Gig Plans - 2017

[toon10]

Animal said:

Saw Tom McRae at The Horn in St Albans last night. Just a small function room at the back of the pub, but an incredible set and everything I've come to expect from Tom, including a really nice tribute to Tom Petty at the end.

Great burgers in the pub too!

Did you happen to catch Lowri Evans and Lee Mason supporting Tom? Good friends of mine, she's got a superb voice.

Just got tickets for the Wonder Stuff. I've seen them loads but I'm more excited about the support act. Neds Atomic Dustbin!

[Animal]

toon10 said:

Did you happen to catch Lowri Evans and Lee Mason supporting Tom? Good friends of mine, she's got a superb voice.

Certainly did - she's really good!

[toon10]

Animal said:

Certainly did - she's really good!

Lovely couple and very talented.

[Shamu]

Streets tickets for Brixton Academy, well chuffed as sold out in five minutes!

Seen them three times before, don't think I ever paid more than £25 per ticket, I hope its worth the outlay!

[motorizer]

Been a bit quiet for me recently.

Saw Henri Herbet and the fury last night. Good stuff.

Going to see the last internationale supporting royal thunder in nov (thanks to whoever mentioned it above) would have preferred to see them headlining though

Airbourne in november and gogol bordello in december

[Simes205]

Tower of Power with Cymande, this Sunday at the roundhouse.

[Turn7]

Booked Saturday night for Frank Turners Lost Evenings '18 @ the Roundhouse.

Pretty much my favourite live act currently.

Missed out on Prophets of Rage at the Forum Chalk Farm sadly....

[MitchT]

Saw The Australian Pink Floyd show last night. Amazing gig. Really authentic sound and fantastic visual entertainment with a giant inflatable pig, kangaroo and headmaster and a massive illuminated circle with videos inside it ... particularly amusing during their rendition of Brain Damage when the words "the lunatic is on the grass" were accompanied by footage of various modern day politicians doing stupid things on grass, the recent Boris Johnson kid tacking incident, for example. Hope to see them again!

[TheChampers]

MitchT said:

Saw The Australian Pink Floyd show last night. Amazing gig. Really authentic sound and fantastic visual entertainment with a giant inflatable pig, kangaroo and headmaster and a massive illuminated circle with videos inside it ... particularly amusing during their rendition of Brain Damage when the words "the lunatic is on the grass" were accompanied by footage of various modern day politicians doing stupid things on grass, the recent Boris Johnson kid tacking incident, for example. Hope to see them again!

Saw them a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham; they were brilliant. Mrs Champers and Princess Junior, who had only a passing interest in attending declared it mind blowing.

[PurpleTurtle]

Turn7 said:

Booked Saturday night for Frank Turners Lost Evenings '18 @ the Roundhouse.

Pretty much my favourite live act currently.....

Likewise got the Saturday. We did the acoustic Sunday last year, it was excellent, but really looking forward to seeing Love, Ire and Song live.

Every time I've seen FT it's been a brilliant show, him and the Sleeping Souls really are on top of their game.

[RegMolehusband]

TheChampers said:

MitchT said:

Saw The Australian Pink Floyd show last night. Amazing gig. Really authentic sound and fantastic visual entertainment with a giant inflatable pig, kangaroo and headmaster and a massive illuminated circle with videos inside it ... particularly amusing during their rendition of Brain Damage when the words "the lunatic is on the grass" were accompanied by footage of various modern day politicians doing stupid things on grass, the recent Boris Johnson kid tacking incident, for example. Hope to see them again!

Saw them a couple of weeks ago in Birmingham; they were brilliant. Mrs Champers and Princess Junior, who had only a passing interest in attending declared it mind blowing.

Mrs Molehusband and I were there too. Very, very good. We go every year when they come around. I want to get to see Brit Floyd now too.

However, the big one for me next year is Roger Waters, The Wall in Birmingham (and Billy Joel, the wife's idea - though he's superb at what he does)

[rscott]

Robmarriott said:

rscott said:

Postmodern Jukebox ..

This will be excellent, when and where?

Camden, early March. Check out www.pmjtour.com for their other dates.

[lost in espace]

I am at the last PBS gig on the 26th. Never seen them live. Nobody else I knew wanted to go!

[silverthorn2151]

UB40 at Cambridge Corn Exchange in a few weeks.

[anonymous-user]

silverthorn2151 said:

UB40 at Cambridge Corn Exchange in a few weeks.

Is Ali Campbell back with them?

We once booked them for an event and his brother did the singing. That was a bit disappointing but they were very good despite that.

[Turn7]

PurpleTurtle said:

Turn7 said:

Booked Saturday night for Frank Turners Lost Evenings '18 @ the Roundhouse.

Pretty much my favourite live act currently.....

Likewise got the Saturday. We did the acoustic Sunday last year, it was excellent, but really looking forward to seeing Love, Ire and Song live.

Every time I've seen FT it's been a brilliant show, him and the Sleeping Souls really are on top of their game.

Absolutely.This will be the 9th FT gig for us I think....

[silverthorn2151]

desolate said:

silverthorn2151 said:

UB40 at Cambridge Corn Exchange in a few weeks.

Is Ali Campbell back with them?

We once booked them for an event and his brother did the singing. That was a bit disappointing but they were very good despite that.

No, Ali is still doing his 'we are the real band' thing with Astro and another from the original line up. I've been a fan since the very early days but lost patience with them for a long while. I've seen Ali doing the unplugged thing on TV (Jools Holland I think) and it wasn't great. I think the core of the band remains and it'll be good to see them and get these old bones moving a bit.

[FN2TypeR]

Tickets for Hellfest 2018 acquired (not 2017 I know, but I'm still over the moon)

[spikeyhead]

Saw Jeffery Lewis in Birmingham on Thursday, was in excellent form, ably supported by the very energetic Duck Thieves

toon10 said:

Just got tickets for the Wonder Stuff. I've seen them loads but I'm more excited about the support act. Neds Atomic Dustbin!

I've not seen Neds since Kill your television was first released.

[CAPP0]

TheChampers said:

CAPP0 said:

Got guest-list tickets to see Gary Numan at Brixton on Saturday. I'm told they may be backstage tickets. I've been nagging my mate in the industry to get these for me since the tour was announced.

Really looking forward to it, I'm about the same age as him, grew up with his early music. Love the way his sound has changed and developed, if he plays Down in the Park and Love Hurt Bleed I'll be happy as a pig in poo.

Just seen Goldfrapp mentioned above, would really like to see her/them. Might have a look whether there are any tickets yet (or bend matey's ear again!).

From the playlists I’ve seen so far, you will not be disappointed, I’m really pissed off missing him this time around.

So, the PR who arranged the tickets for me casually threw in a pair of wristbands for the aftershow party, which we duly rocked up for and….got to meet the man himself That was an unexpected bonus. To be fair I'd had a little scoop or two by then, so I blathered something at him about it being an amazing gig and how incredible it must be to have Persia up there with him, got a picture and left him to it.

This being PH & all and having witnessed what happens when people post pictures of themselves, I think I'll refrain from posting it!

The gig was excellent, well up to expectations, massively enjoyed it.