Doves were fucking ace live. On an E and they ended with SpaceFace from their former years. Manic.
The venue and the energy from the crowd are such a big factor to how "good" a band are live. I've seen a few really good bands at big venues (arenas) and its crap even though I really like the music. There is no energy, the sound is shit and its completely disconnected.
That’s crazy. I was just googling “fuck columbus marxman” and this page came up as a top hit.Sisters of mercy were very good, it was my first contact ever with goths, interesting folk to say the least. Do you remember the other band called marxman(I think) singing fuck Columbus in straight jackets? Did that really happen as it doesn't sound right typing that out!
I was there that day, still gives me goosebumps thinking of it, you are bang on saying they was at the height of their powers, for live shows they're still the bollocks.Depeche Mode at Crystal Palace was as good as it gets. If you grew up as a fan of both City and DM in this country then this concert was on a par with QPR nearly 20 years later. DM were at the height of their powers that day and I never thought I'd get to see them in a stadium in this country with the negative press that made the sheep follow the musical equivalent of the rags. It gave me hope that one day City could rise like DM did and the Keegan years were almost our Violator but May 2012 was definitely another Crystal Palace.
as a solo Miles Kennedy was stunning, this was him at Gorilla in Manchester didn't get to see him on this one but did get to see it over in Liverpool at a slightly bigger venue.