bigger venue but their gig last Friday was fantastic. Still got the same bile and stage presence as before but with an added tight, buzzing edge to the sound.
Got a few June gigs to go to... Mogwai (twice)I would exhort you to ignore the recently discussed 9pm arrivals policy and make sure you get to the Barrowlands in time to see Prolapse. Not sure exactly how it'll translate to a bigger venue but their gig last Friday was fantastic. Still got the same bile and stage presence as before but with an added tight, buzzing edge to the sound.
really looking forward to halfman half biscuit next week in bury st Edmonds .
It's 2015 is turning into the Charge of the Old Farts' Brigade, with gigs by the Sisters of Mercy, New Model Army and the Fields of the Nephilim all happening towards the back end of the year.
Cheers
Jim
Do the Neph still chuck bags of self raising over them before a gig?
Not sure what Indie tracks is, but Tramlines this great festival that takes over most of Sheffield. Been running a good few years now, back in the day it was free too!It's a festival of the tweeest indiepop imaginable (http://www.indietracks.co.uk/) which takes place in railway museum near Derby so you can go on a steam train ride if you get fed up with all the floppy-fringed feyness. I just thought the names were quite similar.
Was this festival somehow linked to Sarah Records or something (after the fact of course)? That rings a bell.Don't know if there's a specific connection but that's exactly the sort of thing you'll get there.
Tension growing here as there are only 9 days left for Bjork to cancel her Berlin gig. Might see Bonnie Prince Billy on Monday night if I manage to catch up with some life admin over the weekend.Wasn't bad. He seems to be touring with one of those old-fashioned, American country rock type outfits. I kept expecting them to burst into a version of The Weight.
Tension growing here as there are only 9 days left for Bjork to cancel her Berlin gig.As I'm sure everyone's been dying to know, this was an absolutely stunning evening. If there's something more intense than the live version of Black Lake, I'm not sure I could handle it.
Good to hear De La are taking over from Da Wu. Always thought they made a better stab live as well... oh so actually not glad as I'm not going - damnit!
Besides myself, I predict NapalmKev will be attending his nearest venue for this one.(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i160/ThirdEstateNed/napalm-death-deathcrusher-tour_zpsmwytgfmw.jpg)
a-ha are back together and on tour.My mate posted this on FB and I knew you'd be as happy as he was.
Besides myself, I predict NapalmKev will be attending his nearest venue for this one.(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i160/ThirdEstateNed/napalm-death-deathcrusher-tour_zpsmwytgfmw.jpg)
Going to see The Hothouse Flowers at the Barras
Ha ha have you seen them before?
I'll be at the London date on the farewell tour from Devilish Presley on Saturday at the Pipeline (East of Liverpool Street). They'll be supported by Global Noise Attack, The Underruners and The Court of Sybaris.
Unexpectedly saw Acid Mothers Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H2Qk9KyhY4) at very short notice last week. In a ramshackle concrete shed on an industrial estate under a railway bridge in the shadow of a football ground. I've seen them a few times before, but this was an absolute corker.
I Saw bon jovi last month at the F1 in Singapore,
they where CRAP!!!!!
forgot the basic rules of this stage of a large career over prolonged period of time.
SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS.
90 minute set, 6 of their high selling hits, and the rest the new album, giutar solos, and nonsense,
very disappointing.
BUT ELTON JOHN is in town December 1st so its a great day of the board advent calendar and great showmanship for me that day. (seen him several times always good)
Holy fucking shit! Check out the Download 2016 line up, Rammstein plus Motorhead on Friday, Black Sabbath plus Megadeath on Saturday, and Iron Maiden plus Nightwish on Sunday!In contrast there is literally nothing on the Download bill for me this year. Thoroughly disappointed
Add to that some fudging lovely supporting gigs and i'm down like a crazed fanboy for the whole weekend. Bloody lovely. :D
jUst done something very impulsive and bought two tickets to see Neil Young in Leeds without knowing if I can make the date, or who, if anyone will come with me cos I've never seen Neil Young and he's one of three acts that's the case for that I really want to see and I'm not sure how many more chances I'll get and I always seem to miss out on tickets when I try to organise before buying!
Its quite exhilerating and potentially very daft!
jUst done something very impulsive and bought two tickets to see Neil Young in Leeds without knowing if I can make the date, or who, if anyone will come with me cos I've never seen Neil Young and he's one of three acts that's the case for that I really want to see and I'm not sure how many more chances I'll get and I always seem to miss out on tickets when I try to organise before buying!So who are the other two? And who's he touring with? I'm sure it will be a grand day out regardless but I saw him with Crazy Horse a couple of years ago and there were quite a few people in the crowd clearly bemused at the lack of gentle Harvest Moon type stuff.
Its quite exhilerating and potentially very daft!
jUst done something very impulsive and bought two tickets to see Neil Young in Leeds without knowing if I can make the date, or who, if anyone will come with me cos I've never seen Neil Young and he's one of three acts that's the case for that I really want to see and I'm not sure how many more chances I'll get and I always seem to miss out on tickets when I try to organise before buying!
Its quite exhilerating and potentially very daft!
So who are the other two? And who's he touring with? I'm sure it will be a grand day out regardless but I saw him with Crazy Horse a couple of years ago and there were quite a few people in the crowd clearly bemused at the lack of gentle Harvest Moon type stuff.
then PJ Harvey and Patti Smith on Wednesday.
Blimey!
then PJ Harvey and Patti Smith on Wednesday.
Blimey!
Blimey indeed - that's a great double bill. Never seen PJ Harvey, but I saw Patti Smith a couple of years ago and she was fanatastic
But I now have tickets for Fields Of The Nephilim at London Forum on June 20th. :D
Going to Blue Dot festival at Jodrell Bank in a couple of weeks, featuring amongst others Beth Orton and Jean Michel Jarre, along with lots of science-geek stuffRead about this a couple of weeks ago as one of my favourite bands - 65daysofstatic - are playing it. Sounds like a really interesting weekend. Think I'd definitely go if I lived nearby.
Just been looking at festival website and there's alaso a set by DJ Thundermuscle (AKA Steve "interesting" Davis :o)I find the fact that Steve Davis is mad into obscure Prog rock and techno (http://www.factmag.com/2016/04/15/steve-davis-snookerstar-dj-bbc-documentary-bloc-2016/) massively endearing.
Not sure what to expect, think it just means you get some signed merch and get to awkwardly say hello to him and then pose for an awkward photo with him and then spend the rest of your life reflecting on how awkward it was (this is me we're talking about, for others awkwardness levels may vary or be non-existant).
Didn't really have them pegged as the type who'd go for that "play an old album" nostalgia market, but still delighted to see that Boris (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CjsaFBQA1Q) will be stopping nearby at the start of December. I think at least one other boarder might be interested in the details (http://www.borisheavyrocks.com/top.html).
Iron Maiden have just announced tour dates in the UK for next year. Cardiff Motorpoint, here I come!! On sale 30/09/16.
Couldn't get tickets to see Bjork at the Albert Hall during the week but seeing her tomorrow at the Apollo in Hammersmith. No idea what the venue is like but excited all the same.
Didn't really have them pegged as the type who'd go for that "play an old album" nostalgia market, but still delighted to see that Boris (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CjsaFBQA1Q) will be stopping nearby at the start of December. I think at least one other boarder might be interested in the details (http://www.borisheavyrocks.com/top.html).
Just got my tickets for Iron Maiden in Dublin next year. Can't wait.
Was there seven years ago to see them, and if it is half as good as that concert was, i'm in for an absolute treat.
Just got my tickets for Iron Maiden in Dublin next year. Can't wait.
Was there seven years ago to see them, and if it is half as good as that concert was, i'm in for an absolute treat.
Amazing band, hoping to get tickets for London 02!
Just got my tickets for Iron Maiden in Dublin next year. Can't wait.
Was there seven years ago to see them, and if it is half as good as that concert was, i'm in for an absolute treat.
Amazing band, hoping to get tickets for London 02!
Good luck, fella. I'll keep the fingers crossed for you.
I'm a club member, so luckily i get a chance to get the tickets on pre-sale.
Just got my tickets for Iron Maiden in Dublin next year. Can't wait.
Was there seven years ago to see them, and if it is half as good as that concert was, i'm in for an absolute treat.
Indeed, fella!
Me and three mates are off to have a great night, and, as you say, i've never seen them give anything less than their all! Brilliant band.
Amazing band, hoping to get tickets for London 02!
Good luck, fella. I'll keep the fingers crossed for you.
I'm a club member, so luckily i get a chance to get the tickets on pre-sale.
Well done Rately, I wondered how you got them so early! :)
Some of my fondest gig memories have been of seeing Maiden, I've never seen them give less than 100%!
Great to connect with another fan!
Up the Irons! ;)
Amazing band, hoping to get tickets for London 02!
Got my Iron Maiden ticket for London. :-)
Got my Iron Maiden ticket for London. :-)
Off to see the evergreen Paul Simon this weekend. He says he's going to try and retire from music just to see what it's like after this tour and album, Stranger to Stranger.
Which is excellent by the way, some great songs on the record and a return to form for him after some patchy years.
I don't think he will be able to give it up, music, rythm and wordery are in his blood and he still sings and performs to a very high standard... those small fingers will get far too itchy...
I'm worried that'll be a problem, or that asking for a personalized 'To...' autograph might even be frowned upon and he'll say no.
I'm worried that'll be a problem, or that asking for a personalized 'To...' autograph might even be frowned upon and he'll say no.
It's usually the other way round - nowadays a lot of people will refuse to sign anything UNLESS it's personalised, to avoid chancers who are just going to stick it straight on eBay
Tonight at the Concorde2, Brighton I will be seeing New Model Army. :)
I'm off to see Teenage Fanclub tonight, I've not seen the fannies for years! :)
Nice one, I never did go and see NMA - hope you survived!
I'm off to see Teenage Fanclub tonight, I've not seen the fannies for years! :)
Wow yeah have to be honest didn't even know the Fannies were still going, or had got back together, whichever.
Used to love my Fannies/Tank Girl t-shirt.
The Flaming Lips this weekend. 1st experience of those crazy guys & looking forward to seeing what it's all about! :)
King's X, my favourite band, play the UK in June. :D
http://www.kingsxrocks.com
Anthrax in London tomorrow night. :D
Good man! I've been a fan for many years but never seen them live
The Flaming Lips might not be the best gig I've been to but probably was the funnest. Leave your brain at the door and enjoy!
Out of interest where did you see the Flips Jacqusie? I keep forgetting you live in the world's finest (steel) city. So figure it was near by?
Got a few things on the way to look forward to! Currently sitting on tickets for Depeche Mode (at the Barras no less!!!)Some really cool stuff on in Glasgow next weekend. I'm not a huge Mode fan but that should be great.
Currently sitting on tickets for Depeche Mode (at the Barras no less!!!),
There are possibly more that I'm forgetting, but it's looking like a good few months of gigs.
Really looking forward to Elvis Costello at Sheffield City Hall tomorrow, never seen him before after missing his gigs so many times & finally I'm thrilled to be going. :)
Really looking forward to Elvis Costello at Sheffield City Hall tomorrow, never seen him before after missing his gigs so many times & finally I'm thrilled to be going. :)
Shows how out of touch I am. Didn't realise Elvis Costello was playing City Hall. Never seen him and would love to!
Got a few things on the way to look forward to! Currently sitting on tickets for Depeche Mode (at the Barras no less!!!)
and John Cale later in the year.
Sigur Ros in July. Haven't been this excited for a gig since Portishead
Green Day and many many more at Hyde Park (My "sort of grandson"s" first gig).
WeddingPresent playing George Best! Glasgow!
I'm off to see Depeche Mode on 3rd June, been a fan since the late 80's and their new album goes some way to recapture the level they were hitting in the mid 90's.
Be interested if there are any other DM fans on here, I get the impression there's a lot of metalheads! :)
I went to see Swans yesterday. It was the loudest, most musically intense thing I've ever experienced. Frontman Michael Gira was an apocalyptic shaman, both summoning up and surrendering himself to the titanic noiseforce he'd invoked. They played five songs in two and a half hours - the first one lasted fifty minutes. Afterwards, as I staggered out the door, I heard a fellow gig-goer falteringly exclaim "That was like.. therapy." He was right. Transcendental.
That sounds amazing, they are playing Sheffield tonight and I've been umming and aahhing about going. It's just one gig too many unfortunately and my dosh have been spent on The National Tickets instead.
Glad you had a great gig and if this is really the last tour, then it's a keeper!
That sounds amazing, they are playing Sheffield tonight and I've been umming and aahhing about going. It's just one gig too many unfortunately and my dosh have been spent on The National Tickets instead.
Glad you had a great gig and if this is really the last tour, then it's a keeper!
Anyone with any interest in any kind of intense or extreme music has to witness Swans live at least once. I've never been so aware of sound as a physical force. (My ears are still a bit funny, two days later.)
I'll have to make do with the Swans live session on 6 Music and instead look forward to the Radiohead & Nick Cave gigs lined up over the summer.
And your Joy Division oven glove.
Lowtide - Sheffield Greystones
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Suzanne Vega - Manchester Bridgewater Hall (wonderful as always)
[On the way to Shellac my good friend Jeff
In Tenerife for the week (have photographed some fish) and Kristin Hersh is playing a free gig tonight!
In Tenerife for the week (have photographed some fish) and Kristin Hersh is playing a free gig tonight!
...although Belly are coming back to UK in the summer.
...although Belly are coming back to UK in the summer.
While they are no Muses I did adore Belly (and yes Tanya) back in the day and so I'll be there. Your in Sheffield aren't you Jacquise are you going to The Leadmill to see them. Me and some friends have our tickets already.
Got my tickets for Urban Voodoo Machine at...The Voodoo Rooms on Friday 13th, what could possibly go wrong?
Cool yeah I'll try to give you a clue as to who I am...
Just got my ticket for Courtney Barnett at Manchester Academy in June.
Belly - at the leadmill in Sheff, what did you think Colin?
The Rolling Stones - amazing from Mick and the lads, so glad I finally got to see them
... Eels
a friend asked if i wanted to go to this - I'd love to see the Stones live once before I die but tickets were a bit rich for me.
On my way home from a PiL gig. My word, they're actually whole lot better than I'd expected - even the fat, ageing Lydon is an utterly unique singer and performer.
a friend asked if i wanted to go to this - I'd love to see the Stones live once before I die but tickets were a bit rich for me.
They're getting on a bit - much bigger risk is to get to see them before they die...
Having missed the last two end-of-year-ish Fields of the Nephilim London gigs*, I was determined to make the Halloween show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, and I’m glad I did, because they were really good. I’ve been going to Fields gigs since 1988, and I’ve never heard them sound better.I saw the gig the Astoria gig they did in 2007 (didn't realise it was that long ago!) and again a year later at M'era Luna (huge goth festival in Hildesheim, Germany, for those who haven't heard of it) - the M'era Luna one was far greater - presumably intentionally they sang Dawnrazor as the sun went down...
*Couldn’t make the timing work last year, and the ceiling fell in at the Empire the year before forcing the gig to change venue and date to one I couldn’t make.
I'm going for another fix of David Byrne in Manchester on Friday - this tour is such a brilliant concept and works really well.Have heard nothing but incredibly OTT hyperbole about these shows but have not been able to get to one . Perfect example: we're in Amsterdam this weekend. When we arranged it we decided the Sunday evening flight home was better than the combination of another night in the hotel and a 6am start on Monday. Then checked what gigs were on that weekend and it's Big Dave on Sunday night and Lykke Li on Monday.
Who knows when we might see him again on these shores, so it's defo worth another gander... :)
Sorry you missed out, something tells me that it won't be the last time that DB does something like this, he seems so happy to be making music with his band and performing.
I'm off to see those aging rockers Magnum taking my big sis to a gig next weekend. I never got to see them in their pomp, but as they are getting on a bit I thought I'd go and join the sweaty hairy mob & I think I've got an old Marillion T-shirt somewhere...
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing, tonight at the Black Heart, Camden
TMTWNBBFN 10th Anniversary Show EXTRA DATE
The Black Heart, Camden, London. Friday, 19 Apr 2019
Additional show, I think tickets are still available (https://www.seetickets.com/event/tmtwnbbfn-10th-anniversary-show-extra-date/the-black-heart/1290692).
Off to see Thee Oh Sees tonight. They've kinda passed me by but lots of friends rave about them
Quick listen on Spotify over the last couple of days and I can kinda see why. Looking forward to this now...
The fabulous Belle and Sebastian thing are back on tour for me on 2nd July, but a first time seeing them in Sheffield and The Leadmill no less... :thumbsup:
Hawk - think Baby Metal were at BST last weekend - sure I remember Dan getting enthused about seeing them.
The fabulous Belle and Sebastian thing are back on tour for me on 2nd July, but a first time seeing them in Sheffield and The Leadmill no less... :thumbsup:
Last time I was at the Leadmill, the amazing Sultans of Ping were playing. Wait a minute, where’s me jumper?
Good times!
I have tickets for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for next year; I’ve been waiting for this for 20 odd years...
Its RIDE in a few weeks back in Sheffield and its 27 years since I first saw them, and I'm starting to feel distinctly old!
Its RIDE in a few weeks back in Sheffield and its 27 years since I first saw them, and I'm starting to feel distinctly old!Blimey. Pretty sure the first time I saw them was at The Venue in Edinburgh in 1989 or 1990, but I've not bothered with the reunion.
Yesterday was a bad day as it was BUT to add to that I should have been in Leeds watching Shellac ... alas its didn't get written on the calendar I forgot the date and said there was nothing on when Mrs T booked a pass to go out with work... so alas instead of being 'comforted' by Steve Albino and co I was sat at home watching a documentary about Country Music... sigh...Ooft.
I see Fish has cancelled his current Uk tour after 1 day.
I see your Editors and BBC... and raise you Mr John Shuttleworth.
This week in Glasgow and at time-of-writing, apparently, ON.
But watch this space.