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

[Superscally]

6 hours ago, dingbat2 said:

Didnt manage to get Macca tickets when they went on sale initially but lucky enough to bag a couple of decent tickets from the AXS website yesterday (no joy with twickets) and at face value for tonight for me an my 16 year old son, both massive fans. Cant wait. I wont be able to rub it in anymore with my daily wind up to him "I have seen a Beatle" which he has always been extremely jealous of since Glasto 2022

Amaze.

[henry bear]

6 hours ago, dingbat2 said:

Didnt manage to get Macca tickets when they went on sale initially but lucky enough to bag a couple of decent tickets from the AXS website yesterday (no joy with twickets) and at face value for tonight for me an my 16 year old son, both massive fans. Cant wait. I wont be able to rub it in anymore with my daily wind up to him "I have seen a Beatle" which he has always been extremely jealous of since Glasto 2022

As of tonight you’ll be able to say you’ve been in the same room as a Beatle!

[henry bear]

Greatest show on Earth (with added Ringo)

 

[dingbat2]

10 hours ago, henry bear said:

As of tonight you’ll be able to say you’ve been in the same room as a Beatle!

Two Beatles in fact. Immense

Edited December 20, 2024 by dingbat2

[Dales]

Final show of 2024 for me tonight, Slipknot at the O2. I enjoyed it but very short set, especially when it contained tape tracks during the set. Left feeling a little short changed but what they played was good.

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, Dales said:

Final show of 2024 for me tonight, Slipknot at the O2. I enjoyed it but very short set, especially when it contained tape tracks during the set. Left feeling a little short changed but what they played was good.

I don't think that show just playing that album with no covers was ever worth the cost of that gig to be honest. When I saw they had tape recordings in there as well I thought you're just in it for the money now. I saw a little video of one of the shows before Birmignham as I considered that and I was waiting for the stage show to have a bit of oomph. Actually decided against a cheaper ticket on twickets as I felt after seeing them in 2023 and having seen all of those songs played before that I was going more because the ticket was cheaper than I actually could be arsed to drive there for it etc. Glad you enjoyed what you sae though. 

 

I was was at The Prodigy, really ace show. Not a chance I would switch them for Olivia. Being in a smaller intimate setting makes it better but they win now. So the hope is for Olivia to be Saturday night or The Prodigy to be Friday other.

Edited December 21, 2024 by northernangel

[balti-pie]

I was at Slipknot at the o2 last night, and enjoyed it, they seemed to be a bit muddy and indistinct for the first 3 or 4 tunes (I mean there is nine of em up there, with a drummer and two sort of percussion fellas, I can understand it not being tight until they’re on the same wavelength, it’s a big noisy ship to try and right) but then when they did get it all facing the right way and sounding awesome and unstoppable, there was only an hour left! 
I know gigs are ridiculously expensive these days, and £80 for an o2 headliner set is relatively cheap, and they did state it wasn’t a standard gig and was just the album prior to the sales, but I still walked out feeling a little shortchanged. I just plain wanted more. half an hour of another 5 or 6 songs cherry picked from the rest of their oevre and it really would have been perfect. It’s unusual for me to go to big venues, I tend to prefer much smaller gigs and accordingly smaller bands, but it was nice to see heavy stuff appreciated on a grand scale. The o2 will never not feel weird as hell to me, a shopping centre in a tent ffs 😁

[dingbat2]

Cracking seats for O2, right next to the friends and family, a few famous faces here! What a cracking gig that was, my son has been buzzing ever since, and feel so lucky to have bagged tickets the day before the gig after missing out in the main sale. Two Beatles on stage at the same time, never thought I would see that, I don't think that will happen again so feel truly privileged to have been there with my son. We will be talking about it for years and years, I don't think he has taken his t-shirt off yet. Greatest gig ever

[dingbat2]

I hadn't noticed before, but isn't that Emily Eavis in the photo?

[Looother]

31 minutes ago, dingbat2 said:

I hadn't noticed before, but isn't that Emily Eavis in the photo?

 

She was definitely there:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DD0D9V8oomO

[Semprini]

6 hours ago, balti-pie said:

I was at Slipknot at the o2 last night, and enjoyed it, they seemed to be a bit muddy and indistinct for the first 3 or 4 tunes (I mean there is nine of em up there, with a drummer and two sort of percussion fellas, I can understand it not being tight until they’re on the same wavelength, it’s a big noisy ship to try and right) but then when they did get it all facing the right way and sounding awesome and unstoppable, there was only an hour left! 
I know gigs are ridiculously expensive these days, and £80 for an o2 headliner set is relatively cheap, and they did state it wasn’t a standard gig and was just the album prior to the sales, but I still walked out feeling a little shortchanged. I just plain wanted more. half an hour of another 5 or 6 songs cherry picked from the rest of their oevre and it really would have been perfect. It’s unusual for me to go to big venues, I tend to prefer much smaller gigs and accordingly smaller bands, but it was nice to see heavy stuff appreciated on a grand scale. The o2 will never not feel weird as hell to me, a shopping centre in a tent ffs 😁

I was there last night as well and thought it was a decent gig. I don't know their stuff very well (was an early Christmas present for my wife who hadn't seen them before) but did feel like a wall of sound at certain points and hard to work out what was going on.

Booked hotel and travel a while back and then picked up cheap tickets on the day from AXS resale. We had a cracking view; dead centre of the stage, four rows from the front upstairs on an aisle and it was great to see the whole crowd and mosh pit going off! Think that's going to be my strategy next year for most gigs - make plans for travel and stay early and then pick up cheap tickets just beforehand or on the day. There's so much stuff going on that I can't see most big events selling out. Plus, plans change so there's nearly always tickets available on resale or Twickets etc. Don't like using them (unless I'm buying well below face value) but Viagogo had tickets for about £20 each on Weds/Thurs. Granted, they were in the restricted view sections on the side but still good value.

[Boomtowner]

Last gig of the year, New York Brass Band's Christmas party. They were awesome as always. One lucky office had their Christmas party there. 

[lemons]

CMAT Barrowlands recording on YouTube for a week. Magic atmosphere

[Johndenis]

Saw Macca last Wednesday at the o2.  Fantastic stuff.  Very similar to last time I saw him, 2018 or 2019.  Right down to the anecdotes.  I suppose he knows what works and is reluctant to deviate.  Surprised the band (I would recommend his guitarist Brian's podcast) don't try to force more change.  I recall David Bowie's drummer was always trying (and mostly failing) to get Young Americans on the setlist. 

 

As an aside, I had a restricted view seat which I had got at 6pm but managed to wander casually onto the floor of the o2.  Went VERY near the front (absolutely mind blowing to be about 20 feet from Macca after all these years of being a huge fan) and tried to shuffle into a row with empty seats.  American accented lady in the row very loudly told patrolling o2 staff (o2 or Macca staff?  not sure) I shouldn't be there - they "invited" me to go and find my actual seat.  The lady had said she was keeping the pile of empty seats "for her kids".   It was only the next day I realised it must have been the Wonderful Christmastime choir...

Edited December 23, 2024 by Johndenis

[Comfy Bean]

On 12/22/2024 at 9:21 PM, lemons said:

CMAT Barrowlands recording on YouTube for a week. Magic atmosphere

Cheers. Will catch up with that. Was a cracking gig. 
Was at Colonel Mustard at the old fruit market on Saturday. Great fun and had forgotten what a fine venue it is. 

[-TLR-]

Channel One Soundsystem - Boxing Day session at Village Underground.

 

quite possibly one of the best nights out I ever had.

 

Jah Rastafari