Gig Plans - 2018

[Patch1875]

Stones at Murrayfield tonight we’re amazing!

Thought Richard Ashcroft was excellent also.

Top night.

[malks222]

Patch1875 said:

Stones at Murrayfield tonight we’re amazing!

Thought Richard Ashcroft was excellent also.

Top night.

agreed!! absolutely brilliant gig.

wasnt too sure how ashcroft was going to fit in with the stones, but he was great. forgot how many good tunes him/ the verve have.

But the stones....... what can you say..... it was me and my friends first time seeing them, but they were absolutely brilliant. so many hits, still sound brilliant, great backing singers/ touring musicians, the stage set up, the screens, the sound........ worth every penny.

[epom]

One week to go for Pearl Jam in London

[awlp16]

Alexisonfire tonight, and The Subways next week.

[Contract Killer]

FN2TypeR said:

Contract Killer said:

It must be nearly time!! And looks like its going to be dry for a second year in a row

Have a great weekend!

Sure did Main bands:

Volbeat aced it.
Bullet were fantastic
Avenged - the whole show was amazing - how they didn't burn the whole fking place down with the amount of fire!!

Thunder - never heard them, but put on a great show
Black stone cherry - fking amazing live, sound so much better than studio albums
Guns N Roses - Wow they fking aced it!! not a massive fan, but they were amazing.
The whole arena was absolutely rammed, half the people who camped at the barrier all day long had to be fished out by security
as they were getting crushed to fk.
Photo around 30 mins before it even started!



Shinedown - i was not expecting much a there albums sound as dull as fk, only turned up to get a decent spot for Manson, however i actually thought it was great, the singer had some great energy!
Manson - Manson was Manson!! - Either he is a fantastic actor, or he was truly off his tits on drugs, however the rest of the band made up along with knowing most of the songs and it was good fun.

Ozzy - Probably the biggest surprise, after having watched some of his recent gigs on youtube, he was fking amazing compared to these, and the crowd was almost as big as guns, when they played Paranoid last thing, the crowd went fking wild.


Great weekend.

Edited by Contract Killer on Monday 11th June 15:14

[Leonard Stanley]

epom said:

One week to go for Pearl Jam in London

st, how did I not pick up on that.

[FN2TypeR]

Contract Killer said:

Shinedown - i was not expecting much a there albums sound as dull as fk, only turned up to get a decent spot for Manson, however i actually thought it was great, the singer had some great energy!

Manson - Manson was Manson!! - Either he is a fantastic actor, or he was truly off his tits on drugs, however the rest of the band made up along with knowing most of the songs and it was good fun.

Ozzy - Probably the biggest surprise, after having watched some of his recent gigs on youtube, he was fking amazing compared to these, and the crowd was almost as big as guns, when they played Paranoid last thing, the crowd went fking wild.

Glad to hear that you had a good time!

Brent (Shinedown lead singer) mimes a lot; certainly has been the times that I have seen them, well known thing. Good sing along tunes though.

Manson is always hit and miss IMO, I've seen him put some amazing performances in and I've see a few car crashes too. He will almost certainly have been high as fk

I have heard a lot of good things about Ozzys performance this last few days. Rumours abound that him and Judas Priest are touring together in February next year - yes please!

[Let off some steam Bennett]

Pearl Jam , next week

[CardinalBlue]

Having seen Black Stone Cherry are touring the UK, I'll be doing my very best to get tickets when they go on sale on Friday. I've not seen them live, but heard very good things. Supported by The Cadallic Three and Monster Truck so should be a good night.

[JohnClancy]

Jacqui Abbott and Paul Heaton at Westonbirt this Friday. Can't wait.

[Leonard Stanley]

mantis84 said:

joshleb said:

June - Ben Howard @ Hammersmith Apollo

Take a good book...

Really, not good?

Sounded amazing at Glastonbury. My wife and I are taking our daughter tomorrow - we're looking forward to it (no plans for reading glasses!).

[Fluffsri]

The Virginmarys, 21st Nov at the Hoxton Square B&K.

[mantis84]

Leonard Stanley said:

mantis84 said:

joshleb said:

June - Ben Howard @ Hammersmith Apollo

Take a good book...

Really, not good?

Sounded amazing at Glastonbury. My wife and I are taking our daughter tomorrow - we're looking forward to it (no plans for reading glasses!).

I caught the tail end of his Glastonbury set from the side of the stage in 2015, which was admittedly a bit better than the first time I saw him. The first time I saw him perform was a few months before that at Birmingham Arena on his second album tour. Was really looking forward to it, but I came away feeling more disappointed than I've been after any gig. He looked and acted as if he desperately didn't want to be there, called out and berated members of the audience for sending texts on their phones during the gig and only played one song from his first album. The set had no flow or cohesion (sounds wishy washy but that's the best way of describing it), just sounded like one long miserable musical whinge, and me and the person I was with both agreed we would have left half way through had we not paid £40-odd quid to be there.

Hope that doesn't put you on a downer, as he is a genuinely talented songwriter and has the ability to pull it out the bag as per his 2013 glasto set. Fingers crossed for you that he's on better form tomorrow!

[Neil Chambers]

Hi all,

Neil here. I managed to watched the Rolling Stones for the first time this over the weekend.

Fantastic and so much energy for their age.

Cracking.

Neil Chambers

[Leonard Stanley]

Neil Chambers said:

Hi all,

Neil here. I managed to watched the Rolling Stones for the first time this over the weekend.

Fantastic and so much energy for their age.

Cracking.

Neil Chambers

Hi Neil Chambers.

You surprise me, Neil Chambers. I thought you'd prefer Chamber music?

Geddit, Neil Chambers? Chamber music and your surname is 'Chambers'?

[Leonard Stanley]

mantis84 said:

Leonard Stanley said:

mantis84 said:

joshleb said:

June - Ben Howard @ Hammersmith Apollo

Take a good book...

Really, not good?

Sounded amazing at Glastonbury. My wife and I are taking our daughter tomorrow - we're looking forward to it (no plans for reading glasses!).

I caught the tail end of his Glastonbury set from the side of the stage in 2015, which was admittedly a bit better than the first time I saw him. The first time I saw him perform was a few months before that at Birmingham Arena on his second album tour. Was really looking forward to it, but I came away feeling more disappointed than I've been after any gig. He looked and acted as if he desperately didn't want to be there, called out and berated members of the audience for sending texts on their phones during the gig and only played one song from his first album. The set had no flow or cohesion (sounds wishy washy but that's the best way of describing it), just sounded like one long miserable musical whinge, and me and the person I was with both agreed we would have left half way through had we not paid £40-odd quid to be there.

Hope that doesn't put you on a downer, as he is a genuinely talented songwriter and has the ability to pull it out the bag as per his 2013 glasto set. Fingers crossed for you that he's on better form tomorrow!

I did hear about something similar - http://www.supajam.com/news/story/Ben-Howard-upset...

I have a recording of the Glasto 2015 set on my Sky box which I dig out almost weekly at the moment. Maybe it works better on camera, but it does it for me :-)

We'll see how tomorrow goes. It's our daughter's first proper gig so the experience alone will count for a lot.

[S100HP]

NOFX at Brixton Academy on Friday night. Last saw them in 2000.

[irocfan]

Scorpions tickets just arrived this morning and here are the acts on offer:

21.15 – Scorpions
19.30-20.45 – Megadeth
18.25-19.05 – Buckcherry
17.30 – Doors open

Indigo at The O2
22.30-close – Shot Through the Heart

17.15-18.00 – Orange Goblin
16.00-16.45 – Stone Broken *
15.00-15.30 – Warrior Soul *
14.00-14.30 – Triggerfinger
13.05-13.35 – The Picturebooks
12.15-12.45 – Pete Spiby & the Beat Alls
11.30 – Doors open

Orange Amps Stage
16.45-17.15 – Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics
15.30-16.00 – Daxx & Roxanne
14.30-15.00 – Dirty Thrills
13.30-14.00 – Anchor Lane
12.45-13.15 – Killit
12.00-12.30 – Nitroville *

All Bar One – The Speakeasy Lounge
16.40-17.00 – Tiffany Stevenson
16.15-16.35 – Abigoliah Schamaun
15.50-16.10 – Fin Taylor
15.30-15.45 – Garrett Millerick MC
14.00-15.30 – Lord Sinclair’s Klassic Rock Quiz
12.00 – Acoustic acts (to be announced)
11.30 – Doors open

Really looking for the the Scorps, not seen Megadeth in 30 years (not a fan TBH) so I'm curious how they'll turn out. Buckcherry I seem to recall being quite good - I've had a 2 second youtube tour of the rest and asterisked those that might appeal to me.... thankfully Sunday is there for recovery!!

[ApOrbital]

Hiya Neil great band thought jimmy nail was your thing.

[popeyewhite]

Contract Killer said:

Black stone cherry - fking amazing live, sound so much better than studio albums

Had the misfortune of seeing them as support a couple of times. The Nickleback of hard rock. They are actually better live, but even live they're dreadful schoolboy rock. A pub band that superficially sounds big, but with no underlying tune whatsoever. Ever tried differentiating one song of theirs from another? - precisely. They all just blend seamlessly into some background southern rock white noise. Even some amusing Spinal Tap moments last time I saw them as they promoted themselves from the local Apollo to the local Arena - but only brought the same number of fans