Gig plans - 2023

[ZedLeg]

I saw Joe Satriani twice in my youth as my friends are guitar nerds. Hated it both times tbh

[White-Noise]

Bannock said:

Nice vid, thanks for posting. Crowd looks a bit less, er, lairy (hairy?) than 1989 (or was it 90? Long time ago anyway) in Birmingham...That was a tiny venue, must have been only about 50-100 people in there. Incredible memory to have.

EDIT: found it - 1990:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-satriani/1990/t...

Edited by Bannock on Wednesday 12th April 13:46

That's a decent looking set with some classics and a nice intimate gig. Yeah the crowds are always seated for this sort of stuff these days which suits me fine! Guess it was different in the past?

[Bannock]

White-Noise said:

Bannock said:

Nice vid, thanks for posting. Crowd looks a bit less, er, lairy (hairy?) than 1989 (or was it 90? Long time ago anyway) in Birmingham...That was a tiny venue, must have been only about 50-100 people in there. Incredible memory to have.

EDIT: found it - 1990:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/joe-satriani/1990/t...

Edited by Bannock on Wednesday 12th April 13:46

That's a decent looking set with some classics and a nice intimate gig. Yeah the crowds are always seated for this sort of stuff these days which suits me fine! Guess it was different in the past?

I can only speak for the gig I went to, that venue was just a nightclub with a stage really, so no seats to sit on even if you'd wanted to sit.

33 years ago. fk me.

[wal 45]

marcosgt said:

Thanks for the information, I decided to pass in the end.

The tickets are £80 and then adding on train and parking takes it well over £100, which seems a lot to see them at a venue I don't really like and would possibly have to leave early to make a train home.

I saw NO at Brixton a few years ago (The Music Complete album tour) and thought they were really good (others there who'd seen them many times reckoned it was one of their best performances) and I have Confidence Man on my list of bands to go and see, but in the end, I decided to give it a miss.

M

It's strange I was at one of the Brixton dates on that tour and concluded after having seeing NO quite a few times in the past that it was never again for me. I thought they were dire and hate to sound a cliché but without Hooky they just aren't NO, I could imagine at somewhere like the O2 it would be really bad.

I'd personally spend my cash watching Peter Hook and the Light if I wanted to see NO and JD stuff played live.

[eccles]

wal 45 said:

marcosgt said:

Thanks for the information, I decided to pass in the end.

The tickets are £80 and then adding on train and parking takes it well over £100, which seems a lot to see them at a venue I don't really like and would possibly have to leave early to make a train home.

I saw NO at Brixton a few years ago (The Music Complete album tour) and thought they were really good (others there who'd seen them many times reckoned it was one of their best performances) and I have Confidence Man on my list of bands to go and see, but in the end, I decided to give it a miss.

M

It's strange I was at one of the Brixton dates on that tour and concluded after having seeing NO quite a few times in the past that it was never again for me. I thought they were dire and hate to sound a cliché but without Hooky they just aren't NO, I could imagine at somewhere like the O2 it would be really bad.

I'd personally spend my cash watching Peter Hook and the Light if I wanted to see NO and JD stuff played live.

I remember seeing them in 1982 in Cardiff, just before Blue Monday was released. I think a fair description would be 'competent'. Sumner has never been a strong vocalist and the rest of them could knock out a tune OK.

[President Merkin]

Saw them at Glatonbury in 2004, I think they headlined Saturday but can't remember exactly, top-ish of the bill for sure. Same as others, Bernard isn't a great singer but also fair to say an electronic band by definition loses something in live performances where all the magic of the studio & a skilled producer is stripped away. You have to allow some leeway for that alone.

[marcosgt]

wal 45 said:

I'd personally spend my cash watching Peter Hook and the Light if I wanted to see NO and JD stuff played live.

I've seen Hooky a couple of times and he does JD stuff brilliantly but I'm not sold on his NO performances.

On later stuff he has nothing to do for much of the track and his voice just doesn't sound right on NO songs to me.

Probably better value than NO at the O2 though

M

Edited by marcosgt on Thursday 13th April 18:00

[snuffy]

droopsnoot said:

I did see Nine Below Zero, a few years back, when they were supporting The Stranglers (which is where I'd seen Feelgood before) and enjoyed them.

I found NBZ my accident as well; They were supporting Squeeze and I found that they were better than Squeeze. Now I've ended up seeing them quite a few times now.

[GloverMart]

snuffy said:

droopsnoot said:

I did see Nine Below Zero, a few years back, when they were supporting The Stranglers (which is where I'd seen Feelgood before) and enjoyed them.

I found NBZ my accident as well; They were supporting Squeeze and I found that they were better than Squeeze. Now I've ended up seeing them quite a few times now.

It's great when you go to see a band and end up liking their support band too and going off on a tangent to follow them....

I went to see Bon Jovi at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1993, supported by Billy Idol, Little Angels and the Manic Street Preachers (as a four piece). Other three were good but fell in love with the Manics and 30 years on, have all their albums and seen them nine times.

The last time I saw them (aside from supporting the Killers) was when they were supported by Public Service Broadcasting who I'd never really heard of but were utterly brilliant. Have now got all their albums and seen them four times. Last time I saw PSB, they had a three piece support called Pale Blue Eyes and now I'm into their stuff too....

[snuffy]

[quote=GloverMart]
It's great when you go to see a band and end up liking their support band too and going off on a tangent to follow them....
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A few years ago I saw The Zombies, and their support band very excellent, Josh Flowers and The Wild. Just a few weeks after that the band split up. So that put an end to that for me !

[Patch1875]

Just booked New Order and The Sisters of Mercy.

Both Glasgow

[abzmike]

Would love to go to NO in Glasgow, but Thursday night is a pain in the neck...
Pretty moderate ticket prices though.
Will need to keep my memories on 1987 at Wembley Arena.

[Terry Winks]

Off to the see the Chorley Warbler James Walsh at the Railway in Winchester next weekend which holds about 80 people! Should be good!

[5pen]

abzmike said:

Would love to go to NO in Glasgow, but Thursday night is a pain in the neck...
Pretty moderate ticket prices though.
Will need to keep my memories on 1987 at Wembley Arena.

I was at that gig too. Supported by Primal Scream no less. I have seen New Order subsequently though and concur with some earlier comments that their style and Barney’s voice don’t always translate in to a great live show. Still love ‘em though.

[lenny007]

Arctic Monkeys - 5 June - Riverside, Boro
Sam Fender - 9 June - SJP
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - 23 July, Hampden Park
The Killers - 29 August, Edinburgh

That'll do for me this year.

[TCEvo]

TCEvo said:

First gig of 2023 booked - Rancid at Brixton in June. £45 per ticket inc. Ticketmaster's usual pisstake costs.

I think a few of us have tickets for Rancid - venue's moved to Wembley Arena (assume due to the Academy's licence problem). Shame they chose Wembley as it's a crap venue & a bd to get to/from.

[Giantt]

Damn... forgot rival sons at roundhouse tickets on sale Friday,only scalpers left today

[TCEvo]

Giantt said:

Damn... forgot rival sons at roundhouse tickets on sale Friday,only scalpers left today

Not RS... butQuicksand have just announced some UK/EU dates. London (Islington Academy) is 22nd Oct, tickets on sale Friday.

[tuscan_raider]

westberks said:

tuscan_raider said:

westberks said:

tuscan_raider said:

Going to see Underworld on Monday in London

very very excited having been following them for about, oh, 30 years

have seen them a couple of times recently and still brilliant. Should be amazing at the RAH

at the Jazz Cafe seeing Patrice Rushen instead; would have preferred U'world but never seen her and was booked first

Nice. Saw Art Of Noise at the Jazz Cafe about a month ago....also amazing

one of my favourite venues. tend to book the balcony restaurant as GF is vertically challenged; gives a great view and food ok too.......

how was Underworld at RAH? hopefully amazing

sorry for the late reply...yes! absolutely fantastic !!

[westberks]

tuscan_raider said:

westberks said:

tuscan_raider said:

westberks said:

tuscan_raider said:

Going to see Underworld on Monday in London

very very excited having been following them for about, oh, 30 years

have seen them a couple of times recently and still brilliant. Should be amazing at the RAH

at the Jazz Cafe seeing Patrice Rushen instead; would have preferred U'world but never seen her and was booked first

Nice. Saw Art Of Noise at the Jazz Cafe about a month ago....also amazing

one of my favourite venues. tend to book the balcony restaurant as GF is vertically challenged; gives a great view and food ok too.......

how was Underworld at RAH? hopefully amazing

sorry for the late reply...yes! absolutely fantastic !!

Glad to hear that, didn't imaging they would be anything other than excellent. Thankfully my alternative gig was excellent and a box ticked for someone i've liked for 40+ years but never previously seen.

will see Undeworld again at the earliest opportunity