Live gigs - Who you've seen were they good, bad etc.

[TheSheriff]

The amazing CVC in Cardiff tonight, what a great band they are

[Badlands]

8 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Reckon you have a decent chance of Wonderful Christmastime.  I saw him in mid December a few years back and he delivered it right on cue.

He even brought on a kids choir for it.

 

Magic night

[Dales]

5 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

In that photo he looks like Garth Brooks 

 

Just a bit 😆

[CaledonianGonzo]

28 minutes ago, Badlands said:

He even brought on a kids choir for it.

 

Magic night

 

Yep. A genuine king.

[NorthernSoul52]

On 12/10/2024 at 9:04 AM, Nobody Interesting said:

 

They have changed the set list as last night Karma was last in 2nd half. Loved it all, but then I knew both albums really well.

Tony Hadley was epic as were Heaven 17.

Would love to see Culture Club on the Pyramid.

Oh, have they? Thank goodness for that - obviously realised they'd lost the casuals there.

 

Hadley very much still got those pipes, even if his crooner schtick on Through the Barricades was a bit tiring.

[NorthernSoul52]

On 12/13/2024 at 12:07 PM, efcfanwirral said:

I don't think I've been as excited for a gig as I am for Paul McCartney on Sunday for years. It feels like a proper big one

Was chatting with a friend last night who was at McCartney #1. Sounds like the sauce is flowing, so have a great one!

[NorthernSoul52]

Two gigs in quick succession here for me: While She Sleeps on Thursday evening at O2 Academy Leeds, and then Slipknot last night at First Direct Arena.

 

Very impressed by the former, who I have typically found to be mostly trapped in a muddy dirge of their own making when I saw them last the best part of a decade ago. They've come on in leaps and bounds.

 

The latter are absolutely stealing a living on this tour. Eighty-minute sets, including an encore break, with just fourteen tunes and a good bit of speech-padding. But they are sounding great still. Have my reservations on Eloy Casagrande at the back still - know Jay Weinberg wasn't immensely popular among fans, but struggling to see how this is a particular upgrade.

[henry bear]

On 12/13/2024 at 12:07 PM, efcfanwirral said:

I don't think I've been as excited for a gig as I am for Paul McCartney on Sunday for years. It feels like a proper big one

I’m going to London #2, and I feel the same - safe in the knowledge that everytime I’ve seen him it tends to go into my top 20 gigs 

[henry bear]

On 12/7/2024 at 10:00 AM, NorthernSoul52 said:

Culture Club's big eighties tour yesterday was fun, but with a pretty major disadvantage. Playing their first two records sequentially, which has the misfortune to mean Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? and Karma Chameleon arrive back-to-back at the end of the first half, which does leave the audience restless for the remaining forty-five minutes or so.

That’s the trouble with such gigs. They can look good on paper, but that doesn’t always translate onto the stage. I remember a sense of being underwhelmed after Blur’s 1999 singles concert at Wembley Arena. No drama, little excitement, all my favourites played early doors (apart from a few), no natural climax to the gig.

[Dales]

Shed Seven at Brixton last night, great fun and looking forward to catching them at a few festivals next year. Loads of good tunes, one of those few acts that the later stuff is just as good as when they started.

 

Also enjoyed The Sherlocks who supported.