2,060 posts
|
Post by Marwood on Nov 22, 2019 19:25:28 GMT
Last one I went to was Paddy Considine and Riding The Low at Oslo in Hackney on Halloween, over the next couple of weeks I’m seeing Iggy Pop, The Twilight Sad, Nitzer Ebb and Primal Scream at various places around London: I tend to veer between going to concerts and going to the theatre but unfortunately there’s been nothing of interest to me showing at any theatre recently (and its looking like it will stay that way well into 2020) Iggy last night was excellent- when I saw on the Barbican website that the show time was going to be 80 minutes with no interval I thought it was just going to be the new album and that would be our lot (it was playing as part of the London Jazz Festival) and the first 40 minutes or so were indeed stuff from that album, but we then got to hear (amongst others) Sister Midnight, Mass Production and Nightclubbing, all awesome (and having seen him dance to these, I will never again be embarrassed by my dancing at a concert or club 😝) |
|
|
|
Post by FrontrowverPaul on Nov 23, 2019 3:04:50 GMT
The wonderful Wurzels at Swindon tonight. three of them are over 75 but they put on a great show every time.
|
|
70 posts
|
Post by alexandraastrid79 on Dec 1, 2019 20:24:10 GMT
Down for John Barrowman in oxford all being well in a couple of weeks!
|
|
156 posts
|
Post by meister on Dec 1, 2019 20:56:44 GMT
Elton John at Hove back in June. Amazing concert with Taron Egerton appearing at the end!
|
|
|
|
Post by catcat100 on Dec 4, 2019 0:05:14 GMT
Fat White Family in Hackney tonight go into my top gigs ever.
Any band which throws a gallon of milk over the audience in their last song and has a baseline chunky enough to vibrate your nose hair is fine by me.
|
|
|
|
Post by Bickers on Dec 4, 2019 10:00:14 GMT
I did the 'classic lesbian triple' this year, Melissa Etheridge, k.d. land, and The Indigo Girls.
2nd time seeing Melissa and she was incredible, such a stage presence and the venue of Birmingham Town Hall was excellent.
k.d. lang was in fabulous voice and wonderfully charismatic. As with Melissa's show, I like the 'classic album played in full' concerts, and the extra songs at the end were an added plus.
I'm a huge Indigo Girls fan, it was my 12th time seeing them, so I always know I'm going to have a great time. I hate the Shepherd's Bush Empire though, and the O2 priority entrance thing in general. I had a dreadful view, mostly of people's heads, but still loved the show and as long as they keep touring the UK I'll continue to see them. Had the added bonus of bumping into a couple of friends at the gig too, so that was nice.
As for best gigs ever? Even though I'm not a massive fan, thanks to my beloved who is, I got to see Kate Bush's Before The Dawn concerts which was incredible. Almost more theatre than a gig anyway.
The Urban Voodoo Machine are one of the best live acts in Britain today, with their own brand of "bourbon soaked gypsy blues bop 'n' stroll". I've seen them a couple of times, but the best show was back in 2013, incredibly emotional as the night before the gig one of band members died of an overdose. Not a happy gig but such a passionate tribute to one of their fallen brothers, the energy that came across from them was so strong. Also a really friendly bunch, they always mingle with the crowd for drinks afterwards.
The Indigo Girls at Union Chapel in 2002, with readings from the author Sarah Waters. It was a really different show, the venue is beautiful and I was in a front pew after queuing for hours. Plus it's the day I first spoke to the wonderful woman who I'm now married to.
Regarding Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. I saw them back in 2014, and whilst they were good, I absolutely hated the audience. I had a similar experience when I saw the Beautiful South as a youngster and, whilst I'll continue to support their music, the audience factor will put me off from going again.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 18:09:53 GMT
Regarding Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. I saw them back in 2014, and whilst they were good, I absolutely hated the audience. I had a similar experience when I saw the Beautiful South as a youngster and, whilst I'll continue to support their music, the audience factor will put me off from going again.
Oooh, what was wrong with the audience?
I actually had tickets for kd lang earlier this year and didn't go, as I was so horrendously tired.
|
|
1,250 posts
|
Post by joem on Dec 4, 2019 20:50:25 GMT
Divine Comedy and Richard Hawley in Birmingham a few weeks back. Perla Batalla at the Union Chapel this last weekend.
|
|
|
|
Post by danb on Dec 4, 2019 21:22:31 GMT
I haven’t been to see Sam Fender tonight as he postponed due to illness. Given that I’ve felt ‘rough as’ for the past 3 days I was really quite ok with this. We’ve had a pretty busy few weeks and I’ve got a viral thing thats had me in bed for most of the day. Will enjoy it more after Christmas anyway I think.
|
|
|
|
Post by Bickers on Dec 5, 2019 13:11:02 GMT
Regarding Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. I saw them back in 2014, and whilst they were good, I absolutely hated the audience. I had a similar experience when I saw the Beautiful South as a youngster and, whilst I'll continue to support their music, the audience factor will put me off from going again.
Oooh, what was wrong with the audience?
I actually had tickets for kd lang earlier this year and didn't go, as I was so horrendously tired.
They were just really rowdy and shouty, very drunk, felt like a football match crowd. I didn't think the stage invader was as funny as everyone else did. Maybe I'd had a fun bypass that day, but I don't enjoy big crowds of drunk people so I just found it all really awkward. I also didn't think having three support acts was necessary, meaning the main show started later than I was expecting and I had to miss the end of the set in order to catch my last train home.
Hopefully it was just a bad experience for me and I wouldn't necessarily recommend anyone else didn't go to see them as the show itself was good, a great mix of their old and new stuff, and Paul and Jacqui are still in great voice after all this time, and Paul still knows how to knock out a cracking tune.
|
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Dec 9, 2019 0:43:27 GMT
A trip to Salisbury to see Slade, or nowadays technically speaking it's Dave Hill and Band. The musicians with him weren't the best. But the music is so good nobody in the audience cared one jot. What a joyous evening. Hill can really play and the evening flew past. By the time it got to THAT song, I was up in the aisles dancing like a madman and singing my heart out.
|
|
|
|
Post by jojo on Dec 16, 2019 11:06:36 GMT
I saw the singer Horse, formerly from the band also called Horse.
Brilliant Scottish singer who could have been huge in the 90s, except she never even tried to fit the pop princess image. She sang her album from about 20 years ago "The Same Sky" straight through, then a selection of her most popular songs.
|
|
|
|
Post by Bickers on Dec 16, 2019 14:45:57 GMT
I saw the singer Horse, formerly from the band also called Horse. Brilliant Scottish singer who could have been huge in the 90s, except she never even tried to fit the pop princess image. She sang her album from about 20 years ago "The Same Sky" straight through, then a selection of her most popular songs. Oh lucky you! I've seen Horse a few times (though not for a few years) and she's phenomenal. There's some cracking songs on that album, but pretty much all her stuff is good. |
|
2,060 posts
|
Post by Marwood on Dec 16, 2019 17:06:46 GMT
Went to see Sasha DJ at Fabric last night : I had thoughts of going to see him (and I think John Digweed was also on the bill) at Twilo when I was into New York on 2000 but I thought I was too old for that sort of business even then but this was one for my bucket list- I missed the first hour hour of his set but I surprised/impressed myself by lasting through the remaining 7 hours of his set.
|
|
|
|
Post by danb on Dec 16, 2019 20:01:52 GMT
I saw the singer Horse, formerly from the band also called Horse. Brilliant Scottish singer who could have been huge in the 90s, except she never even tried to fit the pop princess image. She sang her album from about 20 years ago "The Same Sky" straight through, then a selection of her most popular songs. Oh lucky you! I've seen Horse a few times (though not for a few years) and she's phenomenal. There's some cracking songs on that album, but pretty much all her stuff is good. ‘Forgiven’ is a cracking song. |
|
|
|
Post by jojo on Dec 20, 2019 18:59:50 GMT
Oh lucky you! I've seen Horse a few times (though not for a few years) and she's phenomenal. There's some cracking songs on that album, but pretty much all her stuff is good. ‘Forgiven’ is a cracking song. I love that one - probably my favourite. She said that she's bringing out a new recording of "Careful" next year with strings and no disco beat. I like that song, and it's clearly a fan favourite, but it's lower top ten in my list of favourites. I'd say I feel it's over-rated, but that's clearly nonsense as all of her stuff is under-rated, but I can't help but find it a bit annoying that it tends to take centre stage over the songs I like more. I was lucky enough to see her twice this year, and it seems as if she's upping her touring, so it might be worth keeping an eye out to see if she comes anywhere near you next year. |
|
|
|
Post by FrontrowverPaul on Dec 20, 2019 23:21:15 GMT
Bjorn Again in Cardiff on Tuesday. I was lucyk enough to see Abba at the Royal Albert Hall in 1977 and have been a megafan since their breakthrough at Eurovision with Waterloo.
There are plenty of competent Abba tribute bands but nobody does it like Bjorn Again.
|
|
2,411 posts
|
Post by theatreian on Dec 20, 2019 23:29:40 GMT
Jane Mcdonald Christmas show tonight at Birmingham Arena. Has to be the best time I have seen her. Very impressive vocals and production and a great variety of Christmas and other material. Not many can sing the variety she does.
|
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Dec 21, 2019 12:38:01 GMT
Robbie Williams Christmas Party at Wembley Arena last night. Why haven't I seen him live before?! Impressive. Also impressed with the way he left the stage at the end, clever. Send the band off, started a sing-a-long of "Angels" and just walked off during the last verse, waving, as we all finished the lines and the lights went up. Even more impressed he came down off the stage to comfort a fan who was fainting. It's a pet peeve of mine when singers do this. It puts me in mind of Lee Mack's joke about Robbie Williams, as he smugly strolls out onstage and goes "Come on Glastonbury you know this one! And points the microphone out. Mack's response is "Yeah we know it Robbie, it was two hundred quid to get in, any chance you could sing it for us?" |
|
2,060 posts
|
Post by Marwood on Jan 24, 2020 22:46:17 GMT
New Order at the Fillmore Theatre in South Beach, Miami last week: they were good, well as good as they have been since I first saw them at Brixton Academy in 2001 but I’ve heard stories of them being a shambles at points in the 80s: this was about the 9th or 10th time I’d seen them play live and while I enjoyed things, it wasn’t that much of a great jump with the set they played since I saw them play Le Grand Rex in Paris back in October (having said that, it was still far more of a spontaneous set than the likes of Depeche Mode would think to play these days), but I guess I can claim bragging rights when it comes to saying where I’ve seen them play (numerous people told me they couldn’t believe I’d gone all that way to see them)
|
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Feb 23, 2020 23:06:48 GMT
Not been yet but recently, in a rush of nostalgia, booked to see Avril Lavigne at Brixton (will actually be the most modern musical artist I will ever have seen live!
Also booked to see Jeff Beck in Cardiff and Peter Frampton at the Albert Hall (not sure where it is but I'm sure he'll Show Me The Way...)
|
|
