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Sammy at the O2 tonight, another fine show with more production then times when I have seen him before. Surprised some still doubt his potential Glasto headline credentials. I think in the UK he is headline only now.   Had a bonus cover version tonight, won't name it incase they play it again tommorow and some one does not want know. Easy enough for others who are not going to find the set list.   Can't make my mind up about Wunderhorse. They have a few tunes I really like but find other stuff a little dull, they done around 45 minutes. Will not be rushing to pay for one of their own shows, seem to be playing everywhere next year and so plenty of chances to catch them at festivals to see if I chnage my mind.

Changed to 75 quid in recognition of the 1975 playing.     

What did Noel say?

Must’ve missed the info of Hozier subbing Other, when did that pop up?

Honestly? I'm can't see how they could pull it off. There's enough (probably a majority) of the BDs crowd that are really only there for Levellers and wouldn't be interested in anything else (or perhaps more fairly, would see the turning of the page as being a suitable time for themselves to move on to new things). So without Levellers you'd need to replace a majority of the crowd which is a tough ask. Probably can't do it gradually in this case, and would need a pretty special lineup to do it in a single year.   Can't personally see a scenario where BDs exists without Levellers as an anchor (using that word in both positive and negative senses).