Gigs Thread

staffsblue said:
Just been to see Blossoms at the Albert Hall as one of their run of Manchester gigs in 5 different medium size venues.
They put on a proper show & have definitely beefed up the bass since last time I saw them live.
We kept an eye out for Gary but he wasn't there!
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Saw them in the Ritz on Weds, a great live act.
 
staffsblue said:
Just been to see Blossoms at the Albert Hall as one of their run of Manchester gigs in 5 different medium size venues.
They put on a proper show & have definitely beefed up the bass since last time I saw them live.
We kept an eye out for Gary but he wasn't there!
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Sky Blue Thinking said:
Saw them in the Ritz on Weds, a great live act.
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how was the set overall? did it flow well?

I saw them a couple of summers back at Kendal Calling when they were starting to put on big shows with top end lighting and so on, it looked the part (sort of 70s meets 2020s, weirdly). But i have to say i find their overall song catalogue, away from the top 4 or 5 tunes, a little....lacking.
 
shemnel said:
how was the set overall? did it flow well?

I saw them a couple of summers back at Kendal Calling when they were starting to put on big shows with top end lighting and so on, it looked the part (sort of 70s meets 2020s, weirdly). But i have to say i find their overall song catalogue, away from the top 4 or 5 tunes, a little....lacking.
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Set was good, probably getting hard to fit stuff into 90mins or so. Venue probably helped as well, different to an outdoor gig.
 
The Stranglers at the Melkweg in Amsterdam last month.
Superb as always. That said, as the age of the audience was between 55-70, a few people collapsed due to dehydration. A few means around 20. I had to help carry a English lad, (in his 50's but fortunately 10st soaking wet, which he was), to get first aid.
Probably 1000 crammed in.
 
First time at the Aviva Factory yesterday. Longest queue I've ever had for a smaller venue. Think it delayed the band coming on as they need to get the backlog in. Then the food and bar areas equally shite. The box room the gig was in was big but one giant sweat box. They obviously know this as they were handing free water out to barricade when there was no band on. Sound and view fine mind.
But yeah, makes me appreciate going back to an O2 venue and I never thought I'd say that ,
 
On the other hand the hall at the Aviva is great.
Sound quality is superb.
I like their reasonable pricing for drinks too.
Laurie Anderson last week was amazing.
How anyone could prefer the O2 Apollo beggars belief.
 
denislawsbackheel said:
On the other hand the hall at the Aviva is great.
Sound quality is superb.
I like their reasonable pricing for drinks too.
Laurie Anderson last week was amazing.
How anyone could prefer the O2 Apollo beggars belief.
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Haven't been to the Aviva, so suppose I shouldn't comment.
But, the Apollo is an iconic venue, where we have all seen some brilliant acts and some shite as well.
It's a "rights of passage" legendary Mancunian building, admittedly in a shit area.
Perhaps we don't all want to see artists in a sterilised, soulless "studio" ?
Perhaps the new Co-op already caters for the new style of venues, albeit sitting down ?
 
Went to Vampire Weekend last night and it was superb. Better than Oasis imo. Great live music and crowd was brilliant.

Enjoy the rain in Heaton Park amongst plastic music fans if you are going to Oasis next summer.
 
Massive Attack, visually painful as they had a high tempo mk ultra style of images and words. It wasn't for me....I hated it and had to look away the whole gig.had software for 1 song that used faces of the audience front rows which was really cool.

Played lots of 100th window, which I also don't really like. 2nd half of the gig was class where they played better known classics. Great to see them.
 
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