Gigs 2014+

[Stanley Leisure]

I was at The Stone Roses last night. First half was flat but from Made of Stone onward it was great. Ian Brown can't sing for sh*te but the rest of them are great musicians. Also, I was with my old mates and my brother and I was completely f*cked for the first time in a while, so it was fun.

[Barnesy_10]

Ended up going again tonight as a mate had a spare... Courteeners and Public Enemy were great warm up for it...

Enjoyed it more tonight than Friday... Made of Stone is a proper crowd rouser.. Yeah he can't sing for s***, but collectively they are great

[Mike]

Stone Roses Saturday for the Manc singalong, great fun.  Last night was the under the radar scouse version, Mick Head and TREB at the Zanzi and it was as good as it gets.  Stunning.

[Stanley Leisure]

Just seen Beck at Brixton. Absolutely brilliant.

 

Proper party and I wasn't even on the ale.

Edited June 28, 2016 by Stanley Leisure

[pipnasty]

Kamasi Washington in MCR - brill

 

I couldn't get tickets for Beck. I'm not huge fan but the missus is and I reckon it would be a good gig anyway.

[Stanley Leisure]

It was brilliant. Lad is just dead good at music.

 

Opened with Devil's Haircut, Loser and Mixed Bizness, did a few off pretty much every album including a lovely 3 song run from Sea Change.

 

Covers of China Girl and Good Times and a 10 minute meltdown of Where It's At as the encore. Brilliant, brilliant musician, even if he is a massive-weirdo Scientologist.

[Gethin]

It was brilliant. Lad is just dead good at music.

 

Opened with Devil's Haircut, Loser and Mixed Bizness, did a few off pretty much every album including a lovely 3 song run from Sea Change.

 

Covers of China Girl and Good Times and a 10 minute meltdown of Where It's At as the encore. Brilliant, brilliant musician, even if he is a massive-weirdo Scientologist.

Strange - I've seen him a few times over the years and he's always been great but was really disappointed with his Glastonbury set. Thought it was really lacklustre

[Stanley Leisure]

Strange - I've seen him a few times over the years and he's always been great but was really disappointed with his Glastonbury set. Thought it was really lacklustre

Did you go? My mate was there and he said Beck kept apologising for not getting into it.

[Gethin]

Did you go? My mate was there and he said Beck kept apologising for not getting into it.

 

Nah - just watching on TV, was really disappointed by how off form he was.

 

His gigs I saw in the era when they had the puppet show at the front (I guess 10 years or so ago) were epic

 

Didn't realise he was a f***ing Scientologist though

[Stanley Leisure]

The Parrots are playing Magnet at the end of August.

 

Very tempted to jump on a train for that. 

[Stanley Leisure]

Just got tickets to see Cinematic Orchestra at Hammersmith in November.

 

Always wanted to see them. 

[pipnasty]

Autechre are playing at the old Granada buildings in November

 

And also off to see Sturgill Simpson on Monday

Edited July 7, 2016 by Pipnasty

[RP]

Anyone on here ever been to Somerset House Summer Series of concerts?

[smithdown]

Norrissey is charging like a hundred quid to watch him flounce about

[Stanley Leisure]

Anyone on here ever been to Somerset House Summer Series of concerts?

Yeah, they're alright. The sound is always a bit sh*t.

[don gato]

Taking two of my kids to see Dan TDM, does that count?

[RP]

Yeah, they're alright. The sound is always a bit sh*t.

Yeah it's a bit echoey.

 

Unsurprisingly I guess, when you look.

[RP]

Good fun evening out though.

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott.

[Stanley Leisure]

Yeah it's a bit echoey.

 

Unsurprisingly I guess, when you look.

Yeah, it's just a big box isn't it.

 

Who was on this year? I haven't been since seeing First Aid Kit a few years back.

 

Aha, I see you have answered that already. They were one of the supports acts for The Stone Roses the other week. Odd choice for a stadium full of pissed-up scallies.

Edited July 10, 2016 by Stanley Leisure

[muleskinner]

Jennifer Alison Phillipa Sue

[pipnasty]

Black Lives Matter in MCR followed by Sturgill Simpson. He was brilliant and it was a cracking atmosphere. Absolutely knackered now, like. 

[cymrococh]

Due to the paucity of live music in this neck of the woods, I'm going to see Jools Holland tonight.

 

FMFingL

[smithdown]

The Love love-in over in the park was a beautiful thing. It caught the breath of all the gathered musos ready to rip to shreds anything inappropriate. Normally unflappable lads were bags of jangly nerves beforehand. Proper pressure. Hit every note though and did it in style. All hands were heroes. And then Mick Head looking better than ever and sounding ridiculously brilliant at writing brilliant songs. Magic. That field won't be the same again.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

saw Joey Badass the other day. It was great, although weird watching an audience of primarily white kids wearing backwards baseball caps.

 

It was one of those moments where you're watching someone on the cusp - he's either going on to be massive, or this is his pinnacle - and enjoying the f*** out of it. He had all of his mates on stage, the breakdance-subway-car guys who were f***ing excellent, Flatbush Zombies doing a few songs & stuff. It was like organized chaos and great to see.

 

Also got tickets for Primal Scream on 1 Nov & looking at 'A night of Nina Simone' hosted by DFA records - so people like Juan McLean, Nancy Whang etc doing Nina Simone stuff

[pipnasty]

Joey Baddass is great and so are Flatbush Zombies