Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[judyblue110]

3 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Yeah, Edinburgh's not the most affordable of places and, from what I understand, the venue's shite too. Going to give it a miss. 

No idea on the other... 

 

O2 Academy is really good in my opinion. It's basically just a small hall. Sound is fine and anywhere you stand is really close. Transport links and parking are also great (for me anyway!)

 

Not seen a bad show there (with the exception of Gaslight Anthem and that's because Brian Fallon has extremely boring chat nowadays...)

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, judyblue110 said:

Not seen a bad show there (with the exception of Gaslight Anthem and that's because Brian Fallon has extremely boring chat nowadays...)

Won't be having The Gaslight Anthem slander on a Wednesday night, thank you!

 

Interesting. I only got to The Gaslight Anthem live on Get Hurt, having seen the effusive five-star verdicts from The Guardian.

 

Alas, they were clearly checking out live there - and by the time they eventually returned for good, it was clear Fallon's voice has lost some of its range and power.

 

I love them to pieces, but with maybe the exception of the Manchester reunion show - not the one they did there behind The '59 Sound and its anniversary - they're yet to fully blow me away.

 

That said, the last twenty minutes in Sheffield this year saw them play my five favourite songs of theirs back-to-back and it was absolutely magnificent. Just seemed to lock in for that straight.

[NorthernSoul52]

5 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Would the Leeds Uni venues work? 

Yes. Yes, that would work! His sister went to university in Leeds, and he frequently speaks about his love for the city.

[judyblue110]

1 hour ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Won't be having The Gaslight Anthem slander on a Wednesday night, thank you!

 

Interesting. I only got to The Gaslight Anthem live on Get Hurt, having seen the effusive five-star verdicts from The Guardian.

 

Alas, they were clearly checking out live there - and by the time they eventually returned for good, it was clear Fallon's voice has lost some of its range and power.

 

I love them to pieces, but with maybe the exception of the Manchester reunion show - not the one they did there behind The '59 Sound and its anniversary - they're yet to fully blow me away.

 

That said, the last twenty minutes in Sheffield this year saw them play my five favourite songs of theirs back-to-back and it was absolutely magnificent. Just seemed to lock in for that straight.

 

I think we're aligned. I love their albums, but I've seen them live 4 times and each time I've left thinking I probably won't go back again... this time because of Brian, I definitely won't (probably, maybe, we'll see).

 

Their sound just doesn't live up to the records, and unlike most of their peers, it just hasn't improved much over the years.

 

Love the band, don't love their live shows. My opinion of course!

[NorthernSoul52]

20 minutes ago, judyblue110 said:

 

I think we're aligned. I love their albums, but I've seen them live 4 times and each time I've left thinking I probably won't go back again... this time because of Brian, I definitely won't (probably, maybe, we'll see).

 

Their sound just doesn't live up to the records, and unlike most of their peers, it just hasn't improved much over the years.

 

Love the band, don't love their live shows. My opinion of course!

Broadly in a similar boat. Don't think it helped that the first two times I saw them, Fallon sounded in fine voice but they were going through the motions.

 

That said, I really dig this live version - low quality, but still - of Have Mercy the first time I saw them.

 

Then, they closed with an absolutely sensational take on The '59 Sound when I saw the reunion run a few years ago, in what was easily the best gig of theirs I've seen.

 

But yeah, they could do with just a little more propulsion to their live power, and a little less croaky gravel to Brian's tones if possible.