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Post by whatsashig on Apr 24, 2022 21:32:55 GMT
Went see em in Leeds on Tuesday, bloody brilliant it was. Been waiting 2 years go see em has had tickets in April 2020 but we know what happened next. Spirtualized next Friday, conna wait Nice. Looks a good venue, the Leeds one. Upcoming gigs for me this year are the Strokes at Lytham, Toro Y Moi at the new Century Hall in Manchester, and (chk chk chk) at Band on the Wall. Will try and fit another festival later on in the year an all. Sorry, enjoy the strokes, not my cup of tea, a little to tidy sound. Enjoy though |
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Post by whatsashig on Apr 25, 2022 18:57:50 GMT
Just as I thinks it’s local how often if at all do Danny Shaw and the Sub Spartans play
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Post by telfordstoke on Apr 25, 2022 19:01:41 GMT
Bit random, this, but we went Orlando for Easter and not alot of gigs on so didn't book any. We did however spend several days at Disney parks and when we went to the EPCOT park, we were walking round the big lake and there was an open air small amphitheatre. The signs by stage said DON MCLEAN and the stewards were ushering people in and it was about 630pm. I asked and said who's on, and they confirmed it was indeed McLean so I asked how much and when is he on. Answer was it's free and he is playing set 2 of 3, each one about 40mins and he's on on 5 mins! So wife and kids went off on a ride and I spent a blissful 40 minutes watching someone ove actually listened to since the age of about 4. He was a bit ramshackle but threw in Crying and the inevitable American Pie. A really nice surprise. Got back to see he'd done a version with T Fury too
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Post by misterj on Apr 26, 2022 7:55:02 GMT
Epcot is quite some place (Disney Florida) They have a ‘mock up’ there of British life, imagine a film set with pub, fish and chip shop, pearly kings + queens walking around with Dick Van Dyke-style ‘cockney’ accents, hilarious. When I was there a bandstand in the ‘park’ had a Beatles tribute band on - loved it!
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Post by danceswithclams on Apr 27, 2022 0:05:56 GMT
The Divine Comedy, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, just now.
Stupendous.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Apr 27, 2022 2:13:10 GMT
The Divine Comedy, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, just now. Stupendous. Supporting World of Twist? |
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Post by felonious on Apr 29, 2022 7:17:58 GMT
Granddaddy last night at the Albert Hall in Manchester absolutely nailed it off the scale. Played the Sophtware Slump from start to finish and added another 8 songs, added an 8 piece chamber orchestra to the band to do the album's orchestration justice. One of only 4 UK dates on the tour the place was rammed with 2,000 aficienados, the couple next too me were up from Llanelli. As good as it gets  |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 29, 2022 7:36:49 GMT
Granddaddy last night at the Albert Hall in Manchester absolutely nailed it off the scale. Played the Sophtware Slump from start to finish and added another 8 songs, added an 8 piece chamber orchestra to the band to do the album's orchestration justice. One of only 4 UK dates on the tour the place was rammed with 2,000 aficienados, the couple next too me were up from Llanelli. As good as it gets That does sound good. Saw Alan Partridge's Strategem show in Brum last night, does that count as a gig? Like all 30min comedy programmes that get extended to film or show length it's difficult to keep as consistently funny, but it was worth seeing. Some classic Partridge moments as always including a reference to the UK as a woman, the midlands being her stomach with "difficult to digest Stoke", one of numerous Stoke references he's made over the years! |
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Apr 29, 2022 21:16:37 GMT
Granddaddy last night at the Albert Hall in Manchester absolutely nailed it off the scale. Played the Sophtware Slump from start to finish and added another 8 songs, added an 8 piece chamber orchestra to the band to do the album's orchestration justice. One of only 4 UK dates on the tour the place was rammed with 2,000 aficienados, the couple next too me were up from Llanelli. As good as it gets That does sound good. Saw Alan Partridge's Strategem show in Brum last night, does that count as a gig? Like all 30min comedy programmes that get extended to film or show length it's difficult to keep as consistently funny, but it was worth seeing. Some classic Partridge moments as always including a reference to the UK as a woman, the midlands being her stomach with "difficult to digest Stoke", one of numerous Stoke references he's made over the years I'm off to see that at the Manc arena in a couple of weeks, managed to drop on seats in the front block for 22 quid each. Looking forward to it Currently watching the Arcade Fire live stream from Koko. Best live band in the world for me at the moment. |
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Post by BuzzB on Apr 29, 2022 22:25:17 GMT
Mrs Buzzb went to see the Red Hot Chilli Pipers in Nottingham last night, said they were awesome. Next up for us are The Eagles at Anfield in June, and yes I will wipe my feet on the way out.
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Post by Chewbacca the Wookie on Apr 29, 2022 23:09:02 GMT
Went to see Ride at the Roundhouse tonight. Fantastic gig.
Liked the Nowhere songs but it really got rocking in the 2nd part of the gig.
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Post by whatsashig on Apr 30, 2022 18:31:48 GMT
Went see em in Leeds on Tuesday, bloody brilliant it was. Been waiting 2 years go see em has had tickets in April 2020 but we know what happened next. Spirtualized next Friday, conna wait New Spiritualized album has some great stuff on it - wish I was seeing them this time round. Was great, absolutely what you’d hope for. Cambridge is posh, that posh you can’t give a spare ticket away. The music was well spirtualized 🤷♂️ |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 30, 2022 18:36:40 GMT
New Spiritualized album has some great stuff on it - wish I was seeing them this time round. Was great, absolutely what you’d hope for. Cambridge is posh, that posh you can’t give a spare ticket away. The music was well spirtualized 🤷♂️ What is a shig anyway? |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 30, 2022 18:41:22 GMT
That does sound good. Saw Alan Partridge's Strategem show in Brum last night, does that count as a gig? Like all 30min comedy programmes that get extended to film or show length it's difficult to keep as consistently funny, but it was worth seeing. Some classic Partridge moments as always including a reference to the UK as a woman, the midlands being her stomach with "difficult to digest Stoke", one of numerous Stoke references he's made over the years I'm off to see that at the Manc arena in a couple of weeks, managed to drop on seats in the front block for 22 quid each. Looking forward to it Currently watching the Arcade Fire live stream from Koko. Best live band in the world for me at the moment. We were in the front block too. There's very little audience interaction so you'll be safe  Interested to know what you make of it. I read a review of the Brum show which gave it 3/5 and I'd probably agree with that, tbh. On a very sad note, your mention of Manc arena reminded me of the comment I made to my wife as we went through the metal detectors and bag searches just to attend a comedy gig, it was a sad state of affairs. Need to get my arse into gear and get some music gigs lined up. |
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Post by whatsashig on Apr 30, 2022 18:46:40 GMT
Was great, absolutely what you’d hope for. Cambridge is posh, that posh you can’t give a spare ticket away. The music was well spirtualized 🤷♂️ What is a shig anyway? Half pig half sheep |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 30, 2022 18:47:21 GMT
Sounds like my dream Carvery |
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Post by whatsashig on Apr 30, 2022 18:48:46 GMT
Sounds like my dream Carvery You mean you’ve never seen one, shit loads of em in Oakamoor |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Apr 30, 2022 18:50:29 GMT
Sounds like my dream Carvery You mean you’ve never seen one, shit loads of em in Oakamoor I’ve been to the cricket club several times but not witnessed this creature🤔 |
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Post by whatsashig on Apr 30, 2022 18:53:09 GMT
You mean you’ve never seen one, shit loads of em in Oakamoor I’ve been to the cricket club several times but not witnessed this creature🤔 Just a bit further down than the cricket club, on the old disused railway path on the right between the said path and river, just after that fishing pond |
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Post by foghornsgleghorn on Apr 30, 2022 19:16:10 GMT
New Spiritualized album has some great stuff on it - wish I was seeing them this time round. Was great, absolutely what you’d hope for. Cambridge is posh, that posh you can’t give a spare ticket away. The music was well spirtualized 🤷♂️ Glad it was a good one. Would love to hear the 'A Song' live |
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Post by whatsashig on Apr 30, 2022 21:01:25 GMT
Was great, absolutely what you’d hope for. Cambridge is posh, that posh you can’t give a spare ticket away. The music was well spirtualized 🤷♂️ Glad it was a good one. Would love to hear the 'A Song' live It was all very good. It’s a must go see experience any time they/he plays from now |
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Post by felonious on May 1, 2022 6:41:18 GMT
I’ve been to the cricket club several times but not witnessed this creature🤔 Just a bit further down than the cricket club, on the old disused railway path on the right between the said path and river, just after that fishing pond I walk along that route roughly every 4 to 6 weeks. What sort of stuff do I need to be taking to see a Shig?  |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on May 1, 2022 13:53:20 GMT
Four gigs in four nights for me, with one a replacement to a cancellation and the last one unplanned. Still Corners - good stuff. Upbeat but blissful dream pop that is a fair bit 'rockier' live than recorded. Sister Cookie - the gig I was most excited about (Lost in Kiev and Maserati) was cancelled. I was in Manchester anyway and wasn't short of choices. Grandaddy, as mentioned by felonious - but I was put off by my experiences of seeing bands with orchestras not being great, and the sometimes disappointing sound in the venue. Amongst others, Ride and Metronomy were options, but I only like 3 or 4 songs by either. In the end, I went for Sister Cookie, a soul singer I hadn't heard of before. Her website says "an eclectic excursion into the roots & fruits of black music" - I'm not quite sure I'd go that far, as it didn't seem to be much new, but she has a great voice, charisma and a great band (drummer, guitarist, saxophonist, double bassist) behind her. There were only about 20 people there at Night 'n' Day, and I imagine she'll be playing to many more in future. I definitely feel like I made the right choice given all the options, and it sounds like Grandaddy would've been a good un too. Feeder - I was super excited to hear Radiation, a track Feeder hadn't played since 1998 apparently. All the new stuff sounded great too, with lots of meaty and heavy riffs. One of the best gigs I've been to since everything got cancelled. Sleeper - a bit meh (sometimes that feels like the best word). I enjoyed Sale of the Century and the cover of Blondie's Atomic. I was slightly tempted by Scooter (the happy hardcore/rave band), who were also playing in Manc last night. |
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Post by whatsashig on May 1, 2022 18:09:18 GMT
Just a bit further down than the cricket club, on the old disused railway path on the right between the said path and river, just after that fishing pond I walk along that route roughly every 4 to 6 weeks. What sort of stuff do I need to be taking to see a Shig? To get close to em take truffle’s |
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Post by felonious on May 1, 2022 18:09:35 GMT
Four gigs in four nights for me, with one a replacement to a cancellation and the last one unplanned. Still Corners - good stuff. Upbeat but blissful dream pop that is a fair bit 'rockier' live than recorded. Sister Cookie - the gig I was most excited about (Lost in Kiev and Maserati) was cancelled. I was in Manchester anyway and wasn't short of choices. Grandaddy, as mentioned by felonious - but I was put off by my experiences of seeing bands with orchestras not being great, and the sometimes disappointing sound in the venue. Amongst others, Ride and Metronomy were options, but I only like 3 or 4 songs by either. In the end, I went for Sister Cookie, a soul singer I hadn't heard of before. Her website says "an eclectic excursion into the roots & fruits of black music" - I'm not quite sure I'd go that far, as it didn't seem to be much new, but she has a great voice, charisma and a great band (drummer, guitarist, saxophonist, double bassist) behind her. There were only about 20 people there at Night 'n' Day, and I imagine she'll be playing to many more in future. I definitely feel like I made the right choice given all the options, and it sounds like Grandaddy would've been a good un too. Feeder - I was super excited to hear Radiation, a track Feeder hadn't played since 1998 apparently. All the new stuff sounded great too, with lots of meaty and heavy riffs. One of the best gigs I've been to since everything got cancelled. Sleeper - a bit meh (sometimes that feels like the best word). I enjoyed Sale of the Century and the cover of Blondie's Atomic. I was slightly tempted by Scooter (the happy hardcore/rave band), who were also playing in Manc last night. I know what you mean often it's a pointless exercise adding an orchestra to a rock band but on this occasion they needed something extra to get the sound effects of the album together with the orchestration and it worked. It's a shame I wasn't aware of your cancellation my lad went down with the lurgy and couldn't make it so I had a free ticket. The only other time I've seen a band with an orchestra was Belle and Sebastian at the Birmingham Symphony Hall backed by the 80 piece London Contempory Orchestra. The band play classical instruments and there's a fair amount of orchestration in their albums so it was a more natural fit. Using young musicians was a bonus because they were up and dancing when they weren't playing |
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Post by felonious on May 1, 2022 18:11:36 GMT
I walk along that route roughly every 4 to 6 weeks. What sort of stuff do I need to be taking to see a Shig?  To get close to em take truffle’s What's the best time of the year to see these super furry animals, the first of April? |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on May 1, 2022 18:50:47 GMT
I know what you mean often it's a pointless exercise adding an orchestra to a rock band but on this occasion they needed something extra to get the sound effects of the album together with the orchestration and it worked. It's a shame I wasn't aware of your cancellation my lad went down with the lurgy and couldn't make it so I had a free ticket. The only other time I've seen a band with an orchestra was Belle and Sebastian at the Birmingham Symphony Hall backed by the 80 piece London Contempory Orchestra. The band play classical instruments and there's a fair amount of orchestration in their albums so it was a more natural fit. Using young musicians was a bonus because they were up and dancing when they weren't playing I was at that B&S gig too. I enjoyed it, and the orchestra sounded brilliant when it was in full swing, but I felt like the orchestra was wasted for most of it. And they didn't play Write About Love despite it being the first single and title track of the new album at the time¡ |
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Post by whatsashig on May 1, 2022 19:38:43 GMT
To get close to em take truffle’s What's the best time of the year to see these super furry animals, the first of April? They are there all year round, except slaughter season, so it’s it’s up to you what time of year you like walking there, kinda like two breads with one stone |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on May 1, 2022 19:40:35 GMT
What's the best time of the year to see these super furry animals, the first of April? They are there all year round, except slaughter season, so it’s it’s up to you what time of year you like walking there, kinda like two breads with one stone “two breads with one stone”. Sounds like the worst sandwich ever😉 |
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Post by whatsashig on May 1, 2022 19:44:22 GMT
They are there all year round, except slaughter season, so it’s it’s up to you what time of year you like walking there, kinda like two breads with one stone “two breads with one stone”. Sounds like the worst sandwich ever😉 Sorry a typo should of read ‘kill 2 breads with one stone’🤷♂️ |
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