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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Jun 2, 2023 7:42:12 GMT
Went to Bearded Theory festival last weekend - cracking lineup this year. Highlights included Primal Scream (brilliant set), Echo and the Bunnymen, Pretenders, Billy Bragg, Public Service Broadcasting, Gogol Bordello and Gary Numan (who was surprisingly good - more goth/metal than New Wave). Some really good up and coming acts as well - Witch Fever, Opus Kink, Benefits, Warmdeuscher and Panic Shack (female punk band with great sense of humour and very good bass player). Good beer and great weather. Cracking weekend. We didnt go this year but we have been going since 2011 and think its a great local festival.I seem to spend most of my time in the Convoy Cabaret tent with all the weirdos. Talking of which we should be going here tomorrow all for £30 Peter and the Test Tube Babies are also playing. I've been going over the same period - really well run, chilled crowd and no corporate bullshit. And the lineup usually takes some beating - got Glastonbury tickets for this year and for me (old fart to be fair) the Bearded Theory lineup looks better. Enjoy your Saturday - looks a good day out.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jun 3, 2023 22:01:30 GMT
Kira Mac supported by These Wicked Rivers.
Both fantastic and wonderful to see someone local build a following and have a go. Like Stoke on Trent's version of Lizzy Hale.
Highly recommend hunting for tickets to see them. Just go somewhere other than the Sugar mill, the sound is shocking.
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Post by telfordstoke on Jun 4, 2023 6:56:29 GMT
Kira Mac supported by These Wicked Rivers. Both fantastic and wonderful to see someone local build a following and have a go. Like Stoke on Trent's version of Lizzy Hale. Highly recommend hunting for tickets to see them. Just go somewhere other than the Sugar mill, the sound is shocking. Seeing Kira Mac at StoneDead fest in August for first time, hear good things. And saw TWR there last year and they were excellent
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jun 4, 2023 7:18:19 GMT
Kira Mac supported by These Wicked Rivers. Both fantastic and wonderful to see someone local build a following and have a go. Like Stoke on Trent's version of Lizzy Hale. Highly recommend hunting for tickets to see them. Just go somewhere other than the Sugar mill, the sound is shocking. Seeing Kira Mac at StoneDead fest in August for first time, hear good things. And saw TWR there last year and they were excellent First time I'd managed to see Kira Mac. I thought TWR might upstage them but they didn't, they were equally as loud. Venue suited neither of them so hopefully you get a better experience. Saw TWR at Eleven the other year and they were perfect. Last night the music drowned out the vocals for both bands, bar the last couple of tracks on TWR's set. Very strange that it didn't get dealt with or maybe it's just the acoustics?
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jun 4, 2023 11:33:20 GMT
Kira Mac supported by These Wicked Rivers. Both fantastic and wonderful to see someone local build a following and have a go. Like Stoke on Trent's version of Lizzy Hale. Highly recommend hunting for tickets to see them. Just go somewhere other than the Sugar mill, the sound is shocking. Shame - I usually find the Sugarmill's sound to be good to excellent. I saw Kira Mac and band at Grumpy's in Longport last year but missed out on tickets this time (the fact I'd done two festivals and three gigs in a week made me not too bothered). She's great solo too. Recents for me: Graywave (noisy shoegaze), Otherless (metal), and Brian Lightning (kind of weird pop with magic tricks) were all good, especially Graywave. Hare & Hounds in Birmingham - great pub/venue based on this. Excellent sound for all 3 bands. Grivo (shoegaze/post metal), Outlander (post rock) and A Thousand Cuts (metal) were all good at The Underground in Hanley too. A superb sound for all three bands - a shame there weren't many in attendance.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Jun 4, 2023 11:51:28 GMT
Kira Mac supported by These Wicked Rivers. Both fantastic and wonderful to see someone local build a following and have a go. Like Stoke on Trent's version of Lizzy Hale. Highly recommend hunting for tickets to see them. Just go somewhere other than the Sugar mill, the sound is shocking. Shame - I usually find the Sugarmill's sound to be good to excellent. I saw Kira Mac and band at Grumpy's in Longport last year but missed out on tickets this time (the fact I'd done two festivals and three gigs in a week made me not too bothered). She's great solo too. Recents for me: Graywave (noisy shoegaze), Otherless (metal), and Brian Lightning (kind of weird pop with magic tricks) were all good, especially Graywave. Hare & Hounds in Birmingham - great pub/venue based on this. Excellent sound for all 3 bands. Grivo (shoegaze/post metal), Outlander (post rock) and A Thousand Cuts (metal) were all good at The Underground in Hanley too. A superb sound for all three bands - a shame there weren't many in attendance. To be fair I thought it'd improved significantly since before lockdown but for whatever reason it just didn't work last night. Iron Maiden up next for me.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jun 4, 2023 14:50:45 GMT
I watched Man Utd lose a cup final surrounded by a bunch of idiotic shit fans at the Trafford pub then wondered 100 metres down the road to watch the Arctic Monkeys at Old Trafford... it was a good day.
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Post by 36dd on Jun 4, 2023 21:40:38 GMT
Kira Mac supported by These Wicked Rivers. Both fantastic and wonderful to see someone local build a following and have a go. Like Stoke on Trent's version of Lizzy Hale. Highly recommend hunting for tickets to see them. Just go somewhere other than the Sugar mill, the sound is shocking. Seeing Kira Mac at StoneDead fest in August for first time, hear good things. And saw TWR there last year and they were excellent I’m off to see them at Steelhouse Festival in Wales on 28th July.. didn’t realise they were from Stoke, only found out about them on the Steelhouse line up and also adverts for the gig last night at the Sugarmill.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jun 11, 2023 0:56:25 GMT
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jun 11, 2023 1:03:05 GMT
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Post by telfordstoke on Jun 11, 2023 10:22:00 GMT
Great seats Paul, hope you thoroughly enjoyed ..hoping he brings another tour before hanging his boots up as that was a hell of a show
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Post by Robo10 on Jun 12, 2023 11:11:26 GMT
I got back at 1am this morning after an absolute belter of a day at Download, I am hungover to fuck, sunburnt, ache all over and have a very sore throat!
Absolutely epic day
Started with THE HU on the main stage, a Mongolian heavy metal band with all sorts of weird and wonderful instruments, but it was about 900c in the pit so we escaped up to a side stage under a tent to watch the excellent THE MEFFS punk it up (and to cool down)
Caught a bit of BEHEMOTHs set before we headed over to the second stage to watch DINOSAUR PILE UP (based purely on their name!), and what a choice, they were brilliant! Deffo listen again
We stayed there to watch PALAYE ROYAL who were decent, before the ace BAD RELIGION played a brilliant set, a band I've wanted to see for ages
We moved on to the 4th arena to watch ELECTRIC CALLBOY - had never heard of them but the venue was heaving, 20 -30 deep outside watching them perform their EDM/Rock hybrid type music (not really my bag but the crowd was buzzing)
Finally, bad back and all, we got back to the main stage for the mighty SLIPKNOT
They were ace, truly barnstorming 90 mins of old and new songs, it was rammed!
My moshpit days are behind me so a decent viewpoint halfway up the hill made do - was everything I expected.
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
(PS - was expecting it to be a rip off for drinks, and toilets akin to a nuclear explosion - but it was really well organised!
Beers were £6 a pint, expensive but was expecting worse, cold pint cans of water were £2.50, or if you got a bottle there were free refill stations dotted about)
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Post by Robo10 on Jun 12, 2023 18:53:05 GMT
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Jun 17, 2023 6:04:11 GMT
Springsteen, Villa Park wow, just wow.
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Post by BuzzB on Jun 18, 2023 20:28:41 GMT
Went down to Tenbury Wells in Worcester last night to see All or Nothing. Its the story of the Small Faces, at an excellent art deco venue called The Regal. A great show where for the first hour it was their story, great couple of young lady dancers in their 60's gear, they really did rock the theatre out. Then the second half was a mix of 60's stuff from The Who, The Rolling Stones to The Beatles with lots more. Great night, if it comes your way and you are a fan I recommend it highly.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jun 19, 2023 0:15:56 GMT
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Post by stiggerstackle on Jun 19, 2023 8:50:20 GMT
Depeche Mode at Twickenham on Saturday night - absolutely outstanding show - I've seen them loads of times, but this was the best show by far. Right at the front, atmosphere amazing, band really fed off it.
What an absolute shit-show Twickenham is for a venue though - took 3 1/2 hours to get back to our hotel (in London) due to closed tubes / trains etc etc, ended up on a very circuitous bus journey, but what a great night!
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Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Jun 19, 2023 9:53:39 GMT
Springsteen, Villa Park wow, just wow. Me too mate. Went to Paris as well. Wonderful weather, great sound and far too much alcohol. Was with friends who were with me the first time back in 1981 at Manchester Apollo. Emotional. That's it for me I think. It's been a great ride. Attachment Deleted
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Post by yeokel on Jun 19, 2023 18:35:14 GMT
Arctic Monkeys at Ashton Gate a couple of weeks ago. I love their music but was a bit nervous about how good (or bad) they might be live. I needn’t have worried though, they were superb. And the support band, The Hives, were fantastic too. A bunch of nutters, but great entertainment
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 19, 2023 18:41:08 GMT
Depeche Mode at Twickenham on Saturday night - absolutely outstanding show - I've seen them loads of times, but this was the best show by far. Right at the front, atmosphere amazing, band really fed off it. What an absolute shit-show Twickenham is for a venue though - took 3 1/2 hours to get back to our hotel (in London) due to closed tubes / trains etc etc, ended up on a very circuitous bus journey, but what a great night! They really are mustard aren’t they. It’ll be a sad day when they finish touring. Hopefully a few more years left and some bloody U.K. dates. They only did Twickenham didn’t they? And as you say, it’s wank!
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Jun 20, 2023 7:19:13 GMT
I was also at the DM concert, and it was my first gig this century. After what I thought was a slow start, it just kept building and building. It was great to be a show that's considered to be a stand-out event.
We parked a mile away (for free), and drove back which appears to have been a good decision as we missed the traffic/parking chaos. We walked past one of the official car parks where at least one row of cars had been double parked, so they would have been stuck for a long time.
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Post by stiggerstackle on Jun 20, 2023 7:54:13 GMT
Depeche Mode at Twickenham on Saturday night - absolutely outstanding show - I've seen them loads of times, but this was the best show by far. Right at the front, atmosphere amazing, band really fed off it. What an absolute shit-show Twickenham is for a venue though - took 3 1/2 hours to get back to our hotel (in London) due to closed tubes / trains etc etc, ended up on a very circuitous bus journey, but what a great night! They really are mustard aren’t they. It’ll be a sad day when they finish touring. Hopefully a few more years left and some bloody U.K. dates. They only did Twickenham didn’t they? And as you say, it’s wank! Bloody brilliant mate - amazing for a bunch of old bastards There will be a European indoor tour next year - I shall be catching them at a few of them, but I shall never, ever be going to Twickenham for a gig again!!!
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Post by stiggerstackle on Jun 20, 2023 7:56:22 GMT
I was also at the DM concert, and it was my first gig this century. After what I thought was a slow start, it just kept building and building. It was great to be a show that's considered to be a stand-out event. We parked a mile away (for free), and drove back which appears to have been a good decision as we missed the traffic/parking chaos. We walked past one of the official car parks where at least one row of cars had been double parked, so they would have been stuck for a long time. Well you couldn't have picked a better show to attend! They always start slow and then just keep ramping it up. We made a weekend of it, but can't believe the train / tube / bus journey back to into London!
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Jun 23, 2023 12:29:19 GMT
Muse at the John Smith's, Huddersfield. Always a brilliant show . Missed them last time due to cost/ticket availability, but thought to hell with the cost this time (sacrifices were made). Some of the lightshow and effects were a bit lost til the sun went down, but if anyone hasn't seen them before, I can definitely recommend them for the spectacle and musicianship. Support from Royal Blood was good too - playing to "proper rock fans".
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jun 24, 2023 3:59:36 GMT
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 24, 2023 10:36:22 GMT
An artist I’d absolutely love to see. Haven’t managed it yet
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jun 25, 2023 18:34:04 GMT
I seem to be seeing many 90s bands recently...
James: 2 or 3 songs in was shaping up to be one of the best gigs ever, with a great sound and Five-O sounding especially amazing. For some reason, the rest of the gig didn't sound as good, but it was still solid with a great mix of rarities and classics.
Republica: not on till 10:15pm, so I was a bit fed up of waiting by then. Good stuff though, with the two big hits, their dancier tracks, and a new song being a highlight.
No sign of the 90s attendance slowing down with Blur (again), James (this time with an orchestra), Slowdive, Symposium, and Wilco all coming up.
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Post by potterinleeds on Jun 25, 2023 18:42:13 GMT
I went to a DJ set by Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting fame) in a basement in Bradford yesterday evening. It was sweaty as fuck in there but excellent fun - he certainly seemed to be enjoying himself. Great support from DJ Dave the Ruf. £7 well spent for 4 hrs dancing, drinking and arseing about.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jun 25, 2023 18:52:47 GMT
I went to a DJ set by Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting fame) in a basement in Bradford yesterday evening. It was sweaty as fuck in there but excellent fun - he certainly seemed to be enjoying himself. Great support from DJ Dave the Ruf. £7 well spent for 4 hrs dancing, drinking and arseing about. Wow, that sounds like the bargain of the weekend, I would have loved that!
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Post by potterinleeds on Jun 26, 2023 7:45:05 GMT
I went to a DJ set by Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting fame) in a basement in Bradford yesterday evening. It was sweaty as fuck in there but excellent fun - he certainly seemed to be enjoying himself. Great support from DJ Dave the Ruf. £7 well spent for 4 hrs dancing, drinking and arseing about. Wow, that sounds like the bargain of the weekend, I would have loved that! Yes, it was very cheap as organised as part of the yearly Bradford Literature Festival - I think the tickets for most events must be subsidized, as hardly anything is more than £7. Despite the name 'Literature Festival', there are always loads of music and film events too, often in less-used spaces around the city centre. If DJ sets are your thing, and you are ever up in Leeds, look up Headrow House on the Headrow. They have a rooftop bar called Kennedy Meadow and in the past they have often had really good young women DJs doing sets up there on a Saturday afternoon (free), and bigger events in the evening (ticketed). It's a great chill spot in summer sunshine on a Saturday afternoon, only to be avoided when Leeds are playing at home .
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